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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this Dragon Age lore video, we'll be exploring some of the lesser-known aspects of the dwarven race. From their unique culture to their powerful history, we'll discuss 5 things that they never told you about dwarves in Dragon Age!
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0:00 Intro
0:35 Dwarves Owned Slaves
2:18 Special Diet
3:53 Sterility & Half-Races
5:58 Titan's Strange Mystery
8:00 The Dwarven Kingdom's Hostility
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"Dwarves are almost infertile" except my Warden, who had a child with Mardy and an Old God Baby with Morrigan 😂
I think they just have a low birth rate for the reasons explained in the video. If they were almost infertile in addition to all those things they would have went extinct by now. As for the no inter species mating tabboo, I suspect it's like incest for them for some reason and the children can come up like Sandal.
@@therainbowconnection6813 you're right, fertility and birth rate are different things. I was just joking tho 😂. Regarding the last thing you said, that's an interesting theory, although I prefer to believe Sandal talks weird because he has a special connection to Titans... As Valta. Who began to talk in a weird way as well after she was hit by the heart of the Titan.
Only 2 children? How Boring 😉
My Warden Willriker hast a child with Mardy, much Fun with Leliana, a God child with Morrigan and enough opportunities in Denerim (about 50 Souvereigns) , including a foursome with Isabella, Zevran, Leliana and myself 😏 A good Tribute to Commander Riker from Star Trek The Next Generation 😂
@@MrNickHavoc my warden did exactly the same LMFAO
Oghren and Gorim both had one child in certain gameplays. I'm hoping after Awakening the dwarves below enjoyed enough peace to have more offspring.
Damn, I didn't know that the Dwarves had issues with reproduction in Dragon Age. Makes me think that they're essentially DA's version of Krogan, but instead of a genetic disease, it's their societal structure that's slowly killing them off. That's pretty tragic.
Nice video!
I would say it's also the constant threat of the darkspwan that also causes them to be stuck in that societal structure. They operate as a country constantly in war, only having reprives during blights, and even then, would supply aid if the grey wardens asked for it. Its also genetic as well since the constant fighting with the darkspawn,(their blood in particular) causes either death, turning into ghouls, or increased sterility; good example of this is grey wardens are known to have a lower viability of having children because of the joining involving darkspawn blood. If a grey warden does have children, it was usually before the joining, and children born after the joining is considered rare, take Fiona, for example.
I really want a dragon age game focused on reclaiming Thaigs. I want Hawk but a dwarf and it’s focused on dwarves and your goal is to retake one of more thaigs and rebuild dwarf greatness. It will never happen but I want it to lol
This gives me a thought. If there's lyrium in the fade and the waking world then maybe the titans sleep because of the veil. Like being disconnected from it somehow puts them in this "coma".
That would explain why the titan in Descent was stirred by the breach. And if dwarves are the children of titans that could also explain why they're currently disconnected from the fade. Also makes me wonder that if Solas tears down the veil maybe that will wake up the titans.
It would make sense with what Solas says to Varric too:
"Dwarves are the severed arm of a once mighty hero, lying in a pool of blood. Undirected. Whatever skill of arms it had, gone forever. Although it might twitch to give the appearance of life, it will never dream."
Perhaps the Titans exist in the fade and the waking worlds at once, body is in the world and consciousness is in the Fade.
Sandal still scares the crap out of me, especially in Origins.
You KNOW he can speak basic sentences because he already had shown he could but when you ask him why he's in a room full of dead Ogres and common Darkspawn, he just refuses to say anything that isn't his typical exclamation.
Dragon Age Origins is the only game I ever had a true Dwarven play through, I tend to dislike playing them in any other media, but in DA:O their story was just to good not to.
the dwarf origin story is so amazing, i really hope to see more of that type of presence in da:d
@@sarialue You mentioned your self in the video on the slavery section that you have dwarven cities in Tevinter meaning there is great opportunity to flesh out more of their lore and create great stories around them, I'm just worried about Bioware in general with so much great talent that helped create the Dragon Age universe having left the past decade and the new staff still having not proven themselves fully, just hope the writing stays at least on par with the "Trespasser DLC" level.
The Descent DLC left us with more questions than answers, what if they are preparing us for the next games' epilogue, where they will develop the Titans storyline for a DA5?
