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[Threeparts]

I'd like to see a priest or priestess from the Tevinter Chantry, who remains faithful to the Black Divine. We've had pro-chantry and anti-chantry companions, but they've all been focused on the Orlesian Divine. We've also had constant yelling in our ears about how awful the Tevinters are for using blood magic and keeping slaves. I'd love to see a comapanion who grew up with all these things and sees them as perfectly normal, and is curious about how the southern nations manage without slave labour and keeping all their mages locked up.

If we also had a Kossith companion - I'd love to have a female Tal-Vashoth, who is bucking the Qunari order and choosing to fight - it would add wonderful conflict with a Tevinter party member.

I'd also like to see a dwarven companion who, while an accomplished fighter, would much rather talk philosophy and economics, and could drag the PC into some tangled political intrigues. A proper schemer: intelligent, witty and charming.

Perhaps a Loyalist mage, who hails from one of the broken Circles and is terrified of the outside world after spending all of his life under the watchful eye of the Templars. Perhaps they are recruited along with a templar, who is not a radical and does not hate mages, and just wants to keep her charge safe. A protector and her ward.

ETA: Ooh, and I'd love a Chasind companion!

Modifié par Threeparts, 03 mai 2011 - 12:13 .

[Knight of Dane]

As I said in other forums i always wanted another warrior.

I want a cold strong warrior, male, perhaps from Anderfelds, the best of everything is from there apparently.
A ggod age, not old, but outside romance interest.

I wanted him to have changeable armor, you decide what he wears (more use for equipmenet you find), and then he should be dual-vielding longswords. The only warrior to be so. He should have weapons like Bianca, inchangeable but upgradeable like your other companions armor is.

[JoHnDoE14]

Threeparts wrote...

I'd like to see a priest or priestess from the Tevinter Chantry, who remains faithful to the Black Divine. We've had pro-chantry and anti-chantry companions, but they've all been focused on the Orlesian Divine. We've also had constant yelling in our ears about how awful the Tevinters are for using blood magic and keeping slaves. I'd love to see a comapanion who grew up with all these things and sees them as perfectly normal, and is curious about how the southern nations manage without slave labour and keeping all their mages locked up.

If we also had a Kossith companion - I'd love to have a female Tal-Vashoth, who is bucking the Qunari order and choosing to fight - it would add wonderful conflict with a Tevinter party member.

I'd also like to see a dwarven companion who, while an accomplished fighter, would much rather talk philosophy and economics, and could drag the PC into some tangled political intrigues. A proper schemer: intelligent, witty and charming.

Perhaps a Loyalist mage, who hails from one of the broken Circles and is terrified of the outside world after spending all of his life under the watchful eye of the Templars. Perhaps they are recruited along with a templar, who is not a radical and does not hate mages, and just wants to keep her charge safe. A protector and her ward.

All these ideas are amazing!
The dwarf one is somewhat like Bhelen (which I like - he was well written) , of course a bit less backstabbing...!

[motleykroot]

Random two cents: a tranquil mage, maybe in a fighter role.
Meredith's aide showed they're not completely useless, and it might be interesting to see some of the big DA issues from the perspective of total emotionlessness. Maybe a subplot contrasting actions pre-Rite to the current personality.

[Shacary]

Hrm all great ideas! I confess I would Luv to see shale back in her dwarven form as a fighter companion. mb retaining some of her golemesque skills. IDK even care if she is romanceable but that would totally rock as well.
the tranquil is a great notion imo, altho it would be hard to keep it from radiating a Mr. Spock personality perhaps>?
I would luv to see a Qunari also out of the Qun, so no preaching about its ways all the time..
I still admit to desiring returning DAO&/orDa2 companions as viable companions not just " cameos of horror" [ pun on most of thier new graphics.]
I keep thinking of those statue brothers in DAA. mb a pair of those.. a fighter and a mage brother [ or sister Idc] team that were restored from the past to deal with the new crazy stuff that has come upon thedas! [ ok mb thats a bit to sci-fi] but would intrigue me!

[happy_daiz]

Shacary wrote...

I keep thinking of those statue brothers in DAA. mb a pair of those.. a fighter and a mage brother [ or sister Idc] team that were restored from the past to deal with the new crazy stuff that has come upon thedas! [ ok mb thats a bit to sci-fi] but would intrigue me!

They were Avvars, yes (Alamarri)? That would be pretty awesome. BW has a wealth of things to build on, that's for sure. If you compiled a list of every group of people referenced in the codices or random chatter that hasn't been used yet, you'd have lots to choose from for companion ideas.

Modifié par happy_daiz, 03 mai 2011 - 10:00 .

[Ulicus]

Responding to OP:

Companion 1) A Kal-Sharok traditionalist. He generaly supports the caste system and is disciplined. Could also be extremely battle-hardened (mainly fighting darkspawn or the main 'enemy' of the game), to the point of being deeply scarred (possibly his lover and all his family were slain to add to the drama).

This could be interesting, but as a supporter of the caste system what excuse does a Warrior/Noble (if he's battle hardened he must be one or the other) have for being on the surface? Has he been granted leave to do so? Was he forced to head to the surface? Does he consider himself a worthless surfacer now? Was he framed ala the Noble Origin?

I really like that he's from Kal Sharok rather than Orzammar, though. And are we talking a Sword/Board tank, here, too?

