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[cindercatz]

Cirram55 wrote...

^ Well, rumor has it they're looking into adding more voices to choose from, so maybe we'll be able to speak with an orlesian accent as well.
I hope they find the necessary time and resources.

I hope so. I imagine that's a lot of investment, but it would really add a personal dimension to each playthrough and each individual inquisitor. That would be really great news.

The english voice they have in the PAX video is appropriately strong, and honestly I expect the VA to be quality no matter what they did, and he is. I just much prefer to expand the horizons a little bit and allow us to shift perspectives more strongly with appropriate accents, names, and available backstories for the different regions we play in.

[KnightXE]

I wonder if those surnames were fixed, or if we can choose from several surnames or create our own.

[Das Tentakel]

KnightXE wrote...

I wonder if those surnames were fixed, or if we can choose from several surnames or create our own.

Probably fixed, just like they were in DA:O. A fixed surname also allows them to refer to your character in future games using that same family name. For instance, in DA2 if your DA:O save featured a Human Mage player character, an NPC (I think it was Bethany) will refer to the Champion of Ferelden being an Amell, cousin to the Hawkes (through their Amell mother).

[Huge_Beaver]

So the elf pc is going to be Dalish or of Dalish descent?

[Angrywolves]

EAs giving them lots of money so maybe we'll have more VAs after all.

[Solas]

Marten Stroud wrote...

Based on these names, we can make some assumptions of origin.

The Human might be a noble, since Trevelyan is a real-life noble family.

The Elf might be Dalish, since Lavellan is a Scottish cryptid.

The Qunari might be (Tal-)Vashoth, since those who actually follow the Qun do not have personal names.

The Dwarf might be a surface dwarf, since Cadash is a lost or exiled dwarven house.

I had the same thoughts

Cadash got me super excited!

[Cirram55]

They said a character from Asunder is coming back as a companion, if I'm not mistaken.
It's highly unlikely, but if it's going to be Shale... just woah. Again though, unlikely.

[Eveangaline]

Wait, do all elves have the same last name? I thought only the mage had to be dalish?

[Clockwork_Wings]

Lord Aesir wrote...

The presence of a surname would seem to suggest Tal Vashoth, no?

If I'm not mistaken, a Qunari name indicates geneology, while what they're called indicates role.  So it might be, "One Who Solves, child of Artisan," or something like that. 

[Eveangaline]

Clockwork_Wings wrote...

Lord Aesir wrote...

The presence of a surname would seem to suggest Tal Vashoth, no?

If I'm not mistaken, a Qunari name indicates geneology, while what they're called indicates role.  So it might be, "One Who Solves, child of Artisan," or something like that. 

Why would their names record geneology? I'd imagine they'd have some actual records of that somewhere so that when the priests want to order you to bone someone they aren't inbreeding.

[Sandy]

Got to say that I am really digging Trevelyan as a last name. And since I'll play a human off the bat I'm trying to come up with a good first name that suits the last name.

Lucien Trevalyan, Marcus Trevelyan, Loren Trevelyan...? Hmmm, well, I have a year to ponder.

[LobselVith8]

Eveangaline wrote...

Wait, do all elves have the same last name? I thought only the mage had to be dalish?

From what I read, the list came from save files that were seen at PAX. It's likely that the description of the female elf from the Frostback Pass (who has a surname that seems like it could be Dalish). Lavellan could simply be the last name of one of the possible elven protagonist backgrounds we can choose from. It's impossible to say with any degree of certainty, however.

Modifié par LobselVith8, 18 septembre 2013 - 12:04 .

[Ryzaki]

Wulfram wrote...

Trevelyan is definitely British (specifically Cornish) and thus Fereldan.

Another Fereldan? 

Heh hope I can get a mabari.

[Heimdall]

Clockwork_Wings wrote...

Lord Aesir wrote...

The presence of a surname would seem to suggest Tal Vashoth, no?

If I'm not mistaken, a Qunari name indicates geneology, while what they're called indicates role.  So it might be, "One Who Solves, child of Artisan," or something like that. 

Where did you hear that?  Qunari have only ever been referred to by their specific role.  Geneology is of little concern save to the officials that arrange breeding.

