I've been working a LOT on cosplay these last 2 months. With DoKomi (german convention) coming up I wanted to make a nice outfit and took the opportunity of a full jobless month to make Lucanis's Corvid Cloak (and Vax'ildan from Critical Role). What a challenge 🫠
But I managed lol, I still have a lot of work to do (for exemple the whole shoulder armor parts suck so bad because I rushed them in a day like an idiot, I'll make a new version asap, thinner and cleaner. The silver trim was horrible to sew so it didnt come out like i'd like it to ...).
I wasnt able to wear it at the con because it was way too hot, wore his casual camp outfit instead, so I'm currently planning a cool photoshoot with a friend/super talented photographer. I dont really know what the decor should be though.. suggestions?
Everything is made from scratch, and I bought pants and boots.
I'll probably add the final pictures to this post, as soon as they're done, if you're interrested 🤷🏻
(Somehow it's kinda complicated for me to add my cosplay pics on here because I dont like to show my face .... but I'd like to show my cosplays lol)
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DATV Lucanis Week Day 4: Weapon/ Demon/ Talon
I've seen demons. I know how they can corrupt. I know it won't even be your fault if it happens.
(Can we please talk about how devastatingly beautiful possessed Lucanis looks? 😭) @datvcompanionweeks
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I've been working a LOT on cosplay these last 2 months. With DoKomi (german convention) coming up I wanted to make a nice outfit and took the opportunity of a full jobless month to make Lucanis's Corvid Cloak (and Vax'ildan from Critical Role). What a challenge 🫠
But I managed lol, I still have a lot of work to do (for exemple the whole shoulder armor parts suck so bad because I rushed them in a day like an idiot, I'll make a new version asap, thinner and cleaner. The silver trim was horrible to sew so it didnt come out like i'd like it to ...).
I wasnt able to wear it at the con because it was way too hot, wore his casual camp outfit instead, so I'm currently planning a cool photoshoot with a friend/super talented photographer. I dont really know what the decor should be though.. suggestions?
Everything is made from scratch, and I bought pants and boots.
I'll probably add the final pictures to this post, as soon as they're done, if you're interrested 🤷🏻
(Somehow it's kinda complicated for me to add my cosplay pics on here because I dont like to show my face .... but I'd like to show my cosplays lol)
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[ID: Digital illustration of a blonde man facing away from the viewer, sitting shirtless in long grass, with a blue sky above him. On the left of the figure is a sword, and to the right a single cicada wing. Underneath is a second panel, a close up of the same man's bare back, another man with dark hair pressing a kiss to his shoulder. /. End ID]
I just finished reading Tevinter Nights and it's a shame how a lot of low income folks like me don’t have access to it or any of the other Dragon Age novels or the cookbook or the two editions of world of Thedas *sigh* I did put a photo of my cat right here though if you want to see how beautiful he is, please ignore the loose pdf files in the folder!
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This is a post I've been wanting to do for a while, but hadn't gotten around to yet, so it's been sitting in my "to post" folder. Figured I might as well queue this up, since my queue is running low.
I'm going to start with a codex entry from Dragon Age: Origins:
No traveler to the Fade can fail to spot the Black City. It is one of the few constants of that ever-changing place. No matter where one might be, the city is visible. (Always far off, for it seems that the only rule of geography in the Fade is that all points are equidistant from the Black City.)
—From Beyond the Veil: Spirits and Demons by Enchanter Mirdromel
(From the Dragon Age Wiki)
"No matter where one might be, the city is visible."
I love this detail, and I especially love when the games actually try to make it work.
In Origins, it's managed just by putting several copies of the Black City in the sky. You can see one here:
(More below the cut)
I don't have a screen-capture of it, unfortunately, but I did have my friend test while she was playing the game and streaming it for me a few years ago, and she could stand at any point in the Fade levels and see at least one copy in the sky. Sometimes more than one, and sometimes at different angles. And we know this is the Black City thanks to the comic Until We Sleep:
The same island is depicted and identified there.
Unfortunately, I don't know if it's visible in Dragon Age 2; I can't remember if the sky is ever visible the one (?) time we get to visit the Fade.
Finding it in Dragon Age: Inquisition is more difficult, to the point that I'm not confident I've found it at all, but the internet claims it's in this screenshot:
I've also definitely seen the argument that we can't see it in DAI because we're standing on it, or at least one far tip of it. (Given what we know of it in Veilguard, I'm glad we never set foot inside the City proper then.) This screenshot at least feels like the Black City could be there, just largely concealed by the fog or mist or maelstrom in the sky.
We also don't see it in the Crossroads during Trespasser, but I always assumed that, because the Crossroads were sort of "carved out" of the Fade itself, that there was something—a barrier of some sort—blocking the view of the rest of the Fade. Which is fine.
So let me tell you, when I fired up Dragon Age: the Veilguard for the first time and entered the Crossroads, you can bet I looked for the Black City, just in case.
And I was not disappointed. I took screenshots.
Just on Beacon Island alone, we've got a view near the dock to the Converged City:
Sure, the shape isn't exactly the same, but it was, what, fifteen years between clear in-game depictions? And the general idea is still there, really; it's just lacking it's spindly little arms to either side.
The Converged City has a similar angle on it, just less obscured. Here it is, with the Lighthouse (Beacon Island) also visible:
The fun thing is the two are generally visible in the same shot when you aren't taking the photos from Beacon Island itself (for obvious reasons).
I caught two shots in Elvhenan's Haven:
From two slightly different spots (I believe the first is near the eluvians and the second at the other end where you have to clear a champion gate to get through, but not the one with the Revenant fight). This island is interesting because its dock isn't on the side facing Beacon Island, so I had to get my bearings first to find the Lighthouse and the Black City, but there they were.
And then, on the Heights of Athim, you kind of have to find an angle above the buildings to see:
The first shot is in the area with the eluvians. The second is, I believe, near the blight tree.
But that's not the only thing. There are two other somewhat secret (late-game reveal) spots that you only get if you're following two of the Crossroads quest lines. So spoilers, I guess.
This first is in an area called Nest of the Ancients, which you get access to as part of "Regrets of the Dread Wolf":
It's tricky to get the built-in camera mode to a height where you can see it, but there it is, peeking over the rock on the right. Also, the beacon of the lighthouse to the left.
And then there's another spot on Beacon Island itself that unlocks if you follow "The Heart of Corruption," and this spot gives the clearest view:
I'm sure it means nothing.... 😏
Just for fun, I used the in-game filters and turned this shot greenish:
Just to make it look a little bit more like the DAO version.
Anyway, beyond appreciating that the Black City is literally visible from any island in the Crossroads, I'm not sure what else this post is really for other than showing off the screenshots I took, but eh, that's fine with me.
Also, interesting note: the Black City (or any other part of the Crossroads) is not visible within the Lighthouse itself, despite the Lighthouse being on Beacon Island. You can see its beam from the other islands, just like you can from the Lighthouse courtyard. All I can figure is that my headcanon for why we don't see the Black City in Trespasser applies here too: protections or barriers of some sort, the kind that allow for safety and comfortable living in the Lighthouse, also block the view.
(Or it was always intended but didn't make it in due to development issues. Kind of like how we have notes about things outside the boundaries but we never see them in-game. Oh well.)