Well, here's what I would do with Dragon Age 2:
--The main storyline would revolve around tracking down Morrigan, who would become the new (potential) archvillain of the story.
The origin options (depending on how you ended DA 1) would be:
****NOTE: ENDING SPOILERS BELOW****
Origin 1: (Sleep with Morrigan) Your original character, tracks down Morrigan, now pregnant with your (or Alistair's) child
Origin 2: (You "died") Your original character, back from the dead* tracks down Morrigan.*
Origin 3: Qunari warrior, on a mission to the south
Origin 4: Orlesian noble (human)
Perhaps 2 others, elf and/or dwarf in Orlais, Free Marches, or Tevinter
Basically, this would allow new players to start without the first campaign (origins 2 to 6), as either a human, elf, Qunari, or dwarf but also allow former players to continue their characters in a new campaign (origins 1 or 2).
The DA2 plot line would revolve around Morrigan's attempt to gain control of an "Old God" (because, really, Morrigan is all about power, isn't she?) and your own attempts to stop her.
If she succeeds, she poses a possibly greater threat than any archdemon: an already powerful mage with an Old God in her thrall? Yikes. Morrigan would attempt to do this by either (1) controlling the child you helped her conceive and/or (2) harnessing that power some other way (i.e., assuming you refused her offer of "help" in DA:O).
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* About that "Self-Sacrifice" ending of the original game, if I could have changed --ANYTHING-- about the original DA:O, it would have been to offer an alternative ending for those of us who were repelled by Morrigan's self-serving and disturbing "way out" but didn't want to just sacrifice either Alistair or our own lives.
My way around this problem would have been to have a mysterious raven show up as a "mage's familiar" (e.g., a raven or hawk) in the Alienage just prior to the big battle with the Darkspawn General there. The raven would only appear to player characters who refused Morrigan's aid. The raven would be used as a conduit to communicate with the player on behalf of a mysterious Tevinter mage/alchemist. The bird would have a small vial of elixir attached to its leg.
The PC would be offered the option to take the elixir, on condition that he or she swear an oath of fealty to the mage. It seems he needs you for a particular task and was only sure he could trust you once you refused Morrigan's offer (when you refuse Morrigan's offer back at Castle Redcliffe, you would hear the "flapping of wings" [i.e., the bird, who had been eavesdropping, flying off].) The mage's task for you (to be revealed in the final cutscene) involves stopping and/or destroying Morrigan. In return, the PC, if he or she uses the elixir, might *possibly* survive the battle with the archdemon.
The player character would then proceed with the final battle(s), engage the archdemon, and "die". The funeral would be held, etc., after the funeral, etc., the cut scene would end with an unseen person walking through a crypt, along with perhaps Dog and a henchmen or two. This mysterious person would be none other than the mage who had contacted you in the Alienage and he would awaken you from a most profound, death-like slumber, and tell you that it was months later, the elixir had preserved you long enough for him to make his way all the way from Tevinter. He would tell you, among other things, that it was time to "repay" your debt to him. And at that point the game would end.
Modifié par tomas819, 31 décembre 2009 - 07:35 .
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