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[The Ascendant]

As an avid fan of the Dragon Age universe, I look forward to this new edition of the franchise. The various Origins which offered unique insights, perspectives and experiences whilst being a part of this vast morally complex world. One post I have not noticed however, is one for the simple, the modest and the always the most populous race ****** Sapiens, i.e. us.

Now I am not racist in any regard (in both the real world and Thedas), but I found the human Origin in the first game a thrilling a exciting play through of Ferelden. Almost taken from a story by the great G.R.R. Martin, you are betrayed by a long standing friend, your family slaughtered, your brother missing and as the last of your illustrious line you must fight to save your homeland, and attain vengeance.

Sorry if that was a bit O.T.T. but that's how I felt when playing a Cousland. Not only did you get a unique view of Ferelden, you received options other races and classes didn't, e.g. reminiscing with nobles, marrying Alistair/Anora, having your own personal nemesis who is voiced by Tim Curry no less! Not surprising that many people opted to play as their own race.

Know to the issue at hand; what kind of background will a human inquisitor have? To my knowledge the surname will apply to all classes so it may not be that important but what kind of prehistory will Inquisitor Trevelyan have?

I am no expert on surnames, but I think our dear Inquisitor might be Orleasian. No I have no hatred for Ferelden in any way, but I would like to experience things from a different P.O.V. I am aware the Warden-Commander was Orleasian, and some Fereldens didn't take to kindly to that. But seeing as the game will feature Orlais in a strong way, might it make sense playing as a native son/daughter?

This is my idea of what the human background will be for the classes.

Warrior-Chevalier/Mercenary

 Rogue-Bard/Spy/Antivan Crow?

Mage-Noble/Commoner Apostate/Circle Mage

Please give your opinions and comments. I apologize to anyone who has started or posted a thread based on this theme. Thanks for reading.   

[Loghain Mac-Tir]

Actually Trevelyan is a Cornish Surname, so it is British (Fereldan).

 

As for backgrounds, I think Warrior/Rogue will have the same background and the Mage would obviously have a different one, I also expect a different last name for the Mage, not that it matters much.

 

P.S Orlessians suck, big time.

[Gervaise]

I didn't know we had actually been given any names for the Inquisitor.   I would imagine that a human inquisitor might well be from a wealthy Orlesian family and that there might be repercussions from that with regard to the civil war, even though that does sound very similar to the plot in Origins.   Nevertheless the Orlesian culture and traditions are very different from those of Ferelden.  For example, the Chevaliers think they have the divine right to rule and treat lesser mortals as they please.     I seem to recall that there was also a family of spy masters based on Orlais that were independent of the Crows, mentioned in one of the codices in Origins, but I can't recall the name, so that could form the basis for a rogue Inquisitor.    I suppose you could also have the variant of a human commoner fighting against the system and therefore hopeful that the civil war would change things for the better

 

Personally, if I play a human mage, I already have the background for both male and female mapped out in my head, based on characters that I wrote for that short story competition last year.    So I hope whatever is set up by the writers fits with it.    The male character was a noble apostate, on the basis that you seem to be able to buy your way out of anything if you have enough money and have the backing of your family.   The female mage was a commoner who was in the Circle at Val Royeaux before it was disbanded but chose not to follow the other mages to their holdout in the north.

[Maria Caliban]

I'll note that while the various Inquisitors have backgrounds we're not having playable origins as in DA:O.

[Loghain Mac-Tir]

Personally, if I play a human mage, I already have the background for both male and female mapped out in my head, based on characters that I wrote for that short story competition last year.    So I hope whatever is set up by the writers fits with it.    The male character was a noble apostate, on the basis that you seem to be able to buy your way out of anything if you have enough money and have the backing of your family.   The female mage was a commoner who was in the Circle at Val Royeaux before it was disbanded but chose not to follow the other mages to their holdout in the north.

 

Actually, The background is based upon the combination of race/class, gender doesn't play a role in it.

[Loghain Mac-Tir]

I'll note that while the various Inquisitors have backgrounds we're not having playable origins as in DA:O.