Modifié par Lord Aesir, 18 septembre 2013 - 01:24 .

[Gwydden]

I don't know why people keep saying that the human Inquisitor will be the third Fereldan protagonist so far. In Origins, only three out of seven possible backgrounds were Fereldan: human noble, city elf and (not confirmed) elf mage. Other than that, we had two dwarves from Orzammar, a Dalish elf and a Marcher mage. But nonetheless, I guess I like Ferelden as the homeland of most of the characters I come up with. Would be great if we could choose between a Fereldan and an Orlesian Inquisitor, though.

Also, forgive my ignorance, but what is the connection between the surname Trevelyan and that Sean Bean picture?

Modifié par Gwydden, 18 septembre 2013 - 01:35 .

[vertigomez]

Gwydden wrote...

I don't know why people keep saying that the human Inquisitor will be the third Fereldan protagonist so far. In Origins, only three out of seven possible backgrounds were Fereldan: human noble, city elf and (not confirmed) elf mage. Other than that, we had two dwarves from Orzammar, a Dalish elf and a Marcher mage.

Yeah, this. Culturally, Orzammar is about as Fereldan as Antiva. The same applies to Dalish elves, being nomads and all. Don't they travel everywhere? Fereldan, Kirkwall, Zevran mentions them being in Antiva...

[Clockwork_Wings]

http://dragonage.wik...ety_and_culture

About four paragraphs down.

[Karlone123]

ArtemisMoons wrote...

Heidenreich wrote...

That's not "not giving a flying crap" when he's the writer. It's a canon fact. Be they ACTUALL kossith, or converts, no one IN the Qunari who are Kossith are refered to AS Kossith. They do not race-distinct. Elf, Human, or Kossith, to the Qunari, if they follow the Qun then they're Qunari. If players want to name each race by their race, theres nothing that says we can't. In THEDAS however, they do not.

Even the Tal-Vashoth are only really distinct TO the Qunari people and perhaps non-qun who live near enough to them to understand the distinction. Llike Hawke who spent a number of years dealing with the Qunari first hand, or the non-qun who still live in Seharon.

THIS. Why do people keep insisting that the writers are wrong in what they call the qunari? xD
I don't get why people argue with the fact of the game because they think something is "easier".

I would imagine the Qunari would only use Kossith on a record to identify certain people when it comes to breeding.

[Taleroth]

Karlone123 wrote...

I would imagine the Qunari would only use Kossith on a record to identify certain people when it comes to breeding.

Except they wouldn't, as Kossith was never a race. It was a culture. It would be Americans calling themselves English. Or the English calling themselves Saxons.

[Gwydden]

Taleroth wrote...
Except they wouldn't, as Kossith was never a race. It was a culture. It would be Americans calling themselves English. Or the English calling themselves Saxons.

 Bottom line being we're stuck with oxmen right?

[Taleroth]

Gwydden wrote...

Taleroth wrote...
Except they wouldn't, as Kossith was never a race. It was a culture. It would be Americans calling themselves English. Or the English calling themselves Saxons.

 Bottom line being we're stuck with oxmen right?

I'm good with Qunari.

[Nashina]

In my second play through of DA 1 i played a mage, as i enjoyed the idea of the hero's being connected in some way, personally for me I would like it if they still had a family connection to the inquisitor who may be related to the Amell family. But i know not everyone feels the same way.

[Spectre slayer]

pmurray001 wrote...

In my second play through of DA 1 i played a mage, as i enjoyed the idea of the hero's being connected in some way, personally for me I would like it if they still had a family connection to the inquisitor who may be related to the Amell family. But i know not everyone feels the same way.

The inquisitor is not going to be an Amell nor was it supposed to be.

David Gaider
The Amell link was an easter egg for those who recognized it, nothing more. There was nothing significant about it-- and, no, there is no such link in DAI. Nor would one really make sense, sorry.

While some inquisitors may have links to some people like Shale, some of them( surnames, those were handpicked by the devs) we've never seen or heard about before, some may have families, clans, be a noble or peasant, live in an alienge, be a mage from somewhere in Thedas, a surface dwarf etc. They should be releaseing some more surnames at some point soon after they edit them.