#playing dai

[onblondes]

Cassandra: It's called the breach -

Me looking at my Inquisitor's eye shadow in new lighting:

[the-arcane-archivist]

The Crossroads & Horsemaster Dennet

Anaia's Journey: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Little ramble under the cut...

It was muscle memory and I loved every bit of it.

Talk to Corporal Vale. Talk to the people around the Crossroads and rack up quests. Make a trip to Redcliffe to have the guard tell you she's been ordered to keep the gate closed. Cut through the Witchwood and the Gully to get to the river near Dennet's land to avoid some of the tediousness of the fights. Skirt around that ridiculously hard rift. Make camp. Talk to Dennet. Talk to Elena. Go defeat the demon and the possessed wolves. Talk to Bron. Talk to Senna. Place the markers for the watchtowers on the farm and then work my way back to the Crossroads via the West Road hitting a couple of the smaller templar camps along the way. Get the final watchtower near Fort Connor. Drop off mutton with the hunter and return to Haven to get Solas to shut up (for some reason it’s always him in my saves that pushes to go to Val Royeaux after I get enough power points). Next will be a short stint in Haven to tick off most of the quests there, and then Val Royeaux before the Hinterlands grind.

I've missed this game. I don't get all the hate for the Hinterlands. Yes, it's long and tedious at times, but it's the "coziest" portion of the game to me. Nostalgic. But it's also the only time where the Mage-Templar conflict takes center stage in the game and I love that. Plus, it's the time that "humanizes" everything (for lack of a better way to explain it). It breathes life into the story and sets the foundations for the rest of it. Helps to start give shape to the "why". I love it to pieces.

Also...why are all the Fereldan men so fine? The hunter, Corporal Vale, Recruit Whittle, Bron, even Dennet would’ve been back in his prime? And it goes without saying Cullen, Alistair, and even Carver. I get the feeling the Maker has a favorite nation as well...

As for Ana, I think this part of the journey is hard for her. She feels like she can't catch her breath. Can't process anything that has happened and continues to happen. She just keeps getting pushed along because of this Mark she has on her hand that she doesn't even understand. She doesn't know how she got it, doesn't fully know what it can do, only knows that it's tried to claim her life multiple times already as well as being the reason so many people want her dead. They think she did it. She doesn't know herself because she doesn't know what this Mark is. But she stopped the Breach from growing and now she's the Herald of Andraste and people look at her as if she's not human—but not in the way she’s used to. Instead of fear or hatred, it’s…something possibly more dangerous than both. She just wants to be Ana. Just wants to help people who are hurting without them worshiping her in return. She just wants to put a stop to the mage and templar fighting. I think the first moment she really feels like she can breathe is when she climbs atop Dennet's horse and humors Senna with her courses. Up until that point (and afterwards), the poor girl has barely been holding it together. Cullen asking her how she feels about being called the Herald was a desperately needed reprieve, making her feel grounded. Being able to ride a horse and do something silly in light of all that was happening helped her to get her feet under her (so to speak)…until she returns to Haven.

[redlyriumidol]

Blackwall's so me when I was a 13 yr old girl pretending to be a 20 yr old man on the internet vibes ❤️

[cloudruler]

im still tweaking her but isnt she cute!

[pandoratelenor]

Opened up dai again for the (checks notes) 2500 hr of gameplay

But first time on my new computer, and first time in a while. And

The game graphics is started to look dated? Which makes sense, it is from 2014. But i got the dragon age ii vibes from it, were one must remember to forgive some odd graphic malfunctining glitches going on the background when playing

Most likely, my new updated system is simple not getting along so well with a game that predates it

[venndaai]

!!! I knew it! I knew I was correct in my headcanon that Krem was one of the first Chargers and not a late addition like he is in some fanfics

[lilkjays-corner]

And there she is!

My OC Stella who is a rather overwhelmed Herald and - most importantly - Sera's little sister!

The conclave was supposed to be her first mission alone as Red Jenny and it didn't go well so Sera is invading Haven armed with as many arrows she can carry to get her babysister out of there.

It's a shame that you can't recruit Sera right from the start... Stella needs her big sis!

I headcanon Sera as being very protective and Stella will always listen to her advice.

There is also a fanfic accompanying the two, but its mostly still in my head. Anyway.

Desks watch out!