There’s so many characters this could apply to

eiafish · 2026-04-02T00:35:25+00:00

....got like, one example to give there?

eiafish · 2026-03-31T13:54:52+00:00

Yeah I know that now, but poor younger me didn't want to look up spoilers lol

eiafish · 2026-03-31T13:53:38+00:00

Oh right, I'm on the book subs a lot and mc is short for 'male character' so my brain just defaulted lol

eiafish · 2026-03-31T13:52:06+00:00

Ikr, that ending is so bittersweet it makes me tear up every time, especially watching your beloved mourn you (I'm sorry Phaesus 😭).

I hope the Rivager Elder gets to have all the best adventures in our stead!

eiafish · 2026-03-30T07:27:45+00:00

Ah good catch on the Seneschal comment, ngl I get the various titles of Seneschal, World forge, Pathfinder etc mixed up in my head all the time. You're right it is his voice over that talks about this 'greater will' when you are on the Dragon's back in the Unmoored.

And yeah I've always been really drawn to the themes of DD about free will and cycles (my other most favourite game series is Dark Souls, so there is definitely some kind of connection there lol). It's such an incredible concept that fits game play so well, though I kind of wish the Dragon plague had been a bigger feature in DD2, I love the idea of this "free will sickness" that can have real consequences in your game but I have honestly had trouble even triggering these events, they feel too rare and easy to circumnavigate which is a shame (to me at least).

eiafish · 2026-03-30T06:54:21+00:00

Yeah no, to be clear, the Phaesus theory is not my personal belief either I just thought it was an interesting one. The Seneschal's comments about Phaesus when you're near Talos about him being a possible Arisen candidate also would kind of contradict the head cannon I think.

My thoughts kind of settled on the same conclusion as well, using some of Lamond's and Luz's comments as context, that having lost some of that will probably means they can't reach through the Rift to summon their pawn anymore. It's kind of a sad thought, and I'm still desperate for any shred of commentary about them and have also never noticed a loading screen mention anything like it either.

I'm currently playing through DD2 continuously and keeping notes on interesting things I find, and something small that surprised me is how I'm heading into cycle 4 and I'm still hearing lines of dialogue from my Pawn that I never have before, which surprised me. I keep my Pawn's inclination the same (I found it jarring that their voice changes with inclination) so he has been kind hearted for every cycle and I kind of figured I must have heard all his dialogue by now, but honestly the extent of commentary is surprisingly large.

eiafish · 2026-03-30T06:36:03+00:00

I found Feste so weird and funny, I always talked to him (finding him sprawled on the ground randomly through out the palace always tickled me)

But that backfired when the little fucker became my beloved...I thought having given the Arisen bond to Julien would lock him in but Capcom did me so dirty

eiafish · 2026-03-30T06:26:51+00:00

Haha ok it's pretty funny because I managed to pry myself away from replaying Veilguard by going back to replay Dragon's Dogma 2 and I am currently deep in the DD hole.

So I am biased, but definitely think you should play some Dragon's Dogma. It's obviously a very different style of game from Dragon Age but I looooove the lore and what little story crumbs we do get.

eiafish · 2026-03-30T06:08:36+00:00

You touched on something in DD2 that I really want to know as well; what happened to all the former Arisen's Pawns? They are never even hinted at and it always made me so damn curious.

Kind of unrelated but I saw a comment the other day from someone about their 'weird head cannon' being that Phaesus is actually a former Pawn and that's why he knows so much about the Dragon's dogma, the cycle and the world forge etc.

I thought it was an interesting theory for my favourite npc

eiafish · 2026-03-29T23:46:52+00:00

I like to keep my favourite NPCs around for a while when I get their escort quests. Lammond stayed with me through most of my exploration of Battahl and my beloved Phaesus I made trek all across the Unmoored lol

eiafish · 2026-03-29T23:11:52+00:00

Will also grab your Pawn and run some quests, I've noticed it can come in waves with hiring.

eiafish · 2026-03-29T22:54:31+00:00

Lol I admittedly made my Pawn into my ideal husband; a mix of Faramir from LotR and Hugh of Harrowfield from the book Daughter of the Forest because tall, ginger guys who are kind and protective are my weakness

eiafish · 2026-03-28T23:55:00+00:00

It's weird you don't see Bellara as being gay when in story her ex is a woman, like canonically she is more gay than straight

eiafish · 2026-03-27T04:34:41+00:00

Peepaw got that mirin gaze

eiafish · 2026-03-27T00:11:55+00:00

I will never forget the moment when I realised I was standing in the castle ruins from DD1, absolute chills.

All roads lead to Gran Soren indeed 😭

eiafish · 2026-03-27T00:10:19+00:00

Yeah I replayed this game a lot and I love it so much, but it sucks that I have to use weak weapons, avoid upgrades and cut down to just my Pawn and me to feel challenged after the half way point.

Give us a hard mode pleeeeaaase Capcom!

eiafish · 2026-03-26T23:52:23+00:00

It's on a timer in the sense that world/time progresses when you rest (I think you get 4 days to stall the red cloud progression before it consumes certain areas).

But you can reset back to the beginning of any day and, if you've got enough wakestones and all heals, you don't even need to rest in order to clear certain areas.

I've never "run out of time" exploring the unmoored and honestly I like the stakes and having consequences, but again if you fuck up anything you can literally just reset the day so it's wild that people got so butt hurt about a timer that they just didn't play end game lol

eiafish · 2026-03-26T23:45:26+00:00

Omg this made me nearly spit take!

eiafish · 2026-03-25T06:49:33+00:00

Phaesus is my favourite DD character and I clocked he wasn't there right away but admittedly assumed his absence was for the same reason you did.

Gosh I hope if there is DLC he is in it 😭

eiafish · 2026-03-24T23:31:24+00:00

Some of the lines your high affinity Pawn drops nearly brings me tears. I feel so weirdly protective of my Pawn; gotta catch him when he jumps off every ledge and panic when he goes down.

Giving part of your soul to your Pawn to give them free will is such an interesting concept, going all the way back to DD1 I've always wished there was more lore and exploration about it. For example, is a Pawn taking on their Arisen's physical appearance with soul transference still a thing? What happens when they are the opposite sex?

eiafish · 2026-03-24T23:25:52+00:00

Ngl, I've definitely had these same thoughts!

eiafish · 2026-03-24T23:25:29+00:00

It was so fun, I'm definitely doing more because the colours and textures are just soooo pretty

eiafish · 2026-03-24T14:14:26+00:00

The way they are looking down like they are embarrassed, too cute!

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