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[Basement Cat]

I always viewed Antiva as being Spain myself.

I thought they confirmed it was an expy of Italy? That's what the DA wiki says.

 

Sidenote: your new avatar reminds me of Johnny from Karate Kid.

[karushna5]

So did i at first, but then I looked into the mafia history lately and got interested in medieval Europe, and was surprised just how many analogies to history they are making regards to that time. i think Zevran confuses us to a degree, but yeah Antiva has a mafia, a great merchant business(best in Thedas) In fact the devs admitted the Country would have been called Calabria except that was a real place in italy so they changed it. And two places in Antiva, Treviso and Rialto are actually real places in real Italy.

 

The characters from Antiva on the other hand, speak spanish and have somewhat spanish accents.

[CrimsonN7]

I thought they confirmed it was an expy of Italy? That's what the DA wiki says.

 

Sidenote: your new avatar reminds me of Johnny from Karate Kid.

You're prob right about this, I just always assumed it was DA's fantasy version of Spain.

 

Oh and my avi, it's Tate from American Horror Story, that show is goooooooooooood!

[Das Tentakel]

So did i at first, but then I looked into the mafia history lately and got interested in medieval Europe, and was surprised just how many analogies to history they are making regards to that time. i think Zevran confuses us to a degree, but yeah Antiva has a mafia, a great merchant business(best in Thedas) In fact the devs admitted the Country would have been called Calabria except that was a real place in italy so they changed it. And two places in Antiva, Treviso and Rialto are actually real places in real Italy.

The characters from Antiva on the other hand, speak spanish and have somewhat spanish accents.

 

Bio’s worldbuilding team more or less deliberately mixed up things from different eras, countries and languages. Ferelden, for instance, is the setting’s ‘quasi-Anglo- Scandinavian’ monarchy. It combines Icelandic chieftains, the godar (Banns), Anglo-Scandinavian Jarls (‘Arls’) and early to high medieval German territorial Dukes ('Teyrns') with a simplified model of the medieval German elective monarchy.

It’s like making a new car by combining a T-Ford chassis with wooden wheels from the Oseberg chariot and a suspension system created out of Bavarian lederhosen, powered by a modern English Rolls Royce jet engine.  But hey, that’s why it’s fantasy .

[AresKeith]

All Antiva needs now is a Ezio

[Mistic]

All Antiva needs now is a Ezio

 

Let's be honest, if Bioware wanted to set a game in a city, they should have chosen Antiva from the start. Kirkwall? What's Kirkwall? Antiva was the city of adventure back in the old DA:O days. They didn't need to invent anything. Hell, you already have Templars and Assassins there Add some pirates, Tevinter Magisters, Qunari, corrupt merchant princes, Zevran, some royals and mages, and you're sold.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

*drools*

 

Second best picture in this thread! Well done to the artist!

Out of curiosity, what's the best picture in the thread? I'm guessing her ingame screenshot? 

[TheLittleBird]

Also, monarchies changed over time. Some started elective and became hereditary, then moved back and forth. The Roman empire is a good example of such a shift.

Now my mind's going: what if Dorian is DA's Caesar, and he's going to march an army into Minrathous, be declared an enemy of the state and effectively start a civil war, which will result in him becoming a monarch?

Even though that makes no sense when looking at Dorian's character. But its interesting at the very least.

Would be nice to see something of a politicial shift in the Imperium. Say, the fourth DA game deals with a Qunari invasion of the mainland, the game taking place in Antiva/Rivain or the Anderfels, as that is where they land their troops (effectively avoiding crossing through the powerful Imperium).
At the end of that it leaves Par Vollen in a crippled state. The Imperium doesn't have to worry about its northern borders anymore. But then one of the just-finished war's most succesful Imperial generals stands up and effectively turns Tevinter into a monarchy of sorts. There you go, status quo for the fifth DA game.

Or something like that.
Maybe I just like first century BC-Rome too much.

[Mistic]

Now my mind's going: what if Dorian is DA's Caesar, and he's going to march an army into Minrathous, be declared an enemy of the state and effectively start a civil war, which will result in him becoming a monarch?

Even though that makes no sense when looking at Dorian's character. But its interesting at the very least. Would be nice to see something of a politicial shift in the Imperium. Say, the fourth DA game deals with a Qunari invasions. At the end of that it leaves Par Vollen in a crippled state. The Imperium does have to worry about its northern borders anymore. But then one of the just-finished war's most succesful Imperial generals stands up and effectively turns Tevinter into a monarchy of sorts. There you go, status quo for the fifth DA game.

Or something like that.
Maybe I just like first century BC-Rome too much.

 

Not far-fetched at all. I've thinking os something similar myself. Because a setting like Tevinter asks for Roman-sized plots. You don't need to invent anything: take a look at real Roman history and you have enough plots for a whole series of games.

 

From a historical point of view, it would mirror the rise of the Empire over the remnants of the Republic. If it sounds too Roman, there's another Medieval analogy: the rise of authoritarian monarchies that would end up in the birth of the modern nation-state. In fact, Tevinter has some good ingredients for that.

 

Also, it would make that country more palatable to the players. "Yes, they're evil, but you're going to win the war and change that!".

[TheLittleBird]

Not far-fetched at all. I've thinking os something similar myself. Because a setting like Tevinter asks for Roman-sized plots. You don't need to invent anything: take a look at real Roman history and you have enough plots for a whole series of games.

From a historical point of view, it would mirror the rise of the Empire over the remnants of the Republic. If it sounds too Roman, there's another Medieval analogy: the rise of authoritarian monarchies that would end up in the birth of the modern nation-state. In fact, Tevinter has some good ingredients for that.

