I know that Qunari are just very tall, but each time he looks up at the QunQuizitor my mind just goes, "So cute. So short!" He isn't really that short, though, right? Or is he?
He looks shorter than the other male companions in the old group shot, but the perspective might be off so it's hard to tell. He looks roughly Sera's height, maybe a teensy bit taller than Leliana, but Cullen and Blackwall look enormous in comparison 
I think they would've meant Alexius in the demo writeup, but they didn't mention a name, so everyone on the BSN thought it was talking about Felix.
(The demo writeup suggested Dorian's lines were more emotional than they are actually are in the real thing...)
There's always the possibility that Dorian was in a romantic relationship with his master, but I think everyone naturally assumed any old Tevinter partner would be Felix, given that they're closer in age.
If its between Alexius and Felix, I'd definitely go with Felix. Alexius is a creep :L
Just a thought, but usually when you refer to something as "The Elder One" you've either summoned or encountered some kind of Lovecraftian eldritch abomination. So possibly, Alexius was compelled to set off the blast at the Temple of Sacred Ashes in exchange for the restoration of his son's life.
It also seems that in this playthrough the Inquisitor sent assassins to kill Alexius only to have them fail. Also based off of Dorian's "Don't you want to know how we got here?" line makes me wonder if the party traveled to Redcliffe via Fade rift.
Yeah, I think the amulet that Dorian and Alexius made in Minrathous can create Fade rifts, or something. It was certainly behaving weirdly at the end.
As for the first bit, I don't think they'd reveal such a huge plot point as the cause of the Breach in a demo - Alexius and the Venatori are only one faction in the game, and "The Elder One" might not even be the ultimate big bad behind the Fade tears.
(We have no context to the demo footage; we don't even know how far along that is in terms of the story.)
I watched the demo and it looks like Alexius is almost ready to work with you before Leliana kills Felix. I wonder if you take say, the Josephine solution, if you can get him to help you open this rift much quicker and avoid what looks not too good for 3 of your guys. lol
I watched the demo and it looks like Alexius is almost ready to work with you before Leliana kills Felix. I wonder if you take say, the Josephine solution, if you can get him to help you open this rift much quicker and avoid what looks not too good for 3 of your guys. lol
*throws money at mages*
Yeah, I'm starting to think Josephine's the winner here. Am I crazy?
I think we should send in Cullen for this one
Have you looked at the required amount of Vivienne pictures first?
Obviously I did since the video is up now 
THANK YOU BIOWARE!!!! Dorian's voice is just PERFECT 
I watched the demo and it looks like Alexius is almost ready to work with you before Leliana kills Felix. I wonder if you take say, the Josephine solution, if you can get him to help you open this rift much quicker and avoid what looks not too good for 3 of your guys. lol
If you noticed the response on the lower right side said, "Let him go, Leliana". But I'm wondering if she still does what she does no matter what you choose.
That mission is actually optional, some players will never go to Redcliffe to confront Alexius:
"Then decisions that you’re making in the story -- like what you saw today -- can have a flow-on effect, both through the rest of the story beats as you go through, the ending, and what content you see.
So it’s really very complex, about how much control the players have over the types of content. And as I was saying before, that whole demo you saw, in the last half of it, when you’re fighting with Alexius and Felix, not all the players are going to see that, because going into that area is the result of a branching choice in the game. So you may have picked another area and you wouldn’t be going into that castle at all, you’d be going somewhere else entirely.
There’s whole sections of the game that are like that, that we branch off entirely. You can go to Red Cliff Village, and see the consequences of you picking the other decision. So we’ve made sure that any exclusive content, you can still see the flip side of the consequences as well."
He looks shorter than the other male companions in the old group shot, but the perspective might be off so it's hard to tell. He looks roughly Sera's height, maybe a teensy bit taller than Leliana, but Cullen and Blackwall look enormous in comparison
I love that he looks a bit shorter. My husband rounds up to 5'7", so I already have a thing for short guys. Dorian is dreamy!
Anyway, just wanted to pop into the thread to express Dorian love since I haven't been in here for a bit. Also, because he looks awesome (and pretty damned badass, frankly) in the gameplay demo.
I feel like Cullen would be pretty close to the same. Alexius is the one that knows how to work the amulet. He's clearly having doubts about what he's doing, so I'd take the diplomatic approach and try to get him to help you do it quickly. Dorian needs an hour to complete the spell and your guys get wrecked in that time. I imagine Alexius and Dorian together could get it done in well under that time.
