Companions in the Fade | Dragon Age: Origins

[@Sanguiluna]

First you think Alistair's just a dense idiot during his dream. Then you actually meet his sister, and suddenly this dream becomes the saddest thing in this game.

[@UnPokemon]

Sanguiluna Right in the feels.

[@roxane1237]

Sanguiluna He's like a 10 year old it makes him so likable. his voice actor did a great job and the people at Bioware too (as always when it comes to character design).

[@kennethmatos98]

Sanguiluna I thought when u killed the demons he would be like" OMFG U KILLED THE FUCKING KIDS AND MY SISTER"

[@glassy_rose]

It really is... Alistair has had a hard life. I regret making him king at my first playthrough. It wasn't what he wanted and as everyone else in his life I kind of forced it on him. I think of him like a puppy... It's so easy for a female warden to romance him if she's just nice and compassionate. I wish this character could get a happy ending... He deserved it more than anyone. I miss that guy. And consequently I applaud the game writers for making me empathize with him so much.

[@dreamingblue3939]

@@glassy_rose In my version I romanced him and he ended up sacrificing himself and dying. In that kind of playthrough, his life really does suck. Only good thing that ever happens to him is meeting the warden- and then he dies young and doesn't really get a goodbye... ;-;

[@Mustachemenece]

Mental resist check Sten : 90 Morrigan : 100 Dog : 999999999999

[@mithrandirsilvertongue1406]

Mustachemenece78 where does it show the dog?

[@mohdrosniezam8779]

@@mithrandirsilvertongue1406 after u escape the dream and the dog waiting for u

[@-18]

@@mohdrosniezam8779 I know that the real reason is that the creators of DAO did not want to bother to think of a dream for the dog (although it is something that should have been very simple, something like simply showing him in a field surrounded by toys or bones would suffice), but what would this mean within the internal consistency of DAO? That animals are not affected by demons or that they were not interested in the dog so they ignored him?

[@TheGeoCheese]

@@-18 demons don’t ignore animals, they’re normally just not interesting enough to possess or feed on. However there have been occasions that an animal was either possessed to possess an actual person or they’ve taken on animal form to lure in a victim. This becomes apparent when you go to Honnleath for Shale where a desire demon is trying to possess a child after being trapped.

[@jeanetten.s.8557]

I took mine to the fade and I was worried about what I will see. I entered his section of the fade and my pup is just Sleeping there! There wasn’t any long dialogue! Just asking him to wake up twice and then we went on our merry way!

[@Veilfire]

"Even the true Flemeth was never as annoying as this" Oh Morrigan, how I adore your snark

[@asherward3533]

I just realized that the reason Alistair acts so goofy and childish is because he's yearning for the childhood he never had.

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

This fucking game is so realistic in so many aspects that actually scares. I mean, it is by far none a game for childs, it involves a most realistic view of what life will be in a medieval-fantasy but not-all-pink world.

[@Aeroldoth3]

It's not just a childhood he never had. It's the family he never had, the relatives he never had, the love he never had, and the happiness he never had. The "perfect" homelife, surrounded by people who love you, kids running around laughing and playing, good food, a warm fire and a place to _belong._ What he's wanted all his life, been denied all his life, and then we meet Goldanna "IRL". Poor poor Alistair.

[@_julecc759]

bruh imma start crying

[@dubbzy92]

"Perhaps my memory is failing. I would swear that I told you both to shut up." Sten's a savage

[@jefthereaper]

for a moment I expected Shale's nightmare to be about being attacked by a huge flock or endless swarming birds.

[@MissElaneeus17]

jefthereaper Who is Shale? I’ve played DragonAge a billion times and have never come across him...

[@thunderfist232]

@@MissElaneeus17 The stone golem is named Shale Shale is part of a downloadable content so it is possible that you haven't downloaded that content and so you never met *it*

[@madhouse2594]

@@thunderfist232 oops, sorry! I didn't notice that. I'll delete my comment immediately!

[@thunderfist232]

It's cool, mistakes were made and sorrys are said and thats all that matters

[@Sigismund-von-Luxembourg]

Dog should have had a nightmare that either involved a vacuum cleaner or being tormented by cats instead dog is just sleeping in a dream

[@auraguard0212]

Warden: "But you're a dwarf! How'd you get here?"Oghren: "Talent."

[@spalenzagabriel]

you can drop Oghren in a desert and he will make booze with cactus juice and blood of sand creatures. It's a talent.

[@Willzb-xk4ew]

Makes no sense how a dwarf greywarden gets brought into the fade by the sloth demon yet the dwarf greywarden cant go into the fade at redcliff

[@claraf.6833]

​@@Willzb-xk4ew neither can Elven or human non-mages. It can only be a mage. If your protagonist isn't one, you can only send Morrigan or Wynne (maybe Jowan too, I think? It's been a while since I played Origins)

[@Jabberwock.]

