Fall of the Dales - Dragon Age Lore #1.5 DOCUMENTARY
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- Опубликовано: 11 мар 2023
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Wizards and Warriors starts a new animated fantasy documentary lore video series on the world of Dragon Age. In the waning years of the Blessed Age, reptilian wings blanketed the sun. Dragons, thought to have been hunted to extinction centuries earlier, reappeared in the skies above the world of men and devastated the countryside of Orlais and Nevarra. Reading this as an epochal omen, Faustine II, Divine of the Chantry, declared a new age: the Dragon Age, which in her holy wisdom, she predicted would be a time of violence, upheaval, and dramatic change. Thus begins the period in which the titularly named Dragon Age games take place, yet this is not where the history of its world begins. In our first video we talked on the vibrant and tumultuous continent of Thedas, explored the immortal hubris of ancient Elvhenan, and the rise of the Blood Mages of Tevinter ( • Fall of Elvhenan - Ris... ), while the second episode described how these mages brought the Blight upon the world and how the First Blight started ( • How the Blights Starte... ). The third episode will talk about the religious and political response as prophetess Andraste and her husband Maferath declare war against the Tevinter Empire and lead an Exalted March against it, changing the Thedas forever ( • Rise of Andraste - Exa... ). Andraste's death made her a martyr, allowing her Chantry to take over the whole of Thedas ( • How the Chantry took o... ). The confluence of these events allowed the humans to continue growing in power and led by the Chantry they were able to conquer the elves, destroying their homeland - the Dales.
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Meh 😑
I continue to enjoy your lore videos of fantasy worlds I've barely known about, or never heard of. I hope to see more in the future including the many worlds of anime/manga.
Nicely done video. But when are you airing your next Sci-Fi video. I really hope it's soon.
"Great, we have a dog now and Alistair is still the dumbest one in the party." - Morrigan
best waifu
I miss DAO so much.
@@ashtonhaggitt216 I’ve never seen this channel before but man was that a good game, and morrigan was spicy as a kid got it for free with an Xbox or something and played the shit out of it, even remember looking up a few guides on RUclips
I can't visit Tess Eververse in D2 without enjoying the sound of Morrigan's voice.
well Alistare eventually loses his spot as the dumbest by the drunken dwarf
I already knew a a bit about Dragon Age lore, but I'm far more enthralled by each video than I thought I'd be.
I feel similarly
Same. This is so much more enthralling than the cosmere stuff. Sorry, but just look at the ratios and I know I'm not alone. This feels like I'm being told a story so much more so than the cosmere stuff. It's actually interesting and I want to see more of this. Really wish they would just do away with the wasted time in production of that universe and go with these other relatable universes.
@@jstray2321 Hi, fell out of love with the series during DA:I, so I'm OOTL. What's a 'cosmere'? o.o Thank you in advance
@@Tiabliaj1989Hey there fren - cosmere is the universe that the mistborn stuff is based in. I personally (and this is just my opinion) feel like it has the depth of a twilight saga and is deep into the "lame" category when it comes to its story arc. A few people around here like it. But, I would there is limited production schedule for the producers of this channel and if you go back and look, the viewership on the mistborn / cosmere stuff just isn't worth the time when they could invest in something more people enjoy and is actually interesting. This is a great channel and I won't bail on it by any means, but to wait a whole week, excited about what WaW will put out next and it being ends up being Cosmere stuff is the equivalent to a secret decoder ring telling me to drink more Ovaltine.
@@jstray2321 Since you kindly explained and it still doesn't make sense to me, I'll just guess that means it isn't something I should worry about. Ty for answering!
Oh man, I CANNOT wait for the Qunari invasions. Such a fascinating culture that serves as a proper rival for the Chantry.
Oh my favorite conflict, the Qunari Wars are coming. Although I hope the Exalted Marched against Starkhaven and Tevinter/The Imperial Chantry don't get skipped over along the way 😁
We got Elf apologists in this comment section.
Have to give the Dalish some credits. They did try to admit the truth that both sides f-ed up to spark the war after getting some evidence/documents of the cause, during the Inquisition game. The Chantry instead tried to hide it to paint themselves as the good side.
Or rather take the truth and go "yes we are vindicated, see it was the heathen elves who started the."
@@ConnorLonergan Exactly what I said, they buried the truth to justify the atrocities.
@@DogseatDogs But it's not so much of burying the truth but reinterpiting it. Still an immoral act to be clear
@@ConnorLonergan Okay I got it wrong. Just wanted to say the Chantry did a lot of evil political BS.
as a former daelish elf i salute waw for speaking about my lost homeland even i didn't know a lot of this forgotten knowledge . thx
Go back to the forest knife ear
"Former"?
Man can you imagine fighting for your life against darkspawn and seeing an Elven army come over the horizon and they do not help. Thats how you get generational salt build up.
even if this were true and it is not confirmed as such, the elves were under no obligation to help.
Battle of the misty mountain in a nutshell
@@wiseguy01 while technically true. The Darkspawn were an existential threat to everyone. Even elves. It’s why the story strikes so hard
@@wiseguy01 Its not even the idea of not helping thats messed up, its showing up just too watch thats crazy. Like what could have been their plan let the defenders kill as many darkspawn as possible before attacking?
@@theliato3809 So were the Axis powers during WW2 yet Switzerland was not wiped from the map for remaining neutral.
Thank you for this. I really love your Dragon Age Lore.
