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[nugromancer]

Looking for drawing ref on DAwiki and the image they chose for Assan is making ms lose it

Get that child a cigarette

[grimweaver]

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but there is something about "Inquisition" that I believe needs a major A03 overhaul. The moment Cousland learns about what is happening, she's not going to shrug it off to continue research into a "Cure" for the Calling, or do nothing simply because she has limited knowledge of darkspawn. She is the sort that will drop everything and help the Inquisition in all the ways that she can, despite the ways she cannot. And if the Ben-Hassrath offer an alliance, why not the Antaam?? So, when I finish the "Origins" based story, I will write about Aithne and "Stenishok" going to Skyhold to meet with Meshaak and pledge themselves to the cause in-person! Would this be payment of the "debt" Sten had said was owed to Cousland? Hmmm... no because I personally don't believe Stenishok would consider that a payment of debt, but a duty of the Antaam to see that the world is not destroyed. I just got to finish the whole game because I think the experience of playing it would be more inspiring than just what I get from DAWiki. It's been a long time... I'm nearing the end. Maybe I'll finish before Christmas lol! It's taking longer than I thought it would.

[shanamahtopoeia]

I maintained normalcy for most of one playthrough, at least.

But then. I realized near the end of that playthrough that all the "mementos" appear to be unique, and that there's no way to view them in the Codex. 😑 I started taking screenshots, and then popped open Frosty editor to see if they've viewable that way. Short answer: possible?--mostly. quick and easy?--of course not.

But, I did pull out all the texts and some locations and other info, and put them in a table (spreadsheets my one true love), and have been filling in screenshots as I play.

For ease of viewing, I converted the tables to a directory (apologies for some crappy pictures; an expert screen archer, I am not). Currently I have about 2/3 of the entries pictured; I'll hopefully add in the rest as I go. :)

The details:

There are 4 factions (Antivan Crows, Veil Jumpers, Shadow Dragons, Grey Wardens) with 12 mementos (called "Faction Curios" in the files) each, plus 7 regions (Anderfels, Antiva, Arlathan, Deep Roads, Nevarra, Rivain, Tevinter) with 18 mementos (aka "Regional Trinkets") each, and 9 "special" mementos ("Special Adds"). This should total 183 mementos, but the Codex only has slots for 182.

However! 4 of the Tevinter "trinkets" are only notes in-game (all relating to prisoners in the Ossuary), and one Grey Warden curio doesn't appear in any map or at any merchant as far as I can tell. I suspect the Grey Warden memento ("Light of Starkhaven") doesn't count toward the final tally, while the Tevinter ones erroneously still do. (another possibility, of course, is that I missed one small group of mementos while trawling through Frosty)

39 mementos are only available from merchants*, leaving 139 to be found around the world (if my suspicions are correct. 143, if the in-game codex count is correct). :) *this includes one memento ("The First") that can be found in the Ossuary, but is bugged and doesn't give a codex. It can still be purchased from Amylia, the Veil Jumper merchant.

Thanks to the DAWiki for locations of some mementos. <3

[nationenskurs]

Matthias Smed Larsen: Manden uden dømmekraft

Matthias Smed Larsen: Manden uden dømmekraft

Frihedens Stemme kan nu afsløre, at det primære ansvar for, at dansk Wikipedia stadig lyver om, at Hugo Helmig lever, ligger hos den jurastuderende Matthias Smed Larsen. Frihedens Stemme har dokumenteret både via udskrift fra folkeregistret og via udskrift fra tingbogen, at Hugo Helmig døde den 23. november 2022. Mathias Smed Larsen fjernede oplysningen om Hugo Helmigs død fra artiklen om Hugo…

[azogthenailfiler]

This titan has been asleep for centuries. The last time it awoke was during the rule of king Orseck Garal, around -1170 Ancient, before the fall of Arlathan, and its rhythm "bled despair". Eventually something caused the titans to fall, and according to Valta the fate of dwarves fell with them.

Death of a titan

According to a song, earthquakes once shook Elvhenan cities, and they sought to tame the land.They prepared to hunt down the pillars of the earth and watched their workers scurry, witless, soulless.

In veilfire runes it is depicted that Mythal struck down at least some of the titans and gave the land to the elves, who would make it blossom with the titans' passing.They mined titans' bodies for lyrium, but eventually collapsed the mines and sealed them with stone and magic out of fear - what the Evanuris in their greed could unleash would destroy all in its anger.

[little-lightning-lavellan]

You have selected _____ to join your party!

Is your OC a Companion in the Dragon Age series? What would it be like for a player to select them to join their party for quests (or romance them, perhaps? 👀) I’m not sure if this is already a meme within the fandom, but if it isn’t, I want it to be!

Here’s an example of what some snippets from my own OC’s DAWiki page might look like (including party banter, trivia, etc.!) If you do one of these, please tag me, I’d love to see! ^_^

(tarot art by @ravietta​)

Mellan Lavellan (born 9:16 Dragon) is a Dalish mage and anthropologist of elvhen history. She is a companion and a romance option for a male or female human, dwarf, or qunari Inquisitor in Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Her Ability Tree includes Mage specific abilities, though leveling up Storm is favored in-game. Mellan’s Ability Tree also includes the Fade Walker specialization, which includes Spells such as Fade Memories, Fade Translator, & Fade Recharge. Their main uses are to support the Inquisitor player and the rest of the party, and will leave Mellan open to enemy attacks.

Combat comments

Kills an enemy

Stay away!

Dar’atisha.

