"came back wrong" what about Came Back Afraid. You used to be brave. Too brave maybe, defying the odds at every turn, a fighter, cocky, playing with fire, first to throw yourself at the enemy. Until one day it all caught up to you. You came back, somehow, but now you know all too intimately how it feels to lose, to die, to be destroyed. Now you flinch and freeze and cower at the slightest provocation. Who even are you now if you can't be brave? The grave may have let you go, but the mortal fear still grips you tighter than ever.
Been meaning to pull this together for a while. If you know anything good that I’ve missed, stick ‘em on the end! I’ll reblog in a while with additions.
Dragon Age Wiki–first-stop resource for basic character and plot information, class and area info, and a lot of codices from all three games.
An Illustrated Timeline of Thedosian History–What it says on the tin, put together by @penbrydd.
Travel Times:
Ferelden travel: distances and times–DA: O specific areas, also includes interesting discussion of forced-march speeds
More travel time ideas including Inquisition areas
Thedosian Titles–Ranks and titles in Thedas, as taken from the tabletop rpg guides.
Thedosian slurs–a compilation of derogatory terms used by various Thedosian peoples.
Thedosian calendar–Thedosian dates and holidays with a speculative matchup of the Gregorian equivalents.
Human names–information on naming in Thedosian human cultures.
Qunari, dwarven, and elven names–some information and examples for each group.
How old everyone is in Inquisition–answers or best estimates using in-game or WoT information.
War Table spreadsheet–all the War Table missions, options, and outcomes.
Dragon Age Meta Nexus–a collection of meta posts drawn from Tumblr with standardized tags to facilitate search. Fairly new.
the kirkwall political compass
This is cinema actually
Normal guy voice . I need to watch him lose consciousness in a vulnerable position
I thought Solas’ jawbone pendant was a dried out green bean for like. Several years. Even after I found out about the Dread Wolf thing. I just thought he was really into legumes or something
Characters that crumble without any pressure, characters who can only function when the stakes are high and fall apart in normalcy, characters who are so honed into weapons of the narrative that when the narrative slows they are left with nothing
"You don't know me. I'm not the same person anymore."
"That's okay. I'll get to know you again."
Dorian talks about Tevinter the way I talk about veilguard. It would be so much easier if it were beyond saving. But it could have been good. Urgh.