100% Blind Reaction to DRAGON AGE Full Story & Lore. It BROKE Me.

[@SerianTsukino]

Someone needs to sit with Nux and hold his hand because he's misinterpreting the deep dive so hard. XD

[@Smght1]

tbh this deep dive was really abridged and had no setup whatsoever

[@mongolifepawn842]

That's the issue with videos like this

[@EM-vw7im]

Wasn't a very good deepdive, 0 context for anyone uninitiated into the world

[@silversamurai0267]

Yeah, this felt more like a quivk notes summary for people who already have a basic understanding of the lore and jargon. Didn't even mention all the companions, and aside from the main story itself they're the biggest part of the games.

[@charnel8435]

brah he struggles to even copperhead this level dive. maybe deliberately to get engagement or maybe because he does not really care.

[@bryanttownsend381]

Man. Idk if this video was the best choice for someone fresh to the Dragon Age setting. Its very....... brief. Hearing Nux misunderstand so much of the lore because of how fast this video is is..... painful.

[@KamaChameleon]

Agreed this video is more of a refresher for people who have played the games in the past and misses all the finer details that make the world unique and fascinating, also skipped awakening dlc in origins

[@vikingsword3485]

Yea, they left out a lot of stuff. Didn't even explain what darkspawn are

[@C00L_DUD31]

Exactly I really wanted to see his reaction to the broodmother.

[@rsick266]

I agree, this feels more like a recap of someone's playthrough than a proper lore dive.

[@DamashiTheKaotic]

@@vikingsword3485 They didn't even talk about Zevran!

[@JackOBlades0801]

11:40 - Connor isn't a necromancer, he was just a magic user. Mages during DA Origins had no rights and had to be sent to live in "The Circle" a tower under the control of The Church. Even the children of nobles had to do so. Connor's mother (the Arlessa) found out about Connors magic and found Jowan to teach him in secret in order to control his magic.

[@DelightfullyMADD]

Thing is though... the setting also made it clear that, while definitely oppressive, the Chantry wasn't in the wrong for wanting to keep mages regulated, because mages _were_ a unique danger both to themselves and others. Well until later writers decided to retcon all that interesting and morally grey lore and just make mages oppressed for no real reason, which is frankly far far less interesting from a world-building standpoint. Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age II both showed very clearly exactly _why_ mage's were feared and distrusted, Origins showed it deliberately and II showed it accidentally by hilariously having nearly every mage in that game whine and cry about how the Chantry views them all as blood mages and one bad day away from demonic possession... and then proceed to use blood magic and surrender willingly to demonic possession. Even back then I recall laughing out loud nearly every time I ran across rogue mages who whined about being stereotyped as blood mages and then proceeded to happily embody that stereotype, but for some reason I was supposed to sympathize with them.

[@acrab6527]

Because magic works exactly the same way in Dragon Age as it does in WArhammer. All magic comes from hell, and the mages can at any second explode and have 23 demons pop out of the corpse.

[@JayJayM57]

@@DelightfullyMADD Counter argument the templars have always been portrayed as too into the punishment of mages. in the 1st game, you can play as a mage and it is the templar overzealous behavior that pushes your friend to dark magic. I think later games focus more on the "templar zealous behavior is creating the demons they fear aspect". There`s a good reason why mages get taken away but there`s also a good reason why mages are so reluctant to go, those templars are looking for an excuse to execute you.

[@lordhater4207]

@@DelightfullyMADD Exactly this dumbing down of everything and Mass Effectification of Dragon Age started with DA2 and ended with Vailguard i mean the plot of Inquisition is 1:1 Mass Effect 1 and plot of Vailguard is Mass Effect 2 1:1 all you need to do is replace certain names with their Mass Effect equivalent here is how Inquisition would go : What is the plot of Inquisition? You are a some rando who happens to be in the right place at the right time with the only person you know being the only person who vouches for you Varric (Anderson) you rando(Commander Shepard) are then tasked by Orlesian Chantry (The Councel) to find one responsible which you later learn is Corypheus (Saren) by becoming a part of the organization which is the only one that has authority to do whatever it needs to to keep the realms safe you are the Inquisitor (SPECTRE) you are told to stop the evil baddie Corypheus (Saren) from breaching the veil (opening Citadel) and unleashing horde of demons (Reapers) and Why do you chase Corypheus (Saren) across Thedas (Galaxy/Terminus Systems)? To acquire the orb (Crucible) so that you can understand the mark (visions from Prothean beacon) and stop the grave thereat from manifesting, Inquisition is Mass Effect 1 story wise, God of War 3 combat wise, Skyrim environment wise and above all not Dragon Age, Valeguard is Mass Effect 2.

[@TheBayzent]

Dragon Age 2 showed aplenty why the Chantry was the way it was though.

