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[ThomasBlaine]

Maybe something of a nitpick, but I'm trying to get my ideas straight on the nature a Trevelyan Inquisitor's combat training, and the martial training of nobility in general in the DA verse.

 

A key part of the Trevelyan bacground is the connection to the Chantry, so a warrior Trevelyan is easily assumed to have basic Templar training or some degree of responsibility for the family troops, but what about a rogue? It makes zero sense for a young noble of either gender to be trained in the use of two knives. A full-sized weapon and an off-hand dagger maybe, as fencing and duelling were common sports among nobility and that combination isn't horribly exotic, but two daggers is silly. It's horribly impractical, and doesn't fit the poised, dignified image of nobility at all.

 

Of the four Thedasian noblemen I know of in the series who are confirmed or implied to be rogues, Bryce was never seen fight, Howe fought with an axe and an off-hand dagger, and Nathaniel and Sebastian are both predominantly archers, which could be more or less excused by lots of hunting experience and ditto for an archer Trevelyan. Nathanial is said to have received some kind of specialized training in the Free Marches, but it's never elaborated on to my knowledge.

 

So, I'd like to know people's thoughts and what sorts of backgrounds you imagine for your characters to explain why they're trained and/or choose to fight with two knives or with the bow as opposed to the more easily explained warrior training.

[Wolfen09]

 anyway, really odd thing to bring up... if anything im just gonna use the excuse because my inquisitor is awesome.

[ThomasBlaine]

 anyway, really odd thing to bring up... if anything im just gonna use the excuse because my inquisitor is awesome.

 

Why is it odd? And what excuse is it that you're using?

[Wolfen09]

its just something thats overlooked, odd that someone would question it to such detail....  and if it did come up, my inquisitor is just awesome, thats how... didnt need training to duel wield knives, just picked it up and started cutting.... you know awesome

[Master Race]

You can make up anything really.

 

You can say your inquisitor ran away a lot and liked to hang out in areas more like lowtown in Kirkwall as opposed to the typical pompous noble castles and such. There he met interesting people who taught him interesting skills.

 

In Assassin's creed 2, The Auditores are like nobles and both sons are trained very assassin-like by their father who is part of the assassin order. You could pretend you have a family member who is an assassin or a fighter who prefers agile to strength and the use of stealth who taught you how to fight.

 

You can pretend your inquisitor got bored of typical warrior training, chivalry and all that and instead went off to figure out his own way of fighting.

 

In game of thrones there is an awesome noble/royal character called Oberyn Martell who is an amazing fighter and uses poisons and speed. He picked up most of his skills while traveling but even at a young age he used a poison spear to kill somebody. You can simply say your inquistor was interested in traditional rogue skills/equipment while growing up.

[Tevinter Soldier]

i like to think that nobility in thedas simply isn't a carbon copy of the real world, in thedas using twin draggers and posion being consider just as noble as carrying a sword and shield.

[arelenriel]

If you look at weapons training for the nobility in the historical sense - keep and castle weapons masters trained their charges in whatever type of weapons were best suited to them. For example, it would be rather ineffective to have some short skinny bookish nobleman hafting a two handed ax. He would end up getting killed -fast. .. If you look at the Templars you face in the Hinterlands many of them have rogue skills- the point being the children of nobles are trained for war- thus it makes sense that some trained as rogues and archers since they would need to command a diverse variety of troops. Even in the modern military there are groups that specialize in stealth, assasination, and espionage .. no reason to think the official miliary of Thedasian nations did not have something similar esp Orlais, and Antiva

[Serza]

You can say the Trevelyans were involved in Orlais, and thus The Game.

 

Two daggers are a much simpler arsenal to hide than a longsword.