@@claraf.6833 Also you can send Irving .Persuade required.He has good spells and unique interactions with Connor, Eamon and demon.

[@mostprofoundquiet]

Morrigan is having absolutely none of this shit. Love it. Brought Wynne, Alistair and Morrigan into the Fade during my playthrough, Alistair's scene is just... sad.

[@glassy_rose]

You can't bring Zevran or Oghren because you don't have them yet, yeah? If you go to the Tower after Redcliff to save Ban Teagan I mean

[@scp--297]

So true.

[@brahmantyoihsan5938]

@@glassy_rose You could simply save Redcliffe for last?

[@spalenzagabriel]

Specially when you read the canon and finds out Goldanna isn't his sister. Writers were quite cruel to Alistair, making him think all his family is dead...

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

Even sadder for me, who (as a human noble origin) must allow Anora to execute him cause (as the last Theirin) he can be a threat for our thrones. This is was entirely my roleplaying playthrough but even so I feel so bad about it that I dream with Alistair in real life (well, in my real dreams) telling me how a bad friend I was. Really sad

[@e.s.r5809]

I never took Sten into the Fade, so seeing the banter between Sten and the other qunari makes the continuity between Origins and Inquisition make a lot more sense.

[@gabrieldoyen692]

Yes. So much people think tat Iron Bull is a disgrace to earlier Qunari, that they toned them down, bla, bla, bla. No. The Qun is not just "everyone is a robot". People are still people, even under the Qun. Its just that they are... Less flexible. If the Arishok had some member of the priesthood with him at Kirkwall, everything would have been simpler because the priest are those that communicate with outsiders. The Arishok and his warriors were just that, warriors, and were simply psychologically unable to deal with the situation they were in.

[@RainbowEssence-c3w]

@@gabrieldoyen692 Yeah, I don't really agree with the Qun lol, but I do find it somewhat fascinating. In some ways the Qunari remind me a lot of samurai, those ancient Japanese warriors who were incredibly devoted to their masters. Like Bushido, the Qun is a strict and sometimes harsh code by which Qunari live. Even so, they are still individuals with their own personalities and likes and dislikes. Just as samurai were. And just like how Bushido and Japanese culture was very foreign and strange to westerners years ago when we first began interacting with them (or, well, not first but you know what I mean) the Qun is very foreign and strange to all those outside it (Fereldans, Orlesians, etc.) And vice versa.

[@miguelantonioreinacardona7109]

Hell even in DA2 , fenris and Tallis talk about how the qunary joke , drink and complain when no one is looking at them . They act serious and robotic when they are in public.

[@wyveriusblackfire3834]

@@miguelantonioreinacardona7109 It's also mentioned how since their culture stresses mastery, they say little in foreign languages for fear of misspeaking.

[@Shampalwe]

I find Oghren's dream really sad. It makes me think that not even in his dreams does he see himself as anything but a disgrace and a failure. Then again, maybe it's the Fade glitching up as it tries to deal with a dwarf, but I can't shake the other idea.

[@immortalfrieza]

+Shampalwe People don't keep themselves in a constant state of drunkeness because they are happy with themselves. Dwarves aren't even supposed to be able to dream anyway.

[@dragonswhomstyeet1345]

It’s mostly the demon’s not being able to figure out or read a happy place in the mind. The spirits of the fade are unable to be creative, they can only copy what they see, and therefore because ohgren seems to have experienced nothing else, the spirits copied his mind.

[@dubbzy92]

Dwarves can't dream because they can't connect with the fade. This is the demon trying to figure out how to mess with Oghren

[@alejandroyava]

@@dragonswhomstyeet1345 Not all the Nightmares are for keeping their victims happy. Oghren could have been with Branka and maybe a couplee of children (he says that he thinks of it when the Guardian of the Ashes ask him). The nightmare of wynne was not to keep her happy, but to keep her from thinking that she was in the Veil. Leliana was not completly happy in the Chantry, but it was a way for the demons to keep her restraint from trying to go anywere else.

[@jakechinn6561]

@@alejandroyava I'd assume that Oghrens memories of Branka would be soured and unhappy, he drinks to forget all that so putting him there won't make him happy. Instead it goes for a happier memory even if that happy memory is in comparison terrible for us, for him getting really drunk and being shit on is as happy as it gets. I mean how would you find the happiest moment for a depressed dwarf with no prospects in life who just wants to drink himself to death. Kind of hard that.

[@artit42]

The mabari is the strongest one!! nothing can penetrate his mind.

