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[henkez3]

I just have some lore questions on the Qunari that I feel I couldn't find answers for anywhere else, I'd love to hear from the guys in charge of the lore of the world themselves (*cough* Gaider *cough* ), if it is information they can divulge of course.

1. How tall are the kossith among the unari? They are called "giants" by humans. So for example, I'd imagine that the Antaam takes in the biggest and strongest of the Qunari, so how tall would they be? Also for comparison, how tall is, say male and female Hawke? Are all qunari as muscular as those who serve in the Antaam?

2. I'm not sure about this, but can human, elven and dwarven converts serve in the Antaam or is that restricted to the Kossith?

3. On what level of development is Qunari gunpowder weapons if you compare to real life? 15th century? 16th century?

4. Does Qunari have any type of cavalry?

5. Is the reason for their lack of armour because they value rapid movement in warfare rather than heavy, durable infantry?

Fan speculation is welcome too, speculation is fun!

[KiwiQuiche]

1. Well, the Arishok was quite a bit bigger than other Kossith- however I think that was mainly to establish him as the huge-ass general who can kick the crap out of you than legit. Personally, for the Antaam they would accept anyone who fit that role- there are more fighters than the tanks. (And they also need to be physically fit, obviously)

2. I assume as long as they are Qunari and are appropriate for that role, then yes.

3. Well, they have cannons (this is how it's spelled people, no canon) so they are slowly getting there. They don't have guns though.

4. Getting mounts big enough for the species Kossith would be a pain- but they could have them on the homeland. After all, we haven't seen them in war. The Arishok was also shipwrecked, and Sten was on a mission, not full scaled invasion.

5. Cause manly man flesh with sword-stopping war paint. Probably just a design thing, to make them appear more beastial and ferocious I would assume. However the Arishok and co are shipwrecked; I would assume they would have cast off their heavy armour so they wouldn't drown when they swam to shore. (Doesn't really explain lack of armour for what, 7 years? But everyone else doesn't change clothes, barring a few lmao)

Yay, speculations from everyone!

Modifié par KiwiQuiche, 12 octobre 2012 - 12:12 .

[Wulfram]

Well, in Origins they wore heavy steel armour, both in Sten's fade dream and the codex.

[RedArmyShogun]

henkez3 wrote...

I just have some lore questions on the Qunari that I feel I couldn't find answers for anywhere else, I'd love to hear from the guys in charge of the lore of the world themselves (*cough* Gaider *cough* ), if it is information they can divulge of course.

1. How tall are the kossith among the unari? They are called "giants" by humans. So for example, I'd imagine that the Antaam takes in the biggest and strongest of the Qunari, so how tall would they be? Also for comparison, how tall is, say male and female Hawke? Are all qunari as muscular as those who serve in the Antaam?

2. I'm not sure about this, but can human, elven and dwarven converts serve in the Antaam or is that restricted to the Kossith?

3. On what level of development is Qunari gunpowder weapons if you compare to real life? 15th century? 16th century?

4. Does Qunari have any type of cavalry?

5. Is the reason for their lack of armour because they value rapid movement in warfare rather than heavy, durable infantry?

Fan speculation is welcome too, speculation is fun!

1. Likely the size of an orge. I have no proof of this however.

2. Yes, the Qun, and the Qunari arn't just a race, but an Ideal. Its even told to Hawke if he converted his role would change little, as in he would be a warrior. The Qunari waste nothing and don't hold racial haterd or discrimination.

3. I would Assume 16th Centruy. lock match muskets, cannon, etc.

4. unlikely, but possible. Given they are from an island nation that seems tropical the avalibility of mounts would be limited, though its likely the foces facing tevinter do have mounts. Or the Qunari drew the conclussion that took Europe way too long to figure out.

Horses don't fare well against gunfire.

5. No. The ones in DA2 lost alot of there gear from shipwreck, even most of there weapons are jurry rigged spears. In DA:O we see that they are well equipped, and have armor. And that was from a scout unit. Its likely main line infantry have heavy armor.

[PsychoBlonde]

RedArmyShogun wrote...

1. Likely the size of an orge. I have no proof of this however.

Not even remotely that big.  The dudes labeled Qunari in the games thus far are all Kossith.  They're only about a head taller than the average human, but they look to be considerably heavier--so probably an extra 6-8" in height and 60-100 lbs. of weight.

If you want some perspective, average human height for human males around the world  is generally between 5'4" and 5'10", so if we take Alistair to be a typical sort of guy, say, around 5'7" (67 inches) and around 165 lbs., then Sten would probably be about 6'3" to 6'5" and 250 lbs.  Now, if Alistair is more heroic in porportions, say a proper 6', 180lb bruiser, then Sten would be about the same size as Shaquille O'Neal, 7'1" and 325ish lbs.

However, historically humans were about 6' shorter on average than modern specimens.  So the Kossith may, on average, be just about the same size as modern Americans--we'd look pretty big to Europeans of 400 years ago, when a 6-footer was a giant of a man.

That being said, there appears to be a LOT of morphological variation in Kossith, everything from lack of horns to enormous, oversized horns--even the type of horns they have seems to have some variaton.  (Some have striations like bighorn sheep, some are smooth like the horns on a bull.)  This is probably a result of their heavily controlled breeding program. 

3. I would Assume 16th Centruy. lock match muskets, cannon, etc.

Thus far, they haven't exhibited any personnel-carried firearms, just cannon, most of which is mounted on ships.  The Qunari are the nth degree of paranoid over having their weapons stolen and it's unlikely they'll willingly develop weapons that humans could easily get ahold of and run away with any time soon.

4. unlikely, but possible. Given they are from an island nation that seems tropical the avalibility of mounts would be limited, though its likely the foces facing tevinter do have mounts. Or the Qunari drew the conclussion that took Europe way too long to figure out.

Qunari cavalry was mentioned in one of the codex entries, but what KIND of cavalry it is and how they use it has not been disclosed.  Personally, I doubt they have much in the way of horse cavalry--even their most heavily armored infantry are probably faster and certainly have far more endurance than even the best horses--heck, HUMANS on foot are actually faster and have more endurance than horses do over the long haul.  Plus, most of the people they want to fight are across a decent-sized body of water.

Horses don't fare well against gunfire.

The end of horse cavalry came about because of the development of powered vehicles.  Gunfire isn't any more significant against cavalry than arrows or pikes.

5. No. The ones in DA2 lost alot of there gear from shipwreck, even most of there weapons are jurry rigged spears. In DA:O we see that they are well equipped, and have armor. And that was from a scout unit. Its likely main line infantry have heavy armor.

Haven't seen any examples of their heavy armor in the comics, yet.  I'm hoping we will in DA3.