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[Colonelkillabee]

I don't know, but my best guess is there are more genlocks and hurlocks because the darkspawn come into contact mostly with dwarves and humans. Dwarves because they live underground and fight the darkspawn constantly. Humans probably because they're the most numerous of the surface races, and so have the sheer numbers for the darkspawn to corrupt.

 

The Qunari are not as numerous, and mostly live far north and weast. Since they're so few, so far out of the way, and so physically big, tall, and imposing, they're probably considered too much of a hassle to try to fight, capture, and turn for most mindless darkspawn raid parties. During a Blight the darkspawn has the eerily competend Archdemon telling them what to do, so the Archdemon probably tells them "Go capture those giants and taint them so we'll have some muscle in our ranks. Yes, I know they're bigger than you and they pack a wallop. Listen to my strategy: this is how you take them down."

 

As for elves? I don't know. The Dalish are very adept survivors in the woods, and elves in human societies are mostly servants and laborers who remain in the city alienages, or hang back cleaning the trade caravans, polishing armor in army camps, and warming seats while their human masters do important things. Maybe their line of work doesn't leave them vulnerable to encountering darkspawn, which in turn don't seek them out until an intelligent mind tells them to hunt them down during a Blight.

 

Very good analysis, makes sense to me.

[Mims]

You guys are ridiculously talented! I love seeing all the art posts. 

 

I don't typically have good recommendations, but happened to take a break from work and read this oneshot fic by Nebulad. It is really sweet. 

[Aetheria]

Speaking of dead languages.

I ended up studying history in College, but when I first started school I was going to study theatre. When I told my advisor I wanted to study Latin as a minor he told me I was out of my mind so I never took it as a serious class. I always regretted that.

Hilariously it turned out opposite, really. A major in history (no specific area) and a minor in film history.

I ended up with a weird education and a job not even remotely connected.

I have a lot of interest, besides film restoration and preservation, in myth, legend, and folklore. Should have just went for that. Lol.

 

It's never too late to learn Latin! (Says the Classics major) I think anyone interested enough could pick up a copy of Lingua Latina and be reading simple Latin much faster than they expect.  And then, if you get through all that and want more, you could try the good ol' 'Purple Vergil', the only edition of the Aeneid designed to enable hungover college students to translate straight from the book in class without suspicious flipping back and forth in a dictionary *shifty eyes*

[Avejajed]

HAHAHAH OMG. You guys. All this art. Would you guys mind putting it under spoiler tags if it's taller than 600 pixels and has more than one image? All these images are killing my poor, sad, beleaguered internet. It can only handle your visual assault of awesome for so long!

Sorry if mine was one of them, I drew it on my phone and uploaded it through my phone too so it's hard to tell how big it is.

[almasy87]

It's never too late to learn Latin! (Says the Classics major) I think anyone interested enough could pick up a copy of Lingua Latina and be reading simple Latin much faster than they expect.  And then, if you get through all that and want more, you could try the good ol' 'Purple Vergil', the only edition of the Aeneid designed to enable hungover college students to translate straight from the book in class without suspicious flipping back and forth in a dictionary *shifty eyes*

Latin is awesome I also took classical studies in high school and Latin was my favourite subject ever.. I was even happy when we had tests at school, cause it meant reading a new piece and translating it I looooved it!!!!
Sadly I can't say the same for ancient greek. For some reason that one never caught on me.. I wanted to like it but I couldn't
 

[Avejajed]

It's never too late to learn Latin! (Says the Classics major) I think anyone interested enough could pick up a copy of Lingua Latina and be reading simple Latin much faster than they expect. And then, if you get through all that and want more, you could try the good ol' 'Purple Vergil', the only edition of the Aeneid designed to enable hungover college students to translate straight from the book in class without suspicious flipping back and forth in a dictionary *shifty eyes*

I've learned a bit on my own and through other classes. I'm studying Irish Gaelic now because I sing a lot of classical Irish songs in traditional Gaelic and I want to be stronger with it. Not just sing the words but know them.

I can count to ten in Latin though! Lol

[Giton]

Speaking of dead languages.

I ended up studying history in College, but when I first started school I was going to study theatre. When I told my advisor I wanted to study Latin as a minor he told me I was out of my mind so I never took it as a serious class. I always regretted t

Hilariously it turned out opposite, really. A major in history (no specific area) and a minor in film history.hat.

