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[Angrywolves]

David Gaider wrote...

Reading story predictions makes me giggle.

Every now and again, one of them is right--but a broken clock is right twice a day, so... yeah.

Time to bring this one back.
Like Bruce Willis said in Diehard "Come to the party, have a few laughs."

I predict the warden will be a ghoul. A way I think for Bioware to teach us not to become to attached to the protagnists
in the DA series. Part of the old adage, be careful what you wish for.

[DRTJR]

1. The what in the maker's name happened to Hawke will be addressed but few if any warden characters will be involved the Inquisition.

2. There will be a lot of references to DA:O, DA:A, DA:2. But that one you where hoping for isn't there.

3. The Dead Hawke sibling(s) will be an encounter. somehow.

4. The almost every review will make a Monty Python reference if Bioware does THE REFERENCE, but if they don't EVERYBODY will make THE REFERENCE.

[Plaintiff]

Have I posted in here before? Oh well, posting anyway.

I think there's a decent chance that it will be revealed that the Veil has long-term detrimental aspects of which mankind is mostly unaware, and that sundering it has potential benefits for the world at large.

[Olivier_dehFanboy]

JulianWellpit wrote...

Don't listen to 

If they added Tevinter and Antiva then they and all the other countries I've mentioned above would get lesser development and insight to their cuture, lands and oth

This way we get a more healthy dose of Orlais, Ferelden and maybe the the other two while a next installment will leave extra space for a better and substantial development of the other northen places. In the end it will be for the best of Antiva and Tevinter.

i hate to admit it, but well said. Its for the best 

[Angrywolves]

Darrah mentioned Tevinter in an interview with Adam Sessler , so it's pretty much been confirmed.

[Ieldra]

Angrywolves wrote...
Darrah mentioned Tevinter in an interview with Adam Sessler , so it's pretty much been confirmed.

What exactly is confirmed? And what exactly did Mark Darrah say? Simply "mentioning" Tevinter isn't telling us anything.

[Vulpe]

 A theory regarding the origin of lyrium,dragons and the connection between the Old Gods song like Calling and lyrium singing.

[Hellion Rex]

Ieldra2 wrote...

Angrywolves wrote...
Darrah mentioned Tevinter in an interview with Adam Sessler , so it's pretty much been confirmed.

What exactly is confirmed? And what exactly did Mark Darrah say? Simply "mentioning" Tevinter isn't telling us anything.

Indeed. I believe that it was only given a passing mention, and it certainly wasn't confimed, not by any stretch of the imagination.

[Ieldra]

Plaintiff wrote...
Have I posted in here before? Oh well, posting anyway.

I think there's a decent chance that it will be revealed that the Veil has long-term detrimental aspects of which mankind is mostly unaware, and that sundering it has potential benefits for the world at large.

The sundering of the Veil would let spirits roam free, and make the Black City visible, maybe even accessible, to all. It would possibly make everyone a mage. An interesting scenario, but would the DA team change their setting so drastically?

[Hellion Rex]

Plaintiff wrote...

Have I posted in here before? Oh well, posting anyway.

I think there's a decent chance that it will be revealed that the Veil has long-term detrimental aspects of which mankind is mostly unaware, and that sundering it has potential benefits for the world at large.

I agree. However, we will probably have to balance a world with no Veil and free roaming demons with these benefits, whatever they might be.

[Hellion Rex]

Ieldra2 wrote...

Plaintiff wrote...
Have I posted in here before? Oh well, posting anyway.

I think there's a decent chance that it will be revealed that the Veil has long-term detrimental aspects of which mankind is mostly unaware, and that sundering it has potential benefits for the world at large.

The sundering of the Veil would let spirits roam free, and make the Black City visible, maybe even accessible, to all. It would possibly make everyone a mage. An interesting scenario, but would the DA team change their setting so drastically?

I am not sure. Having the Fade completely opened would probably supercharge mages. But in terms of the mundanes, I don't think they would give them full access to mage abilities. Perhaps they gain some type of abilities that were previously inaccessible...

