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[Shadow of Light Dragon]

@Firky - You might be able to find the link in the Fanfiction Synopsis thread?

Edit - I haven't played Witch Hunt, but the forums have been thick with complaints about bugs. There's one big one where Morrigan sometimes doesn't recognise that the Dark Ritual was actually performed, although this doesn't seem to really change anything in the ways the DLC can end.

Opinions are mixed, but those who romanced Morrigan and didn't get the bug seem to enjoy it from what I can gather.

Modifié par Shadow of Light Dragon, 09 septembre 2010 - 12:08 .

[mousestalker]

Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...

@Firky - You might be able to find the link in the Fanfiction Synopsis thread?

Edit - I haven't played Witch Hunt, but the forums have been thick with complaints about bugs. There's one big one where Morrigan sometimes doesn't recognise that the Dark Ritual was actually performed, although this doesn't seem to really change anything in the ways the DLC can end.

Opinions are mixed, but those who romanced Morrigan and didn't get the bug seem to enjoy it from what I can gather.

I have that bug. Other than that, it was fun, but short.

[FutileSine]

@ Sarah - Anything that swerves even slightly away from what happened in DA:O.

@Dean - Oooooh....I likey those ideas....Very much so...Hmmm....

@ klarabella - I was actually pondering doing something along the lines of what you first suggested. I like killing off characters so letting Eamon die would have been right up my alley.

@mousestalker - Story has been bookmarked!

@ Raonar - Haha. Well, can't wait to read it....eventually.

My big issue is that I came up with ideas for everything *beyond* Haven/the urn in hopes my muse would come up with something....Really, I suppose I should have had my characters go to Redcliffe last....ah well....So now all the ideas I am contemplating are story-breaking ideas. Ugh. Writing can be so hard sometimes.

Modifié par FutileSine, 09 septembre 2010 - 12:31 .

[Raonar]

FutileSine wrote...

@ Raonar - Haha. Well, can't wait to read it....eventually.

My big issue is that I came up with ideas for everything *beyond* Haven/the urn in hopes my muse would come up with something....Really, I suppose I should have had my characters go to Redcliffe last....ah well....So now all the ideas I am contemplating are story-breaking ideas. Ugh. Writing can be so hard sometimes.

Well, feel free to check out what I already wrote of course

There are really a lot of things one can do with the urn. Have it show you more than one ghost, for instance, or take all of it with you. Or not go there at all and heal Eamon some other way or just, well, let him stay in a coma forever. Or you can use the ashes on the dragon to see what happens.

You could alsso empty most of the ashes inside your pack, then desacrate what's left, fool the cultists into giving you Reaver spec, then go and put the ashes back. or not.

Or I can just stop rambling.

[SurelyForth]

Are you just looking for motivation for your PC? Since I've yet to play a character who thinks helping out a bunch of soul devouring, brainwashed freaks is a grand idea (even my PC who *is* a soul devouring freak), the one time I destroyed the ashes was because health poultices were desperately low and I was afraid that I would be trapped in Haven with my most recent save three hours previous.

So then it wasn't some moral decision, but about the best way to survive a potentially deadly situation. Not angering the heavily armed cultists seemed the smartest move (and Zevran agreed, woohoo!), so the ashes were destroyed (and how they survived the Guardian, I do not know) and my PC just had to live with that, even though it's not something she would have otherwise chosen to do.

Modifié par SurelyForth, 09 septembre 2010 - 01:04 .

[LupusYondergirl]

I was writing an AU fic where Jowan was recruited (it basically sucks so I highly recommend not reading it), and had his ghost appear anyways, even though he was standing right there. He spent the next several hours driving everyone insane by asking them if they were sure he wasn't actually dead.

[Sarah1281]

LupusYondergirl wrote...

I was writing an AU fic where Jowan was recruited (it basically sucks so I highly recommend not reading it), and had his ghost appear anyways, even though he was standing right there. He spent the next several hours driving everyone insane by asking them if they were sure he wasn't actually dead.

Oh, that is so Jowan.

[DragonRacer13]

Sarah1281 wrote...

LupusYondergirl wrote...