[@TheEternalVanguard]

All he wants to do i sleep

[@nataliamartins8844]

Bitch pls, Morrigan wasnt controlled either ~sorrymyenglish

[@claudiacastillo1568]

Shion Wataritsuki SLEEP IS POWERFUL

[@coadacatalin4510]

No demon can break the goodest boi.

[@notahamster333]

@@coadacatalin4510 must resist hand.. no petting!

[@awesome8874]

I know this doesn't have anything to do with the companions, but I always found it strange that the warden's perfect place would be with Duncan and the other wardens. I don't know I just think that in all origins the Warden's life has to get almost completely ruined before they decide to join the grey wardens. One would think that their perfect place would be in their old life.

[@LadyStoneheart312]

Yup. It just felt lazy, if should have been different for each origin story

[@glassy_rose]

Yeah... The reason they became wardens is because they literally had no other options. The human noble has their family murdered, the dwarf noble is cast out and exiled, the city elf is taken by the Grey wardens as an alternative to being executed... Duncan was a perfectly respectable man and leader, and I wish he had lived longer, but they could have utilized the intro of the game and the origins of each character better. Certainly it would've been harder to animate 7 different cutscenes and dialogue, than 1, but it would've made it much more meaningful.

[@largeshake9601]

I was forgiving with it, its rare for an rpg to even give you a variety of different background options that get referenced throughout the story. Would've been hard for them to implement that in every situation but they almost did.

[@frederickbentley7774]

I always thought that this was why our Wardens saw through it so easily. The demon wasn't even trying. It gave us a "perfect" world but that's not what we want. We want our family and friends back. Duncan is great and all and we had at least a month (depending on our origin) to get to know him while on the road to Ostagar, but he doesn't matter as much as our old life. My human noble would be at her family castle with Howe's forces defeated with no casualties. My mage would see his best friend Jowan happy and a full mage and maybe even holding hands with Lily. But it's implied that the demon can't get a good read on us and so it just guesses.

[@MURPHYCHACHO]

I agree. I know it's not reasonable to expect the developers to make scenes for each companion AND a vision for each individual origin, but I really think that would have had much more of an emotional impact for the player. The human noble is suddenly back with their family alive and whole, the city elf is at the happy wedding reception they never got to have, etc. Imagine having to force your character to walk away from that, knowing it isn't real, but still having to watch those visions of the warden's loved ones begging them not to leave...

[@AngryIrishBenjamin]

Yep, there it is. The Qunari always act like they're bigger than, stronger than and know better than the rest, but they still gossip and prod each other and joke just like anyone else, at least in the military.

[@khm8910]

That’s what usually happens to isolationists and the righteous

[@comandercarnis]

Well yeah it's mentioned that Qunari act like regular people when they're with each other. Just don't act like it in front of outsiders.

[@fxmaster2571]

1:43 Love the fact that Morrigan has the expression of 'did you just fucking slap me?'

[@aedanshepard316]

FXMaster How the fuck are they stupid?

[@Rule-be6lw]

Morrigan: she would hit me with a spell or a frying pan sometimes.

[@visualvexation]

god alistair's dream is so sad it's so painful

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

it's also fuckin creepy. like, i'm getting real strong lannister vibes from this "happy family" crap

[@largeshake9601]

@@deptusmechanikus7362 That's the comment of someone thats never had a happy family lmao

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

@@largeshake9601 no, this just reeks of Folgers Coffee Commercial grade incest. Brothers and sisters don't act like Alistair and Goldanna do in this wet dream, husbands and wives might a couple months after marriage, but not siblings

[@johannaerl3050]

@@deptusmechanikus7362 how the fuck do you take any incestuous relationship from this when Alistair is acting like a literal CHILD IN THIS. Like the way he giggles and talks, hes cearly reliving a happy childhood in this dream, a childhood he never had but always wished for. Thats the whole point of his dream, thats what makes it so sad. Hes a KID in this, the fact that you "get incest vibes" from this makes you sound like a fucking creep, dude

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

@@wickershell Sorry buddy, if you ever eat your sisters cooking its incest, I dont make the rules.

[@NeoDanomaru]

Spirits of the Fade don't know Flemeth like we know Flemeth!!!

