Lehcar
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Aww darn... I remember Gorim mentioning that I'd been named the heir to house Aeducan, but absolutely nothing about it was mentioned in the epilogue slides :confused:
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Yes, the first time I played through as a City Elf, I accepted his bribe.
Doesn't really make much of a difference, except The Guardian at Andraste's temple makes you feel guilty about it, and of course when you get to return to the Alienage near the end of the game, everyone there absolutely despises you, because Shianni was sure to twist the story and blab to anyone who'd listen so they would all think you're horrible... and they all believe her. Your own father even completely disowns you...
Makes you really wish Vaughan had just killed her.
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"Wretched swamp angel!"
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So, the Gauntlet sequence where you meet the spirit of someone from your origin story is supposed to be a really... emotional moment in the story. For me, it's a very special little moment, even though I think they could have done a lot better with it in some respects.
The Dwarf Noble is absolutely perfect, meeting your dead big brother Trian, whom depending on what choices you made, you could have either killed yourself, or your asinine little brother Bhelen could have killed... both the possible dialogues you can get with him based on that are very good, but if you killed him yourself it's even better, it brings me to tears how he actually forgives for what you did. I seriously cried my eyeballs out first time I watched that. Of course, besides Trian, I think meeting your late father King Endrin would have really good too, very emotion stirring... but of course depending on what order one decides to do the different quests in, a first time player may or may not actually be yet aware of the fact that Endrin is dead by that point.
The Dwarf Commoner... sucks, in my opinion. I have yet to try doing the Orzammar portion of the quest before going to the temple, but frankly I just don't think Leske was a very good choice since he ends up utterly betraying you as a friend (to some crazy psycho b*tch no less) and you must kill him in defense of your life. That fact is why meeting his spirit in the temple fails to stir my emotions. But I think the Dwarf Commoner was difficult for the writers, because there isn't anyone in the Dwarf Commoner's origin story that they're very "close" to that ends up dying or at least having some misfortune fall upon them. So, I can't actually think of any characters that would have been more "fitting" for the spirit sequence... big bugaboo there.
The Human Noble was perfect, too. Meeting your murdered father Bryce Cousland... emotional, so very very tragic and emotional. I think the Human Noble's mother, Eleanor, also would have been an excellent choice, as would have been possibly Dairren or Iona depending on your choices, but out of those two Dairren especially.
City Elf, meh... doesn't make me feel anything, since Shianni is still alive and there's just really nothing about your relationship with her, and nothing for your meeting with her spirit to inspire any emotions. And it's kind of a wall-banger if you accepted Vaughan's bribe in the origin story and allowed her to be gang raped, because her spirit in the temple acts all solemn and gentle and forgiving with you; but then when you actually get to meet her in person again later on, she sure as heck isn't that friendly or forgiving towards you... (she made everyone in the Alienage hate your guts)
Dalish Elf was perfect. Well, it was still fairly emotional, but not a total tear-jerker because at that point, a first-time player likely isn't aware of what has happened to him. But then when he becomes a tragic monster later on... that makes for a real heartbreaker.
Mage origin, well... since Jowan is the only friend you apparently have, and since you don't know your family and no one close to you died or met with a terrible tragedy in the origin (it's probably the most un-emotional origin story out of them all), they probably couldn't have done any better than that. :wacko:
What are your thoughts?
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The ONLY way you can marry Alistair as a human noble is if, in the Landsmeet, you choose the "I will rule beside him" option. I believe you can do this if he is hardened or not. If you don't choose that option, or if you are not a HUMAN noble, he will try to dump you. At that point, whether or not you can persuade him to keep you on as mistress depends on whether or not he's hardened.
I did have him hardened, but he still dumped my royal ass anyway? Horrendously hurtful and unbelievably humiliating! :sad:
That miserable little pr*ck motherf***er, I wish personally killing that stupid little son of a gun and chopping him to bloody pieces was an option. King for not even 10 minutes and it's already turned him into a complete a**hole. Motherf***er says he "loves" me so much, and I've gone to hell and back for this guy, and then pulls a heartless, shitty ass thing like that on me? What an utter dick. :mad:
Oh, and that stuff he says at my funeral about "regretting" dumping me like I'm a piece of trash is such a load of stinking bull**** it isn't even moving in the least.
