DA 5: Qunari invasion.
DA 6: Corypheus finds the last two Old Gods, but because he's a Darkspawn, he corrupts them. They both awaken.
DA 7: The conclusion of the 6th, and final, Blight... the only time a character is continued in a DA game - and the end of the "Dragon Age"
(Epilogue: An event occurs and the Divine declares a new "Age")
Or not - and something totally different.
DA 5: Qunari invasion.
DA 6: Corypheus finds the last two Old Gods, but because he's a Darkspawn, he corrupts them. They both awaken.
DA 7: The conclusion of the 6th, and final, Blight... the only time a character is continued in a DA game - and the end of the "Dragon Age"
(Epilogue: An event occurs and the Divine declares a new "Age")
Or not - and something totally different.
If they made the Architect's survival canon, I would make the call of The Architect being the one who kills off all the Darkspawn seeing what mayhem they cause and sacrifices himself and taking the rest of the Darkspawn with him.
Me personally, I think the next DA will focus around the war between Tevinter and the Qunari. Just my thought, your idea sounds interesting
But aren't Tevinter and the Qunari in a state of semi permenant war as it is? I would think a much more shocking plot would be the Qunari and Tevinter finally sign a peace treaty which allows the QUnari to invade the South through the Anderfels and Rivain. (not knowing the geography too well I just really want to visit the Anderfels.)
There are conflicts too, like elven equality uprisings, the Dalish trying to reclaim their past, and I'm hoping for more of the profane from DA2, maybe there are a some hidden thaigs from long ago or something. But as for sixth blight, maybe crazed grey wardens or awakened darkspawn could cause one to happen.
Nevarra is about to enter a huge succession crisis, and it could be an interesting location for the next game.
(probobly a megablight with all remaining old gods being tainted and awakened so if i remember right 3 archdemons)
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Assuming the Inquisition exists beyond DAI, the protagonist of the fourth Dragon Age could easily be an Inquisition spy or delegate sent to investigate the conflict between the Qunari and Tevinter.
But aren't Tevinter and the Qunari in a state of semi permenant war as it is? I would think a much more shocking plot would be the Qunari and Tevinter finally sign a peace treaty which allows the QUnari to invade the South through the Anderfels and Rivain. (not knowing the geography too well I just really want to visit the Anderfels.)
Nevarra is about to enter a huge succession crisis, and it could be an interesting location for the next game.
Another Civil War? No thank you.
Nevarra is about to enter a huge succession crisis, and it could be an interesting location for the next game.
As much as I want to see the succession crisis in Nevarra dealt with. I prefer the story of the next DA game with a rather larger setting focused on Qunari Invasion or Tevinter-Qunari War since both civilizations wage war against each other since Storm Age, and the Qunari's invasion threaten entire Thedas not just Tevinter Imperium.
I'm pretty sure the devs have said they won't do another blight because there's normally a lot of time between them and there's just not a lot of new ground to cover. DA4 will be about Qunari invading, they've outright said the Qunari where planning another invasion and soon since Origins.
The Fifth Blight was an intriguing tale, but it has ended. There is more to Thedas than Blights. Maker willing, the gap between this one and the next will be long indeed.
It's WAY too early for another blight when the fifth one just ended a mere decade ago
While I do agree on the one hand - it might change the situation, if another blight really were to happen:
1. All nations (with the exception of Tevinter and the Qunari) suffered from the mage rebellion and the templars no longer being the "dogs" of the chantry (so they are weakened)
2. Orlais as - probably - the strongest nation (again with the exception of Tevinter (and the Qunari, as much as I hate them), as they are not afraid to use blood-magic, sacrifices and slave-labour in order to make up any differences other nations might have (like a strength in numbers for example)) has had a civil war, too (so it's even more weakened...hell a blight hitting it might cause the empire to crumble (!))
3. Ferelden was directly hit by the blight (and lost the bulk of it's forces as well!)
4. The Freemarches were more directly hit by the mage rebellion and the corruption within the templar order (Meredith and other Templars using the rite of tranquility without proper cause and authorization!), so they are even more weakened than the rest
Hell - looking at that, we might have to strike a deal with the Qunari and Tevinter (if they would even want to help - the Qunari think all non-believers must convert or die and Tevinter doesn't like the other nations because of their chantry and what it does to mages and because they don't have slavery...), in order ot avoid total annihilation (of all nations/people - even the dalish (all of them) would have no choice but to join up...the only ones being "happy" about a blight might be the dwarfs...after all: the deep roads are nearly empty with the darkspawn crawling around on the surface...but they would need to help, too - because if the surface falls, they are next!)
