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zundely · 16 days

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Having more dragon age thoughts- this time about my dwarves, and partially about Varric.

So, hot take to lead with- Oghren is actually a much better and more insightful character to criticse dwarven cast system and culture then Varric. The best dwarven companion we ever got is obviously Sigrun but I feel like this one is pretty much self-explanatory, so I feel much more compelled to talk through our two lovely dwarven gentleman.

First thing I want to say is that, while I usually feel need to say that I do not hold anything against Varric as a character, his disdain for dwarven culture is something that bothers me a little. Especially since he is one of 3 dwarven companions we get across whole 3 games, and by far the most popular one. He is actually pretty similar to Sera at times in a way he views his own heretige but the games refuse to address it. Which is a shame because I think his view on the culture he was basically excommunicated from before he was even born should be a bigger deal then some quips about beards and getting antsy any time he steps near a thaig. Like Varric clearly has some very very complicated feelings about all things dwarven- something that no so subtly is a mirror of his very very complicated feelings on his brother who was much more of a 'real dwarf'. It feels like in an attempt to distance himself from what his brother represented Varric also felt a need to distance himself from anything too dwarven. But at the same time we see that it's something he never really let's go off- he is moved by his ancestor's fate in Legacy dlc questline, he keeps up with dwarven politics, he will get a bit miffed at mere mention of him not looking your standard dwarf.

However since dwarven culture doesn't come up half as much as elven one in later games we never really get to do anything with Varric's internalized issues. It's just sort of becomes a running joke that he is "not like other dwarves, that guy he HATES deep roads and he doesn't have a beard". And while that in itself is fine, not all characters have to focus on their relationship with their culture it becomes an issue when Varric is the only companion representative of said culture through 2 out of 3 games. It means the game has much less opportunities to present us with fun lore in an organic fashion because Varric is too busy making sure we know he hates it here. Like why I am more tempted to take Iron Bull to a dwarven ruins the Varric.

Oghren was ultimately a much better point of reference for dwarves because he is a product of this environment and he is surprisingly insightful and self-aware about it. And despite the multitude of ways in which Orzammar failed him he still cares about it. He still takes a lot of pride in his heretige even if all it really brought him is being rejected for becoming the thing it wanted him to be- a killing machine.

And now I am stuck on one hand wishing that there will be SOMETHING done with Varric's not feeling dwarfy enough- on the other however if Varric will be the only dwarven companion in DA:D I am going to scream. I am sorry all the Varric fans, he is either coming back in an advisor style role or I do not want to see him . It sometimes feels like the writers are not comfortable with writing dwarves and they use the 'least dwarfy dwarf' Varric as a get out of jail card and I just want something new.

#varric critical #i think #dragon age #rambles #I am honestly a tad terryfied to post it in case people will take it as an attack on their fav #And it's not... mostly at least #I just miss the edge dwarves had in Origns #da2 #Like a lot of post DA2 Varric I like the potential but the way he is actually writen feels underwhelming #dragon age dwarves

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illusivesoul · 5 months

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"Like, just wake up and you don't get possesed duh" - Oghren, 9:31 Dragon

#dragon age #dragon age memes #oghren #oghren kondrat #da memes #da meme #illusivedits #illusivesouledits #the fade #dragon age origins #dragon age: origins #dao #da o #da:o #da: o #bioware memes #dragon age dwarves

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finelyageddragons · 7 months

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Once again thinking about a dwarven warden who is unphased in the face of darkspawn, who shows no fear in the face of Fereldan's boogeyman after having lived with them outside their doors and especially as an Aeducan who might even relish getting to fight them and have vengeance for their empire. Imagine how much they would inspire not just their fellow wardens but all their companions and allies meeting this enemy with such ferocity to save this home on the surface after having been raised on stories of how their last home was stolen by this same evil. I also love to imagine this great, unstoppable warrior suddenly leaping back at the sight of the undead and fight with a new frenzy of not rage but fear and disgust, with an even deeper hatred. Having been raised worshipping ancestors and living in grief of a stolen history and finding peace in the promise of a peaceful end embraced by the home that could never be stolen, the Stone, this warden is now seeing corpses rise, that rest stolen, the glory of their life ripped away so they can become servants of some dark magic. The undead is always unnatural to everyone but for a dwarf, the undead aren't just corpses, they're everything they value corrupted and sent back like a some ungodly evil. If the darkspawn are humanity's demons then the undead are the dwarves' devils.

#dragon age #dragon age origins #warden aeducan #aeducan #dragon age dwarves

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murmel-malt · 1 year

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it’s warden time 💙

#my art #dragon age #dragon age origins #dragon age fanart #dragon age origins fanart #warden brosca #dragon age dwarves #bioware #grey warden #hero of ferelden #dwarf warden #dwarf commoner origin #when you have the need to make a new warden but EA won't let you play Origins #2 and inquisition work just fine only origins doesn't #i am big mad

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dragonageconfessions · 1 year

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CONFESSION:

I really hope there will be a Dwarf romance option in the next game, like is the only race that is missing from the roaster. We even get two Qunari romance options even before the Dwarves.

