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[sandalisthemaker]

So, I just got my copy of WoT Vol. 2 yesterday. I haven't gotten very far (on page 42 as of typing this OP),  and I can't wait to read through the whole thing.  I have leafed through the entire book, though, and it strikes me that there is a metric ton of content concerning Andraste, Andrastianism, and the Chantry. 

 

The first 5 pages are about Andraste.  There is a solid 30 page chunk on verses of the Chant of Light, and another 20 pages of "Andraste's bookshelf: Essential tomes for the painfully devout."

 

Now as I've said, I haven't read much, so I can't really judge yet and I'm still psyched to read the book. I love all of the lore of Dragon Age.  But I can't help but feel that WoT 2 seems too heavy with Chantry content.  The parts of the book not focusing on the Chantry appear to be chapters titled after the protagonists of the 3 main games.  ( and those chapters seem to be mostly concerned with the companions of the PC's, which is understandable and expected since there are so many variables concerning the PC's themselves. It would be tricky to put things down in stone when one player's Warden/Hawke/Inquisitor can be quite different from the next player ).

 

Ferelden and Orlais seem to get more attention than Nevarra, Antiva, and Rivain, which again is understandable since we've only had game content from the first two countries. I would like to see some new tidbits of info concerning the cultures we have not yet had much of yet.  I'm sure they are saving the good stuff for future games, but here's hoping there is some to be found by reading further.

 

Dwarven, Elven, and Qunari content seems to consist mostly of scraps.... which is disappointing.  Through skimming, I have found roughly 1 and 1/2 pages of Dwarven content regarding Paragons.  There is a quarter page long excerpt from the Qun.  And there is a Dalish lullaby that amounts to 7 sentences of content.

 

That seems to be it.  And there is are 2 chapters dedicated to Chantry stuff.   It's not a huge deal to me personally, but I was hoping for more diversity of content in regards to the cultures of Thedas. 

 

*This is not a complaint thread.  Just making observations. 

[Master Warder Z_]

...I want this book now

[myahele]

Can't say it's too surprising considering DAI was largely Chantry-focused anyway

 

But the new revelations are nice.

[Lady Artifice]

Same. I was hoping for more content regarding places we haven't been. Like Tevinter, Rivain, and Nevarra. 

 

I'm loving the character pages, though.

[sandalisthemaker]

Same. I was hoping for more content regarding places we haven't been. Like Tevinter, Rivain, and Nevarra. 

 

I'm loving the character pages, though.

 

Yeah, I can't wait to get to the companion section. 

[Lady Artifice]

...I want this book now

 

There's also a memoir from that woman Petrice in here...You'd love it. 

[Potato Cat]

Elven and dwarven lore bombs are only really appropriate to come in games and possibly books and comics if you ask me. I've personally read a lot of hintage regarding Tevinter and the Qunari, (e.g. Maevaris' role in Tevinter reform and Rasaan being chosen as the Ariqun's successor), in my previews. I also read some things connecting Andraste and the elves some more, so there's that too.

[raging_monkey]

Guess I'm buying it this week

[Potato Cat]

There's also a memoir from that woman Petrice in here...You'd love it. 

What does it say? I kept her alive and I want her to be out there causing trouble. 

[Boomshakalakalakaboom]

There's also a memoir from that woman Petrice in here...You'd love it.

It's Mother Petrice, thank you very much.

[sandalisthemaker]

Elven and dwarven lore bombs are only really appropriate to come in games and possibly books and comics if you ask me. I've personally read a lot of hintage regarding Tevinter and the Qunari, (e.g. Maevaris' role in Tevinter reform and Rasaan being chosen as the Ariqun's successor), in my previews. I also read some things connecting Andraste and the elves some more, so there's that too.

 

Oh, I agree. Major revelations should be left to the games themselves, but I was just hoping for more diversity of content.  

[Lady Artifice]

What does it say? I kept her alive and I want her to be out there causing trouble. 

 

Lol. 

 

Spoiler

 

Ser Varnell assured me the creature was securely bound. I had not seen one so close before. Strangely, I thought of the stables, of the day with the horses when I was throne. And the boy who laughed. 

   Heavy ropes held the Qunari. They were taut, but it was passive, as though ready on the plow before a furrow. I was told it was a mage, but the strength of it showed it's purpose. This was a physical creature, base in it's raw appeal. Had a human such a physique, he would be hailed, idolized. Perhaps in that moment I appreciated it, as I might any creature of the Maker so caricatured. But while it's formed showed the appeal of the divine, its faith was a lie, its training heretical. Their way is a corruption that has to be ended. But how to show they are not like us? How to ensure that no other be even momentarily enamored? 

