Thanks. I usually avoid using the term since I agree that people usually use it as a go to insult for characters that they dislike, even when it's uncalled for. And I still wouldn't call Bianca a pure Mary Sue. Her appearance is thankfully too brief to make her one.
Which is why I put borderline.
I was the same way with Kai Leng in Mass Effect 3. People were hating on him and I couldn't because he is voiced by Troy Baker.
I felt sorry for Troy Baker. He's one of the best VAs in the video game industry and he got handed some of the worst dialogue ever written for a video game character. Talk about wasted...
I hope they bring him back at some point to voice a character that isn't lame.
I felt sorry for Troy Baker. He's one of the best VAs in the video game industry and he got handed some of the worst dialogue ever written for a video game character. Talk about wasted...
I hope they bring him back at some point to voice a character that isn't lame.
A companion voiced by Troy Baker would be really cool.
I felt sorry for Troy Baker. He's one of the best VAs in the video game industry and he got handed some of the worst dialogue ever written for a video game character. Talk about wasted...
I hope they bring him back at some point to voice a character that isn't lame.
That's why I wanted Kai Leng to be the Winter Soldier of Mass Effect
Such a waste
A companion voiced by Troy Baker would be really cool.
Or a companion voiced by Laura Bailey. Do you hear us, BioWare? We need them!
Or a companion voiced by Laura Bailey. Do you hear us, BioWare? We need them!
No. Please keep those two obnoxiously ubiquitous VAs away from my games please.
A thought about Bianca being exempt from blame...
It's ironic that so many don't want to punish her at all when you think about the view DA characters have on the magisters who invaded the black city. They're so often scorned as monsters, but is the situation really that different? The magisters didn't intentionally create darkspawn. They weren't even technically responsible. As I understand it, the tales say the Maker did as a punishment; although considering how powerful Corypheus became it sounds like people uninvolved are the ones actually suffering while in a way the magisters (Corypheus at least) were rewarded.
In Bianca's case she created a disaster of lesser proportions in the way of red templars. The difference is she involved Larius/Janeka/Corypheus out of curiosity while the magisters did it for personal gain.
A thought about Bianca being exempt from blame...
It's ironic that so many don't want to punish her at all when you think about the view DA characters have on the magisters who invaded the black city. They're so often scorned as monsters, but is the situation really that different? The magisters didn't intentionally create darkspawn. They weren't even technically responsible. As I understand it, the tales say the Maker did as a punishment; although considering how powerful Corypheus became it sounds like people uninvolved are the ones actually suffering while in a way the magisters (Corypheus at least) were rewarded.
In Bianca's case she created a disaster of lesser proportions in the way of red templars. The difference is she involved Larius/Janeka/Corypheus out of curiosity while the magisters did it for personal gain.
Well, I think the Chantry telling of it is crap as well.
A thought about Bianca being exempt from blame...
It's ironic that so many don't want to punish her at all when you think about the view DA characters have on the magisters who invaded the black city. They're so often scorned as monsters, but is the situation really that different? The magisters didn't intentionally create darkspawn. They weren't even technically responsible. As I understand it, the tales say the Maker did as a punishment; although considering how powerful Corypheus became it sounds like people uninvolved are the ones actually suffering while in a way the magisters (Corypheus at least) were rewarded.
In Bianca's case she created a disaster of lesser proportions in the way of red templars. The difference is she involved Larius/Janeka/Corypheus out of curiosity while the magisters did it for personal gain.
There's a pretty big difference between a bid to acquire some unspeakable form of power out of religious obedience following the sacrifice of thousands of slaves and being really stupid and irresponsible.
A thought about Bianca being exempt from blame...
It's ironic that so many don't want to punish her at all when you think about the view DA characters have on the magisters who invaded the black city. They're so often scorned as monsters, but is the situation really that different? The magisters didn't intentionally create darkspawn. They weren't even technically responsible. As I understand it, the tales say the Maker did as a punishment; although considering how powerful Corypheus became it sounds like people uninvolved are the ones actually suffering while in a way the magisters (Corypheus at least) were rewarded.
In Bianca's case she created a disaster of lesser proportions in the way of red templars. The difference is she involved Larius/Janeka/Corypheus out of curiosity while the magisters did it for personal gain.
Two main differences.
First, intentions:
Bianca wanted to help Varric understand and stop Red Lyrium by studying it.
The Magisters wanted tohelp themselves and the Old Gods by usurping the Maker.
Second, methods:
Bianca gave the information to a Grey Warden mage since they would know more than anyone else.
The Magisters murdered thousands of slaves to use their blood as fuel for their magic to breach the Veil.
Two main differences.
First, intentions:
Bianca wanted to help Varric understand and stop Red Lyrium by studying it.
The Magisters wanted tohelp themselves and the Old Gods by usurping the Maker.
Second, methods:
Bianca gave the information to a Grey Warden mage since they would know more than anyone else.
