Dragon Age 2: Qunari crisis: Hawke fights Arishok

[@Heavenly_Father]

And over 13 years later the arishok is still peak qunari design

[@xelldincht4251]

In every Dragon Age game, the design becomes worse...

[@TyphusVonElder]

now their black and gay

[@alpharensis7946]

They dont look like demons anymore, they looke like simply horned humans, boriiingggg

[@night6724]

@@xelldincht4251Inquisition had some cool designs.

[@CptHolt]

@@TyphusVonElder LOL

[@Kruukk]

*5 miles worth of running later* Hawke: I win.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

its not really a fight, more of a "run away run away *bashes Arishok on the head* run away run away" situation

[@thealphaomega4888]

LITERALLY

[@hiluminatul6750]

Yeah...the Arishok was really a good villain, shame they did him like Vaas Montenegro!!! He should have had more scenes

[@hannahnightshadewolf9219]

I felt that

[@omnitrixian]

He’s pretty easy if you play a dual-wield rogue.

[@civilwildman]

Yeah, he is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT as a 2-hand Warrior.

[@svetlanamalavina4350]

And I was thinking that Sten was tough grumpy guy. Sten really was softie

[@rngrtt3689]

You mean : "Soooooftiiiie"

[@Azraeltheangelofdeath]

I would like to point out canonically Sten is the next Arishok after Hawke either kills the previous one or he is killed upon returning to his homeland for basically going rouge and committing a hostile takeover of kirkwall

[@Golden_Bow]

@@Azraeltheangelofdeath wait really?

[@ЯАга-я4л]

@@Golden_Bow yup

[@Dark_Voice]

Sten wasnt really Qunari. The whole race obviously changed from origins to the other 2 games. Even if Sten becomes arishok.

[@doragonaisu2977]

"Rivani, you might want to move a bit this way!" Gotta love Varric😂

[@jefthereaper]

Its ironic how every fault in the DA universe is pretty much to blame to extremism in any form, the qunari are not wrong, but they deal with every problem in a too extreme manner, Trying to force their way of life on other's is also a bad part. same goes with the circle and templars, both are not wrong, but too extreme. Mage's should be free, but a circle should also exist as a center of education and preventing demonic possessions. blood magic in itself is also not evil, but very easy to lose yourself in. templars should not be executioners, but protectors.

[@Zezlemet]

Which is probably the point

[@charlottemetcalfe9915]

I

[@musiclove3165]

But people are abusive, so templars will use their perks sooner or later, that´s just how the world works, except they´re ruled strongly, but welp, even then some will become a new Meredith, circles should offer education, I agree on that one, but templars should be more empathic for everything, tranquils should not be made so often and as we know now, even if templars wronged some tranquils, they could have undone it, but they didn´t, that doesn´t show much humanity in templars. Cullen is different, but without lyrium he´s not a templar anymore. Even though, if we look back, he was an asshole back on lyrium in da 1.

[@SorceressWitch]

The power dynamics and class allows for abuse of power. Templars had power over mages, who were stripped of basic rights. So abuse was bound to happen. This is why they rebelled, even though some rebels went to extreme lengths to fight back against their oppressors. I enjoyed reading Asunder too. That is when the mages rise up and Lord Seeker was an ass but even he had an interesting story. Still I don't agree with his views or actions. I might reread the dragon age books before the next game comes out. I also have The World of Thedas books which have a lot of interesting lore in them.

[@MEUAR]

Or on the exact opposite: immobilism, lukewarm conviction and excess of compromise (Elthina, Dumar, etc.). Which is, in its own way, extremism of the middle.

[@DraculaCronqvist]

The Arishok was completely right about everything he said regarding Kirkwall. It's a hellhole and the nobles, as all nobles always ever do, care about their own gain, leaving the populace to rot.

[@daru5002]

We live in a society

[@rngrtt3689]

You sound just like Sera

[@MEUAR]

"As all nobles always ever do" is a stupidly uneducated and generalizing view of what nobles truly were. The rest of the sentence, however, isn't untrue within the scope of the game.

[@DraculaCronqvist]

@@MEUAR Let me guess, in your view, nobles totally deserved their god-given status as inherently better and richer? Please tell me more about inherent inequality being to the benefit of all.

