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[Icy Magebane]

@ Gervaise - If that's true, then my Chantry Loyalist rp just went up in flames... 

[Ieldra]

Bolded is news to me. Where is that from?

The Carta is the dwarven cities' dominant organized crime outfit.

[Gervaise]

I'm sure CastonFolarus knows who the Carta is, what they are asking is WHO hinted they were from the Carta?    Just because the Carta is run by dwarves and has a strong presence on the surface, it does not follow that any surface dwarf is going to belong to their organisation.    You could simply be a legitimate merchant, independent mercenary or any number of other surface professions.

 

This is why I was asking WHO said the human noble  was from the Freemarches and that a human mage was sent to the Circle?    

 

Since we are going to be waiting longer for the game, it would be great to have some confirmation of the backgrounds so we can spend our time working on our backstory.     If it is going to be written for us, then that would be helpful too.   Like some of the voice actors they have featured, I am something of a "method" role player.  I like to get into the character and work out their motivations.   Being able to write their life story up to the beginning of the game helps with this.    I had two characters in mind and had already written a fair bit of their story, but now I'm really not sure if it is going to work with what we will be given.  

[EmperorSahlertz]

If the human noble family is from the Freemarches, then initially if the mage child was sent to the Circle, it would have been either Starkhaven or the Gallows.    Starkhaven was burnt to the ground and the remaining mages transferred to the Gallows.     So, if that were the case, the Trevelyan mage would have been closely connected to events in DA2, either escaping through the Mage Underground or surviving the events at the end.  Even if they had been transferred out prior to the events of DA2, they would still have connections to the most radical Templar government of the Circles that we have encountered.   Now I really want to know what the history is behind the human mage character because that would have coloured their outlook far more than simply being part of some other Circle.  

There are five Circles in the Free Marches, so we can probably be pretty sure that Trevelyan ISN'T from Starkhaven or Kirkwall, since that would mean the character would have had first hand knowledge of previous events.

The three other Circles in the Free Marches are: Ostwick, Markham and Ansburg. Nothing is really known of these Circles.

[CapivaRasgor]

If the human noble family is from the Freemarches, then initially if the mage child was sent to the Circle, it would have been either Starkhaven or the Gallows. Starkhaven was burnt to the ground and the remaining mages transferred to the Gallows. So, if that were the case, the Trevelyan mage would have been closely connected to events in DA2, either escaping through the Mage Underground or surviving the events at the end. Even if they had been transferred out prior to the events of DA2, they would still have connections to the most radical Templar government of the Circles that we have encountered. Now I really want to know what the history is behind the human mage character because that would have coloured their outlook far more than simply being part of some other Circle.

Not really, the human mage Warden is a Marcher who ended up in the Ferelden Circle and Rhys is Fereldan, but ended up in the White Spire in Orlais. It's possible that the Treveylan mage is also a mage who ended up in a foreign Circle.

Oh, and Gaider himself confirmed the Treveylan are a Free Marches noble house in an interview with Ashe | Lady Insanity, just search on YouTube.

[x Raizer x]

I'm sure CastonFolarus knows who the Carta is, what they are asking is WHO hinted they were from the Carta?    Just because the Carta is run by dwarves and has a strong presence on the surface, it does not follow that any surface dwarf is going to belong to their organisation.    You could simply be a legitimate merchant, independent mercenary or any number of other surface professions.

 

This is why I was asking WHO said the human noble  was from the Freemarches and that a human mage was sent to the Circle?    

 

Since we are going to be waiting longer for the game, it would be great to have some confirmation of the backgrounds so we can spend our time working on our backstory.     If it is going to be written for us, then that would be helpful too.   Like some of the voice actors they have featured, I am something of a "method" role player.  I like to get into the character and work out their motivations.   Being able to write their life story up to the beginning of the game helps with this.    I had two characters in mind and had already written a fair bit of their story, but now I'm really not sure if it is going to work with what we will be given.  

 

You really need to make a post about the videos regarding background lore in the suggestion forum for Bioware to see; It would be awesome if they did that!