And the fact that she recently got dumped by that stupid trecharous bast*rd Gorim only makes it worse... I wish I could just give that guy a good kick in the nuts. "Err, I'll think of you when I change the nappies of the brat I'm going to have with another woman. Now do you want to buy something?" What an insensitive jerk...
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I like him, but he's awfully heavily based on silly stereotype. He's going to make everyone on the surface think all dwarves are just disgusting and horny and crude little people. :dry:
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Is there any way to get Morrigan to have sex with you again after you reach "love" relationship level? :unsure:
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Yeah I know this isn't very good, but it's only a rough start that I threw together rather quickly, so go easy on me please... constructive criticism always helps. :turned:
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He sat alone by the window, lost in thought, staring out into the gloomy, pale grey skies over Lake Calenhad. A cold breeze grazed his face; no doubt a sign of coming rain. Somehow, it only added to his sadness.
"Corbin?" a voice behind him spoke.
He knew the voice of his dearest friend, but he did not acknowledge her presence, or even turn around to face her. He simply continued to gaze out into the clouds, stretching out into the distance as far as the eye could see.
"Please talk to me, Corbin... we have known each other for almost as long as either of us can remember. You need not hide anything from me."
There was a moment of silence before he spoke. "There is nothing to talk about," he said. His voice was empty and expressionless, and yet she could sense a touch of sadness in it. "I've already confided everything to you. There are no more words to be said."
"But you're so quiet up here, all alone. Everyone is so worried about you. They can't understand why you're so sad, Corbin - this is a happy time. The Blight is over, you have saved us all from certain death... and now, now we can begin to rebuild what we have lost. There is at last, brightness in the future," she said encouragingly, even though she knew all too well that nothing she could say would make him feel better.
Another moment of silence. He listened to her words, and she was very right. This was a joyous time... at least, for everyone but himself. Indeed, he had many reasons to be happy, but no, nothing, nothing in the world could take away his sorrow.
"They don't need to know why... they would never understand," he said quietly. "Perhaps there is a bright future for all of you. But what is there for me? I have nothing in this world. My existence is without any purpose, and my life is nothing but... emptiness."
Those words deeply saddened her. "Please don't say that... that isn't true! You're still young, you still have so much to live for!"
"No." Tears began to well up in his eyes. "Without her... I am incomplete. I am... nothing."
There was more silence as she tried to think of something to say. She felt like such a fool.
"I... I... I know how heartbroken you are, Corbin..." she spoke with a sad voice. "It's almost unbearable for me to see you in such pain. You're my most beloved friend on this whole Earth; I care for you so much, and I dearly wish there was something I could do to make it all better."
"No... you need not say that, Neve. This is nothing less than what I deserve. I wish had listened to Wynne, like I should have. She tried to save me from this... she tried to warn me about what was going to happen... but I would not listen to her. Oh, what a fool I am. Wynne was right, all along... all along..." he trailed off in a near whisper.
She walked over to an empty chair and sat down beside him. "No. You loved her, Corbin," she said gently.
"With every particle of my being. But I should have known better. I should have known she cared nothing for me. I should have known she would never feel the same about me. I should have known she was just... just... just... just using me. But I simply couldn't help it. I fell helplessly and hopelessly in love with her before I could even stop myself."
"Please, my friend, don't be so quick to give up... perhaps you will see her again someday?"
A tear rolled down his cheek. "No. I'm never going to see her again. She never wants to see me again. She cares nothing for me. There was only one thing she wanted from me... and... and..." His voice began to break. "And... she got exactly what she wanted. So... she... she... has no use for me any longer."
