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[Lorien19]

I like the latter myself 

Me too,I'd prefer it if he had a normal life even for a while.

[Allowyntais]

How crazy would it be if Cullen was Anora's cousin on her mother's side?

[wiccame]

That's ... interesting.

But I don't think I can draw him so provocative. I know it's for fun but well, it's not... like him.

LOL hence the whole thing popping off onto his lap

[wiccame]

I like the latter myself 

Yeah, I don't like to think it was something he had absolutely no control over.  I like to think he was just born with the passion to want to make the world a better place, and joining the templars was something that could fulfil that. 

[Caja]

I remembered Cullen from DAO and was happy to see him again in DA2. I'm now happy to see him back in DAI.   

I'm most excited about his character development. He was quite shy and nervous in the Magi Origin, but his personality hardened considerably during and after the Broken Circle questline (even if I disagreed with him, it was nice to see him have an opinion).

In DA2 he was older and more experienced. He had an (albeit narrow-minded) ideal of what it meant to be a Templar and to protect people, but he was overshadowed by Meredith. His standing up to her at the end was certainly a fist-pump moment for me.

 

And now in DAI it seems like he's more experienced and confident than ever, but with the wisdom to question his own views.
Certainly looking forward to meeting him. 

 

I mostly agree with this. I am very much looking forward to meet the guy and to see how his character developed. From DAO to DA 2 Cullen has already changed a lot. He started off as a young shy man to become somone who was on a much darker path. In DA 2 he was a rather grim character but someone who still wanted to  fulfill his obgligations as a templar and more importantly, someone who wasn't unreasonable. However, I don't think that he was overshadowed by Meredith. If Meredith had stayed on the good side, Cullen might have raised naturally within the ranks of the order. I'm sure a "healthy" Meredith would have recognized his qualities. But yeah, I cheered, too, when he stood up to her. Also, it's a good thing that he seems to questions things now more than he did before.

 

Well we've had the pictures and now the interview, so I suppose that's pretty much it until the games released Cullen-wise. We'll probably see the VA video and maybe hear about his sexual orientation. I suppose there's always hope for random screenshots.

I wonder if he really left the Templars due to a big crisis of faith or if it wasn't rather that the organisation was ignoring the bloody great demon spewing portals to hell popping up everywhere and he felt compelled to act. Six of one, half dozen the other, I suppose. He's with the Inquisition now and there will be some backstory to account for it.

I'm rather relieved to read that DG confirmed equity of the companion/advisor word budget - phew, I hadn't heard it before and it seems to indicate Cullen will get as much attention as the other LIs. I'm shipping Cassy and Cully, when my Quizzy is otherwise occupied. They'd make a cute, slightly terrifying couple

 I guess that he left because he developed his own belief system. I wouldn't call it crisis though. Cullen might have reached a point where he realized that he and the templar order both wanted too different things. LOL. Sounds like the end of a relationship. Which it actually is, considering how much time Cullen spent in the order.

 

(Edited to remove a wrong - but great - quote). 

 

Edit 2 for top of the page pic. Because it's so awesome:

 

 

Very satisfied by the interview, since as everyone here, I want to know more about his past and motives, and also I'm looking forward to spend some relax time with him (I'm sure he wouldn't say no to a pint !). 

 

Have a Cullen !

 

 

[Sister Goldring]

The thing that's so exciting to me is that we actually know so little about him and now he'll be this fully developed character we can interact with and learn about. I wonder how many of our assumption bubbles will burst in the first conversation?

October seems too far away!

[Mellora]

LOL hence the whole thing popping off onto his lap

Oh I must have a very twisted mind because I thought it was a disguised invitation to come to taste the ice cream directly on his skin....

[wiccame]

Oh I must have a very twisted mind because I thought it was a disguised invitation to come to taste the ice cream directly on his skin....

Haha no, just him getting all flustered because it's just so not like him....but that could work too

[Boomshakalakalakaboom]

Yeah, I don't like to think it was something he had absolutely no control over.  I like to think he was just born with the passion to want to make the world a better place, and joining the templars was something that could fulfil that. 

 

Agree, he would have idolized what the Templar order used to be not realizing that it wasn't quite like that any longer. If this was the case, it must have been shattering for him to come to the knowledge that everything that he had placed at such a high ideal no longer existed, that the things that used to be honored in the Order were no longer held at such an esteem, that he could be one of the last men to hold to those ideals.

 

So I've had hardly any sleep (children can be so cruel sometimes) so sorry if I make no sense   

[Sister Goldring]

It's funny, every time I stray out onto the main boards even if it's just to lurk, I turn tail and come scurrying back here like a whipped dog! When I think of the forums, in my head it's an extension of this thread and I always feel a little shocked to rediscover that no, actually they're a bit feral and aggressive, so I return to our Cullen loving happy place.

I think this is a thank-you, I kind of feel like it should be.

[Mellora]

The thing that's so exciting to me is that we actually know so little about him and now he'll be this fully developed character we can interact with and learn about. I wonder how many of our assumption bubbles will burst in the first conversation?