[@RhJones]

This vid is more of a refresh. It’s not explaining any of the factions and the cultures

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

I'd recommend a lore dive on each individual game. Or at least videos on how different facets of the lore work, like the Darkspawn or Magic. Because there's a lot about the lore of this franchise that this video completely glosses over because it's trying to cover literally hundreds of hours of gaming in such a short video. Like the Darkspawn for instance. They're basically introduced as a mindless race of corrupted monsters that exist to do nothing but spread death and destruction, and do so simply by existing. And I mean that literally, because their bodies are so corrupted that they carry literal plague and corruption within their very blood, and can cause you to get violently ill and go mad just by extended or direct exposure to them. But this video doesn't do any more to introduce them than just saying that you're fighting against them. This video seems like it's meant to be a lore refresher for people that have beaten the games and have a basic understanding of the lore already rather than an entry point for people who haven't played them.

[@silversamurai0267]

And to continue with the Darkspawn - that's just the beginning of their lore! The fact that some of them have become self aware and may be evolving to become separate from the Blight and the Archdemon is a pretty big deal!

[@rskid777]

I mean the dark spawn were the original tevintars that invaded heaven bassically, and then they all kidnap and corrupt village men, and then rape and breed the village women the whole time to But this is literally just a story recap, no lore dives at all, just a speed run recap of the main game stories XD

[@GSSAGE7]

Nux keeps calling this a deep dive, when this is the SHALLOWEST of shallow dives. He's playing around in the stairs of the shallow end of the pool, since going into full kiddy side of the pool because its too deep.

[@connorharnage6697]

Fingers crossed her goes deeper. There's so much more to this series than this video

[@hollystepp3735]

I wish he got to learn about the actual history and especially broodmother from Origins

[@Thainin]

Dwarves not being able to dream has been a thing since the first Dragon age game. It's actually why you can't be a mage as a dwarf. In order to use magic, you have to be able to dream. That being said fuck vielgaurd

[@Japaneseanimeguy]

The DLC for Inquisition touches upon this by linking the dwarves to massive underground giants so massive that their blood vessels form cave systems and the lyrium ined therin is their blood. Can't remember everything exactly but I think they were trying to establish a relation with Sandal and the weird stuff he gets up to when nobody is looking only to respond with his usual response of "Enchantment". Veilguard seems to be complete garbage though and no amount of modding is likely to fix the garbage writing I've seen from it.

[@JackOBlades0801]

FYI DA:Origins even begins in tragedy. There are 6 different origins that the Main Character can come from. And the prologue is playing through each of these origins. Human Noble: essentially the Stark family when they are overthrown by the Boltons. Mage: You try to help Jowan, get betrayed, and nearly lose your head. City Elf: You are a peasant and the noble wants to do Prima Nocta. Dwarf Noble: Bhelen (the progressive king) sets things up so you either kill your older brother or are simply accused of doing so. Dwarf Commoner: You mess up a job and get in trouble with a gang leader. Dalish Elf: You find an ancient artifact and get blighted.

[@robcampion9917]

And a good thing to note is that all those characters exist in the world, it's just that the one we pick is the only one that meets Duncan and joins the Wardens.

[@lurkingedge]

No mention of "Enchantment!" or how your hot pirate companion started the whole Qunarii conflict?

[@jjc5871]

This video left out so much key info it’s not even funny.

[@avioracrown6967]

And she suddenly care about a fuqing pronounce 😂😂😂😂

[@gionaldori5811]

Nux please for the love of everything holy, lore dive more into dragon age origin. you will understand why this DA veilguard is truly infuriating even without the woke stuff, the quality of the writing is horrendous

[@rsick266]

You can also make a deal with the desire demon to let her keep possessing Connor in exchange of getting the ability to use Blood Magic, you can kill Brother Genitivi to cover up the location of the Andraste's temple/ashes, corrupt the Ashes (if you do that, some companions abandon or straight up turn on you and you have to kill them) and so on. Good times, when DA actually had choices.

[@jaredfrancis5062]

You traded the child for blood magic? I just fucked the demon. Also you straight up murder the child or convince his mother to do it

[@DiceFTW273]

Don't forget you unlock a class if you corrupt the ashes!

[@thewatcher3429]

You can also bone the desire demon in exchange as well.

[@catrianheir]

Nux. My guy. We've known that dwarves don't dream since dragon age origins. That isn't a random lore drop. They're basically blood cells of the titan that gained sentience. Cells don't dream

[@DuonDRaven]

This isn't a lore dive video, it's a refresher for people that have already played the games. I feel like the Lore video's would do a lot better in views if the videos didn't just frustrate the fans of the IP... Get someone older that's hella nerdy to help you pick the videos or find someone new because your current old nerds a lame duck. This video literally started with "go watch this other video first" how did that not trigger an alarm bell? lol

[@voilav2890]

Yea, it is not a lore for new person. If you know it it is refresh.

