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[Hellion Rex]

That'll probably be on the Wiki in a couple of days

I have already started updating some of the more relevant entries.

[keightdee]

Alright, who lives and who dies?

 

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Celene: lives

 

Briala: lives

 

Gaspard: lives

 

Michel: lives

 

Felassen: dies

 

Mihris: lives

 

Imshael: "lives"

 

Leliana: lives

 

Melcendre: dies

 

Lienne de Monsimmard: dies

 

Remache: dies

 

An entire Dalish tribe: dies

 

An elvhen rebellion in Halamshiral: dies

 

A lot of chevaliers: die

 

Lemet & Thren: die

 

A varterral: dies

 

Two revenants and an undead mage: die

 

A whole grip of ancient elves: re-die

 

Bann Teagan: uses the feather

[Hellion Rex]

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Celene: lives

 

Briala: lives

 

Gaspard: lives

 

Michel: lives

 

Felassen: dies

 

Mihris: lives?

 

Imshael: "lives"

 

An entire Dalish tribe: dies

 

An elvhen rebellion in Halamshiral: dies

 

A lot of chevaliers: dies

 

Bann Teagan: uses the feather

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Mihris is def alive 

[Wissenschaft]

The wiki seems to indicate that Leliana is a character in the book. Whats her role, if shes even in the book? Edit: Oh nevermind, thats been updated on her page. lol That was quick.

[ElitePinecone]

I am just sitting here stunned and effing thrilled! It was so fantastic. I basically didn't stop reading it from start to finish. Now, I want to see these people in the games. I want my Inquisitor to meet them. I want another book, because it was just that good.

 

Delicious, delicious angst. I could probably write an essay about every single thing I enjoyed about the story. All the characters! So complex and interesting. No one was boring. All the little details. All the new information. All the background.

 

So good. So very, very good.

 

I particularly liked how the book constantly subverted out expectations for the characters - the early chapters seemed to assign Celene and Gaspard trope-y archetypes that, as it turns out, weren't true at all. Both characters were absolutely believable in their motivations and actions, and that's such a rare thing to get right. It's a really nice experience when the story constantly forces you to reevaluate your sympathies as a reader. 

[keightdee]

What I want to know is how many times Patrick accidentally typed Ishmael.

[ElitePinecone]

What I want to know is how many times Patrick accidentally typed Ishmael.

 

OH THAT REMINDS ME.

 

"Call me Imshael" had me with the silliest grin on my face.

[keightdee]

OH THAT REMINDS ME.

 

"Call me Imshael" had me with the silliest grin on my face.

 

I was like

 

[ladyofpayne]

Please describe apperiance of Ser Michel.

[Iron Fist]

Spoiler

Celene: lives

 

Briala: lives

 

Gaspard: lives

 

Michel: lives

 

Felassen: dies

 

Mihris: lives

 

Imshael: "lives"

 

Leliana: lives

 

Melcendre: dies

 

Lienne de Monsimmard: dies

 

Remache: dies

 

An entire Dalish tribe: dies

 

An elvhen rebellion in Halamshiral: dies

 

A lot of chevaliers: die

 

Lemet & Thren: die

 

A varterral: dies

 

Two revenants and an undead mage: die

 

A whole grip of ancient elves: re-die

 

Bann Teagan: uses the feather

 

Damn.

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A lot of elves die.

[ElitePinecone]

Damn.

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A lot of elves die.

 

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It's said that three thousand elves died at Halamshiral when Celene's army suppressed the rebellion there. The whole "elven rebellion" strategy seems a bit bizarre to me, because as Briala notes at one point, the Dalish have an absolutely tiny population - I'd guess maybe only a few thousand in the whole of Orlais, not nearly enough to defeat human armies. It's sort of suggested that the city elf population is much larger, but the disparity with the humans is pretty stark.

[TheCreeper]

Liking it so far but I'm getting annoyed by all the "Elves were as morally complex before humanity as all the nations in Thedas are now, therefor they should be wiped out." posts I've been seeing across the internet.

[Fredward]

I dunno when I'm going to manage to get this but what I would like to know is 1) how does this stack up to Asunder and 2) how does it stack up to fantasy books in general?

[Ieldra]

Only a few pages in. Impressive intro scene. Writing that makes places and people come to life. Very good. Also: I want to see those places on my screen, pronto!

 

@Fredward:

If things go on like the first chapter, this will be the second book based on a video game in thirty years I feel I don't need to hide (after "Asunder") as a guilty pleasure. There's some awkwardness when dealing with game events but that's likely inevitable. Generally, I think Weekes writes more fluently and naturally than Gaider, the drastically improved writing of Asunder compared to the earlier books notwithstanding. 

[Sister Goldring]

I just finished it. It was a really enjoyable way to spend my afternoon, a great story, memorable and interesting characters and enough Thedas information to keep us all speculating for a fortnight. I hope he writes more novels in the future.

[JakeLeTDK]

I dunno when I'm going to manage to get this but what I would like to know is 1) how does this stack up to Asunder and 2) how does it stack up to fantasy books in general?

Imo:
1/ better than Asunder. Though I think Asunder is darker, and more ... fantasy. TME is more realistic since the story surround normal, mortal, and non mage characters (with some exception of course) and how they deal with politics, betrayal, racism etc... Overall, I feel "real", sort of like reading a historical fiction, as oppose to Asunder which focus on mage templar conflict and thus heavily fantasized. 

2/ One of the best fantasy books I've read in years. Maybe I haven't really read that many but man, this one is GOOOOOOOOD.

 

p/s: I'm regretting reading it too soon though Now I'm dying to play DA:I The wait once again become unbearable T__T Also I really hope we can meet Celene in DA:I. I'm somewhat fascinated by her character after finishing this book )

[ladyofpayne]

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how did Melcendre died?

[JakeLeTDK]

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how did Melcendre died?

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She underestimated how savage Michel can be and was brutally killed

[ladyofpayne]

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She underestimated how savage Michel

 

Please more about it.

[Heimdall]

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Please more about it.

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She was holding him captive and threatening him with he revelation of his past (His noble lineage is falsified and his mother was an elf). She got cocky, leaned in too close, Michel got free and stabbed her to death.

[DragonRacer]

So, just got it yesterday and read through the first chapter.

Mixed feelings. I like it because it's well-written. I hate it because it's just reinforcing my general disdain and disgust with the entire country and this stupid, silly Game and mask thing they play (which also means it's well-written since I am certainly not ambivalent).

 

I'm... really hoping to find at least one character that I will like. Just one Orlesian that isn't insufferable in some way. Is there any hope for me or will I just slide further and further over to Loghain's side of the bench as I progress through the book?

 

Ugh. I'm looking forward to playing DA:I but I'm also fearing it becoming a chore not to want to murderknife all the Orlesian nobles. And I'm not a generally murderknifey sort of game player. But considering even the servants play the Game... ugh. 

[ElitePinecone]

There are honourable Orlesians, yes.

[Ihatebadgames]

Michel is not too bad. Really liked him at the finish.

[DragonRacer]

There are honourable Orlesians, yes.

 

THANK YOU

 

Just finding one honorable one that's not obnoxious in some way is really all I want at this point. Didn't want the whole country to be... so one-dimensional like that.

 

Yay, I have hope!

[NasChoka]

I read the book and liked it more than asunder. My favorite character is felassan. The way he talks reminds me of fenis ^^