[@RainbowEssence-c3w]

Ya know, it's unfortunate the Warden's dream isn't tailored to their origin story. It might make for a more heartrending scene, and it would make defying the demon more difficult (and also more satisfying). Seeing Duncan in the Fade, acting like everything is wonderful and congratulating you, is just way too obvious and easy to break from. The Warden doesn't have much attachment to him, and depending on how you RP your Warden it may not even be consistent with their character. These dreams are supposed to be fantasies (or nightmares) intended to keep ahold of the dreamer. But if the Warden has no desire to be a Grey Warden and has little attachment to Duncan then it just feels kinda cheap. I know that it would've been more work and money and resources, but I still wish Bioware had made the player's portion of the Fade based on their character's origin story. For example: - A Dwarf Commoner might have a fantasy about becoming a noble and being respected, and their mother not being a drunken bitch and Rica being happy and not forced to sell herself on the streets. - A Dwarf Noble might dream of not being betrayed by their brother or killing Bhelen and ascending to the Orzammar throne with the blessing of Endrin. - A Dalish Elf might dream of never having found the Eluvian and blissfully hunting with Tamlen in the forest or of becoming Keeper. - A City Elf might dream of being happily married instead of their wedding being ruined and their friend being raped. Or they might dream of their mother being alive and being happily single. - A Mage might dream of being free or gaining prestige within the circle, and their friend Jowan being happy and free with Lily. - And lastly, a Human Noble might dream of their family all still being alive and happily playing with their nephew or dog or something.

[@hahaha4556]

First one shows up, it's Zevran's. Talking about how eventually he'll scream. Me: "You fools! Don't you realize Zevran is too kinky to torture!"

[@xenon8117]

Far too bendy to be tortured easily.

[@AverageDunce]

Fr, He way too masochistic considering somebody who values his life.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

Morrigans little finger is certainly a much better candidate for Queen of Ferelden than Anora

[@lyrasotaku1573]

I love how Morrigan is just 100% done with the Fade.

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

I don't think a 100%. I mean, after all she needs the warden's help to get rid of her nightmare. Just like the others.

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

The funny thing is that a swamp-dwelling apostate Morrigan can 100% identify the illusion and yet a circle-trained senior enchanter Wynn who supposedly passed the Harrowing is totally lost in her nightmare

[@solarwrath1313]

@@deptusmechanikus7362 well, to be fair, morrigan's demon failed terribly at imitating flemeth, it was just too easy to identify the ilusion

[@JoshSweetvale]

Exactly. I love Morrigan's response to this whole travelling circus. "Bitch, please, I'm a mage."

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

Technically she is a witch. A mage is a circle trained magic user in that world, with witches being the wilder practitioners of magic.

[@dirthamen]

@@elcaballerodwemer584 she’s apostate mage. Trained in the circle or not she still mage.

[@nananderson7259]

Sten's always makes my heart sad. "It's a dream...but it's a good dream."

[@Zaxares]

No matter where you go, there's Oghren. Drunk. XD

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

Oghren's natural state is drunkness. Being sober for him it's like being drunk for all the others xD

[@TheEntryCode]

Alistair's dream is the best one lol. "What's happening to me? Heyyyy!" gets me everytiem.

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

It is the saddest one

[@sailtheplains]

I burst out laughing when Flemeth said, "Don't you love me?" I was like, "You might not wanna ask that. LOLOL!" Oh man, I love Sten too. His extremely dry sense of humor always kills me. Hahahaha and his bros. "A rational man would call this 'despair'." Dorian's like:....so it's ham? Bro 1: No. It's stew. Bro 2: NO. It's BREAD. Shale. I love her so much. Oh man. She's the best. She cracks me up so much. #headcrush What always strikes me about Alistair's scene is when he says, "I thought being a Grey Warden would make me happy but it didn't." He's pretended up to this point that he likes being a Warden, as if trying to convince himself and everyone around him. But he can't. Aw. And, if you do this scene before meeting Goldanna for the first time--you're like: Oh, maybe she'll be nice. NOPE. BITCH. I love Alistair's voice actor. He's so amazing. I need Oghren to meet Iron Bull. I'm curious though about Wynne. If she's actually inhabited by a spirit when this scene takes place--how did she get tricked in the Fade? Putting aside that she's a mage--wouldn't Sloth see both Wynne AND the spirit inside of her? I know if you take Anders into the Fade with you in DA2---Justice takes over Anders entirely and is like: O HAI. Shit. Didn't even THINK to come out by entering the Fade. 14:30 Hahaha, That guy is ALL mouth. He's like the Mouth of Sauron. Too many teeth.

[@LAGUEp666]

With regard to the Wynn thing... I think it's a question of headspace, when is essentially dead the only thing keeping her alive is the spirit that's inhabiting her. I suspect that the spirits full attention is taken up with keeping her alive. Anders was possessed while he was still alive, essentially serving as a refuge for the spirit of justice so this states that spirits are largely shaped by the perceptions of the mages who encounter them and this was an extremely angry individual before Justice inhabited his body, he perceived justice as vengeance and so justice became vengeance, however I suspect that it wouldn't take much of a push for justice to become full blown rage demon... assuming he wasn't riding shotgun to Anders soul

[@thesixthkid7689]

This quest could've been unique to the Warden him/herself. Instead of dropping you off at Weisshaupt Fortress with Duncan they could've given the Warden their families back or revenge.

