So, I've never posted on a forum. But.
I just finished my first (sans spoiler) play through last night. So I found my way here.
The romance broke me. And I am 29. I am old. What is this? What happened?
Also, wild guess at who I ended up being my grey warden. And what happened to my clan.
Also, I think I broke Leliana.
At least Dorian loves me?
*hugs* We are here for you. 
I rather had Leliana's nug in mind. Nobody suspects a nug... By the way, does anyone know what happened to Leliana's nug?Is that explosion Hawke's fault? I just assume most things are.
It ends with Hawke exploding out of a Fade rift in Weisshaupt, where the Warden you saved is fighting back Darkspawn Magister #3 because it was secretly body surfing in the Warden leader's body all this time. S/he brings a cheesecake a spirit of baking made for them as trouble for getting left in the Fade to fight a giant eyeball spider monster and hurls it at the first person who looks at him/her wrong.
I rather had Leliana's nug in mind. Nobody suspects a nug... By the way, does anyone know what happened to Leliana's nug?
And I really want to get back to the werewolves.
Did you not see the letter on her desk in Skyhold? She has loads of them now! Some of her agents look after them.
It ends with Hawke exploding out of a Fade rift in Weisshaupt, where the Warden you saved is fighting back Darkspawn Magister #3 because it was secretly body surfing in the Warden leader's body all this time. S/he brings a cheesecake a spirit of baking made for them as trouble for getting left in the Fade to fight a giant eyeball spider monster and hurls it at the first person who looks at him/her wrong.
What if you saved Hawke and left the Warden? Does Hawke explode INTO the Fade?
I rather had Leliana's nug in mind. Nobody suspects a nug... By the way, does anyone know what happened to Leliana's nug?
And I really want to get back to the werewolves.
Presumably died. There's a piece of paper on Leliana's desk in Skyhold that has to do with her pets. She now has Schmooples 2, and 1 or 2 other nugs that one of her agents nugsit for her while Inquisition is happening.
Anyone want a high-res pic of Solas' lips?
Spoiler
Can we talk about how powerful that scene is. Between Flemeth and Morrigan. About being mothers. It was kind of simple if you compare to books/movies, but there are so FEW games that actually deal with motherhood. I almost teared up at Flemeth's expression when Morrigan just spat back at her about what a horrible mother she thought she was.
I am wondering how she will be when she finds out what happened with Solas.
This really was a great scene. Ironic that Mythal is a mother figure in the elven pantheon, if I understand correctly, and then you have a scene like this.
Did you not see the letter on her desk in Skyhold? She has loads of them now! Some of her agents look after them.
Yeah, but that one nug, the first nug?
I assume died since she has Schmooples 2.
Unless...
SCHMOOPLES IS REALLY SOLAS.
I rather had Leliana's nug in mind. Nobody suspects a nug... By the way, does anyone know what happened to Leliana's nug?
And I really want to get back to the werewolves.
I suspect it died of old age. It's mentioned in a letter as being called Schmooples II and being looked after by a friend of hers.
On a similar note, I've headcanoned that the Warden only started to research a way to cure the Calling after fearing what would happen to the Dog, remembering that the Mabari handler had mentioned how exposure to the darkspawn blood would eventually drive him mad. Luckily, Dog died of old age before he began to suffer it's effects... because it'd break me to think of Dog suffering like that, even in my own head.
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Well, when you consider her parenting skills given the utter failures at being "good" people her metaphorical kids turned out to be in the Pantheon... Seems like maybe she should stop this mother business and get some counseling before she tries again.
Definitely.
Since I pretty much live in the Solas thread now.. which gender elf do you recommend to romance Zevran? I've started a new DAO run with a female city elf (because I like the f!version of the origin), but now I'm waffling over whether I should switch to a dude (and maybe do Dalish origin for feels). I'm going to spare Loghain, so it doesn't really matter as far as dark ritual goes, but... I dunno.
<edit> Uh, top Solas!
So Tinfoil Hat Theory time.
King Calenhad traveled to the kossith homeland after abdicating his throne.
Either it was in exchange for help from the Witch of the Wilds, or it was in search of his old friend, Aldenon. I've complained before about how the Qunari's knowledge and version of Calenhad's story makes zero sense.
Calenhad is crowned king in 5:42 Exalted. He is thirty years old. An unspecified time later, there's a bunch of love potion, seduction, and dueling shenanigans, and Calenhad abdicates to his son Weylan I to prevent civil war.
The Qunari land in Par Vollen in 6:30 Steel, and invade the mainland in 6:32.
How did the Qunari know the ideal spot to attack? Par Vollen is lightly held by Tevinter, to the point that two years with not notification isn't even a blip in their radar. It's jungle territory, but the natives adapt to Qunari rule quickly. And it lets them have a secure base, since it's not like any other nation has dreadnoughts.
