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[Shadow of Light Dragon]

All Fergus says about the Chasind is that he woke in one of their huts, and it does sound like they were healing him. He also says 'by the time I managed to escape (them)', however...so either he felt wasn't on friendly terms with them or never communicated with them before fleeing. If they don't speak Fereldan then it might have been hard for him to determine if he was safe or not, and if they intended to use him for some purpose when he got better or if they were purely giving him aid.



As for Highever, I pictured Howe leaving a skeleton crew there. If anything, they could strip the teyrnir of resources and the castle of valuables, sending them to Amaranthine or Denerim so Howe could make use of the plunder. I wouldn't expect Howe to leave the castle completely empty, since he did want possession of Highever. Plus, if he knows the Cousland kids are alive, it'd be a simple smart move to keep people at their home in case they're dumb enough to return.

[Maria13]

What is the Orleisian currency? Do we know what they call bronze pieces?



[Away from my big book of DA at the moment]

[Mahkara]

jackkel dragon wrote...


You're not the only one angry over the Mac Tir thing. At least keep it all in one word! ("MacTir") I had just finished reading an Irish legend with many many Macs used for ancestry of one person, only to find it misused in DAO.

I'm secretly convinced that naming conventions say much about a culture, and therefore are important.  The Irish system makes a lot of sense for their culture/Fereldan, as does the reasonably similar Anglo-Norman system.  I don't see why the writers couldn't have, say, opened up the Wikipedia article on naming and, you know, used one of those systems consistently.  *sigh*  I agree...up until around 100 years ago, Mac = son of, so you'd get Arthur MacPatrick, son of Patrick MacDouglas, son of Douglas MacAlistair, etc.  The whole point of "Mac" or "Fitz" was to differentiate it from those important enough to have a clan name (associated with nobility). It makes no sense to me to deliberately single Loghain out as being non-noble by giving him a "Mac" name without similarly recognizing that this is what you're doing and use "Mac" correctly.  Argh.  Just...argh.

[LupusYondergirl]

Maria13 wrote...

What is the Orleisian currency? Do we know what they call bronze pieces?

[Away from my big book of DA at the moment]

I don't think they have a standard that was ever mentioned- did they?  I used medieval french terms for the currency.  Denier as the lowest, sou, and livre as gold.

[Corker]

Silly question -



Does Loghain's wife have a name? I can't find one in the wiki.

[Sialater]

Name her whatever you want?

[LupusYondergirl]

I just double checked The Calling, Maric only described her as "a perfectly lovely young wife." No name given.

[Sagacious Rage]

Celia

[jackkel dragon]

LupusYondergirl wrote...

Maria13 wrote...

What is the Orleisian currency? Do we know what they call bronze pieces?

[Away from my big book of DA at the moment]

I don't think they have a standard that was ever mentioned- did they?  I used medieval french terms for the currency.  Denier as the lowest, sou, and livre as gold.

Taken from the Collector's Edition guide for DAO:

coin -- Ferelden -- Orlais
gold -- Soverign -- Royal
silver -- silver -- Crown
copper -- bit -- penny

[Maria Caliban]

The reason that all the origins have last names is because of the human noble, dwarven noble, and human mage origins. Both the character creator GUI and the save files need a standardized format, so instead of finding a work around they decided to give everyone last names.

[Sarah1281]

Why would the human mage need a last name?

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

They wouldn't need a last name. But if they were taken into the tower from a family that possessed one (especially a noble family, eg. Connor Guerrin) they would still have one. Whether they choose to keep using the name, or even remember it after however long they spend in the Tower and depending on how they felt about their family for 'letting' the Tower take them, is another question.

Edit: If they were born in the Tower, maybe they learn something of their parentage at some point and decide to keep the name for a personal reason. They could just like it. Kids do the darndest things. Wouldn't be hard to RP. At the same time, wouldn't be hard to RP not having/wanting a last name either, especially since both mage origins say that their life is the Tower is 'the only one they remember.'

Edit 2: Or do you mean why the human mage needs a last name mechanically? No idea

Modifié par Shadow of Light Dragon, 31 décembre 2010 - 12:07 .

[Corker]

LupusYondergirl wrote...

Avvarian Names
The clans are matrilineal (as they say, one’s mother is obvious to all), so the byname indicates an Avvar’s mother by use of “An” (daughter of) or “Ar” (son of) in front of the mother’s name. This is followed by “O” and then the clan name. Here’s a complete example of an Avvar name: Arcill Ar Dubne O Wyrmhold. So Arcill is the son of Dunbe and they belong to the Clan Wyrmhold.

Oh, this made my day!  Thank you, Lupus!

[inquartata02]

That reminds me, I really should've picked up the Collector's Edition of the strat guide. *sigh*

[Gilgamesh1138]

Oh I need to get that too inquartata!



GAH!!!! Someone shoot me! I am struggling with one stupid chapter! If I get into a roll on it RL delays me or stops me cold. Or RL is doing nothing to stymie me, and I can't get my brain to work. I wanna cry!

[inquartata02]

Is there something specific (chapter-wise) that's tossing up a roadblock?

[Merilsell]

I have a late christmas/early new year's eve present Reading this thread/ current topic reminded me that I still have the tabletop player guide in pdf form on my system. I can't remember where I grabbed it...but I uploaded it here on mediafire. Some of it is most helpful for FF-writer, so I thought I share ^^ and don't worry the file is clean, really...

[inquartata02]

LOL! The map is awesome, mostly because it gives you that little distance measurement bar (I can't remember what it's properly called). I used that and one of the large Thedas maps and photoshop to figure out a ton of traveling times throughout Thedas. I suppose I should post what I worked out at some point.

[Gilgamesh1138]

Oh, I think I was just not sure where I was going, and RL. Just a combo. I seem to be able to write now! Maybe ****ing got my muse off her ass. ROFL!

[inquartata02]

YAY! Good to hear.

[Raonar]

Wow,that player's guide show just how many things were NOT included in the game (apostate origin, horses, surface dwarf, avvar origin, focuses etc.) I have a feeling the game would have been a lot more awesome if Bioware had been given an extra few months or so.

BTW, thanks Merilsel.

Modifié par Raonar, 31 décembre 2010 - 08:17 .

[Maria13]

jackkel dragon wrote...

LupusYondergirl wrote...

Maria13 wrote...

What is the Orleisian currency? Do we know what they call bronze pieces?

[Away from my big book of DA at the moment]

I don't think they have a standard that was ever mentioned- did they?  I used medieval french terms for the currency.  Denier as the lowest, sou, and livre as gold.

Taken from the Collector's Edition guide for DAO:

coin -- Ferelden -- Orlais
gold -- Soverign -- Royal
silver -- silver -- Crown
copper -- bit -- penny

Thanks Jakkel & happy new year to you!!!  Yes I have the Collector's ed it's what I call the Big Book of DA...

[Merilsell]

Raonar wrote...

Wow,that player's guide show just how many things were NOT included in the game (apostate origin, horses, surface dwarf, avvar origin, focuses etc.) I have a feeling the game would have been a lot more awesome if Bioware had been given an extra few months or so.

BTW, thanks Merilsel.

Yep. my thoughts exactly. And you are welcome

All here a good start into 2011 and lots of quality chapter/ FF ^^
I really hope that I can 2011 back to writing, though. Haven't written a thing since 14 days

[Sarah1281]

I can't even imagine going two weeks without writing something.

[LupusYondergirl]

Same... I've gone two weeks without updating, but I was writing tens of thousands of words for school in the meantime.

I have the opposite problem. I know I should be doing x,y,and z... but then I'll get an idea and have to write instead.