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[brushyourteeth]

WOW, these pictures are amazing! this is absolutely my favorite thread right now.

And I completely agree with sjpelkessjpeler -- I really think that Fereldan is probably miles behind the rest of Thedas in art and architecture, which is part of why they're looked down upon. I wouldn't be surprised to see more Renaissance/Baroque designs in Orlais at all. And I love some of the Russian buildings for Tevinter - especially if they could find a way to "creepy" them up a little.

[ElvaliaRavenHart]

Since it's been largely hinted that we will have a larger scope of all of Thedas to explore. I hope we get a peek at returning to Denerim and how it looks after the battle for the city and also the Landsmeet Hall or something to do with the Palace. I would very much like to see the King and Queen sitting on their thrones or monarch you chose for your game to be imported.

I do think if Dragon Age 3 is set mostly in Orlais then the Grand Catherdral and the Royal Palace need to be up and over the top in design. I want to see rich vibrant colors. I'd like to see Amaranthine again and also Highever and how it is doing and even the Vigil. The same if your warden was from the Dalish or City Elf, and also of course Orzammar. We have to have a look at the Warden HQ in Orlais and hopefully quest included with the wardens. Small cinematic glimpses will do well for me with a narrative and codex to read.

If the new game is this large in scope I'd like to have access to every storage chest I've paid for. Let's face it, gold was hard to come by in DA2, I want stealing to return as a skill please. Maybe a quest to break into Hawke's home to steal equipment or having permission from the wardens for the new hero to visit Levi at Warden's keep. If we have to take a hop, skip, or jump into Kirkwall (I know I said a dirty word here!). Of course a new storage chest when in Orlais. Please allow me to equip my party members standing next to it. Hopefully inside my humble home.

If we travel by sea then we are actually on the ship. One of my favorite scenes from DA2 was the boatride. I thought that was very well done.

I also think it would be a good idea if Bioware is hiring new people for this project that their homework must include them playing at least one origin story and and one playthrough of DA2 to help them understand the game.

I also want more codex entries on the various counties and more lore to gain more information on them. Rivain and Nevarra, Par Vollen, and Sheron especially. I'd love to see any of my former party members just walking through the new cities or sitting in a bar drinking, this can also include my warden since this is being hinted they might make an appearance. I'd think it'd be great to see Hawke and the Warden both sitting at a table drinking. A fight breaks out and we see both of them pull hoods over their faces and get up and leave.

Just throwing some ideas your way.

[brushyourteeth]

Avejajed wrote...




I have more coming too. This is fun.

This totally looks the way I imagined northern Orlais when reading "Asunder." Gorgeous!

[waouh]

for the tevintide empire it s great!! ^^

[Das Tentakel]

@ Avejajed: Keep 'em comin'

A modest example from near where I was born: the decaying donjon of Nijenbeek Castle.
It's all that is left of a medium-sized castle hat was used to exact tolls on the IJssel River.







I've visited it a couple of times. It is a very melancholy place, especially when the winter snows melt and the low hill on which it lies becomes a tiny island. 

There's a hilarious little story involved with this castle. In the 14th century Duke Reinoud III of Gelre was imprisoned here by his brother Duke Eduard. After his brother was killed in battle, Duke Reinoud was freed.
However, he had gotten so fat they had to break out the walls of his cell:).

Colourful family by the way .
Duke Reinoud and Duke Eduard's grandfather was King Edward II of England, who, it is said, died because his wife and her lover had a red-hot metal poker inserted where the Sun doesn't shine (so there were no outward wounds).
Duke Eduard was supposedly killed during the Battle of Baesweiler by one of his own vassals, who shot him in the back with a crossbow. Duke Eduard had been fooling around with the vassal lord's wife, it is said.
The nobles of Gelre are said to have been a touchy lot .

Modifié par Das Tentakel, 01 mai 2012 - 07:25 .

[ElvaliaRavenHart]

Wow, beautiful pictures. The frozen lake immediately brought to my mind the Kocari Wilds and I can just invision Morrigan or Flemeth walking through there.