Also, it would make that country more palatable to the players. "Yes, they're evil, but you're going to win the war and change that!".

Actually, it'd be quite interesting to have something like the Year of Four Emperors, in which the Roman Empire saw four emperors in one year, who were all murdered shortly after they "got the part". 69 AD, was it? After the death of Nero. To have that as the premise of a DA game set in the Imperium, and have it be a few years after the first monarch, which I talked about in my previous post, died.

Or maybe something like the war between Alexander the Great's generals right after his death. Have the Imperium being torn apart by civil war.

Or maybe! Or maybe!
Argh, so much to choose from ancient history.

[FraQ]

Out of curiosity, what's the best picture in the thread? I'm guessing her ingame screenshot? 

 

Spoiler

 

 

I love this image.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Spoiler

 

 

I love this image.

That is a very good image. 

[Mistic]

Actually, it'd be quite interesting to have something like the Year of Four Emperors, in which the Roman Empire saw four emperors in one year, who were all murdered shortly after they "got the part". 69 AD, was it? After the death of Nero. To have that as the premise of a DA game set in the Imperium, and have it be a few years after the first monarch, which I talked about in my previous post, died.

Or maybe something like the war between Alexander the Great's generals right after his death. Have the Imperium being torn apart by civil war.

Or maybe! Or maybe!
Argh, so much to choose from ancient history.

 

I was thinking more about the player having to overthrow a particularly nasty Archon, probably backed by the most corrupt members of the Magisterium. Imagine a villain like the unholy child of Caligula, Nero and Domitian. Then add a Qunari invasion, slave rebellions, probably the Fade being torn apart (again) and then you'll have a very nice setting. For game, I mean.

[TheLittleBird]

I was thinking more about the player having to overthrow a particularly nasty Archon, probably backed by the most corrupt members of the Magisterium. Imagine a villain like the unholy child of Caligula, Nero and Domitian. Then add a Qunari invasion, slave rebellions, probably the Fade being torn apart (again) and then you'll have a very nice setting. For game, I mean.

Oh I like that. Maybe have a burning Minrathous in there, or would that be too obvious a nod to Nero (even though I don't think Nero actually was responsible for the burning of Rome. But that's a debate that doesn't belong here)?

I could talk for hours about the Roman Empire, emperors and even what the events in Inquisition could mean to the Fade and the magisterium, but let's get back to Josephine.

[Basement Cat]

I could talk for hours about the Roman Empire, emperors and even what the events in Inquisition could mean to the Fade and the magisterium, but let's get back to Josephine.

Yes! Let us return to the matter of the enthralling Antivan princess whose raven mane is trapped by formality and propriety, waiting only for a gentle hand to release it from its cruel bond. Burnished gold skin that begs to be gently caressed by worshipful lips. Eyes that are alight with all the beauty of the world!

 

...

 

I'll be in my bunk.

[TheLittleBird]

You really ought to stop the teasing, bluedrake.

[Basement Cat]

You really ought to stop the teasing, bluedrake.

[CrimsonN7]

Yes! Let us return to the matter of the enthralling Antivan princess whose raven mane is trapped by formality and propriety, waiting only for a gentle hand to release it from its cruel bond. Burnished gold skin that begs to be gently caressed by worshipful lips. Eyes that are alight with all the beauty of the world!

 

...

 

I'll be in my bunk.

Soooooooooo drake, have you decided on who you will be romancing yet with your fem inquisitor?

[Lukas Trevelyan]

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I love this image.

Indeed I have it as my phones lock screen, it's actually my favorite as well.

[Basement Cat]

Soooooooooo drake, have you decided on who you will be romancing yet with your fem inquisitor?

Cullen, obviously.

 

 

 

 

 

 

not!

[CrimsonN7]

Cullen, obviously.

 

 

 

 

 

 

not!

Awwwwww, poor Cullen.

 

 

You could of been one of many!

[Hanako Ikezawa]

@@ClinicalAndy

 

 

I was lucky enough to speak with @@jhaletweets, star of #MetalGearSolid and #MassEffect for the @CodecMomentspodcast: http://www.codecmome...le-interview-2/

 

From the interview:

 

 

"Can we expect or speculate on any future Metal Gear or Mass Effect games?"

 

"No, but I did just record some stuff for Dragon Age last week, which was super fun, and it was really a huge honour to do the role that I did - it's a massive compliment, and it's quite groundbreaking. So, very excited about that."

 

 

 

So sounds like good news for those who didn't want Josephine voiced by Jennifer Hale. They wouldn't still be recording lines for such an important character as an adviser by now. 

[Basement Cat]

Awwwwww, poor Cullen.

 

You could of been one of many!

He won't be first, but I will romance him eventually. Josephine is simply my first pick. Hey, I might not like her once I've met her. You never know.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

He won't be first, but I will romance him eventually. Josephine is simply my first pick. Hey, I might not like her once I've met her. You never know.

You shouldn't delude yourself like that.

[Basement Cat]

 

@@ClinicalAndy

 

 

I was lucky enough to speak with @@jhaletweets, star of #MetalGearSolid and #MassEffect for the @CodecMomentspodcast: http://www.codecmome...le-interview-2/

 

From the interview:

 

 

"Can we expect or speculate on any future Metal Gear or Mass Effect games?"

 

"No, but I did just record some stuff for Dragon Age last week, which was super fun, and it was really a huge honour to do the role that I did - it's a massive compliment, and it's quite groundbreaking. So, very excited about that."

 

 

 

So sounds like good news for those who didn't want Josephine voiced by Jennifer Hale. They wouldn't still be recording lines for such an important character as an adviser by now. 

 

Calling it now: She's playing Empress Celene.