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[Avejajed]

Okay, Solas' mama is so fat, the only thing thin about her is the veil, because she's probably flattening it

 

That count?

 

No.

[flabbadence]

I usually end up not doing the main quest.  I have a Thieves Guild to restore!

 

But that means you missed Sovengarde.

 

That was probably my favorite area in the game *blissful sigh*

[Lord Bolton]

 

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[Elven_Glory]

This is me trying to be patient for Wolf Hunt DLC and failing miserably

The Veronicas: I Don't Wanna Wait

[flabbadence]

 

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Ok, this will from now on be the image I think of whenever I wonder where the heck Solas went after Wisdom died

[nikki-tikki]

Ok, this will from now on be the image I think of whenever I wonder where the heck Solas went after Wisdom died

 

-sits down-

 

-tries not to cry-

 

-tries REALLY hard not to cry-

 

-cries anyways-

[Patchwork]

But that means you missed Sovengarde.

 

That was probably my favorite area in the game *blissful sigh*

 

Mine's the Eldergleam Sanctuary.

 

Sanguine's Misty Grove looks like a fun place too

[tsunamitigerdragon]

Mine's the Eldergleam Sanctuary.

 

Sanguine's Misty Grove looks like a fun place too

So sad I couldn't have married Sanguine for reals.

Biggest Skyrim regret.

[Meer]

 

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This is such a beautiful piece on a number of levels. It reminds me of an illustration you'd see in a book of fairy tales, especially with the coloring and composition. And it just exudes such loneliness at that.  Poor Solas....

[Colonelkillabee]

Psh, no. But admirable try, Killabee.

Okay, then how about this. Do you like that Solas is racially barred off or would you have liked to romance him as a human too?

 

Personally, I don't think it was necessary, and I think that it'd be interesting to see the dynamic since he admits to not seeing the dalish as "his people".

 

I don't think Solas' romance was able to be good specifically because he was barred off, since Cass isn't barred off (though it feels like she may as well be). I think that the devs just bit off more than they could chew, and with the romance coming in later, and the females already having three options, this was just easier and allowed the romance to have enough content to it and not be generic like Cullens. (I went there!)

[Armdin]

Has anyone created a different origin stories for their characters? Obviously someone has, but I do like setting up my own stuff. Hur!This topic has probably been done to death already but I joined this board quite late, and I would love to hear the origin stories you guys have come up with. (You too, Colonel, if you do that.)

 

Spoilering mine because I ended up writing a lot more than I thought I would.

 

Spoiler

I'm toying with a background that one of my characters is half elf, half human. she could almost pass for human if she hid her ears (which are very similar to human's but with a pointed tip on top), but her big eyes and small pointed chin usually give her away to most people that she isn't entirely human.

 

Her mother was an elven hedge mage slave in Tevinter, who bonded with another human. Her mother's owner was outraged, but had strict morals and couldn't punish her slave until after she'd given birth, where she was killed as an example to the rest of her slaves. Her father's owner was a mite kinder, and allowed him to keep the baby to be brought up as another slave. Her father knew little to nothing about elven culture, but heard his love being referred to by other elves as "Lethallan", and took its meaning as "friend". He named his daughter Lethallan.

 

As Lethallan grew up, it became obvious that she had magical potential. Fearing she would either be placed in a Circle or worse, he pleaded with his master to help him. His master did, but only out of what the social implications of raising a elven Mage would bring. He had business in the Free Marches anyway, and took them with him. There they sought the first Dalish clan they could find, the Levallans, and left toddler Lethallan with them. They had only one other mage, so they could accommodate one more.

 

Lethallan hasn't seen the father she barely remembers since, but covered the confusing feelings from missing her father by enveloping elven culture, reading on it to the point of obsession and pestering her Keeper to tell her everything of their history. The Levallans were kind to her, and only her closest friends would tease her about her name and shemlem ears. The Keeper adopted her and eventually made Lethallan her First as her power grew, teaching her to read and instructing her on the old ways, which she came to care about a great deal.

 

Lethallan's biggest fear is wolves (hoho!), as she went out on an expedition one day with the other hunters one bitter winter, got seperated from them, and stumbled across a hungry pack. She managed to fend them off with her magic, but the desperate animal's wild eyes, thin bodies and slaverring mouths twisted in her dreams thereafter, and she can't help but feel the primal deer-caught-in-the-headlights fear at the sight of any wolf, and sometimes even dogs. (I got inspiration on this from the wolf and deer tarot cards for elves)

 

I don't know if she's going to get on with Solas yet. She cares a great deal about slavery and the elves predicament, hates nobility to the point of unreason, so she'll probably get on with Sera (at least on the nobility side), and will be very untrustful of Dorian at first until he proves himself, and - of course - will despise Vivienne (who she imagines her mother's owner to look like).

