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[The Elder King]

Nice find about the Islands. The snowy environent looks good.

[BioFan (Official)]

Nice find on the bridge in the frostbacks. I didn't even catch that. 

[BallaZs]

Looks pretty good. The combat seems more realistic than DA2's, which is a huge plus for me. Although smashing an iron gate with a weapon is just stupid. Anyway, nice find OP, I'm really looking forward for the game.

[wcholcombe]

Here's a much better shot of him and the elf!

Of course, you could be quite right about the soldier. As for the reasons why we might be fighting our own soldiers at Adamant, I have two theories:

1- (***Some spoilers for Dragon Age: Asunder***) From Asunder, we know that the veil is very thin, almost ripped at Adamant Fortress. It might be that while we're trying to capture/cleanse the fortress, some demons come through the veil and possess or influence the minds of those in the castle, including some of our soldiers.

2- We have claimed Adamant as our stronghold (highly doubt it), and have established a foothold there. Due to doing some stuff that has lowered the morale of our troops there, they rebel and we then have to put down the rebellion, lest the entire Inquisition crumbles down.
Of the two, I think the first one is closer to what's happening (assuming something is even happening).

It'd be interesting if doing things that might lower the morale of the troops (like having them leave their wounded during Crestwood) would result in them rebelling. That might give us some pause/or give us a more difficult time while trying to be the hero that saves all the innocent all the time, as that might cost us our power and our troops. I mean, it'd be nice if they have us do a lot more things in preparation so that we can be a good leader as well as a benevolent person, not that they should make it impossible.



I wish I knew how to make gifs. She looks really awesome while she casts the spells! Also yes, I really hope an Ice Storm spell is available as well.

It would actually make sense for us to take Adamant. A strong fortress, it isn't formally occupied, and if the viel is being ripped all over I would bet on it ripping there.

[BioFan (Official)]

Hmm, one way to work around the picture limit thing, maybe you can put links to those comment with pics in the OP? That's a real hassle though.

 

 

Yeah... I thought of that too. 

I will create a new thread for future video installments. Every solution I've thought up so far seems far too tedious and unorganized, and with less of a visual impact. 

 

 

I wanted to include other finds later discovered in this thread on the original post, but it capped out. 

[katerinafm]

I wonder if the devs had any idea we would look at those tiny clips so thoroughly to get so much info and speculation out of them, hahah.

 

What I liked about those vids also was when they showed a map and had marked all the spots play testers were having trouble with in combat and such. Probably a really normal thing to do but it was the first time I heard about it so I found it cool.

[wcholcombe]

But Adamant is strategically important to the wardens, being located right on the edge of the Abyssal Reach, so I doubt they'd give it up. I mean, I know that they abandoned it, but still! But maybe that was what that assault on the grey wardens in the trailer was all about.

 

My other reason is that Adamant is located in the Western Approach as well, so unless 1- we can capture more than one keep per area or 2- Adamant/Abyssal Reach is a separate area of its own, capturing it as a stronghold seems unlikely to me. But maybe you're right. I would love to have Adamant as a stronghold!

 

An actual, honest-to-maker rift inside Adamant, which we'll have to close would make for an amazing quest!

 

 

We shall endure this!

 

 

 

Edit: A tiny portion of the Thedosian moon (or at least, one of them, because it has been brought to my attention that Thedas has two moons in the lore):

 

The wardens don't occupy Adamant.  In Asunder it was a town that people had settled in but the Wardens had abandoned it long long ago.  As I said, it isn't formally occupied and seeing as how all the former residents are now dead...

[katerinafm]

It's only happening because we're so starved for information though, hahah. So cruel. But yeah they probably know the lengths fans go to by now.

[ElitePinecone]

 

because it has been brought to my attention that Thedas has two moons in the lore):

 

 

I did not know this. Mind blown!

[Iron Star]

Damn it. Looking at this makes me even MOAR hungry for DA:I stuff. Bioware I will perform blood rituals if my thirst for new info on the game is not satisfied

Welcome to the club.

[BioFan (Official)]

I didn't either. From Wiki: "Thedas has two moons, the secondary moon being named Satina (from whence the holiday of Satinalia gets its name)."

 

 

To everyone: Do you think maybe we can discuss those WIP screenshots that Mark Darrah posted a long time ago?

 

I don't see why not

[BioFan (Official)]

 

So the sun-eye is white, and the sword is red

[Lorien19]

 

So the sun-eye is white, and the sword is red

Ohh this is creepily cool...

[Cairodin]

Wall-full of concept arts:

 

That looks like the Scribe Lady, and maybe the blonde elf behind her in front of a veil rift.

...

 

Wow, I don't think I ever noticed that middle one before!  And that top one goes unnoticed a lot, but you can see Mr. Moustache/Trident Guy in the bottom right corner standing over a dwarven smith.

