#thedosian meta

[tevinterdays]

my theory has since been revised to thedas and satina both being satellites of the “primary moon,” a rocky planetary body. no long writeup. i lost my notes and such on all this years ago. alas.

Was anybody going to tell me Thedas has two moons or was I supposed to find that out while trying to research trade routes myself?

Anyway, I have thoughts about that and spent far, far too much of my night on this.

Laying it out:

We know the second moon is named Satina, but since we don’t know the name of the other, I’m going to call them the primary moon (big boy) and second moon (little guy) when I do refer to them directly. They would have different orbital periods (which should affect the calendar more, but whatever) and both have an equatorial orbit (like our moon does!). These are presumptions, but they’re also how things usually work. Especially considering that Thedas is habitable. That’s important to maintain.

Also, whenever I look at maps of Thedas in detail, I’m reminded that this has to be a teeny tiny planet. That’s not really relevant to this post, but it’s weird to think about.

The main thing covered here will be the effect of this on the tides, but first:

Flavor:

There are two moons in the sky! That’s neat and cool to look at! They would both reflect the sun’s light, so that would make nights brighter. This would have evolutionary effects, potentially, but that’s enough of a technicality in the fast and loose world of Thedas that I’ll pass it by right now. There would be more eclipses, which is also neat. Unfortunately, we never see both of them at once in the games, but here’s a mod to have two moons overhead in the Hissing Wastes.

Tidal effect:

This part is really long. Under the cut!

The primary moon, which we see in the sky in the Hissing Wastes, is either very large or very close in comparison to Earth’s moon (proportionally). Since Earth’s moon is improbably large, it’s more likely that it’s very close, which actually has a more significant effect on its tidal pull than size would (proximity > size; we see this IRL with how minimal the Sun’s affect is on Earth’s tides). The second moon is presumably smaller and further away, but its proximity still has a significant effect on tides.

Most of the time they would balance each other out to a relatively normal cycle, but high tides would be higher on average. Not catastrophically, but higher – and dramatically so when the moons enter orbital resonance (same place in orbit at the same time) and both of their gravitational pulls have affect at the same time!

Initially I thought that that would greatly impact coastal settlements and trade hubs, and it would, but not many that we’re super familiar with. Tides are greater with greater bodies of water, and a lot of the trade centers we see are around the Waking and Shining Seas (Kirkwall, Highever, etc.). They’re just little guys. Western Thedas is mostly landlocked as well, and all of Thedas is sub-equatorial; tidal pull with an equatorial moon decreases the further you are from the equator, since you’re further from the moon(s).

Let's look at some maps! Mostly using the map from Tevinter Nights for reference here:

Cities that aren't named are marked by little symbols that look like houses. I'll give crops of each location for a visual as we go, because everything is small.

Other major coastal regions:

- Tevinter is predominantly coastal at this point in history, but the Nocen Sea isn’t enormous; Seheron is quite close on the other side; and the coast around the Arlathan forest isn’t populated.

- The eastern Ander coast is paralleled across the Colean Sea by a Tevinter peninsula, if they actually make use of that coast.

- Antiva isn’t notably populated north of the White Spire (the Antivan mountain, not the Orlesian Circle Tower, which has given me some grief); its coastal population is on the Rialto Bay.

- Eastern Ferelden has a significant amount of coastline, but the Brecilian Forest blocks most of it off, and Gwaren (city south of the Forest) is far south enough that it’s probably bordering the planet’s Antarctic circle.

- Those little northwestern Fereldan islands don't have coastal focuses. Image from the wiki used because Alamar's tiny.

- Northern Seheron would be affected. We don’t know the concentrations of Seheron’s population. Much of Par Vollen would also be affected and the same holds true for them, but their technology (extremely seaworthy vessels, extreme perseverance, etc.) and cultural mindset lends to the idea that they would use the tides to their advantage strategically, as well as take advantage of the major boons spring tide would have on fishing! When the tide is coming in to its highest, it shakes things up and brings in all the fish.

- Rivain isn’t notably populated east of its dominating mountains. Its major population centers are in the Southeast, on the Rialto Bay. Except Llomeryn. Rivain, as descendants of seafaring islanders, would have a long cultural history of being able to deal with this anyway. Why is Llomeryn (little house icon on the east coast of the southern island) on that side? I don’t know. It doesn’t make sense. It’s fine.

- I’m sure that Estwatch is doing just fine. They can handle themselves.

- Wycome is a major fishing hot-spot, taking advantage of the fishy boons the tides provide.

- Hercinia is coping, I guess.

In regards to coastal port cities on the Amaranthine ocean – the largest body of water on the map – a special situation may exist where they have ports designed to accommodate the very high high tides when they come in (how often would depend on the moons’ orbital periods and how often they are in orbital resonance). I’m sure there are examples of docks and ports designed like this from real life, and if anyone has info on that, hit me up.

This concludes the post about the implications of two moons in Thedas that nobody asked for!

Huge thanks to @feastforworms and @unshatters-your-teacup for science and input and humoring me on this.

[exhausted-archivist]

Informal Thoughts on Universal Pantry Staples in Thedas

Yes, I'm thinking about food again. So, part of what I’m working on for the Thedosian food project I have is figuring out universal pantry staples for Thedas. I am largely working from canon, but I am also working from a watsonian perspective on what isn’t named canon. Which can be really hard because I have to look at BioWare and not try to explain why a tropical environment would not have an abundance of cherries, or how certain foods don't ship well even in modern terms and thus, no, Ferelden likely shouldn't have access to tomatoes. But hey, I'm working on the suspension of disbelief and trying to figure out how it could work in a world with magic, but where magic is feared and typically reserved for luxuries.

I also didn't include things that would spoil easy, such as: cherries, grapes, lemons, oranges, plums, tomatoes, ect. Essentially anything with a high water content that would spoil easy. But are also super common around Thedas. Mostly because when I think pantry, I think long term storage. I also tried to keep out dairy products and eggs. But there is a way to keep butter for prolonged periods of time, so it got in by a slim technicality.

A quick note: when entering the suggested or speculated portion of these listings, this is not accounting for all economic levels because to do so would mean next to nothing was universal.

Additionally, when it comes to spices, we know that the Avvar value "lowland" spices heavily and use them for special occasions. However, because they aren't staples I was hesitant to include them in these list but opted to do so for no other reason than an idea that if they can get to the Avvar, they are likely commonly available else where. So spices are marked with a *

The canonically stated staples

These are actually pretty sparse. They aren't typically directly called out, but these few are, and so they have their own little section. Outside of that, well it is mostly suggestion.

Barley (At times mentioned to be specifically Fereldan)

Elfroot

Grease

Lentils

Onions

Wheat

Some canonically suggested universal pantry staples due to their common appearance in recipes, use in abundance, use in hard times/as rations, and seen prolifically in-game:

Allspice*

Almonds

Apples

Basil (dried or fresh)

Bay Leaves*

Black Pepper* (Coarse and finely ground)

Butter (typically goat, but cows as well)

Cabbage

Carrots

Cheese

Chocolate

Cinnamon* (ground, whole stick, ect)

Cloves*

Cumin* (crushed, ground, grated, ect)

Dill Seeds*

Dried Beans

Dried Berries (currants, cranberries, raisins, ect.)

Dried Meat

Dried Peas

Fennel Seed*

Flour (typically wheat)

Garlic

Ginger

Ham

Honey

Jam

Leeks

Mace

Mint

Mustard Seed*

Nutmeg*

Oil (not specified)

Oregano (dried or fresh)

Parsley/Mild green herb

Pickled Vegetables

Potatoes

Salt (historically Orlesians in the highlands salted a dragon worth of meat on an annual basis)

Salted Meat

Squashes (Pumpkin and others)

Sugar (typically from sugar cane)

Thyme

Turnips

Vanilla

Vinegar

Wine (Most common seems to be red wine)

If you think I missed anything or have any recommendations or thoughts of your own, please do share! I would love to hear any thoughts on what you think would likely be staples in the pantries of Thedas. If you need to know what is available, you can check out this post I have listing all the flora currently mentioned in Thedas.

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Age of the Dragon Meta

Spoilers for most recent chapter

Twice in that last chapter, we had people invoking the Maker... but the one to answer was Alistair.

We had Corypheus daring people to call down their Maker - you cannot for he does not exist!  And at that precise moment, Alistair and Barbas arrive to challenge him.

And you had Cassandra making a vow to the Maker to lay down her life if necessary in order to fight Corypheus.  No evidence the Maker ever heard it... but Alistair did and could grant that bargain.

A silent Maker being replaced by a Daedric Prince who can grant wishes.  There’s something in that.

(Namely, in about a century or so’s time, a widely held belief that invoking Alistair of the Fifth Blight and Inquisition can get you your heart’s desire if your heart is true.... but dragged off to the Fade by demons if it isn’t.  Also you have to be nice to dogs.)

(Thedosian nations start passing wide-ranging animal welfare legislation at the same time, and the rulers in question suddenly all seem to have good fortune befall them.)

[heniareth]

Well, sand in her face will definitely deter Astala from coming closer for a while XD XD XD It’s a crunch between her theeth, and not the nice kind of crunch U_U It will depend on what kind of a fight it is and waht causes it to determine if it gets physical though.

I was thinking what might’ve gotten the tension high enough for a fight to break out (because the feelings of betrayal and abandonment are always simmering in the background; something must’ve brought them to a boiling point), and I remembered that in your canon, Novhen stealths forward and gets bitten by the werewolves. That would rattle Astala, for sure, and potentially bring out her frustration over Novhen being so cavalier with his own life. The conversation could go something like this (in a very meta way, as in, what they mean, not what they’d actually be saying):

Astala: Stop doing dangerous things alone!

Novhen: Somebody has to do dangerous things, and better one dies than two.

Astala: Ma would be very disappointed.

Novhen: Would she? Part of the reason I’m doing things alone is because you left

And voilá, we have a fight! As long as Novhen’s thoughts wuld actually go that way, that is

Agreed that the end of NotB is the better moment for a fight such as this. And, Adaia would definiely be able to steer them a bit. She knows her children and the kind of faces they’re making at each other and at her tells a lot.

But if it’s this kind of fight, I don’t think Astala would get physical. She’s angry about Novhen getting hurt, she’s not gonna hurt him more. There might be verbal violence, or storming off. She might draw a comparison between the werewolves and the cult (because wolves and wolves, and she deems both a danger). But I think Novhen’s safe from getting bitten a second time XD XD XD One thing they might want to do though to avoid airing all of their family troubles and the cult business to the rest of their companions is switch over to rapid-fire Alfish. I think that would make for a cool effect and keep Ilanlas mercifully in the dark about the cult. As far as I’ve understood, he’d maybe understand every third word and every fourth would sound vaguely familiar, but he wouldn’t be able to make sense of it, right?

EDIT: Unless Alfish is the kind of language not intended for outside ears, be it because it's outright secret or just because it's weird to speak your own language in front of shem (because it's peivate or maybe because you might get cuffed over the head for it á la You're in Ferelden, speak the King's Tongue)

Astala’s gonna be very grateful that Novhen keeps his Thoughts and Opinions for himself right after UoSA. Later she’ll be interested to hear them 👀👀👀👀👀 They can talk about the erasure of elves from Thedosian history and Shartan as a historical person (and whether Shartan and Andraste were A Thing, if that’s an ok topic of conversation) over a glass of something. Probably alcoholic. Once Astala has settled in her current uncertainty regarding religion

Also, Solas does not deserve Novhen At All. If he does something other than inconvenience him, Astala’s gonna break an egg or attempt to. Would Novhen tell Astala if he found out about the Dread Wolf’s world-ending plan?

Allso YES!! Let’s talk about the Deep Roads. Two months sounds absolutely hellish. Novhen has his silver eyes and heightened senses, and constantly having something creep around at the edge of your perception for two months must be the worst. I’m also imagining they might have provision problems. Branka was last seen in Ortan Thaig, but they go much farther than that. This makes it difficult to plan how many provisions to bring. Naturally, if anything starts to run short, the Grey Wardens in the group would be the first to cut back on it for themselves, bc they can survive on less the deeper they are in the Deep Roads (yey taint. And yey memories of hunger seasons for Tabrises and Broscas). To what point would Novhen overextend himself?