October seems too far away!

I'm looking forward to it... a lot. But I fear a bit my own expectations are too high and finally I'd be disappointed by the too few occasions I'll have to interact with him.

I really hope the advisors will have a consequent place in the inquisition, throughout the entire game and will be somehow close to Quizzy even if they'll have their own paths to follow.

[Shutterbones]

Good to have you with us again.
Ladies and gentlemen, Shutterbones is the one who opened the very first DAO Cullen thread on BSN! It was called "The Broken Templar" if I remember right. Back then Cullen was loved by a bunch of Amells and Suranas, and hated by pretty much everyone else, because he wanted to kill all the mages. So this lady here deserves some cookies for her courage! She also creates amazing and badass Cullen art

I'm sorry I can't catch up on this thread properly. I hope we poked everyone who asked to poke them in case of Cullen's reveal. I hope Kirrahe1 saw the pictures too.

I've been grinning all day! I hope I'll be able to draw something tonight, my feels need an exit

Cullen is badass, isn't he? He probably kept Kirkwall from falling into chaos and anarchy for 3 years. And that makes me really curious about where did the Red Templars come from if everything was ok in Kirkwall under Cullen's rule (mental image of Cullen on the Iron Throne - damn hot!). Perhaps Meredith's corpse was not hazardous, maybe red lyrium deactivated when she died or something. Or maybe they got rid of her, and that's why they weren't affected. I can't wait to hear what Cullen has to say about that and his 3 years as basically a viscount.

 

Ahw you're a sweetheart Gala - you've contributed more than I ever have to the artwork portion so I give props to you as well for having the drive to do so many awesome Cullen illustrations haha. I maybe manage one or two illustrations of the poor boy a year, and a bunch of silly doodles in between. ;P With the interview and character reveal, however, I might just have to drum up some free time to do another picture of him! I'd like to illustrate his new scar.

 

I'm also curious because a while back one of the game devs mentioned (it might have been Gaider??) they would address the lyrium addiction issue. I also remember in a very, very old templar discussion thread that mentioned something about lyrium addiction having an expiration date, as in a point where it would almost guarantee the user to go insane? There were only a few cases you could meet in Origins I believe that showed the effects of lyrium addiction at their worst (Ser Otto I think was considered one? I don't remember... there was also a crazy older templar by the chantry in the Denerim Market...) It's been so long I cannot remember.

 

Anyway my point being I wonder if perhaps considering that Cullen does look quite older (I would personally peg him in his early 40s maybe? just my personal opinion) in Inquisition does that mean there will be signs of the lyrium addiction affecting him? Or perhaps he's somehow found a way to wean himself off of it? I've been wondering about this for some time, since they did point out they would "address" it and part of me wonders if it will be in direct relation to Cullen himself, since he is (was?) a templar for a long time....

[Boomshakalakalakaboom]

Oh yay! My birth-page-year!  

[The Elder King]

Lyrium addiction doesn't wear off. It's something you carry on for your whole life.

[wiccame]

Agree, he would have idolized what the Templar order used to be not realizing that it wasn't quite like that any longer. If this was the case, it must have been shattering for him to come to the knowledge that everything that he had placed at such a high ideal no longer existed, that the things that used to be honored in the Order were no longer held at such an esteem, that he could be one of the last men to hold to those ideals.

 

So I've had hardly any sleep (children can be so cruel sometimes) so sorry if I make no sense   

Yeah, I am really interested to see just how he is coping with that...that line in the interview when he realises that the templars failed those in their charge and the innocent people. He must have had to go through a lot of soul searching.

 

Lol I know how that is, mine is 18 and is still cruel like that sometimes

[Caja]

I'm looking forward to it... a lot. But I fear a bit my own expectations are too high and finally I'd be disappointed by the too few occasions I'll have to interact with him.

I really hope the advisors will have a consequent place in the inquisition, throughout the entire game and will be somehow close to Quizzy even if they'll have their own paths to follow.

Oh no, can't you try to lower your expectations   ? I know, it's easier said than done. I had similar situations with movies (and DA 2), so now I try to be as neutral as I possibly can about DAI. I know, that doesn't completely work anymore because I already know to too much at this point. But still, I'm prepared that things might not work out the way I hope they would. Than the disappointment won't be so big. But this is the pessimist in me talking. The optimist says I worry too much.

[Shutterbones]

She did?! Wow! Then it seems we have a hero in our midst. *praises Shutterbones* 

 

Hahaha not really a hero so much as I-spent-waaaayyyy-too-much-time-exploring-the-mage-origin literally I think I dedicated about half of my playthrough for Isthalla to walking around the tower to hear, learn, and explore every single scrap of dialogue, conversation, codex entries, and any other information regarding the tower and especially Cullen. I still remember when there were only three scenes to work with for him and it was so frustrating and fun at the same time... left a lot of wiggle room for creaivity/heacanons lol. I still stubbornly stick to mine at times.

