He does have a magnificent beard. I'm guessing you didn't put him in the Grey Wardens then? I did thinking it would be good for him as it's what he always wanted and would help him give back to the world but now after Trespasser and with the Civil War for the wardens seemingly under way, am very concerned for him and wonder what I sen him into.
I thought it would be what he wanted and what the original Blackwall wanted! Though I think we all realise from my posts that I make bad decisions, afterall, I romanced Solas. And Anders. And Alistair who I then didn't want to sleep with Morrigan so I had to sacrifice myself so he wouldn't die. Truly terrible decision making.Don't try to save me, I'm too far gone, I'm a lost cause here.
PS: Beards do nothing for me, I actually don't like them.
Oh no! I always forgive Blackwall and let him stay in the Inquisition, he's a good man despite his mistakes.
Thanks Lunchbox, that was a youtuber I was blanking on and was meaning to watch them again. Also, I'd really recommend the Dragon Age books, specifically the three that came out before Inquisition and Tevinter Nights which came out this year and has some real interesting lore going on. Also has more Dorian which is always good
There's some interesting lore bits in The Calling and I like how it goes into how much Wardens actually end up sacrificing (though I think Last Flight does it better) but I honestly don't think that The Stolen Throne and The Calling are as good as say Asunder, The Masked Empire and The Last Flight. They have a bit too many stereotypical fantasy stuff like somehow the main hero has the main women characters falling over him even though they outright didn't like them at the start and the main hero didn't really do much to change their minds. There is some good moments but not as many as the later novels. I'd really recommend Tevinter Nights as it's an anthology so you get a broad scope of some of the regions we haven't seen at all in the games, get really diverse protag and there's some really good lore dumps.
I recently played through the game as an Elf and it made me hate Solas. He's such a condescending prick. And I wasn't even romancing him.
Same, games like Greedfall no offense to Spiders just doesn't do it for me.
Is it worth it going this route, then? I was having trouble deciding on my character for my first playthrough of DAI, specifically due to the romance options, hahaha.
Does the game make it obvious which side quests are worth doing, when thinking about production values?
Thank you for the detailed explanation. That does sound like a story worth following through. It's good to know, too, because from what I've seen I'd likely never romance him without someone telling me to, both due to his design and apparent personality.
I bought the entire game with DLC on Origin for $13ish bucks last month.
There's times I love him and there's times when I think he's a pompous racist ass who thinks he knows best for everyone and who I want to keep punching. There's times when I do think he cares and wants to make the world a better place and is sincere in that but then his prejudices come up and seriously needs slapped. I think it also helps that I played through as a Dalish Elf first and he truly comes across as a person that does seem to know about Elhvish culture and history, and that can be very enthralling as that background? But if you are playing as TalVashoth or Dwarf he is so racist, I can see where the hate would come from. There's parts of him I love and parts of him I absolutely loathe and they are basically fighting each other all the time.
Honestly, I don't. In fact bringing them back as a protag would sort of make me love DAI less as I loved how they made it seem like a chosen one story and then it turned out