Astala meanwhile would be taking point in all of the fights, with Khêd if he’s with the party. They might end up pretty banged up, because the Warden healing factor and the need to get through these blighted tunnels will have them taking point again and again and again. It won’t stop until they’re out. Another thing that would weight heavily on Astala is that this is a sort of preview to the end all Wardens meet: abandoned somewhere in the Deep Roads until darkspawn overwhelm them. And in only twenty years’ time, at most! She’s going to be contemplating her unfairly cut lifespan and the gruesome end that awaits her after they get out of the Deep Roads. I mean, in twenty years, Cyrion might still be alive! Does this worry Novhen too?

All of the Wardens will need two weeks minimum of resting time with nothing more exciting to do than decide what’s for dinner that day. And Astala for sure later has nightmares about the broodmother. Most notably, one with Shianni becoming a broodmother. Some nights she really wants to take her own brain out of her skull

Because of this, I approve of 🌿😎stoned 🌿😎  Shianni XD XD XD XD XD Anything’s better than being a broodmother.

I am now picturing Astala and Novhen getting utterly lost in the Brecilian forest and Ilanlas having to go fish them out XD XD XD XD Later they return the favor when they’re in Denerim. “If you don’t mention us getting los in the forest again, we won’t mention this either.” Ilanlas will definitely relax among Zathrian’s clan, I think. And, well, it seems like Novhen annd Ilanlas will stay... coworkers. Mutually significant bothers. People who work together and who you won't let die, but you're not friends per se. That’s important to have as well ^^

Unless Tamlen’s death changes something drastically. I could see him becoming veeeeeeery quiet after that, but that is uh not necessarily good

Hmmmmmmm Novhen reaching the gates of Amaranthine only to be informed by a bloody darkspawn that there’s an attack on the Vigil planned, where Astala is currently stuck in, is juicy 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 He definitely does right by trusting his judgement, as well as the people he left behind and the renovations they made to the fortress (and lo and behold, it holds!!) Astala’s definitely leading the defence of the Keep, from the back lines. Armor on and everything. And, the first time she gathers everybody while the darkspawn are marching in, she’ll remind them all that she killed the archdemon and survived to inspire some confidence. She’s not gonna be so confident herself, however... But as commander of the troops, you gotta keep that locked away

I think Novhen’s gonna return when the darkspawn have already been repelled ToT They’d retreat when the Mother dies, I think (bc she’s taking the position of the archdemon in this scenario?). So she’s left again to wait and see if Novhen’s still alive. At least he didn’t die at Amaranthine. But at this point she better accept that this is gonna be a constant in her life I think XD XD XD

Also, Novhen does kill the Architect, right?

I do think Ilanlas is at Adamant, at the very least, and he might take control of the Orlesian Wardens for a bit until they have a successor to Clarel (hey Nathaniel, weren’t you trained by a chevalier? Clearly we can’t trust the Orlesians not to be manipulated by a Venatori, how’d you feel about a promotion?). So there’s a fair chance he’d show up at Skyhold for the judgement of the Wardens (and drive Solas and Josephine up the wall). He wouldn’t stay long, but I think he’d have enough time to bitch to Novhen about the paperwork. Then he’d confess to hiring a secretary. What, they were infected with the Taint and put through the Joining, but they neither could nor wanted to swing a sword. It was a fair trade.

Also, Cullen getting hit with an “So you think all elves look the same” XD XD XD XD Heck yes!!!

Astala can take over visiting the Chantry at Lothering, no problem. Splitting forces will make them less noticeable and get them the money they need to move on faster. Also, somebody has to take care of that elven family the bandits stole from. Astala will tell him about the thirty silver later and they can scream together internally and externally. Then Pavle will chime in with Circle Mage, Never Learned How To Use Coin, And Before That Nobility, Always Had Coin: come on, thristy silvers can’t be THAT much. Ilanlas might tell them to just let him make four snares, he can make those while they are making dinner, and give them to the Revered Mother since he once sold a snare for eight silverpieces. And then Novhen and Astala can just look at each other and decide that none fo these two will administer their funds.

And ouch on Novhen at the arl’s estate >.<’ Boy am I glad he makes it out more or less okay, if concussed. Between Adaia, Nola, Nelaros and now Novhen, that building is bad for elves, I’m telling you. Good that Novhen at least makes it out alive

Also, yes, Edmund might have to bow out of this one. Also because I don’t know him too well yet. Pavle can be the Token Moneyed Human 😌😌😌

ALSO, RADKA!!! :D

Khêd is adopting her into the family. She’s ginger, it fits, don’t worry about it (nevermind that his hair is a few shades darker and his skin is DEFINITELY darker. Rica can be the bridge that goes from the Radka end of the color spectrum to the Khêd end of the color spectrum)

Also, Khêd would be kinda confused? “I’m not the boss here. Those two are *points at the Tabris siblings, who are composing the perfect shopping list to get the most out of their money in terms of food, necessities, plums and pickled beets* Sorta..:”

Also also, Khêd during his origin would’ve killed that guy in a heartbeat, if possible before Radka swooped in to help, so he doesn’t owe her anything (“Nothing personal, but you really shouldn’t brag to someone about getting them killed.”). I’m hoping that as the story progresses, Khêd gets to a point in life where he feels safe enough to not be trigger happy and to accept help as a favor, not as an exchange.

How old is Radka in comparison to Ilanlas? I’m getting the vivid image of Radka being sibling-like annoying person number 2 for Ilanlas XD XD XD XD The dynamic could be amazing!! He would teach her about bugs and plants, though, so she doesn’t walk into an anthill at any point. But!!! He’s going to be SO happy that there’s finally more people who’re shorter than him XD XD XD XD

Also Radka and Astala in battle 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 I am rotating that image around in my brain so fast!!! Both going stabby stab. Radka does dual-wield, right? They’re gonna cause mayhem on the battlefield I love it!!!!!!!!!

Twins AU (Round 2)

Since our original post exchange got a tad bit long, @bumblerhizal I’m starting a new one here ^^ First, a few things on the doodles: I’m still cackling XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD Especially about Amell (Pavle) going all “woe is me! 😩😩😩” over the dirt on his favorite robe while these two Alienage kids with probably multiple patches and mends on their clothes just look at each other like “can you believe this guy” XD XD XD XD XD XD XD It’s sooooooooo good and I am now imagining Pavle coming face to face with Sigrun’s particular brand of cheerful dead inside XD XD XD The official Grey Warden merch is amazing and our guys are great models. I really want that on a shirt now (and I could, now that I think of it. Ooooooh it’s tempting). I love Valendrian’s grey hair counter. The expression is on point XD XD XD The Plum of Peace should be a Feastday gift. And it’s very good to see reference for Radka, Pavle and Mr Andras (Who looks so kind!!!!!) Mousevhen is absolutely adorable. I want to give him all the pickled beets in the world

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Foods of Thedas: Master Post

Here is the very, very long and complete list of all dishes, ingredients, and drinks in Thedas as of Tevinter Nights.

This compiles all the canon posts. My headcanons are separate from this list to avoid any confusion but you can find it linked along with the other individual posts below.

Like in the individual posts, the list has the country of origins next to each item and any relevant information. Such as ingredients, use, notes, or trivia. For the canonically suggested foods and drinks I list what their real world uses are for your reference as to what they might be used for in Thedas.

For "Shorter" Food Posts

Dishes, Sauces, and Sides

Drinks

Raw Ingredients

Prepared Ingredients

Cannonically Possible Foods and Drinks

Disclaimer Though real life plants may be listed here as edible it is for fictional use only. This is not intended to be used as a reference nor guide for what plants are edible or safe to eat. Please do not use it as such.

Dishes

Breads and Desserts

Breads

Biscuit

Whole Grain Biscuit - Commonly made in Chantry cloisters. A staple in their simple diets.

Black Bread

Braided Honey and Date Bread

Brown Bread

Buns

Butter Puff - This is bread where butter is folded into the dough allowing it to become puffy and softer than usual bread. (Orlesian)

Crumpet

Dark Bread

Dried Bread

Honey Loaf

Lichen Bread - Bread that is made using lichen. (Orzammar)

Peasant Bread - A hearty type of bread that is made with a variety of grains.

Raider Queen's Bread of Many Tongues - Created by the Raider Queen, this bread calls for flour, baking powder, salt, butter, brown sugar, molasses, eggs, bananas. The creator calls for Par Vollen bananas but another version of the recipe says Rivaini bananas are an acceptable replacement. (Rivain)

Ryott Bread - Made of a protein rich grain that is valued throughout Ferelden.

Sweet Bread

Sweet Rolls

Thin Bread - A thin bread used to make wraps in Seheron.

Whole Grain Bread - Another staple made in Chantry cloisters.

Desserts

Cake

Cake with Apples

Chocolate Cake

Cupcakes

The Exquisite Misery - A little cake topped with a dusting of anise, deep mushrooms, and gold dust. (Orlesian)

Hearth Cake - A pan-made Dalish cake; made of flour, hardwood ash or baking powder, halla butter, sugar, mixed dried fruit (currants, cranberries, etc), egg, milk.

Honey Cake

Lemon Cake

Petit Fours (Orlesian)

Pound Cake

Round Cake - Often topped with poppyseed and honey. In Serault, they will sometimes have the antlers baked into the crust.

Sugar Cake - Made with strawberries and sugar-cream icing on a pound cake.

Sugar-drizzled Lemon Cake - A type of lemon cake that was used in Antivan Crow history to assassinate templars.

Sugarcake - A dense cake usually topped with powdered sugar.

Sweet Cake

Candy

Black Licorice Candy - Can be salted.

Bon-bons

Candied Almonds

Candied Dates

Candied Fruit

Candy Cane

Candy Apple

Carastian Candy - A candied chocolate. (Tevinter)

Peppermints

Spun Sugar (Fereldan)

Sweetmeat - A confectionery treat, sometimes candy coated fruit.

Toffee

Unnamed Candied Nuts with Spice - A candy that is sweet until swallowed, then they leave a spicy aftertaste. (Orlesian)

Cookies

Biscuit - A hard, flat, and unleavened baked treat that can be sweet or savory.

Butter and Sugar Cookie - This cookie isn’t specified as it is only described by these ingredients.

Raisin Cookies

Shortbread

Tea Biscuits

Wafers

Donuts

Ice Cream

Orlesian Guimauves - Another name for marshmallows.

Pastries

Apple Pie

The Blessed Apple - A pie made by a small cloister of Chantry sisters tending to the orchard, they use the windfall apples and share the pies freely; as well as the apples. The ingredients are flour, salt, butter, water, apples (golden apples from Lady's Orchard preferred but others are acceptable substitutions), brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. (Orlesian)

Cinnamon Rolls

Croissant

Honey and Nut Pastry (Tevinter)

Macaroon

Marie du Lac Erre's Sweet Ruin - One version of this pastry with a dramatic history, the recipe contains; butter, powdered sugar, chocolate, vanilla extract, flour, orange or mint extract, baking powder, and milk. (Orlesian)

Minced Pie - filled with finely chopped fruit and sweet things.

Tarts

Unnamed Blueberry Pastry - A light, sticky pastry with blueberries. (Possibly Nevarran)

Pudding

Caramel Pudding

Dessert Pudding

Sticky Jellies (Orlesian)

Gravy and Sauces

Ale Cooked Mushroom (Dwarven)

Apples Stewed in Brandy Sauce

Applesauce

Cream Sauce

Deep Mushroom Flavored Cream Sauce (Orzammar)

Dragon’s Blood Sauce (Nevarran)

Gravy

Honey-glaze - A sauce used to glaze various foods, particularly meats.

