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empresstress13 · 6 years ago

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Dragon Age Questions

I was tagged by the wonderful @dirthara-mama !

01) Favourite game of the series?

So, as @wardsarefunctioning, I am terrible at answering “favourite” questions. XD In all honesty, I really don’t have a favourite though. I think all 3 games have different strengths and weaknesses, but I enjoy playing them all.

02) How did you discover Dragon Age?

My close friend had been telling me about it for awhile, and then while I was staying over at her house after a party she had me play a bit of DAO on her console. Now, something you have to understand: I am pretty shit at playing on consoles. I enjoy it, but I’m terrible at it. I adored the game either way. As soon as I got home I bought it for my PC.

03) How many times you’ve played the games?

I’ve played DAO about 7 times (not including the 100+ hours I LOST), DA2 4 times in full and have a couple partial runs, and DAI 6 full runes and several partial as well. . .

04) Favourite race to play as?

I’ve already mentioned my favourite issue y’all. I do have a huge soft spot for elves. . . but I seriously love all my OC children.

05) Favourite class?

I lean towards rogue or mage usually, but it depends on my mood! Sometimes you just really want to swing a giant two-handed weapon, you know?

06) Do you play through the games differently or do you make the same decisions each time?

Some things I’ve done differently, but other things I’ve done very similarly each time. There are certain choices I always make, and in general I can’t do true “jerk” runs. . .because I start feeling horrible 5 minutes in. XD That’s not to say that I never say any of the disagreeable options. . . just not often, and usually nothing really mean? I do romance different characters though, and there are choices and options that change depending on who I’m playing. I do try and stick to a bit of character-driven rp? Which is interesting, because sometimes even if I arrive at the “same” choice for two characters, their reasoning would be worlds apart? Or alternatively sometimes they’ll have similar feelings on an issue, but their “solutions” differ.

07) Go-to adventuring group?

I try to change it up pretty regularly? I’m not sure if I have a consistent group.

08) Which of your characters did you put the most thought into?

I have something like 20 DA OCs (I have a problem. I know.). . . .but there are some that are more developed than others for sure. I’d say that the ones that I know the best in my head are: Nehnara Surana, Kyria Cousland, Beatrix Tabris, Elraen Mahariel, Evangeline Hawke, Mirabel Hawke, Svetlana Cadash, Adhlea Lavellan, Revasulahn Lavellan, Lilith Trevelyan, Esther Trevlyan, and Innanis Adaar.

09) Favourite romance?

hmmm. . . . so this is difficult because I could take this as “the one that makes me the happiest” or “the one that I find most intriguing”. . .which are somewhat different. In DAO I really loved both Leliana and Zevran’s romances. I loved Fenris, Merrill, and Isabela in DA2. My favs in DAI were Solas and Josie. Merrill is hands down my absolute favorite romanceable character; I absolutely adore her. However. . .the Solas romance is probably the one that’s taken up the most of my thoughts/ fan discussion. Probably because it’s such a frustrating romance. XD (My former girlfriend said it was because I have a voice kink, like intelligence, and am emotionally masochistic. . . which I won’t comment on. Instead I’ll think of Merrill and happy things.)

10) Have you read any of the comics/books?

I’ve read some of them, but I’ve been horrible about order!

11) If you read them, which was your favourite book?

Oof. . . .there’s a lot of things in Masked Empire that I find hugely frustrating. . . but it also has Felassan. I adore Felassan. I wish I could have had more Felassan in my life. So. There is that.

12) Favourite DLCs?

Oof. . . .hmmm, I really enjoyed Return to Ostagar? Is that weird? And the one with the castle in DAO. I don’t remember the name right now. I have lots of feelings about Trespasser of course, and Jaws of Hakkon is another one I really liked.

13) Things that annoy you.

It’s hard for me to separate “things that annoy me and could be different” and “things that annoy me but are limitations of the medium”? Like. . . I always want more choices, but they really can only offer a limited number of possibilities in a video game? Specifically speaking about dialogue choices: I wish that there were more options to disagree with characters without being a complete asshole to them? There are plenty of times were you can, but that’s what has stuck out the most to me when I’m like “I really want to say something else here” is usually when I’m being forced between “agree” or “disagree in the nastiest way possible” (and “no comment”). Those times are probably less than I’m thinking but they always stick out to me?

There are things within the lore that are odd to me, and I probably choice to ignore or skate around.

14) Orlais or Ferelden?

FERELDEN (for the dogs if nothing else)

15) Templars or mages?

Mages (and Delrin Barris. He can stay.)

16) If you have multiple characters, are they in different/parallel universes or in the same one?