I was writing an AU fic where Jowan was recruited (it basically sucks so I highly recommend not reading it), and had his ghost appear anyways, even though he was standing right there. He spent the next several hours driving everyone insane by asking them if they were sure he wasn't actually dead.

Oh, that is so Jowan.

That actually sounds epicly funny.

(Then again, I also like Jowan in general. And yes, that is definitely so in character!)

[LupusYondergirl]

I love Jowan. I still like the general idea for the story, I just don't like how I did it. I'll probably redo the whole thing eventually.

[Raonar]

Okay, so what do you guys think of the name Egan Hawke?



Egan supposedly means fire...



Also, I think my muse is being picky for the first time. I have this idea for a nice scene to get Sten to join the party, but my muse just can't spit out the trail of events that leads up to it :|

[LupusYondergirl]

It sounds a bit too much like Ebon Hawk to me. (the ship from KOTOR)

[Raonar]

Riiight, THAT. I knew there was a reason it sounded odd. Back to the drawing board i guess...

EDIT

Think Koen will work better.

Modifié par Raonar, 09 septembre 2010 - 11:05 .

[mousestalker]

Here is a list of male Anglo Saxon names (Since Hawke is human and comes from Ferelden). By Anglo Saxon, I mean from before the Norman conquest.

[jackkel dragon]

LupusYondergirl wrote...

It sounds a bit too much like Ebon Hawk to me. (the ship from KOTOR)

I know what I'm naming FemHawke now:
Ebony Hawke

or, if I'm real adventurous...
Obsidian Hawke

or I could just go with...
Black Hawke

Stop me. Now.

Edit: More on the topic of actual FanFic, has anyone been distracted from writing their story? For two weeks at a time? I'm just now starting chapter 3 of my story...

Modifié par jackkel dragon, 10 septembre 2010 - 01:01 .

[Sarah1281]

Once when I had finals but aside from that I've been pretty focused for this story. One of my other ones I got distracted for nearly three months...

[LupusYondergirl]

When I'm blocked on one story I switch to my other now.
I wish it didn't demand my attention so much, though. it would make getting schoolwork done a lot easier!

And ff.net's emails seem... very delayed.  Took almost an hour to get my new chapter notice, and I'm missing a review notification.

Modifié par LupusYondergirl, 10 septembre 2010 - 03:03 .

[FutileSine]

 I wish real life would distract me more from writing my story.  This "hobby" is slowly taking over my life as I try to figure out how to make DA lore work within the framework of my story.  Or make my story work within the framework of DA lore.  Ugh.  

 

[KSuri]

I'm starting to become wary that all the DLC and DA2 will completely mess with my story if I don't hurry up and finish it. I haven't played more than Origins so try to keep things as vaguely plausible as possible from that.



Here is something I've started thinking a lot about recently. What is the Grey Warden policy on Warden deserters? Namely a Warden who would walk away from duty when a Blight is on. We see how Duncan handles Jory and there is something somewhere talking about how all Wardens find there way to the Deep Roads eventually but what if the Wardens secretly hunt down their fellows who don't follow through and send them to the Roads as punishment?



Would the Grey have a trial of their peers before deciding one of their owns fate? If they did, punishment must be pretty harsh as the Wardens take all kinds and some with a checkered past don't seem to go back to their criminal ways. You'd think Wardens have to have some sort of justice system.

[Sarah1281]

I think if they did it would be more execution than sending them to the Deep Roads because, really, how are they going to enforce it, especially secretly? Kidnapping them and dragging them to the Deep Roads and then standing guard at all known exits and hoping they don't find a new one? It seems rather impractical.

[LupusYondergirl]

Something tells me the Grey Wardens aren't much for due process. I suspect they're more "kill first, ask questions later. Or don't bother asking questions."



It isn't really said, but I would imagine there are limits on who even they would take. Someone who kills in self-defense or with reason, or even shows regret (like Duncan), sure. An unrepentant casual murderer or rapist, probably not.

[KSuri]

LupusYondergirl wrote...

Something tells me the Grey Wardens aren't much for due process. I suspect they're more "kill first, ask questions later. Or don't bother asking questions."

It isn't really said, but I would imagine there are limits on who even they would take. Someone who kills in self-defense or with reason, or even shows regret (like Duncan), sure. An unrepentant casual murderer or rapist, probably not.

