So, being that Blackwall is an older man, it's extremely likely that he's had some experience in the relationship department. What do you guys think? Lots of flings? One that got away? Maker help us -- a dead wife?
If prior relationships are going to be brought up, I'm really hoping that it's something along the lines of a long term relationship that ended amicably.
Any non-angsty prior history would be refreshing, in my opinion.
Any non-angsty prior history would be refreshing, in my opinion.
I really hope they deliver with that this time. I mean... that's a lot of guys. They can't all have dead wives or tragically slain/missing/estranged children, can they? 
So, being that Blackwall is an older man, it's extremely likely that he's had some experience in the relationship department. What do you guys think? Lots of flings? One that got away? Maker help us -- a dead wife?
If prior relationships are going to be brought up, I'm really hoping that it's something along the lines of a long term relationship that ended amicably.
Former relationshps would partly depend on when he was recurited, I'd guess.
If I remember correctly in DA:O one of those recruited had a wife, pregant with a child.
He might have a wife with a child - who he had to leave or who left him due his wardening business keeping him too busy and away from her. Or she might have cheated on him while he was away. Or found someone new, thinking he was dead...
Or he might have found a companion among the wardens, who died in the recent blight. Or heard hear 'calling' early.
All posibilities :3
I admit I have - not once - considered Blackwall as a romance option to this point. To me he had a sort of 'Duncan' vibe. Awesome character, but more of a mentor personality who is not interested in romantic relationships anymore. Also, I feel Blackwall might be bittersweet with being a warden and not among the youngest anymore... :\
But I'm honestly interested in getting known to him as a companion. And who knows, once I do, I might go all heart eyed for him.
That said. Have we ever heard him talk? In Bioware games I'm apparently a sucker for voices. Most of the romances I played or wanted to play were decided by voices first ^^°
I really hope they deliver with that this time. I mean... that's a lot of guys. They can't all have dead wives or tragically slain/missing/estranged children, can they?
I will be soooo disappointed if he has an angsty back story.
I might die a little inside and consider all hope to be lost.
I'm okay with a dramatic past as long as the character isn't still living in it so much that they're obsessive or brooding about it constantly. :x Without that, it can be interesting... but I've had enough brooding.
I'm okay with a dramatic past as long as the character isn't still living in it so much that they're obsessive or brooding about it constantly. :x Without that, it can be interesting... but I've had enough brooding.
This is ok too. But I personally would rather it not be brought up at all or very little because I'm just so tired of this.
His little blurb a while back ('...but he’s also a man alone, he’s been on the road a very long time and that wears him down...') makes it sound like he's going to be a relatively sad character, to me.
Though not necessarily because of the usual angst reasons. He might be weathered and a bit...'tired,' I guess, but it'd be a welcome change of pace if he was someone who looks forward rather than looks back and mopes all the time despite that.
I don't know how forward-looking you can reasonably be if the Calling's waiting for you and it's not a very long wait. I'd expect an attitude of "take what you can get today since you don't have much time left". Although I expect he's reluctant to enter a relationship for the same reason.His little blurb a while back ('...but he’s also a man alone, he’s been on the road a very long time and that wears him down...') makes it sound like he's going to be a relatively sad character, to me.
Though not necessarily because of the usual angst reasons. He might be weathered and a bit...'tired,' I guess, but it'd be a welcome change of pace if he was someone who looks forward rather than looks back and mopes all the time despite that.
I don't know how forward-looking you can reasonably be if the Calling's waiting for you and it's not a very long wait.
Perhaps he could just be set on enjoying/making use of the time he has left, rather than going doom and gloom about it. He still seems very devoted to the Warden cause, so I think it'd make sense for him to have accepted that fate long ago.
Or if he has a high constitution and did his joining long before the Blight began, he might have ten years or more on the meter. David Gaider said that ten years was an average, meaning that our Wardens, Alistair, Nathaniel, and the rest of the Awakening crew might be nearing their expiration dates, too, but it can be as much as 30. Nor do we know how long Blackwall has been a Warden. We know it was at least 10 years because he was annoyed about the sealed border with Ferelden during the Fifth Blight, but he could have taken his Joining not long before that. If he had prior military knowledge, he could have advanced quickly, as the Warden Commander in The Calling did. She'd been a Warden for a very short time when she recruited Duncan, and that was immediately prior to The Calling.
Or if he has a high constitution and did his joining long before the Blight began, he might have ten years or more on the meter. David Gaider said that ten years was an average, meaning that our Wardens, Alistair, Nathaniel, and the rest of the Awakening crew might be nearing their expiration dates, too, but it can be as much as 30. Nor do we know how long Blackwall has been a Warden. We know it was at least 10 years because he was annoyed about the sealed border with Ferelden during the Fifth Blight, but he could have taken his Joining not long before that. If he had prior military knowledge, he could have advanced quickly, as the Warden Commander in The Calling did. She'd been a Warden for a very short time when she recruited Duncan, and that was immediately prior to The Calling.
