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[Boost32]

Since they released a short story for Samson, think they'll do one for Calpernia?

Its stated in the short story that they will, the question is when they will release it.

[Bad King]

Calpernia is a good character. A pity most players seem prone to the mage path and thus never even hear of her in their playthrough. That being said, I always kill her. I'm never such a bleeding heart where I'd let her walk away after all the damage she did in hopes of improving her homeland's state.

 

Agreed: she has some redeeming qualities, but at the end of the day, she's still a megalomaniacal, ultra-nationalist imperialist whose organisation committed some atrocious crimes potentially including setting fire to the city of Denerim (killing hundreds of its citizens), turning tranquil mages into telescopes, sacrificing the grey wardens to build a demon army, infecting an entire town with red lyrium to create discord between the humans and elves etc.

 

Ideally, I probably would have opted for capturing her and putting her on trial, but since the game doesn't allow it, killing her is the better option in my opinion. There need to be consequences for these things.

[thats1evildude]

The short story about Calpernia was finally posted.

 

http://blog.bioware....015/06/02/8316/

[Hellion Rex]

The short story about Calpernia was finally posted.

 

http://blog.bioware....015/06/02/8316/

It was absolutely fantastic. I really enjoyed it.

[AresKeith]

The short story about Calpernia was finally posted.

 

http://blog.bioware....015/06/02/8316/

 

Can she return when we go to Tevinter pls?

[ModernAcademic]

Just read Paying the Ferryman. Only one word can describe it: Amazing!

[ModernAcademic]

So Darinius' biography emulates Moses' story, huh?

 

Interesting.

[Bugsie]

Jo Berry has done a fantastic job capturing what it must have been like to be a slave in Tevinter.  I also like the little nuanced touches about her growing up, how sad that she was set apart from an early age because there was something odd about her.

 

Loved it.

[Uccio]

Can she return when we go to Tevinter pls?

 

I am pretty sure she has no place in Tevinter anymore.

 

Good story though.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

The short story about Calpernia was finally posted.

 

http://blog.bioware....015/06/02/8316/

And despite her past, she commits every wrong as the people she despises. Hypocrite. 

[Ranadiel Marius]

I am pretty sure she has no place in Tevinter anymore.

Good story though.

Of course she does. The office of the Archon still exists and I'm sure the next PC will make an opening for it.

[Ranadiel Marius]

So read the short story last night, and I think they are strongly setting her up to use her again. The Marius bit just screams companion side quest to me. Only question is whether she is going to show up in some novels or comics or just jump straight to DA4.

[ModernAcademic]

Marius is supposed to be dead...he fought as a gladiator in the Proving Grounds.

 

(I wonder if his rival was Fenris...)

[Ranadiel Marius]

Marius is supposed to be dead...he fought as a gladiator in the Proving Grounds.

(I wonder if his rival was Fenris...)

Did we see the body? Because I do not recall any closure to Marius other than odds indicate he is probably dead. Which in fiction generally means they are still alive. Besides, even if he is dead, getting records confirming his death could still work as a companion quest.

[Sable Rhapsody]

So read the short story last night, and I think they are strongly setting her up to use her again. The Marius bit just screams companion side quest to me. Only question is whether she is going to show up in some novels or comics or just jump straight to DA4.

 

*tiny squee of excitement*

 

Calpernia was probably my favorite supporting NPC in DA:I.  And the more I learn about her, the more I like her character.

[DuskWanderer]

Marius might show back up. Interesting fact: Marius was the name of the consul who revolutionized the Roman Republic's military and was elected to the position of consul a record number of times. 

[myahele]

A nice story ... but that's how she became Corypheus lieutenant?

 

He saw her and said: "You'll be my lieutenant from this day on" 

[Ranadiel Marius]

A nice story ... but that's how she became Corypheus lieutenant?