 

*Gasp* Your majesty!

 

 

*gasp* well why.. thank you. I mean. You guys flatter me, really. haha I need an appropriate gif to say thank you hold on

 

 

(moths are appropriately cute reaction gifs, i should think)

[MacyNell]

Oh I must have a very twisted mind because I thought it was a disguised invitation to come to taste the ice cream directly on his skin....

Okay, now just follow that thought to its natural conclusion...voila! INSPIRATION! lol jk maybe not jk 

[Mellora]

Oh no, can't you try to lower your expectations   ? I know, it's easier said than done. I had similar situations with movies (and DA 2), so now I try to be as neutral as I possibly can about DAI. I know, that doesn't completely work anymore because I already know to too much at this point. But still, I'm prepared that things might not work out the way I hope they would. Than the disappointment won't be so big. But this is the pessimist in me talking. The optimist says I worry too much.

I suppose that when things will calm down a bit, regarding Cullen news at least, I'll return to a more normal state.
Well, I hope.

[ahellbornlady]

omg y'all I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALMOST AT 2000 PAGES.

 

WE ARE LEGION.

 

[Shutterbones]

I can't find the post now but it's a few pages back - someone mentioned that one of the game devs said his eye color was part of a game bug that has changed some of the eye colors? If that's true, I'm fairly relieved... I was actually a bit sad to see they took away his and Vivienne's brown eyes (I'm assuming hers were bugged too in that screenshot??) because I personally preferred the brown. Or lightish brown, in Cullen's case hah. (they were very dark brown I believe in DAO if I'm not mistaken?)

[R2s Muse]

I'm seconding the private life thing. We see some of it in DA2, but ultimately, we only see Cullen on duty. We know he's shy around sexual women (the mage Warden initiates, and he's awkward with the brothel), so what's he like around more professional women, or dudes. He a drinker? Templar!Carver mentions they turn the Chant of Light into a drinking song. 

I'm still not convinced that the brothel comments were shyness and not just him trying to find a polite way to talk about ladies of the night. But, regardless, I'm really hoping we see  him talk about other, more normal things and see him a bit more... assertive? 

 

Right now I'd go with either the "raised as an orphan in the chantry" theory or  the "poor farmboy wanted to be a knight but perhaps didn't have the means,so joined the templar order instead."one, but who knows they might surprise us with something else...

Yeah I always thought of him thinking that being a Templar would be better than the life he currently had. His family would have held a strong sense in the andastrian faith and I could imagine him spending his younger days playing at being a Templar and day-dreaming about true knights and waiting for the day he could be one himself. 

The poor farm boy thing is def one of my faves. We did an origin story challenge once upon a time which was fun. It might be fun to revisit before the game comes out. 

 

Agree, he would have idolized what the Templar order used to be not realizing that it wasn't quite like that any longer. If this was the case, it must have been shattering for him to come to the knowledge that everything that he had placed at such a high ideal no longer existed, that the things that used to be honored in the Order were no longer held at such an esteem, that he could be one of the last men to hold to those ideals.

This is something I've often thought about. I always felt like, in DA2, his real beef with Meredith at the end was that Meredith wasn't following the "true" path of the Templar Order. That he has this more ideal version of the Order in his head that isn't borne out by reality. I always felt like he was headed for a crisis of faith in Order because of that, and that Meredith was just one step. The Lambert thing would be another. Maybe there were others along the way that made him decide that even the Order doesn't follow "what the Order stands for" anymore. 

[Chanda]

Okay, still at work and on my phone. Read the interview, thought it was great! Then saw all the negative comments in the Twitter thread about fan service and all that.

I'm tired of that crap. So I'm just going to say this and get it out of my system.

NEENER-NEENER-NEENER! FAN SERVICE OR NOT, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE I GOT MY CULLEN, AND NOTHING YOU SAY OR DO IS GOING TO CHANGE THE FACT THAT HE'S IN INQUISITION LEADING UR ARRR-MEEEEES! SO NYAAAAAH!

/childish acting like a five-year-old melodrama

[R2s Muse]

I can't find the post now but it's a few pages back - someone mentioned that one of the game devs said his eye color was part of a game bug that has changed some of the eye colors? If that's true, I'm fairly relieved... I was actually a bit sad to see they took away his and Vivienne's brown eyes (I'm assuming hers were bugged too in that screenshot??) because I personally preferred the brown. Or lightish brown, in Cullen's case hah. (they were very dark brown I believe in DAO if I'm not mistaken?)

I believe the actual color for his eyes was "amber" in the toolset. I believe it's the same in DA2, but someone told me it says it's hazel somewhere (but I don't know where). 

 

But yes, on twitter Mike Laidlaw said the eye color is a bug. Another dev, Liz Lehtonen (sp?), confirmed it specifically for Cullen. 

[Caja]

omg y'all I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALMOST AT 2000 PAGES.

 

WE ARE LEGION.

 

Yeah... about that. I asked it earlier but my post "drowned" in this thread. How exactly do we celebrate?