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

In my own roleplay playthrough a better nightmare for the warden (human noble origin) must be my warden surrounded by his "alive" family telling him how he will become the teyrn of Highever.

[@thesixthkid7689]

@@elcaballerodwemer584 exactly. For Royal Dwarven Origins you could be with your brother's. Carta Dwarven Origins could have your sister and friend. Mage Origin can have Jowan and his ex girlfriend. Dalish Elves can have your Keeper and lost friend and the City Elves can have your arranged spouse and cousin. It could've had all that but it missed the chance for potential.

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

@@thesixthkid7689 I must be a dumb but I never try another origin that wasn't human, I mean just noble and mage, my bad I think

[@thesixthkid7689]

@@elcaballerodwemer584 it's OK, everyone has their favorite. Human Noble is my favorite too. The Human Noble and City Elf are the only ones looking for revenge against Rendon, returning to Orzammar as the Dwarven Noble you have a son and are completely disliked in the bar, rumors are true that Bhelen got his brother killed and sibling exiled. Both human and elven Mage are the same and you know them, the Dwarven Carta. You'll become an uncle/aunt and your pal turns traitor. I forget what the Cartas leaders name is but she holds you prisoner in the beginning until you escape right into the guards who are about to kill you. City Elves Origin start off with an arranged marriage that's interrupted by human noble rapists and because you saved yourself and your cousin you're scheduled for execution. Assholes. City Elf wants revenge on Rendon because he made the elves suffer after you were gone. Finally Dalish Elf, you meet Merrill pre-Blood Magic. In Dalish Origins you lose your friend and contract the Taint, no major dialogue in Origins but in 2 Merrill hates humans rather than be ignorant.

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

@@thesixthkid7689 oh, I took my game the very "roleplaying playthrough", so I go human noble, become a grey warden seeking revenge, all the ostagar shit, recruit everyone I can and befriend them, save Eamon his wife and son and go to Denerim, here's when the real shit happens: save Anora and surrender to Cauthrien, Wynne and Morrigan save me and Alistair from prison (oh, you just need to see morrigan trying to pass like a chantry's sister it's gold I tell you), then free both of us make a deal with Anora by my own and like in game of thrones I get all the evidences against Loghain making a deal with the magister (it will be a bad move to simply kill a foreign government representative for someone who pretends ferelden's throne, so in my head make a deal with the magister and offers him 150 sovereings in return for him spreading the word in the Imperium that Ferelden will be open for business soon), release anyone in Howe's psycho pervert mansion assalting the place in a killing spree like the rendon do in my house (for ser gilmore and the others) but then I discover that vengeance will not suffice me, the bastard is dead but that's all, nothing will be like back, so I need a new future, a new family. Go full for Anora, wining the landsmeet with full support but redeeming Loghain by allow him as a Grey Warden (what anora wish) and betray Alistair allowing Anora to execute him (again for gain her favor but also cause Alistair as she say could be a problem, he was public anounce as the last Theirin and my ultimate wish was to the Cousland's take the throne, so sorry, but in this playthrough it's Power over Friendship). In the final when Morrigan's offer her ritual I take the Game of Thrones choise (as I see it) and convince Loghain to do it (for two reasons, the first I want not risk to give Anora any reason against our union and cheating will be seen as a bad move in any way, the second I was plaining to have a real heir and a bastard could be another problem, see Alistair thing above). Then Anora just tell me She will become the queen and I just her prince-consort, and again I agree, but take my final move: told her I was and will be at her side in anything, leting her to control the country, going so far to let her execute my only true friend and saving even her father who hunt me like a dog, and never asking her anything but one boon than she cannot refuse me, if he wanted my unconditional support: our heir will have my surname and after her rule, the Theirin line comes to and end and the Couslands will become the new royal dynasty of United Ferelden.

[@flaviushesychius949]

I love Morrigan at the end of hers: 'No! I refuse!'

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

I can hear Flemeth's voice, she says: "Don't be so silly, girl. You're in the Fade, you can refuse nothing"

[@jefthereaper]

I just love the fact that Wynn has been a mage for a long time but is not able to tell she's in the fade, while Morrigan just saw true the lies from the start XD

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

It's is because Wynne had much to regret about in his life, which Morrigan doesn't. Plus Wynne even been in the Fade before was trained by the circle, a chantry controlled organization who forbids much of real magic, when Morrigan was trained by Flemeth, the may-be ancient of all living beings in Theddas, not only highly versed on TRUE magic but a spirit of the fade on his own.