#Dragon Age Confessions #bioware #the next dragon age game #Dragon Age Dreadwolf #dragon age dwarves #Dwarf Romance

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sailorpurr · 1 year

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Chrysolite Brosca

this maker

#dragon age #dragon age origins #chrysolite brosca #warden brosca #lite brosca #grey warden #brosca #dwarf commoner origin #dragon age dwarves #hero of ferelden #dwarf warden

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the-dragon-folk · 9 months

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I’m on team cave albinism for Dwarves. I think it just makes sense. However, vision impairment is just a part of albinism for many people (to varying degrees of course). Because of this, I think Orzammar has some comparatively revolutionary accessibility for blind folks. I think people in the castes would be beyond pissed if any member of their house as ostracized on the basis of having low vision. I think it’s ingrained into the architecture at this point.

#dragon age #da:o #dragon age dwarves #Partha comments on this now and then #particularly on stairs #she finds the wonky medieval fantasy human stairs to be bullshit #they’re uneven and nondistinct and she’s ready to kill over it

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theviridianbunny · 10 months

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Lieutenant Renn - veteran of the Fifth Blight

#dragon age #dragon age inqusition #dai #the descent #david hayter #dragon age the descent #the descent dlc #dragon age dlc #the deep roads #dragon age dwarves #orzammar #fun fact: i went into this dlc blind and didn;t know david hayter voiced renn- i happy yelled when i heard his voice-#like soild snake??? IN MY DRAGON AGE??? more likely than you think <3

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awesomechipz · 1 year

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I was just going to make a spiderman meme with Sigrun looking at warden Brosca, but then things happened and this colored sketch was drawn

#Brosca #Sigrun #Dragon age #dragon age awakening #warden commander #Dragon age dwarves #Lorena Brosca #hero of ferelden #meme #dragon age meme

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andrastes-strap-on · 2 years

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People who play as dwarfs in Dragon Age are incredibly sexy and important to society

#dragon age #dragon age origins #dragon age 2 #dragon age inquisition #dragon age dwarves #dragon age dwarf

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immawraffle · 11 months

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Do you think the (surface) dwarven equivalent to “gods above” is “paragons below?”

#dragon age #dragon age dwarves #dragon age headcanons #random thought #just popped into my head #🧇

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sylviah98 · 2 years

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The hypocrisy of Solas while talking to a Dwarven Inquisitor

Recently I was playing as a dwarf female with high approval Solas and while the trespasser end dialogue was happening, when Solas talked how creating the veil destroyed Elvehnan and how he will do everything to bring back his people? At that point I was just reminded of the hypocrisy of his statement.

He talks about ruining of Kingdoms to a Dwarf. You Evanuris and ancient elves caused the entire downfall of Dwarven people. It was the greed of these Evanuris to manipulate Fade that caused you to wage the so called ancient war against Titans and Dwarves. Then since the Evanuris can't beat them in direct battle, they resorted to trickery, went inside a Titan, destroyed its heart and then manipulated the Song to make them asleep. You caused Dwarves to lose their magic and forced them underground and then took over the body so that you can have limitless supply of lyrium, required to map and mainpulate the Fade and fuse it with Physical world.

Then because of the killed Titan, Red Lyrium is created which is perhaps the reason for Blight and Darkspawn. And then you lock them in some underground and Fade prison combined with a Lock of Archdemons and the Dwarves had to pay the price for it. The Dwarven kingdom is literally on the verge of Extinction. Out of 12 great Thaigs, only 2 are prominent and one has been recently claimed. God the crisis of Dwarven Empire is just heartbreaking. The humans don't have to worry about Darkspawn attacking them every day because the Legion of Dead keep on fighting, losing so many people that its painful to hear.

Solas told that after waking up in present era, he felt like walking among Tranquils, well your People turned Dwarves into literal Tranquils for 9 Millenias. Unable to dream, unable to do magic, the way you felt is the way the Dwarves have been feeling for the last nine millenia.

For other inquisitors I didn't feel this hypocrisy, but for a Dwarven Inquisitor, the hypocrisy of his situation felt real. The Dwarves should also seek all the Titans, raise them and then gain complete control of the Physical world and Fade then, if you are willing to do anything to get your People, right, Solas. Because the Titans and Dwarves were the original residents of the World, You elves were just Spirits who manifested themselves into being and then tried to conquer the World for yourselves.

#dragon age inquisition #solas dragon age #titans dragon age #cadash #dragon age dwarves

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illusivesoul · 6 months

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Something I hadn't considered until now is how brutal the mission to kill Jarvia and most of the Carta in Orzammar is for Brosca. I'll never forget the emotional gut punch that was having to fight and kill Leske, who is probably only true friend Brosca has ever had in all their life (I remember desperately searching if there was a dialogue option or something to let him live but there is none), but I also just thought that Brosca must have known most, if not all of those Carta members that we fight through the mission.

And knowing how the casteless are pretty much cut off from the rest of Orzammar's society and most are forced into a life of crime, Brosca must have known and possibly have been friends or at least care for for a lot of the Carta members, and also possibly have worked with them often under orders from Beraht and Jarvia.

Then after becoming a Warden, returning to Orzammar and under orders from either Harrowmont or Bhlen, they have to go to their old home in Dust Town and kill Jarvia (who was alledgely planning to use her growing power in Orzammar to force the Assembly to recognize the rights of the casteless), Leske and pretty much everyone else they knew during their many years growing up and while being a part of the Carta.

Just another bit of tragedy for Brosca's story.