ironically, spiders

is the iron bull considered aqun-athlok under the qun

bc he's ben hassrath. ben hassrath are part of the priesthood. the only other part of the priesthood we know (tamassrans) are all female, while the 3rd branch next to the military (all male), craftspeople & co, can be men or women so

i mean apparently the boss of the priesthood can be a man or a woman while the boss of the craftspeople is always female??? so presumably other priesthood jobs could be for men as well

Someone somewhere has def lost their minds already about this but uh

the serault wartable missions in da:i if you've completed the last court are unhinged what is happening in that place

like, okay, if you go the leliana-route (listen to the people) you get nothing big, only something vague and threatening (in josie's it's "perhaps there is more to its age-old troubles than we understand. We will leave Serault to its mysteries" and in cullen's "For some reason, they are wary of something in the deep woods")

ominous, yes, but like What Isn't, honestly, in this setting

BUT THEN

if you pick josie in the beginning and send an emissary to serault, they and the marquis straight up GET LOST and you have to search for them and

Leliana

Our scouts located a strange hut in the deep woods. Entering, they found the marquis and the emissary, sitting across from each other, playing a game of chess. Upon seeing our scouts, the emissary balked and fled. The report described his eyes as 'inhuman.' Our agents took off in pursuit, but were unable to capture him. Though the marquis showed appreciation for the rescue, he was unable or unwilling to provide us with answers about the fate of our emissary. A token of Serault has been gifted to the Inquisition, in gratitude and sympathy.

Cullen

We found the emissary in the deep woods, but not the marquis. Our man was shaken and could not find his voice, but he was able to lead our soldiers to a strange hut. It was recently occupied, but whoever lived there had escaped before we got there. Perhaps they heard our soldiers coming through the woods. Not the most ideal of outcomes. However, the soldiers discovered groves of medicinal herbs in the deep woods──a minor consolation.

LIKE FOR ONE. FOR ONE. the marquis straight up disappears in one version and you have no idea what happens to serault after that like!!! i'm p sure there's no ProperTM heir around so!