Okay, so I’m replaying DAO and I am in the Gauntlet approaching the Urn of Sacred Ashes. I look up and there is the statue of Andraste, and there is something that looks vaguely like a bird perched on her forehead. I always wonder what that is.
Anyone have any idea what that bird-like thing is meant to represent? Why is it there?
One other related question. The statue of Andraste sits on a dais at the end of the room. Two other statues of male figures, each equipped with a spear, are situated on either side of the statue of Andraste. The problem is that the male figures are huge in comparison to the statue of Andraste. Symbolically, this seems terribly wrong. It suggests (to me, at least) that Andraste is less important than the two male figures. I suppose I am comparing this to RL statues of kings placed between two lions. The lions are never larger than the king.
So even though Andraste is placed on the dais, she should still be the largest statue in the room. Shouldn't she?
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gandanlin
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Posté 21 janvier 2012 - 10:59
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Perhaps and perhaps not.
A better question may be have you seen any similar statues in other parts of the game-not similar in size but in shape or design.
The large statues may have been put there to symbolize something and then expanded in size because one of the people making the game thought it looked cooler that way-no symbolism intended.
Or there could be some hidden message.
Perhaps that Andraste was a leader (central placement and on a raised platform) but she lead a great multitude (larger size symbolizing not the importance of the person with the spear but that the statue represented a large number of persons).
Don't forget that one of the books you can give Wynne question's what Andraste's nature was and how important she was-was still important it just is questioning how much and why. It also hints she may have been a mage. The book-within the game's storyline-may be right or wrong. We don't know how accurate the games' writers wanted it to be.
Back to the big states.... maybe their size symbolizes something and maybe it doesn't. And even if it did we don't necessarily know what.
A better question may be have you seen any similar statues in other parts of the game-not similar in size but in shape or design.
The large statues may have been put there to symbolize something and then expanded in size because one of the people making the game thought it looked cooler that way-no symbolism intended.
Or there could be some hidden message.
Perhaps that Andraste was a leader (central placement and on a raised platform) but she lead a great multitude (larger size symbolizing not the importance of the person with the spear but that the statue represented a large number of persons).
Don't forget that one of the books you can give Wynne question's what Andraste's nature was and how important she was-was still important it just is questioning how much and why. It also hints she may have been a mage. The book-within the game's storyline-may be right or wrong. We don't know how accurate the games' writers wanted it to be.
Back to the big states.... maybe their size symbolizes something and maybe it doesn't. And even if it did we don't necessarily know what.
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Posté 22 janvier 2012 - 12:42
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I always thought that forehead thingie was a tall feather or something, some kind of headdress.
Might be that Andraste's followers co-opted an old Tevinter temple; seems more likely to me than a bunch of barbarians and a few Tevinter converts on the run building that whole complex. The big statues might have already been there. Dunno why they wouldn't tear them down; maybe they were worried there were delicate glass vials containing scraps of paper hidden in the bases...
Might be that Andraste's followers co-opted an old Tevinter temple; seems more likely to me than a bunch of barbarians and a few Tevinter converts on the run building that whole complex. The big statues might have already been there. Dunno why they wouldn't tear them down; maybe they were worried there were delicate glass vials containing scraps of paper hidden in the bases...
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Posté 22 janvier 2012 - 12:45
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That's not a bird, that's part of the statue. As Corker said, it seems to be a headdress of some kind.
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Posté 22 janvier 2012 - 08:14
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Okay, a plume or something along those lines. Never thought of that.
It could be that the temple was occupied by more than one culture, each one adding its own bit to the design.
Thanks for the input. I see some new possibilites now.
It could be that the temple was occupied by more than one culture, each one adding its own bit to the design.
Thanks for the input. I see some new possibilites now.
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Posté 23 janvier 2012 - 08:21
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