I ended up with a weird education and a job not even remotely connected.

I have a lot of interest, besides film restoration and preservation, in myth, legend, and folklore. Should have just went for that. Lol.

I want to go back in time and slap your adviser upside the head.

 

Latin is life.

 

Being someone who is dedicating her life to something like "medieval literature" (6 years of grad school fun/you must know at least three other language besides English/and do other stuff/also write articles and teach), I get twitchy when people say things like "Latin is useless." Which was said TO MY FACE recently when I was on a plane. Plane man did not know what I studied, and he couldn't escape, so I got to give him a good talking to about how and why he is wrong. (Also, the fact that people use "utility" to denigrate art and humanities fields makes me angry. And then I think about how state universities are gutting language programs and I die inside).  DIE.

 

Anyhoo, this seemed apropos:

 

From Ovid's Metamorphoses--the premier epic on the confrontation of the mortal and the divine.

 

Met 14.765-81

 

Haec ubi nequiquam formae deus aptus anili

edidit, in iuvenem rediit et anilia demit

instrumenta sibi talisque apparuit illi,

qualis ubi oppositas nitidissima solis imago

evicit nubes nullaque obstante reluxit,

vimque parat: sed vi non est opus, inque figura

capta dei nymphe est et mutua vulnera sensit.

 

("When the god in the form of age had thus pleaded his cause in vain, he returned to his youthful form, put off the old woman's trappings, and stood revealed to the maiden as when the sun's most beaming face has conquered the opposing clouds and shines out with nothing to dim his radiance. He was all ready to force her will, but no force was necessary; and the nymph, smitten by the beauty of the god, felt an answering passion.") 

 

Sidenote: What is translated as "passion," "vulnera" can also mean wound. Ovid uses "vulnera" to mean wound in a particularly painful episode dealing with Marsyas and Apollo. It is an interesting nuance that gets lost in translation.

 

The translation is from the Loeb edition (you can also find it easily via the Perseus website)

 

And now I need to go commune with Bacchus and some boxed wine.

[Aetheria]

I've learned a bit on my own and through other classes. I'm studying Irish Gaelic now because I sing a lot of classical Irish songs in traditional Gaelic and I want to be stronger with it. Not just sing the words but know them.

I can count to ten in Latin though! Lol

 

It'll never be as entertaining again as it was in seventh grade. One, two, three, four, five, *snicker giggle nudge nudge*

 

[Colonelkillabee]

HAHAHAH OMG. You guys. All this art. Would you guys mind putting it under spoiler tags if it's taller than 600 pixels and has more than one image? All these images are killing my poor, sad, beleaguered internet. It can only handle your visual assault of awesome for so long! 

Oops fail, I was asking about your art and failed to notice your sig.

 

And speaking of your sig, *Sees tumblr blog and smiles* *Sees the other one and grrs* *blows raspberries*

[tsunamitigerdragon]

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[Blackout62]

Speaking of dead languages.

I ended up studying history in College, but when I first started school I was going to study theatre. When I told my advisor I wanted to study Latin as a minor he told me I was out of my mind so I never took it as a serious class. I always regretted that.

Hilariously it turned out opposite, really. A major in history (no specific area) and a minor in film history.

I ended up with a weird education and a job not even remotely connected.

I have a lot of interest, besides film restoration and preservation, in myth, legend, and folklore. Should have just went for that. Lol.

 

It's never too late to learn Latin! (Says the Classics major) I think anyone interested enough could pick up a copy of Lingua Latina and be reading simple Latin much faster than they expect.  And then, if you get through all that and want more, you could try the good ol' 'Purple Vergil', the only edition of the Aeneid designed to enable hungover college students to translate straight from the book in class without suspicious flipping back and forth in a dictionary *shifty eyes*

 

Latin is awesome I also took classical studies in high school and Latin was my favourite subject ever.. I was even happy when we had tests at school, cause it meant reading a new piece and translating it I looooved it!!!!
Sadly I can't say the same for ancient greek. For some reason that one never caught on me.. I wanted to like it but I couldn't
 

 

I've learned a bit on my own and through other classes. I'm studying Irish Gaelic now because I sing a lot of classical Irish songs in traditional Gaelic and I want to be stronger with it. Not just sing the words but know them.