Hot Sauce

Llomerryn Red Sauce - A sauce that goes on almost everything, contains pulped tomatoes, onions, red pepper, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, mustard powder, hot pepper powder, salt, cinnamon stick, allspice, cloves, fennel seeds, dill seeds, mustard seeds, black peppercorns, bay, garlic. (Rivain)

Nesting Roast Gravy - Gravy made from the pan juices of a nesting roast. Meant to be served with the roast. (Orlesian)

Plum Sauce

Red Wine Marinade

River-herring Gravy - a gravy as white as apple blossoms. (Orlesian)

Special Sauce - A sauce infused with the essence of fifty-two herbs, prized for the ability to help with “inadequacy”. (Kirkwall)

Wild Flower Glaze - A honeyed glaze made of wild flowers, it is recommended to use flowers plucked at dawn and the lowest blossoms.

Main Dishes

Beans and Bread

Boiled Roots

Braised Nug with Elfroot (Dwarven)

Braised Ram with all the Trimmings

Bread and Cheese

Broiled Boar Head (Fereldan)

Cacio e pepe - A dish of three ingredients; spaghetti, pepper, and pecorino romano. (Antivan)

Canapé - a type of hors d'œuvre.

Chicken Wings - Sold in The Rusted Horn as 'Wyvern Wings.'

Dalish Deep Forest Comfort - String squashes, halla butter, garlic, mushrooms, elfroot or spinach, diced tomatoes or beetles, hot red pepper, rock salt, halla cheese or goat cheese, edible wildflowers (borage, chicory, etc), pine nuts. (Dalish of Southern Orlais)

Dried Bread and Fruit

Eggs à la Val Foret - An egg dish served with a cream sauce. (Orlesian)

First Day Chicken - a dish served during First Day in some parts of Orlais.

Fried Mush (Orzammar)

Gilded Swan with River-herring Gravy - An eastern spice, flour, gold leaf, river herring, swan, yolk. (Orlaisian)

Gnocchi (Antivan)

Goat Custard - A broiled goat head (Fereldan)

Ham

Anderfels Smoked Ham - It tastes of despair

Avvar Ham

Ham Stuck with Cloves

The Jade Ham - Honeyed with wild flowers (especially those picked at dawn), masterfully seasoned, and spiral-cut.

Orlesian Ham

Smoked Ham

Herbed Chicken and Biscuits

Jellied Meats

Jellied Eels

Jellied Pigs Feet - A delicacy in the Free Marches and originally a popular commoner food that has risen to the tables of nobility. Pigs feet and/or pork hocks, salt, onions, garlic, allspice, peppercorns, bay. (Free Marcher)

Veal Galentine (Orlesian)

Liver

Mad Burnard's Gift of Flesh - A nesting roast unlike any other, involving a whole wyvern, stuffed with a whole gurn, stuffed with a horse, stuffed with a large halla (horns and all), stuffed with a swan, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a quail, stuffed with a bunting that choked on a gold piece. (Orlesian)

Meat Pies

Dove Pie - A pie made with live doves, for the theater of the meal. (Orlesian)

Pigeon Pie

Pork Pie

Turnip and Mutton Pie (Fereldan)

Unmentionable Pie - It is a meat pie that uses the typically undesirable parts of an animal. (Fereldan)

Venison Pasty - A hand pie filled with venison. In Serault, it is served with curls of goat cheese. (Orlesian)

Nesting Roast - This dish is classically made with a quail stuffed in a pheasant stuffed in a swan. Served with gravy made from the pan juices. (Orlesian)

Nug Steak (Orzammar)

Nug-gets (Orzammar)

Nug-loaf (Orzammar)

Nug-Nug - A dish meant to resemble a nug peeking from its burrow; made of ground meat (beef preferred), parsley, egg, salt, crushed cumin or mustard seeds, black pepper, cooked rice, tomatoes, onions, chives (Orlesian)

Pancake - The breakfast food and savory dishes.

Crepes - A very thin pancake that can be filled with sweet or savory ingredients.

Nug Pancakes - A savory pancake made with nug. A favorite among dwarven children. (Orzammar)

Porridge

Bland Porridge

Deer Porridge - A savory porridge.

Pig Oat Mash - A constant dish on The Hanged Man menu, a popular hangover cure if washed down with brandy spiked cider. This warming porridge contains apples, dried salt pork or smoked bacon, dried rolled oats, berries, ale or water (Kirkwall)

Porridge with Raisins

Savory Porridge

Pudding - A sweet or savory, steamed dish that can be topped with gravy or chocolate.

Rack of Ribs (Fereldan)

Ram Chops

Ram Cutlet

Rice and Boiled Vegetables

Roast

Roast Boar - On cooking method involves the boar being stuffed with apples

Roast Chicken

Roast Duck

Roast Hog

Roast Lamb

Roast Turkey

Roast Wyvern

Roasted Cave Beetle (Dwarven)

Roasted Giant Spider (Dwarven)

Roasted Nug (Orzammar)

Roasted Phoenix - One of the most infamous meals in Thedas, it is served with sweet red wine.

Roasted Rabbit

Roasted Venison with Wild Greens

Spit-roasted Deepstalker (Dwarven)

Spit-roasted Nug with Hot Sauce (Orzammar)

Sandwich

Ham Sandwich

Sausage - There are about twelve different kinds of sausage unnamed mentioned in Last Court.

Black Pudding - A type of blood sausage made from pork or beef blood, pork fat or beef sue, and a type of cereal. (Orlesian)

Smoked Sausage

Spiced Sausage

Seared Nug - Usually served with a deep mushroom cream sauce. (Orzammar)

Sera's Yummy Corn

Shredded Dried Meat and Cheese - A dish that is commonly used as a spread by the dwarves. (Orzammar)

Simmering Partridge - Cooked with sweet onions and pale beans (Orlesian)

Smoked Meat

Smoked Boar

Smoked Rabbit

Smoked Venison

Spiced Nug

Sticky Figs Rolled in Nuts

Venison with Apples Stewed in Brandy Sauce

Wandering Hills - A delicacy made from large creatures of the same name. (Anderfels)

Wyvern Steak

Seafood

Alamarri Pickled Krone - Krone, Brine, (Optional) pine pitch and druffalo dung.

Baked Fish - An Avvar cooking method where they wrap fish in pungent leaves and clay before cooking it in banked coals.

Baked Krone with Honey - The honey is typically used as a side sauce for dipping. (Fereldan)

Fish Wrap - Fish wrapped in thin bread (Seheron)

Fluffy Mackerel Pudding - Celery, pepper, mackerel, diced onion, mustard, salt, Antivan pepper, ground mace, cardamom seed, eggs (Fereldan)

Fresh Oyster

Fried Fish

Glazed Krone (Fereldan)

Lutefisk

Smoked Fish

Starkhaven Fish and Egg Pie - Fish from the Minanter River (carp, trout, or others), wine, onion, carrot, thyme, bay, sea salt, dried currants, sliced almonds, boiled sliced eggs, butter, flour, fish broth, milk, salt, pepper, nutmeg, cream, fried whitebait or other small fish. (Starkhaven)

Soups and Stews

Barley Soup

Butter Soup - A simple, inexpensive, and easy soup. Made as midmorning meals or midday refresher for field workers. It is commonly fed to children and convalescents due to its nutritious nature. Ingredients include water, potatoes, cinnamon, star anise, clove, bay, peppercorns, salt, noodles, cream, butter (Orlesian)

Cabbage Stew

Deepstalker Stew - A stew of deepstalker is made when rations run low. (Legion of the Dead)

Enchantment Soup - Made by Sandal, edibility unknown.

Fereldan Turnip and Barley Stew - White beans, oil, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, stock, turnips, turnip greens, sausage, barley, cumin, dried basil, oregano, salt, pepper, herbed wine vinegar

First Day Festival Stew (Orzammar)

Fish Chowder (Antivan)

Fish Stew

The Hanged Man Stew - The tavern’s featured dish, made with a different mystery meat every morning. (Kirkwall)

Lamb and Pea Stew (Fereldan)

Norbotten Fruit Stew - This dish is used to rehydrate dried fruits: dried apricots, pitted prunes, raisins, mixed dried fruits (cherries, apples, cranberries, etc), lemon or orange, cinnamon, cloves, water, sugar or honey, brandy. (Anderfels)

Pea Soup

Ram Stew

Turnip Stew

Turnip-Goat Stew (Fereldan)

Wild Rabbit Stew

Sides

Antivan Olives - Soaked in vinegar and stuffed with capers.

Brandy Soaked Cherries

Beer Nuts

Dried Fruit

Dried Meats

Jerky

Jerky Ball

Fried Potatoes

Hard-boiled Egg

Jarred Olives (Tevinter)

Meat Skewers (Orlais)

Peeled Grapes (Tevinter)

Picked Foods

Pickled Apples

The Pickled Apples of Arlathan - Apples said to be from the time of Arlathan. The taste is described to be one of fresh apples, with the same crispness.

Pickled Eggs - Eggs, sugar, salt, vinegar. Favored in Ferelden.

Pickled Fish

Pickled Lamprey

Pickled Nug

Pickled Ox Tongue

Pickled Vegetables

Pickles

Roasted Chestnuts (Nevarran)

Roasted Potatoes

Smoked Bacon

Steamed Beans

Toast

Wine Soaked Fruit

Miscellaneous

Hardtack

Provisions

Rations -Typically consist of dried meat, nuts, and a variety of other simple foodstuffs.

Dry Ration

Qunari Ration

Drinks

Absinthe

Absence - One of the bottles of Thedas you find in Inquisition.

Absinthe - also referred to la fée verte - “little green fairy”

Petite Absinthe - Made from a certain type of wormwood.

Ale, Beer, Drafts, Lagers, and Stouts The Tapster's Tavern in Orzammar serves 52 types of ale, some are listed.

Ale

Ander Stout - This stout is stored in oak casts.

Barley Wine - Despite its name, this is an ale.

Beer

Brakien Brew (Orzammar)

Brown Ale

Coconut Draft

Fereldan Beer

Fereldan Lager - A pale ale.

Lichen Ale (Orzammar)

Oghren's Homebrew - An amber coloured ale with a slightly sweet, nutty flavor and described to have a hint of toastiness, and is spiced with cloves. (Dwarven)

Qunari Ale

Ryott Ale (Fereldan)

Ryotte Beer (Fereldan)

Valenta’s Red (Orzammar)

Watered Beer - While watered beer is served to reduce the price of beer and stretch it along, it is also served as a provision. In Serault, the peasantry drink watered beer to stave off the summer heat.

Watered-down Ale

Wildwine - An ale made from ryott. (Chasind)

Wilhelm’s Special Brew - This dark-colored ale gives off a thick, oaky smell. When swirled in its tankard, it takes on an unexpected glow.

Brandy

Aged Antivan Brandy

Antivan Brandy

Antivan Plum Brandy

Apple Brandy (Orlesian)

Orlesian Brandy

Plum Brandy

West Hill Brandy (Ferelden)

Cider

Brandy-spiked-cider

Cider

Serault Cider

Winter Cider (Wycome)

Cocktails

Benediction (Orlesian)

The Emerald Valley (Orlesian)

Dragon’s Piss - The name is probably figurative, but no one knows for sure. BioWare gives the "recipe" for Dragon Piss as "1 oz light rum, 1 oz dark rum, filled with iced tea". (Orlesian)

The Golden Nug (Orlesian)

The Heart of Spring - A "restorative" drink from Verchiel made with violets. (Orlesian)

The Hissing Drake (Orlesian)

Ice Cream and Beer

A Night of Shame (Orlesian)

Posset - A drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or other liquor and typically flavored with spices. Can be drunk as a delicacy or as a cold remedy.

The Randy Dowager (Orlesian)

To Cure a Cold - a folk remedy that requires boiling whiskey and adding lemon juice and crushed garlic.

Gin

Gin

Prophet’s Laurel Gin

Grey Warden Liquor These are bottles unique to members of the order, as each warden will combine half-full bottles in order to save space. No bottle is ever fully emptied or cleaned. In order to preserve the base flavor. They are called Grey Whiskey, Ritewine, or Conscription Ale, each vintage is named after a warden with a small note.

Vintage: Warden Anras - Bottled whimsy.

Vintage: Warden Bethany Hawke - Princess piss.

Vintage: Warden Carver Hawke - Toast them all.

Vintage: Warden Daedalam - Extra red.

Vintage: Warden Eval’lal - Griffon Wing Ale

Vintage: Warden Gibbins - Don’t frigging touch! I spit in this! I mean it!