[@alchemi802]

Ok I'm not very far in, but need to correct something. With the whole Lady of the Forest thing. It's Elves (which Nux kept calling Humans) vs the Lady of the Forest and Were wolves. And it's not industrialism, it's the Leader of the Elves gaining an unnaturally long life by keeping the Werewolf curse going, and also binding the Souls of the Humans he cursed to that Forest so they can't pass on. Edit: However, you don't have an ancient agreement for aid from the Werewolves. You do have one from the Elves, which is why you'd help the elves. They are bound by ancient pacts to help you fight the Darkspawn. This pact would be null and void if you don't help the Elves defeat the Werewolves though. And there's like legit advantages in the final battle depending on which side you help. The Elves are archers and ranged units and bring more units to the fight. However, the Werewolves are fucking Werewolves, there's less of them and they have to get up close, but they deal more damage.

[@jjc5871]

After a dozen or so playthroughs of Origins, I think I only sided with the elves 2 or 3 times.

[@cmac1600]

The ritual does NOT go wrong. It's normal for most recruits to die while joining the Grey Wardens. Also this is after the players parents have been murdered as well and the player fights their way out of their own domain. Darkspawn reside primarily in the deep roads.

[@acrab6527]

if you picked human, yes. Each of the races and backgrounds have a different first 3 hours

[@cmac1600]

@@acrab6527 Oh yeah. I forgot about that. I should play origins again.

[@the_cringe_nerd]

BTW quick recap of Darkspawn Lore for those interested. They originated by a group of magisters that tried to usurp the throne of god and were cast out as the first darkspawn were they corrupted the false gods they use to worship and other creatures

[@vennuscappriciovc2646]

The Evanuris release the blight.

[@eastbow6053]

@@vennuscappriciovc2646 Nope, in origins it says the elves were running and sealing the deep roads. The spirits made bodies from the earth and they dug so deep they found the blight this was the original lore, its an unknown entity that corrupts everything. The evanuris after millennia in power thought they were powerful enough to unseal the blight and use it they killed mythal and Solas sealed them away they f the lore so bad

[@TheoneGigaFlare]

little does Nux know, to be a grey warden you have to master the taint. (look it up)

[@jakofshadows]

This is a super barebones lore dive, so i would recommend a deeper dove here because it gets so cool. Also the fade is closer to the warp

[@jasonwood8800]

This is such a shallow deep dive of dragon age lore. The video Nux is watching is more of a game recap than a lore dive. Bless the chat who are filling in all the gaps for him 🙏 😂

[@fredrickwooten8068]

In Dragon Age Origins Your creation of your character you three races each of them have two different beings based on how you set you character one extra if you pick a mage class and that’s the only one for a class.

[@neworldfool9625]

“The ritual went wrong.” Inaccurate, it was entirely par the course that’s always a risk with the ritual.

[@KamiNoBaka1]

Ok, but like, burning the food is always a risk when cooking, but you'd still say it went wrong if it happened. Just because a problem was expected doesn't mean everything went right.

[@StarShadowPrimal]

​@@KamiNoBaka1 What kind of food would have a built in and completely unavoidable 50% chance of burning? The point is that some people will become wardens, and some will die, but there's no way to tell which until it happens.

[@lunarshadow5584]

@@StarShadowPrimal like saying "If you have this blood type, you will die." be it A's, B's, or Positive vs Negative. (including AB types to the A's or B's) But tests like that would be considered unethical (but considering the era, it would be surprising if they didn't try if they do know that Blood types can be different)

[@Senkoau]

@@lunarshadow5584 Well apparently they now have they/them pronouns and transgender surgery along with the spiders going extinct so they might know about blood types.

[@LegatusLucius2]

Grey wardens are superhuman like witchers just with an expiration date😂

[@patriciocarrasco7641]

the beauty of origins is that you build your army based on your decisions, in one playgame you can have an army of elfs and in the next one a freaking werewolf pack fighting for you

[@JackOBlades0801]

42:00 - Anders (the mage who bombed the chantry) was a companion in DA2 and Awakening (the DLC for DA Origins). After Awakening, Anders allows a spirit named "Justice" to share his body. That was a mistake, because Anders' anger at the Templars corrupted Justice into a Demon of Vengeance.

[@thrakkanuur]

Dragon Age's "fade" has a lot more in common with WH40Ks warp than anything else. LOL

[@DaddyDynastic]

This video feels like a really Bare Bones refresher for people already familiar with most of the games because it doesn't elaborate on anything I would suggest actual lore videos for somebody unfamiliar with the series

[@MatheusRAlves-lg5nd]

Man I pray someone shows Nux a good video on the Dragon Age Lore, it is sO FREAKING EXTENSIVE BUT SO GOOD I love the games and the books and the ttrpg. Hopefully somebody is going to give hiom a good video to watch

[@shini1908]

this was a horrible summary, it treats you like you know all the lore already like what are darkspawns.