Again, surviving a blight makes a Grey Warden's calling come much faster. His calling is very likely to be near.
We know that Wardens who join during a Blight experience worse side-effects than those who join before or after, but surviving a Blight? I don't disbelieve you, but I'm curious about where you got that info.
I also have had the understanding that those recruited before and after blight are not as much affected than those during the blight but I can be wrong on that
Edit: Checked the DA wiki
The Calling begins with nightmares or voices from the Old Gods, the same "call" the darkspawn hear to search for the Old Gods. Although Alistair claims it takes a person about thirty years after their joining to hear it, the gap varies depending on their willpower and the level of their interaction with the darkspawn. As such, Grey Wardens during a Blight are likely to have shorter lifespans. Otherwise, it is commonly between ten to thirty years that the Wardens hear the Calling.
So to me it would seem that there is possibility he's not on his calling just yet, thou it would be probable. Also could be he might not have been too affected by the blight business too, but not sure. Gah
Now I really want this game out so I can know
well, when the body dies, we can just move the beard to solas and viola, new blackwall
So, uh... we can customize Skyhold, eh? I wonder if that extends to other things.
I'm happy people who want a beardy LI can have one. But I personally have a very beardy dad, and that is therefore quite unsexy to me. So I kinda want to have an Ally-Sheedy-Breakfast-Club moment where most people are unimpressed but the prospective partner is like, "whoa, you're actually pretty handsome under that beard." Therefore, if I can, I will ask Blackwall to shave. I think it would be cute if he did that because my character (probably a qunari; for some reason I find Blackwall/Qunari adorable) asked him to.
And then you find out that he has a really weak chin and jawline, and the beard was hiding all of that, so you ask him to grow it back out again.
I also have had the understanding that those recruited before and after blight are not as much affected than those during the blight but I can be wrong on that
Edit: Checked the DA wiki
So to me it would seem that there is possibility he's not on his calling just yet, thou it would be probable. Also could be he might not have been too affected by the blight business too, but not sure. Gah
Now I really want this game out so I can know
Well to be fair to that idea.
Do we really know how much the Fifth Blight hit the other nations? To my knowledge it was never mentioned that Darkspawn incursions was happening anywhere else besides Fereldan.
My impression is that there might as well not have been a blight as far as other nations are concerned.
My impression is that there might as well not have been a blight as far as other nations are concerned.
In which case, the Wardens of the other nations might not experience the stress that comes with the Blight.
Hmm, that is a point. The Archdemon's "voice" does seem to be subject to distance or by proximity to powerful darkspawn. We saw that ourselves in Legacy. Maybe it was only a whisper in Orlais, if they heard it at all. Alistair says that they'd have to send to the Anderfels for reinforcements. If everyone everywhere heard the voice, you'd think the other Wardens would already know where they were needed.
That doesn't mean that he might not be near his Calling, if you or the devs have set your hears on a tragic demise, but maybe he'll survive the closing credits. Maybe. 
Hmm, that is a point. The Archdemon's "voice" does seem to be subject to distance or by proximity to powerful darkspawn. We saw that ourselves in Legacy. Maybe it was only a whisper in Orlais, if they heard it at all. Alistair says that they'd have to send to the Anderfels for reinforcements. If everyone everywhere heard the voice, you'd think the other Wardens would already know where they were needed.
That doesn't mean that he might not be near his Calling, if you or the devs have set your hears on a tragic demise, but maybe he'll survive the closing credits. Maybe.
Right, so that means Blackwall probably wouldn't of experienced more than maybe a bit of a restless night at best.
Yeah, if they are so dead set on it. IT's probably something that'd be handled with an epilogue slide if they felt like doing those.
So I he could be affected by the blight business or he could not. The fifth blight ended before it had truly began as they say in the end of origin. Earlier blights covered at least half of thedas before they were defeated so who knows how differently they affected wardens compared to the fifth.
Did some people example in tevinter even know there was one before the arch demon was already dead?
So I he could be affected by the blight business or he could not. The fifth blight ended before it had truly began as they say in the end of origin. Earlier blights covered at least half of thedas before they were defeated so who knows how differently they affected wardens compared to the fifth.
Did some people example in tevinter even know there was one before the arch demon was already dead?
Quite, plus information can only travel so fast in a pre-digital civilization. As far as I'm aware, post is carried by man or bird in Thedas.
So Tevinter probably wasn't even aware there was a Blight until the Archdemon was long dead and Fereldan had already began to really recover.
If they knew there was a Blight in Seheron, they would have known it in Tevinter. Otherwise, why send Sten's beresaad... oh, wait. They weren't there about the Blight at all! They were there to assess the defenses Ferelden might muster in an invasion, weren't they?
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