Honestly, I think we have enough info now through concept art and game models to make a pretty good guess at our 9-10 companions if we assume every character that shows up in that bottom picture will be a companion.

 

Warriors:

Cassandra

Older Ex-Grey Warden

+ (Iron Bull)

+ (Mr. Moustache/Trident Guy)

 

Rogues:

Sera

Varric

+ (Scribe Girl)

+ (Cole)*

 

Mages:

Vivienne

+ (Bald Elf)

 

* = Except for the leaked survey and reports of an Asunder character being a companion, we've got the least evidence for Cole.  I'm thinking he'll be a day 1 DLC companion.

 

I put parenthesis around all of the characters that we haven't actually seen in the party via gameplay footage, so they're really just speculation on my part, including their classes.  Honestly, though, the ratios work out pretty nicely.  Similar ratio of humans to non-humans as DA:O, and 5:4 males to females (when you remove Cole as DLC).  The class ratios could be off, but again, that's just me trying to make it work neatly without actually knowing anything.

 

Hope this isn't too off topic, but those pictures finally crystallized this list for me, which I've been keeping and updating since the Game Informer videos were released last summer.  It was really seeing the Scribe Lady in that many pieces of concept art that finally convinced me she was a companion.

 

Thanks for all the awesome screenshots, Terrian!

[realguile]

Great thread. I needed some updates on info and I'm glad I got it.

[Petr0nella]

My list (just in case, everyone: note that with the exception of the three confirmed companions, everything else including race/gender/nationality is pure speculation):

Warriors:
Cassandra (female, human, Nevarran)
Grey Warden (male, human, possibly Fereldan or Orlesian. I vote for Fereldan.)
[*Templar/former Templar (male or female, human, unknown. Likely candidates are Cullen and Evangeline.)]

Rogues:
Varric (male, dwarf, Free Marcher)
Blonde Elf (female, elf, possibly an Orlesian city elf)
[Scribe Lady (female, human, possibly an Orlesian of Rivaini decent. Maybe a bard? Either way, I think she won't be a mage, as two Orlesian-of-Rivaini-decent mages are a bit redundant.)]

Mages:
Vivienne (female, human, Orlesian of Rivaini decent)
[Bald Elf Guy (male, elf, Dalish or former-circle-mage-turned-apostate)]
[**Rhys from Asunder (male, human, Orlesian of Fereldan decent former-circle-mage-turned-apostate)]

To make the above list less cluttery:
[Fancy Facial Hair Guy (male, human, Orlesian. See footnotes though.) Can be either a mage due to the trident thing, or a rogue due to having a sword as well. Wanna know what wild theory I came up with? He could be Cole, wearing Lambert as a suit. Veeeeery unlikely though, as that would jeopardize interactions with Cassandra, and really, what use possessing Lambert's dead or alive body would have for Cole?]
[Iron Bull (male, qunari, unknown Tal-Vashot). Either a warrior, or a rogue which would make him even more of a different approach than that of Sten.]
[Cole. I already gave my reasoning for why he might not be a companion though.]

There is a possibility that we'll get a 10th companion in the form of DLC. It could be anyone on that list, Cole, or someone else entirely. What I think we know is that the class ratio of the base game will be 3:3:3, as there has been talk of having four-member-one-class parties.

Notes ( ):
* I think there's a need for a Templar view point and one that actually shares either of the two extreme viewpoints in the order at that, probably the more moderate one of the two. Hence why I suggest Cullen or Evangeline. Though Evangeline would tilt things even more in the mages' favor, which would unbalance things even further.

** The first time I saw him, I thought Fancy Facial Hair Guy is actually Rhys. His appearance doesn't quite match Rhys' description, but that kind of stuff is prone to change. Nor does the sword he wields in the survey art match with, well anything really.

*** Rhys and Evangeline will go hand in hand, literally and figuratively! I don't think either will appear without the other, which reduces the chances of them being party members. It'd be cool if they are though, as that would give an interesting dynamic to the party's interactions.

*** It just occurred to me that all of the speculated female companions are young, and either human or elf. It was the same for DA 2 as well. That's... a bit disappointing.

**** I think the three mages would provide for the viewpoints that most mages have on the mage-templar war: Vivienne is a circle loyalist, Bald Elf would be all for mage freedom, and Rhys will be the moderate take-a-third-option viewpoint.



You're welcome!

Thanks for sharing the fruit of your speculation - really interesting.

I always imagined that we'd meet Rhys & Evangeline as part of the Mage group when dealing with the Mage-Templar kerfuffle - like if you wanted to find a compromise solution to end it all (big assumption there that compromise will be an option), they'd be the ones you'd work with as opposed to Adrian and the like.

That said I kind of like the idea of having companions that are an established couple (rather than them hooking up once it's clear you have no interest in them - eg. Fenris/Isabela, Tali/Garrus).