I’m sure Dumat being defeated the same year andraste was born means nothing
I’m sure this has nothing to do with the fact that andrastes mother was part of a tribe who helped the grey wardens fight and defeat dumat the same year she was born, meaning that she could have been a fetus affected by the taint in the proximity of a dying arch demon
And the fact that nobody knows which grey warden killed dumat, as seven wardens died from injuries from his death throes, and therefore we cannot actually identify a warden who absorbed his soul, means nothing
And I’m sure it is a complete coincidence that andraste had dreams and visions of the being later referred to as the maker her whole life, and behaved strangely, talking about hearing lost voices and seeing strange auras. That absolutely doesn’t sound like anyone else we know
"And so is the Golden City blackened
With each step you take in my Hall.
Marvel at perfection, for it is fleeting.
You have brought Sin to Heaven
And doom upon all the world."
— Canticle of Threnodies 8:13
haven survivors: i can't forget the screams...i still smell the smoke.. all that blood.....i fear the sky will darken at any second and i will hear that wretched beast descending upon us once more...
what cadash looks like trying to lead them to skyhold:
if i had a nickel for every time a dragon age protagonist kicks off the plot by disrupting a big magical ritual that ends in mass destruction, i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot, but weird that it happened twice
My contribution for the @dragonageannual 2024 calendar!
The Magisters Sidereals and the chaos they brought to the world. Reflections of a past long gone, devoured, tainted.
Solas: if i had a nickel for every time some fuckass bystander ruined my veil related ritual i would have two nickels, which isn't a lot but its annoying that its happened twice
i love talking about the vague concept of rewriting inquisition in my image, but the truth is one of my first moves would be to basically cut the evanuris nonsense because i can’t live with it and i feel like that would go too far for most people before i even get to, like, the main game story
i've said it before and i'll say it again: DAI should be about the war between mages and templars exclusively. scrap Corypheus and all of the Fade-related mumbo jumbo, give me well-established socio-political conflict that's been developped for past 2 games. use Anders as a prominent yet controversial mage leader instead of painting him a villain, hated even by his friends. starting the game with the conclave and making the Inquisitor so easily solve the war was the biggest mistake the devs made with this game.