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

Yeah, it's clearly meant to be a refresher for people who have already played through the games and need some reminders of the story so far before Veilguard. Nux really chose the wrong video for an entry point, because this video makes no attempt to ease you in or explain anything as it's just a rapid fire rundown of the events of the story.

[@MrMoviePoster]

They literally said at the beginning that they have another video for the history and lore of overall dragon age, and this is just the story beats of the first 3 games...

[@danielferrieri7434]

The Only Thing about Dragon Age that isn't a Masterpiece is most recent Game.

[@the_cringe_nerd]

Which isn't cannon

[@Ashaira]

Inquisition wasn't all that hot either.

[@vikingsword3485]

I would only consider the first a masterpiece, two was rushed, 3 characters sucked and a lot of pointless quests

[@Pandemia616]

​@Ashaira But at least it didn't actively disrespect the lore and expanded it in interesting ways. Inquisitions biggest problem was poor pacing and lacklustre gameplay. It did a lot of stuff right though.

[@Ashaira]

@@Pandemia616 I agree with that.

[@TheoAffonso-f8y]

Not sure about the video he skipped, but my god there 's so much missing context here... You don't know about the possible backstories of the MC. Nux even though that dwarves not dreaming is from the recent games since they don't explain the fade...

[@Monsteretrope]

Basically, the old games were deep to various degrees. Veilguard is a puddle.

[@Ichthyodactyl]

"Recruiting" Morrigan is a bit of a simplification. It's more like Morrigans mother pawned her off on the player, at protest.

[@robertcerqueira3941]

You could also save Connor and his mother by doing the mages tower first. getting their aid to free the boy of possession at cost of no life

[@adrianl8429]

53:35 Nux, the 4th game had the best set-up for a sequel out of all of them. The 3rd game’s story was set into motion by Solas, a soft spoken and pretty kind companion. It was reveled that he was actually the trickster “god” of the elves. He imprisoned the other elven gods (revealed to be very powerful mages) by creating the Veil - the boundary between the physical world and the Fade. The old elven empire was warhammer levels of tyranny and Solas tried to stop it. But essentially rewriting the laws of physics to do so had unintended consequences. In this case the downfall of his civilization, decline of magic and the elves losing their immortality, culture and homes. Now he wants to correct that by destroying the Veil. Only problem is that will release all the old magic bs back into the world and threatening the current civilization. In the final dlc of Inquisition, he was still portrayed as sympathetic to the main character, but he would not abandon his quest to return of his people’s glory after centuries of struggle. Then Veliguard happened and as far as I understood, an hour into it, they said: “F the morally complex antagonist we had set up, here fight 2 generic evil elven gods”. Oh, and the “Dwarves don’t dream” thing had lore implications that were decently touched upon in previous games. Just another thing they botched with the bad dialogue.

[@benjaminhubbard1805]

Nux I would suggest you watch the trailers for DA 1 & 2. They go hard.

[@alexparient2325]

Hopefully Nux is convinced to do a deep dive video into each game because yowza did this guy just blitz through it and get several things wrong. Plus if he was losing his mind over just a glimpse at Redcliffe, wait until he hears about the Broodmothers.

[@gozolve]

Nux is missing a massive plot point. Mages are like 40k psychers where demons can use them to break into reality. They are walking bombs.

[@luckynugget9576]

Nux ability to misinterpret information every 3 seconds can be called nothing less than impressive.

[@recjr7685]

Nux needs a series of lore videos on the individual factions of Dragon Age, because this video glosses over so much Dragon Age is basically Warhammer Fantasy Ancient elven mages so powerful they were worshipped as gods Mythal killed a titan, a living mountain, and gave the world access to lyrium, which is titan blood Ghilan'nain used blood magic to corrupt the lyrium and created the blight Mythal tried to stop the elven "gods", so they cannibalized her and stole her power to split it among themselves (with the exclusion of Fen'harel), so Solas used his orb and dagger in a ritual to imprison them and the blight in the fade, but in so doing rid the world of like 60% of its magic and the elves lost their immortality The magisters sidereal sacrificed 100,00 slaves and a mountain of lyrium in an attempt to breach the fade and commune with their gods in person, but were blighted and were ejected from the fade and brought a fragment of the blight back into the world with them That fragment retreated underground and grew into a potentially world ending threat Darkspawn are a living disease, and the very ground turns to rot and decay from their very presence Grey Wardens use the power of the blight to become super soldiers at the cost of shortening their lifespans to 30 years, where they have to kill themselves to stop themselves from becoming monsters The Grey Warden protagonist of Origins is basically a DnD adventurer with a charisma stat of 30, and if they're a mage they can literally create localized lightning tornados at will and can fight and kill the archdemon one on one And thats just sone of it! Like, there's so much more absolutly insane shizzle in this franchise

[@prototypemaster1]

For the record, the events that happened have a lot more layers than what you interpreted like. The story is all about your choices and how you hape it. You could approach every event however you want to. This quite literally lets you shape your own legend.