He saw her and said: "You'll be my lieutenant from this day on"

Well we basically knew that was how it happened from the game as well. Cory saw her magical potential and gave her a station befitting the power she had as she was being wasted in the modern TI.

The story was really more about the before and immediately after since the event itself was known.

[ModernAcademic]

A nice story ... but that's how she became Corypheus lieutenant?

 

He saw her and said: "You'll be my lieutenant from this day on" 

 

It didn't convince me, either.

[ModernAcademic]

Did we see the body? Because I do not recall any closure to Marius other than odds indicate he is probably dead. Which in fiction generally means they are still alive. Besides, even if he is dead, getting records confirming his death could still work as a companion quest.

 

It was implied by the numerous references to his physique as being superior to that required of a body guard, by Calpernia thinking how the fate of slaves such as him usually involved the Proving Grounds and by Erastenes making a deal with a man who had something to do with the Proving Grounds.

 

A few excerpts from the story where the above is implied:

 

" Marius served as a guard for the house and Erasthenes’ person because there were so many ancient relics here, but his natural skill and speed far outstripped that of a simple bodyguard. "

"They were as discreet as they could be. But Marius’s talents were drawing more and more attention. Even Calpernia saw he was wasted as a bodyguard."

 

When it happened, it was painfully quick. Calpernia came home from the markets shouldering a bag of vegetables to see Erasthenes speaking with a stooped but powerful man. Even in her exhaustion Calpernia knew Nenealeus the trainer, the one who honed the finest fighters in the city—if they survived. She knew at once for whom he had come. Dumping the vegetables in the kitchen, she raced through the mansion, from room to room, her eyes becoming more frantic as she realized Marius was already gone.

There were no goodbyes. Coin changed hands, a ledger was signed, and it was done. Calpernia looked for Marius’s name on the roster each time Nenealeus’s slaves posted it in the marketplace, but she never saw it. When rumors of his fate crisscrossed the mansion, she couldn’t bear to listen. She refused to imagine a riven helmet or blood on the hot sand of the training ground.

 

" She’d seen fellow slaves sold unexpectedly or killed before, Calpernia told herself. The same story played out every day in Minrathous. But instead of placating her, the thought—that this was all commonplace—festered. Her tears, such as they were, dried up."

[Ranadiel Marius]

It was implied by the numerous references to his physique as being superior to that required of a body guard, by Calpernia thinking how the fate of slaves such as him usually involved the Proving Grounds and by Erastenes making a deal with a man who had something to do with the Proving Grounds.

A few excerpts from the story where the above is implied:

...None of which are a body. The implication is clearly supposed to be he is dead, and Calpernia certainly believes he is dead...but that doesn't mean he is dead. Rule 1 of fiction, if you don't see the body, they are still alive.

[Boost32]

...None of which are a body. The implication is clearly supposed to be he is dead, and Calpernia certainly believes he is dead...but that doesn't mean he is dead. Rule 1 of fiction, if you don't see the body, they are still alive.

Thats rule doesn't apply to dragon age, even if you see the body they can still be alive (looking at you Leliana).

[Ranadiel Marius]

Thats rule doesn't apply to dragon age, even if you see the body they can still be alive (looking at you Leliana).

That is rule 2 of fiction. Even if you see a body there is at least a 25% chance that they will come back.

[d1ta]

I do the Templar path for 2 reasons: Ser Barris and Calpernia.

My Lavellan mage let her go and tell her to rebuild Tevinter because of her "Anti Slavery!" Beliefs (and she believes what Abelas said anyway. That the Elvhen empire wasn't brought down by the humans, but by their own stupidity)

Let's just say that the moment she knew that Calpernia was freeing slaves both human and elves, that's when my Inquisitor starts thinking, "I'll save her if I can."

[d1ta]

LoL, just realize that two out of three of my favored NPCs that doesn't belong to the Inquisition faction are at odds with one another (Calpernia and Abelas ) Boy, coming DA4 (should both of them exist as companion) .. the interactions would be.. marvelous