Companion 2) An exiled magister. Now old and stripped of his political power, he is seeking a new purpose. He finds one in teaching the protagonist (Possible lessons : Leadership, Magic, protagonist's special awesome abilities...etc). Wise and calm

Another cool idea. But are we talking about a genuinely wise and calm guy, here, or more of a duplicitous Master Li type? Considering how negatively Tevinter and Magisters are usually portrayed, I'd be all for this (ex)Magister being a thoroughly nice bloke. Though I'd prefer if they threw in a bit of ambiguity by maybe making him pro-slavery... but the kind of slavemaster who treated his "property" well.

If he's a blood mage, does he advocate using other people's blood or does he stick strictly to himself? Was he always calm and wise or was he once a complete monster who has mellowed dramatically in his old age?

Companion 3) A circle mage strongly supporting a specific fraternity (An isolasionist or a lucrosian since we have seen too much of the currently known others). Cunning and devious.

After DA2, I don't think the fraternities are going to exist as we currently know them. And aren't mages all going to be apostates, pretty much?

Companion 4) A shadow(!)-thief. It's about time we met someone who represents the abilities the shadows have! Carefree, avoiding to give insight about his past (fearfull of a betrayal), hideously cynnical , cleptomaniac and part of a huge criminal network.

NO-ONE CROSSES THE SHADOW THIEVES AND LIVES!!!

Hm. Yeah, it would be nice to have a straight up thief character. As opposed to a bard/assassin/adventurer/pirate type we've had so far.

Companion 5) A kossuth (I hope I got that right) who is neither a Qunari nor a Tal-Vasoth, much like Maraas> Retaining the coolnes of Qunari responses (it just is style) while being less predictable.

Eh? If you're not Qunari and you're a kossith then you have to be Tal-Vashoth. Maraas was always a Tal-Vashoth. Just because he turned against the others didn't change the fact. But, yeah, I'd have no objections to a Maraas-type companion.

Only, as others have said, make her female. And I'm not just saying that because of "yay romance", but because then they could explore the issue of gender in qunari society a bit more.

Companion 6) An Alammari barbarian. His tribe is slaughtered for some reason and he has grown somewhat attached to you. A mix beetwen the classic D&D barbarian and Minsc.
You mean an Avvar barbarian. The Alamarri became the Ferelden/Avvar/Chasind. Or maybe it's more complicated. I don't know. Either way, there are no more alamarri around now.

Honestly, though... I'm not particularly interested in this. Wouldn't be bad, but I think there are more promising ideas. An avvar barbarian would work better as a protagonist, IMO. Re-doing Minsc would be a bad, bad move for a full companion. That kind of thing would only work for a smaller NPC.

Companion 7) A strong noble (Anderfels, Tevinter or Orlais). Her father wanted a son and now her mother is, for some reason dead. Raised with great expectetaions, she is aggressive, demanding, headstrong, driven, cultured and knowledgable about almost everything. The only thing she has ever done is following her father's will (pursuing political power) leaving no room for everything else making her extremely sharp to cover her lack of experience in social matters.

Sounds too much like "Morrigan, only a noble" to me. With a bit of Anora thrown in.

Companion 8) An elf warrior who has rejected his/her people. He/She believes in all races being equal, and dislikes the Dalish. Striving to blend in to human societies, he/she joined the templars much to the dislike of others from his/her new order. However, his dedication has earned him/her the rank of Kinght-Captain.

Can elves even join the Templars? Hm.

I like the concept, have to say.

Oh, and I'll add my voice to the chorus who want a desire-abomination companion.... though since we just had Anders, I'm not seeing it happening any time soon.

Modifié par Ulicus, 03 mai 2011 - 10:36 .

[JoHnDoE14]

Ulicus wrote...

Responding to OP:

Companion 1) A Kal-Sharok traditionalist. He generaly supports the caste system and is disciplined. Could also be extremely battle-hardened (mainly fighting darkspawn or the main 'enemy' of the game), to the point of being deeply scarred (possibly his lover and all his family were slain to add to the drama).

This could be interesting, but as a supporter of the caste system what excuse does a Warrior/Noble (if he's battle hardened he must be one or the other) have for being on the surface? Has he been granted leave to do so? Was he forced to head to the surface? Does he consider himself a worthless surfacer now? Was he framed ala the Noble Origin?

I really like that he's from Kal Sharok rather than Orzammar, though. And are we talking a Sword/Board tank, here, too?

Companion 2) An exiled magister. Now old and stripped of his political power, he is seeking a new purpose. He finds one in teaching the protagonist (Possible lessons : Leadership, Magic, protagonist's special awesome abilities...etc). Wise and calm

Another cool idea. But are we talking about a genuinely wise and calm guy, here, or more of a duplicitous Master Li type? Considering how negatively Tevinter and Magisters are usually portrayed, I'd be all for this (ex)Magister being a thoroughly nice bloke. Though I'd prefer if they threw in a bit of ambiguity by maybe making him pro-slavery... but the kind of slavemaster who treated his "property" well.

If he's a blood mage, does he advocate using other people's blood or does he stick strictly to himself? Was he always calm and wise or was he once a complete monster who has mellowed dramatically in his old age?

Companion 3) A circle mage strongly supporting a specific fraternity (An isolasionist or a lucrosian since we have seen too much of the currently known others). Cunning and devious.

After DA2, I don't think the fraternities are going to exist as we currently know them. And aren't mages all going to be apostates, pretty much?