The fact that Oghren and Varric are the only dwarven companions in all 3 games is a crime
Edit: I FORGOT ABOUT AWAKENING
Tbh i never finished it
Sigrun is a pretty cool companion, a legion of the dead badass.
Descent DLC definitely did open some questions. Shaper Valta disappears after getting connected to the Titan, the Wellspring becomes blocked off, and from the war table operation that happens after the DLC Renn’s grave was disturbed and his remains taken. Hopefully the next game we get some insight to what Valta has done with his body and what she has planned
She better not be trying to fuck the corpse.
I'm picturing some type of golem
"Orazammar ale tastes like dirt in comparisson, probably because they put dirt in it. Hmm go figure" -Oghren.
Wow. I didn't know any of this.
When dwarves take their drink "dirty" or "on the rocks" it probably has literal dirt and rocks in it.🤢
Also. Hi, Saria.
HELLO there FRIEND! ❤️❤️
@@sarialue 😊😊😊
your little dance at the end of your wolfquisitor playthru
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So glad to see you making videos again!
And wow the seed must be strong in House Aeducan since their king had three children in Origins
Noble dwarven houses have the right to take in concubines to increase the chances of producing heirs. The offspring will still be considered nobles. But the laws of succession are very strict. First come, first serve. So if a concubine gives birth to a son before the wife, that son is usually considered the First Son.
I'm so glad you're finally back, it felt like years i couldn't find your channel or anything else online. Your The Problem With The Maker video is still one of my favorites and has one of my favorite quotes
ty alex, glad to be back.
I'm sorry I don't have that video anymore, but my blog still has the script if you wanted to see it : sarialue.wixsite.com/home/post/the-problem-with-the-maker
Hopefully Bioware will expand what they started in the Descent DLC. the connection between the fade, titans and elves just added more questions than answers for me.
I really liked the Descent DLC! I hope we see more of Shaper Valta, the implications of a dwarf doing magic??? AMAZING
I love that you're doing these shoutouts to smaller businesses!!
The deep roads and dwarves history is intensely interesting to me. I never fail to enjoy seeing more and more of the deep roads. I would love a whole game of just dwarves history and adventuring in the deep roads discovering Thaigs and their wonders.
Damnit reeling me in with one of my biggest weaknesses. Dragon Age talk.
Honestly in regards of the Titans I don´t really think it is a hivemind situation.
We see that dwarves of that time kept diaries, something very private, what use would that be in a hivemind society?
I think the Titans are 'connected' to the Dwarves but that the dwarves do maintain free will.
We know they see the Dwarves as their children not as slaves, tools or thralls.
In regards of the Sha-Brythol I think this was something they did to themselves when their Titan fell silent.
Maybe as a act of desperation, hoping to form a connection with the Titan to wake it up.
Then when it woke up it was shocked by these utterly changed dwarves and tried to find an normal dwarf to figure out what had happened.
I also think that the reason why it attacks you even if you play as a dwarf may be because of the Mark.
Lets not forget Titans bleed magic so they may feel the specific differences.
So all it possible felt from the Inquisitor was the magic the Evanuris used and presumed they were an enemy.
OMG, I hope we finally see full on pronounced biracial features in DA: Dreadwolf. I love the thought of a slightly taller Sandal with pointier ears. 😍 I know Sera is probably all elven, but it was cool that she still had an elven face, but a human body type in Inquisition.
Really?! I didn't realize even after literally countless replay-hours, maybe because everyone but the Iron Bul look so small next to my qunari inky. Somehow I have picked only qunari to romance or bff Sera. Maybe next time someone else.
I had an interesting thought regarding red lyrium yesterday when playing through Dragon Age 2 and doing the Deep Roads expedition. There are those weird stone creatures with skeletons, and their codex entry said something about them starving and so, in turn, they ate the gods and now exist eternally as something different. What if Blighted Lyrium was created by infusing the life blood of a titan with some sort of primeval dwarf that's not really like dwarves are now? After all, when blighted lyrium is put into a person, it grows and feeds off of them. So maybe, when they ate a titan (they'd have to have been a form of dwarf to have had a thaig) it corrupted everything. And the other titans sealed away the corruption.