That is kind of what I'm thinking. Due process isn't the rule of thumb. Just as I think that the Wardens, while being less strict on who they let in, don't take just anyone. Unstable mass murderers for instance, people with no conscious, ect.

I just wonder how much of their 'justice' system is shown outside of the organization. Not much considering jory had no idea what he was in for. I think the Wardens handle discipline and punishments quietly amongst themselves.

Sarah1281 wrote...

I think if they did it would be more
execution than sending them to the Deep Roads because, really, how are
they going to enforce it, especially secretly? Kidnapping them and
dragging them to the Deep Roads and then standing guard at all known
exits and hoping they don't find a new one? It seems rather impractical.

Execution was my first thought too but then I started
thinking about Soldiers Peak and the Warden Commander that was going
dingy and how he had to be "escorted" to the Deep Roads. Maybe it
depends on what the circumstances are. Going a little nuts and ignoring
the Calling sends you to the Roads for an honorable death, especially if
you were a good Warden during your career. Otherwise you're pretty much hosed.

[SurelyForth]

They would probably have to have some internal justice for crimes committed by Wardens, because it's going to happen and they seem too secretive to let an outside entity handle it.

I have to imagine that standard-issue Warden justice is brutal. Execution is most likely.

I also don't think they punish deserters at all. Riordan lets Alistair walk on th eve of a Blight (and there's no indication that the Wardens went after him, unless they're awesomely sadistic and deliberately sent him down the road to wino-dom as punishment).

SPOILER ALERT **** There are also a few things in The Calling that indicate leaving Wardens isn't that big a deal. Julian and Nicholas had plans on leaving and Fiona indicates that the biggest reason she can't is because she's a mage.

This is all strange/inconsistent in light of Jory's death (but he would have ran off immediately and told everyone what exactly was up with the Wardens and Duncan didn't need anymore bad publicity).

Modifié par SurelyForth, 10 septembre 2010 - 05:09 .

[Sialater]

I think that once he'd taken the draught, Jory could have left. After all, would you really tell people what you'd been polluted with? Jory was killed because he found out the secret and there was nothing to keep him from blabbing.

[mousestalker]

I was shocked Alistair leaving in the middle of a Blight wasn't a big deal. When there isn't a Blight, I would suspect the Wardens have a great deal more freedom.

[KSuri]

SurelyForth wrote...

They would probably have to have some internal justice for crimes committed by Wardens, because it's going to happen and they seem too secretive to let an outside entity handle it.

I have to imagine that standard-issue Warden justice is brutal. Execution is most likely.

I also don't think they punish deserters at all. Riordan lets Alistair walk on th eve of a Blight (and there's no indication that the Wardens went after him, unless they're awesomely sadistic and deliberately sent him down the road to wino-dom as punishment).

SPOILER ALERT **** There are also a few things in The Calling that indicate leaving Wardens isn't that big a deal. Julian and Nicholas had plans on leaving and Fiona indicates that the biggest reason she can't is because she's a mage.

This is all strange/inconsistent in light of Jory's death (but he would have ran off immediately and told everyone what exactly was up with the Wardens and Duncan didn't need anymore bad publicity).

The inconsistancy is what is bugging me. Considering that what the Wardens are all about you wouldn't think they would take to letting any of their own just leave. Alistair I could almost....almost see in the instance where he is to become king and even then I think that 's a stretch because you give up what you were before to be a Warden. And Wardens are supposed to be politically neutral. I would also think that leaving on the edge of, potentially, the biggest battle of the Blight wouldn't be taken well at all. Maybe Riorden let Alistair walk in hopes that he'd realize his duty in the end or that if they all failed, Alistair would take up the task himself. I dunno, there was a lot of crazy stuff happening around that time.

That is the direction I'm leaning right now. Riorden let him go because he was trying to cover all the situations and was trusting Alistair would come around. The Wardens (on a whole) might let you leave when darkspawn activities are at a low with the cavet that you will come back when called upon. During a Blight tho.....when more Wardens are needed, just deciding you leave is bad in a big way.

Modifié par KSuri, 10 septembre 2010 - 05:38 .