#Alistair Therin

[burnouts3s3]

Rook CONSTANTLY does the hands on hips meme. It's in every other conversation. It's literally this.

[kingoftheratpeople]

this is genuinely the worst thing i have ever seen

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

One thing I absolutely love in games, especially RPG's, is there being one guy who Definitely Should Be The Main Character but because the player character is there, he's playing sidekick.

Like, the best example is Alistair in Dragon Age Origins, what with him being the true king, half human and half elf, has dragon blood and Darkspawn blood knocking around in his veins. Dude oozes Main Character energy but NOPE, the player character is here and Alistair is playing second fiddle.

There's also Parvati in The Outer Worlds. She's got all the makings of a main character, plucky kid from a backwater colony forced into the role of galactic hero, but she's the sidekick because she's not the palyer character.

Like, its so funny. Its like those old (Y/N) fanfics where the main character is supplanted by this foreign parasite. Its just so endlessly funny to me.

Leave ones YOU know in the tags!

[shaykai]

Thinking about Solas but he’s in Origins (and has hair cause I make the rules)

[exhausted-archivist]

Heights Based off Official Model Scales, Dev Words, or Lore specified

Updated: 05/2024

I find it delightful and fits into the feral and desperate need I have for Thedas to be experiencing mega fauna and flora. Important note, the only height that is canon is Bull's as it is mentioned in the lore books World of Thedas vol. 2. The rest are based off scaled models and dev words; the latter up to personal preference on how canon that is.

I've also updated these since the last post as wonderful people reached out and gave me their numbers as well as updating Dorian's height to what his character model height is based on Gaider's tweet.

Going from shortest to tallest we have this:

Varric - 5' - 5'3 / 152.4-160.02cm [Source]

Morrigan - 5'8 / 172.72cm (Sans heels) [Source]*

Alistair - 6' / 182.88cm [Source]

Dorian - 6' / 183cm *

Solas - 6' / 182.88.cm [Source]

The Iron Bull - 8' / 243.84cm*

Elaboration (Below the Cut)

Varric:

Varric's statute details included below. I used the range because when I previously posted about heights there were disagreements on his height. But it also led to several people giving me their measurements on the statue! Which thank you so much for sharing! Measurements can vary wildly, so the more data is always better.

Additionally, the 153cm / 5' height is echoed by his in-game model, so I think that is a definite minimum for his height.

Morrigan:

Morrigan's statue details and the help of a friend who has her statue, gave us the numbers for Morrigan's height with and without heels. These numbers are also echoed in her in-game model of 173.81cm / 5'8 sans heels and 178.44cm / 5'10 with heels. (Please excuse the lack of a face on her. For some reason my blender says it is an invalid file and I can't figure out how to fix it.)

Alistair:

The Sideshow listing and the manufacturer Three Zero listing give two numbers 12.5" and 12", with the latter being the one repeated the most.

I will note that there are some issues with the provided numbers as 12" is 30.62cm and the listing states he is 32cm which is 12.5". But considering previous conversation on the matter and that cm in scaling of these items seem a bit more unreliable in the actual size of the product (they are approximates after all) I chose to stick with the provided measurements in inches due to it matching up with his in-game model height of 183.5cm / 6' (technically its 6' and 1/16 of an inch but rounding down here).

If you want to choose to stick with the cm measurements, on 1:6 scale, 32 cm would be 190.5cm / 6'3 for Alistair.

Dorian:

When asked about Dorian's height, David Gaider specified that: "He is as tall as the character artists made him." [Source]

Originally, I had put Dorian's height at a range due to the fact he is the ideal proportions at 8 heads tall which by modern industry standard means he's 6'2, but by earlier standards means he's 6'. But now that I have access to the character models used in-game and blender, we know for certain his height is supposed to be 6' / 183cm.

Solas:

So the listing images gave off a very incorrect estimate of height, but kind of to be expected when they photoshop soda cans in. Thanks to the many people who sent me numbers, here and on other places. Solas from front foot to head is 18" / 46.5cm of his 20" / 51cm statue.

This height of 6' is also echoed by an old tweet from Trick Weekes saying Solas was 6'-ish ft.

The Iron Bull:

In World of Thedas vol. 2 p. 255 they have the description that he is 8' tall.

Everyone in the Chargers is someone who can look at an eight-foot horned giant and say, 'Yes, I trust that man with my life.'

If you're wondering if that includes the horns? Up to you, it's not specified. If you want to do sans horns, according to the scaling of his statue, they math out to adding roughly 5". Which would make him 7'5 (226.06cm).

It took a lot of math on my part, measuring his calf, thigh, and then up from there. But he does measure to 8' / 243.84cm when you scale the number of 62cm / 24".

