Question for everybody.
Are you bothered about Dragon Age Game Lore at all ?
Eg the background story provided by David Gaider and his books, wiki, in game content etc ?
Answer below, give your thoughts, here is my thoughts on the Dragon Age lore, read if your interested in lore.
Having read the Stolen Throne and followed various other sources of information, I found my self extremely interested in where David is going with the Dragon Age Story so I pre ordered The Calling too. I am usually a mod maker and my last few mods where all lore mods for another game, so this could be considered research material for me but I must confess, I am liking what I am reading, its very likely I will be come a fan of the Dragon Age Lore before this ends.
Some examples....
The idea of Legion of the Dead being aggrophobic for example and the use of stone sense to sense the direction they are walking in whilst under ground or that the lack of stone sense is seen as a disability amongst the dwarfs kind of pulled me in, so my first mod is likely to be about the deep roads for that reason.
Dalish Elves seeing them selves are the True holders of Elver Culture but wishing to avoid trouble with other cultures whilst they try and get their home land back is perhaps less exciting right now but the Uncharted Territories, Werewolves and witches that seem to inhabbit the same area as the Dalish make it a wild and wonderful place.
Of course we have the Tevinter Imperialium up north, who I believe was responsible for the darkspace, or at least their mages where.... Need to confirm that.
The idea of "the Vail" being thin in places allowing Ghosts to take control of bodies, dead or leaving in the living world is also a fasinating one. Especially since we know they come from the Fade. The realm where the old throne of the maker once was until it was corrupted...need to confirm that too.
Or the Nevarra and their Dragon Hunters providing Dragon Bone for enchanters to use to produce some of the most powerful enchanted items available.
I do know about you but when i pick up a pricess rare sword and it glows blue (Dragon Bone) and I give it some dwarf because the former owner was a dwarf and his people might want it back but he says "keep it, its no use to me". That tells me something about the Dwarves and what they value or do not value.
When I read about Dwarves regaining their honour and the best they can do is wipe the slate clean by joining the legion of the dead and fighting until they die and then i hear about how the dwarfs value the praise of human leaders and it allows the Dead (Legion of the Dead members are declared dead when they join even though technically they are not dead yet) to get in to credit with the honour thing, it adds a element of politics to the game and lets me see the mind set of the dwarves in this game.
Which i like.
Of course the surface dwelling dwarfs have no honour, have no class, and have no stone sense, they are pitty ful group
Already the subterrainian dwarf culture is taking shape along with my casteless dwarf
The Dalish Elves have their own story and as we know the city dwelling Elves have all but lost their culture too, very much like the surface dwelling Dwarfs. Human culture seems to dominate the world whilst Elves and Dwarfs fight to maintain their own culture in Dragon Age.
The Dalish are said to be holders of the knowledge concerning what it means to be an Elf, and teach the city elves what they have forgotten and one day hope to restablish their own homeland again. Currently they wonder around homeless like Gypses.
The games not even out yet and already theres a wealth of information about the world and people and creatures that unhabbit it. Ideal material for a lore mod maker
I am looking forward to seeing what the Calling adds to the game, because whilst Dragon Age is about the Wardens, its clear they are a tiny part of this world. I can almost sense this being the start of a series set in this world and good series too based on what I have read so far.
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