Companion 4) A shadow(!)-thief. It's about time we met someone who represents the abilities the shadows have! Carefree, avoiding to give insight about his past (fearfull of a betrayal), hideously cynnical , cleptomaniac and part of a huge criminal network.

NO-ONE CROSSES THE SHADOW THIEVES AND LIVES!!!

Hm. Yeah, it would be nice to have a straight up thief character. As opposed to a bard/assassin/adventurer/pirate type we've had so far.

Companion 5) A kossuth (I hope I got that right) who is neither a Qunari nor a Tal-Vasoth, much like Maraas> Retaining the coolnes of Qunari responses (it just is style) while being less predictable.

Eh? If you're not Qunari and you're a kossith then you have to be Tal-Vashoth. Maraas was always a Tal-Vashoth. Just because he turned against the others didn't change the fact. But, yeah, I'd have no objections to a Maraas-type companion.

Only, as others have said, make her female. And I'm not just saying that because of "yay romance", but because then they could explore the issue of gender in qunari society a bit more.

Companion 6) An Alammari barbarian. His tribe is slaughtered for some reason and he has grown somewhat attached to you. A mix beetwen the classic D&D barbarian and Minsc.
You mean an Avvar barbarian. The Alamarri became the Ferelden/Avvar/Chasind. Or maybe it's more complicated. I don't know. Either way, there are no more alamarri around now.

Honestly, though... I'm not particularly interested in this. Wouldn't be bad, but I think there are more promising ideas. An avvar barbarian would work better as a protagonist, IMO. Re-doing Minsc would be a bad, bad move for a full companion. That kind of thing would only work for a smaller NPC.

Companion 7) A strong noble (Anderfels, Tevinter or Orlais). Her father wanted a son and now her mother is, for some reason dead. Raised with great expectetaions, she is aggressive, demanding, headstrong, driven, cultured and knowledgable about almost everything. The only thing she has ever done is following her father's will (pursuing political power) leaving no room for everything else making her extremely sharp to cover her lack of experience in social matters.

Sounds too much like "Morrigan, only a noble" to me. With a bit of Anora thrown in.

Companion 8) An elf warrior who has rejected his/her people. He/She believes in all races being equal, and dislikes the Dalish. Striving to blend in to human societies, he/she joined the templars much to the dislike of others from his/her new order. However, his dedication has earned him/her the rank of Kinght-Captain.

Can elves even join the Templars? Hm.

I like the concept, have to say.

Oh, and I'll add my voice to the chorus who want a desire-abomination companion.... though since we just had Anders, I'm not seeing it happening any time soon.

Thank you so much for taking the time to analyze my characters! Here are my thoughts on your remarks

Companion 1) He is pretty much self-exiled, out of shame in fact. Thinking he failed his family and his nation, he resorted to the surface, which he found terrible. He is always trying 'to regain favour' as he would put it though, doing everything he can to make Kal Sharok stronger.

Companion 2) He is very complicated. He knows blood magic, but he uses it extremely rarely (and even when he does, he restricts himself to his own blood) thinking of it as a very dangerous tool. He is pro-slavery, but treated his slaves as people (which actually makes them servants) and not as animals to be used. (However, he was not exiled because of this, he was betrayed). Additionally, when he was young, he was a bit more power-hungry, but now he thinks that knowledge (and maybe magic) is/are the only form of true power. He also keeps his secrets and only when he deems the PC ready will he move to the next lesson, making him a rather Pythagorean figure. I also tend to think of him as being blind, but I am not sure about that. He practically is my favourite!

Companion 3) In fact, he is one of the few mages remaining in the circle, not because he agrees with the chantry, but he instead sees the circle as an opportunity to achieve his goals. Sorry for not making this clear.

Companion 4) It would rock, wouldn't it !?!
Companion 5) Yes, what you say seems to be true.... And yes, it would be cooler if she was female.

Companion 6) You are right again, lore-wise (and I thought myself a lore-master, damn). But to companions however, I didn't describe a Minsc remake, but a blend with the classic D&D barbarian. It would go like this
D&D barbarian 65%, Minsc 30%, Something else 5% . Again sorry if this was not clear.

Companion 7) But she would be lawful unlike Morrigan, she most probably isn't a mage and unless she is a Tevinter noble she would be mostly pro-templar. (I have to admit however, that she indeed bears a resemblance to Morrigan and Anora)

Companion 8) Not only is it strange for an elf to be a templar, but it would be accounting two major issues with one character (rascism and mages).

[AstraDrakkar]

I'm not real choosy as long as none of them are Kirkwall nuts..........I'd really like someone halfway mentally stable.

[Autodoll]

JoHnDoE14 wrote...

Ulicus wrote...

Responding to OP:

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[i]Companion 7) A strong noble (Anderfels, Tevinter or Orlais). Her father wanted a son and now her mother is, for some reason dead. Raised with great expectetaions, she is aggressive, demanding, headstrong, driven, cultured and knowledgable about almost everything. The only thing she has ever done is following her father's will (pursuing political power) leaving no room for everything else making her extremely sharp to cover her lack of experience in social matters.

Sounds too much like "Morrigan, only a noble" to me. With a bit of Anora thrown in.