Additional Notes:

For transparency, as noted in this post on in-game character model heights for Inquisition, Solas is noted to be 5'10 / 179cm and Iron Bull is 6'9 / 204cm. These are at odds with the dev word and lore notes, so they aren't used for comparison here. As there are likely game reasons/limitations they do not have wholly unique character models in terms of height. (Such as doorways, animation differences, armor, ect.)

[notebooks-and-laptops]

Accidently got the funniest Alistair screenshot

[swimmingtrunks]

It's been over 20 years since the Fifth Blight, and much has happened in that time.

How has your Warden fared through all these years? Have they gone to their calling, or do you think they found a cure in the end? Are they living their happily ever after somewhere, whatever that entails?

Oh, my Schrodinger's Warden, kept in a semi quantum state of existence while I hold on to the ever fading hope that Bioware will throw us another (meatier) bone in a future DA installment...

I don't feel like she's reached her ending yet, happy or not. Right now, I'm imagining that while a cure eluded her, she did find means of postponing the Calling. Ever the reluctant warden, I think she and Alistair go off the radar after Inquisition and settle down quietly in the Free Marches somewhere. It's a small, bittersweet life, but they make what they can of it.

With the events of Veilguard, they wouldn't obey the First Warden's call to return to Weisshaupt, but they would take up arms again to fight the blight in their community. I would like to imagine, for dramatic effect, that even Isadaia's means of postponement is starting to fail before the gods break out-- but maybe, hopefully, Solas's atonement will bring relief.

[adoribullpavus]

my type of romancable fictional characters is always either the most flamboyant, full of himself priss or A Nice Man™

[noblcgames]

[pinayelf-archive]

Colored a doodle for warmup 🎨

Even in the worldstate where I keep alistair a warden it still takes him and amihan years to get together, this is a couple years before DAI give or take

It’s always a slow burn for these two and amihan always falls first but alistair falls harder lol 💃🏽

[luke-the-bisexual-mess]

Reaching that bit in inquisition where I have to choose between hawke and the warden(Alistair in my save file) to be honest I'm not worried about it. In my head hawke would find a way to survive and get out on his own while my own warden could get in and save Alistair

[burnouts3s3]

Apparently, THIS is all you get for making a Dorian Romance world state for Veilguard.

[agent-liv]

So I finished dragon age origins, there are memes

[andrastesflamingknickers]

Alistair: You're the love of my life and my best friend, I would do anything for you.

Tabris: I want you to eat three meals a day and have a decent sleep schedule.

Alistair: Absolutely not.

[joy-fires]

Are we allies or enemies? This will be the death of me All is fair in love, and war But I can't fight with you anymore This will be the death of me

Alistair and Lucia have a complicated relationship, Lucia refused to become the Concubine of Alistair as he became king, unwilling to be put in a position like that to be judged by all, but Alistair remains her first and only Love.

[exhausted-archivist]

Heights Based off Official Model Scales, Dev Words, or Lore specified

Here to ruin everyone's day with this because honestly I find it delightful and fits into the feral and desperate need I have for Thedas to be experiencing mega fauna and flora.

Update: Just to clarify, the only height that is canon is Bull's. I realize that the wording for some was not entirely clear enough on that. That's why I didn't tag this as lore.

Going from shortest to tallest we have this:

Varric - 5'3 (160.02cm) [Source]

Morrigan - 5'8 (172.72cm)*

Alistair - 6' (182.88cm) [Source]

Dorian - 6' - 6'2 (182.88-187.96cm)*

Solas - 6'5 (195.58cm) [Source]

The Iron Bull - 8' (243.84cm)*

Elaboration (Below the Cut)

Morrigan:

Morrigan's figure isn't listed anymore, but I grabbed a screenshot and with the help of a friend who has her statue, Morrigan is 5'8 sans heels.

Dorian:

When asked about Dorian's height, David Gaider specified that: "He is as tall as the character artists made him." [Source]

So, without giving bias, I put Dorian's height at a range due to the fact he is the ideal proportions at 8 heads tall which by modern industry standard means he's 6'2, but by earlier standards means he's 6'. Since we can't really tell which height the artist is going for, I put the range. But considering current standards I would say he's 6'2.

The Iron Bull:

In World of Thedas vol. 2 p. 255 they have the description that he is 8' tall.

Everyone in the Chargers is someone who can look at an eight-foot horned giant and say, 'Yes, I trust that man with my life.'

If you're wondering if that includes the horns? Up to you, its not specified. If you want to do sans horns, they math out to adding roughly 5" to his had according to his gaming heads model. Which would make him 7'5 (226.06cm).