[@dirthamen]

What’s even more funny that she’s abomination and yet her spirit never showed up like it did in asunder book

[@dirthamen]

@@elcaballerodwemer584 mages can research fade and spirits. Her son medium and he could summon pretty powerful spirits with other mages in the tower for research purposes. What’s interesting tho that she’s abomination and her spirit didn’t show itself in the fade like it did in the book.

[@solarwrath1313]

well, to be fair, the demon hounding morrigan sucked at impersonating flemeth

[@TylerWade-uo6rn]

The woman just got back from ostagar defeated a powerful demon died got brought back to life helped get the children and apprentices to safety and held that barrier up to the warden got there she's probably exhausted I don't blame her Also I think they didn't wanna make both mages not have a nightmare for you to experience so they only made Morrigan know it's fake it could have easily gone both ways

[@janisir4529]

Morrigan's is the best.

[@Hillthugsta]

"I refuse!"

[@joumaali]

i chose to be mage, since morigan is a mage i chose a different companion

[@janisir4529]

Ali joumaa When I first played the game I chose to be a mage, and I had Morrigan and Wynne both in my team. I wanted a 4th mage, since Allistair was pretty useless, besides a distraction.

[@KonstandinosZarkadas]

Jani SIr your Alistair is pretty useless because you made him useless. he can be quite a useful Tank with the proper skills and tactics. I have been using him regularly as my main tank with Wynne as healer, Leliana as ranged dps and lockpick and my Elvish Arcane Warrior/shifter Warden as cc and dps. Has always been a flawless party. As an Alternative i used Oghren as a Tank, my warden to heal/cc Zevran as a melee alternative to Lel and Morrigan or Sten depending on the situation. The rest i only used if there was a mission i thought they should be present.

[@poisondamage2182]

+Jani SIr 3 mages? what difficulty are you playing, that this works?

[@zoe6464]

Zevran 0:00 Morrigan 1:18 Sten 2:28 Shale 4:48 Alistair 5:33 Oghren 7:54 Leliana 10:11 Wynne 12:12 End 14:21

[@carissa1201]

I would of enjoyed the fade if all you had to do was deal with yours and the companions nightmares plus still getting those increase bonuses.

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

There is a mod for that on nexus

[@LarS1963]

Indeed there is. It's called 'Skip the Fade' and it does excactly what you asked. :D

[@fatty1040]

Dude I had to dedicate a solid day for the fade on my first playthrough. I remember everything starting fine then I was an hour in and it seemed endless. Almost stopped playing entirely. Now I just breeze through it although it still takes about an hour

[@gavin9208]

0:00 Zevran 1:19 Morrigan 2:28 Sten 4:48 Shale 5:35 Alistair 7:55 Oghren 10:11 Leliana 12:17 Wynne

[@angelasullivan9300]

Poor Alistair, even his fantasies are stupid. Adorable, but stupid.

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

I love how he's so childish even when you allow the Queen to execute him XD

[@tyranids4ever]

What if Dog's nightmare was that he was alone?

[@Camaroni1000]

No. The dog is extremely intelligent. He has no fears, and his only desire is to be with you (which he does constantly so no real desire) therefore he just takes a nap waiting patiently for you to get him

[@thomasraines1396]

@@Camaroni1000 that’s oddly sweet.

[@Pp_datasianboi]

The dogs really said GOD DAMN WHERE TF IS MY HUMAN!

[@Wolpher]

In all honesty, Alistair is the most tragic character in this game and yet he is the one who smiles the most. He really is a Werido.

[@liamclarke91]

It's times like this that I wish I could bring the whole party at once.

[@optimaltt6070]

Demon: Something something fade bullshit, something something I'm your mot- Morrigan: Yeah, I'm just gonna have to stop you RIGHT there.... *no*

[@chriskoloski32]

Seeing even the dream of stens soldiers is interesting. They almost seem like normal people rather than indoctrinated people raised to be nothing but soldiers. Also they switch turns cooking

[@uNclEFAkA]

-Alistair, you're the king. You can't stay here. - *ME-HE-HE-HE-HE-HEE?*

[@OneOnOne1162]

This is exactly the sort of thing that makes Morrigan my favourite character in Dragon Age (well, maybe aside from Alistair).

[@josephmort4039]

I always wondered what Loghain would see if he was in here.

[@peasantofpersia]

He and maric fighting orleasins prob.

[@Bloodletter8]

It's an endless loop of him and Cailan at the war table with logain getting progressively more frustrated until he finally flips his shit.

[@PitchMadness]

I wondered this myself, I found files in the broken circle for Maric and Young Calian, maybe it would be in Loghain's dream.

[@Zennishiable]

Why no Dog Scene? D: I call it racism.

[@SilentzGamingHD]

Gandalf the White That's why I love the dog. He doesn't fall for the stupid fade bullshit and he doesn't judge me, ever.