[@MEUAR]

@@DraculaCronqvist You guessed wrong. In my view, generalizing is a mark of idiocy, that is all. Keep overinterpreting that as you see fit. Now, if you're up for something more factual: nobility was neither good nor bad, it was working. Barely, but it was. In times infinitely harsher than what you've ever known (and, let us hope, will ever know), that's all that mattered. Nobility arose from dire necessity, and hierarchy is biologically hardcoded into our brain for a reason. Then, through technological, economical and social progress, it slowly marched itself to obsolescence as a governing system (also, became gradually more decadent). Be thankful to have been born in this blessed place and time where we can afford the luxury of a working democracy. Barely working. But then again, that's all that matters.

[@Zaxares]

I wish there had been an option to spare the Arishok after the duel. Have him say something like "Finish it", but Hawke refuses, and goes "Were I in Par Vollen, I would. But this is Kirkwall, and we follow a different path here. Return home, Arishok, and know henceforth that the Qun is not the only way to live."

[@diarrheadisastr2114]

Zaxares Okay, that just might be the most badass line I've ever heard. Well played, good sir!

[@Zaxares]

Thank you, my good man! Much appreciated. :D

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Why did they not include an option like that? D: I like Isabela (despite her sluttish backstabbing) but i also love the Arishok, it feels like The Witcher with all of these difficult choices.

[@kevindowd6509]

Or recruit him

[@akshayjb8205]

He would still refuse it because he honor his words and promise

[@romanus7258]

Came here after DA4 trailers. When this went wrong? How qunari went from being badass warriors with something like spartans (or at least other warrior societies) ideology to just ordinary smooth dudes with horns, and of course they are gays, which is actually weird considering their way of life

[@jalenforde3462]

LOL😂

[@hennyspiderman9974]

Hope you know Spartans had some gay in them too. They ain’t really the best representation of pure hetero machismo

[@RanwulfMaxwell]

There should be at least this answer: "You realize I can't understamd half of the words you say?"

[@tickleboi6581]

There's no way in Qunari tongue to speak this many words and yet say nothing

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

That is the Purplest Hawke thing ever x)

[@yaminoonna3218]

Miss the old Quanri.. I mean look at this..and then look at what we got instead 😭

[@Zarkrez]

I respect the Arishok.

[@jlruiz9237]

Well… they returned in drag to annoy everyone to death, abominable.

[@Khyron56]

Is it sad that I agree more with the Arishok than anyone else in this case? Kirkwall's upper class deserved it.

[@federicomachado811]

+Khyron56 No, they didn't, the qun is utterly shit. I'm glad the arishock died.

[@sandrols7]

why would you consider it shitty?

[@Former_Halo_Fan]

+Sandro Swen No freedom or individuality. If you step out of line, they either kill you or brainwash you. Their treatment of mages is horrible.

[@sandrols7]

Lord Tryhard also complete control, social equality, and even if they are brainwashed, those who follow are content with their role.

[@Former_Halo_Fan]

Sandro Swen "also complete control" How is that a good thing? "social equality" Yes, a land of equal opportunity where everyone is a slave. "and even if they are brainwashed, those who follow are content with their role." Yes, but they have to brainwash you to do that. As in, alter your mind so that you are no longer the same person. They can make you do things that you would have previously thought unethical or horrid.

The moment when you forget to recruit Isabela when you were in the tavern and now you have to kill the only character you respect and would joint if it was possible.

[@leoncoben6983]

How? You should be visiting Varric often and Isabella's intro is hard to ignore.

@@leoncoben6983 I don't know I mean I even missed Leliana in Origins and Viviene in Inquisition. Usually for waiting for too long or moving too fast in the game. At least it makes me play the game again.

[@davidlastewart6183]

Michaela Chytilová I missed shale because I didn’t know the dlc was free!

[@Chebe_Vidya]

Qunari in the old games were ruthless, all the same body type because they were just built like that, its in their genes to be warriors and bloodthirsty.. those who became exiled tal vashoth or left the qun, all followed the same craving for blood, they become mercenaries or warriors, thats IT.. thats just how they are, its in their blood.. They completely RUINED this in Veilguard, now for SOME REASON, some of them become confused about their gender identity and other trivialities, they literally broke their own lore.

[@brreakfastYT]

Seriously, even their mages were large bodied and strong.

[@german2122]

Arishok voice damn!!! wish i had that voice

[@tyrannicfool2503]

BioWare should have allowed us to keep him alive to appear in later games

[@leoncoben6983]

Just ive him Isabella then.