But I wonder what happens if you don't take Dorian, or you take another mage. How do you open the rift then? Or is Dorian required for this quest?
I love that he looks a bit shorter. My husband rounds up to 5'7", so I already have a thing for short guys. Dorian is dreamy!
Anyway, just wanted to pop into the thread to express Dorian love since I haven't been in here for a bit. Also, because he looks awesome (and pretty damned badass, frankly) in the gameplay demo.
You and I are in the same boat! I'm an inch taller than my 5'7" husband so it works for me 
Plus I've been semi-lurking and fighting the urge to post "ugh I want Dorian" over and over. I can't hold it back today though.
I want him so bad 
But I wonder what happens if you don't take Dorian, or you take another mage. How do you open the rift then? Or is Dorian required for this quest?
I think that Mike (or was it Mark? I can't remember who narrated it) implied that Dorian was optional for the quest so the content that we were seeing was unique because he was in the party. Kind of awesome.
I think that Mike (or was it Mark? I can't remember who narrated it) implied that Dorian was optional for the quest so the content that we were seeing was unique because he was in the party. Kind of awesome.
Hell, I'm still over the moon that we have an actually gay male companion!
I don't know how I feel about these branching quests. I hope you don't miss to much in one run. Like, I hope there aren't too many quests that lock out other quests. I like seeing everything, but I usually always think there's one "best" choice in a situation and I don't like doing it differently. I'm totally cool with different endings and different choices in a quest depending on choices, but I don't necessarily like missing whole quest lines and areas so much. I hope it's more like, you can do almost everything, but you have to catch the start point before you do another thing. If that makes sense. 
I don't know how I feel about these branching quests. I hope you don't miss to much in one run. Like, I hope there aren't too many quests that lock out other quests. I like seeing everything, but I usually always think there's one "best" choice in a situation and I don't like doing it differently. I'm totally cool with different endings and different choices in a quest depending on choices, but I don't necessarily like missing whole quest lines and areas so much. I hope it's more like, you can do almost everything, but you have to catch the start point before you do another thing. If that makes sense.
I feel the opposite way. Entire quest lines being restricted to your choices gives new weight to your decisions and it'll be great to see completely new content on a second playthrough.
I love the idea that I could have a wildly different playthrough than someone else! To me, that makes my choice matter and I'm all for that. I'm excited to see what other branches there are in the game!
I feel the opposite way. Entire quest lines being restricted to your choices gives new weight to your decisions and it'll be great to see completely new content on a second playthrough.
I'm finally caught up! Man, you guys are horny little buggers aren't you? Not that I'm judging, mind you.
In regards to my post earlier, I don't think a prior relationship between Dorian and Felix/Alexius is out of the question, just that it's not implied by the demo. I'm still hoping not though.
I don't know how I feel about these branching quests. I hope you don't miss to much in one run. Like, I hope there aren't too many quests that lock out other quests. I like seeing everything, but I usually always think there's one "best" choice in a situation and I don't like doing it differently. I'm totally cool with different endings and different choices in a quest depending on choices, but I don't necessarily like missing whole quest lines and areas so much. I hope it's more like, you can do almost everything, but you have to catch the start point before you do another thing. If that makes sense.
I'm kind of with you. I might bring different people, do things in a separate order etc. but generally I kind of play the same way. For instance, in Origins I always save the mages as opposed to using the Rite of Annulment. If in Origins doing either of those two things led to different questlines, I would find it very hard to go back on that decision in a subsequent playthrough to experience the other quest, short of reloading (which would be tedious). Perhaps that's me being unwilling to roleplay with the best of them, but whatever.
I kind of wish that the events of the demo were canon because I'm in the position where I don't want to send Leliana if I can choose not to since things seem to not be going so great for our party, but Leliana also has some badass moments that I really want to experience first-hand.
I hate decisions.
God, I'm so glad they released the demo. We've got waaaaaay better screenshots of him now 
I wasn't that convinced of how attractive he is but now.... I now understand David's tweet about his character turning out hotter than he expected. Bless you, Bioware 
Everything's so perfect about him! My cynical side is waiting for the other shoe to drop, however!
Are we in for another surprise ala Anders?
The place is infested with demons, at least Leliana is a fighter. I'd rather send Cullen.
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