[BioFan (Official)]

Allan Schumacher wrote...

Silfren wrote...

Do you perchance have an example of this from Origins or DA2?

Nope.  I never visited the forums for the development of either of those games.

What about you David?

[fiveforchaos]

1. The Dread Wolf is actually a champion for the "mortal" races, specifically the elves and locked the gods away to prevent not only to allow Thedas to grow on its own, but to prevent the war with the forgotten ones from causing too much loss of life. Essentially, he was to Thedas what The Doctor was to the universe in Doctor Who.

2. Dwarves are not capable of magic because they were not created through the same means as other Thedas races. It's possible that while most of the races of Thedas were created by the gods, the Dwarves developed through natural evolution, or came to exist on Thedas through some other means (possibly involving the place beyond the veil that Morrigan discussed).

[Ieldra]

eluvianix wrote...

Ieldra2 wrote...

Plaintiff wrote...
Have I posted in here before? Oh well, posting anyway.

I think there's a decent chance that it will be revealed that the Veil has long-term detrimental aspects of which mankind is mostly unaware, and that sundering it has potential benefits for the world at large.

The sundering of the Veil would let spirits roam free, and make the Black City visible, maybe even accessible, to all. It would possibly make everyone a mage. An interesting scenario, but would the DA team change their setting so drastically?

I am not sure. Having the Fade completely opened would probably supercharge mages. But in terms of the mundanes, I don't think they would give them full access to mage abilities. Perhaps they gain some type of abilities that were previously inaccessible...

You see, if I was the person in charge of worldbuilding, I would object most strenuously to the idea of supercharged mages. I think it would be detrimental to the setting, unless we want a world thematically dominated by the concerns of mages and magic, even more so than it already is. I don't think the DA team wants that, and I don't think most players would want it. That's why I don't think we'll get it. 

Edit:
That I'm saying this, as a player who likes magic and mages and who wants the themes of exploration of the unknown, knowledge and personal ascension to play a positive part in the story, that should tell you how important I consider this problem.

Modifié par Ieldra2, 13 décembre 2013 - 09:50 .

[TKavatar]

Maybe it would be better then if mages only got supercharged close to a Veil tear.

[Ieldra]

TKavatar wrote...
Maybe it would be better then if mages only got supercharged close to a Veil tear.

The idea triggering this discussion was "the Veil is sundered". There are no more Veil tears, the Fade and the waking world are one. If this has any effects on magic, then they're everywhere. 

Besides, do we really need supercharged mages? I think mages have enough potential power. Story-wise, there is potential for a scenario where magic is supercharged, but gameplay-wise it would be a recipe for disaster, since either mages get more powerful in gameplay as well, creating a great imbalance, or there will be an increasing prevalence of gameplay/story segregation. Not a good idea.

One thing which is possible, and which I mentioned somewhere (might even be in this thread), is that some event creates one location where magic is safe, and possibly more powerful. That would create a safe haven for mages and possible a "magical city", but wouldn't unbalance the setting. I'd like that, but it's a localized effect which couldn't result from a global sundering of the Veil. Not alone, anyway.

[Quill74Pen]

My prediction? At the heart of the Black City lies a Reaper ...

[DonaldFwump]

 I prefer that if it's revealed that the qunari do have dragon blood, that they start being referred to as "dova'khin" 

[MidnightsFury]

My Prediction, Christmas Version:

Lyrium Bells, Varric smells,
The Fandom cried many tears!
Bio-Ware made us tear out our hair,
Gaider laughed all the way, hey!

AND the extended version:

Dashing through Orlais
In a one-nug open sleigh
O'er the Marches we go
Inquisiting all the way
Veil tears make heads ring
Forcing our heroes to fight
What fun it is to travel and sing
A slaying song tonight!

(chorus)
Lyrium bells, Lyrium bells,
Fandom all the way.
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-nug open sleigh.
Lyrium bells, lyrium bells,
Fandom all the way;
Oh! what fun it is to ride
In a one-nug open sleigh"

Holiday spirit not included, however may contain one or another spirit of: Justice, Jealousy, Pride, etc. See stores for details....in 2014.

