Now that's what we call a blood motif.
BioWare's
Spiritual Successor to the legendary
Baldur's Gate franchise,
Dragon Age is a
Dark Fantasy set in the world of Thedas (originally an acronym for 'The DA Setting'), a
Deconstruction of the
Standard Fantasy Setting, drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as
The Wheel of Time,
A Song of Ice and Fire, and
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and filled to the brim with
Fantasy Counterpart Cultures and
Black and Grey Morality.
The first game in the series,
Dragon Age: Origins, was released in 2009, to a great deal of critical and commercial success.
The world is at threat from a
Always Chaotic Evil race of subterranean monsters called Darkspawn. Every so often, the Darkspawn form armies and surge to the surface en-masse, an event known as a "Blight". In response, an elite band of warriors called the Grey Wardens was formed specifically for the purpose of fighting Darkspawn and defeating the Blight.
The story of
Origins effectively consists of three parts. The first places you in the role of a newly conscripted Grey Warden as you take arms against the Fifth Blight, only to find yourself in a nasty
Last of His Kind situation and tasked with uniting the fractured political landscape of Ferelden against the Darkspawn threat.
The second part unfolds in the
Expansion Pack,
Dragon Age: Awakening. The plot concerns the efforts of a Grey Warden (which
can be the same one from Origins) to rebuild the forces of the Grey Wardens in Ferelden while dealing with the aftermath of the Fifth Blight and delving deeper into the motivations and origins of the Darkspawn.
The third part is told in the DLC "Witch Hunt", which takes place
two or three years after the end of Origins. It chronicles the search for Morrigan, an enigmatic companion (and possible love interest) in
Origins who disappeared after the conclusion of the Fifth Blight.
In addition to the game, the series contains two prequel novels,
The Stolen Throne and
The Calling, and a sequel novel
Asunder written by the game's lead writer, David Gaider. The series also contains a
P&P RPG developed by
Green Ronin Games, an upcoming comic book with
Orson Scott Card set to be the writer, and a Flash game by EA 2D titled
Dragon Age Journeys. A direct-to-DVD anime adaptation has also
just been announced
, provoking mixed reactions from the fans. Also released is a Webseries,
Dragon Age: Redemption, produced by and starring
Felicia Day,
who is a fan of the franchise.Its sequel,
Dragon Age II, was released in 2011 on March 8th in North America and on the 11th in Europe.
Dragon Age III is currently in development, but it has not yet been formally announced and very little is known about it.
Please post tropes associated with major in-game characters on the character sheet, not the main page.
Dragon Age: Origins contains the following tropes:
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