I can count to ten in Latin though! Lol

 

 

I want to go back in time and slap your adviser upside the head.

 

Latin is life.

 

[All the Latin]

 

 

... I took three years of French in high school...

 

And a semester of German in college...

 

I suck at languages.

[Patchwork]

Weast is totally a direction. Headcanon accepted.

You have some excellent points. I could definitely see an Archdemon being calculating enough to risk darkspawn numbers for heavy muscle, while Darkspawn on their own might not make that call. Totally agree about hurlocks and genlocks being a larger percentage of the Darkspawn population due to their prevalence within the population.

 

I think what I'm struggling with isn't the percentage/ ratio, but flat out absence of shrieks. I don't know if I buy them not being around because elves are nomads and/ or impoverished city dwellers. That doesn't influence the Broodmothers beneath the surface who've had centuries to... spawn shrieks. Unless someone is going around hunting Broodmothers like Dragons. Which would be the most heroic act I can image, but way less showy. Broodmothers don't have scales or wicked teeth you can string around your neck and brag about to your bros over an ale at a tavern. All Broodmothers leave you with are visits to the psychiatrist and a deep, unquenchable phobia of breasts.

 

DAO gave me the impression that darkspawn literally burst out of the broodmother killing her in the process. 

[Avejajed]

I want to go back in time and slap your adviser upside the head.

Latin is life.

Being someone who is dedicating her life to something like "medieval literature" (6 years of grad school fun/you must know at least three other language besides English/and do other stuff/also write articles and teach), I get twitchy when people say things like "Latin is useless." Which was said TO MY FACE recently when I was on a plane. Plane man did not know what I studied, and he couldn't escape, so I got to give him a good talking to about how and why he is wrong. (Also, the fact that people use "utility" to denigrate art and humanities fields makes me angry. And then I think about how state universities are gutting language programs and I die inside). DIE.

Anyhoo, this seemed apropos:

From Ovid's Metamorphoses--the premier epic on the confrontation of the mortal and the divine.

Met 14.765-81

Haec ubi nequiquam formae deus aptus anili
edidit, in iuvenem rediit et anilia demit
instrumenta sibi talisque apparuit illi,
qualis ubi oppositas nitidissima solis imago
evicit nubes nullaque obstante reluxit,
vimque parat: sed vi non est opus, inque figura
capta dei nymphe est et mutua vulnera sensit.

("When the god in the form of age had thus pleaded his cause in vain, he returned to his youthful form, put off the old woman's trappings, and stood revealed to the maiden as when the sun's most beaming face has conquered the opposing clouds and shines out with nothing to dim his radiance. He was all ready to force her will, but no force was necessary; and the nymph, smitten by the beauty of the god, felt an answering passion.")

Sidenote: What is translated as "passion," "vulnera" can also mean wound. Ovid uses "vulnera" to mean wound in a particularly painful episode dealing with Marsyas and Apollo. It is an interesting nuance that gets lost in translation.

The translation is from the Loeb edition (you can also find it easily via the Perseus website)

And now I need to go commune with Bacchus and some boxed wine.

I love you. Also, the whole reason I wanted to study it (besides duh) is how absolutely beautiful I think Latin is.

Its just so....mysterious and lovely.

Maybe when I go back.

[HurricaneGinger]

Now I can't get this image out of my head. I don't know what's wrong with me:

 

The Inquisitor is sitting in the tavern, head in her hand and a tankard in the other, looking at the table forlornly and wondering how she's going to even start looking for Solas. 

 

Suddenly, the door splinters open with a kick from a powerful, gold-plated thigh. The Inquisitor looks up in shock and there's Abelas, standing tall and proud and ancient elfy. And he's like "Yo girl, I heard you wanted to hunt someone down. With my ancient elf senses, I can find anyone!"

And then he scoops you up in his arms and you go off on a fantastic adventure to track down your jerk of a boyfriend.

 

That's it. I just figured out how the DLC will go. You can all go home.

 

But...but I'm already home? XD

 

Did someone say Abelas to the rescue? 