The Magisters murdered thousands of slaves to use their blood as fuel for their magic to breach the Veil.
Ah, right. i forgot about that last part. Damn them all then.
Brosca/Aeducan crowned a king ending a civil war and possibly saved a paragon recovering the secrets to golem armies. This added to ending a blight.
Bianca made a crossbow she doesn't let anyone but her boyfriend use.
Spoiler
To be fair, it's not the crossbow her family's lobbying Paragon status for her for, it's some other doodad she designed. But even she's skeptical she'll get it because she thinks Orzammar would never go for a pure-bred surfacer Paragon.
I don't know, I'm talking out of my arse, ignore me.
Do Grey Wardens count as casteless? Its been a while since I've played origins, but I thought that Aeducan gets his honour restored after completing Orzammar.
One of the supplementary materials says that a Dwarf who joins the GWs doesn't lose their caste.
In the base game of Origins though we lost our caste before we were recruited and can regain it if we crown Bhelen (maybe Harrowmont too but I never checked around), with Vartag calling us "Prince" again.
i think varic must end his relationship with her and then he will be romancable in DA4 , for a female dwarf , that will add a romencableo ption for a male dwarf + dogma and scout harding , 2 romancable female option , one bi and one for male dwarf and now you have all dwarf love option *-*
i think varic must end his relationship with her and then he will be romancable in DA4 , for a female dwarf , that will add a romencableo ption for a male dwarf + dogma and scout harding , 2 romancable female option , one bi and one for male dwarf and now you have all dwarf love option *-*
There's no way they'll bring Varric back as a companion in the next game. The most he'll get is a cameo.
I really, really dislike her, she is full of herself, and not reaaly understanding what she has brought to the world. That is what mostly annoys me, she does not seem devastated. On top she threatens me? Come on!
The other one I hate is Dagna. I ditched a character just to remake my keep state, hoping she will be replaced by someone else. Nope, she is forced on me, I cannot stand her voice, neither her personality. Whenever I am in the forge I mute my game. Yep, that much:)
what wrong with dagna , a dwarf following the dream to be mage , a dream that seem impossible , bet she make it in her own way by crafting magical runes and equipement , i really like her , but i like scout harding more xd
what wrong with dagna , a dwarf following the dream to be mage , a dream that seem impossible , bet she make it in her own way by crafting magical runes and equipement , i really like her , but i like scout harding more xd
Bianca does seem rather unpleasant. But I can relate to her when she says (something like) "what should I do, punish myself for this forever?" It's a callous attitude, and she could probably strand to feel a bit more remorseful, but I do hate it when other people make you feel like doing a bad thing means you should flagellate yourself eternally.
She just doesn't seem like a very nice girl, though. It kills me that Varric is so hung up on her (because I'd like to romance him 
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of all the good things that Dragon age got from the success of Mass Effect I always hoped the interrupt feature would have made the leap with the dialogue wheel. just that moment when you walk away from some one or they are talking and getting on your nerves you can choose to do something fitting your class..mage blasts them with a fire ball, warrior buries their weapon into their head, and rouge either throws a dagger or shoots an arrow hitting them between the eyes. also with good interrupts like pulling a soldier out of the way of a killing blow, or feeding a hungry refugee from your own rations, or even as a mage using your magic to heal some one.
Her voice is just tooooo annoying. And she's intolerably chipper. And she makes jokes that aren't funny.
After meeting Bianca, poor Varric comes out as an emotional masochist.
I wanted to at least have a bro -option to tell Bianca that she shouldn´t write to Varric anymore, and let him live his life. Her being married and all. In a very snide way too. No such luck.
I wanted to at least have a bro -option to tell Bianca that she shouldn´t write to Varric anymore, and let him live his life. Her being married and all. In a very snide way too. No such luck.
Given the setting and from what we know of the cut-throat nature of the Merchant's Guild, she is likely in a marriage of convenience meant to advance two families fortunes and probably has no feelings for the guy at all.
In the setting and in real life when given such circumstances, it was quite common for them to take on lovers aside from their respective spouse. Men would take mistresses and so on. Anora will mention to a warden romancing Alistair that Cailan had mistresses, Alistair can take the Warden on as a mistress if he marries Anora, and in my current playthrough, Leliana is a mistress to King Cousland and was announced as such at Celene's ball.
I'm all for honoring marriage and being true to your spouse, but I wasn't at all surprised about her dalliance with Varric considering the nature of the setting.
I wanted to at least have a bro -option to tell Bianca that she shouldn´t write to Varric anymore, and let him live his life. Her being married and all. In a very snide way too. No such luck.
Do we know that it's not Varric who's writing to her?
It's a two-way street to be in a relationship. If you're going to sit down and talk to one of them about how destructive the relationship is, might as well talk to both. As it is, I doubt Bianca's forcing herself on him.
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