[Patchwork]

So sad I couldn't have married Sanguine for reals.

Biggest Skyrim regret.

 

Night To Remember is the best way to discover Markarth.

Hung over, stumble out of the temple just in time to see the Forsworn attack a not so innocent bystander.  

[nikki-tikki]

Has anyone created a different origin stories for their characters? Obviously someone has, but I do like setting up my own stuff. Hur!This topic has probably been done to death already but I joined this board quite late, and I would love to hear the origin stories you guys have come up with. (You too, Colonel, if you do that.)

 

Spoilering mine because I ended up writing a lot more than I thought I would.

 

Spoiler

I'm toying with a background that one of my characters is half elf, half human. she could almost pass for human if she hid her ears (which are very similar to human's but with a pointed tip on top), but her big eyes and small pointed chin usually give her away to most people that she isn't entirely human.

 

Her mother was an elven hedge mage slave in Tevinter, who bonded with another human. Her mother's owner was outraged, but had strict morals and couldn't punish her slave until after she'd given birth, where she was killed as an example to the rest of her slaves. Her father's owner was a mite kinder, and allowed him to keep the baby to be brought up as another slave. Her father knew little to nothing about elven culture, but heard his love being referred to by other elves as "Lethallan", and took its meaning as "friend". He named his daughter Lethallan.

 

As Lethallan grew up, it became obvious that she had magical potential. Fearing she would either be placed in a Circle or worse, he pleaded with his master to help him. His master did, but only out of what the social implications of raising a elven Mage would bring. He had business in the Free Marches anyway, and took them with him. There they sought the first Dalish clan they could find, the Levallans, and left toddler Lethallan with them. They had only one other mage, so they could accommodate one more.

 

Lethallan hasn't seen the father she barely remembers since, but covered the confusing feelings from missing her father by enveloping elven culture, reading on it to the point of obsession and pestering her Keeper to tell her everything of their history. The Levallans were kind to her, and only her closest friends would tease her about her name and shemlem ears. The Keeper adopted her and eventually made Lethallan her First as her power grew, teaching her to read and instructing her on the old ways, which she came to care about a great deal.

 

Lethallan's biggest fear is wolves (hoho!), as she went out on an expedition one day with the other hunters one bitter winter, got seperated from them, and stumbled across a hungry pack. She managed to fend them off with her magic, but the desperate animal's wild eyes, thin bodies and slaverring mouths twisted in her dreams thereafter, and she can't help but feel the primal deer-caught-in-the-headlights fear at the sight of any wolf, and sometimes even dogs. (I got inspiration on this from the wolf and deer tarot cards for elves)

 

I don't know if she's going to get on with Solas yet. She cares a great deal about slavery and the elves predicament, hates nobility to the point of unreason, so she'll probably get on with Sera (at least on the nobility side), and will be very untrustful of Dorian at first until he proves himself, and - of course - will despise Vivienne (who she imagines her mother's owner to look like).

 

Lethallan Lavellan. Say that 10 times fast aha.

 

But I love deep backgrounds like this. Well done

[Colonelkillabee]

Has anyone created a different origin stories for their characters? Obviously someone has, but I do like setting up my own stuff. Hur!This topic has probably been done to death already but I joined this board quite late, and I would love to hear the origin stories you guys have come up with. (You too, Colonel, if you do that.)

 

Spoilering mine because I ended up writing a lot more than I thought I would.

 

Spoiler

I'm toying with a background that one of my characters is half elf, half human. she could almost pass for human if she hid her ears (which are very similar to human's but with a pointed tip on top), but her big eyes and small pointed chin usually give her away to most people that she isn't entirely human.

 

Her mother was an elven hedge mage slave in Tevinter, who bonded with another human. Her mother's owner was outraged, but had strict morals and couldn't punish her slave until after she'd given birth, where she was killed as an example to the rest of his slaves. Her father's owner was a mite kinder, and allowed him to keep the baby to be brought up as another slave. Her father knew little to nothing about elven culture, but heard his love being referred to by other elves as "Lethallan", and took its meaning as "friend". He named his daughter Lethallan.

 

As Lethallan grew up, it became obvious that she had magical potential. Fearing she would either be placed in a Circle or worse, he pleaded with his master to help him. His master did, but only out of what the social implications of raising a elven Mage would bring. He had business in the Free Marches anyway, and took them with him. There they sought the first Dalish clan they could find, the Levallans, and left toddler Lethallan with them. They had only one other mage, so they could accommodate one more.