Vintage: Warden Jairn - Smash when dead.

Vintage: Warden Korenic - Notes of fruit and anger.

Vintage: Warden Riordan - Serve yourself.

Vintage: Warden Steed - Joining juice.

Vintage: Warden Tontiv - Home.

Mead The Tapster's Tavern in Orzammar serves 17 types of mead, some are listed. Honeywine is another name for mead.

Avvar Mead

Chasind Sack Mead

Lady Odette Guillory's Family Honey Wine

Mead

Orlesian Honeywine

Port A sweet, fortified red wine, typically served with dessert.

Antivan Port

Tevinter Port

Rum Boot Screech is another name for rum.

Alvarado’s Bathtub Boot Screech

Blackwater Rum

Dark Llomerryn Rum

Tea and Other Drinks

Coffee (Antivan)

Cocoa/Hot Chocolate

Juice

Fermented Fruit Juice

Pickle Juice

Pomegranate Juice

Prune Juice

Punch

Spicy Punch

Tea

Almond Tea

Anderfels Mint Tea

Bitter Tea - An unspecified tea so bitter it is astringent. Served during the Fourth Blight.

Black Tea

Black Tea with Juniper

Fires of Change Tea

Herbal Tea

Iced Tea

Lattenfluss Tea (Anderfels)

Mint Tea

Nameless Tevinter Tea

Rivaini Spice Tea Blend

Rivaini Tea

Rosehips Tea

Spiced Tea

Stripweed Tea

Unsweetened Tea

Verimensis Tea (Tevinter)

Whiskey

Cinnamon-infused Whiskey

Ferelden Whisky

Legacy White Shear

Mackay’s Epic Single Malt

Wine The Tapster's Tavern in Orzammar serves 12 types of imported wines, some are listed.

Agreggio Pavali (Tevinter)

Alyons Black

Amaranthine Red

Anderfels Red

Antivan Red

Bitter Black Wine

Celestine Black Wine

Dandelion Wine (City Elves of Orlais)

Elderberry Wine

Elfroot Mixed with Wine

Finale by Massaad

Flames of Our Lady

Flat Wine

Ghislain Red

Iced Wine

Montsimmard White

Mosswine (Orzammar)

Mulsum (Tevinter)

Orichalcum mixed with Wine - Considered to have aphrodisiac properties.

Orlesian Red

Plum Wine

Red Wine

Serault Yellow Wine

Serault White

Silent Plains Piquette (Tevinter)

Southern Black Wine

Spiced Wine

Sweetened and Spiced Yellow Wine

Val Chevin Red Wine

Vint-9 Rowan’s Rose

Watered Wine

White Seleny Wine (Antivan)

White Wine

Yellow Wine

Additional Spirits

Abyssal Peach

Antivan Sip-Sip

Aqua Magus

Aquae Lucidius - A potent liquor made of wyvern venom; a rare drink known for its hallucinogenic properties.

Bottle of Rotgut - Rotgut is slang for cheap whiskey.

Butterbile :84

Carnal 8:69 Blessed (Orlesian)

Dwarven Ale - Not actually an ale, but a black liquid reputedly made from fungus with a reputation as being almost undrinkable for anyone not a dwarf.

Garblog’s Backcountry Reserve

Golden Scythe 9:40 Black

Hirol’s Lava Burst (Kal'Hirol)

Maraas-Lok (Qunari)

Moonshine

Potent Moonshine

Sun Blonde Vint-1

**Fruits, Mushrooms, Nuts, and Vegetables*

Edible Plants

Fern Fiddlehead

Lichen

Moss

Pungent Leaves - Unspecified leaves used in Avvar cooking of baked fish.

Rose

Rose Petals

Rosehips

Stripweed

Sugar Cane (Tevinter, Rivain)

Wildflowers

Borage

Chicory

Dandelion

Honeysuckle

Violet

Fruits and Nuts

Apple

Applewood Apples (Orlais)

Golden Apples (Orlais)

Green Apples

Le Pomme Vie et Morte - Apples that grow by the gallows in Val Royeaux.

Red Apples

Windfall Apples

Apricot

Banana

Par Vollen Banana

Rivain Banana

Berry

Blueberry

Cranberry

Elderberry

Raspberry

Strawberry

Caper (Antiva)

Cherry

Cocoa/Chocolate (Donarks)

Coconut

Coffee (Antiva)

Currant

Black Currant

Date - A purple and red fruit with a pit, it has a sweetness and tangy taste. (Tevinter)

Fig

Grape

Lemon

Lime

Nuts

Almond

Chestnut

Pine Nut

Olive

Antivan Olive

Orange (Orlais, Antiva)

Passion Fruit

Peach

Pear

Plum

Pomegranate

Pomegranate Seeds

Grain

Barley

Pot Barley

Oats

Rolled Oats

Rice

Ryott

Ryott Flour

Wheat

Wheat Flour

Whole Grains

Whole Grain Flour

Mushrooms

Deep Mushroom

Field Mushroom

Unspecified Fungus - Used to brew Dwarven ale.

Truffle

Unnamed Glowing Fungus

Wild Mushroom

Vegetables

Beans

Bush Beans

Green Beans

Pale Beans

White Beans

Cabbage

Carrot

Purple Carrot

White Carrot

Celery

Chive

Corn

Checkered Corn

Golden Corn

Yellow Corn

Cucumber

Eggplant

Fennel

Lettuce

Mustard

Onion

Red Onion

Sweet Onion

White Onion

Pea

Pepper

Antivan Pepper

Green Pepper

Hot Pepper

Hot Red Pepper

Red Bell Pepper

Sweet Pepper

Potato

Radish

Spinach

Squash

Marrow Squash

Pumpkin

String Squash

Tomato

Turnip - aka navet

Turnip Greens

Wild Greens

Animal Products

Dairy

Butter

Cow Butter

Goat Butter

Halla Butter

Herbed Butter

Nug Butter

Cheese

Ativan Smoked Cheese

Blue-veined Cheese (Orlesian)

Brie Cheese

Brined Goat Cheese

“Dalish” Cheese - An ill described item as it is unclear if it is actually cheese. One thing is for sure it isn’t Dalish.

Feisty Cheese

Goat Cheese

Halla Cheese

Pecorino Romano (Antivan)

Ram Cheese

Cream

Spiced Cream

Thickened Cream

Whipped Cream

Milk

Cow Milk

Goat Milk

Halla Milk

Ram Milk

Soured Milk

Eggs

Caviar

Chicken Egg

Egg Whites

Egg Yolk

Fish

Carp

Cod

Eel

Krone

Lamprey

Mackerel

Mussel

Oyster

River Herring

Sunfish

Trout

Whitebait

Insects

Cave Beetle (Dwarven)

Giant Spider (Dwarven)

Scorpion

Snail (Avvar)

Wood-burrowing beetle larvae (Dalish)

Meats

Beef

Ox

Ox-tongue

Rump Roast - A cut of meat from the hindquarters

Veal

Boar

Bronto

Cat

Deepstalker (Dwarven)

Dog

Dragon

Druffalo

Goat

Gurgut

Gurn

Halla

Hare

Hart

Horse

Liver - General name given, animal isn’t specified.

Lurker (Avvar)

Nug

Phoenix

Pork

Pig's Feet

Pork Hocks

Pork Saddle

Quillback

Rabbit

Ram

Rat

Sheep

Lamb

Mutton

Varghest

Venison

Wandering Hills (Anderfels)

Wyvern

Poultry

Bunting

Chicken

Dove

Duck

Partridge

Pheasant

Pigeon

Quail

Swan

Turkey

Misc.

Dragon Blood (Nevarran)

Druffalo Dung

Honey

Honeycomb

Miscellaneous Ingredients

Baking Ingredients

Ash

Elfroot Ash

Hardwood Ash (Dalish)

Baking Powder

Yeast Cake

Salts

Fine-ground Salt

Rock Salt

Salt

Sea Salt

Others

Brine

Clay (Avvar)

Pine Pitch (Alamarri)

Herbs and Spices

Herbs

Basil

Dried Basil

Bay Leaf

Catsbane

Elfroot

Elfroot Leaves

Royal Elfroot

Lavender (Orlesian)

Mint

Anderfels’s Mint

Foxmint

Peppermint

Oregano

Dried Oregano

Parsley

Prophet's Laurel

Rosemary

Spindleweed

Verdant Spindleweed

Thyme

Spices

Allspice

Anise

Antivan Cord-seed

Cardamom

Cinnamon (Seheron)

Clove

Cumin

Cumin Seed

Deep Mushroom Powder (Orlesian and Dwarven)

Dill

Dill Seeds

Dragon Blood Powder (Nevarran)

Eastern Spice - Unnamed

Fennel Seeds

Garlic

Ginger

Dried Ginger

Hot Pepper Powder

Hot Red Pepper, Crushed

Juniper

Licorice

Mace

Mustard

Mustard Powder

Mustard Seeds

Nutmeg (Seheron)

Grated Nutmeg

Pepper

Black Pepper

Peppercorn

Black Peppercorn

Poppyseed

Saffron

Spice Ball - A variety of mixed spices wrapped in a cheesecloth

Star Anise

Vanilla (Rivain)

Prepared Ingredients

Basic Ingredients

Alcohol

Brandy

Cinnamon-infused whiskey

Dark Llomerryn Rum

Hirol's Lava Burst

Prophet's Laurel Gin

Red Wine

Watered Down Ale

Whiskey

White Seleney Wine

Broth and Stock

Broth

Deepstalker Broth

Fish Broth

Stock

Brown Stock

Eggs

Hard Boiled Egg

Essences and Extracts

Essence

Orange Essence

Extract

Mint Extract

Orange Extract

Vanilla Extract

Golds

Edible Gold Leaf

Gold Dust

Grains

Noodles

Grain-based Noodles

Pasta

Spaghetti

Pie Dough

Oils

Cod Liver Oil

Oil

Sugars

Brown Sugar

Molasses

Powdered Sugar

Sugar

Sugar Syrup

Vinegars

Apple Cider Vinegar

Herbed Wine Vinegar

Vinegar

Desserts and Sweets

Desserts

Buttercream

Caramel

Chocolate

Chocolate Bitters

Custard

Pound Cake

Tea Biscuit

Toffee

Wafer

Jam

Plum Jam

Raspberry Jam

Misc

Sugar Cream Icing

Sugar Flowers

Sugared Rose Petals

Syrup

Dried and Cured Foods

Dried Fruits, Vegetables, and Fungi

Dried Apple

Dried Apricot

Dried Beans

Dried Cherry

Dried Cranberry

Dried Currant

Dried Mushroom

Dried Peas

Prunes

Pitted Prunes

Raisin

Cured Meats

Bacon

Smoked Bacon

Cold Cuts

Dried Meats

Dried Mackerel

Jerky

Lutefisk

Salted

Dried Salt Pork

Salt Pork

Salted Beef

Salted Dragon Meat

Salted Fish

Salted Goat Meat

Salted Meat

Sausage

Blood Sausage

Smoked Sausage

Spiced and Salted Sausage

Smoked

Smoked Beef

Smoked Fish

Smoked Goat Meat

Pickled Foods

Pickled Ox Tongue

Pickles

Prepared Animal Products

Gelatine

Grease

Ground Meat

Ground Beef

Ground Nug

Lard

Spiced Meat

Miscellaneous

Lyrium

Wyvern Venom - There are 47 ways to distill wyvern venom to be safe for consumption.

Canonically Suggested Food and Ingredients

Raw Ingredients

Edible Plants, Fruit, and Vegetables

Edible Plants

Aspen - The inner bark is sweet and starchy. It is edible both raw and cooked, it can also be dried and ground into flour. Some aspens have edible catkins as well.

Beech - The young green spring leaves can be cooked as greens. The inner bark, once dried, can be turned into bread flour.

Birch - The inner bark can be dried and used to make bread flour. Strips of the inner bark could be eaten raw or boiled like noodles. The sap was edible directly from the tree or boiled down into a slightly sweet syrup.

