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I'm thinking of doing another DAO playthrough to try a romance path I haven't played yet, which is Leliana's romance, and also play a Warden origin that I haven't tried.

The Warden origins that I haven't played are Brosca, Aeducan, and Cousland. I have played Surana, whose origin story should be identical to Amell, with the only difference being the mage's race.

I was thinking of playing as F!Cousland, marrying King Alistair in a political marriage and becoming Queen of Ferelden, and keeping Leliana as my mistress, so that by the time she becomes Divine in DAI, we'd be the most powerful couple in Thedas.

However, I was wondering if there is also some possibility of an interesting story ou

I have a few kind of obscure lore questions about Tevinter and Seheron, and I was wondering if the fandom could help me out ...

1) Does anyone know what a slave in Tevinter would call someone of higher rank who is not their master? In the Free Marches, people would call someone who ranks higher than them as "Messere" and someone of the same rank as "Serah", I was wondering if there were similar honorifics in Tevinter.

I would assume slaves would address their master as "Master" of course, but if they were addressing a Laetan or Altus (or even a magister, but idk if slaves were even allowed to speak directly to magisters) would there be a term they would use (something like "milord/mila

This isn't a complaint or a rant really, just want to share the story of my most recent replay of DAO, with the intention to romance Zevran this round (I romanced Alistair and Morrigan in my previous DAO runs).

I rolled a F!City Elf Warrior Warden for this run. I felt like I could create an interesting relationship dynamic between a Tabris who is guarded and wary after the traumatic experience of her wedding day, warming up to this fellow elf who gets her to open up and be vulnerable again, and Zevran who is hiding wounds from the past himself, and sees the possibility of another shot at life with the Warden.

I went deep into headcanon territory and saw the relationship as a really slow bu

The question is purely for discussion's sake; I am not implying that the story or the next game should go in either direction, and I think we should discount meta things like gameplay from the discussion (because in terms of gameplay, there should always be a mage class); this is all just for speculative, in-universe lore talk.

But what do you think about Thedas where there is absolutely no magic, not even blood magic, and mages become a thing of the past?

On the other end, what do you think of a Thedas where absolutely everyone, even dwarves, has access to magic and is a mage?

Which would you "prefer", or consider the ideal out of the two?

So what prompted this post is when I was writing some DA fanfiction, and wanting to describe the taste of spindleweed. Seeing that it is a completely fictional herb and the Wiki entry doesn't describe what it tastes like, I had to make something up. I decided to go with an "earthy" taste.

I've also come across fanfics where the taste of elfroot varied from being described as like "honey", to "minty".

I'm interested to hear everyone's headcanons on what they think certain herbs, food or concoctions in Thedas taste like, if otherwise not described in canon codexes or resources like the World of Thedas books. If you know the "canon" descripti

I have a few questions for the song "Mage Pride" from the DA2 soundtrack that I hope someone well-versed in DA lore could help answer for me:

1. I understand that the lyrics are in Tevene, which is based on real-world Latin. Is there an official transcript and translation of the lyrics released anywhere? I've found a few sources for the lyrics plus translations, but they all seem to be fan-sourced and unofficial (??).

2. Is there anything in the lore that indicates the significance of this song, and if it appears in any in-universe contexts, like m