 

Lethallan hasn't seen the father she barely remembers since, but covered the confusing feelings from missing her father by enveloping elven culture, reading on it to the point of obsession and pestering her Keeper to tell her everything of their history. The Levallans were kind to her, and only her closest friends would tease her about her name and shemlem ears. The Keeper adopted her and eventually made Lethallan her First as her power grew, teaching her to read and instructing her on the old ways, which she came to care about a great deal.

 

Lethallan's biggest fear is wolves (hoho!), as she went out on an expedition one day with the other hunters one bitter winter, got seperated from them, and stumbled across a hungry pack. She managed to fend them off with her magic, but the desperate animal's wild eyes, thin bodies and slaverring mouths twisted in her dreams thereafter, and she can't help but feel the primal deer-caught-in-the-headlights fear at the sight of any wolf, and sometimes even dogs. (I got inspiration on this from the wolf and deer tarot cards for elves)

 

I don't know if she's going to get on with Solas yet. She cares a great deal about slavery and the elves predicament, hates nobility to the point of unreason, so she'll probably get on with Sera (at least on the nobility side), and will be very untrustful of Dorian at first until he proves himself.

 

Yep, I have one Here:

 

https://www.fanficti...background-post

 

And I'm going to write several stories from this to put it in story form rather than summary form. The first one's here NSFW:

 

https://www.fanficti.../1/Fire-and-Ice

 

I've got RoyalRen working on a commission for it currently, super excited! This is the sketch for it:

 

http://i.imgur.com/Cjv0mxn.jpg

[Prince of Keys]

Okay, then how about this. Do you like that Solas is racially barred off or would you have liked to romance him as a human too?

 

Personally, I don't think it was necessary, and I think that it'd be interesting to see the dynamic since he admits to not seeing the dalish as "his people".

 

I don't think Solas' romance was able to be good specifically because he was barred off, since Cass isn't barred off (though it feels like she may as well be). I think that the devs just bit off more than they could chew, and with the romance coming in later, and the females already having three options, this was just easier and allowed the romance to have enough content to it and not be generic like Cullens. (I went there!)

 

I like that it's elf-only. It allows for the vallaslin scene, for one (and nothing that meaningful could be shared between humans and elves; it'd be double the work to find/make something different for human Inquisitors as well), and since Solas is Fen'Harel--partially responsible for the downfall of the elves and their current place in modern Thedas, no matter how unintentional the results of his actions were--I think it's more meaningful with a Lavellan. I do wish he were available to both male and female Inquisitors, though.

 

I have more reasons I like the romance being elf-only (I've been thinking about this lately), but I'm sick and I can't think of them at the moment. :S

[Valeria Lavellan]

I commented something about josephine leaving a while ago, but I just noticed this:

 

Did Josephine and Solas have a long talk about dumping people when **** goes bad?

Spoiler

 

Josephine: Solas, may I have a word?

 

Solas: Of course, ambassador.

 

Josephine: "What do you do when your relationship is complicated?"

 

Solas: "I end it."

 

Josephine: "But, what if you love them too much?"

 

Solas: "You try not to cry, cry a lot, end it. Make sure to take away something precious from them first and then say sorry" 

[flabbadence]

Mine's the Eldergleam Sanctuary.

 

Sanguine's Misty Grove looks like a fun place too

 

The Eldergleam sanctuary. *misty eyes* Yeah, that was such a beautiful place, nevermind the murdered adventurers and freaky trees

 

And Sanguine was fun  . Heck, anything involving a Daedra's fun

[tsunamitigerdragon]

Okay, then how about this. Do you like that Solas is racially barred off or would you have liked to romance him as a human too?

 

Personally, I don't think it was necessary, and I think that it'd be interesting to see the dynamic since he admits to not seeing the dalish as "his people".

 

I don't think Solas' romance was able to be good specifically because he was barred off, since Cass isn't barred off (though it feels like she may as well be). I think that the devs just bit off more than they could chew, and with the romance coming in later, and the females already having three options, this was just easier and allowed the romance to have enough content to it and not be generic like Cullens. (I went there!)

100% support race, sexuality, and even CLASS gating romances.

People are as defined by what they do as what they DON'T do. To me, while I get that rivalmancing Fenris as a mage is super antagonist awesome, there's always been a part of me that questions the realism of the situation. Yeah, he might hate-bang a mage, but even then, I cringe. He should've been class gated. His hatred for mages is so, so intense that unless you have 100% rivalry with him he'll turn on you in the final fight to support the templars.