 

 

YYYEEEESSS ABELAS MY BRO

 

Love it!  I'm getting flashbacks to my Backstreet Boy fangirl days XD

Haha! I remember my sister being their fan girl I am too young to be one but I do love this song and remember some of their songs ( I am jus turning 20 soon ) 

Raise your hand if you feel annoyingly old right now.

 

*Raises hand*

 

They were and always will be better than *Nsync.

 

*facedesk*

*raises hand*

 

NSFW(nudity) -- Also Hellspiraling Content Warning -

 

http://brynhallavell...nen-hir-reverie

 

 It's so pretty but holy **** I need to stop making myself sad. 

 

That's it. Wish me luck, I'm going to romance Bull. Brb y'all. 

[RoyalRel]

Wow, thanks so much You're a treasure!
I think I see the mistakes I keep making, which probably increase the time it takes me to make something by 100% or so lol XD I have to readjust my layers order I will see where that gets me in the next days

Thanks for showing me (or us, really xD) all these steps

 

My pleasure, glad to be of help

 

All of the crazy is in the Tumblr that Liz made. http://slayerofkillabee.tumblr.com/

 

<edit> Also, the art chat ending up going from 3pm CST to... 2-3 AM CST. There will probably still be people when you pop in.

 

<awesome art>

 

I just realized I saw the Temple of Sacred Asses on tumblr. AND OMG, FABULOUS!!

I'll try to make it to the chat, thank you so very much for the info

 

HAHAHAH OMG. You guys. All this art. Would you guys mind putting it under spoiler tags if it's taller than 600 pixels and has more than one image? All these images are killing my poor, sad, beleaguered internet. It can only handle your visual assault of awesome for so long! 

 

So very sorry! I am such a noob, I don't even know how to put things under the spoiler tags, lol.

You youngsters will be the death of me!

[Elessara]

DAO gave me the impression that darkspawn literally burst out of the broodmother killing her in the process. 

 

I believe the codex says that a single broodmother can give birth to a thousand (or maybe even thousands) of darkspawn in their lifetime.  And yeah codex entries can be taken with a grain of salt but I don't think broodmothers die when they uh .. give birth?  Or we wouldn't have had the Mother.

[BoscoBread]

So very sorry! I am such a noob, I don't even know how to put things under the spoiler tags, lol.

You youngsters will be the death of me!

 

Super easy

So in front of the art put(without the period) [.spoiler]

and after the art put [./spoiler]

[dragondreamer]

DAO gave me the impression that darkspawn literally burst out of the broodmother killing her in the process. 

 

World of Thedas says Broodmothers can birth thousands of darkspawn in their lifetime, 20-50 at a time.  So I assume giving birth doesn't kill the Broodmother.

[madrar]

Yep. I've got  Manga Studio 5 I was going to get Photoshop but decided to get instead because it was less than half the price. No regrets

 

What? It borked on you?! That sucks. Is it the full version? If I lost the ability to use the 3D, I would freak..then probably call customer service, but not before freaking out. lol

 

 

madrar: ADD YOUR THEORIES TO THA LORE DISSCUSSION SUBFORUM NAO! hee hee.

 

Sweet Maker, they made a theory forum.  @w@  

 

Thanks so much for pointing that out!  The collective we have here is still amazing for churning out Solas-related theory, but at least I don't have to gum up the works with random things that are entirely unrelated.  ₍₍ (ง ≧w≦)ว ⁾⁾  Sweet.

 

*trundles back to catching up on threads*

[electricfish]

For anybody curious. the DA2 redesign for Shrieks seems to have made them more identifiably elfy than in DAO. Also slightly less badass because their arm daggers are attached to bracers and not embedded in their forearms. Apparently the renders are in Legacy DLC, but never implemented.

Spoiler

 

[Patchwork]

I believe the codex says that a single broodmother can give birth to a thousand (or maybe even thousands) of darkspawn in their lifetime.  And yeah codex entries can be taken with a grain of salt but I don't think broodmothers die when they uh .. give birth?  Or we wouldn't have had the Mother.

 

 

World of Thedas says Broodmothers can birth thousands of darkspawn in their lifetime, 20-50 at a time.  So I assume giving birth doesn't kill the Broodmother.

 

I'm not doubting either of you but considering Hespith's horrific little poem describing the process of how they get pregnant I'm surprised it can happen again once they're in the broodmother form. 

[tsunamitigerdragon]

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