What did you do today in Thedas?

Finished Act 2 and did some Act 3. I must say that this revisited canon run I'm doing is not perfect yet, there are little details I would like to correct about pacing (decisions are fine), but that is my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder-self talking lol

I maxed out Isabela's rivalry but when I play this canon world state in the future I'll gotta be more careful about her in Act 1, for example I didnt visit her to hear her joke about Fenris and I, which it's kinda silly but I love it, if I would have listened her joke those +5 friendship points would mess the rivalry and I dont like at all her rival points in Act 3 where you have to be pro-templar, so yeah that little joke is my head telling me to play this again from the beginning lol BUT NO hey I have an excuse to play again DA before DA4 comes out. I should do notes though to not fail in the future XD I'm very content about how I handled Anders and Merrill rivalry paths, maybe I will interchange some friend points to Anders (telling him he's making a good point in his manifesto instead of checking on Keran)

Also, I let DuPuis to do blood magic to find my mother (desperate times call for desperate measures I guess) I was undecided because one, Rohan Hawke hate blood magic but he's friend of Merrill after all and he believed he was avenging his sister and two the way Varric kill him is awesome lol he only give up magic if you are diplomatic/aggressive, and since my Hawke is sarcastic he would betray me and the gang, so fuck you dude.
I've never done this route though, Gamlen helped me in all my 4 playthroughs, but that scene with Varric was worth it. I kinda like more Gamlen helping me though, maybe I will kill DuPuis the first time I meet him in the future I dont know.

Also THIS EVERY DAMN TIME lol


About Act 3 I saved Orlenna and slay the poor and beautiful Dragon   that Champion robes tho 


 I remembered the fight harder though but I killed her on normal it seems I'm playing better now (and a lot of potions lol)

I'm gonna ignore bitch Meredith til I finish all sidequests and then MotA and Legacy (I didnt know it's canon this happens in Act 3 which it's fine for me, Carver is happier this way and I liked him a lot the first time I played) still hate that Coryfetus fight tho 

Edit. Tsundere elf needs to max out his rivalry yet, damn you sexy and tsundere elf 

"I was completely infatuated with one of the Templars in our tower… It was so shy, I didn’t say a word", I said to Josephine. When I started to tell, I knew, it was a mistake. So: I lied.


Yes, initially, there was no more than just a shy, innocent daydream. The only place, where I could escape was my mind. For long minutes, sometimes for hours, I stood in the window of my cell and waited he appears, and when it happened, I just watched him and imagined, he will look up to me and on the courtyard, he will smile at me. Of course, at the courtyard I embarrassingly tried to avoid his gaze, giving no chance to my dreams. I was only 16, he was 18 and new here. He was beautiful with his blond hair and warm brown eyes, and he looked popular among his fellows, I was sure he has a someone in his life. A girl, perhaps. No. I did not do anything to find out. I didn't want to kill my dreams.

Haha! No. I hadn't any illusion about the Templars, including him. He was not the worst of his kind, but still a Templar. I hated them with passion. This hatred was greater than my attraction, and this prevented me to commit some stupidity. That blonde knight was my dream. The reality was the Templar. Not better than the others.

I was a „troublemaker” according to them. I just wanted a little fucking respect. Justice. We're people, not dangerous monsters! Not some cursed ones!

I was eleven when I burned our curtains in the hall. We had guests... can you imagine that scandal? Mother and these notabilities screamed, my asshole brother laughed as an idiot, and father yelled. I will never forget! I just stood, and laughed awkwardly – I was not able to stop it. My father grabbed me hard, then suddenly pushed me off... I saw the disgust in his eyes. I was not able to stop the laugh, while I wanted to cry. Then the Templars arrived...

I was frightened but defied. They will never see my fear! I will never give up! I hated that place from the first moment. They told me: I'll get used to it over time. But I did not want to get used to it! Never! I lost everything. My family, my heirloom, but I want to keep myself!

I was punished often, but I always avoided the hardest punishments. Was I fortunate? No. It was about my „family”. My father disowned me, but he paid them to keep me safe... or rather don't let me escape, I suppose, lest he does not have to face me again – to face his shame again.

So: I hated the Templars, and I had my reasons. I don't want to love him, and I can't say, I loved him. I loved a dream – about a secretly good man, who wants to help me to escape from this damned place.

Nobody knew about my little secret... Later I found my joy with other apprentices, it was better that way.

Two years later one night I lay on my bed when the door opened, true, never was locked, we didn't have a key, you know, it would be too dangerous... so – he was in the door, alone. I thought I dream, but it was so real.

"Is my time coming?" My stomach clenched, my heart was pounding out of my chest, but I tried to show deadly calm. "Why you're alone", suddenly came to my mind, "not you always come for us in pairs? You're brave, you know!"

"Your tongue is as sharp as I've heard", he locked the door, "but I didn't come for you... or... I came for you, but..."

"What do you want, spit it out already, or leave me alone!"

"You doesn't make things easier for me, you know..."

"It was never my goal." I was confused. I was sure, I still dream, but I didn't know, this is my best naughty dream... or the start of my worst nightmare...

"Haha... I... don't get me wrong... I just... heard... I just saw you look at me... sometimes. I... noticed you..."

I stood up and went to him slowly closer and closer... and tried to be threatening. "What do you wants from me?", I whispered. I kissed him hard. "That is why you came?"

More than once I dreamed about it, still, I didn't believe that it happened. And I didn't know, when will I woke up. And how. He kissed me back.

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Of course, they found out soon. They locked me up in solitary confinement, for two weeks. By the time I was released, he was no longer there. Never saw him again. Was it a love? I don't think so. It was just a dream. Never happened.

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"Commander Cullen?"