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Companion 7) But she would be lawful unlike Morrigan, she most probably isn't a mage and unless she is a Tevinter noble she would be mostly pro-templar. (I have to admit however, that she indeed bears a resemblance to Morrigan and Anora)

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 I like this idea - characters from the Anderfels have a lot of potential, as we've only seen a few and have been told that it's very diverse. I would add however, that a hatred for the Grey Wardens might make her a bit more diverse. Unless I'm mistaken, the king of the Anderfels is seen as a weak old fool, and the power lies mostly in Weisshaupt and the Wardens - a noble who balks against this breach of monarchial order and develops a hatred for this order of people generally revered as heroes might make an interesting twist, if it's not to bold of me to suggest.

On another note, I like the ideas of both the barbarian and the desire demon; perhaps combining them would be fun? Perhaps a demon-summoning Chasind shaman? 

I'm also dying to get an Old-God worshipping follwer. [smilie]http://social.bioware.com/images/forum/emoticons/whistling.png[/smilie] Am I alone in this?

[Angarma]

JoHnDoE14 wrote...

 While patiently waiting for the next patch of the game (to play my canon playthrough, no less) , and while not being able to stop thinking about Dragon age and Mass Effect, I decided to organize my thoughts a bit. I soon found myself thinking solely of potentional characters-companion for the possible expansion or DA3 and after.  So, I decided to open a thread were people can post their fresh ideas, and where we hardcore fans can have a civilised discussion about character archetypes. I will start by posting my original ideas (comments welcome!).

Interesting thread (good ideas yourself), here is some of my own companion ideas:

Companion A) Sloth demon magician. It's been tricked into becoming a badger and is on a mission of freedom.
Comical in its slothful, unhelpful ways. Helps the protagonist for a price but is quite ready to betray them.

Companion A darkspawn disciple, emissary. Blinded after a pair of deepstalkers jumped his face.
Untrustworthy, calm, decisive, a creature which might manipulate you for the greater good of his own kind.

Companion C) An ordinary woodsman. A simple human who is just trying to put dinner on the table.
Honest with opinion, fearful at the response. He is a jack of all trades of sorts. Lived with the dalish at one point.

Companion D) A elf footpad. Originating from the Dales, outcast of an alienage. An extreme racist and bigot.
Finds the protagonist worthy of following after they win a duel against him in the streets. Sten like in behaviour.

Companion E) A tal'vashoth grey warden. She is sent to monitor the area in which the game setting is based in.
Strong, wise, straight speaking. Wields a chakram. Finds this new life unworthy of her but does her duty still.

Companion F) A human female apostate who is bit of a blend between Wynne and Bethany.
That is by being preachy about the maker and having a cute personality. She tries to do good at the end of the day.

Companion G) Kal-Sharok Casteless. A dwarf who swears too much and just wants a stiff whiskey.
Hardened, tough, flirtatious in humour. Similar to ME2's Zaeed or DA:O Leske. He is used to doing the dirty work.

Companion H) An undead arcane warrior. Ancient from a time long ago. Looks sylvan like, yet still humanoid.
Found in an old crypt. She is a sort of mental guide to the player, but is naive in most of current day knowledge.
Comparable to Kreia from KOTOR II or DA:O's Eleni Zinovia.

Would be pleasant to hear someone's response to some of these.

[JoHnDoE14]

Dodok wrote...

JoHnDoE14 wrote...

 While patiently waiting for the next patch of the game (to play my canon playthrough, no less) , and while not being able to stop thinking about Dragon age and Mass Effect, I decided to organize my thoughts a bit. I soon found myself thinking solely of potentional characters-companion for the possible expansion or DA3 and after.  So, I decided to open a thread were people can post their fresh ideas, and where we hardcore fans can have a civilised discussion about character archetypes. I will start by posting my original ideas (comments welcome!).

Interesting thread (good ideas yourself), here is some of my own companion ideas:

Companion A) Sloth demon magician. It's been tricked into becoming a badger and is on a mission of freedom.
Comical in its slothful, unhelpful ways. Helps the protagonist for a price but is quite ready to betray them.

Companion A darkspawn disciple, emissary. Blinded after a pair of deepstalkers jumped his face.
Untrustworthy, calm, decisive, a creature which might manipulate you for the greater good of his own kind.

Companion C) An ordinary woodsman. A simple human who is just trying to put dinner on the table.
Honest with opinion, fearful at the response. He is a jack of all trades of sorts. Lived with the dalish at one point.

Companion D) A elf footpad. Originating from the Dales, outcast of an alienage. An extreme racist and bigot.
Finds the protagonist worthy of following after they win a duel against him in the streets. Sten like in behaviour.

Companion E) A tal'vashoth grey warden. She is sent to monitor the area in which the game setting is based in.
Strong, wise, straight speaking. Wields a chakram. Finds this new life unworthy of her but does her duty still.

Companion F) A human female apostate who is bit of a blend between Wynne and Bethany.
That is by being preachy about the maker and having a cute personality. She tries to do good at the end of the day.

Companion G) Kal-Sharok Casteless. A dwarf who swears too much and just wants a stiff whiskey.
Hardened, tough, flirtatious in humour. Similar to ME2's Zaeed or DA:O Leske. He is used to doing the dirty work.

Companion H) An undead arcane warrior. Ancient from a time long ago. Looks sylvan like, yet still humanoid.
Found in an old crypt. She is a sort of mental guide to the player, but is naive in most of current day knowledge.
Comparable to Kreia from KOTOR II or DA:O's Eleni Zinovia.

