Rick Wasserman deserves more credit for this role. He brings out such a majesty to those that live under the Qun and presents legitimately compelling points about the benefits of Qun philosophy. In a series with great antagonists like Loghain, Corypheus, Meredith, Anders, and Solas, the Arishok is definitely up there with them for me.
Either he dies in Kirkwall, or ends up in worse conditions in his Homeland during DA:I according to Varric, all because Isabela escapes with the Tome off-screen.
30:58 in my playthrough, i let the Arishok go. Mainly because i consider him a worthy foe. Hawke and the Arishok aren't friends, and never will be. However, they still respect each other in some level. So in my headcanon, They will have a showdown, but not on this day.
iirc it’s only about 6 or so dialogue/game choices that are actually needed to earn his respect (bringing fenris to the first meeting, telling the arishok about his missing envoy in act 2, etc) the rest doesn’t matter!
@@eli1964 That's such a trip, I never used fenris. He never met the arishok in my playthroughs. Another reason I love seeing this video, never saw him interact with the arishok.
As much as i like Bull's character, the writing for the Qunari in Inquisition was pretty bland. I was hoping to see characters like the Arishok and the Tal-Vashoth. They shed some light and info on who and how they are.
i agree, there’s definitely some info bull drops in DAI that i thought made the qunari more dynamic and unique, but overall i love the DA2 qunari so much more 😭 especially the design
@eli1964 It helps that we get to see more of them and what they do than we do in Inquisition, where Iron Bull is really just like Sten from Origins in being the "token Qunari" character, albeit with a more dynamic personality that adds nuance to those under the Qun. Dragon Age 2 places more focus on society at large as seen within the city of Kirkwall, and because of that, it has the best depiction of the Qunari, a people focused centrally around the wants of their society, which make them a greay foil to the individualistic Hawke.
He's ment to be more of a spy that's why he's so blase about the qun ,arishok however is a born leader,he's strong and direct,intelligent and anilitical,while bull was a cudgel arishok is a computer.
Well, part of it is because the common tongue of Thedas is his second language. The second is that he sees all non-Qunari as inferior, though if you gain his respect, you are seen as a respected outsider, but you're still an outsider nonetheless.
@@fozzes The qunari ARE a race. You literally can pick "qunari" when you pick a race in DA:I. It is both the name for the race AND the religion, with the Viddathari being followers of Qun but not of qunari race. The race itself is always called qunari within DA lore, with specification made that their ancestors at some point were called Kossith, before the Qun, but not have been called that for a long time.
At the end of Act 2
Aveline: “You lived your life for the Qun, you gonna die for some Elves?”
Arishok: “Someone is.”
He's threatening all the nobles, then he sees Hawke and is like,"'Sup, Hawke?" XD
He is just hate the nobles that's all, lol
Lol I like the arishok he's very to the point,he hates the nobles because they are greedy and pointless,he hates the city because it's disorderly.
arishok my beloved. truly one of the most compelling character in this series imo. thank you for compiling his dialogue!
Rick Wasserman deserves more credit for this role. He brings out such a majesty to those that live under the Qun and presents legitimately compelling points about the benefits of Qun philosophy. In a series with great antagonists like Loghain, Corypheus, Meredith, Anders, and Solas, the Arishok is definitely up there with them for me.
22:04 "They hunger for purpose." I've been looking for this line for so, so long. Thank you!
i got u 🫡🫡🫡
THANK YOU! I couldn't manage to find a video with all his scenes anywhere else on TH-cam, this is appreciated 👍
ofc 🫡🙏🙏🙏 glad it’s helpful!!!
Thank you for this long video! I love the Arishok, best character in the game. Wish our Qunari inquisitor was even a fourth as cool as him
HARDDDDD agree, they did such a fantastic job with his character!!
Just wanna echo what the other poster said. I've been looking for something like this forever. Thanks so much.
I love Arishok
His voice is so ridiculously hot
Either he dies in Kirkwall, or ends up in worse conditions in his Homeland during DA:I according to Varric, all because Isabela escapes with the Tome off-screen.
30:58 in my playthrough, i let the Arishok go. Mainly because i consider him a worthy foe. Hawke and the Arishok aren't friends, and never will be.
However, they still respect each other in some level. So in my headcanon, They will have a showdown, but not on this day.
This is interesting.. I achieved the exact same thing, but with almost entirely different dialogue choices.
iirc it’s only about 6 or so dialogue/game choices that are actually needed to earn his respect (bringing fenris to the first meeting, telling the arishok about his missing envoy in act 2, etc) the rest doesn’t matter!
@@eli1964 That's such a trip, I never used fenris. He never met the arishok in my playthroughs. Another reason I love seeing this video, never saw him interact with the arishok.
the way he says 'you' is just so kdjhfgks
YEAH GODDDDDDD
As much as i like Bull's character, the writing for the Qunari in Inquisition was pretty bland. I was hoping to see characters like the Arishok and the Tal-Vashoth. They shed some light and info on who and how they are.
i agree, there’s definitely some info bull drops in DAI that i thought made the qunari more dynamic and unique, but overall i love the DA2 qunari so much more 😭 especially the design
@eli1964 It helps that we get to see more of them and what they do than we do in Inquisition, where Iron Bull is really just like Sten from Origins in being the "token Qunari" character, albeit with a more dynamic personality that adds nuance to those under the Qun. Dragon Age 2 places more focus on society at large as seen within the city of Kirkwall, and because of that, it has the best depiction of the Qunari, a people focused centrally around the wants of their society, which make them a greay foil to the individualistic Hawke.
He's ment to be more of a spy that's why he's so blase about the qun ,arishok however is a born leader,he's strong and direct,intelligent and anilitical,while bull was a cudgel arishok is a computer.
He so fine 😅😳
RIGHT??! I was sooo upset when you couldn't romance them when I first played. 😭
couldn't stand this dude and his arrogance
You might know how to earn his respect points, But the conversation with him is a little... awful...
Well, part of it is because the common tongue of Thedas is his second language. The second is that he sees all non-Qunari as inferior, though if you gain his respect, you are seen as a respected outsider, but you're still an outsider nonetheless.
@@shadowstarz3651 the Qunari are not a race, for example the Viddathari.
@@fozzes The qunari ARE a race. You literally can pick "qunari" when you pick a race in DA:I. It is both the name for the race AND the religion, with the Viddathari being followers of Qun but not of qunari race. The race itself is always called qunari within DA lore, with specification made that their ancestors at some point were called Kossith, before the Qun, but not have been called that for a long time.
Why is it awful?
@@fallout3fan94 Inquisition made many retcons to Dragon Age lore. It's pretty bad in terms of writing