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[Jedi Master of Orion]

We've heard tiny snipits of Sera's dialogue and it sounds like she's got an English accent. That's extremely atypically for an city elf, but we've had notable exceptions before like Fenris. But I've also taken another look at the demos we've seen and it kind of seems like all the city elves the Inquisitor runs past also have English accents. Does this mean the City Elves have all had their American accents retconed away like the Dalish did?

 

It's hard to see for sure, but the "templar bastards killed my husband" woman appears to have pointed ears. And in the same demo we hear a northern english accented person saying "How'd you look into a human's eyes and not see someone who let our people die?"

[KC_Prototype]

I think the city elf American accent thing is only in Ferelden and the Free Marches. Otherwise then yeah, they must of retconned it because we know Sera is a city elf for sure since she is apart of the Friends of Red Jenny and her character profile interview says she finds the Inquisition in the streets of Orlais.

[Voldecuri]

It's not crazy to think that city elves from different regions might have different accents. I'd also say that it would make sense for the city elf accent that we know (sort of American-ish) to shift towards a human (English-y) accent if they spent enough time around them; that's not uncommon in real life.

[godModeAlpha]

We've heard tiny snipits of Sera's dialogue and it sounds like she's got an English accent. That's extremely atypically for an city elf, but we've had notable exceptions before like Fenris. But I've also taken another look at the demos we've seen and it kind of seems like all the city elves the Inquisitor runs past also have English accents. Does this mean the City Elves have all had their American accents retconed away like the Dalish did?
 
It's hard to see for sure, but the "templar bastards killed my husband" woman appears to have pointed ears. And in the same demo we hear a northern english accented person saying "How'd you look into a human's eyes and not see someone who let our people die?"

Not sure about all Elves but it appears it would depend on which part of Thedas the character comes from. Just like the other races, human s for example.

FYI: Seras accent sounded more Scottish than English. Just saying there is a difference.

[Jedi Master of Orion]

I suppose that probably goes to show how little of it I was able to hear.

[Solas]

FYI: Seras accent sounded more Scottish than English. Just saying there is a difference.

uhh you think? I am Scottish and she sounds English to me. When we hear her have the "mayhem" chat with IB for example, she partially sounds midlands/northern english, like manchester leeds way, and towards the end she sounds more southern english. scottish is sebastian. it's hard to explain why but sera's lilt sounded all wrong for scottish.

[adorkable-panda]

I personally thought she had a little cockney in her but that was probably me overhearing her english accent mixed in with her sass. But yeah Elves in general all have regional accents I believe, whether they're dalish or from the city. But it might be just from the city, I'm not too sure. 

[Rawgrim]

Merril had a welsh accent.

[Herr Uhl]

Merril had a welsh accent.

She wasn't a city elf though. The Dalish are supposed to have Welsh accents, but it ended up being more Irish than Welsh.

 

I think it makes more sense for city elves to have the accent of the region though, so if it was changed I'm good with that.

[godModeAlpha]

uhh you think? I am Scottish and she sounds English to me. When we hear her have the "mayhem" chat with IB for example, she partially sounds midlands/northern english, like manchester leeds way, and towards the end she sounds more southern english. scottish is sebastian. it's hard to explain why but sera's lilt sounded all wrong for scottish.

Thought she sounded a bit Scottish (was going to suggest welsh) I'll need to watch the video again,pardon me until then.

Yea, was trying to let the op know that not everyone in Britain or all the elves have the same accents :-)

[Rel Fexive]

The only elves that got an accent change in DA2 were Merrill's Dalish clan.  They gained 'Irish' accents (and Merrill turned delightfully 'Welsh') while every other elf (who were pretty much all city elves, or Fenris) stuck with their 'local' accent, which was either 'American' or 'British'.

 

Sera's accent reflects wherever she's from, and I guess who she was raised by, so there's nothing wrong with it being the way it is, any more than any other accent is especially wrong.  Much the same for everyone else; presumably we're hearing accents appropriate to the place those elves are from.

 

To be honest, it's not really important; if the elves in Area X now sound different to how they sounded before, maybe they're, well, different elves, from somewhere else? Refugees? Or people who moved to, say, Redcliffe from another place in Thedas?