[Angrywolves]

Ieldra2 wrote...

Angrywolves wrote...
Darrah mentioned Tevinter in an interview with Adam Sessler , so it's pretty much been confirmed.

What exactly is confirmed? And what exactly did Mark Darrah say? Simply "mentioning" Tevinter isn't telling us anything.

Did youi really expect them to say more than that?
<_<

[AresKeith]

Angrywolves wrote...

Ieldra2 wrote...

Angrywolves wrote...
Darrah mentioned Tevinter in an interview with Adam Sessler , so it's pretty much been confirmed.

What exactly is confirmed? And what exactly did Mark Darrah say? Simply "mentioning" Tevinter isn't telling us anything.

Did youi really expect them to say more than that?
<_<

And how does mentioning Tevinter means it's pretty much confirmed?

[Angrywolves]

any new story predictions ?

and how does mentioning Tevinter not mean anything.

I don't know how players, with the Bioware secrecy, expect them to tell us everything in these interviews.
rolls eyes.

[Orian Tabris]

My prediction is not so much of the Inquisition story, itself, but rather how things came to be.

The Maker is was a benevolent (and genderless) spirit of the Fade that acted as the Fade's leader (and protector?), until Tevinter Magisters decided to seek the Fade's mysterious leader out in it's home, the Golden City, under the orders of their 7 leaders Dumat, Razikael, Uthemiel, etc. The city's residents are spirits who turned into various demons as a result of the Maker's rage from the Magister's attempt to enter the Golden City. And the Maker itself - in it's rage - turned into a demon as well, and the Golden City turned black as night. The City and it's residents are directly connected to the Maker in some way, hence the transformation into demons and the Black City.

The Magisters found the City black, and called it the Black City. They broke in to see the Maker, battling the newly transformed demons as they went. Many of them were turned into darkspawn upon death, having their souls removed by the Maker. The remaining few Magisters were forced out of the Black City, and turned them into half-demons. It sent them to separate corners of the Fade.

Dumat and the other gods entered the Fade after the initial transformation of the Golden City, whereby The Maker chained them and brought them in a room nearby it's throne room. They were powerless to stop it. The Maker removed their souls from their bodies, and transformed their psuedo-dead husks into dragons, possessed them, and forced them to leave the Fade, into the underground where they were freed of their possession and fell into deep slumber. The darkspawn left the Fade, following their masters, the Old Gods into the Deep Roads.

The dwarves had already been living in the Deep Roads by that time. They were a race of humans who left the surface where the humans had began to evolve, and grew short and stout. They found the land of Thedas, in the underground, where they started their civilisation. Elves, another race of humans, some time later broke away as well, and went to live somewhere else. They also found Thedas, and began to grow tall and benevolent with the help of the oxygen, life-giving trees.

The darkspawn found the dwarves and captured many women and turned them into broodmothers, and together they reproduced with the intent of finding their Old God masters.

[Angrywolves]

bump.
Time to bring this back.
According to Gaider we're all broken clocks, rotfl.
So let's see how often we can be right with our predictions.
haha.

[Ieldra]

Angrywolves wrote...
bump.
Time to bring this back.
According to Gaider we're all broken clocks, rotfl.
So let's see how often we can be right with our predictions.
haha.

I think most story predictions are too plausible to attribute it to a "broken clock" effect should they turn out to be right. Except for one kind of prediction: I can't imagine how anyone can even remotely think we'll get anything substantial revealed about the Maker. This is your typical remote creator god who's used as the basis for a faith-based religion, and the only one where typical religious themes can be anchored. We may get Chantry conspiracies and falsified history, and we may see the Chantry itself undermined, but we will not see anything that undermines the underlying faith.

Or does anyone really believe that the DA story designers will make a thematic attack on religious faith in their story? Think again. It won't happen.

Modifié par Ieldra2, 30 décembre 2013 - 02:36 .