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Frequently knee deep in flora, fauna, food, maps, and timeline lore. With like a dash of ocs being rambled about.
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Are there any long-time fandom Dragon Age fans who have PDFs of older fan-made art books? I would absolutly love to donate to an appropriate charity to get the pdf sent to me! (I'd love a physical copy too, if anyone has extra somehow lying around but that seems very unlikely!)
This is for nothing other than my own personal use! I just like looking at art in a nicely arranged format!
Also I'm assuming this is an ethical way to do this?? Artbooks I've seen always donate to a charity, but is there a reason it wouldn't be ok to still donate to the charity years later to get access to the art? Sorry if I've missed something in thinking about this.
I have many that I've been able to buy over the years from the original creators, mostly going back to 2021 or so. But some I've seen referenced are closed/gone and they seem really interesting and I'd love to read them!
I believe it comes down to if the project runners still have access and if the contributors agreed to this. Some projects donāt allow sharing for legal reasons - but some also donate their projects to be archived. Itās all very project dependent.
I know that I have a few followers here from these projects so boosting this.
on the verge of passing out but the 'templars Can retire to val royeaux' does bounce around my head a lot. you could stay in your home country and have your loves ones watch your slow deterioration or you could slowly deteriorate in fucking orlais, but if this is an established setup within the system then presumably they have specific facilities and people and resources that specialize in caring for retired templars in their last years. and it's also very much presented as an honor and a reward. you know.
Templar 1: He should have retired to Val Royeaux years ago, but he wanted to stay and serve the remainder of his days in his homeland. It's the lyrium that does this.
Player: Lyrium did this to him? Why doesn't he stop taking it?
Templar 1: He wouldn't be a templar anymore.
Templar 2: "Blessed are they who stand before the corrupt and the wicked and do not falter."
Templar 1: He doesn't forget who he is, even if he can't remember anything else.
i thiiink this is the only actual mention we get of val royeaux as a place where templars can retire to? so the fact this very binary choice is mentioned in origins, with specifically fereldan templars, adds a whole other layer of implications... we would never say andrastianism is constrained by political borders, but the chantry as an institution is very much orlesian. :)
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so tragic when you're an enjoyer of characters who are toxic destructive messes and then the majority of the fics are like "what if they communicated healthily and were nice to each other :)"
like if i wanted to read about wholesome well-adjusted relationships i would NOT be looking for stories about these freaks in particular i promise you!!!
i think it's funny when a character is almost exclusively referred to by their last name by other people and this carries over into their internal monologue when someone writes from their pov. not even on a first name basis with herself
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Today I realized that, according to Krem, the Bull's Chargers mainly operate within Neverra and Orlais, and that Iron Bull is located in the Storm Coast.
What intrigues me the most about this statement is the fact Storm Coast marker in Inquisition is not located on the canonical war map where the Storm Coast is designated.
Instead, the location of the Storm Coast in-game is actually situated in the Coastlands of Ferelden, which is a part of the Teryn of Highever. While it may be possible that the "Coastlands" have also been termed the "Storm Coast" in Alamarri or Fereldan colloquial, I do not believe this is the case. I cannot give a specific reason why the Storm Coast's marker is placed in the Coastlands, but I do think it is odd given that Iron Bull and the Bull's Chargers admittedly operate chiefly in Orlais and Neverra rather than in Ferelden.
It is possible that it may have been shifted to be included in Ferelden because of the need for the Inquisition to search for the missing Fereldan Grey Wardens, but I do think it is odd since outside Blackwall, you only start recruiting companions beyond the original three in Orlais before finding Dorian/Cole in the aftermath of your alliance with the Mages or Templars.
Just something neat that has always bothered me about Inquisition's map, but only know has made me wonder if the Storm Coast (originally) was meant to be placed in Orlais rather than Ferelden, but was changed later on, in a similar vein where Redcliffe in the Stolen Throne is depicted along the western shore of Lake Calenhad, befitting of its position as a strategic stronghold for the Kingdom of Ferelden, but all other depictions since Origins displays along the southern shore.
Yup! It was originally in Orlais and was moved later in development. In the BioWare 25 book it was shown to be in Orlais even in the map they put up in the break/lunch room.
Why it was moved is yes, likely for the same reasons as Redcliffe being that the location markers were too close together and caused issues.
This likely happened after in development when the Emerald Graves/Emprise du Lion/Exalted Plains were split into three locations rather than the one massive map they originally were.
As and Iron Bull lover and a Thedas map gremlinā¦this has bothered me for 12 years :)))
Same with Crestwood. It was moved from the southeastern coast by Lothering up where it is in the final game.
more women whump. more women pushing themselves and passing out from sleep deprivation and exhaustion. more women training until their knuckles bleed and their legs give out from under them. more women being held prisoner and remaining stoic until the very end or perhaps when theyāre rescued. more women under truth serum and terrifying hallucinogens. more women waking up in a pool of blood, their own and othersā and not knowing what happened but that something is terribly wrong with them. more women falling apart o ly when rescued. more women pushed to their breaking point. more women whump.