[@illogicalstuff6099]

@@leoncoben6983 Nope he is stripped off of his duties as Arishok and executed. Sten from Dragon Age Origins becomes new Arishok :D Also, Isabella manages to run away too.

[@000mjd]

It's hard but it's worthy knowing our boy Sten will become the new Arishok

[@farid1406]

Killing the Arishok was one of the saddest days of my life.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Well you can give him Isabela instead.

[@G3RM3X617]

ok im a noob i was playing the game on normal no problems until this fight then i turn it down to easy and no matter what i do he just whoops my ass and i dont even come close to beating him .... so the question is wtf is this guy cheap as fuck or what ... its my first dragon age i played mass effect before but my first time on a dragon age game

[@G3RM3X617]

@sam sasedor I forgot about this lmao the whole game was too easy and then all a sudden this fight was too hard. To me the difficulty spike was insane here lol

[@keganselby8259]

@@G3RM3X617 play on a hard difficulty trough out and get good at the game and where to put your skills points

[@ishmaelforester9825]

@@TheStraightestWhitest i did that and it is hilarious. She bitches but he just thanks you and leaves; you don't have to fight him, if Isabella turns up you can just betray her to the Qunari anyway.

[@hannusuoniemi5716]

Dragon age 2's dialogue is so much better than inquisition.

[@Kruukk]

Omg it's so good to finally see someone say that. DA2 had its problems but it had better writing in my opinion, better characters and better story.

[@099Nitro]

No. Inquisiiton is the favorite game of the community.

[@Orzacle]

@@099Nitro you’re on crack

[@integralcialbay4633]

⁠@@099NitroPretty sure Origins is the favorite

[@xelldincht4251]

just watched a review to Veilguard and from what i heard it's like the Disney adaptation of Dragon Age....

[@leoncoben6983]

God the Arishok is a badass. Can't hel' but feel sorry for the guy growing up in a society that places community over individualism that functions like a well oiled machine only to see the worse of individualism and die in that rotten city for doing his duty. One of the most honorable characters in the franchise.

[@foxfire9320]

It doesn't actually function like a well-oiled machine. It contains horrors, broken people, scores of defectors, forcibly mind-wiped husks of people, an ideology that makes a virtue of treating people outside it as objects, and a 'badass' military leader with giant anger management issues who will never see out of the titanium cage of his own childish 'certainty', because according to the Qun, he has few choices, and he's actually enraged about it and must project the helplessness of his own situation on all the 'bas' around him 😂 I honestly think most of the people who 'support' the Arishok are blinded by a kind of fawn response. The Qunari are imposing as heck. That makes them very *uncomfortable* to oppose, even as fictional characters. Human psychology instinctively wants to ally itself with whoever seems the strongest, and will come up with all sorts of rationalizations why the biggest threat in the room is actually the most reasonable, noble, and victimised all at once. If Qunari looked like elves, it'd be such a different story 😂

[@levikarkiainen331]

lol I love the arishok. He is like the very essence of Righteousness. Free of ignorance or hatred he does only what he must.

[@DesireeA842]

+Levi Karkiainen Bull, you're confusing "Righteousness" with Self-Righteousness.

[@levikarkiainen331]

SvenSinsSista you speak heresy!

[@farid1406]

He has a sense of nobility and duty lacking in the rest of this game, but he's much too extreme which is why he ultimately fails to change anything.

[@codyvandal2860]

toaritok tell that to Genhis Khan, Alexander the Great, Tokugawa, or anyone else who directed the history of the world.

[@brittanydelacruz7281]

How can I forget The duel with the Arishok I had to run around he was chasing me I had to use ice to freeze him then cast fire rain I hate fighting him but I respect him

[@jessr8247]

I got stuck on the mission and had to remake a character because they were too hard to beat and I kept dying XD

[@roxkstarrr]

I already disappointed when I try to create Qunari in DA:I. I thought I can't disappoint anymore, but when I see Veilguard's Qunari.... Goddamn, why can't we have badass look Qunari just like DA2? And the concept art of female Qunari is cool and hot too, not like Inquisition or Veilgurad.

[@Llengrath]

I wish iron bull sounded like this or something similar.

[@GibbyCat]

3:43 Twins! Related to Nathaniel?

[@tickleboi6581]

They are all over thin s building, Qunari even executed one

[@readyjoe6427]

According to veil guard, this same qun would accept gay marriage. Lmao

[@generalimlerith8356]

I love how you get to take down the Smug Arishok who thinks he's untouchable :D

[@ignaciocampos6148]

In the Qunari Islands, you do not live to eat nor fight to live. You eat to live and live to fight. Oh, why do we dream in metaphors?

