My reasons for DA3 to be in Orlais:
1. That's where Sandal is going. 2. King Alistair said that there is trouble with Orlais. 3. If you did the Last of His Line quest and did not kill Harrowmont, in his letter he says that he is going to Kal-Sharok, which happens to be in Orlais. 4. They wrote a book about Orlais.
Down with the Chantry and their stupid mage rules.--KarlGambolputty (talk) 01:06, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
Kal-sharok is in the Anderfels-Nevarra border. But yeah... probably Orlais... Crimpycracker (talk) 03:07, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
To hell with this mage/templar war. I say we situate DA3 in Antiva and play as a novice Crow rising through the ranks to become a grand master...only to face off against Zevran and join him as an ally after getting the crap beaten out of you. Yessir, BioWare, I say use a new formula.
Or did they do that already? /troll Quirkynature (talk) 03:31, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
What do you suppose the plot would be this time around? Unless they flashed foreward a couple of decades at least, I doubt it'll be a blight (though if that brings the series back to Origins-like gameplay, I wouldn't care about the timeframe). Maybe it'll be about the Mage/Templar/Chantry war since Orlais founded the Chantry.--LordRevan25 (talk) 03:38, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
-10 for not being able to spell Alistair correctly by now. I agree that Orlais is the next venue. Uggh, more French accents. LVTDUDE (talk) 03:47, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the correction LVTDUDE. Do you realise that you are suppose to space twice after the ending of a sentence? So until you get your grammar right, shut up. Rouge, Rouge, Rouge--KarlGambolputty (talk) 05:57, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
I think it will be a Blight, but a double Blight. With land shark Darkspawn and Mabaris the size of houses, big houses, with verandas n stuff. No but seriously I reckon it'll be a Blight, but with the last 2 remaining Old Gods awoken as Archdemons, it's the only way they can top the epicness of DA:O. And it would be interesting to see whether or not there would be a Darkspawn inter species war between the two sides that awoke their respective Old God, or if they'll be totally united in a death dealing amount of total pwndness. Enter uniting most of the characters from the first two games. You'd need everyone to deal with shiz like that. And in a way to mirror the way Origins had the threat of the Blight, but at the same time the potential Ferelden civil war, where you needed to eradicate that issue before tackling the Blight fully, I think this time around the Circle/Templar/Chantry issue will need to be sorted out, then once that's all done and dusted, we go Archdemon huntin'.
This means that it makes sense we'd be going, or starting out in Orlais, as it's the hub of Chantryness, and where I think the true boiling pot of tension would erupt. Perhaps one of, or the Archdemon which rises, does so in Orlais. Maybe it'll take place in different countries. Two separate Blights starting at once in different countries? Feck me they thought one was bad? Maybe it'll have a Blight start in the Anderfels and it gets totally taken over and then starts its onslaught further out.
Just thinking out loud. S13Kuro (talk) 04:15, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
Double Blight would be awesome. Explore two countries. I say assault the Anderfels AND Orlais. And play as two different characters. Have them meet up somewhere along the game for a mission or two (each with their own party L4D style) and then have them separate to tackle each Blight playing them both every step of the way. And make one of them an elf. And a Qunari party member. Both have sexytime the night before (a la Morrigan) and only one of them dies killing the archdemon. Who dies? That depends on the choices you made in the game. And it'll be revealed at the end what the choices were. Maybe one of the Wardens had sexytime with Flemeth somewhere. Or if it's in Antiva, the Witch of the Wilds there (who is probably Flemeth anyway). The mage/templar war can wait. I want another Blight. Quirkynature (talk) 04:45, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
Yeah Anderfels and Orlais are the ones I was thinking. Although having one start in Tevinter would be cool, see what those bastards are up to, how they'd react, seeing whether or not they'd help against the Blight or use it to their advantage in an attempt to take total control of Thedas. And then there's the Qunari, those mothers will have something up their sleeve no doubt, maybe the new Arishok wants to prove himself and gets too eager and starts a war.
Gah! Just better be good.
See right there, there's an epic and emotionally charged decision. Two characters, two parties, one main person, or maybe even one entire party has to die, and you end up deciding. That'd be hard as. If they could do it right, imagine having two people who you like equally, but one aint gonna make it.
