#dacien

The Ancestrals left signs of their arrival to Earth; Earth-shaking mountains, powers beyond our understanding, and vessels that ruled in their name.

It is a well kept secret that there have been no true vessels for decades; no sign that the Ancestrals existed at all.

Lemuria was a really interesting world with themes of Heroism, and what is truly good and evil. Having Dacein, a being of nothingness that was literally just born trying to understand morality is really neat from a character building perspective. Though, from a storyline perspective, it can be a little too on the nose/obvious.

I also think the Lemur aspect of Lemuria is somewhat lacking? They are plentiful in Telos and the Wildlands, afterwards they kind of just…not really have any importance? Sure, there’s the Golden Lion (not actually a lion, he’s a lemur) in Heap and Lucien in Night Forrest; their both villains of their respective area. But other than that, it kinda feels like their importance as the Old One’s “Chosen Ones” just isn’t really there?

Overall, I would give the Storyline a decent 7/10. It has it’s flaws, sure, but I like it way more than Karamelle. The trailer that was released for Lemuria did it dirty.

As for the “main characters” themselves, here are my ratings.

Dacien: 9/10, the best character in Lemuria hands down. His arc of trying to make sense of the Spiral, trying to become something from nothing, and his distain for The Old One and his need to do good, all of it is great. I’m still upset he had to die. >:(

Stallion Quartermane: 6/10, I do feel like as the “Main” hero of the Heroes we meet he should have gotten more screen time but when he is there, he’s amusing enough. His drive for adventure and exploring gives him a good energy and drive for the feel of Lemuria, IMO. I don’t know how else to explain it.

Bantam: Gotta give him an 7.5/10, honestly. His design, it’s over the top and ridiculous and I love it. Plus I’m pretty sure that’s Dyvim’s VA voicing him, and, well, I gotta at least give one extra point to my rating for that. (May Bantam/Dyvim’s VA never find this Tumblr blog.) Also his unintentional, unknowing argument with Dacien about naming things in Killawahoo and then later having a bro moment with Dacien when he can see him in Telos about naming things is super wholesome.

Solomon Crane: A solid 6/10. I liked his arc of becoming more courageous, brave, and wiser to help his people rise up from the tyrant that is Lucien. He did feel a little plain though, but that’s not always a bad thing.

Duck Savage: 5/10, kinda feels like she was shafted/didn’t get enough time to herself. Also would have been nice to see her do stuff in Sky City and not just in Mandoria. But she does play off Mandar nicely, and having her and Mandar work together to fulfill a shared goal to show Dacien that opposites can reconcile is rather nice. I do like how you find her in quicksand, and she complains about having an itch she can’t scratch rather than her being starving and thirsty.

Mandar: 8/10 just for the fact he actually joined the battle against Moth Amon as a minion in game (I played that part solo). Wish more of the companions did that, honestly. He also has an amusing Arnold Schwarzenegger impression lmao.

Buck Gordon: 4/10, honestly the weakest of the Heroes IMO. Felt like his arc, as well as Sky City in general, got shafted HARD. Definitely felt the least for him.

Dog Tracy: 6.5/10, great voice acting and a nice contrast to the Shadoe. He’s blunt and to the point, and sometimes that’s a nice change of pace to the more wild, over the top characters like Quartermane, Bantam, and even Mandar. Him getting trapped in an invisible box is also pretty funny.

-Jumbo Spicy Mad Boi vs Zephirin

-DAD, YOU’RE SO EMBARRASSING, I JUST WANT TO LOOK GOOD IN FRONT OF YOUR BOYFRIEND IN DENIAL YOU WON’T STOP CUDDLING IN FRONT OF ME

-I think we got like 2 new kids but neither are confirmed and one’s probably going to die

-Nothing heterosexual happened at all.

-Decent Person Award, The Roleplay

-mfw you have to pretend your name is Eugene to not die

-Infiltrating a garlean base, blowing it up, and picking up stray garlics (plus another kid) and a voidsent after watching your not girlfriend die, you know, like one does

-Risking heat stroke in your fancy coat because you didn’t bring fancy clothes while a bunch of voidsent judge you

-Alastor’s still an idiot, the shocking revelation that shocked no one.

-It is always a good idea to throw rocks at people who insult you.

-What to do when a dumbass inquisitor comes looking for you: Absolutely nothing at all. 

Fandom: Dragon Age Rating: T? sex mention but nothing graphic Ship: Dacien/random oc, Dacien/Halan hinting Summary: Dacien contemplates some of his life decisions pt 2