[@TevyaSmolka]

Yup that’s right

[@sharpetutor227]

It takes like 20 or 30 hours to get to that apology scene but somehow because of that 1 minute it makes all those hours unplayable

[@mistersir9670]

This is not a deep dive! It's more or less a quick notes or refresher for those who have played the games. There's alot of context missing !

[@mistersir9670]

Just finished watching and dang. It's bad even for a summary. Some important details are skipped. Context are missing. Maybe it's talked on his previous videos but this is not good for a deep dive. This is not deep enough

[@Red_Valentine]

They got rid of the Elf Racism

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

And ironically did so in a game that takes place in the DA nation that historically has been the MOST elf-racist. Like, literally all the slave rings you see kidnapping elves in the first 3 games all came from Tevinter, AKA the nation Veilguard happens in. I guess this is the concession they realized they'd have to make if they wanted racially diverse elves in VG. They didn't wanna risk getting cancelled by showing a black elf getting enslaved by blood mages.

[@blessanabey5575]

Well that's not all they got rid of.

[@Tex_Teufelhunden]

This video assumes you have the knowledge of the game already and this is just a refresher

[@seekerjf747]

Someone make this man a playlist with full lore deep dives so he can fully understand the world and factions.

[@rodrigomedeiros7123]

Nux... this is the recap, not the lore. Wizards and Warriors made actual lore videos

[@Ganom-ng1zt]

I insist he should start with the basics and the history of thedas so he can understand the world better and with better pacing. Since there are al lot of videos, I personally recommend Lore university's "Dragon Age: The History and Lore of Thedas. Darkspawn, Blights and the Grey Wardens". This video is more in tone with what I think represents the first game the best in terms of tone and themes.

[@nemesisundead83]

Oh boy here we go, the OG dragon age lore is pretty crazy

[@lacey9896]

In Dragon Age Origins you can play as an elf, human, dwarf, or mage. Each of these have their own lore and character back stories based on rase and even social class that includes an actual playable unique quest for each.

[@Ailslyn]

Nux, you need a way deeper dive. This dive is glossing over so many VERY important things. You're like, skimming the surface here.

[@needhd7159]

Will you please play Dragon Age origin and upload it to KZbin?

[@carlong60]

Mages for example. You don't train to become one you are born a mage. And you don't show signs when your born just one day in a highten state of emotions whether it be fear or anger you accidentally cast a magic spell. At that point your family has 4 options. Either they ship you off to the nearest circle which is basically a glorified prison in most cases because mages are persecuted for having unnatural abilities. So the Circle is a place where mages are rounded up and taught to control their magic. They're not allowed to leave the circle unless given permission and are accompanied by Templars. 2nd option is they decide not to go to a circle and try to hide. Because if a mage isn't at a circle they're labeled an apostate which means they are allowed to be killed on sight unless they agree to go to a circle. 3rd option is to be made tranquil. Which is they agree to be lobotomized and that cuts them off from the fade so they are no longer able to use magic but they have no emotions and are shell of their former self. And the 4th possible outcome is if a mage isn't careful at any point they can be possessed by a demon and then become an abomination. So to do lore true justice you'd have to do a deep dive on each game

[@Grim_Sister]

Nux, the video you picked isn’t a very good explanation for DA. They don’t explain what The Rite of Tranquillity is (magical lobotomy), what Templars are (Magic police), what are Dark Spawn or what you need to do to become a Grey Warden. This video didn’t even explain about fan favorite Isabella and how she’s important to the Qunari plot

[@dylanshaw5700]

Please do a mass effect trilogy lore dive, you would love the lovecraft robo cuthulu

[@invincible1today]

Drangon age lore is so cool, the whole dwarf backstory and the deep roads is so good, and the mages being susceptible to demon possession like psykers makes me wish we had more.

[@xulunknown]

A couple things your character if you make the right choices can become king in DA:O if you make the right choices and the dwarves not dreaming was already established lore before veil guard or what ever it's called that is why dwarves can't be mages but can work runes in weapons.

[@LegatusLucius2]

Then the Meredith statue gets moved to Skyrim then she wakes up to tell you to kill necromancers in her Temple😂

[@Acidicstudios]

The lore video he's watching is such a thin skim of the surface of the lore of this series that I don't blame Nux for getting stuff wrong.

[@lordhater4207]

Funny thing is Loghain was a troubled man a complex character stuck in a loop betwen duty, survival, and personal demons (greed, vengeance, hatred) he was a complex multidimensional character not at all like Corypheus the literal worst villain in game history.

[@marmyeater]

Nux, "in the same vein" doesn't mean it's in the same universe, just that it's in the same category of thing.