Would be pleasant to hear someone's response to some of these.

Ah, I really enjoy seeing other people's imagination put into work. Let me tell you my opinion on these amazing companions.

Companion A) This is in fact, a great idea for the next animal companion. Instead of being a loyal mabari, it will be a slothfull badger! Simply amazing (Just imagine the dialogue between the companion and this thing!).

Companion This sounds like Legion...which is awesome! But why does he follow you? Is he on a mission for the Architect or another disciple? Is he exiled? Or something else, entirely?

Companion C) A solid enough basis to flesh out a good companion. But. this simple man must have a reason to be able to fight. Maybe he was part of the city guard or even an atoning smuggler.

Companion D) Interesting...and to make it even more interesting, he could be part of a group of elven extremists. Which means bonus interaction with elves if you bring him along. And certainly, there will be elves opposed to this. Which makes VERY interesting.

Companion E) Another of your great ideas. This is the Tal-Vasoth we've been asking for coupled with a Grey Warden companion. And she would probably know all about this warden 'mystery' that apparently no one wants to talk about.

Companion F) A classic. Combined with the circles being disbanded could also make her a troubled personality.

Companion G) Hm...A member of the Carta I guess? Yes, I think we need such a character.

Companion H) Amazing idea. One of the true elves of Arlathan, she can shed some light on most of our questions about the elves of old. We can even see their reaction to the Dalish and the city elves. As a mentor, she would be even more badass. And an arcane warrior no less! Allow me to say that this is possibly your best companion. That should definately be in the next game, BioWare! (And an LI)

[JoHnDoE14]

Autodoll wrote...

JoHnDoE14 wrote...

Ulicus wrote...

Responding to OP:

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[i]Companion 7) A strong noble (Anderfels, Tevinter or Orlais). Her father wanted a son and now her mother is, for some reason dead. Raised with great expectetaions, she is aggressive, demanding, headstrong, driven, cultured and knowledgable about almost everything. The only thing she has ever done is following her father's will (pursuing political power) leaving no room for everything else making her extremely sharp to cover her lack of experience in social matters.

Sounds too much like "Morrigan, only a noble" to me. With a bit of Anora thrown in.

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Companion 7) But she would be lawful unlike Morrigan, she most probably isn't a mage and unless she is a Tevinter noble she would be mostly pro-templar. (I have to admit however, that she indeed bears a resemblance to Morrigan and Anora)

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 I like this idea - characters from the Anderfels have a lot of potential, as we've only seen a few and have been told that it's very diverse. I would add however, that a hatred for the Grey Wardens might make her a bit more diverse. Unless I'm mistaken, the king of the Anderfels is seen as a weak old fool, and the power lies mostly in Weisshaupt and the Wardens - a noble who balks against this breach of monarchial order and develops a hatred for this order of people generally revered as heroes might make an interesting twist, if it's not to bold of me to suggest.

On another note, I like the ideas of both the barbarian and the desire demon; perhaps combining them would be fun? Perhaps a demon-summoning Chasind shaman? 

I'm also dying to get an Old-God worshipping follwer.  Am I alone in this?

Yes, it would be nice to have someone with negative views on the wardens!
Also, this shaman is a good idea for a mage companion.
And no, an Old-God worshiper would certainly be something fresh. I think most people here would agree!

[Angarma]

JoHnDoE14 wrote...

Dodok wrote...

JoHnDoE14 wrote...

 While
patiently waiting for the next patch of the game (to play my canon
playthrough, no less) , and while not being able to stop thinking about
Dragon age and Mass Effect, I decided to organize my thoughts a bit. I
soon found myself thinking solely of potentional characters-companion
for the possible expansion or DA3 and after.  So, I decided to open a
thread were people can post their fresh ideas, and where we hardcore
fans can have a civilised discussion about character archetypes. I will
start by posting my original ideas (comments welcome!).

Interesting thread (good ideas yourself), here is some of my own companion ideas:

Companion A) Sloth demon magician. It's been tricked into becoming a badger and is on a mission of freedom.
Comical in its slothful, unhelpful ways. Helps the protagonist for a price but is quite ready to betray them.

Companion A darkspawn disciple, emissary. Blinded after a pair of deepstalkers jumped his face.
Untrustworthy, calm, decisive, a creature which might manipulate you for the greater good of his own kind.

Companion C) An ordinary woodsman. A simple human who is just trying to put dinner on the table.
Honest with opinion, fearful at the response. He is a jack of all trades of sorts. Lived with the dalish at one point.

Companion D) A elf footpad. Originating from the Dales, outcast of an alienage. An extreme racist and bigot.
Finds the protagonist worthy of following after they win a duel against him in the streets. Sten like in behaviour.

Companion E) A tal'vashoth grey warden. She is sent to monitor the area in which the game setting is based in.
Strong, wise, straight speaking. Wields a chakram. Finds this new life unworthy of her but does her duty still.

Companion F) A human female apostate who is bit of a blend between Wynne and Bethany.
That is by being preachy about the maker and having a cute personality. She tries to do good at the end of the day.

Companion G) Kal-Sharok Casteless. A dwarf who swears too much and just wants a stiff whiskey.
Hardened, tough, flirtatious in humour. Similar to ME2's Zaeed or DA:O Leske. He is used to doing the dirty work.