At some point, the Elvehn slew another titan. Some time after this, Solas decided to throw up the veil, which, as one of the many unforseen consequences of his actions, messed with the containment of the blighted lyrium. Since lyrium is a connected energy source to the veil, it might have created a spot where the red lyrium was contained outside of the thaig (because red lyrium does grow, but it wasn't growing very quickly outside of the primeval thaig) in the fade. And when the Teventer Mages showed up to go to the golden city, they ended up landing right where the main source of red lyrium was located in the fade. The thing that was whispering to them were the beings corrupted by the red lyrium wanting to get free, which makes sense because red lyrium does "whisper" to people, as evidenced by the lyrium idol.
We have no evidence of red lyrium before the blights, even Solas didn't seem to know anything about it. Honestly, it makes a lot of sense that there were some dwarves that existed before the current dwarves. And the split that's talked about has to be when the Profane (is that what the rock people are called? I can't recall), and then the veil being put up split them into halves into both realms.
This is one of my favorite series and I recently restarted Inquisition. Thank you for these excellent videos. ☺️
you are so welcome! i’m glad u enjoy the series, hope ur playthru is going well!
@@sarialue Thank you so much haha! I first played it in high school several years ago and so I needed to play it again. Started a game as a human mage. Have you played the series several times?
@@mcnlj24 i’ve played this game too many times lol!
Mage class is always a good choice 😎
@@sarialue I’m relearning Inquisition. I haven’t played it in years. I’m so used to Origins. Do you usually play as a mage or something else?
Congratulations on becoming my new favorite channel! I've waited so long for a good Dragon Age channel, it's what GoT should have been
💕 happy to have u here!
there is no way alistair read up enough on dwarven infertility to shut me down like that in origins 😂😂dangit
Connection to Mass Effect: the Titans are like the Thorian. Due to Reapers advanve they went silent to prevent destruction. It may workef at first, but as we hit a desert planet in ME that got the same scared moon as seen in DA, it did not work out perfect and even DA civilisations are medieval, the planet ecosystem got destroyed by either Reapers, The Dreadwolf or other magic by the time ME takes place
I’d love to see the Titans being close to the Reapers!
Another well thought out theory. Thank you Saria, it's like you never left. 😀
Wasn't expecting that first fact ngl
neither was i 😳
I am so happy I found your channel!
The titans need a hug 🥺✨️💕
I’ve always wondered why so few actually choose to play as dwarves in both Origins and Inquisition. Is it just how they look? In my opinion origins dwarves don’t look appealing but this was greatly improved in Inquisition so then the question remains.
In both the games they have unique dialogue and a very advantageous passive ability in magic resistance. As for the dialogue in Inquisition, play as a dwarf and talk to Keeran and play The Descent, you’ll get some good bits of dialogue from your Inquisitor.
Anyway what are the reasons really? I really can’t tell.
dwarves are usually less chosen in any rpg if you think about it.
however, i love playing as a dwarf in origins, and inquisition also does them justice too.
It could be aesthetics for sure, but i hope in da:d they make the dwarves more appealing to play (we shall see!)
Dragon Age: Origins was my first tactical RPG. But I never played a dwarf because I don't like caste systems. I did play a dwarven Inquisitor but he was a surface dwarf from House Cadash.
Most players only play humans or elves because it's closer to humans in terms of how they look.
I'm looking forward to playing a dwarf in my first run thru of the next game--I have a feeling like the magic resistance will come in clutch in Tevinter!!
My favourite race in dragon age
Love these videos!
Are you in any inspired by EpicNate315? You sound off similar to him.
ty Ryan!
And yes! I am inspired by those videos, and figured that there should be a Dragon Age edition to these!
Magic ist obtainable for dwarfs through titans -> As seen in the Deep Roads DLC in Inquisition.
Idk if I'm looking too deep into this or was already explained somewhere, but how do genlocks obtain magical abilities if dwarves aren't capable of magic themselves? Does this mean the taint unlocks a hidden talent they once had?
Love this.
ty Saeybin!
Everyone: We love dwarves! Make more videos about them!
Saria: Hey, dwarves owned slaves. Enjoy!
Jk, glad your channel stumbled into my recommended a few days back. Too few Dragon Age content creators out there.