[@bannana422]

There was ALOT of lore reveals to the nature of the world in the random side missions & scripts hidden across the first dragon age, it was a real slow-burn kind of reveal

[@kingpanther424]

Idk if anyone noticed but just before Isabella does push ups and explain why apologizing isn't enough she still said sorry

[@KamiNoBaka1]

D&D doesn't have just one world or even multiverse, Nux. I mean, just for major published campaign worlds you've got Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and Eberron, all completely unconnected. Dragon Age takes place in basically another campaign world.

[@LevityGallows]

yeah this is an overview of the games not a lore dive sorry Nux. oh and the deal with the darkspawn is that their Blighted Humans, Elves, Dwarvs and Qunari that live underground hunting for the Old gods who are ancient dragons and when they find them the dragon is corrupted by the blight and they attack the surface like a Plague, theirs alot more to them but i'll let you figure that out later.

[@viktorgabriel2554]

There are also some quest combos that where left out that lets you can largely change how the story goes that was what was one of the best about the games CHOICE really mattered

[@EmeraldKing6987]

Will you do a mass effect lore dive? I think you would like it since you liked this, and since mass effect 4/5 is coming out next as the next BioWare game it’s a good time

[@northstar6920]

They had a *slam dunk* lined up, missed and caught the ball and threw it back into thier own hoop.

[@Dragonfire-c8u]

Missed so much on the lore and choices that could be made. This is only one possible storyline made from only some choices. But I do understand that doing a true deep dive would actually take hours😂

[@macxgames]

Watching this DA: Origins Story and Lore video just deepens my sadness about the current state of Dragon Age. The story was incredible, the characters are incredible, the choices and the consequences you get when the game ends.... Heck, I played this game multiple times with different characters and different races making different choices, always getting pumped for the final battle after listening to Alistair's epic speech, getting different endings and it was freaking fun and it never got boring including the DLCs were fun to play. Now, we got... SMH (PSA: never ever let Anora get near that speech. You've been warned 😂)

[@ashleydavis5559]

All that lore, with different choices/outcomes, and 75% of it gets brushed over in the 4th game.

[@techlorknight338]

99%

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

Try 99%. Because there's literally only three choices that carry over. One: did the Inquisitor romance Solas? Two: did the Inquisitor swear to stop Solas, or redeem him at the end of the Trespasser DLC? Three: did the Inquisitor disband the Inquisition or keep it going at the end of the Trespasser DLC? That's literally it. Absolutely nothing else carries over into Veilguard.

[@techlorknight338]

@@MoostachedSaiyanPrince which is even more moronic considering Isabella is in the game

[@blessanabey5575]

Remember when saves from previous games and your choices in those are carried over in the new game, Mass Effect had the best trilogy cuz of that except MS3 ending.

[@Hunter-zf7rt]

The good old days ​@@blessanabey5575

[@malcolmthorne9779]

I mean, Failguard isn't even a Dragon Age game. Not really. And we're not likely to get one for the foreseeable future. The trilogy will stand on its own as one of the greatest western RPG titles. They're great games with great worldbuilding and fascinating lore. Definitely worth checking out.

[@Loveless1128]

I think Nux missed a video with a bunch of ACTUAL lore setup and backstory as to how the world works and just went straight into the events of the games. 😅I mean, I'm glad he's going over game events, but he doesn't even understand what the Darkspawn are!

[@sethkarma2072]

.... Was this explanation made by AI? It's so barebones and the clips in the video make me think of mid 90's websites. How do you even get into a lore dive without even explaining things like Andraste, the veil/fade, the situation with the elves and magic, what makes the darkspawn such a serious threat and in turn what makes the grey wardens so badass. Understanding these base topics are pretty vital to understanding the weight of the events that take place and why certain groups make the decisions they do.

[@malcolmwashington4630]

This is the wrong video, this channel has a hour long comprehensive vid on the backstory of thedas covering the elves, the rise and fall of tevinter, and all the blights up til the beginning of origins.

[@KalKirin]

i need some nux slop to help numb the pain right now

[@MaetMen]

34:24 they arent people they are elves

[@carlong60]

I know this was just a recap of the overall story. But the lore and characters are so much deeper than this.

[@JackOBlades0801]

9:00 - Darkspawn are generic undead/orc creatures...that reproduce Goblin Slayer style.

[@JackOBlades0801]

1:12:00 - Dwarves could be turned into Golems....

[@skynet0912]

Never mind that Isabela tries to apologise to Taash, that's fair, but the fact that it's an excruciating 3 minutes of explaining why just saying sorry isn't enough, and you have multiple other characters around just watching, like this is both normal and the expected outcome, made the scene so much worse...