Cactus

Cattail

Clover

Flowers

Cosmos

Daisy

Dog-rose - The rose hips and flower’s petals are used to make teas, preserves, jellies, and pickled relishes.

Elderflower

Gorse

Hollyhock

Jasmin

Lilac

Marguerite

Orchid - The dried corms (tubers) are used to make hot drinks.

Pansy

Peony

Poppy

Snapdragon

Sunflower

Tulip

Wysteria

Lotus - Both the roots and the large seeds are edible when cooked. However the seeds can be eaten raw.

Maple - Along with the sap, the inner bark of maple can be eaten cooked or raw. The seeds and leaves are edible as well once boiled.

Northern Prickleweed - Young prickleweed shoots can be eaten raw, cooked, or pickled.

Palm - Heart of palms are eaten as well as palm oil.

Pine - Aside from pine nuts, the pine pollen, pine cones - only the females, may be eaten once shelled and roasted. Pine needles are used for tea or chewed on for the juices, and the inner pine bark can be dried and ground as flour, used to thicken soups and stews, cooked like spaghetti, or eaten raw. The sap is high in vitamins a and c and has been used to fend off scurvy in the past. The sap can be drunk as a tea in the spring.

Fir Pine

Stone Pine - Produce large pine nuts that make them easier to eat and forage for.

Red Cedar - The inner bark can be dried and ground into a powder, treating scurvy and acting as a nutritious ration added to foods.

Seaweed

Spruce - Spruce tips, spruce needles, spruce tree cones, and the inner bark of a spruce tree.

Thistle

Water Lily

Willow - The inner bark can be scraped off, cooked in strips like spaghetti, dried and ground into flour, or eaten raw.

Wormwood

Fruits and Nuts

Berries

Blackberry (Ferelden)

Blackthorn Berry - also known as sloe berries or sloes.

Rowan Berries - Bitter berries that can be cooked to make jelly or used as flavoring.

Bradford Pear - This small variety of pear comes from a rather foul smelling tree. The pears can be used for jellies, ciders, and hand pie. (Ferelden)

Citron

Melon

Nuts

Acorn

Black Walnut - Used to make syrups and liquors.

Hognut

Peanut (Seheron)

Walnut

Seeds

Sunflower Seeds

Sour Cherry

Sour Grape

Fungi and Mushrooms

Morel mushrooms - There is a blighted morel, so it stands to reason there is a non-blighted morel.

Grain

Flax

Flax Seed

Herbs

Elfroot

Bitter Elfroot

Gossamer Elfroot

Sage

Winterberry

Vegetables

Artichoke (Orlais)

Beet

Daikon Radish (Ferelden)

Animal Byproducts

Dairy

Butter

Goat Butter

Horse Butter

Sheep Butter

Cheese

Donkey Cheese

Horse/Mare cheese - Cheese made from milk of a horse.

Sheep Cheese

Curds

Milk

Buttermilk

Donkey Milk - High in nutrients but low in fat, it can be used as a milk replacement for infants when mixed with a bit of cow/goat cheese to add fat to the milk.

Mares Milk - Milk from a horse, it can be used as a milk replacement for infants.

Sheep Milk

Whey

Eggs

Crocodile Eggs

Duck Eggs

Goose Eggs

Gull Eggs

Partridge Eggs

Peafowl Eggs

Pigeon Eggs

Quail Eggs

Turkey Eggs

Turtle Eggs

Fish/Seafood

Clam

Crab

Crayfish

Jellyfish

Octopus

Shark

Squid

Sturgeon - The source of caviar.

Insects

Cricket

Locust

Meat

Badger

Bear

Crocodile

Donkey

Elk

Fox

Frog

Gazelle

Lynx

Marmot

Moose

Mountain Goat

Otter

Raccoon

Squirrel

Turtle

Wolf

Poultry

Albatross

Eagle

Goose

Grouse

Gull

Lark

Owl

Parrot

Peafowl

Ptarmigan

Quail

Turkey

Miscellanious

Fat

Goose Fat

Maple Syrup

Marrow Bones

Lamb

Ox

Prepared Ingredients

Plant-Based

Almond Milk

Olive Oil

Rice Flour

Rose Water

Sources:

(If you want to find direct links or page numbers check out the wiki’s food and ingredients page.

Dragon Age: Origins (Base and DLCs) Dragon Age: Awakening Dragon Age 2 (Base and DLCs) Dragon Age: The Last Court Dragon Age: Inquisition (DLCs + Multiplayer) Dragon Age Tabletop RPG Core Rulebook Dragon Age Tabletop RPG: Blood in Ferelden Dragon Age Tabletop RPG: Game Master's Kit: Buried Past

World of Thedas Vol. 1 World of Thedas Vol. 2 Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne Dragon Age: The Calling Dragon Age: The Masked Empire Dragon Age: Asunder Dragon Age: Last Flight Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights Short Story: Paper and Steel Short Story: Paying the Ferryman Short Story: Riddle in Truth

Comics: Silent Grove Mage Killer Knight Errant Deception

DA:O Codex Entry: Feast Day Fish Codex entry: The Frostback Mountains Codex entry: Ghilan'nain: Mother of the Halla Codex Entry: The History of Soldier’s Peak: Chapter 3 Codex Entry: The Noladar Anthology of Dwarven Poetry Codex Entry: Praise of the Humble Nug Codex Entry: A Tattered Shopping List Codex entry: The Casteless Armor: Clamshell Plate Armor Armor: Wade’s Superior Dragonbone Plate Boots Item: Ale Item: Brandy Item: Brandy Cheap Item: Chasind Sack Mead Item: Figurine Item: Food Item: Found Cake Item: Garbolg's Backcountry Reserve Item: Golden Scythe 4:90 Black Item: Grand Oak Acorn Item: Lamb Bone Item: Legacy White Shear Item: Love Letter Item: Mosswine Item: Rare Antivan Brandy (Gift) Item: Sugar Cake Item: Sun Blond Vint-1 Item: Wilhelm's Special Brew Item: Wine Weapon: Cat Lady’s Hobble-Stick

DA:A Item: Aqua Magus Item: "Dragon Piss" Item: Hirol's Lava Burst Item: Mackay's Epic Single Malt Item: Moonshine Item: Pie Item: West Hill Brandy

DA II Codex Entry: Elfroot Codex Entry: Orichalcum Codex entry: The Qunari - Asit tal-eb Codex entry: Viscount Marlowe Dumar Codex Entry: The Wine of Chateau Haine Codex Entry: Wyvern Letter: Feeling Inadequate? Item: Dragon’s Blood Junk List: Bottle of Aged Antivan Brandy Junk List: Bottle of Potent Moonshine Junk List: Bottle of Rotgut Junk List: Dwarven Ale Junk List: Orlesian Honeywine Junk List: Qunari Rations Junk List: Stale Biscuit Junk List: Stuffed Parrot

DA:I Codex entry: Andruil's Messenger Codex Entry: The Ben-Hassrath Codex Entry: Blackwall the Last Few Years Codex Entry: Bottles of Thedas Codex Entry: Charred Notebook Codex Entry: The City of Starkhaven Codex Entry: A Compendium of Orlesian Theater Codex entry: Correspondence Interruptus Codex Entry: The Diary of Triolus Hertubise Codex Entry: Grey Whiskey/Ritewine/Conscription Ale Codex entry: Hard in Hightown: Chapter Ten Codex Entry: Hard in Hightown: Chapter Eleven Codex Entry: Hard in Hightown: Chapter ??? Codex Entry: In the Mist: The Windline Marcher Codex Entry: La Pomme Vie et More Codex Entry: A Letter to Harding Codex Entry: Mad Emperor Reville Codex Entry: A Magister’s Needs Codex Entry: A Nutty Affair Codex Entry: On Avvar Cuisine Codex entry: The Perendale War Codex Entry: The Pickled Apples of Arlathan Codex Entry: Plant vs. Corpses Codex Entry: Ram Codex Entry: Redcliffe (Inquisition) Codex Entry: A Scholar’s Journal Codex Entry: Spindleweed Codex Entry: A Supply List Codex Entry: Surviving the Western Approach Codex Entry: Three Little Empresses Codex Entry: Waterlogged Diary Note: Betta’s Travel Journal Note: Cook’s Note Note: The Gilded Horn Drink List Note: Instructions for the Maid Note: Knight-Captain's Orders Note: A Note from the Skyhold Kitchen Note: The Rusted Horn’s Menu Note: Scribbled Note Note: Short Note Item: Carved Cricket Charm Item: Eagle Feather Charm Item: Fox's Pendant Item: Grouse Feather Charm War Table Mission: Abernache over Under War Table Mission: Dance with the Dowager: The Allemande War Table Mission: Disaster in the Deep Roads War Table Mission: Gain Access to Ghilan’nain’s Grove Wartable Mission: Inspire Wartable Mission: Plant Crystal in Venatori Headquarters War Table Mission: Smash Wartable Mission: The Tevinter Resistance Weapon: The Jade Ham Weapon: Wedge of Destiny

The Last Court Cards: The Acerbic Dowager The Anchoress (Card) The Antidote The Arrival of the Divine Atop the Tower of Lights The Boastful Neighbor The Chantry Unsealed Decide the Archoress’s Fate The Elegant Abbess The Fields Flames of Freedom Glass The Glassblowers' Anger Go Hunting Good Neighbors Graffiti Grant a Petition The Heartwood Feast The Hounds The Next Course Outlaw Councils A Plea for Sanctuary The Purveyor of Teas A Swift Stream Thieves A Tumbledown Shack An Unofficial Meeting The Wayward Bard The Whispering Woods The Wyvern is Cornered Your Bailiff is Attacked Your Bard is Restored to You

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[musetta3]

Some Musings on Thedosian Calendars

So in one of the Dragon Age server I’m in, the question of the Thedosian calendar came up. So I did some digging and analysis, and found some really cool correlations. Please note that these are my opinions, based on the Dragon Age Wiki and canon sources. There are many interpretations, not just mine <3 

Southern Thedosian Climate Thoughts

Thedas is, from what we understand, in the southern hemisphere of their world, for the sheer fact of south = colder, north = warmer. However, if we look at the Common names of the months, there can be 2 different interpretations

-1. Either Southern Thedas has climate like an IRL northern hemisphere, where Wintersmarch = January = winter weather/snow, and thus follows seasons that way. It's easy to consider it that way, because the 8th month in Thedas and Earth, match: they're both August (according to the wiki, this is carried over from when Andraste was named Augusta in earlier drafts of the game)

 -2. OR the Thedosian calendar year starts in, say, what we would consider summer in the IRL northern hemisphere/winter in the IRL southern hemisphere (such as IRL March) and then follows a southern hemisphere pattern of weather. Considering the Tevinters first set up the calendar, and the Roman calendar year starts in March, that can also be a consideration.

either of these methods can work. I personally use the first method in my longfic, The Songstress and the Swordsman, but, as stated above, there are many proverbial roads to Rome, and different interpretations.

As for the Southern Thedosian climate: from what we see in the games, there’s so many different climates present in DAI. So you can interpret it a number of ways, including: 

-visiting different regions during different time of the year. We know that DAI takes place over a period of time, so that’s not a stretch. ex: ‘I’m visiting the Hinterlands in the summer, and the Emprise in winter’

-The Frostbacks could act similarly to the Rocky Mountains  in the Pacific NW of the US, where one side is lush and green, and the other is dry prairie/grassland

-some areas could be affected by magic, which would also affect things in its own way

But, we can mostly agree that it’s relatively temperate in Ferelden and the Free Marches. There's some snow in parts of it. 

What of Tevinter/the North, though? That's where things get interesting.

Tevinter Calendar and Climate

Here is the calendar, directly from the Wiki

so let's break this down. Tevene shares roots in Latin, so I used Latin to translate this... 

