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[Shawn]

Hello, everyone, I'm Shawn. Today I will impose a few questions of mine regarding the dragons of Dragon Age: Inquisition.

[Exaltation]

Dragons are rare because they been hunted,you can make Urthemiel Theirin in your playthrough and hope Morrigan will use his blood to wake more Dragons from hibernation.

[Shawn]

Forgive me if I seem ignorant, as I have only just created this account. But I would inquire about the dragons in the third Dragon Age game. I have always liked dragons: I do not want them to go extinct in what will be my profile. So my question is this; if you leave the dragons alone, will they reproduce and repopulate Thedas? CAN you avoid killing them? I could tolerate one or two, but I will not contribute to their demise as a species. I simply will not. To those of you in Bioware who have any influence in the game, I plead thus; enable the dragon populations in Thedas to rise with time, if you have not done so already in the established environmental settings.

[Shawn]

Please get back to me if you have any information regarding this issue.

[Hizoku]

 To those of you in Bioware who have any influence in the game, I plead thus; enable the dragon populations in Thedas to rise with time, if you have not done so already in the established environmental settings.

that just seems like it'd be a huge pain in the arse since dragons tend to be a rather hostile species in the DA universe..

[Deflagratio]

I'm going to go out on a leg and say Dragons can be completely removed from DA:I by hunting them, and they do not respawn. I have no proof, but "Unlimited Dragons" Would really devalue the impact they have. See: Skyrim.

 

That said, I don't think it would be implied that Dragons would be "Extinct" in the entire world.

[Al Foley]

From everything I have heard seems each Dragon encounter is really crafted or even 'scripted' for their special impact and to mesh with the environment around it.  Not just something random that just pops in.

[Shawn]

See, Hizoku, that is the beauty of this; they are dangerous, but I would see them live. I have admired stories of dragons for all of my life not because they are cool (although, that may have sparked my interest) but because they represent nature better than any of the pagan gods or any other manner of creature. They represent a terrible force that is not in itself malevolent, but almost human in the sense that it takes an outside provocation to unleash it's wrath. And I challenge your logic. If we wipe out any species we want simply because it is "a huge pain in the arse," we would all be slitting our neighbor's throats, would we not? 

[Shawn]

Foley, I know that at least two dragons are part of the overall quest- at least, that's what I've heard- but there are reports of at least twenty high dragons in the game. What I want to know is whether or not it is within my power to spare any or all of them from death. And whether or not I can contribute to the rise of the species.

[Char]

Foley, I know that at least two dragons are part of the overall quest- at least, that's what I've heard- but there are reports of at least twenty high dragons in the game. What I want to know is whether or not it is within my power to spare any or all of them from death. And whether or not I can contribute to the rise of the species.

As far as I am aware, the game is set up in such a way that when you encounter a dragon the option is to either fight it, or run like hell. Because each of the (relatively large number) dragon encounters has been individually scripted as a fight, I would assume that the only way to avoid having to kill them eventually would be to leave the areas they are in, which may severely hinder your ability to progress through the story.

 

Because dragons are scripted as enemies, rather than environmental factors, the likelihood is that they will not populate or increase in population. Unfortunately for you, the world of Thedas does not generally share your opinion of dragons- they are highly intelligent, malevolent, and are the centre of created dragon-cults. They are less of the proud spirits symbolising freedom, and more flying nightmares for the people of Thedas, a true apex predator.

[Shawn]

I see what you're saying, Char. Very well, I will adjust my request. Could a downloadable add- on instill a rising population of dragons, to be used to the discretion of those whom, like me, revel in dragon lore? That would also provide a chance to hunt dragons, for those inclined to do so.

[caradoc2000]

CAN you avoid killing them?

Regarding this. The devs have said on several demo/promo vids that you can avoid dragon encounters (at least some of them). In fact you are strongly adviced to do so when you are underleveled.

[TurretSyndrome]

I think avoiding dragons goes only so far. We've seen in that 30-minute demo from half a year ago how the dragon blocks you at times from exploration of some regions. 

[Shawn]

Hmmm... I wonder then how many I can actually avoid without ruining the game altogether. Anyone have a guess?

[Mes]

Hmmm... I wonder then how many I can actually avoid without ruining the game altogether. Anyone have a guess?

 

I don't think you need to be concerned. Out of the 20 or so available dragon fights, I doubt they'd "force" you to fight more than one or two.

 

Also I could be wrong but didn't a dragon in one of the demos fly away in the middle of battle? Sounds to me like a plausible "forced" dragon encounter - yeah you have to fight it, but it'll escape before you can kill it?