[@sylvirgiomanach1491]

Especially with that whole "apologizing just makes it about you" thing while monopolizing the entire scene and making a whole production of it to stroke her own ego. AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN DO 10!!! If you're going to give a specific number, do that number!!! 😫😫 She could have just said 5! And somehow doing a bunch of push-ups is faster than apologizing?? Like. If you don't have time to say a quick "sorry," you don't have time to do push-ups. That whole scene is a stupid, pointless mess and the failure of it isn't even about a character being non-binary. It's that it's so forced, poorly executed, and nonsensical that it eclipses the point they're trying to make.

[@CatsLilaSalem]

Dragon Age inquisition had also romance options with Solas, and then he just left 😅 Also, with the DLC, you have a Qunari party memeber Iron Bull, who can suddenly betray you depending on actions in the main game which is a kinda unexpected thing to put somehwere in the DLC

[@bryanttownsend381]

Man, when that happened to me, after i romanced him and mastercrafted his weapons and armour, i was devastated. And not just because he kept wiping my party.

[@sylvirgiomanach1491]

​@bryanttownsend381 That switch from "boss" to "bas" *killed me.*

[@CatsLilaSalem]

@@bryanttownsend381 It is how i found out about it. Also, after that you're playing with only 2 party members making the rest a lot harder I did replay the full game and DLC later, and went for the option that Bull will not betray you that run. Inquisition has it flaws and dumb things, but i really like the game

[@michalzaprt5602]

No going to lie this video is quite lightweight about what happened.

[@nunuonroad9969]

This is a recap, not a lore deep dive. Nux do another cause this one isn’t doing you any favours

[@nolanhewitt2563]

Dude, you got to play all the games and their downloads it's so good

[@bartofii]

Seriously the lore for the game had some good baseline and it's own thing going on. Origins having the different.. well... origins to show first hand different issues in the story was actually GREAT and let you have unique options to get through various arcs. I think my favorite was always the human lord route cause I loved the whole house infighting angle

[@kriysixvector4552]

Blames humans for elf nonsense. Never change Nux.

[@TerreiSingularity]

Mate. This video is INCREDIBLY VAGUE Each of the groups you go help have enough depth you could probably make a movie about each one. The video just gives each one a minute or two to explain everything He should treat this like he did fallout and find videos about parts of the lore and watch those instead I recommend the videos from "Lore University"

[@LegatusLucius2]

Why did they even manage to mention Sebastian when they didn't talk about Dragon Age origins DLC😂

[@SavantPete]

I'm not familiar with the Dragon age lore and it does make me want to know what the story is even about

[@C00L_DUD31]

This was really breif you really need to get something deeper. The story is absolutely amazing unironically one of my favorites ever on par with mass effect. There are so many things you missed like the Darkspawn being an illness spreading across the planet and the formation of the broodmothers. The complexity of flemeth and weather she should be trusted. The story of the wearwolves is much deeper and darker. The deep corruption of the chantry and templars how it has affected so many people and how a giant civil war stemmed from that. How the deamons , magic and dwarves work. Or the characters who will even fight and kill you if you do something against their morals like: Ogren: a broken man who drinks to forget and refuses to have a relationship deeper than surface level because of his missing loved one. But instead of being closed off and cruel he is lively, open and surprisingly understanding. Allistair: A man who copes through his jokes who was an orphan and just experienced the death of his father figure Duncan who understands the necessity of becoming King but is hesitant to confront his past in anything other than a joke. Liliana: A young girl who was a criminal until she met someone who supported and thought her and she entered the chantry life to follow her ultimately putting away her past and takes great joy in helping those she can. Dog: who is the goddest boy/girl. And the absolute chad sandal one of my favorite characters only behind the rhyming tree. And these are just from origins And so so many other things that I won't spoil because the story is amazing.

[@sylvirgiomanach1491]

Enchantment?

[@C00L_DUD31]

@sylvirgiomanach1491 Enchantment!

[@mattroxursoul]

Dragon Age was definitely a dark and gritty world. It was a very serious narrative for the most part. Sure there was some lighter moments, but the overall feel was always serious.

[@Soapythought]

Hey nux , appreciate that you want to learn more about dragon age. however I don’t think this is the video for someone that is new to the fandom, as it misses a lot of major details on the story, lore and characters.

[@PhoenixofRuin]

Under 1 hour Gentleman squad!