 1: Spring-month/Wintermarch; celebrate First Day 

2: 'it rains' (from that Latin verb 'to rain')/Guardian; celebrate Wintersend 

3: 'hazy/ cloudy'/Drakonis 

4: Eluvium: sediment/rock debris formed from running water or rain/Cloudreach 

5: I strive/work (or, alternatively a tweak of 'melior' which is 'better')/Bloomingtide; celebrate Summersday 

6: Hot/boiling (from 'fervens')/ Justinian 

7: Sun (easy: sol for sun)/Solace 

8: Pertaining to matrons/married women (further push it to Mothers)/ August; celebrate All Souls Day 

9: Small (can be interpreted as ‘little ones’ or children)/Kingsway 

10: Grain/Harvestmere 

11: Shadowy/cloudy/Firstfall; celebrate Satinalia 

12: Hollow or empty/ Haring 

Notice that we have a clear period of 3 rainy months, 2 intense summer, a harvest, and then a cloudy, empty period of not much going on. This, to me, follows the typical climate found in India. 

If we ascribe to the first theory of 'Wintersmarch = January = Winter' I would consider SE India, where there are monsoons during the IRL winter months (speaking from a northern hemisphere perspective, at least) 

 If we use Theory 2 'Wintermarch = IRL March' then this aligns with the SW monsoon pattern during the IRL summer (again, northern hemisphere perspective <3 ).

I interpret it as this:

Guardian-Cloudreach: monsoon season 

Bloomingtide: super short respite, planting season 

Justinian-August: S U M M E R 

Kingsway-Harvestmere: autumn 

Firstfall-Haring: winter 

Wintermarch: super short spring

Could it be that it these names are simply cool names slapped onto the IRL Earth calendar? Possibly. However, the correlations are a bit too coincidental for me to rule that out completely.  

Tevinter Calendar, The Weather, and Holidays

I found some correlations between the Old Tevinter names of the holidays, and the translated month names in which they occur

Wintersend/Urthalis: dedicated to Urthemiel, the god of beauty. How does holding tourneys match up with 'beauty?' well, two ways: flex your political muscles and put on some epic pageants/events that are beautiful. OR celebrate this right before the monsoons start, when the weather is still 'beautiful.' Parts of Tevinter will become muddy and muggy, soon, definitely not pretty

Summersday/Andoralis: dedicated to Andoral, the god of unity. We celebrate this in Bloomingtide/Melior, or the 'I work' month. Andoral is the god of unity, so why honor him during this month? To unify together and plant before the summer comes 

All Souls Day/Funalis: dedicated to Dumat, the god of silence. this is a very interesting holiday, because after Dumat rose in the first Blight, Thedosians rededicated the holiday to remembering those who have passed. In the South, it represents Andraste’s death, coming from August (Augusta was, remember, an old name for Andraste before the devs switched it over). Bonfires are common, to represent Her pyre. In the Old Tevene, Matronalis is ‘pertaining to matrons/married women.’ Andraste is the Bride of the Maker, a married woman, and mother.

It’s interesting to note that in some Northern countries, people dress as spirits and parade down main thoroughfares at midnight. Is it a carry-over from Dumat’s celebration in the ‘dead silence of night?’ Perhaps!

Satinalia/Feastday: originally attributed to the god of chaos. Now. This is like... two letters off or something from the Ancient Roman Saturnalia, and bears some really close resemblances (not to the month name, this time). Wild celebrations, masquerades, gift giving: in some areas, like Antiva, it lasts a whole week! So a whole week of chaos! Epicness! It’s my favorite holiday, and I never attended it before <3 

It’s a good thing to note that the holiday got its name from Satina, the second moon. It could be that, during this time of year, Satina is really visible/prominent in the sky, hence why the holiday is named for it. 

[mistresstrevelyan]

Rhiannon Cousland wearing her family’s colours. (Silver, blue and black)

Silver for Highever’s famed diamonds, blue for the azure ocean of Highever’s ancient coastline and black for the werewolves her ancestor famously slew long before she was born.

[sylvansmercy]

me: i love the knight enchanter specialization!!!! also me: the knight enchanter specialization is effectively a form of cultural appropriation bc it’s created from a kind of elvhen magic that’s otherwise been all but wiped out by humans so they’re looking down their noses at elvhen magical practices while also picking them apart for whatever they decide is useful 

[tevinterdays]

found my DA tag list master post let's go gamers, now i remember the difference between the "da worldbuilding" and "thedosian meta" tags and have attached it to my current pinned post

[exhausted-archivist]

Thedosian Curses

Up to Date as of: September 2024

This is organized by origins of the curse. It has been sitting in my drafts for months, and I need to get it out so it will be blocked from reblogging until I do my last overview/check this week.

If you want to use AO3 though for easier viewing [Link]

Chantry/Andrastian Curse

General Chantry Curses

By the Grand Cleric's bright yellow robes!

By the Black City!

By the walls of the golden city!

Using Andraste's Name

Andraste's arse!

Andraste's ashes!

Andraste's ass!

Andraste's asscheeks!

Andraste's blood!

Andraste's braids!

Andraste's breath!

Andraste's dimpled buttcheeks!

Andraste's dimples

Andraste's exposed asscheeks!

Andraste's fat ass!

Andraste's flaming sword!

Andraste's fuzzy thighs

Andraste's grace!

Andraste's grace...

Andraste's great flaming ass!

Andraste's holy cabbage!

Andraste's holy knickers!

Andraste's knickers!

Andraste's lily-white ass!

Andraste's mercy! - this is said to the equivalent of "Christ's mercy!"

Andraste's milk-white bottom!

Andraste's sacred bowels!

Andraste's sacred girdle!

Andraste's sacred knickers

Andraste's sanctified ass!

Andraste's sweet ass!

Andraste's sword!

Andraste's tits!

By Andraste's burning britches!

By Andraste's burning under-drawers!

By Andraste's dirty socks!

By Andraste's grace!

By Andraste's holy knickers!

By Andraste's sword!

By Andraste's tears!

By the Lady!

Dear Andraste, no [...]

For Andraste's sake!

For the love of Andraste!

For the love of Lady Andraste!

How in Andraste's name [...]

I swear by Andraste's knickers

I swear on Andraste's name - contextually similar to "I swear on God's name"

I wish to Holy Andraste [...]

In Andraste's name [...] - used as as a curse, a blessing, prayer, or an oath

Lady's breath!

Merciful Andraste!

Oh, Andraste, help me [...]

Oh, Andraste's dimples [...]

Oh, for Andraste's sake [...]

Oh, for the love of Blessed Andraste!

Oh, for the love of the Maker's bride!

Sweet Andraste

Sweet blood of Andraste!

Sweet, merciful Andraste!

Well, slap my arse and call me Andraste

Well, throw me in a fire and call me Andraste!

What in Andraste's name [...]?

What in the name of Andraste's holy knickers [...]

What in the name of Andraste's Sanctified Girdle [...]

What in the name of the holy mother [...]

Who in Andraste's name [...]

Using Maferath's Name

Maferath's balls

Maferath's hairy arse!

Using the Maker's Name

By the Maker [...]

Great Maker, please!

Great Maker!

Holy Maker!

How in the Maker's name...

In the Maker's name! - used both as a curse and also a blessing

Maker damn you for a fool!

Maker forbid

Maker help those/them/her/him - used as both a prayer/blessing and a curse

Maker preserve me

Maker spit on […] - used as a curse/condemnation of a person or group

Maker what is that?

Maker!

Maker's balls!

Maker's beard!

Maker's blood! - a curse like "Christ's breath"

Maker's breath! - a curse like "Christ's breath"

Maker's glory!

Maker's grapes!

Maker's mercy

Maker's tears! - meaning "I regret"

Maker's titties!

Maker's truth! - meaning "I swear"

Maker's wind

Maker's wrath

Oh Maker...

Oh, Maker save me - used as both a prayer and a curse

Oh, sweet Maker!

Sweet Maker!

Sweet merciful Maker

Tears of the Maker!

Thank the Maker - "Thank God"

The Maker's a cruel bastard

What in Maker's creation...

What in the Maker's name...

What the Maker is this now?

Whatever in the Maker's name [...]

Who in the Maker's name [...]

Cultural/Regional Curses

Antivan Curses

Brasca! - translates to "damn"

Avvar Curses

Chicken-craps

Tyrdda's tits

Dwarven Curses

Aeducan's balls!

Aeducan's beard!

Ancestors curse your path

Ancestors have mercy!

Beards of the Paragons!

Bemot's beard!

Bleeding ancestors

Blood of the Paragons!

Bloody nug runners - akin to "holy crap!"

Bloody nug-whomper

Bronto piss

By the ancestors!

By the beards of the Paragons!

By the hairs of my ancestors!

By the Paragons!

By the stone! - an oath, "holy shit"

By the stones of the Ancestors!

By the teats of my ancestors!

By the tits of my ancestots!

Caridin's Teeth!

Couldn't give a nug's ass

Dust-munching nugs!

For the love of nugs and idiot children!

Great Ancestors - a form of swearing

Holy sodding stone - akin to "holy fucking christ"

Hurts like a nug-humper

May you be spit-roasted on a sodding pitch fork

Nug droppings!

Nug-crud!

Nug-dung

Nug-humping

Nug-spew

Nug-teeth!

Nug's ass

Nug and dolts!

Nugs and rats and worms!

Nugshit - akin to bullshit

Oh, great Stone - akin to "Dear God"

Oh, Stone - akin to "Oh, God"

Ortan's teeth!

Paragon's teeth!

Paragon's have mercy!

Rats and nugs!

Sod it

Sod it all!

Sod off - akin to "fuck off"

Sod you - akin to "fuck you"

Sodding - noted to be said in the same tone as "fucking"

Stone spit you out, you blighter!

Stone spit you out!

Stones!

Thank the ancestors - akin to "thank christ"

Thank the Stone!

What the nug!

Who in the Stone? - akin to "Who in God's name"

Who the dust? - akin to "Who the hell"

Elven Curses

Andruil's tits!

Bleeding thorns

By the lost Dales

Creators!

Dirthara-ma - "may you learn"

Elgar'nan! - used in the same way one says "Maker!" in Thedas

Fenedhis

Fenedhis lasa

Mythal have mercy

Mythal, I hope not! - the use of "Mythal" is akin to saying "God"

Mythal! - used in the same way one says "Maker!" in Thedas

Mythal'enastel - used as a swear in da2 though is translated as "Mythal's Favor" in dai.

Oh, Creators

Only the Creators know - akin to "Only God knows"

To the Beyond with that - akin to "to hell with that"

Fereldan Curse

By Maric and the Maker!

By the giant stones of the Dwarfson

Calenhad's crown!

Great Dane's bitch

I'll be dipped - contextually similar to "I'll be damned"

General Curses

These are seemingly universal and/or are without a clear origin point. Separated by subjects: animal, blight, body fluids/excrements, body parts, Fade/magic/void, food, parentage, and miscellaneous.

Animal

A load of pig squat

Ain't worth a rat's spit

Ain't worth rat spit

Dog piss

Dog stink!

Dogshit

Dung beetles!

Flaming rat turds.

Flies and bother

For the love of little fish

Griffon's buttocks!

Horse feathers!

Hound's arse!

I don't give a rat's ass about...

May the bloody vultures feast on his corpse and shit him into the ocean.

Oh, donkey bum!

Oh...f-frogs!

Oh...rats

Pig

Pig's swill

Pigeon crap!

Rat!

Rat's dick

Rats!

Seems like a bunch of nug shit to me.

Shave a horse and punch me in the teeth.

Smells like a rat's bottom

Snake in the grass

The dog shit part of town

Wiplash and crow sauce!

Blight

Ah, Blight!

Blight and destruction!

Blight!

Darkspawn blood!

Fire and Blight!

Hurts like a blight

Body Fluids/Excrement

Ah, piss and vinegar.

Blood and ashes!

Blood and damnation!

Blood and honor!

Bloody elf guts!

Bloody kibble!

Blow it out your arse

Crap!

Dirt and spit!

Good riddance to the whole pile of shit

Hot shit!

I don't give a shit!

I don't give a squirt!

It has piss-all to do with you.

Oh, for shit's sake!

Oh, piss on it!

Oh, piss!

Oh, shit.

Petty pissing

Piece of shit

Piss

Piss and blood!

Piss and spittle!

Piss off

Piss on a stick.

Piss on it.

Piss on that.

Piss up a rope.