Yeah, I understand fully, I'm with Varric I think, sick of mages and Templars. His comment about them just being a whole bunch of bickering idiots in skirts was gold =P S13Kuro (talk) 05:15, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
So that new book by Gaider is coming out and it has Wynne and Shale and Wynne's son and it's set in Orlais. DA3=Orlais. Stang. Never really cared about Orlais. Home is where the heart is. I'm a Grey Warden at heart. Anderfels is where I want to go. =T
Quirkynature (talk) 06:11, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
They better provide me with an option to blow up that White Spire of templarly power to hell. Or else. >:( Dorquemada (talk) 06:51, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
It's weird how there never was a DA novel set in Kirkwall or much hint at all at that location and still people assume that this time Bioware is laying hints all over the place just to let you already know where the game will be set. Lemonaidz (talk) 08:18, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
Dorquemada@ I bet Justice will assume direct control of Anders and blow up the spire himself.--213.64.251.102 (talk) 10:27, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
I guess I could go into how Anders probably won't have a big role to play anymore since he has the potential to be dead, but instead I'll just say I hope that if he does blow something else up, it falls on him and squishes him into justicey paste. Michael Largness (talk) 10:47, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
Orlais would be... Interesting. I just imagine about 100 Leliana’s running around which doesn’t sound pleasant to me in the slightest. (I can only handle one of her.) We’re ages away from that game anyhow, we all saw the upheaval that occurs if a game is put out too soon. Personally, I’m hoping for the Anderfels . Any time we hear about Orlais it just sounds too nice to have a game where you’re constantly slicing people to bits and chopping off heads. Mrs.AlistairTheirin 15:55, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
In addition to the hints in the DA2 story pointing to Orlais as the probable location for DA3, Mike Laidlaw dropped some additional hints pointing to Orlais in an interview at 1UP. Here's the relevant part of the interview:
- 1UP: Random last question: what part of the Dragon Age world is more interesting to explore, the Tevinter Imperium, or Orlais, or what?
- ML: I think, probably, currently, that Orlais is more fascinating simply because we've seen more of it. We've seen more hints, heard more stories from Leliana, and Orlais has just teased us more. It's been more coquettish -- we've seen the ankle and we want to see what's above it. So to me, Orlais is the one that has a ton of draw and really will intrigue people. Because it is a fascinating culture, and similar to how the Qunari are very different from Ferelden or Kirkwall, Orlais offers up another slice of the world. And recall that I said that Dragon Age is about the world. So it's something that, I think people are rightfully intrigued by, and it's something that as a design team, intrigues us too.
WarPaint (talk) 16:44, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
I have to agree with a previous post. It will be a double blight. Two archdemons. JUST LIKE I HAVE BEEN SAYING WOULD BE COMING SINCE BEFORE DRAGON AGE 2 CAME OUT!! IF NOT IN 3 IT WILL BE IN 4! GreyWolf84 (talk) 20:55, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
To hell with going to Orlais. I would much rather go to Tevinter or even Antiva. But if going to Orlais means bringing down the Chantry and all thier stupid mage/templar rules then I am all for it. My Hawke and Anders will be the first ones there....But enough of that...i honestly would much rather explore Tevinter. I am a mage at heart and I wanna see some mage duals. Emmalee (talk) 21:04, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
Like Emmalee, I don't care about Orlais! I want the Anderfels. Or Antiva. Hell, I'll even take Ferelden if I must. Orlais? Not so much. Quirkynature (talk) 21:07, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
Even though I'd prefer to visit Tevinter because it's evil crazy mage central. (Though I'd be forgiven for thinking Kirkwall was evil crazy mage central. ;p) I'm actually really excited to see the Gran Cathedral. I looove religious architecture and I can imagine how beautiful it would be to see. Michael Largness (talk) 21:15, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
Intrigued about Orlais? Interesting culture? From what I've gathered from Leliana, Orlesians are shoe-frenzied french people trapped in a permanent musical act with some maniacal zealous religion stacked on. I doubt it can be any more interesting or creative than Kirkwall. Honestly, I'm most intrigued about how the prostitues in Orlais look like, but that's maybe only from the creepy "ankle" image Mike Laidlaw used.
Yup, guess we're actually going to Orlais if they're talking like that in interviews. Can't really make it any more obvious. Lemonaidz (talk) 21:38, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
Yeah I'm with Lemonaidz, I don't see Orlais as an 'intriguing' foreign land I just must see. The mission where you track down the 3 escaped mages, and you speak with the de Launcets encapsulates Orlesians in how I tend to think of them. Stuck up twits who worry more about their clothes being pristine than an oncoming war. Although, if Loghain was still around that could be an interesting aspect, but most people would've offed him. They were always spoken of in a poor light as they were the ones Ferelden was at war with up until not too long ago, and starting out as a Ferelden I think I'd feel that no matter who we play as in the future. The tension between them and Fereldens would be interesting to see though. But I'd rather see some of the other places, Anderfels sound interesting, Tevinter would be cool to play as a mage in, could really play a bad dude well there. Seems as if we are heading over to croissant land though, seems like the most logical outcome. Even before any Bioware people said anything, the fact that the mage/Templar/Chantry situation needs to be resolved means we'll prob have to take it to the head of the Chantry and/or someone who's head of the Templars etc. S13Kuro (talk) 03:25, June 16, 2011 (UTC)