 

Anyhoo I'm not sure if DA can really accommodate your need for lots and lots of dragons. The game is what it is.

[Chronoreaper]

doubt destroying them all will impact further lore or games as with DA:O it was said all dragons went extinct thanks to cassandras family in nervarra if i spelled that right and we see at least 2 fully matured dragons by that games standards not including the archdemon, in DA2 same deal and we see a whole flight in just the bone pit and even see more of them around the entire free marshes hell theres the rarer wyverns evolution of male dragons in one of the DLCs pretty sure they'll be active too in DA:I and if you watch dawn of the seeker theres enough knowledge of living dragons that a blood mage managed to use a young prodigy girl to awaken several dragons and just assuming on sizes that the big one is a elder among high dragons but comparing media to game size models is hard to do.

[Schreckstoff]

I am fan of dragons myself, bummer dragon tattoos are so cliche, but I have no problem with slaying them especially if they are the non self-aware kind.

[cj1984]

I would guess each region has 1 or 2 dragons since it has been said that there are 10 regions i think and people have talked about there being 20 dragons though i'm not sure if that's confirmed or speculation. They could approach it like Dragons Dogma, you went through the story and after killing the first scripted dragon other dragons started showing up where griffons or chimeras had been before in certain areas of the map.

For Inquisition you could go through regions with no dragon encounters then after a point in the story, returning to previos regions would spawn a dragon. I think this would help the dynamics of each region since enemies levels don't scale up, they remain the same regardless of your progression (unless wiping an enemy out gets replaced by something naturally stronger).

[Tarek]

dragons in DA are not nice creatures

 

in DA:O the old dark god possessed one right?

 

maybe they are vulnerable to demonic/dark possessions more than other creature or maybe they want revenge and so they allow these entities to take over them

 

come to think of it my dargon lore in DA is lacking

[Kipperdee]

I am also uncomfortable at the prospect of killing these majestic creatures.

 

I was hopeful there may be an alternative to killing dragons/running away, such as a quest line that allows us to pursue symbiotic relationships with dragons so we pose no threat to them - perhaps even help protect them and in return they leave our inquisition alone/allow us to pass through dragon inhabited areas. (Similar to that in nature where a tarantula shares a burrow with a frog). 

 

If successful in this endeavour...lots of loot (and some achievements) to be had in dragon habitats, as no-one else has managed to get their greedy mitts on the goodies. 

 

I thought this idea may have been an option in the game when I saw the 'Dragon tamer image' from the early DA:I artwork. But I now get the impression this was just an initial concept that received no further development, especially since Mark Darrah has confirmed no flying mounts.

 

I love this image by the artist Matt Rhodes  

 

 

 

[Schreckstoff]

 

I am also uncomfortable at the prospect of killing these majestic creatures.

 

I was hopeful there may be an alternative to killing dragons/running away, such as a quest line that allows us to pursue symbiotic relationships with dragons so we pose no threat to them - perhaps even help protect them and in return they leave our inquisition alone/allow us to pass through dragon inhabited areas. (Similar to that in nature where a tarantula shares a burrow with a frog). 

 

If successful in this endeavour...lots of loot (and some achievements) to be had in dragon habitats, as no-one else has managed to get their greedy mitts on the goodies. 

 

I thought this idea may have been an option in the game when I saw the 'Dragon tamer image' from the early DA:I artwork. But I now get the impression this was just an initial concept that received no further development, especially since Mark Darrah has confirmed no flying mounts.

 

I love this image by the artist Matt Rhodes  

That's probably a male dragon we'll get as a mount eventually, they don't have wings after all.

[Kipperdee]

That's probably a male dragon we'll get as a mount eventually, they don't have wings after all.

 

 

Ahh, you mean the possibility of a drake mount? That would be very nice, indeed.

 

He'd get lots of hugs, I may even let him sleep on a blanket at the end of my bed.  

[rocsage]

can I tag along and request a succu..ahem, desire demon companion?

[Schreckstoff]

can I tag along and request a succu..ahem, desire demon companion?

Or a mount if you know what I mean.

[Maria Caliban]

There are 20 High Dragons in the vanilla game. You can kill them and they will not respawn.

I wouldn't be surprised if dragonlings, drakes, and immature dragons might respawn over time. It's important to remember that is takes decades for a dragon to become a high dragon.

Reavers consume the blood of dragons, and we will likely do this to gain that specialization. Dragon cults are groups of humans who've imbibed dragon blood; they help high dragons raise their dragonlings and protect the nest. A high dragon will not harm a dragon cultist but high dragons, drakes, and dragonlings from other nests will.

After all, like many other apex predator, high dragons are in competition with one another.