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[jedidotflow]

I was wondering about other POC's than black (Asians also an option, but even harder to make in the CC)- if POC just means non-white. It would be cool if DA4 developed the theme of "races" among humans- nothing elaborate requiring "race rivalry," but at least a bit of lore about it. There's presently no definitive backstory for where POC folks come from other than a sort of hint of Rivainis being darker- Josephine being roughly Arabic (?) from Antiva- and a peppering of dark-skinned NPCs to demonstrate open integration tendencies among humans.

 

That's why I'm looking forward t DA4 in Tevinter; I'm tired of White-centric cultures. Vints are more Romanesque (in style) and, if the look like Dorian, Middle Eastern.

Also, PoC is shorthand for "People of Color" aka not white, which my Inqy totally falls under. 

 

I do hope to see more racial variety among humans, elves, and dwarves in future DA games.

[Bhryaen]

That's why I'm looking forward t DA4 in Tevinter; I'm tired of White-centric cultures. Vints are more Romanesque (in style) and, if the look like Dorian, Middle Eastern.

Also, PoC is shorthand for "People of Color" aka not white, which my Inqy totally falls under. 

 

I do hope to see more racial variety among humans, elves, and dwarves in future DA games.

I'd like more of a mix- traveling to different lands but not just doing away with the southern lands we've already seen- so new players can get the feel of an even broader range of Thedas nationalities- at least for human society which is always the dominant population in the DA experience. Of course, one nationality (qunari) is gray (though the CC would indicate otherwise), so there's another PoC. haha I did know the PoC abbreviation, but it's just one of those somewhat ambiguous terms otherwise. Asians may be called "yellow" (though that color is derogatory) but they're usually about the same complexion as "whites." So are they "non-white?" Supposedly. And "whites" can be pink, peach, tan- which are all colors (and in the CC palette)- not exactly People Without Colour. And blacks are brown. Then there are Indians who have the same skin color as "blacks," so are they black? Then you have mixed folk between black and white who get called "light-skinned black" when they're actually white... and black. Humans do make much of their distinctions despite the fact that we're obviously all the same species. Given that there are half-elves in DA, by the evolutionary order humans and elves are the same species as well. XD

 

Anyway the DA devs seem to delve right into diversity in their game setting- right away in DAO adding sexuality diversity and sex equality and deepening that to more "racial" diversity in DAI. And they maintain a standard of maturity and sensibility in presenting it, so I could totally see them creating credible, interesting PoC nations to get immersed in for DA4. It's just that they've got nations that are more or less Arabic, Latino, or Mediterranean, but none yet that explain African people, so it'd be great to get a new land for that. And it's not as if they've exhausted Thedas. We only know one or two continents on the planet atm, and there's still those "across the sea" people who like to leave X's on Inquisition tents who might be from a predominantly PoC land...

[crowskin]

 

This is Callaia for my Nightmare Solasmance run. I started out wanting to make her look like Lucy Liu, but quickly realized that I'm not very good at reproducing real-life faces with the CC. I think she looks Polynesian now, though I kept the elvhen nose as much as possible to give her that Dragon Age look.

 

 

Finished my Lavellan above in Trespasser last night and thought I'd post an updated "2 years later" look. Some dialogue spoilers for the end game under the cut and also large, 'cause Xbox don't do small. 

 

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[The dead fish]

Ugh, I thought this thread was gone. I found it after 12 pages. It's definitely infortunate that we aren't able to see it on the first page. 

 

Well, new gal that fits this thread. 

 

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[Bhryaen]

Ugh, I thought this thread was gone. I found it after 12 pages. It's definitely infortunate that we aren't able to see it on the first page. 

 

Well, new gal that fits this thread. 

 

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I wouldn't sweat the thread popularity given the myriad game aspects DA players obsess about- just nice you found it. I like how you brought out PoC features with only subtle touches at the CC- even using brown eyes and hair. I decided to try to make a black woman Trevelyan myself- took an embarrassingly long time to finally get to where I could run with her- and despite taking a less subtle approach, couldn't nail the appearance as well as you did. Nevertheless, here's Jaluka (named after a S. African group I like (Juluka)):

 

[The dead fish]

@Bhryaen, thanks, I am glad you like her. 

 

Jaluka is a pretty name, I like it. ( and it was fun, just out of curiosity to learn about this south african music group called juluka lol, I came to see on youtube what it was about !  ) 

 

I like the lips you gave to your gal by the way. ( at least when I see it on the pic on the left, below ) I think I tried to have them like that on my elf.