Companion H) An undead arcane warrior. Ancient from a time long ago. Looks sylvan like, yet still humanoid.
Found in an old crypt. She is a sort of mental guide to the player, but is naive in most of current day knowledge.
Comparable to Kreia from KOTOR II or DA:O's Eleni Zinovia.

Would be pleasant to hear someone's response to some of these.

Ah, I really enjoy seeing other people's imagination put into work. Let me tell you my opinion on these amazing companions.

Companion
A) This is in fact, a great idea for the next animal companion. Instead
of being a loyal mabari, it will be a slothfull badger! Simply amazing
(Just imagine the dialogue between the companion and this thing!).

Companion
This sounds like Legion...which is awesome! But why does he follow
you? Is he on a mission for the Architect or another disciple? Is he
exiled? Or something else, entirely?

Companion C) A solid enough
basis to flesh out a good companion. But. this simple man must have a
reason to be able to fight. Maybe he was part of the city guard or even
an atoning smuggler.

Companion D) Interesting...and to make it
even more interesting, he could be part of a group of elven extremists.
Which means bonus interaction with elves if you bring him along. And
certainly, there will be elves opposed to this. Which makes VERY
interesting.

Companion E) Another of your great ideas. This is
the Tal-Vasoth we've been asking for coupled with a Grey Warden
companion. And she would probably know all about this warden 'mystery'
that apparently no one wants to talk about.

Companion F) A classic. Combined with the circles being disbanded could also make her a troubled personality.

Companion G) Hm...A member of the Carta I guess? Yes, I think we need such a character.

Companion
H) Amazing idea. One of the true elves of Arlathan, she can shed some
light on most of our questions about the elves of old. We can even see
their reaction to the Dalish and the city elves. As a mentor, she would
be even more badass. And an arcane warrior no less! Allow me to say that
this is possibly your best companion. That should definately be in the
next game, BioWare! (And an LI../../../../images/forum/emoticons/whistling.png)

A) I thought it would be interesting to see another case of "Kitty" (a trapped spirit from DA:O shale content).
Demons seem to do desperate things when trapped, even helping to remove others of its kind (Warden's Keep).

Emissary basically means "a person sent on a special mission," his was looking for the next Archdemon.
Except the deep stalker incident stopped him in his tracks, taking him months to recover in solitude.
When he finally did learn how to accustom himself to these new ways, he questioned the Architect/Seranni's plan.
The player would have influence over his decisions. Likened to Hawke and Sebastian's relationship in DA2.

C) His family was slaughtered by a pack of werewolves when he was young, a wandering dalish clan took him in.
They eventually saw that he should be with his own kind and dropped him off at the next village.
He became a forester, a watcher, a guardian for this village. Hoping for that day when he can take his vengeance.

D) Nice ideas. Maybe he's in a group of elves who tryed to rebel in the alienage, like if City Elf Warden went bad.
That group could have turned into a organization of highwaymen. Being more active, extreme in their racism.
Sort of like when you first meet Velanna in Awakening I guess or Evets marauders in Dragon Age 2.

E) I'm interested in how a Tal'vashoth manages being put back into role styled enviroment.
Would she feel denial at this job permanency or would she be secretly happy at this second chance in life?

F) I see her putting alot of dependency on the protagonist, also a good target for jokes (like Finn in Witch Hunt).
Her quests in my mind involve a lost daughter of hers who was taken from the chantry to The Aeonar.
That is by the girl defying the chantry and using chantry resources to track her mother down, then try to free her.

G) A traditionalist would be good as well. Just I see that the writers have already covered that point of view.
By that I mean with the Noble origin, plus Oghren. Also legion of the dead has been shown with Sigrun.
A casteless who is proud of his ancestors is new. That  would be intriguing to explore story wise.

H) You'd probably wouldn't get to ask all of your questions or do much corpse romance.
Because my plan was for her to be a martyr about half way or three quarters way through this story.
Nothing is more impactful in a game then a mentor dying in my opinion (like Duncan or Qui-Gon Jinn).

By the way, cheers for such kind words and even responding. :happy: People on this forum are like ghosts.

[JoHnDoE14]

Dodok wrote...

JoHnDoE14 wrote...


Ah, I really enjoy seeing other people's imagination put into work. Let me tell you my opinion on these amazing companions.

Companion
A) This is in fact, a great idea for the next animal companion. Instead
of being a loyal mabari, it will be a slothfull badger! Simply amazing
(Just imagine the dialogue between the companion and this thing!).

Companion
This sounds like Legion...which is awesome! But why does he follow
you? Is he on a mission for the Architect or another disciple? Is he
exiled? Or something else, entirely?

Companion C) A solid enough
basis to flesh out a good companion. But. this simple man must have a
reason to be able to fight. Maybe he was part of the city guard or even
an atoning smuggler.

Companion D) Interesting...and to make it
even more interesting, he could be part of a group of elven extremists.
Which means bonus interaction with elves if you bring him along. And
certainly, there will be elves opposed to this. Which makes VERY
interesting.

Companion E) Another of your great ideas. This is
the Tal-Vasoth we've been asking for coupled with a Grey Warden
companion. And she would probably know all about this warden 'mystery'
that apparently no one wants to talk about.

Companion F) A classic. Combined with the circles being disbanded could also make her a troubled personality.

Companion G) Hm...A member of the Carta I guess? Yes, I think we need such a character.