They are mostly in the same universe. . . and mostly still alive. Or that’s at least true for my wardens and my inquisitors. I have a “canon” setup for DAO more or less (Nehnara Surana is my main HoF, but Beatrix Tabris, Syndis Brosca, and Elraen Mahariel all are alive and important to varying degrees. Kyria Coulsand died during the sacking of Highever :( . . .and Alyn Amell is . . .probably alive and in the Tower?). I’m not decided on my “canon” Hawke.

I’m also not decided on my “canon” inquisitor, but I know that a lot of them are all around. My Trevelyan family is very, very large. . .

I also have some non-player character OCs that I don’t talk about as much but know things about?

17) What did you name your pets? (mabari, summoned animals, mounts, etc)

Uuuuhh. . . I have too many. XD The first time I played DAO, I named the mabari Huan, because I’m a huge nerd.

Nehnara named her mabari after her late father, and Beatrix named hers Blossom.

18) Have you installed any mods?

I did for DAI with a lot of help from @thema-sal-shiral, but it was difficult as all hell for me and I’m scared to mess with it at all. Ever again.

19) Did your Warden want to become a Grey Warden?

Nehnara greatly preferred it to the alternative.

20) Hawke’s personality?

Mirabel- Purple-ish; Evangeline - Blue-ish ; Kelda - a hot mess ; Leah - Red/Purple

21) Did you make matching armor for your companions in Inquisition?

No?

22) If your character(s) could go back in time to change one thing, what would they change?

Uhhhh. . . .someone asked something similar for Nehnara Surana recently and here was my issue for answering for her: she’s really, really, super suspicious about this as an offer. There are things she want to change in the depths of her heart, but who is offering? Why? What do they get out of it? Are there consequences? There are always consequences or a price of some sort. . .

Lilith Trevelyan. . . would really like to find a way to save her two best friends from her days as an apprentice.

23) Do you have any headcanons about your character(s) that go against canon?

Yup! Look above to see my weird warden mess. I also tend to ignore certain parts of lore so. . . .

24) Are any of your character(s) based on someone?

A lot of my characters are based on parts of different people I know or have seen in real life, but not in full?

25) Who did you leave in the Fade?

I haven’t always left the same person. . .but it is usually Stroud. DX I’m sorry.

26) Favourite mount?

. . . .I have the perverse urge to say Bog Unicorn. Because I can.

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As always: Feel free to ignore! Only do this if you have the time and/or inclination.♥ Love y’all!

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sorshania · 6 years ago

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#3. For all. Of. Them. I gotta know!

3. How did you choose their name?

You sure you want to know this…?

Alriiiiiiight… I’m a big fan of using Baby Names sites (from various countries) and name generators. :)

Also, be aware that I tend to recycle names until they are properly lock in my head, to one specific character.

Let’s start with the easiest ones…

Abigail Shepard and Helen Ryder are both nods to my favorite female characters, Abigail “Abby” Mills and Ellen Ripley

Saurianne is among the oldest names I give my OCs, along with Sorshania, Solveil and Morgan. Yes, I love names starting with S. No, I don’t recall how I started using that name. :|

Fauve Brosca got her name from my Shadowrun RPG character, Fauve N04M3, a huge pun play on “No Ame” aka “No Soul” due to the reputation my character had of not being organic. (It was totally engineered and maintained by her). Fauve is also the name of one of the characters from my favorite book trilogy; Natasha Beaulieu’s Les Cités Intérieures (loosely translated: The Cities from Inside). I crafted the story behind her name after learning Orlais was based on France and I used an African Baby Name Site for it. I can’t remember from which country however.

Vahntiel Hawke and Illylumiel got their respective names pretty much at the same time. I was really into the Supernatural and Lost Girl fandoms at the time and was doing plenty of researches on Fae mythologies, Angels mythologies, angelic choirs and the likes, to create an angelic character hiding on Earth, among the Fae people. I found this website listing angelic names in alphabetical order, and I was so happy and… I lost the link ¬_¬Vahntiel got his name because that’s where my head was at, at the moment. (Sorry Vahn!)

Nysal Lavellan also got her name from my 13th Age RPG character. Originally, Nysal was an Elf Sorceress Hero, that had been resurrected by the Prince of Shadows, and whose spells involved her spitting butterflies of various elements (Poison butterflies, Fire butterflies, etc.). She was also sharing her body with a sentient dwarven construct (like a mechanical golem) called the Guardian, who had run off with part of the Dwarf King’s Treasure Vault. (I had a lot of fun playing her/them). I used a generic DnD name randomiser for her name.

Lothuial changed names at least twice before I settled on this one. Since I really wanted to create a Drow/Dark elf, I used an Sindarin name generator, that used various themes, personality traits and even gender to generate names. For her last name, I headcanoned she was Alyn Shir’s younger twin sister, and used it (along with some DnD names) to create her last name, Del’Shyr.

There! Now, you know ALL about my dirty secrets behind my characters’ names :p

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