[leaguer of one]

 They never had a standard one. In DAO they sound american and later on we have french elves in the same game. The never game they are welsh and  Irish and Fenris who sounds British.

[Deebo305]

A persons voices depends on where they're from and how often they spend speaking with a specific group of people

Not sure where this notion that all Elves sound the same regardless of where they come from started but in actuality they really shouldn't

[Schreckstoff]

It's funny that ppl differentiate between a multitude of Britain accents but only 1 American.

[Ophir147]

It's funny that ppl differentiate between a multitude of Britain accents but only 1 American.

 

Are there any real American accents in game though? I thought all of the voice actors were Canadian (for example, when Shianni says "Plegg")

[aaarcher86]

Does anyone remember what the elf sounded like from the dwarf inquisitor video? He talks to one early in sitting on a rock. I feel like it didn't sound typical Brit.

[Jedi Master of Orion]

I always figured that aleinage City Elves always have American accents and the ones we see with French accents gained them from growing up amongst the nobles. THat might also explain Fenris and Varania.

[LobselVith8]

We've heard tiny snipits of Sera's dialogue and it sounds like she's got an English accent. That's extremely atypically for an city elf, but we've had notable exceptions before like Fenris. But I've also taken another look at the demos we've seen and it kind of seems like all the city elves the Inquisitor runs past also have English accents. Does this mean the City Elves have all had their American accents retconed away like the Dalish did?

 

It's hard to see for sure, but the "templar bastards killed my husband" woman appears to have pointed ears. And in the same demo we hear a northern english accented person saying "How'd you look into a human's eyes and not see someone who let our people die?"

 

I'd be surprised if the Orlesian elves didn't have French accents, like Erlina did.

[Greenface21]

On the bright side, at least they found their shoes...

[Cornughon]

It's funny that ppl differentiate between a multitude of Britain accents but only 1 American.

To me those British/Irish accents sound a lot more different from eachother than most American ones do. I mean I can identify a Texan accent, and the stereotypical African-American one, but all the rest sounds pretty much similar. I don't know when one comes from Maine or when someone grew up in the Nevada desert.
Not to be offensive but (besides in aboot South Park) I can't even hear much of a difference between Canadian and American...

But I can hear a huge difference between somebody from Southampton or one from Manchester (but it's not like I can differentiate between Liverpool and Manchester).

I'm not a native English speaker as you would have guessed from my lousy sentence construction and choice of words...

[Stormy]

It does stand to reason that the clan will adopt the dialect of whatever region they spend the most time in; even the Dalish who "wander" may come back to a particular ground where they spend the most time and/or have dealings with others who they "accidentally" borrow tone and intonation from.  Zevran was of a Dalish mother but he sounded Antivan.  Fenris was a City Elf but took his dialect from Tevintir.

 

I think as long as that logic remains consistent I probably won't mind it so much.

[Sifr]

She wasn't a city elf though. The Dalish are supposed to have Welsh accents, but it ended up being more Irish than Welsh.

 

I think it makes more sense for city elves to have the accent of the region though, so if it was changed I'm good with that.

 

I think it was mentioned somewhere that Merrill was one of those Elves who were shuffled into a new clan during the Arlathven, because her birth clan (in Nevarra, IIRC?) had too many mages and Marethari's had too few. Which explains why she sounds Welsh, whereas Marethari's clan were mostly Irish.

 

I personally liked the Irish and Welsh accents for the Elves in DA2, but I can imagine that finding Irish and Welsh voice actors (or those capable of pulling off the accent well) might be difficult, so I could see why they might have dropped them again?

[Jedi Master of Orion]

The Sabrae Clan in Dragon Age 2 didn't seem to have much rhyme or reason to their accents. Some were Welsh, some were Irish, some were Scottish.

[Chiramu]

Accent is regional. Only Dalish would have a Welsh/Irish accent because they live isolated from the cities and themselves, they also should have slight variations of dialect since the clans are so far a part. 

 

City elves should sound more like humans because they interact with them on a daily basis.