The Dwarfs probably have the most interesting lore of the races in dragon age
It is because of their strict caste system that I always choose King Bhelen. He might rule as a tyrant, but he is the best hope for his people. I choose him even when I'm playing the dwarf Noble. The way I see it, his or her father was a coward for not supporting you when your falsely accused. I just wish you could have gotten payback on the other dwarf who was lying.
So the titans are intellectual beings or are aware of of its surroundings and situations as it’s capable of showing it’s memories to the dwarves.
So those this mean it knows who was responsible of severing the fade from their world?
If so, then I think solas is going to have a colosal problem when it does awaken from its catatonic state.
I know in the game DAI ends with the breach closed, but I don’t think it’s going to take long for Solas to break the veil. And if he does succeed, we either see the dwarves fighting the elves under the titans command or the dwarves extinction.
Dwarves uplifted humans would be a better way to describe their relationship.
Dwarves are clearly stated as the most technologically advanced race.
Dwarves had terrifying war ships, and possessed coal long enough to assume they were potentially steam powered. Maybe even trains, and steam weaponry.
Dwarves built the Imperial Highway, with Tevinter magic helping in logistics.
Dwarves numbered in the hundreds of millions, and the Deep Roads were like interstate highways. The model for the Imperial Highway.
Orzammar's "lyrium terrariums" seen in Origins are all located inside structural keypoints of the palace, and some homes. Possibly a carry over from architectural breakthroughs while working with Tevinter.
Half breeds don't exist in Dragon Age, genetically. Socially only, stated by Gaider and upheld by Weekes. See elf-blooded on the wiki.
Dwarves are based on South American civilizations such as the Mayans, Aztec, and Inca.
Dwarves have spirits, as we see in Caridin's traps, and the thaig leading up to it suggesting the veil is not required for dwarves to experience demons (Gangue Shade) and spirits.
Oh, and Dwarves are the only thing Blights fear. Never being targeted for a blight after holding against the first. Tevinter may be similar, the blight broke on the Dwarven walls, Tevinter cavalry, and Juggernaut golems of Minrathous. Just as Andraste, Avvar, Elves, and the Qunari later. Simply put, the Chantry Crusade against Orzammar ifyou establish a free Circle of Magi is doomed, and food for the Anvil.
It would've made the need to kidnap from the surface unnecesarry, and so that slide makes no sense.
We need dwarf love interests!
The world of Dragon Age is in Andromeda Titans are vaults. deep underground with plants life. Dragon Age Origin we take a pinch of Andraste Ashes, which activates the first Monolith. DA2 we take the Red Lyrium Idol, and activate the second Monolith. DAI The Well of Sorrows is the last, and it's when we awaken a Titan / Vault. I'm probably wrong, but there are similarity
"things bioware never told you about dwarves" proceeds to quote multiple bioware sources xD
Had to say it, but I still love these videos and Dragon Age
lol! true, a lot of people just don’t read the sources tho. 💀
@@sarialue I love losing myself on wikis reading lore over and over
What about Qunari-Dwarf hybrids? ;)
This thumbnail in 2022 is a bold move. 😅
Seductive aroma huh. 🤨
sus 😳
Dwarves are not infertile. They have similar chances of pregnancies as other races. The reason there are so few Dwarves is because they are constantly fighting Darkspawn, so they lost more people than any other race and are constantly fighting them. Also the cast system is mostly to blame, like you said, as women don't typically date below their Cast and males only have concubines below their Cast. If a female is impregnated by a dwarf below their cast, they could risk becoming castless, with notable few exceptions, and males can not gain cast unless they accomplish some great deed. Most likely this deed would have to be so great the a promoted to Paragon.
Why is this game is my Skyrim recommend this is not Skyrim hummm this game look good I will go do some research
Anyone else notice how the thing with the Titans is pretty similar to The Owl House and, oddly enough, Bionicle?
No dwarven romance? Only highrank dwarves bear children? Did you play DAO starting as a duster - is Rilke and MC's mother high rank?
Dwarves aren't breedable. Got it.
Kal-sharok sounds awfully similar to other Qunari words.
Most likely coincidence if anything.
Edit: I'll add that Iron Bull remarks about a Dwarven burial ritual being, and i quote, "Downright Qunari" in inquisition. Take of that what you will.