[@Tadaxlove]

Ye

[@Gatch5able]

Here

[@Thudd224]

Yo

[@C00L_DUD31]

Ez

[@BeinDraug]

Ok i want to tell the story of my Dragon age origins character here, because for what ever reason at the the time i was comited to pushing the limits of what the game would allow in terms of making by character an utter asshole. Eva started out as a mage that sold out her friends to get points with the high mages. Upon being recruited as a warden she killed anyone that wasn't of use to her, exploited victims of the Blight for every coin she could get her hands on, sided with which ever side offered her more power, made contracts with demons to become a blood mage, double backed on deals or betrayed allies for the sake of power and profit. She flirted with her companions out of bordom/curiosity slept around and ultimatly broke alastors heart. The fact that my character was called a hero at all was praticaly a joke. At the end she forced Alastor to take the throne agains his will and wander of into the wilds on her own. The reason i bother writting all this her in a youtube comment section that no one cares about, is because ive never had an experiance in a game like that before or since, the seqeuls (where i headcoanned i was playing as a descendant of my origins character)dissapionted me as i was constantly forced to make good or moral choices when i didnt want to. The first game let me kill a messenger because he wouldnt have made it anyway, i could gut a prisoner to get a key he had swallowed rather than wasting time with his quest i could side with war profiteers, and defile sacred shrines. Im dissapointed in veilgaurd not because of the woke agenda or anything but becasue its been so throughly sanitisted from the game i loved.

[@LegatusLucius2]

Yo dude you might not know this Kirkwall used to be a City built by the Tevinter Imperium it was a slaver City known as the White City of chains The Gallows where the Templar made their HQ slash Mage Circle when the city became free used to be where slaves were processed the irony

[@flateiacantis7510]

Sten would have lopped off Taash's whiny head lol

[@Sagnus1]

I actually like the elven gods plot, it was setup pretty well in my opinion. To summerize; in the distant past the fade (spirit realm) and the material world overlapped each other, this will be important later. The elves where the dominant species on Thadas and had an (kinda) empire of loosly affiliated city states ruled by mage kings, these mages began to push the bounds of magic eventually finding a way to make themselved immortal by binding themselves to spirits. With all the time in the world they just kept on finding ways to make themselves more powerful until people just assumed them to be gods. Most where tyrannical with many slaves bound in service to their temples and demanding sacrifice in their names. Mythal was somewhat of an exeption to this being considered a protecter goddess though she was very brutal herself, for example people could come to her temple to petition her for justice, if she thought the petitioner was decieving her or being petty she'd kill them on the spot. Then there is Fen'Harel (Original name Solas), he more than any other actually cared for the elven people and was in open rebellion against the other "gods" for a very long time and was often aided by Mythal. Fen'Harel and his followers stayed on the move so that the other "gods" couldn't amass against him, so instead they targetted his ally Mythal. She was struck down, her body destroyed and her spirit left floating around. Fen'Harel enraged by this comes up with a desperate plan to get rid of the other gods "forever", he creates the veil - the barrier between the material and spirit worlds - and ensured the gods would be trapped on the other side. He then essentialy passes out and sleeps for centuries. This had unfordeen consequences, leaderless city states decend into anarchy, multiple civil wars happen and when the elven nations where at their lowest the humans took the opportunity for conquest. Thus raises the Tevinter Imperium who enslaves the elves (and other humans, they may be slavers but they're not biggots). Centuries later a slave revolt happens lead by a slave named Andraste who humans believe was a prophet of their god, about 2/3 of Thedas regains their independance under the Andrastian faith. The elves create their own nation state and try to reclaim their half forgotten culture. They get it very wrong, the tattoos they have on their faces becomes a coming of age ceramony honouring the gods... back in the day it was used to mark someone as property of the temple. They worship the god Falon'Din as Friend of the Dead, a guide theough the fade for spirits of the deceased... The real Falon'Din waged bloody conversion campaigns which slaughtered any who would not worship him. And of course with their rose-tinted view of the gods Fen'Harel is demonized, the malevolent trickster god who betrayed the gods to claim the world for himself. With time tensions raise between the Andrastians and the elves leading to war and the elves are for the most part once again subjugated, though the nobles and their retainers flee and over time evolve into the nomadic dalish clans. Some time during all this a human woman struck a deal with the spirit of Mythal, Mythal would give her the power to avange some past crime and in return Mythal would share her body while she slowly built back her power, this began a tradition of passing the spirit of Mythal from mother to daughter all the way to Flemeth. This is the world Solas wakes to, weakened from his last great feat of world changing magic, the people he saught to save subjugated with little understanding of their past and it's all his fault... At the end of Inquisition he reunited with Mythal/Flemeth and takes from her the power she's been amassing over the years (it's unclear if this was voluntary or by force). Solas is empowered once more (don't know if he's back to his peak or not) and he's ready to undo his "misstake" and once again a lot of people are going to pay the price for his well intentioned recklessness. Well that was a wall of text... anyway my point (I think) is that the elven gods plotline is a lot better with the context, the above video glosses over all this setup so it does seem to just spring from nowhere without it but they did propery set it up before Veilguard so that I at least was looking forward to it... Now? I'm going to need some glowing reviews first.

[@surrealleader3812]

This lore video doesn't due the dragon age universe justice the best way to learn about the universe would be to watch lore dive videos based on the games separately this video feels like it's for people who have played the games it does not do the lore king just for absorbing all lore

[@TheWarden53]

Less a lore deep dive, and more a quick and dirty synopsis of the games' events.