#i think we've just replayed this game Far Too Many times to hear their voices as anyone else 😅

[too-many-lavellans]

What kind of voices do you guys have for your respective Lavellans? (That aren't the in-game voices) I always wondered what they all sound like but I could never imagine it right.

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Hmmm, we don't really have voice picks aside from what's in the game, really. The VAs performances in general, along with the dialogue options we chose for everyone respectively, really informed how we portrayed them outside the game (not to mention that I modelled all their faces to the voices they have). Which is to say, I don't think we could hear them being voiced by any other performers. I will say that there are some things that, if I could tweak or take in a different direction, would bring them more in line with how I think they would sound.

To start, we would want to incorporate the Dalish accent into all their voices. We like to imagine our Clan Lavellan speaking near exclusively in elven, with only its tradesmen and some transferred members handling the common tongue well, leaving a lot of them with very noticeable accent. Von, Wes, Shep, and Pehn, who are more familiar with human spaces and conversing in common have lighter, less obvious accents. Where as Andros, Cerill, and Venui's, who rarely, if ever, venture outside the clan, are much stronger.

In terms of personality, pitch, and other vocal affectations, if any, I'll try to break it up by VA.

Harry Hadden-Paton - Andros and Wes Andros' overall voice skirts the line between diplomatic and direct, where Wes leans more into responses that range from charming to snarky, but still knowing when to maintain a level of decorum. I imagine Andros's voice to be a touch deeper, possibly a little gravely especially as he starts to get up there in years. Wes, pitch wise, is exactly what you get in the game.

Jon Curry - Von Von is pretty much all in on the humorous/charming responses - Jon has such a dry read to some of the humorous responses and I love it sooo much that it's just baked into him now. Aside from the accent note, there's not a thing I'd change about his delivery.

Alix Wilton Regan - Cerill and Pehn Cerill has a very direct personality, veering on aggressive at times, which plays well with the direction Alix took for the voice. Pehn models her femininity on Cerill so their voices sound similar, but Pehn is far more personable and amicable than her friend. I think to further reflect that I'd want her voice to be in a slightly higher register, possibly closer to Alix' neutral voice or her perfomance as Samantha Traynor in ME3.

Sumalee Montano - Shep'lan and Venui Shep is a menace, through and through. Like with Von, wishful thinking of a Dalish accent aside, Sumalee's performance is Shep. Venui is my least pinned down voice. I don't play her anymore (for a few reasons), so I potentially could HC a different voice for her… But I am very attached to these VAs, so who knows. As far as what I last had in game, Venui is kind and non-confrontational so, if I could, having her voice be a bit softer and potentially a tad higher pitch might be where I'd want her voice to be. Outside the game though, she barely speaks, like, to anyone, so this is mostly academic.

And that's all of them. Thank you for asking, and I hope this helps!