[@SilentzGamingHD]

Gandalf the White Doesn't matter how or why the fact that the dog doesn't give a fuck is all i need.

[@junish]

This is a little bit late but I just want to inform you the Mabari hounds are intelligent.

[@SilentzGamingHD]

Lord Loss A wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

[@lilyhope432]

@@SilentzGamingHD Someone in a another video suggested that the dog's nightmare is being alone, so once they see you they're happy again. This especially makes since if your dog's previous owner died.

[@spider6025]

“it’s a dream, but it’s a good dream” 🤭😢

[@Cherry_Pie_Slice]

Shale's the best I can hear the excitement when she says "yesssssss"

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

So sad it is see how her fantasy is to being paralyzed again

[@moniquita720]

ALISTAIR WAS SOOOO CUTE!

[@elcaballerodwemer584]

Yeah, even when you allow the queen to execute him he still is so childish

[@elliedereyna5014]

"Perhaps my memory I failing, I could swear I already told you two to shut up" This is my new insult

[@SJL6392]

Just played through again and I absolutely love Morrigan. She is having none of this BS. Hahaha. So much attitude. 💕

[@Ninatx]

"who do you fight now? Baby nugs? “ GOTEM amazing lines truly

[@TheOrpheus1999]

The Qunari with Sten seem to be the inbetween the 'super dogmatic' ones in 2 and the 'step away from Vashoth' Bull in 3.

[@stoneiousprime]

Digging the Qunari mod.

[@kaulitzforlife]

I have never seen Zevran's before. Thanks for the upload!

[@1vaultdweller]

The fact that Morrigan easily recognizes she's in the fade while Wynne doesn't; even tough Wynne is a much experienced mage and had affinities with fade spirits before says to the player that she sucks as a mage.

[@miguelalencar8892]

+Kenneth Donnelly well, at least she's a damn great healer, and a blood mage if you make her.

[@edward113288]

maybe because wynne experience the demon slaughter just recently

[@1vaultdweller]

Edward Marasigan And Morrigan experienced Alistair just recently

[@luizmarinho6138]

To be fair, that demon did the shittiest Flemeth impression ever. "Don't you love me?" Pfff.

[@TheEternalVanguard]

Wynne isn't a bad mage. Morrigan is just a really good one. The demon couldn't even act like the only person Morrigan had for most of her life.

[@Counter_clockwise]

Where's dogs dream?

[@Schweigetherapie]

It consinst entirely of people telling him or her that s/he is a BAD DOG.

[@MURPHYCHACHO]

His dream was his beloved warden coming to find him. And there they are!

[@joecheatham3961]

the dog you forgot the dog the poor little guy

[@Sigismund-von-Luxembourg]

never realized Sten was a rank not a name

[@LAGUEp666]

Cato Sicarius it's both.

[@suchiuomizu]

Every 'name' you hear for Qunari is a rank.

[@juanlaise1059]

You see many "Sten" in DA2.

[@ginew07]

Sten has such a tragic memory 😔

[@50bottlesofpinklemonade]

Its a shame you can only get the fade dreams once, they're really interesting ways to learn about the characters

[@warhammerguy]

I have played through this game so many times, yet i have never actually seen the Oghren or Zevran dreams. I always did the Dwarf treaty quest last since it was the hardest one and i never used Zevran that much since Lelianna was much better at picking locks.

[@xFoxOne]

From listening to Bull from inquisition. Kadan means “my heart.” In the Quinary tongue. So the one guy calling the other “Kadan” makes me believe they’re lovers in arms. (Think ancient Greeks) soldiers finding comfort in one another’s arms.

[@tweetthechicken3870]

Probably just means he cares a lot cause I think stan called me that and i wasn't romancing him

[@xFoxOne]

@@tweetthechicken3870 I don’t think there is a romance for Sten (would have loved to have one) but I also have a head cannon for that one. It’s unrequited love. Sten has feelings for HoF. But can’t act on them because it goes against the Qun

[@LovelyQyla]

Thank you! I loved how you modded your game, it feels a lot more "lorish"

[@CedarSmoke14]

that ending, with everyone there, was pure awesome.

[@Lelouchxzero1]

Morrigan and Anora would get along so well if there goals were the same.

[@alfredarmourlock132]

In sten’s dream, I’m pretty sure one of those qunari is paladin danse.

[@philippc]

Do you have a modlist somewhere? What is the mod changing sten? And the armor mods?

[@therandomartist3201]

The demon in the beginning: HAHAH it’s time to go back to sleep- Demon after all the party members show up to stop its ass into oblivion: IM JOKING STOP STOP ITS JUST A PRANK!