[@AngryIrishBenjamin]

Up to 50% Friendship or Rivalry, or an active romance.

[@Keram-io8hv]

Well if this was made in 2024 Arishok would arrive on vagon as drag queen and would marry Viscount

[@tickleboi6581]

Lol, they killed a clone of a guy on 0:26

[@jaei6680]

I do find it weird that people compare the biggest and baddest qunari to the other game's like all of them looked like that in DA2.

[@blakechandler167]

I prefer just fighting him no duel because you cut off his "We will return" with opening him up.

[@mikhailsharon4331]

What a noble Qunari.

[@0blivionMaster16]

Does anyone know the name of the soundtrack that plays towards the end?

[@dusk6686]

Anyone else notice how the crown glides across the floor? It doesn't roll...lol.

[@kagudarzell4571]

bahahah i accidentally turned on subtitle X'D, and thanks for uploading this

[@thegoldenleg3nd]

"WOT"

[@Tlevids]

0:20 Arishok sums up modern capitalism pretty well lol.

[@ValerioRhys]

Capitalism doesn't involve feudal lords ruling over people in a social caste that requires fealty and tribute to the upper class.

[@ruppelspoopels]

@@ValerioRhys you sure?

[@ValerioRhys]

@@ruppelspoopels yep

[@spartanlegit1]

The females in DA 2 are better than 3

[@Alanenemyofgod0]

I would agree with you, but there is one little detail: Cassandra is in Inquisition. She's by far one of the most damn good and adorable characters in the whole series. (And fucking love her romance). So no, even if I love Isabela and Merrill, Cass is on a completely different level.

[@Sigurjon96]

Am I supposed to be impressed by Hawke's abilities to fight this clown? This was the least he could do after the Qunari has haunted the city long enough.

[@doramon6668]

Is dat just me? Or DA2 really have da best desigh of qunari and elves? In 3 and now in 4 they looks.... Well, just suck. Dis is very sad that da game 13 years old looks much better and stylish than da new game of 2024 year.

[@Mittke88]

Qun is the only way! Too bad Qunari look like shit in DAI... :(

[@Magnum_Opus_1124]

Everyone looks like shit in DAI. Cassandra for example...

[@DiegoDiaz-gz3sp]

Can you still fight him and his guards as well if you see Isabela again by refusing his duel?

[@michaelrossi5128]

Not enough Arishok

[@mogeeen1907]

Yo I did not get this cutscene I got just my group fighting all of the quen and I also haven't met finnris and the lady yet what the heck what have I missed

[@JustAGroundhog]

The Qunari were so cool, its a shame they havent gotten to be more interesting in recent times. So much waisted potential

[@TheGeoCheese]

I killed every qunari there was. Not much of a mercy person my Hawke was.

[@steelbear2063]

Fuck qunary and their qunilingus religion

[@caim4611]

Steel Bear quanari don deserve mercy

[@madhouse2594]

@@caim4611 Even Sten and Iron Bull?

[@caim4611]

@@madhouse2594 not even then

[@madhouse2594]

@@caim4611 Wow

[@GnosticAtheist]

I hated the Arishok. Trying to "fix" things by brute force in another culture always goes so well. So they are stranded in the city for years on end, of their own choosing mind you its not like they are refugees, yet they loose their senses and starts a revolution in the city that let them stay there. For free. It was delicious killing that horned moron. Those rebels on the other hand are cool enough, but the game forces me to side against them :(

[@juanlaise1059]

Did we play the same game? The Arishok criticizes Kirkwall, true, but he was very patient and he made no demands or tried to harm anyone for the first three years he was there. Then, religios fanatics start attacking his people because they are heretics. They literally captured some of his embassadors and slit their throats while a crowd was cheering. They murdered the Viscount son just because he joined their religion(and, as their society says, he was one of them now, so again, religious zealots murdering his people). Then people try to steal their gunpowder and poison for their own ends. And last, when elves start coming to join them, after they tell of the injustices they were suffering, the city guard tried to make him give them up while ignoring the fact that there may be corruption(one of Aveline's lowest moments imo). Not saying him attempting to take over Kirkwall by force was a good choice, but he was remarkably patient with Kirkwall.

