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Monarchs and The Choices We Make


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chrisraymondr

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 Aah, Dragon Age Origins, a tale of dilemmas, tribulations and choices. One choice however, I feel, is important when establishing the Dragon Age Inquisition lore.

 King Alistair? Queen Anora? Prince-Consort Mr Grey Warden? Who will be the monarch to rule them all? And by 'rule them all' I mean 'rule all of Ferelden'. Now if we go by the 'canon' lore it is infact Alistair who rules them all. But what then about the choices we made in Dragon Age Origins? I chose to marry Anora and send Alistair off into exile. Why? Because Anora is damn fine! I decided that my warden knew best how to rule a Kingdom... and I wanted to make lots of lovely blonde children...

 Now I loved the idea of my warden becoming King Prince-Consort, it added a new flavour to my story and yo my lore and it, in my eyes, increased the chances of me seeing my warden again (I mean, for God's sake he's King Prince-Consort of Ferelden! With the option now of world roaming a quick trip to Denerim and a chance to see my little blonde babies would be delecious!). What will happen if Alistair is King for no logical reason in Dragon Age Inquisition?

 I love having to make choices. Want to make Hawke Viscount of Kirkwall? Go ahead. Don't worry though, he'll just dissapear anyway. My Warden would never have left Anora unless it was urgent and I get that, I really do.... wait? What am I even saying? I'm rambling, allow me to get back on topic.

 I want my King Prince-Consort Warden to exsist and be married to Anora, even if she is infirtile. I want me Hawke to exsist and still be Viscount of Kirkwall. I want Alistair to be a drunk, I want Morrigan to have my child, I want Anders to really be dead this time and, most of all, I want to see my Warden's blonde little heirs. 

 Choices and ramifications. These are what define Bioware games and these are what I want to affect Dragon Age Inquistion. I understand that there is only so much that can be done, I'm no so naive as to think that Bioware is going to create twenty different versions of the game depending on character choices in past game, to even suggest that would be idiotic. What I want is to see is those little blonde children that my Warden had with Anora, I want to SEE Morrigan's child change the world (I understand that the child is not canon... maybe the child can have a little side quest, y'know? Like Nathaniel did in Dragon Age 2...), I want to SEE Sebastien ruling in Starkhaven and I want to feel as though my character has the ability to change the world.

 How do you guys feel? What choices did you make that you want to see affect Dragon Age Inquisition and what choices do you feel are irrelevant (for example, The Circle of Magi being granted independance in Fereldan and a chantry being set up in Orzammar etc.)? I'm truly interested to see how the novels, the comics and how David Gaider are going to affect MY universe, because in my eyes, those are MY characters and those will be my blonde haired children frolicking around with Bann Teagen and Bella's children...

 Monarch's, one of the biggest choices we make. Are they important? Or can they be brushed aside in the name of the canon? I don't mind if Alistair is King all of a sudden in Dragon Age Inquisition, I only care if the overall story is not great, but I want to know if YOU care. If choice important? Or does the canon overrule it?

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David Gaider

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Cin3xzara wrote...
I'm truly interested to see how the novels, the comics and how David Gaider are going to affect MY universe, because in my eyes, those are MY characters and those will be my blonde haired children frolicking around with Bann Teagen and Bella's children...


The comics aren't going to affect your universe. There is no "canon", outside of a default that exists should you not be importing. The events that occurred in the comics and novels only happened in your universe if they match up (Wynne was only involved in the events of Asunder, for instance, if she survived DAO to begin with). If not, then they happened differently... or not at all.

In other words, just because there are Dragon Age stories that exist which cannot import your game choices does not mean they will suddenly override your future games.