[Das Tentakel]

Heh. Time for the big guns :innocent:



One of the 'secrets' of the Netherlands is De Haar Castle. It is not entirely original; the castle fell into ruin in the 17th century, and it was only at the end of the 19th century that the lord of the castle caught himself a Rothschild bride and, with money to burn, hired the Netherlands' most famous architect of the day to restore the ancient ancestral castle to full glory - and then some. Modern amenities like electricity and running water were, of course, included.
Oh, and he had the neighbouring village of Haarzuilens completely rebuilt.
Must take care of one's tenants . Noblesse oblige.





People seem to like winter photos .

Some pictures of the interior. If you have money to burn, you have money to burn. Especially if it's your wife's money:innocent:.







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And yup, griffins:).

[Das Tentakel]

sjpelkessjpeler wrote...

Oooh Das Tentakel: you found a picture of a griffon!

Love it !
The interiour looks really cool.
And the man made a good choise to burn this wifes money on the rebuild of the castle.

Better burn it on that then on flammeble wigs ...

Well, the Baron's wife was of the French branch of the Rothschilds...

@Avejaved: Cool, you've found Burg Hohenzollern I see .

What I love about is, is how it dominates the surrounding area...



I think the Grafensaal looks very beautiful, with a certain understated elegance. Looks doable for a videogame too, but what do I know?



My current favourite as possible inspiration for a true Orlesian castle would be Chateau Pierrefonds. De Haar looks a bit too 'German', but Pierrefonds looks quintessentially 'French Gothic', like the castles you see in the 'Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry'.



(Painted by...the Van Limburg brothers. Although they were from Nijmegen;))

It has been used for various movies and tv series, including the remake of 'Les Rois Maudits' (The Accursed Kings) and BBC's 'Merlin'.









Pictures of the interior:

Modifié par Das Tentakel, 01 mai 2012 - 08:58 .

[Das Tentakel]

Begemotka wrote...

@Das Tentakel :Grafensaal`s "understated" elegance = <3
I always felt blue+gold was royal,without being "kitschig".Or blue+silver instead of purple+gold,for example.

I have to second sjpelkessjpeler : Pierrefonds in DA3,please:) And you are suspiciously good at sneaking griffons in here and there - subtle hint?

@sjpelkesspjeler : Aaaaah,that chandelier is perfect for...wait for it...Mr. ENCHANTMENT to swing upon
        Mesdames et Messieurs! Burning Wigs and Sandal`s Airshow - Experience Orlais!

Funny how people come down to burning wigs, masked balls etc.

In 1393, they had the so-called 'Bal des Ardents'. The young French king Charles VI and five of his nobles, dressed up as 'wild men of the woods' were dancing at a masqueraded ball. The dance seems to have been a pretty wild affair, but at some point the - highly flammable - costume of one of the dancers caught fire. The fire spread; a young Duchess saved the King by covering his costume with her voluminous robes, but the other dancers were not so lucky; one jumped in an open vat of wine, but the other four died, three after lingering for several days.



So, if you want a masqueraded ball in Orlais, be careful what you wish for. Assuming Bioware's devs read history books, or even this thread.
Mwuhahahahahahahahahahahaha:lol:

[Das Tentakel]

Okay, a bit off-topic, but I wanted to post this before going off to bed.

Regarding the Van Limburg brothers, who painted the illustrations of the ' Tres Riches Heures'  of the Duke of Berry, every two years they have a medieval festival in their honour in their old home city, Nijmegen.
Now, on the grounds of the old Imperial fortress-palace (palts, pfalz), they constructed something monstrous...
and here you see a knight charging the monstrosity.



So if you see Chevaliers charging a giant bunny in DA3, this is where the devs got their idea from :innocent:

Modifié par Das Tentakel, 01 mai 2012 - 09:56 .

[LolaLei]

Woah, those photos are crazy! Imagine if they put something like this in DA3!