[@GnosticAtheist]

@@juanlaise1059 This would never had been a problem if they had refused them entry into the city in the first place. The religious fanatics where right all along and yet again you cant really side with them. Well, you sort of can but only cosmetically. If it had been a true RPG you could have joined the human resistance and made a lot of drinking horns. Kirkwall is a human city with lesser educated races to do menial tasks to stabilize the economy. Its important to build that (kirk)Wall, make it high and proud and make Krikwall great again. Human power!

[@Keram-io8hv]

They would have left in minutes if someone's stupid companion didn't stole the holiest sht quanari ever had

[@Kat1kafka]

3 DA games and just the one gore

[@undershaft8828]

I beat branka and ser cauthrien with no problem but this shit is insane even on easy level; and they keep saying da2 is easier than origins

[@Language_Learner11]

It depends what class you play and difficulty lvl

[@lincolnhodge2371]

I thought this going to show me how to kill him not what happens after

[@Rikard_A]

Fenris a little less talking.

[@danomyte67]

hang on I did ALL the right things to get the arishok respect. is this like totally reversed if I completely disagree with him at the end?

[@meme3000]

If you don't earn his respect it is Hawke and party vs Arishok and his guards. That and if you don't earn enough approval with Isabela she doesn't return at all.

[@hellodarkness5644]

Yall fucked up the Qunari in DA:I. This is what a fucking Qunari looks like. The Arishok sweats testosterone bangs dames and wields an insurmountable foreign logic. For some reason you all decided a pan gay Bull is what you wanted for DA:I.

[@CRYSIS-cx6kf]

Killbane?

[@samithhegde1753]

What the hell? My story is completely different. I haven't met Isabella till now at all, I have Aveline, Merrill and Varric as companions, then the Arishok fights. There are about 15 of those Qunari and I can manage to kill only some 5 of those. It's impossible, I'm new to RPG, and it's impossible even in Casual Difficulty. Anybody, Help?

[@icemanfresh]

+samith hegde Isabela is an optional companion who can only be recruited in Act 1, so you missed her entirely. I didn't gain enough respect to duel the Arishok in my first playthrough as well, and I had a hard time, so don't worry. You can try focusing all party members on a single enemy at a time to eliminate them one by one (less enemies = less damage). If you have a mage with the firestorm spell, you can also use that to damage several enemies at once. In my experience, it took a bit of luck and a few retries to win, so don't give up. :)

[@samithhegde1753]

+Aaron Ong Damn, did I 'miss' one companion? Well, now, I retried choosing Fenris as my companion and I think you already know, he speaks Qunari. There was a blah blah talk among Arishok and Fenris and the Arishok challenged me to a duel. I accepted but this is atleast a little easier than fighting 20 of those guys together. I've tried several times in this duel, I haven't yet defeated him, but with a few more tries, I know I can do it. Thanks for replying, anyway.

[@icemanfresh]

+samith hegde Yeah, you essentially missed a companion. The duel should be easier. I played as a mage, so I just ran like crazy while casting ranged spells. Rogues and warriors should also have useful skills for one on one combat.

[@samithhegde1753]

Yeah, I have realized, it will take a lot of running around, I mean, a LOT. I'm playing as a rogue and I have Backstab, Miasmic Flask, Twin Fangs, Speed, Mark of Death and a couple more. I have read that these are must-needed in this fight and one more is Decoy, but I don't have that. But still, I'm trying.

[@Jessica-xs3mw]

I didn't get this dialogue:(

[@hjpop]

***** Think Jessica meant that when she played this part in the story, the dialogue was different for her.

[@CoreyStudios2000]

If you deny both, then you can be neutral all you want. But i don't give a damn about Atheism. If you wish to join the defense of Thedas, then you're welcome to do. I am indeed a more tolerant fighter of the Maker. ;)

[@danieltilson4912]

iron bull would have destroyed you bruh

[@Keram-io8hv]

Yeah maybe in his dreams

[@scoobymula]

Who the fuck is this girl and how do i open this quest to reclaim this shit? Its impossible to defeat him

[@ShortyK1424]

Who even is the Isabela person....? She wasn't on my game....

[@steelbear2063]

I have more respect for Tevinter, where some people are slaves and they know it, than for Qunari, where is everyone is a slave, who either can't see their chains or loves them

[@mrmunchies444]

Qunari=Communism

[@ImyoCello]

holy fuck i forgo how bad this game was

[@NA-lh7lb]

Shut up your life is bad

[@PuPuChangg]

Awesome game