Piss weak

Piss-poor

Piss-poor job of it

Pissbag

Pissballs

Pissed-off

Pisshead

Pissing match

Pissing right we did

Pissy

Shit / Shite

Shit for shanks

Shit hole

Shit-eater

Shit-heap

Shitballs

Shite damned piss no!

Shitheel

Shoddy piece of crap!

Spit knives

Squat

Sure as piss

That's pissing great

Turd

Well shit me a sunshine

Well, piss

What in the living piss is happening!

What in the shuddering shit is going on?

What in the ever-loving spit

With my last breath, I spit at you!

Body Parts

[...] my arse! - used to show disbelief

Arse

Arse cakes!

Arse kettle

Arse-end of nowhere

Balls!

Bitch-balls!

Blow it out your arse

Butt

Cock things up

[...] cock this up

Cock-up

Get your arses off […]

Going tits up

Half-arsed

Kiss my ass

Kiss-arse

Kissing arse

Pain in the ass

Sorry ass

Fade/Magic/Void Related

By the Void!

Fade monkeys!

Suck on a fireball!

To the Void with [...]

Void damn it all!

Void take us all!

Void take [...]

What in the Void is wrong with [...]?

Who in the Void are you?

Food

A pile of stinking road apples

Applesauce!

Beans and spuds

Milk and cookies!

Pickles!

Stinking road apples!

That's bean-rot!

Parentage

Lucky bastard

Motherless bastard

Motherless son of a goat

Of all the motherless mongrels!

Son of a bitch!

Son of a motherless nug

Son of an ogre!

Misc

[...] be damned

Alas!

Blast and blazes!

Blast and damnation!

Blast it all, anyhow!

Blast it all

Blast it!

Blast you!

Blast!

Blech!

Bless my briches

Bollocks

Bugger it all

Bugger off!

Bullshit

Burn it all!

Confound it!

Cripes

Crud

Curse me for a fool!

Curse you!

Cursed for a fool!

Curses!

Damn

Damn fine

Damn good

Damn her/him/them

Damn it all!

Damn it!

Damn near

Damn sure

Damn you!

Damnation!

Damndest

Damndest thing

Damned if I know

Dang and blast!

Fiddlesticks!

Fire and death!

Flaming

Frigging / Frig

Fuck / Fucked / Fucking

Garbage

Glutton

Go nuts / Going nuts

God - contextually this doesn't really make sense, much like the use of hell in Thedas

Hell

Lucky bitch

None of this makes any damned sense [...]

Of all the blasted [...]

Of all the cursed luck!

Of all the cursed [...]!

Of all the infernal [...]!

Of all the [...]!

Oh dear

Oh, begger it all!

Oh, blast it!

Oh, brother!

Oh, buggery

Oh, by mercy

Oh, for pity's sake!

Oh, fuddle-knuckles

Oh...blast it!

Phooey

Shove it

Shut the fuck up!

Shut up!

Stab me with a fork and call me Susan!

Stupid

Tarnation

That's a stinker!

That's swill

The fuck?

To oblivion with you, wretch!

What in damnation

What the blasted [...]

What the fuck

What the hell [...]

Sources

Dragon Age: Origins + DLCs

Dragon Age 2 + DLCs

Dragon Age: Inquisition + DLCs

Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Vol. 1

Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne

Dragon Age: The Calling

Dragon Age: Asunder

Dragon Age: The Masked Empire

Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights

Short Story: Paying the Ferryman

Dragon Age: Absolution

Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance

DAO Codex Entry: The Casteless

DAI Codex Entry: Common Curse

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[inquisitor-julia]

the people of Haven know what a zoo is

implying that zoos exist in Thedas

are you telling me Thedas has at least one zoo and there are zero games/dlcs involving said zoo?!

[crackinglamb]

Do you research before writing or while you write? Is it fun or boring for you?

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: Okay, this will take some background.

I've been writing fanfiction for almost six years now. My early stuff, set in Fallout 4, Borderlands 2 and Mass Effect, I never needed to research, unless I was looking for something incredibly specific that I couldn't remember off the top of my head. I'd played all of those enough to quote whole sections and knew story arcs for characters like I knew my own name.

I started writing Twist before I'd ever played DA:I.

See, I only had a vague idea of what the games were, knew a couple names, had some spoilers for the ending, that sort of thing. It wasn't until I had the urge to try my hand at writing for that universe (which actually was more DA2 than Inquisition, and was a Hawke/Varric fic) that I really sat down and dug into the story and action. So I watched some playthrough videos. And then I watched some romance and banter compilations. And then I started seeking out meta posts.

The reason I did all that was because some Dread Demigod came along and informed me that he actually had nuance and I fell down a rabbithole from which I've yet to emerge. I just wanted to write a happy ending Solavellan, dammit! How did I get here?!

So yeah, there was a lot of research that went into writing my DA fics. And there still is because...yes, I'm aware of how this is gonna sound...I still haven't finished playing the game. Haven't even started DAO and DA2. I've watched other people play the DLC's more than I've played them, with the notable exception of JoH. I'm still constantly looking things up, whether it's details for quests, specific dialogue, hell, even Thedosian native plants.

And I love every minute of it. I'm very detail oriented; research of this nature is fascinating to me. Distracting, yes. Often frustrating because the canon is always contradicting itself, yes. Boring, no.

(I promise, someday I'll finish Carly 1.0's save file. I'm so close.)

From this list. Thanks for the ask! 💕

[dragons-and-ages]

Planning out the new worldstate here…

My best-loved worldstate is Surana->mage!Hawke->mage!Lavellan.

I prefer mages for both gameplay and story reasons. For race, I love the elves, both city and dalish. In terms of romance, I enjoy mages with non-mages, and romance crossing race lines. (Honorary shout-out to the raw, started-from-the-bottom storylines of Brosca and Tabris. I love them so much!)

But… I’m gonna keep this new play-through boring. All human ladies.

Since this is my lore refresh play-through, I’m sticking with humans, as the narrative seems to favor them at times. Particularly in the case of Cousland and how they fit in with the nobility of Ferelden and the sub-plot with Arl Howe. So, yeah. Gonna give up playing a mage warden. Also, with a Trevelyan, I won’t feel as compelled to drink from the well of sorrows as I was with Lavellan. (How dare Morrigan say she was the better option when a Dalish elf is literally standing right there) Even with these deviations, I’m sure I’ll enjoy the play-throughs. They’re all just gratuitous self-inserts and I’m still gonna make all of my favorite choices. I’m a creature of habit.

So we have:

Amalthea “Theo” Cousland (rogue)

Ayesleigh Hawke (mage)

Augusta Trevelyan (mage)

Artemisia *surname TBD* in DA4

Human she/theys with “A” names. I’ll call it my Andrastian worldstate lol. …Although all of them were raised in the Chantry faith, they’re all different levels of non-belief now. I can’t bring myself to play a Chantry lover. Yikes.

Amalthea is one of the names used by Divines and I’m headcanoning that it’s an old Cousland family name, including a use by Teyrna Elethea Cousland for one of her daughters. Also headcanoning that it was Divine Amalthea I who wrote a favorite hymn of Cousland’s mother, Eleanor. However, she(/they) prefers to go by just Theo.

Ayesleigh is, of course, the name of a city. One that was the final battleground of the Fourth Blight. In my headcanon, Leandra chose this name for her first child after Malcolm’s work with the Wardens. He never revealed to his wife what the Wardens had forced him to do, but she was aware that they were instrumental in her release from her father’s house. Also, that makes the Hawke siblings start with A, B, and C in order. Leandra strikes me as the kind of mom to do that.

Augusta, in meta was originally going to be the name for Andraste, which is why one of the months in the Thedosian year is August. I’m headcanoning that Augusta was the name of an early and vocal proponent of the Andrastian faith who lived in the hundred-some years after Andraste’s death and before Emperor Drakon established the Orlesian chantry. The Trevelyan family are very pious and many of their traditional family names I’m sure are taken from ancient Chantry faithful. My Augusta is not super fond of her name, especially since her brother calls her Gussie to get a rise out of her. They often just go by August and is actually a bit relieved when folks start calling them The Herald/Inquisitor.

Artemisia Gentileschi is a favored artist of mine and the name sounds like it could be possibly from Tevinter or Antiva. For now, it’s a placeholder. We’ll see if it changes as more info come out about the DA4 protag.

…I really hope the DA4 human option isn’t a noble again.

[raymurata]

As a born and raised Brazilian, I must say that I disagree quite strongly with this. 

As has been said by OP, there is no such thing as 1:1 equivalence of our real world and Thedas, and it is safe to say Bioware has taken elements from several different cultures to create their own, but when it comes to whatever might have been their major inspiration for Antiva, I strongly believe the 'new world' (and therefore Latin America) was not it. 

Let's break it down. 

The first thing that I would like to point out is that Thedas is a pseudo Medieval setting, but Latin America did not experience the V-XV centuries as Europe did. If they had based themselves on that period of our history, then we'd expect diffused tribes, Mayan/Aztec/Inca architecture, polytheistic/pantheistic religions and their rituals, indigenous clothing, foods and cultures. But that's not what we see.

And we don't see post-colonized Latin American culture either. Antiva is a country that has a long history of wealthy families, maritime domination, and trade, and no colonization whatsoever. Latin American countries were colonized, and as awful as all of those colonizations have been (decimation of peoples, burying of cultures, complete exploration of native resources to enrich the colonizers, slavery of natives, etc), you can't sweep them under the rug and pretend our modern culture exists without that baggage. It doesn't. And Antiva doesn't have it -- But Rivain sort of does.

That's ultimately my biggest point. If they had inspired themselves on us to create Antiva, you'd see elements that are unique to us (as pointed out above), either positive or negative, pre or post colonization. But looking at a clearly European-coded setting and pushing it to somehow pretend it was inspired on Latin America for the sake of representation… does not make me feel represented. It doesn't have my culture. I think Rivain is much more Latin American. 

Meanwhile, let's look at what Antiva does have.

It was originally named Calabria, which is the name of a region in Italy. 

It has a history of powerful city states with strong maritime presence and trade, such as the republic of Venice.

It has a city called Treviso (Italian comune which belonged to Venice), and another called Rialto (an area/bridge of Venice), and the Tellari swamps (Tellaro being an actual paesino in Northern Italy as well)

It has a tradition of week-long Satinalia, which is like Medieval Carnival (also called Saturnalia in ancient times). While you could argue that in modern times the Carnival of Rio has more fame than most in Europe, it was brought here by Christian colonizers, and we didn't have quite the same tradition of the king playing the fool. From wikipedia: 

Carnival: Some of the best-known traditions, including carnal parades and masquerade balls, were first recorded in medieval Italy. The Carnival of Venice was, for a long time, the most famous carnival. From Italy, Carnival traditions spread to Spain, Portugal, and France, and from France to New France in North America. From Spain and Portugal, it spread with colonization to the Caribbean and Latin America.

OP mentions the Andes, but I'd like to point out the Alps and the Apennine.

While OP is right that Brazil is the biggest producer -- and exporter -- of coffee, it was not native to us. In fact it was brought here by Europeans and we did not become such prominent producers of it until export demands increased (mostly European buyers). Furthermore we have a very complex history with coffee (lots of forests destroyed to plant it, slave workforce, etc) and it is at the center of our attempts at creating an independent economy in the early 19th century. Meanwhile, it doesn't seem to me like coffee has that baggage in Antiva. Rather it sounds more like: (from wikipedia )

Coffee: From the Middle East, coffee spread to Italy. The thriving trade between Venice and North Africa, Egypt, and the Middle East (back then Ottoman Empire), brought many goods, including coffee, to the Venetian port. From Venice, it was introduced to the rest of Europe. Coffee became more widely accepted after it was deemed a Christian beverage by Pope Clement VIII in 1600, despite appeals to ban the "Muslim drink." The first European coffee house opened in Rome in 1645.

When it comes to music, OP mentions the flute -- an instrument from several different cultures, not just Latin American in the least. Greece, Germany, China, India… There are flutes unique to South America, true, but there are flutes literally everywhere and Bioware never really shows us what kind of flute the lillo is. 