Why should I force people to defend what they're attracted to? People like what they like. Me being the protagonist SHOULD NOT force their interest in me. Being turned down by Dorian because he was gay was AWESOME. Cassandra turning me down because she was STRAIGHT was great. Sera giving her lover an ultimatum to either renounce their religion or leave the relationship was perfect. Why? Because character choices make them WHO they are. I'd rather have strong believable NPCs with boundaries unique to them, their experiences, and beliefs than hero-sexual any day.

Besides, it ups the replayability and variety of experiences within a game exponentially.

EDIT: And had CULLEN been class-gated to mages only? Oooh that would have been AWESOME. 10/10 would actually romance him under those circumstances.

[nikki-tikki]

Okay, then how about this. Do you like that Solas is racially barred off or would you have liked to romance him as a human too?

 

Personally, I don't think it was necessary, and I think that it'd be interesting to see the dynamic since he admits to not seeing the dalish as "his people".

 

I don't think Solas' romance was able to be good specifically because he was barred off, since Cass isn't barred off (though it feels like she may as well be). I think that the devs just bit off more than they could chew, and with the romance coming in later, and the females already having three options, this was just easier and allowed the romance to have enough content to it and not be generic like Cullens. (I went there!)

I like it because it makes it more exclusive. I don't think a human would understand Solas and his motives as much as an elf would. Especially the conversations about the dalish, I doubt a human would know much, and the vallaslin is a big part of the romance plot as well. So it makes more sense that the romance was gated the way it was. 

 

My question is why Weekes didn't make him bi-sexual. Would it have made a huge difference? ^{I guess it might be awkward with the whole "you're so beautiful" line...}

[Armdin]

Lethallan Lavellan. Say that 10 times fast aha.

 

But I love deep backgrounds like this. Well done

 

Lethallan Lavellan Lethallanlavellanlethfathtathcath *sneezes*

 

Thank you! ^^

 

Yep, I have one Here:

 

https://www.fanficti...background-post

 

And I'm going to write several stories from this to put it in story form rather than summary form. The first one's here NSFW:

 

https://www.fanficti.../1/Fire-and-Ice

 

I've got RoyalRen working on a commission for it currently, super excited! This is the sketch for it:

 

http://i.imgur.com/Cjv0mxn.jpg

 

Holy cats, I'm looking forward to reading that.

[Mims]

I also like that it was elf only. I wouldn't be broken up or anything if they had made it for everyone, but... so rarely do you really get 'exclusive' content for a race or class. I don't just mean romances. Storylines tends to just barely make a passing mention to what race/class/alignment/ect you are. You don't often get to really roleplay your character.

 

Having Solas be elf only gives Lavellan an interesting plot that can't be recreated in another play through. I just wish that all of the races/genders had similar fun things to do. 

[tsunamitigerdragon]

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[Mims]

My question is why Weekes didn't make him bi-sexual. Would it have made a huge difference? ^{I guess it might be awkward with the whole "you're so beautiful" line...}

 

Closest answer we'll ever get is budget. They specifically mention that any time a character 'touches' another, it gets expensive. You have to do two sets of animations- one male, one female. Weekes built Solas's romance as female elf only knowing that was what they could afford- it was likely the last romance content added to the game, even after Cullen's. 

[flabbadence]

Okay, then how about this. Do you like that Solas is racially barred off or would you have liked to romance him as a human too?

 

Personally, I don't think it was necessary, and I think that it'd be interesting to see the dynamic since he admits to not seeing the dalish as "his people".

 

I don't think Solas' romance was able to be good specifically because he was barred off, since Cass isn't barred off (though it feels like she may as well be). I think that the devs just bit off more than they could chew, and with the romance coming in later, and the females already having three options, this was just easier and allowed the romance to have enough content to it and not be generic like Cullens. (I went there!)

 

Aside from what the others have said, I also think his being gated to just elves adds a lot to the foreboding mystery of what his plans are now. If he had romanced a human for example, then ok he can still be ruthless, but it's far less likely he's going to do something to shake the very foundations of Thedas, when the way it is now benefits someone he loves. But since he can only romance elves, then only elves have the (well more or less) reassurance of getting a good deal out of what he's planning. The rest is up in the air.

 

Edit: Though I really wish they'd made him bisexual too.

[RynJ]

I'm alright with him being elf-only but I won't lie, I wish he wasn't.

 

Why? Not for story reasons at all but because I think that the more people who play a romance, the more likely the devs are to give that romance more mentions in future games. Call me cynical, but I worry that Solas will get like one or two throwaway lines about his romance because a teeny tiny percentage of players ever even touched it.