Low Health

A little help would be lovely!

This isn’t good, is it?

Low Health (Companions)

(The Inquisitor) The Inquisitor is in danger!

(The Inquisitor - if Dalish) Ea son, lethallen?

(The Inquisitor - Aislin World State) Someone help Ash, now!

(Solas) Hahren, are you alright?

(Dorian) Dorian needs help!

(Cole) Cole, please, be careful!

Fallen companions

(The Inquisitor) No, you’re not leaving like this!

(The Inquisitor - Aislin World State) No, no, no, get up!

(Solas) We can’t leave Solas!

(Solas - if romanced by Mellan) Ema’melana, vhenan!

(Dorian) No, you’re not allowed to leave!

(Cole) Cole, no!

(Varric) Fenedhis--Varric!

(Iron Bull) Bull, I cannot lift you by myself!

Location comments

Cradle of Sulevin

(Approaching an altar)

Inquisitor: There’s an altar.

Mellan: Perhaps you would like me to inspect it first?

Emerald Graves

I really do wish our library held more information on the Emerald Knights. So much seems to have been lost.

(Elgar’nan’s Bastion)

Mellan: I wonder what sort of memories can be found here...

Dorian: Don’t dawdle, Melly.

Emprise du Lion

Mellan: I have snow in places snow should not be.

Solas: Behave.

(near Red Lyrium)

I’d rather we leave now, thanks.

Exalted Plains

These lands require patience.

Our people deserve so much more than this pain.

(Ghilan’nain’s Grove)

Mellan: Ma falon, I feel... discomforted here.

Solas: Why would you say that, imp?

Mellan: I... never mind.

Storm Coast:

Well, this isn’t so bad.

Companion comments about Mellan

Blackwall: Mellan is a nice young lady. Weird... but nice.

Varric: (Laughs) You know, I tried to get Melon to read one of my books for once... her face turned red as her hair!

Varric (if romanced by Solas): Chuckles better be taking care of the kid, if he knows what’s good for him. All I’m going to say on that.

Sera: Oh, Melly? She’s great; for an elf-y elf. Kinda boring, though. ‘Less you get her to drink, pfft.

Solas: Mellan is an incredibly bright young woman. I look forward to seeing how she progresses with her training.

Solas (if romanced by Mellan): (coughs) Mellan? I am--the Inquisition is truly lucky to have her.

Dorian: Melly? Do tell her to return the books she “borrowed.” All twelve of them, this time. Thank you!

Trespasser

If Mellan is romanced by the Inquisitor, she will continue her research on the Evanuris alone, but will write to her love interest often, leaving the future of their relationship a mystery. If in a relationship with Solas, Mellan is no longer a companion option. She does not appear at the Winter Palace, which Dorian comments on “despite his attempts to contact her.” In the Epilogue, it is revealed that this is due to the fact that she has joined the Agents of Fen’Harel and is working alongside Solas.

Trivia

Mellan’s greatest fear is losing her loved ones.

Mellan is only non-romancable by Dalish Inquisitors, due to the fact that she is of the same clan.

If the Inquisitor doesn’t romance Mellan or Solas, their party banter indicates that they begin a relationship.

When at rest, Mellan’s in-game model adjusts to stand on tip-toe.

She is demisexual.

Late game party banter with a spirit of the Fade suggests that Mellan is actually nonbinary.

At Skyhold, Mellan can be found in the Rotunda/Library on a rotation, or in one of the trees in the courtyard (depending on approval rating.) A stack of books denotes which tree she is in.

The Aislin World State is a Mod based on the Twinquisitors AU Fanfiction, Dueteragony. It includes new dialogue options for Mellan, as well Rift-sealing abilities and an automatically maxed-out approval rating for the Inquisitor.

[dalishious]

So on the dawiki page for Par Vollen, it briefly mentions a "primitive, yet sapient" (ugh I hate that wording) race called the Fex. It seems like the only mention of them comes from an interview with Gaider, and that they've basically been assimilated into Qunari society. Have you ever thought more about them, or had any headcanons to do with them? I'm curious to see if anyone else has ever tried to flesh them out lol

I hate the word primitive, too. It’s such a white colonial word. That’s what Gaider used though to describe them so that is where it’s coming from; “a primitive race which originates on Par Vollen.” 

The other mention he gave was from a PAX interview: “There is a race that was native to Par Vollen, where the Qunari arrived, um, that we have not shown yet. They're called the Fex, F-E-X. And uh, you don't see them outside of Par Vollen very much but yeah, there definitely are. And maybe there's even some beyond Thedas...”

But there is really no information about them in game, aside from a very brief mention in the Pyramids of Par Vollen codex.

I can’t say I’ve given them much thought though, no.

[nerdanel01]

YES I have to check my spellings all the time, even with things I should well know by now. bless the DAwiki. Also:

- double checking where all the apostrophes go when writing in elvish. I’ve discovered old published work of mine where I put in apostrophes in words that did not have them (for some reason I thought it was Halam’shi’ral? and vallas’lin at one point? can’t explain where that came from) - ‘which ‘a’ is doubled’ in qunlat re: darvaarad, parshaara, etc. (in any given draft, I’m likely to have it both ways) - veil, fade, templar, etc.: To Capitalize or not to capitalize? - anytime anyone is holding hands, I have to check the like... hand choreography... an extra two or three times, and even then I don’t catch all the mixed-up pronouns (his/her hands) and the spontaneous right/left switches

it’s been six years and to this day I still sometimes have to google what hand the anchor is on when writing fanfic