 

True, but it is has been said that the background of your Inquisitor will have more than a passing reference in the game.

[Wolfen09]

shadows of the empire was the name... anyway i think if its human, its going to be from a noble family in orlais who happens to have not taken a stance on the war yet... as for the mage, i could see it happening that he/she was hidden from the circle and templars and was raised normally... kind of what they were trying to do with connor, you know before the whole death and monster thing

[Senya]

I'm rather hoping to play as nobility, but the Cornish name might indicate we can't.

[Maria Caliban]

I suspect that the human Inquisitor will get a vanilla Ferelden background.

[KC_Prototype]

Trevelyan sounds like a Ferelden Noble so I say for Warrior/Rogue you are a Ferelden noble and for mage, an apostate from a Thedasian circle.

[TheKomandorShepard]

Adventurer for evry class would be fine with me...

[The Baconer]

Hopefully not of nobility. My canon Inquisitor will be killing off a lot of them, so that could get pretty weird.

[Cylan Cooper]

Like Maria said, we're probably going to be from Fereldan if we're human. Maybe the bodyguard of an envoy to the peace talks/a circle mage representing the circle.

 

And it's just like, my opinion man, but the Human Noble origin was my least favorite origin. It was so cliche that it's kind of hard to believe that it wasn't intentional.

[Maria Caliban]

The majority of players pick humans so it makes sense to write a story that has broad appeal and serves as a good introduction for new players.

[MisterJB]

I'm for for a Chevalier for the Human Warrior, Bard for the Human Rogue and Noble Apostate for the Human Mage myself.

Altough I'm probably hoping too much.

[Bekkael]

I hope the human PC is not Orlesian. I've always hated them, and now even moreso since finishing The Masked Empire and having even more insight into their contemptible culture . Ferelden (or anything non-Orlesian, really) would make me very happy.

[themikefest]

Actually Trevelyan is a Cornish Surname, so it is British (Fereldan).

 

As for backgrounds, I think Warrior/Rogue will have the same background and the Mage would obviously have a different one, I also expect a different last name for the Mage, not that it matters much.

 

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If there is a different last name for the mage, like in DAO, wouldn't Bioware of released that name the sametime as the others?

[Master Race]

Its been confirmed there are two voice actors, one with a British and one with an American accent. I may be wrong here since i am fairly new but isn't Orlais suppose to be like France? leliana has a french accent. This is why i think the human inquisitor will not be Orlesian.

[thats1evildude]

Perhaps the human Inquisitor is a rogue MI6 agent who faked his death and became the leader of an underworld crime syndicate.

[Spectre Impersonator]

Trevelyan...

 

All I can think of is Alec Trevelyan from Goldeneye. Sean Bean confirmed as human male VA!!!

[thats1evildude]

If I didn't know better, Spectre, I'd swear we had synchronized our posts.

Strange minds think alike, eh?

[Han Shot First]

Actually Trevelyan is a Cornish Surname, so it is British (Fereldan).

 

As for backgrounds, I think Warrior/Rogue will have the same background and the Mage would obviously have a different one, I also expect a different last name for the Mage, not that it matters much.

 

P.S Orlessians suck, big time.

 

While the surname probably hints at the human Inquisitor being from Ferelden, there are two other possibilities...

 

1. He or she could be a Free Marcher. The people of the Free Marches are ethnically diverse, so the human Inquisitor might be Ferelden by ethnicity but not necessarily by nationality.

 

2. While Trevelyan is usually a Cornish surname, it is also found in Brittany (France). Since there is a small chance that the surname could have French origins, the Inquisitor could have an Orlesian origin. 

[Hrungr]

Now that the voice actors' accents are confirmed I would be very surprised if he wasn't Ferelden.

 

I'm hoping we see the flipside of the Noble Origin in DAI - having the Inquisitor come from a powerful criminal family.

 

Naturally, the PC has the option to take the high road, disavowing his family or... embrace it. Family "influence" may come in handy in negotiations and playing The Game in Orlais...