[@ghostgirl6746]

😂😂😂

[@DitisEmile]

I love this mission (unpopular opinion, apparently) and the mods you're using! Do you maybe have a list somewhere? :)

[@theoroderick782]

wow I forgot sten was a leader and had ashaad and karashok with him. And the mod for horns is awesome

[@quinbladesummers1819]

Merrill is innocent and soft hearted, and though got fooled by demon even knowing the reality, But , Morigan - she just went scolding the demon 😂😂, she's furious and fearless

[@waterstarter3106]

where is dogs dream in the fade?

[@discordsdaughter1133]

You just walk in there, see him, then wake him up. No demons or nothing. So it's not very interesting

[@Bubbles99718]

Discord's Daughter I'd say it was deeply interesting.

[@lucemayer6276]

Why does noone care about my beautiful boy zevran and the pain He must have gone through?

[@bookwyrmofthenorth]

Mostly? Because he's too kinky to be bothered by these things.

[@therdinazinastina3000]

Does anyone else realize that zevran's torturers are Dalish elves? His mother eas Dalish. I think he wanted to be close to the Dalish but still wanted to be a Crow.

[@ghostgirl6746]

Yeahhh.. I’m totally going to be romancing him as a city elf

[@GunnerM60]

Ya know, I i've never brought Sten to the Circle of Magi & now i'm regretting that. His Fade memory trap is fucking hilarious!

[@corsaircarl9582]

I thought dwarves were unaffected by the Fade?

[@NinjaFlibble]

game mechanics care nothing for your "lore" XD

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

They are. Just a lot less than humans and elves. Much like T'au in 40k who's presence in the warp is miniscule yet not non-existant

[@artorius4809]

9:47 i don't feel good Mr stark

[@titularhero]

I love that alistar is consistently a muppet and morrigan always knows it all

[@Kadyis]

I love how one of the quanari with sten is just paladin danse

[@Rodenson1314]

What mod or edition is used for the appearances of the characters. Sten and Morrigan don't look like that in my standard edition

[@fuchsraeude1294]

Has Alistair met his sister before? I thought she was told that he died as a baby. Yet this Goldanna looks exactly like the one we'll meet in Denerim. It makes sense if we went to Denerim first, but still...

[@steampunkmonkeyproductions5792]

He may have seen her from a distance but never met her

[@annoyingPoe15]

Would of been funny if shales dream was birds

[@joemullaley6531]

i once had a creepy glitch happen with morrigans dream, i chopped off flemmoths head then i hit the button too soon and restarted the scene with a HEADLESS flemmoth talking to morrigan, lol.

[@manguy01]

I think you forgot Dog.

[@DogFlamingoXIII]

There's nothing to show with Dog. It's kind of like Shale. You just walk in and wake them up.

[@PsyrenXY]

cocktailsquid It's still funny

[@Bubbles99718]

My Dogs name is Bubbles. So I like to walk up to a sleeping Bubble.

[@AverageDunce]

@@Bubbles99718 I just named mine Cluny

[@Dan-uf2vh]

Morrigan is the only one that is fully aware and unaffected

[@mangomage33]

My first playthrough I had leli and shale with me, I missed out on my faves having the sadder ones. Then again I'm glad I didn't put them through that

[@atugak]

Thanks for making this video. You made me save a lot of time :)

[@ambrosia1111]

when i first saw Morigan in the fade i was like aaaw that my b.ch 😂

[@MatrixMiles17]

1:41 BITCH SLAP!

[@XellDincht]

the sten face mod looks really cool

[@gabrieldavis4434]

Awesome job, thank you!

[@ahstiasummers5583]

Wait…. There’s no scene for barkspawn?????

[@janhendrikdykman3262]

Sten is actually one of my favorite companions even though he killed a family, but they don't reveal much about it.

[@ahstiasummers5583]

Voice acting is amazing and conveys all the emotion even if the animations are a little lacking

[@amineyakhafallah1872]

I hated that ogren and a dwarf warden will go to the fade . I wish it was the legit way to skip the fade is by being a dwarf or having a dwarf in the party to wake up the others .

[@GiornoGiovana]

Wait a minute, how the hell can Oghren even be there? Dwarves can't dream.

[@oghren6617]

Talent

[@HatashiLuvsU]

I love your mods :)

[@vangguys1]

Morrigan is a bad ass lol

[@chrishoward3733]

Fucking love this game

[@fatihaydogdu2720]

What the fuck? That's raven's armor! haha :D

[@Ninatx]

What zevran mod is that? He looks great!

[@orakuotaku]

I want that armor for Wynne.. It looks awesome

[@Bubbles99718]

My Dogs name is Bubbles. I like walking up to a sleeping Bubble. Nice little moment.