#miralla aldwir

[sunsetwaltz]

Finalised my Rook's appearance (for now 😆):

Above: Just two of the Dread Wolf's associates chilling, absolutely nothing is going to go wrong (⁠´⁠-⁠﹏⁠-⁠`⁠；⁠)

I'll need to start a NG with this appearance to grab some early screenshots.

She's giving me unintentional Dreamfall chs vibes, like Zoe x Saga combined.

I wanted a scrappy, bold and defiant character - the kind that would pique Varric's interest and wouldn't give Solas the time of day (in any other situation). Tbh I really like her tiny upper lip mole.

Details (WIP):

Age: Late 20s

Birthplace: ?? (TBD, but wasn't born Dalish. THANKS game /s)

Sexuality: Definitely not straight (TBD)

Class/Specialisation: Mage / Evoker

Circle/College attended: TBD (maybe Nevarra or Rivain?)

Character traits: Optimistic (fatal flaw), decisive, driven, meticulous, methodical, snarky, humorous, unrepentant, defiant, can be unforgiving at times ("Then perish"), irreverent, easygoing, selfless, sweet, romantic

Farewell short wavy haired Miralla 🫡

[sunsetwaltz]

My Rook, Miralla Aldwir:

(Before and after ⬆️melanin lol. Might switch her eyebrows back though)

Had some issues with this game's CC:

No preset options for eyes or mouths, but we can choose the nose (and ears)? Weird. The CC is super reliant on the head morphs and idk. It was frustrating going through the different heads to try to shape a specific look 😩 I actually gave up

The lighting in the CC is a little misleading, even with the four options. My initial Rook looked washed out and tired in game 😔

I wish there were more conventional make up presets! I just wanted a classic smoky eye that didn't scream raccoon. I didn't have the patience to master the make up CC. Maybe someday...

I preferred DAI's eye colour CC. It was much easier to produce specific eye colours and there were HEAPS of eye colour presets. Pro of DA:V's CC: we can actually have brown eyes now lol. That's something.

Was it me or did the vallaslin seem more HQ in DAI? Idk

Why are there so many unibrows 😭 I'm sure they're catering to someone somewhere but!! I had a lot of trouble deciding on brows for my Rook - some of the unibrow options looked great on her, if not for the whole "uni" part 🥲

Never going to happen, but I wish there was an undo ↩️ button or "save & suspend CC"

Overall it's way better than the DAI CC, but still limiting in different ways. This thread pretty much sums it up.

Another pro is there are too many good hair options haha. I'm still tempted to switch up her hair - although it seems criminal to use a short hair style after DAI's 50 shades of bald (and short cuts). But Miralla actually looks amazing with some of the shorter or "swept back" hairstyles:

(The last 3 are like "WIP Miralla" lol)

I need to take more screenshots of my in-game Rook. For now I'll keep staring wistfully at Miralla with short hair aka picture #3 (it shows off her facial features so beautifully 😌)