=> The situation would be more desperate than DAO ever was (at least there you could hope someone else would stop the blight, if you and Alistair (or Loghain...) would fall in battle...as most other nations were still at peace, the circles still existed (as much as I hate them!) to provide mages for armies, the grey wardens elsewhere could help, the templars would be still there etc.)
Might be interesting...problem is:
You might not want to use up all of the old gods (there are only a limited number as far as I know)...
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yeah..best leave blights alone an focus on other stories The Darkspawn can remain a minor threat during but not the focus anymore. Like for the 6th Blight Bioware Teams up with Creative Assembly and make a Total War Dragon Age Game that involves the 6th blight...I'd pay for that in a heartbeat.
A conqueror type of person conquering Thedas.
Seeing the rise of an Alexander the Great-type figure in Thedas would be an intriguing idea for a future game, I won't lie.
Or having someone take control of our homeland, forcing us to become the member of La Resistance and perhaps even it's leader? I could see multiple races with unique origins having reasons for why they'd want to rebel against such a figure?
Even more so if we're also shown that maybe that conqueror isn't such a bad guy after all and depending on how we run the rebellion, perhaps we're actually the villain of the game for opposing them?
Seeing the rise of an Alexander the Great-type figure in Thedas would be an intriguing idea for a future game, I won't lie.
Or having someone take control of our homeland, forcing us to become the member of La Resistance and perhaps even it's leader? I could see multiple races with unique origins having reasons for why they'd want to rebel against such a figure?
Even more so if we're also shown that maybe that conqueror isn't such a bad guy after all and depending on how we run the rebellion, perhaps we're actually the villain of the game for opposing them?
Oh my. I can totally see one of those arguments of what makes you a freedom Fighter or a Terrorist sort of things going on here.
Oh my. I can totally see one of those arguments of what makes you a freedom Fighter or a Terrorist sort of things going on here.
Perhaps, but sometimes it's good to stop and question who we're supposed to be rooting for in a story?
Kind of like when you watch the film 300 and cheer on the Spartans, only to realise that the "heroes" of the film are the nation that practices infanticide and creating child soldiers... are we sure that the Persians were actually the bad guys here?
Of course, it's more interesting if the characters themselves ask this question?
I'd just like to add myself to the chorus of voices that don't want another Blight so soon and expect DA4 to involve the Qunari. There was a lot of hinting in DA2 that they plan on going that route sooner or later.
As far as setting, I have my fingers crossed for Anderfels/Tevinter in the same game. I'm dying to see and experience those countries firsthand. (And maybe Nevarra worked in there too?)
I'd just like to add myself to the chorus of voices that don't want another Blight so soon and expect DA4 to involve the Qunari. There was a lot of hinting in DA2 that they plan on going that route sooner or later.
As far as setting, I have my fingers crossed for Anderfels/Tevinter in the same game. I'm dying to see and experience those countries firsthand. (And maybe Nevarra worked in there too?)
The Qunari do seem to be ramping up for something big in the near-future.
Sten mentioned in Origins that his people would invade sooner or later and he might be forced to fight against the Warden one day, suggesting that their plans for a new invasion are going to happen within both of their lifetimes, while the Arishok's dying words are that they will return.
I do like the idea of going to the Anderfels at some point, since that's a good way to make the Grey Wardens appearance be relevant, given that bands of Darkspawn are known for travelling the surface in that country even between Blights and the Wardens have a ton of influence in the area. Plus the descriptions of the place always makes me think of a mixture between Mordor and the depiction of Transylvania in most Dracula films.
Go back to Andraste time mean tell a story during Andraste time . Not use technology and go time traveling .
Problem is player characters tend to cause major happening or at least be bigshots, by the end. Won't it be odd that our wardens, hawkes, and inquisitors never heard of this person?
Unless we play pre-made characters we've heard about in the history already.
Oh we still have much cannon fodder for stories in the Dragon Age without another blight.
We have the Tivinter/Qunari war as others have stated obviously. But we also have everything we don't know is going on in Antiva. We can do things involving Weishaupt or however it's spelled and I'm sure there are a few countries we haven't even touched.
Heck we even have the Chasind we can do something with.
So far in three hopefully epic games we haven't even gotten out of one little part of the world. With DA 4 they could easily switch to another part and go on about all of the things happening in other parts of the world from the beginning of the 5th blight on to the end of DA:I very easily. I can see them getting at least one more Trilogy set out of the Dragon Age at least.
I mean for DA to suceed, it needs one big main objective and this is always the objective that captivates people. DA is and will always be about the Wardens because of DAO.
Aaaand this is where you are completely wrong and narrow-minded.
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