I figure that, starting a family tradition, Calenhad traveled to the east by boat and encountered the Qunari. They interrogated him, as they tend to do, and he gave them the basic information on Thedas. This information is kept top secret for decades by the leadership of the Qunari, until at last the kossith's pressure grows too strong, and the leadership reveals that Koslun had totally written up on a Promised Land where they could spread the Qun away from the scary-ass kossith empires.
Cue the mass exodus of Qunari and invasion of Par Vollen.
We used to think the Qunari had back-up coming, which was scary.
But the idea they fled the kossith reminds me of that glorious moment in the Codex Alera series.
The race of giant, blood-magic wolf-men have invaded the Alerans' continent in numbers never before seen. But the moment that's scariest for the main character is when he sees that they've brought women and children. And they're burning their ships.
Across the seas, something has driven the Canim/Qunari here. The complete conquest and annihilation of our entire civilization is seen as less dangerous.
EDIT: Liz, I'm pretty sure the Abyss being there and the darkspawn being present is, as you say, a good indicator that the Old God is long gone. It also shows how delightfully tactical the Archdemons can be. It's no coincidence that Urthemiel built up a horde in the Korcari Wilds, and invaded the one country completely unprepared for a Blight. He still managed to, um, completely fail, but I got the feeling he was never the militarily minded Old God anyway. The multiple Blights in the North seems to be an attempt at attrition.
I pity the poor Old God that tries to start a Blight in Par Vollen.
My Lavellan didn't have the heart to yell at her about the Well after the whole Flemythal-and-Kieran incident
She may not have the context that the Warden (and by extension the player) has, but from the way they interact, it's obvious even to the densest quizzy how much bad blood there is between them. I think she decided that the horrible revelation of Morrigan being bound to Flemeth was punishment enough for her hubris.
Of course, it's anybody's guess how that'll suss out after the stinger with Solas and Flemeth. But I'm just glad that it wasn't my quizzy who drank from the Well. She's deep enough into that mess by virtue of the Anchor and romancing Solas; she doesn't need a geas on top of all that.
Good thing yelling is before the Flemythal-and-Kieran incident! XD Terrwyn respects Morrigan, but she had to make it clear that yes, history does need to be preserved but she has seen it twisted into lies and for people's own use too often to let Morrigan go with "i trust you!" It was more like:
"Look, I'm going to let you do this but Fen'Harel take you if this power is misused...Solas, why are you laughing? I've never made you laugh that hard, what the hell."
Yeah but that was for dudes. As we we've established if you want you li to survive any epic ****. She better a hot a het lady otherwise you're looking at miles of pain.Looks like people are becoming pessimistic. Remember that they made a witch hunt dlc so that the warden can reunite with Morrigan.
*waves team optimism flag*
So if the Old God that was there IS gone it means one of two things 1) The Gray Wardens at this site dug for a long-gone Old God that has already been killed in a previous blight, OR 2) Old Gods are capable of leaving on their own. Or, you know, 3) Archdemon has already been made, and we've been too busy looking at Corypheus to see that nope, other blight is on its way. Way, way faster than even the time before last.
Was there anything that pointed to it being recent? I thought that, like a lot of Codex entries, it was from a few decades or centuries, and we just don't question how the journal is still lying there. 
They wouldn't be hearing the Song at the time if it wasn't still there.
Y'know, one thing I've always been curious about.
Darkspawn touch the Old God. Boom, instant Archdemon.
Architect tries to turn the Old God into a Grey Warden. (And, naturally, he'd have to ride a griffon at some point.) Boom, instant Archdemon.
If a Grey Warden interacts with an untainted Old God, wouldn't they corrupt it themselves? Do the Old Gods die the same way Archdemons do?
Doesn't it mention something about the Warden-Commander nearly dying or them losing a ton of members? I think we have the names of the Warden-Commanders for the Dragon Age, at least. (Kristoff, Bregan, Genevieve...someone...Clarel. 
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So, I've never posted on a forum. But.
I just finished my first (sans spoiler) play through last night. So I found my way here.
The romance broke me. And I am 29. I am old. What is this? What happened?
Also, wild guess at who I ended up being my grey warden. And what happened to my clan.
Also, I think I broke Leliana.
At least Dorian loves me?
I'm in the same boat as you. I'm 28. I don't do fangirling, I don't do fanfics. The shows I like have been off the air for years so there's a beginning and an end. I loved Dragon Age since the beginning but was never emotional about it before. I mostly loved the characters the same way you'd love the memories of a fond child-hood friend. Aww Alistair/Warden. Aww Shale. Awww Nobody in DA2 - I obviously let Hawke die. DID YOU HEAR HOW ALISTAIR TALKS ABOUT HIS LADY?
This romance BROKE ME. When I first played through it, I was absolutely gutted. I have so many other things I need to do with my time...I need this to be resolved.
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