#da leaks

[amaryllis-sagitta]

I like the three letter acronyms but I think DA TV is way too funny. What do I do

[sidebenefits]

DA:D Leaked Image Notes Pt.1

From this image, I immediately see what looks like a dragon. Perhaps an Archdemon. I'd be pretty surprised if so, but I'm not sure what else it would be doing down there with. This is clearly Warden-related content, because we have Davrin, who we know to be a Grey Warden and we're at Weisshaupt, where the Grey Warden Base is.

Other things I notice is that this place is in ruins, which could be because of the dragon, but I wonder if it will fall to pieces while we're there or it was already in shambles. I would guess that it was already in shambles because there appears meat sacks or eggs on the right, which is reminiscent of the DA:O Deep Roads mission.

We are going to a library. Don't know what to do with that, but maybe we need information or whatever's going on has centered itself in the library. It might also be the most fortified location.

There is someone named Rook there. That could either be us or another companion. I'd be down for the player character being named Rook though.

Companions/possibly us mention there's worse than darkspawn on the way. That could mean a dragon, I guess or something else. I am more interested in what Davrin says, because for me it kind of implies there defending the place rather than attacking, which is not what I would have expected as the place is already in ruins.

We're much closer to our player character than in previous games. It's less top down, which is definitely different from previous games, but I think I prefer it that way. Idk how others feel though.

As you'd expect from a Warden-oriented mission, there's darkspawn, but there's also something called spawn boils (a totally gross phrase befitting of darkspawn). Red light could mean red lyrium and based on other information (the clip), I bet it does. Perhaps the boils are what's causing red lyrium darkspawn or maybe they're infected eggs that produce red lyrium darkspawn.

There's a lot here that's super exciting but let's start with the fact that the player character is a Grey Warden!! And based on the fact it says Level (blurred) Grey Warden, I would assume it's either a class, origin, or allegiance and not just what every player character will be. My best and most realistic guess would be class. That would mean it's more combat focused than story focused. I'd be most excited if it was an origin or allegiance, the difference being that with allegiance you could pledge yourself to a faction part of the way through the game as opposed to starting as a member of a faction. It might also be a mix of these.

We're either an elf or can choose our race, which is great. I'd guess the choose our race thing and not just that everyone is an elf. But I'm just happy because I'd probably end up playing an elf anyway. If we can choose our race and origin, I wonder if they're tied together or separate. Is every Warden origin an elf? Or can I be a dwarf Warden? Are some origins (again if there are origins in the first place) race locked?

Equipment system doesn't look all that surprising. We seem to be able to wear all the same stuff. Although I'd like to see the rest of the weapons menu.

It looks like we'll have fewer abilities we can equip at a time, which I don't think I'll have an opinion about until I actually play it. I think it depends on how combat goes and what sort of abilities there are.

The shield that's equipped is a Templar shield enchanted by the Mortalitasi, giving it an extra boost against spirits. Pretty much all this really means for certain is that we'll be fighting spirits, which isn't a shock. I'd be interested though in the backstory behind such a shield. You don't often think of the Mortalitasi and Templars together.