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[andraip]

When I played the "All that Remains" questline today I found something out.

• Quentin's wife has the same face as Leandra (lol, really something new )
• In a chest near Quentin's bed you can find the Amell Family Shield

What I thought was that Quentin was maybe married to a sister or cousin of Leandra, since having the same face is something that occurs in the same family.
Quentin could even be the father of the Human Mage Warden, considering that we only know the name of the mother, Revka Amell, and as far as I know we also don't know what happened to her.
Another thing is that the Warden (Human Magi Origin) is named Amell, as is his mother, so I'm thinking that Revka never married, and if she was in love which Quentin it would explain why.

But maybe I'm just reading to much into it.

What do guys/gals think of this?

[Xilizhra]

That would be quite intriguing and sort of disturbing, especially for a human mage Warden.

[whykikyouwhy]

This would make for some interesting parallels regarding the use of blood magic, especially considering the revelations in Legacy.

So no, OP - I don't think you're reading too much into it. But then I like a good mystery/conspiracy theory.

[Shepard Lives]

This is actually a pretty awesome theory, especially because my Amell Warden is probably the most morally upstanding character in Thedas (at least in his playthrough). Quentin would make for an... interesting counterpoint.

[Arthur Cousland]

I happen to be playing an Amell mage in Origins atm. It would be odd if his father was the one who made Aunt Leandra into Frankenstein.

Leandra having a similar face to Quentin's wife is why she was abducted, though it would be hard (though not impossible) for them to look almost alike without some kind of blood relation.

Unless Leandra had the shield on her, then the shield may be a possible clue. I don't see Leandra as the shield carrying type.

Bah....it sucks that you don't even know Quentin exists until you meet him. This feels like there was either some content cut from the game, or this particular scenario wasn't completely fleshed out.

Modifié par Arthur Cousland, 14 septembre 2011 - 02:10 .

[Skadi_the_Evil_Elf]

Now that would be......really creepy..Though I rp'd my Amell Warden's backstory somewhat differently, since I already had a certain history before DA2 came out. Still, even Quentin as grandpa would be pretty damned disturbing.

[TheJediSaint]

Another reason for Quentin to have the Amell family shield, besides game play and story segregation, is that he acquired it while he was courting Leandra. As I recall, Leandra said something about being courted before "All that Remains" ever happened.

[dragonflight288]

Leandra does ask what Hawke's opinion is about her getting remarried, since she's being courted.

However, until that happened I don't see her giving up a valuable family shield. In medieval societies, a shield represented who you served or what family you were a part of. Since Quentin came from Starkhaven, most likely he does have some relation to the Amell family.

[whykikyouwhy]

When was it that Quentin lost his wife? I don't recall if that detail was mentioned in-game, although it's possible I breezed over it. Depending on that info,is it possible that he had his eye on Leandra for some time and maybe acquired the shield through some thievery prior to the re-acquisition of the estate?

[dragonflight288]

He lost his wife some years before since he's killing women and has been for awhile since Act 1. So before the start of the game.

[mesmerizedish]

Before Act I (since the murders begin in Act I at the latest).

[whykikyouwhy]

So, hypothetically, in Act 1, he could have been taking notes and names, and acquiring tokens of/for his prospective victims? Maybe by having something that belonged to his victims, he felt he had some dominion over them - which is a perspective held in a lot of rituals, though not necessarily blood magic.

Just speculating, mind you.

[Kelnuin]

I blame that bustard Orsino for working with Quentin on his research. Orsino was protecting Quentin, a Blood Magic Researcher and unfortunately I figured it out much too late. (On my third Hawke)

[andraip]

The note you find near the shrine says

Today is our anniversary. Had hoped to complete my work by now, but one piece is missing. I'm sorry love. Please wait a little longer. I haven't forgotten my promise.

When I see it I'll know. I would know that face anywhere.

That means that Leandra was the last piece in the puzzle that Quentin had to find, it is however not known when he wrote it, but it has to be after he found Alessa. That does not leave much time for getting the Shield, and since it was in the chest right beside his bed I think that he would keep his personal mementos there, not something needed for a ritual (e.g. Hawke also has a chest near her/his bed with items from Lothering).

[TheJediSaint]

dragonflight288 wrote...

Leandra does ask what Hawke's opinion is about her getting remarried, since she's being courted.

However, until that happened I don't see her giving up a valuable family shield. In medieval societies, a shield represented who you served or what family you were a part of. Since Quentin came from Starkhaven, most likely he does have some relation to the Amell family.

I was actually thinking that Quentin aquired the shield for Leandra.  I would not be surprised if there's all kins of Amell memorblia floating around Kirkwall pawn shops, considering Gamlen sold just about everything.

[LobselVith8]

jamming777 wrote...

I blame that bustard Orsino for working with Quentin on his research. Orsino was protecting Quentin, a Blood Magic Researcher and unfortunately I figured it out much too late. (On my third Hawke)

Considering that Orsino helping Quentin makes as much sense as Meredith purchasing a macguffin, I can't really blame him any more than I blame Meredith for purchasing the lyrium idol. Neither action makes any rational sense and exists simply because "the Plot Dictates" that Orsino must always go insane and Meredith must always became a Super Sayian.

[spiritofretribution]

Interresting theory, I didn't saw the shield as a hint to something until now, it was just a random item to sell for me, lol.

I hope we get to know more of Quentin in a future DLC.

[Quething]

Interesting and creepy theory!

But just as a sidenote, as far as this goes:

andraip wrote...

[*]Another thing is that the Warden (Human Magi Origin) is named Amell, as is his mother, so I'm thinking that Revka never married, and if she was in love which Quentin it would explain why.

The practice of the wife always taking the man's name is not universal; in fact in Western society it's actually somewhat modern. In feudal societies it wouldn't be unusual for a man marrying "up" to a woman of more wealth and family influence to take her name - after all, if you could attach yourself to a more powerful name, why wouldn't you? - and the Amells seem to have been high in the ranks.

Though that doesn't mean much for Quentin, as if he'd actually married Revka, Leandra would presumably have at least known his name, and probably what he looked like.

[Sabariel]

A rather disturbing but very interesting theory.

Modifié par Sabariel, 17 septembre 2011 - 05:27 .