#but for now that's the focus dkfhd

[icharchivist]

As a DA player, what is your ideal "'canon'" run? mine is dwarf rogue in DA, human (since it's required) warrior in DA1, and elven mage to cover all the bases (aka all that is available and playable) in DA3. I am scared for DA4 tho, and for the Qnari in general- your p.o.v. on this?

Ahh heya!! :D

Oooh that sounds like a nice run actually :O I still need to try the dwarven origins in dao, must be so amazing!!

As for my personal canon run ahah the issue is that I have kind of multiple gameplays and i actually love all my characters very very much, so it’s hard to point out an actual timeline.

My official timeline, as in, the one that I completed from dao to dai, was with a Rogue City Elf in dao, a Rogue Green!Hawke in da2, and a Circle Mage Human in dai. This is what i involved myself the most into.

I have a run with, for dao, a Human Circle Mage, and of a Warrior Dalish Elf (I also recently started a run of a Mage Dalish Elf because mods are fantastic that way and it’s magnificent). 

I admit that in  in general I much prefer playing elves, the only reason i’m playing the Human Circle Mage in dao instead of the Elven is that I want to see the reactions in da2, since they’re Hawke’s cousin, so it’s brought up.

For da2, I only ever played as Rogue so far because I love playing a Rogue in that game. It’s super dynamic and it’s something i really love. But I need to do a playthrough with a Mage!Hawke. 

For dai, while i’m extremely attached to my Human Circle Mage (i thought it’d be interesting within the context of the game, at least until the elven elements took my heart away), I love playing my current Dalish Mage playthrough, i find it even more engaging as one.

(for the record: i played my first dai playthrough with Rogue City Elf/Rogue Green!Hawke/Human Mage, my second playthrough with Human Mage/Rogue Green!Hawke/Human Mage, and my third current one with my Warrior Dalish Elf/Mage Purple!Hawke/Dalish Mage)

I think when da4 will come i’ll use my Rogue!City Elf/Rogue!Hawke/Dalish Mage timeline, but i’ll see when it’ll come by. I’ll probably replay and mess around with the timelines.Kinda thinking about trying it with a Mage!Hawke timeline too.

For da4 i at least hope some background will be available again, but i’ll likely pick Mage and if different origins backgrounds, definitly picking Elf again. 

as for Da4… i’ll put it under the cut because mix of long and spoilers ahah ^^’

Take care and thanks for the ask ;O

About da4, I am so scared aha ah ah aha. I have a lot of questions that i’ve been poundering for a while and a lot of details here and there that I wish would be addressed soon.

For now, what’s for certain, is that the Tevinter’s stuff are going to be h e a v y. Just hearing Dorian mentions the issues with the Archon and the Black Divine (a guy who murdered someone in a party for exemple, Orlaisian Game whomst), and the current reforms in the Magisterium and its corruption, things are going to be tense. And of course th general socio-hierarchy (slavery and all of that) and the Magical Situation are going to be a tough thing to witness first hand.

And there’s the Qunari stuff. That’s. Going to be terrible. I’m just extremely worried that they use this opportunity to bring back Sten, I don’t want to fight Sten please. (hell they may even bring back Tallis due to the notes we see in Trespasser and :) i don’t :) wanna :) ) (but apparently also about Tallis, there is a webserie i didn’t watch yet about her which kinda involve her in the Fen’Harel subplot, so i fear she’s may be brought back or at least mentioned again- it’s supposition of course but if it happens i’m really worried where that could go).

For all it’s worth tho the Qunari are starting their invasion against Tevinter again and the Inside Political Situation of Tevinter is unstable, adding to the already fucked up system in Tevinter- it’s going to be a mess. And tbh, the “fucked up system in Tevinter” will likely serve as fold for people running away from it to the Qun and… ye things may get tense. (and, again with the Fen’Harel subplot knowing how much he hates the Qun’s “form of slavery” we’re gonna have fun if the third party get involved there.)