 

On another note, I bet the reason the Human Inquisitor was at the meeting was because wasn't this meeting taking place in the Free Marches?  I remember Wynne mentioning the meeting in Awakening.  It should just make sense that nobles would be at such a major meeting in their region/nation.  (I say region because its the Free Marches)

[x Raizer x]

Not really, the human mage Warden is a Marcher who ended up in the Ferelden Circle and Rhys is Fereldan, but ended up in the White Spire in Orlais. It's possible that the Treveylan mage is also a mage who ended up in a foreign Circle.

Oh, and Gaider himself confirmed the Treveylan are a Free Marches noble house in an interview with Ashe | Lady Insanity, just search on YouTube.

 

This is the interview.

https://www.youtube....DCZ3wxGNr69NzXw

[Corypheus]

Vivienne is also a Marcher presumably sent to an Orlesian circle.
From what we've heard from Wynne I was originally under the impression that mage children born in circles (to mages) were generally the ones given to foreign circles. But then Amell's background reveal happened, something mage!Trev may very well share. And then there's also Anders.
Fleeting crack theory in the Viv thread that she might be one of Revka's children is admittedly v interesting, esp given Trev's own, however superficial noble background.

[ctd757]

Does anybody know anything about the Dalish character?

[TheKomandorShepard]

Ehh free marches again all my protagonist are from there as my mage warden was crushed in da 2.I would prefer ferelden but hey at least it isn't orlais.

 

Funny thing my amell warden despite that he is from marches he can say the he was born in denerim and in daa he is refered as native ferelden lolz. 

[HK-90210]

If the human noble family is from the Freemarches, then initially if the mage child was sent to the Circle, it would have been either Starkhaven or the Gallows.    Starkhaven was burnt to the ground and the remaining mages transferred to the Gallows.     So, if that were the case, the Trevelyan mage would have been closely connected to events in DA2, either escaping through the Mage Underground or surviving the events at the end.  Even if they had been transferred out prior to the events of DA2, they would still have connections to the most radical Templar government of the Circles that we have encountered.   Now I really want to know what the history is behind the human mage character because that would have coloured their outlook far more than simply being part of some other Circle.  

 

Actually, there are Circles in Ansburg, Markham and Ostwick as well. The Human mage could be from any of those. Bioware has said nothing about them other than that they existed before the mage rebellion. I doubt they will have the a protagonist that the game will recognize as having been part of any major event in Thedas up to this point. Though I think they'll leave it open for headcannon.

[CrazyGobstopper]

On another note, I bet the reason the Human Inquisitor was at the meeting was because wasn't this meeting taking place in the Free Marches?  I remember Wynne mentioning the meeting in Awakening.  It should just make sense that nobles would be at such a major meeting in their region/nation.  (I say region because its the Free Marches)

Wynne referred to a meeting in Cumberland, Nevarra, where the mages were meeting to discuss a proposal to break away from the Chantry. This was prior to the events in Kirkwall. The novel Asunder takes place after Dragon Age II, and references that meeting in Cumberland.

 

The peace summit at the beginning of Inquisition will be held at the Temple of Sacred Ashes.

[HK-90210]

On another note, I bet the reason the Human Inquisitor was at the meeting was because wasn't this meeting taking place in the Free Marches?  I remember Wynne mentioning the meeting in Awakening.  It should just make sense that nobles would be at such a major meeting in their region/nation.  (I say region because its the Free Marches)

It's taking place at the Temple of Sacred Ashes in Ferelden. I guess the organizers were hoping the religious significance of the place was going to help with the peace process. Guess not.

 

Edit: Ninj'd

[Gervaise]

Thank you for the link to the Lady Insanity interview; that helped a lot.    I get the feeling that any more about the backgrounds is regarded as spoilers.   

 

Being a Freemarcher actually gives a lot more scope for the background and pre-existing loyalties of the human Inquisitor.   I also hadn't realised that there were so many Circles in the Freemarches; after all there is only one in Ferelden and I believe only two in Orlais.     So it would appear we could have been totally separate from events in DA2 and merely heard about them like everyone else.  I shall have to give some fresh thought to how I am going to deal with my human mage PC.