Yes, all she had wanted from him all along, was... a demon baby. That was the only reason her mother had salvaged the Grey Warden's treaties, and protected them. That was the only reason her mother had rescued he and Alistair from the top of that tower the night all of the other Grey Wardens died. That was the only reason she had even followed them to begin with. The only reason she'd pretended to like him. All of it, everything, was just for a damned baby.
Yet despite how much she had hurt him, despite his pain, despite how heartbroken, betrayed, and angry he felt... he still loved her. He loved her, and he knew, he would always love her. Nothing would ever change that... even if he knew she did not love him back. His heart felt heavy, like it was sitting at the bottom of his chest. It ached with sorrow, for there was a large hole at the very center... a place in his heart where she should be, the void that she had left behind. A broken heart was something that even the most powerful magic could not heal.
But, that wasn't even the main source of his grief. No... the one thing that agonized him more than anything else, was the fact that they shared a child. A child he would never see. That knowledge weighed on him like a crushing wall of stone. He could not understand why, why she would do this to him, why she was determined that he never, ever get to see his own child. Why would she do this to him? He kept asking himself. Why? Why deny him his own blood?
Every day, the thought tortured him. He was a father; he couldn't help but care, and he cared very deeply. What on Earth was that woman planning to do with their child? Obviously she was planning something... and obviously, whatever that something was, it couldn't be good. What kind of a life was it going to have, with that kind of a woman for a mother? He worried so much for its safety and well-being. It tore at his heart, like a vulture tearing at the flesh of a dying beast.
Finally, he broke his gaze from the sky, and looked at her, tears rolling down his cheeks. She was the only person in the world he was not ashamed to cry in front of.
She looked directly into her best friend's eyes. They were sad, defeated eyes.
They didn't even notice that it had begun to rain.
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That's stupid that mages can't have any political power. Motherf***ers probably resent mages having power because of all the stupid things the Magistar Lords of the much-hated Teveniter Imperium have done and continue to do to the present, and they're paranoid that mages having power will cause all of the countries that worship the Chantry to go down the same road as the TE. Ridiculous, unfair and stupid if you ask me, I really hate religion (in real life and in video games!)
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Has anyone ever been able to figure how the heck you're supposed to use the enchantment thingy on the Winter Forge mod? The "tutorial" sucks, it's just a bunch of useless babbling confusing nonsensical rubbish, it goes on and on about some silly story or something but don't actually say anywhere how on Earth you're supposed to use the thing. and I'm still totally clueless as to how this feature is supposed to work. Has anyone else been able to figure it out? :confused:
And what are all those dozens of crystals/elf scroll things supposed to be used for??
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I looked at the services list but for some reason I could not find that exact item on the list... I tried starting one similar to it but all I got was a message saying it started then stopped and installation still fails :sad:
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Pah, I was a female dwarf noble in one of my games and I hardened him but still got dumped anyway...
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She saved me, yet she says she loves me but runs off anyway. WTH
And no, I don't see why an older Warden couldn't do it, it's still a silly excuse just to force us to make a hard chocie.
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No, I thought it was the Dalish Elf's father that died, before they were even born? It never says that their mother died, just that she left after the Dalish Elf was born and was never seen or heard of again. I suppose it's probably safe to assume that she is dead, but that can't be known for sure? :confused:
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Yeah, the "needs to have been not tainted for very long" reasoning seems like nothing more than a cheap hand-wave excuse just to force us to make a sadistic choice. Seriously what difference does it make if you've had the taint for one year, or thirty years?
Aside from the fact that it puts a lot of strain on your body to the point where one day it can't handle it anymore and you go mad and eventually die off or become a ghoul/broodmother... it's not like anything actually changes about the taint itself. At least not so much that it should have any affect your gamete's ability to draw the archdemon's soul to a hapless embryo...
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Thank you so much for your response! <3
I found that msxml and uninstalled it, then attempted to install toolset again, but sadly had no luck. SQL install still failed at the same point as it has been :sad:
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Well I guess it can be somewhat justified if you're not in a relationship with her. But not if you are in a romance with her.
