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[Texhnolyze101]

Is she even allowed to do that? that's totally cheating and i would like such an option for my warden. :\\

[HopHazzard]

I don't know. I've never really thought about Fiona's taint before.

[Mirrman70]

not gonna lie. I had naughty thoughts.

[In Exile]

Fiona is a weird case, because it seems like the taint was sped up first, and she almost became (or actually did) become the sort of ghoul GWs become after being ravaged by the taint. It was only after something happened - in the Fade, I believe - that cured from that state that led to her being cured.

[thats1evildude]

It was a side effect caused by the Architect's amulet. It accelerated the taint in Fiona's body, but when she removed the amulet, it had a reverse effect.

So all you need to do is wear a cursed amulet created by a treacherous darkspawn emissary and let it nearly kill you before taking it off. That's what I call a foolproof plan.

[Texhnolyze101]

thats1evildude wrote...

It was a side effect caused by the Architect's amulet. It accelerated the taint in Fiona's body, but when she removed the amulet, it had a reverse effect.

So all you need to do is wear a cursed amulet created by a treacherous darkspawn emissary and let it nearly kill you before taking it off. That's what I call a foolproof plan.

I guess I'll use that same excuse for my warden then

[Hrungr]

101ezylonhxeT wrote...

Is she even allowed to do that? that's totally cheating and i would like such an option for my warden. :

Hell, that's why I let Avernus live.
(albeit with ethical restrictions on his work...).

[Texhnolyze101]

Hrungr wrote...

101ezylonhxeT wrote...

Is she even allowed to do that? that's totally cheating and i would like such an option for my warden. :

Hell, that's why I let Avernus live.
(albeit with ethical restrictions on his work...).

I always let him live to because everything he was doing was worth it.

[Saints]

Anders had a salve for it in Darktown.

[TK514]

Author's pet.

[Mike3207]

For that matter(side issue), how did Avernus live 200 years. It's got to be more than blood magic, because you don't see a lot of blood mages live 200 years.

[Hrungr]

Mike Smith wrote...

For that matter(side issue), how did Avernus live 200 years. It's got to be more than blood magic, because you don't see a lot of blood mages live 200 years.

And while tainted no less... Yeah, we're never given any specifics on how - something he managed to discover in his experimentations on the Wardens?

[TEWR]

A Tainted wizard did it.

Hell that's why I let Avernus live
(albeit with ethical restrictions on his work

Coward! I let him do whatever he needs to.

Modifié par The Ethereal Writer Redux, 20 janvier 2014 - 02:21 .

[Hrungr]

The Ethereal Writer Redux wrote...

A Tainted wizard did it.

Hell that's why I let Avernus live
(albeit with ethical restrictions on his work

Coward! I let him do whatever he needs to.

Bah. In the end you wind up the exact same result and still retain a shred of morality.

[KiwiQuiche]

The same reason why she, a Grey Warden, was allowed to become the Grand Enchanter and thus screwing the Warden's neutrality. She's a writers pet.

Also she probably caused the whole Inquisition attacking the Warden's thing due to her stupidity as well as kicking off the Mage-vs-Templar War.

[leighzard]

Mike Smith wrote...

For that matter(side issue), how did Avernus live 200 years. It's got to be more than blood magic, because you don't see a lot of blood mages live 200 years.

Zathrian was hitting near 500, right?  I know he had a special relationship with the Lady of the Forest/Witherfang, but it seems reasonable that Avernus could find an alternate method, given his area of research.

Fiona is a bit of a mystery though.  I was surprised by her role in Asunder.  I'd love to learn more about the Architect in DA:I and/or The Masked Empire.  I think he's one of the most intriguing characters in the franchise.  Besides the Bhelen/Harrowmont choice, the decision about the Architect in Awakenings is probably the most interesting and controversial.  I still don't fully understand the ramifications of that one.

Modifié par leborum, 20 janvier 2014 - 02:43 .

[efd731]

Hrungr wrote...

The Ethereal Writer Redux wrote...

A Tainted wizard did it.

Hell that's why I let Avernus live
(albeit with ethical restrictions on his work

Coward! I let him do whatever he needs to.

Bah. In the end you wind up the exact same result and still retain a shred of morality.

its not much, but the stat boost potion hawke gets in DA2 is more powerful, if you go 'darkside'.
also, he's had seven-ish years?(someone who's read WOT help) so who knows if it'll affect inquisition. The taint makes a good weapon against demons (so says Avernus) so maybe he'll help you out.

[Hrungr]

efd731 wrote...

Hrungr wrote...

The Ethereal Writer Redux wrote...

A Tainted wizard did it.

Hell that's why I let Avernus live
(albeit with ethical restrictions on his work

Coward! I let him do whatever he needs to.

Bah. In the end you wind up the exact same result and still retain a shred of morality.

its not much, but the stat boost potion hawke gets in DA2 is more powerful, if you go 'darkside'.
also, he's had seven-ish years?(someone who's read WOT help) so who knows if it'll affect inquisition. The taint makes a good weapon against demons (so says Avernus) so maybe he'll help you out.

Actually, the stat boost potion is exactly the same whether you go "dark" or not.

Modifié par Hrungr, 20 janvier 2014 - 02:48 .

[efd731]

Well than, I guess I could stand to take a glance at the wiki more often. Am I still right about Avernus wanting to use the taint as a weapon against demons? I thought he said it would work because it was "foreign/unknown" to them and they had no defense

[Banxey]

KiwiQuiche wrote...

The same reason why she, a Grey Warden, was allowed to become the Grand Enchanter and thus screwing the Warden's neutrality. She's a writers pet.

Also she probably caused the whole Inquisition attacking the Warden's thing due to her stupidity as well as kicking off the Mage-vs-Templar War.

Fiona screwed their neutrality? You might want to take that up with the First Warden who is too involved with the politics of the Anderfels to do his job.

[Nefla]

I always headcannoned that one of my wardens used the urn of sacred ashes to cure his taint after awakening.

[thats1evildude]

A lack of ethics does not lead to better science. There's been plenty of unethical human experimentation in our own history and it generally doesn't produce anything useful. Most of the time, it's just torture dressed up as science.

The same is true in Dragon Age. Case in point: the Harvester.

[Hellion Rex]

KiwiQuiche wrote...

The same reason why she, a Grey Warden, was allowed to become the Grand Enchanter and thus screwing the Warden's neutrality. She's a writers pet.

Also she probably caused the whole Inquisition attacking the Warden's thing due to her stupidity as well as kicking off the Mage-vs-Templar War.

She left the Wardens when her taint was cured genius.

[Silfren]

Hrungr wrote...

Mike Smith wrote...

For that matter(side issue), how did Avernus live 200 years. It's got to be more than blood magic, because you don't see a lot of blood mages live 200 years.

And while tainted no less... Yeah, we're never given any specifics on how - something he managed to discover in his experimentations on the Wardens?

We learn in The Calling that the purpose of that rite is for Wardens to kill themselves before the taint corrupts them into darkspawn-like creatures, which is what it does, rather than simply killing them.  I always figured that Avernus simply had a blood magic spell that drastically slowed down the corruptive process of the Taint, nothing more than that.

[Inquisitor Recon]

You really want to stay away from that Fiona girl, dat taint.