man is born free,

A modern Dragon Age roleplay inspired by and spawned from We Are Burning. No prior knowledge of Dragon Age is required to apply, although it is suggested.

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Accepted: Anduin Bayard [ Original Character ]

A follow link will be posted when the RP blog has been created and the URL has been provided.

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Character Status Update: Hiatus

Sorry everyone.  Due to my own hiatus I've been belated in posting these notifications for others.  The following characters are hereby on hiatus until the 12th of this month due to a friend visiting from downstate (whoops these guys are my roommates prob should have put them on hiatus when I took mine as uh our friend is sharing the same space with all of us.  MY BAD.):

Alistair

Bethany Hawke

Cailan Theirin

Sten

And the following characters are on hiatus until the 14th due to less fun obligations (</3):

Bryony Verreuil

Feynriel

Morrigan

Zevran Arainai

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Character Status Update: Partial Hiatus

The following characters will be on hiatus until July 12th, 2014:

Duncan Wolfe

Fenris

Gamlen Amell

Garrett Hawke

You should expect to see posts coming out of these accounts during this time, but do not expect regular activity.

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Character Status Update: Hiatus Amendment

The hiatus for the following characters has been extended to the 23rd of June:

Fergus

Marian

Merrill

Orsino

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Follow: Natia Brosca

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Accepted: Natia Brosca

OC Information:  Name: Natia Brosca Birthdate (Zodiac): Taurus (21st of Cloudreach) Age: 24 Sex: Female Gender: Feminine Sexuality: A Kinsey score of 2 Race: Dwarven Class: Warrior Job: Bodyguard, Lyrium middleman, part-time degenerate hooligan. Place of Origin: The Dust Town slums of Orzammar. Place of Residence: A somewhat nice (and by somewhat nice, I mean the roaches keep to their side and she keeps to hers) flat in Lowtown. Reason for coming to Kirkwall: She’s a Grey Warden deserter who was looking for freedom away from Fereldan. I’ve written a bit of her history over here. Blog URL: natiabroscas Faceclaim: Tatiana Maslany Four-to-Five Paragraph Post Sample:

Natia wasn’t much for enjoying the weather. She didn’t even remember knowing the word until her first night staying in a shoddy motel, the news crackling in through the static. Back in Orzammar there was no weather to speak of but rather a suffocating heat from the lava working it’s way through the underground city. 

Things there had been unchanging in the same way as the heat. She was casteless and casteless she remained along with her sister and her drunk of a mam’ and it was this: day in and day out. Set in Stone, Rica said once.

The topsiders, she quickly realized, had no concept of set in stone like her people did. They were all transient and fleeting with their free will and upward mobility. It was a freedom that made her both uneasy and nervous. 

Humans were a bit like the weather. After a tick, she figured that now she could be that too, if she wanted.

She looked up into the murky void above her head, swirled with clouds. The humans called it the sky and she was told, years ago, that ‘No, Nat you can’t fall into it,' but she gripped the railing hard all the same.

"Fuck that," She had been changing even in Orzammar. A brand winning the Provings. A Grey Warden… then a deserter. She’s like this new word, this weather. She’s the rain, she’s the clouds coming in over the water, and yeah…she could be the fucking tornado if she wanted to, Paragons be damned. 

She could choose her fate like she had her whole life. This Kirkwall, this City of Chains, well…it was as good a place as any to start over. 

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Character Status Update: Hiatus

The following characters will be on hiatus from today, May 31st, through June 18th:

Fergus

Marian

Merrill

Orsino

The mun will be posting when able during this time but will be exempt from activity expectations.

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Follow: Velanna

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Character Status Update

The following characters have been added to the roleplay and are no longer available:

Velanna

Ava(?)

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Character Status Update: Partial Hiatus

The following characters will be on partial hiatus (they will still be posting but will not be subject to activity checks) until May 9th:

Alistair

Sten

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Character Status Update

The following characters have dropped from the roleplay.  The canon role is now available:

Vasquez, Ava

Velanna

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Character Status Update: Hiatus

The following character is on hiatus until May 4th:

Tabris, Lira

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Character status update: Hiatus

The following characters will be on hiatus until Wednesday, April 30:

Arainai, Zevran

Feynriel

Morrigan

Verreuil, Bryony

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Character Status Update

The following characters have dropped from the roleplay and are now available:

Hawke, Carver

Stannard, Meredith

Surana (Origin)

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Character Status Update: Probation & Cuts

The following characters have failed this activity check and are on probation:

Alistair

Ava

Carver

Meredith

Neria

Velanna

The following characters have been cut from the roleplay and are now available (with the exception of the OC) :

Cullen

Leliana

Sereda

If you have any questions as to why you are listed or feel we have missed someone or listed any of these accounts in error, please feel free to contact this blog with questions.

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On Weapons in Kirkwall

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As you know, City of Chains is a modernized A/U of the Dragon Age canon.  Transforming Kirkwall into a modern city effects many things—weapons are one, particularly when taken into the context of character Class.

Rogues:  Knives and hand-to-hand weapons persist, but keep in mind that while standard daggers are completely legit, you might want to think about modern variations like brass knuckles, switchblades and tasers.  For ranged fighters, bows draw a lot of attention.  Bowmanship may make sense for those coming from cultures in which it is still taught—such as the Dalish—but other characters who would otherwise be bowmen may want to swap out for rifles and snipers.

Mages:  Circle mages may still use staves, but they are ostentatious for apostates.  There are many variations to be had in place of a staff as a casting focus: runed gloves, guns, poles, knives.  Of course, magic can still be used by hand with no casting focus at all.  The preceding list consists merely of suggestions with which one might exchange their staff.

Warriors: Here’s where the modernization gets tricky.  Large swords are of course available, but when you reach for your sword, put it in a modern setting:  You are running around a modern-day city holding a big sword.  You are going to attract unwanted attention, be it from enemies, police or simply passersby.  Unless you are a Templar Knight, there is likely no reason for you to be carrying a sword.  Fenris, for example, is trained in swordsmanship, but he does not carry one as it is far too suspicious.  For modern equivalents of heavy weapons, think rocket launcher, grenade launcher, high explosives, machine guns, baseball bats, cricket bats, shovels, pitchforks (yes, the following four items would still be suspicious, but they are modern two-handed weapons).

If you have any questions about the City of Chains universe, modern variations on weapons or other A/U translations of canon, please do not hesitate to message this blog.