Seriously, what the heck? "Even though all I wanted from you from the beginning was your d*ck in me, I really love you, but now I just HAVE HAVE HAVE to run off with your kid to Maker-knows-where to resume my swamp hermit lifestyle. I love you, but you can't ever see me again. And you can never, EVER see your own child, either. Bye!"
Sorry, but that doesn't sound very loving to me. Not in the least. There is absolutely NO REASON why she "has" to leave at the end, or why you can't see her or your own goddamn baby EVER AGAIN. Someone who truly loves you would never do something that low and sh*tty to you.
Ah yes, my poor mage was so heartbroken. I'm currently writing a fanfic that ends with him committing suicide out of heartbreak, grief, and guilt as a result of everything that happened.
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My... my toolset broke?? NO!! :sad:
Well now I'm without a toolset because for the life of me I simply cannot get it to work.
See I kept getting this stupid "could not connect to database" error, and everything I tried to fix it would not work so I decided to try to reinstall. But I can't reinstall because the stupid SQL 2005 installation keeps randomly failing for some reason, leaving it partially installed and the toolset still un-usable.
I've tried everything. I tried the windows installer cleanup, I tried to download the SQL 2008 but for some reason the installation for that also randomly failed part way through for some reason.
I have no idea why the toolset suddenly broke and stopped working, I've hardly touched it these past few days and today it just... stopped working.
I swear I spent 5 hours trying to fix the problem myself, I tried googling for solutions but a lot of them were a bunch of complicated babble and did nothing to fix the problem.
Please, PLEASE someone help me... all this messing around uninstalling and reinstalling ad nauseum is just wreck my comp, I desperately need some good solutions. I want my toolset back so bad! :sad:
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...That's not very nice.
Uh yeah, obviously saying something like that would be justified if someone did that and they're old enough to know better. But I'm only talking about doing that stuff as a child - as in, when you were too young to really understand what you were doing.
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Well I'm playing as a City Elf right now, and I think I've just spotted a rather large contradiction in dialogue vs the story.
So right at the beginning of the game, it's explicitly stated that the City Elf was taught all of their fighting skills by their late mother, Adaia, and learned everything from her. So that means can't possibly have died more than just a few years prior to the beginning of the story.
But in a certain conversation with Morrigan, where she asks about the Warden's own mother, the City Elf's available response is "My mother died when I was born." Uhhhhhhhhh... WTF? That is totally wrong. Doesn't make any sense whatsoever and completely contradicts the story I was given earlier... :wacko:
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But she gets pregnant if you do it with her... that's extremely un-sexy. :mellow:
Unplanned pregnancy is NOT cool. And demon pregnancy is even worse (hundredfold!), especially when the father was pressured or guilt-tripped into doing it. :down:
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thank you :smile:
but on another note, I think having proper sleeves and pants and an under-shirt makes it more practical, and fits the lore of Dragon Age better, in the sense that it looks like it would actually keep a character warm aswell. Ferelden is at the southernmost point of Thedas, so it has quite a chilly climate. It would stop the wearer from freezing to death in the snow and brutal cold of the Frostback Mountains and in those snowy caves in the Urn of Sacred Ashes quest. :happy:
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Just thought of this because I just happened to be watching some cop reality show, and they showed a story of a little boy (7 years old) who prank called 911 claiming someone was shot in the head. And they were awfully nice to him for all the ruckus he caused.
I did that once, and let me tell you, the cop who came sure as heck wasn't that nice to wee little five-year-old me about it. Actually, I feel it can hardly be called a "prank" since I didn't even say anything to the operator, I just dialed 911 and then I hung up immediately without saying anything, and I had no ill intentions in doing what I did. Really, the only reason I did it was out of curiosity, because I wondered what would happen if I did... and indeed, I got the answer to my question.
Learned my lesson and never did it again. :wacko:
Did any of you ever do something like that when you were a child?
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I actually find Leliana a lot more attractive than her (with head replacements of course, lol). She's such a dear. :happy:
What is your favourite warrior fighting style?
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