#dual warden warriors has me like 👀

[otherpigeon]

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so does marc caron exist just for you to play awakening, or is there one of your wardens who dies whose place he takes 👀

Hi!!!

No, I've played Awakening multiple times lol but my canon Warden, Arianni Tabris, sacrificed herself to stop the Blight. However when I first played DAO it was back when I only had a console and I never had the DLC until years later when I got a PC a little after the time Inquisition came out lol All my other Wardens survived the Blight so it never registered until I was trying to sort out my Canon Worldstate for Veilguard lol It was a huge gaping hole I never addressed and I jumped at an opportunity to create another OC. It also allowed me to fill the lack of mages in my canon worldstate I was too weak to address in Veilguard lol

Veilguard will actually be the first time I'm doing a first run of a da on a PC and my canon is always my first run. That's why all of my canon OCs are miserable lol I live with all my original playthroughs mistakes and regrets.

However, I won't deny I have made some changes to my canon. Arianni was originally a rogue, but I changed her to a dual wielding warrior cos it just felt more fitting, and Aeryn Hawke has romanced everyone (trying to find a pick that I felt as strongly about as Varric) but in the end I still wanted her to romance Varric—also I loved her friendship vibes with the others more than the romance routes—so I canonised she was in love with her bestie.

Funny side note, Aeryn originally romanced Anders on my first playthrough because I accidentally locked in the romance. Aeryn flirted with all her friends, cos that was just her vibe, however when Anders needed a place to stay cos of the increased Templar presence in dark town she of course offered him a place to stay. I had no idea I was locking in a romance (cos I was still undecided) and did not understand why my mate suddenly thought we were in a relationship lmao. I like to think she still does this and everyone thinks they were dating, but she is just like "what the fuck! No. He sleeps in the spare room. I have too many as it is. Do you want one? Seriously, I mean it, you all can move in."