Companion
H) Amazing idea. One of the true elves of Arlathan, she can shed some
light on most of our questions about the elves of old. We can even see
their reaction to the Dalish and the city elves. As a mentor, she would
be even more badass. And an arcane warrior no less! Allow me to say that
this is possibly your best companion. That should definately be in the
next game, BioWare! (And an LI../../../../images/forum/emoticons/whistling.png)

A) I thought it would be interesting to see another case of "Kitty" (a trapped spirit from DA:O shale content).
Demons seem to do desperate things when trapped, even helping to remove others of its kind (Warden's Keep).

Emissary basically means "a person sent on a special mission," his was looking for the next Archdemon.
Except the deep stalker incident stopped him in his tracks, taking him months to recover in solitude.
When he finally did learn how to accustom himself to these new ways, he questioned the Architect/Seranni's plan.
The player would have influence over his decisions. Likened to Hawke and Sebastian's relationship in DA2.

C) His family was slaughtered by a pack of werewolves when he was young, a wandering dalish clan took him in.
They eventually saw that he should be with his own kind and dropped him off at the next village.
He became a forester, a watcher, a guardian for this village. Hoping for that day when he can take his vengeance.

D) Nice ideas. Maybe he's in a group of elves who tryed to rebel in the alienage, like if City Elf Warden went bad.
That group could have turned into a organization of highwaymen. Being more active, extreme in their racism.
Sort of like when you first meet Velanna in Awakening I guess or Evets marauders in Dragon Age 2.

E) I'm interested in how a Tal'vashoth manages being put back into role styled enviroment.
Would she feel denial at this job permanency or would she be secretly happy at this second chance in life?

F) I see her putting alot of dependency on the protagonist, also a good target for jokes (like Finn in Witch Hunt).
Her quests in my mind involve a lost daughter of hers who was taken from the chantry to The Aeonar.
That is by the girl defying the chantry and using chantry resources to track her mother down, then try to free her.

G) A traditionalist would be good as well. Just I see that the writers have already covered that point of view.
By that I mean with the Noble origin, plus Oghren. Also legion of the dead has been shown with Sigrun.
A casteless who is proud of his ancestors is new. That  would be intriguing to explore story wise.

H) You'd probably wouldn't get to ask all of your questions or do much corpse romance.
Because my plan was for her to be a martyr about half way or three quarters way through this story.
Nothing is more impactful in a game then a mentor dying in my opinion (like Duncan or Qui-Gon Jinn).

By the way, cheers for such kind words and even responding. :happy: People on this forum are like ghosts.

 Yes, truth is these forums are less alive than they used to be. However, thanks to brilliant persons like you, we can still have discussions about our ideas.
 Also kudos about companion C. A traditional ranger is a really good idea. And about H, it wouldn't be necessary for her to be undead! She could have been in some form of cryostasis! (Yes, I admit it, I am nuts about elves, especially Arlathan ones!) And Duncan died too prematurely!
(By the way, just imagine mentor-corpse romance!)

[TheHawkeWhoFlies]

Not sure if they're any good, but here's some ideas of mine;
1) Tevinter Mage - much like others have said, a decent person from Tevinter to even out all the previous Tevinter bashing, though with some flaws obviously (such as approving slavery and blood magic - to a degree and for good reasons)
2) Trickster - something like Jack Sparrow: someone who's obviously brilliant, possibly crazy and who you'd never know when or whether he would turn on you/using you for his own ends, but still suave, likable and not impossible to change over time.
3) Elven Templar - alienage elves are technically chantry adherents, so I don't see why there can't be elven templars (there'd be stigma, obviously, but I don't see the chantry turning down a potential recruit if he fit the needed criteria). Maybe make him/her a very faithful and fully-trained templar to contrast with Alistair, maybe with some family problems because of his beliefs (ex. the family thinking he's throwing his life away by joining the human chantry). Could possibly serve as the foil to aforementioned tevinter mage (who'd represent the black chantry).
4) Abomination/Demon - I liked the earlier suggestion about a desire abomination, since desire to me wouldn't necessarily be evil, but I could also imagine an unhelpful sloth demon (which was also mentioned earlier in the thread), a 'humbled' pride (as in, forced to question its ideal, pride, possibly changed to something like Confidence) or 'calmed' rage abomination.

I might add some more later if I think of any.

[SmokeyTheBear]

An Ash Warrior.

I want it.

Now.

[Searska]

 A broodmother. 

But seriously, a female qunari would be interesting. Especially if she turned out to be a LI...

[Fieryeel]

We need a cliche Dalish archer companion.

[JoHnDoE14]

Fieryeel wrote...

We need a cliche Dalish archer companion.

Since we've already got 2 female Dalish, I think it's time to have a male one, and a classic approach would be nice (Broody Legolas).
(On another note, isn't it a bit strange that all Dalish elves companions are female while non Dalish elves are male?)

[TheHawkeWhoFlies]

JoHnDoE14 wrote...

Fieryeel wrote...

We need a cliche Dalish archer companion.

Since we've already got 2 female Dalish, I think it's time to have a male one, and a classic approach would be nice (Broody Legolas).
(On another note, isn't it a bit strange that all Dalish elves companions are female while non Dalish elves are male?)