   I thought of the stables, and being thrown, and the boy. And how things changed after the kick that ended his laughter. He did not know my horse when he tried to take its reins, bt my horse was blamed for his injury. And I smiled at this Qunari for I understood how their danger could be exposed. It could serve, as had my horse, as had my Ketojan. 

 

 

Maker, I really hate that woman. 

[Lady Artifice]

It's Mother Petrice, thank you very much.

 

Add a word that starts with "f" and ends with "ing" in there and I'll be all over that.

[Potato Cat]

Oh, I agree. Major revelations should be left to the games themselves, but I was just hoping for more diversity of content.  

Well I can only go off what my preview pages showed me and I feel while it was definitely human and Chantry focused, the diversity was there. I feel it's justified though. We've just had Inquisition, a game set in the south of Thedas with heavy Andrastian themes, and if the general consensus is right and we are heading north for DA4 onwards, it makes sense to have a book largely focused on southern Thedas and Chantry lore peppered with hints for the future. 

[Potato Cat]

Lol. 

 

Spoiler

 

Ser Varnell assured me the creature was securely bound. I had not seen one so close before. Strangely, I thought of the stables, of the day with the horses when I was throne. And the boy who laughed. 

   Heavy ropes held the Qunari. They were taut, but it was passive, as though ready on the plow before a furrow. I was told it was a mage, but the strength of it showed it's purpose. This was a physical creature, base in it's raw appeal. Had a human such a physique, he would be hailed, idolized. Perhaps in that moment I appreciated it, as I might any creature of the Maker so caricatured. But while it's formed showed the appeal of the divine, its faith was a lie, its training heretical. Their way is a corruption that has to be ended. But how to show they are not like us? How to ensure that no other be even momentarily enamored? 

   I thought of the stables, and being thrown, and the boy. And how things changed after the kick that ended his laughter. He did not know my horse when he tried to take its reins, bt my horse was blamed for his injury. And I smiled at this Qunari for I understood how their danger could be exposed. It could serve, as had my horse, as had my Ketojan. 

 

 

Maker, I really hate that woman. 

Thanks! I love it! She's the worst and she's so crazy and I just want the writers to have fun with her being the worst and despicable and all the adjectives even though they never will because hardly anyone else keeps her alive. 

[Lady Artifice]

Thanks! I love it! She's the worst and she's so crazy and I just want the writers to have fun with her being the worst and despicable and all the adjectives even though they never will because hardly anyone else keeps her alive. 

 

I wanted to keep her alive. I wanted her to have to live with her shame and disgrace for the rest of a long, bitter life.

 

Damn Qunari assasin. 

[Hellion Rex]

Having a large portion of the Chant in front of me was pretty interesting, particularly the Magister portion when they entered the Black City. That section confirms a long term fandom suspicion.

[raging_monkey]

I liked Patrice as a villian wholesales pushing up daisies in my game I hope to see more of her

[Master Warder Z_]

No surprise here at all.

The people who argue that groups need freedom, tolerance here.

Argue in defense of those who would crush notion of either because those who oppose them have faith.

It's really almost disappointing.

[Lady Artifice]

More on topic, pages 205 through 217 have some interesting children's fables from a variety of different cultures. 

[raging_monkey]

No surprise here at all.

The people who argue that groups need freedom, tolerance here.

Argue in defense of those who would crush notion of either because those who oppose them have faith.

It's really almost disappointing.

Happy to disappoint

[raging_monkey]

More on topic, pages 205 through 217 have some interesting children's fables from a variety of different cultures.

Oh do tell a tale my dear arti. *sits crosslegged ready to listen*

[Master Warder Z_]

Happy to disappoint

Maybe you should become the "reading all of a post monkey " instead.

[sandalisthemaker]

Well I can only go off what my preview pages showed me and I feel while it was definitely human and Chantry focused, the diversity was there. I feel it's justified though. We've just had Inquisition, a game set in the south of Thedas with heavy Andrastian themes, and if the general consensus is right and we are heading north for DA4 onwards, it makes sense to have a book largely focused on southern Thedas and Chantry lore peppered with hints for the future. 

 

 

Yeah, I get it. And like I said, I'm still super excited to read it and I'm sure I will love it.   So you feel that there is diversity of content?  I will keep reading to see for myself. 

[Potato Cat]

Yeah, I get it. And like I said, I'm still super excited to read it and I'm sure I will love it.   So you feel that there is diversity of content?  I will keep reading to see for myself. 

From what little I was able to read, yeah.