On the matter of "things that were common basically all over the globe," I need not say there was gold -- and gold ostentation -- in Europe in Medieval times. Gold as wealth is pretty much present in tons of cultures. OP also mentions turquoise. Yes, it is true the Aztec had it, but so did the Iranian, Egyptians and other Arab peoples. It was taken to Europe through the Silk Roads before they reached the Americas.

Which brings me to… Silk, and weaving. Silk is Chinese/Middle Eastern in origin but also a famous Antivan product. I don't know if maybe there is a parallel between European-Asian trade and Antivan-Par Vollen trade there. What I do know is that Antiva, as well as Orlais, is well known for its fashion in general, which evokes modern France (Paris) and Italy (Milan) in my mind. And it is relevant to point out weaving existed in medieval Europe as much as in South America. From Wikipedia:

Weaving: The predominant fibre was wool, followed by linen and nettlecloth for the lower classes. Cotton was introduced to Sicily and Spain in the 9th century. When Sicily was captured by the Normans, they took the technology to Northern Italy and then the rest of Europe. Silk fabric production was reintroduced towards the end of this period and the more sophisticated silk weaving techniques were applied to the other staples.

OP mentions the Felicissima Armada, the Antivan (and Rivaini) band of pirates. Yes, it is true that the Caribbean was the protagonist of the Golden Age of piracy, but the name 'felicissima armada' is literally the name of the Spanish navy in 1588. And piracy existed before its Golden Age. In fact, Venice has a history of struggles with pirates… And just remember that even though the Felicissima Armada did fight with Antiva against invasion, when in peace, the pirates target Antivan merchants too (who choose to pay them a tax instead of fighting), so they're not a protection army. 

In fact, the Thedosian Felicissima Armada has its headquarters in Llomerryn, which is a Rivaini 'pirate paradise' kind of like Nassau (and it is worth mentioning most Pirates were European anyway). Either way, that 'tarde hub' is Rivaini and not Antivan.

Some other things Rivain has in common with pre-colonization Latin America are its tribal customs and its religions. They were colonized by the Qunari and forced into the Qun and then the Chantry took over and violently pushed Andrastianism into their culture. The Chantry actually carries on a genocide of non-Andrastian in Rivain, forcing them to at least incorporate or pretend to accept Andrastianism.

In Rivain, body paint and body modifications are part of the culture (such as in pre colonized South American, African and Australian tribes), the women have a strong role (as with many of those peoples too), and the gods are nature itself (I know for a fact this was such for indigenous Brazilian groups). 

Bc of the chantry take over, Rivain has a Circle and mages are taken to it, but even inside the Circles the Seers (who seem to be like Paje or other tribal chiefs in South American communities) have authority bc this is part of their cultural roots. Just like here in Brazil Christianim exist simultaneously with African-Indigenous Brazilian religions.

Meanwhile Antiva is heavily Andrastian just as Italy and Spain were (and still are) heavily Christian.

Not to mention the Crows, who pretty much influence all political decisions in Antiva. They're several different cells with initiation rituals and pyramidal hierarchy. Sounds like the Italian mafia, huh? La Cosa Nostra, La Camorra and La 'Ndrangheta, for instance? The latter of which had its origins in Calabria, by the way. Of course you could argue the Colombian cartels are also very prominent in South America, but they're very modern and entirely drug traffic related, while the Italian mafia is older and more related to politics. I invite you to read anything on the Sicilian mafia initiation rituals and try not to see the Crows:

Sicilian Mafia: A prospective mafioso is carefully tested for obedience, discretion, courage, ruthlessness, and skill at espionage.[18][132] He is almost always required to commit murder as his ultimate trial,[18] even if he doesn't plan to be a career assassin. The act of murder is to prove his sincerity (i.e., he is not an undercover policeman) and to bind him into silence (i.e., he cannot break omertà without facing murder charges himself).

There's also the matter of the language. While David Gaider's word is not law, when we are discussing where the writers took their inspiration from, his word is very relevant. And he has written a short story in which Zev calls the warden "amore," which is Italian. All of the other people writing Antiva for the comics, instead, use Spanish -- which was brought to South America by the Spanish during colonization, and which brings me back to "Antiva doesn't have a history of colonization" point, so it does not represent post-colonization Latin America. 

Lastly, Antiva simply doesn't feel even remotely Latin American to me, a Latin American. I have lived all my life in Brazil and visited several of its states and cities. I've never seen these medieval looking, steep alleys, or castles on top of hills, with colorful little houses in all of the surroundings of that hill, or ports with a bunch of canals and all. When you do find such Architecture (or similar, like Ouro Preto) it is, of course, because of the European colonization.

On the other hand, I've been in Italy (spending a month here) for less than two weeks and I've been to a handful of cities which do look exactly like that! Just check out these pictures (some I took this week, some from google) side by side with the pictures OP took from The Silent Grove:

Now look at Rivain:

Picture on the right is of a city in the state of Pará, Brazil. Stilt houses are not exclusively or even originally ours, and they're definitely not common in most of Brazil, so plz don't assume as much. But we actually do have that kind of architecture. As opposed to, you know... medieval castles on hilltops

When it comes to their phenotype, yes, Antivans are dark skinned. The end. There should be no discussion regarding that. Zev and Josie are dark skinned and therefore, in terms of skin/genes, poc. 

Their ethnicity -- culture, architecture, and history, however, are not Latin American. And one thing North Americans in this fandom need to learn is that skin color does not equate history/culture, race does not equate to ethnicity. Stop acting like Zev being dark skinned makes him Colombian or Brazilian coded, or that Josie being dark skinned makes her Aztec-inspired (or that they can't be European-coded bc they are poc, as if there hadn't been any poc in medieval Italy/Spain. Yes, there were).

Dorian looks South Asian/Indian, but Tevinter is definitely not India-coded either. And as for Orlais being Italy/Spain…I just… I kindly ask my French followers to please take it away.

OP might be tired of all Medieval Fantasy settings being inspired in Europe, and so am I. But taking a very European-coded fictional place that does not have a noticeable Latin American historical or cultural baggage (either pre or post colonization) and calling it Latin American just because it has swamps, rain, weaving and flutes… does not make it Latin American coded. It just makes me, a Latin American, pissed.

If any Thedosian country is based on us, then it's Rivain. 

Of course, fans can hc whatever they want to increase representation. I myself made Fenris Brazilian in my modern AU. You may even hc Zev and Josie as Latine too, but Bioware most certainly did not. 

Do you know of any Latine characters in dragon age? I figured antivan characters but they're supposedly just spanish.

Antiva has more in common with Latin America than Spain and Italy (the other one often said.) So the TL;DR version is yeah I think most Antivan characters like Zevran and Josephine could be considered Latine. (And Josephine was clarified to be a WOC, though we weren’t given any details beyond that because BioWare.) 

Also you should totally check out @latinxdragonage!

First, just a reminder that there is no 1:1 ratio of Thedosian countries and IRL equivalencies, but rather general regions of the world. So please don’t misinterpret this as me lumping all of Latin America together, but rather I believe that is what BioWare did in terms of pulling inspiration from a wide range of places and cultures. Antiva is a large place and there’s lots of room for differences across it!

Zevran says that in Antiva it rains often. Spain has a dry climate compared to nations like Colombia (which has been ranked as the rainiest country in the world) and neighbouring countries:

That it rains so much in Antiva makes sense why they have a region called “the Drylands,” if it’s dry unlike most of their country, instead of the other way around like Spain.

Antiva is also hope to the Tellari swamps, which is a giant wetland [some images are included in this post]. Four of the worlds most major wetlands are in South America, including The Pantonal, which is also one of the largest. Looking at the actual comics though, while it’s called a swamp it appears more like a rain-forest to my eye at least. In which case that still definitely wouldn’t bring Spain or Italy to mind, would it?

Still talking about geography, Antiva shares The Hundred Pillars with Tevinter, which is a long stretched mountain range like the Andes.

Last Flight describes Antiva City being decorated with turquoise tiles, just like the Aztec people used it for, among other things as it was favoured for both ornamentation and ceremonial use. There is no turquoise in Spain.

Also in Antiva is gold; their symbol is a golden drake. And yeah the Spaniards sure loved their fucking gold, but who did they steal it all from again?

Antiva is where coffee is produced in Thedas. The world’s biggest coffee producer is Brazil (by a lot), with Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia and Mexico also being on the top ten list.Some other foods that are known to come from Antiva are peppers, corn and passion fruit, all foods native to Latin America, and only brought back to Spain by colonizers.

Antiva is specifically named when discussing fine weaving skills, with rugs apparently identifiable as Antivan by look. Weaving is an iconic textile tradition from many Indigenous peoples in South America.

Zevran mentions something called a “lillo flute” being a common instrument used by Antivan minstrels. This may be a fictional type of flute, and not that they have the copyright on all flute music, but flutes are among the most used instruments in Andean music.

Antiva has a huge history of piracy and as a trade hub similar to the Caribbean, including the existence of pirate seaports, which were a large contributor to the establishment of Antiva as a nation.

Finally, a few things entering headcanon territory but I’ll include anyway:

I like to think the Drylands could be equivalent to the drylands in Mexico, Argentina and Chile.

That Antivans have notable weaving textiles would also suggest that they have the animals it takes to produce the fibres, like llamas and alpacas? Which would thrive in the Drylands and mountains. And the Dalish of Antiva probably use halla wool.

It’s not that there aren’t any things that Antiva has in common with Spain and Italy, like previously being a city-state (something Gaider specifically pointed out when asked if Antiva City was Italy) and known for wine exports. But I think Orlais has more in common with those countries, when we’re talking about the quantity of similarities……And frankly, I am really tired of the fantasy genre only equating to Europe. Dragon Age is one of the only franchises not to do that.

SOURCES:

Dragon Age: Origins

World of Thedas Vol 1

World of Thedas Vol 2

The Silent Grove

The Calling

The Masked Empire

Last Flight

See the sources in this post re: food

[old-archivist]

More Fun Thedosian Food and Drinks Facts

So, a few more fun facts to tide you all over while I finish my food posts. (Also some snide commentary of my food frustrations at the end.)

Part 1

The Inquisition soldiers stationed in the Western Approach, Griffon Wing Keep, eat quillback and occasionally varghest. Which, considering they’re predators and you want to cook that all the way through means a lot of stews, soups, roasted, and other means.

Orlesians drink almond tea.

They also have punch, which can be both alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

When needed Thedosians will sweeten yellow wine with honey and spices.

Thedosians, Nevarran and other nations alike, eat dragons. Which isn’t entirely surprising but I mean they salt it, dry the blood to use as seasonings, all of it. Which, honestly, I appreciate them using the entirety of the animal.

Thedas has caviar, which implies sturgeon - unless Thedas has it’s own caviar making fish, but until noted otherwise you can assume sturgeon as most Thedosian food follows real world sources.

Thedas has both the dessert and savory forms of pudding. Which threw me for a minute when I came across Varric’s dialogue suggesting they put gravy on pudding.

Qunari have their own type of ale.

Avvar have their own type of mead and it is supposedly better than lowlander mead. Though, Amund might be a bit biased.

Both Avvar and Fereldans eat harts.

With the existence of Cacio e pepe, there is the implication that spaghetti and pevorino romano cheese exists in Antiva/Thedas. In Tevinter Nights it is implied that the Imperium makes it wrong meaning they uses butter, oil, or another ingredient aside from the cheese, pepper, and spaghetti.

Thedas has ale, beer, lager, and drafts, but since those things historically haven’t always been made from hops, it’s hard to say if hops exist. Hops in Thedas are theoretical, like waffles and lettuce.

Waffles aren’t mentioned as a food. Hawke’s nicknames are actions so... likely not a food. But open to headcanon, cause I ain’t here to rain on your parade.

There is not a single mention of salad or lettuce in Thedas but there are objects labeled “salad bowls” and I have intense feelings about this. Especially since the foods referenced range up to the 1900s. Let there be lettuce Bioware. Please.

The Bioware devs seem to like just saying “root vegetables”, “cakes”, “teas”, “fruits“, ect. instead of specifying which leaves a large gap and hurts my heart. Cause honestly I would love to know more veggies they used or even to see more foods unique to Thedas.