Thom: “You know, when I traveled alone, I’d fight bandits, some drunk chevaliers -nothing out of the ordinary. Back with the Inquisition, and a moment later we’re battling secret Qunari assassins in a dream-library.”
Dorian: “Any regrets, Rainer?”
Thom: “I wouldn’t have missed this for anything.”
Sera: “Aww. Back at you, Beardy. We’re the best in the worst place ever.”
– Thom Rainier, Dorian and Sera party banter, Shattered Library (Trespasser).
“Whatever happens, I wouldn’t trade the years we had together for anything.”
Inquisition was the best project I’ve ever worked on by a large margin and drawing these epilogue slides felt like the best possible send off for me. Out of the 43 that I drew, these were a few of my favorites.
It was a great chance to break free of technical limitations (cloaks, hair, etc…) and to explore what directions they may head. As wonderful as “iconic” looks are, I like to break characters of their set appearances when possible. Every costume in the game required drawings, sculpting, rigging. That cost means we usually don’t get a lot of wardrobe changes for characters. The epilogue slides were also a good chance to explore what else these characters may wear. Maybe they let their hair down (Josephine), or they have a favorite coat they never wore because they spent the game in armor (Cullen), or they have culturally specific clothing they can bring out (Cassandra’s formal Nevarran dragon dress and hair braid).
basically my first priority in the game is to make sure cassandra looks hella fine. (2nd priority is to smooch her a lot)
What is exasperating in one life, is ruthlessly embraced in another.
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Canon and Alternate Universe Viscount Varric Tethras, now framed and available at my online store.
CONFESSION:
When people talk about romancing the same character multiple times I’m always a little confused… Why would you do that? I mean, I did in DA:O but only because there were more origins than romance options. But in 2 & Inquisition I just don’t get it. You’ve already seen that romance. Why would you bother playing all the way through the game again to see the same romance again? Especially when you could just go watch all the cut scenes on YouTube or something…
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We considered putting this behind a read more because we thought some people might find it offensive but ultimately decided to tag it and let the fandom answer it with their own thoughts
As for repeating the romances..people do it in Inquisition probably because those romances touch a part of their soul the same way the romances were special to them in Origins and DA2.
Because it is love.
– A player who romance Blackwall again and again, every single time, with the same character, same appearance -different names because they’re just diminutives-, same headcanons/background, and same choices more or less. And I just can’t get enough of it, it makes me happy.
– Thom Rainier, Trespasser
Eniv Trevelyan 