As for how they’ll handle the Qun… I doubt it’ll be all black and white but after the extreme we could see in da2 and Trespasser, there’s some reasons to worry, especially in the land of unchecked magic abuses. I will not go too far ahead of myself there but… ye that’s gonna be tense.

As I mentioned the Fen’Harel subplot will obviously be brought back again and in a setting like Tevinter, this could bring a total mess, like i mentioned. Fen’Harel would oppose to both Tevinter and the Qunari when we think about it, so this is… not… gonna be good….

I think also that after the Descent and Trespasser the Titans will eventually be brought back again at least for lore purpose in the plot - and while i can’t throw away suppositions I’m still letting that one… up in the air.

I also wonder if the political stuff will stop at Tevinter or if we’ll at least mention Par Vollen’s warzone (opportunity to bring up the Ash Warriors?) or the weird events mentioned that happens at Weisshaupts (come back of the Wardens?). Also, more a bonus, we also know that Nevarra’s king is getting old, and i’m still suspicious about how it would eventually be brought up, especially since 1) Nevarra and Tevinter are in such a bad political state the inquisitor had to pick one to “support” in dai at some points, 2) The Red Jenny quest that is taken into account in the Tapestry of getting a Jenny contact in Tevinter or Tatenvelle. Wonders if that will bring anywhere. But those are… mostly wishful thinking.

I have multiple fears also- but two things actually:

1- The Games’s conflict so far were never what we really expected in the previous one. I really wonder what will make the new MC be “chosen” to be followed by the plot (and likely with the Inquisition’s support if we carry through with the idea of the last scene of the game.) Like, last game had a whole “there’s a hole in the sky” thing as a pretext to help us fix everything else. For now we’re hinted that we’ll need someone who will be able to counter Solas’s plans. But the thing that will set it all in motions could be another issue all together and will likely affect the plot in some ways.

2- The Blight. The Blight is the main enemy of every game when you think about it (The Fifth Blight in dao, the Red Lyrium causing a lot of the issues in da2, and Corypheus’s use of the Taint the whole time in dai and especially the whole Realm of the Nightmare in HLTA - not to mention if involving the DLCs all game deals with the Magister Darkspawns and that codexs hint that more Magisters are awake with consciousness (at least 3 of them for sure).)

There is also every single cryptic dialogue Solas make about the Taint/Blight/Archdemon but i could ramble for hours on that and enter theories territories, and i think i would raise up my hope too high if i took those theories any seriously aha. But if those are true it would also link the Taint back to the Ancient Elves and/or Titans and/or Forgotten Ones (and we have a freaking Forgotten One letter in Jaw of Hakkon aside from more mention in the plot, so…. I… have questions…) and all we’ve learnt so far.

-> POINT IS between Tevinter being the cradle of the human civilization as we know it, the place were the Taint started to spread, and the possibility of what Solas’s knowledge on the Taint would imply, In a place where Every Game had the Taint as a main enemy? Things are going to be ugly. (I just kinda hope they touch on a bit on where humans came from before the Veil happened because I have…… questions, and if there’s any place to answer that it will be Tevinter. Also same for the Qunari because theories only carry you so far.)

And I have so much more worries and such but I don’t even know how to start touching it (for exemple: every game has a Forbidden One as an enemy, and the Forbidden Ones are supposed to be the ones to have taught Blood Magic to humans. + the mentions of them in Trespasser linking them to the Ancient Elves. Sooo will we see one of them again, in the land famous for its blood magic uses? Please i’m begging for actual more infos about them tho bc i’ve been overthinking them and the Forgotten Ones for months now-)

I…. legit tell myself “I need da4 please” every day since i finished dai, and even louder everytime i read a codex that fucks my mind up and make me be litterally like this over multiple codex:

I’m trying not to raise my hopes too high and focus on what infos we have for now, but….. man da4 is ready to have a Huge Mess Going On and that’s going to be a disaster and i’m all ready for it.

…. idk if that’s what you wanted to know kdjhfjdk but this is more or less my direct thoughts right now.

Thank u for listening to my rambling you’re sweet :3

Take care and i wish you well!