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[Lucidae]

Hey guys, so as the years have passed we have seen images of a pretty serious and deadly looking elf ever since DA2.

 

 

 

 

She has had many various looks, but has had the same sort of aesthetic theme in all of them:

Very edgy, serious, vicious, dark, and scowling.

 

At one point she even seemed to have some sort of influence in the ideation of Merrill:

 

 

 

 

I personally LOVE this character's design and was originally really excited to see new concept art that involved her in DAI:

 

 

 

Another image including her can also be seen in this video at time: 1:49,

 

 

However, later in development this character who was originally going to be a companion was removed.

 

 

 

 

 

My suggestion and feedback for Bioware is this:

 

This female rogue elf that you have been creating concepts of since DA2 is a highly interesting character design. Although it is too late for this character to make a major appearance in DAI (who knows, maybe they will play a minor role and just not be a companion this time around) PLEASE keep this character in mind for future DA installments. This character's aesthetic design alone has piqued my interest and looks like a deep and unique character. Don't forget about this character! They look like they'd be a valuable edition to the DA universe :]

[Lukas Kristjanson]

I don't really see that as so.

 

Character designs start with a sense of personality and style too. You can't design something without a sense of those two things.

That may be, but this wasn't character design. This was an archetype for an overall game style concept. They do that so the purpose of each person in the scene is immediately recognizable. No name, no story, no nothing. Never even built the model, far as I know. She was only in mock-ups. You'll notice the accompanying party were other archetypes: "bad ass knight/warden" and "bad ass qunari/barbarian-looking dude."  And there you have the sum total of their backstories. Truly one for the ages. Kidding aside, they were interesting designs, but there's no context to return to. We could go back to the visual, but everything would still be starting fresh.

 

No connection between her and Merril (I'm not seeing any carry over there, actually). And no, never the same as Sera. I didn't pitch the Sera character until well after DA2. I believe I once said Sera could have hair like that if they wanted. That's about all they ever considered using. There's offshoots and relative one-offs like this all the time when concepting. The stuff you don't see get's real interesting, but also includes lorebreaking stuff. Pitch meeting stuff, not intended for you guys.