I agree. Actually, I was theorizing before Merrill was revealed that Fenarel could've been a companion in DA2. Though I'm not sure more broody is what we need (besides, a Legolas-wannabe needs a Gimli-esque foil )

BTW, technically there's been 3 dalish female companions (Ariane, Velanna and Merrill), two of which are mages (which should just solidify our desire for a male dalish warrior/rogue). But you're right about the non-dalish (hell, temporary companion Soris was male). I guess it's because of the Arwen-syndrome playing in for the dalish and the non-dalish companions forced to compensate for the former 

[JoHnDoE14]

TheHawkeWhoFlies wrote...

JoHnDoE14 wrote...

Fieryeel wrote...

We need a cliche Dalish archer companion.

Since we've already got 2 female Dalish, I think it's time to have a male one, and a classic approach would be nice (Broody Legolas).
(On another note, isn't it a bit strange that all Dalish elves companions are female while non Dalish elves are male?)

I agree. Actually, I was theorizing before Merrill was revealed that Fenarel could've been a companion in DA2. Though I'm not sure more broody is what we need (besides, a Legolas-wannabe needs a Gimli-esque foil )

BTW, technically there's been 3 dalish female companions (Ariane, Velanna and Merrill), two of which are mages (which should just solidify our desire for a male dalish warrior/rogue). But you're right about the non-dalish (hell, temporary companion Soris was male). I guess it's because of the Arwen-syndrome playing in for the dalish and the non-dalish companions forced to compensate for the former 

1) I just noticed that Fenarel is pretty close to Fen'Harel (as a name)
2) Really, is the Arwen syndrome that bad?
I surely have a thing about Elven women....they somehow remind ancient greek beauties (with the references to the greek pantheon and all). But, sadly, it is time for a change. A change that should be done correctly.

3) You are mostly right about Legolas needing a Gimli - and we already have one. But there are many Legolas variables. On the plus side, the situation with the dalish also changes the whole 'elven pride' thing, so he could be a cliche while NOT being one! (I know that this doesn't really make sense...)

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[TheHawkeWhoFlies]

JoHnDoE14 wrote...

TheHawkeWhoFlies wrote...

JoHnDoE14 wrote...

Fieryeel wrote...

We need a cliche Dalish archer companion.

Since we've already got 2 female Dalish, I think it's time to have a male one, and a classic approach would be nice (Broody Legolas).
(On another note, isn't it a bit strange that all Dalish elves companions are female while non Dalish elves are male?)

I agree. Actually, I was theorizing before Merrill was revealed that Fenarel could've been a companion in DA2. Though I'm not sure more broody is what we need (besides, a Legolas-wannabe needs a Gimli-esque foil )

BTW, technically there's been 3 dalish female companions (Ariane, Velanna and Merrill), two of which are mages (which should just solidify our desire for a male dalish warrior/rogue). But you're right about the non-dalish (hell, temporary companion Soris was male). I guess it's because of the Arwen-syndrome playing in for the dalish and the non-dalish companions forced to compensate for the former 

1) I just noticed that Fenarel is pretty close to Fen'Harel (as a name)
2) Really, is the Arwen syndrome that bad?
I surely have a thing about Elven women....they somehow remind ancient greek beauties (with the references to the greek pantheon and all). But, sadly, it is time for a change. A change that should be done correctly.

3) You are mostly right about Legolas needing a Gimli - and we already have one. But there are many Legolas variables. On the plus side, the situation with the dalish also changes the whole 'elven pride' thing, so he could be a cliche while NOT being one! (I know that this doesn't really make sense...)

1) Hmm. I wonder if his parents hated him 
2) It's not necessarily bad (Merrill's my favorite LI in DA2, for example), it just feels overdone to me.
3) Actually, I think it does make sense. However, I think Velanna sort of served the 'elven pride' purpose (I wouldn't mind another future attempt, however, especially if it's done better - the execution for Velanna wasn't very good. She just came off as a constant ****** with too few redeemable qualities) already.

That said, I'm all for a Legolas-ish character, assuming he's sufficiently different, or similar with interesting twists.

[Lightpanda]

trobbins777 wrote...

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2) A descendant of Andraste's blood. A rebel against what he(or possibly she) see's is a chantry full of decadence and preachers that use his/her Ancestor's name in vain. Honorable but willing to do whatever it takes to reform the chantry. He/She has not taken chantry vows because he/she views it as incest. he/she still supports the Templars, but wants to make templars and mages brothers in arms. One being the sword, the other one a shield.

*attempts Leliana voice* Brilliant!

[Lightpanda]

Threeparts wrote...

I'd like to see a priest or priestess from the Tevinter Chantry, who remains faithful to the Black Divine. We've had pro-chantry and anti-chantry companions, but they've all been focused on the Orlesian Divine. We've also had constant yelling in our ears about how awful the Tevinters are for using blood magic and keeping slaves. I'd love to see a comapanion who grew up with all these things and sees them as perfectly normal, and is curious about how the southern nations manage without slave labour and keeping all their mages locked up.

S/he should be prissy. "What?! They don't sell ambrosia here?!! How plebeian!"

Threeparts wrote...
Perhaps a Loyalist mage, who hails from one of the broken Circles and is terrified of the outside world after spending all of his life under the watchful eye of the Templars. Perhaps they are recruited along with a templar, who is not a radical and does not hate mages, and just wants to keep her charge safe. A protector and her ward.

Perhaps said mage has a whistle to summon said templar. And it's revealed later that the templar his/her mage, which freaks mage out...

Modifié par Lightpanda, 08 juin 2011 - 03:23 .