Would be epic to hear you narrate something like Elden Ring
Elden Ring doesn't have a 1/10 of the lore of Dragon Age.
Understand, where Elden Ring had some item descriptions and vague NPC dialogue.
Dragon Age Origins had 258 codex pages, and Dialogue Trees specifically designed to allow players to milk characters for every scrap of lore they are worth.
I love the Elves In Dragon Age. They are so fascinating
I continue to enjoy your lore videos of fantasy worlds I've barely known about, or never heard of. I hope to see more in the future including the many worlds of anime/manga.
Great videos.
I'd love for you to cover the rest of the Dragon Age story, with your own "canonic" view on the events that the PC might make throughout the games.
They should pay you guys for promotion because I would’ve never given this series a chance behind the warhammer and lord of the rings videos I look forward to the dragon age videos the most keep up the great work!! Story is great and not hard to understand and follow unlike the mist born series 😒
By the Dreadwolf! This is amazing
We dont know if the Evanuris where as evil as Solas said. He said many things about them and we dont know Mythals position on this or Abelas. ;) And ecpecially the parts with Falon
din seemed a bit too personal.
Well we atleast know that Mythal was furious over their betrayal so theres that
Mythal/Flemmeth were pretty clearly upset with the other Evanuris last I checked 😅
Honestly I don't believe there's any reason to doubt the validity of what Solas says about them. He changed the fabric of the world to imprison them with the only one he speaks highly of being Mythal.
He has no reason to lie after his true identity becomes clear and even before that he (at best) omitted truths rather than lie outright. I don't think its a matter of perspective either. The Evanuris oppressed everyone else, made slaves of many and hoarded power which are evil, tyrannical acts akin to Tevinter.
Perhaps some of the Evanuris were not completely evil. They may have been morally grey like Solas but as I said, his extreme actions against them implies they were a force that had to be contained if not destroyed.
It's confirmed that the Evenuris enslaved elves, and we have records documenting slaying titans for lyrium and something else. Not to mention, they publicly proclaimed themselves to be gods. So I would say they are as evil as Solas says, or at least damn close to it.
@@khalduras784 She was furious about a betrayal. And its not stated which one. I dont see the Evanuris as a collective doing something together. Thats not like them. Solas tells us that they are fighthing against each other for influence and power - why should they band together to take down one of their own when they are locked in a battle against each other and against Solas? That makes so sense to me.
Having played only briefly to Dragon Age: Origins, these videos have been very useful in knowing about its rich lore. Moreover, the more I hear about the whole story, the more I suspect the One God to be Fen'harel in disguise or at least his greatest trick. Can't wait for other lore videos to know more about this setting and to see if my idea could be something more than a fantasy.
Wow, thats a good theory.
Thank you for yet another solid DA lore video. I’ll keep enjoying them as long as you keep them coming. :-)
Quanari wars next. Only war with enough damage comparable to the blights but by mortal hands.
Didn't think I'd get any interest from this series but man was I wrong!
Same it seemed generic at first but now I really like it.
Still waiting for Holy Marches against qunari. Love this video keep going :D
I think the stubbornness and unruly nature of Siona is what doomed the elves against the humans.
Once again, brilliant video! Please please keep the Dragon Age series going. It is quickly becoming one of my, if not my, favourite fantasy setting!
Woo we got the Quinari on the wayyy 👌
Wow I'm learning so much thank you!
i love dragonage lore i hope u continu making them more
Great video!
Such a tragedy born simply from a pact not kept.
What could have been had the Elves of the Dales come to the aid of Orlais during the second blight.
I am not sure if that would have helped in the long run. As long as the elves refused to bow before Andraste (which was their right) there was always a growing possibility that a greater conflict would break out, since they were seen as an obstacle to the return of the maker. Peace may have lasted longer, but I think the war would have come in any case.
@@marcbartuschka6372 It would help. In the DLC, Jaws of Haakon, we know that Ameridan (The last Inquisitor before the inquisitor in DAI, was a friend of the Emperor, mentor of his heir and an elf of the Dales) was making advances to unite the two peoples in sort of an alliance.
If the Dales helped Orlais in times in need, his emperors and nobles would not be too keen to help the chantry. Instead, they would focus on Tevinter and his black divine. Im sure.
Drakon's son was far more interested in taking the dales for himself
ANDARAN ATISH'AN IT'S DRAGON AGE TIME
Damn this channel goes hard on the elven beliefs.
Did it? From what I saw and heard, they described it as it was, A people with only scraps of the truth and distrustful to the point they isolate from the world and look on any elves that follow the orthodoxy with suspicion
@@ConnorLonergan yeah why would the Elves ever have reason to be distrustful of the amazing loving, generous and positively saintly humans? Who always treated them with love and respect?
@@MusMasi Just because there was reason to be distrustful of humans does not mean that thus therefore the Emerald Knights action where in the right. The fact is the human woman the Emerald Knight disenting to vengeance was seeing was not some Chantry agent collecting intelligence or manipulating him, but rather she was a pleasant girl the knight in question had fallen in love with.
which is the reason why I never do the side quest in Exalted Plain in helping the orlaisian army
Very similar to my favorite elven lore from the Witcher series. I love exploring ancient Elven cities.
You know I'm starting to think Fen'harel wasn't exactly wrong
Here I would disagree. His actions cost surely much more lifes of elves than anything the other "gods" did and crippled the elvish society and civilization deeply. I do not think he ever cared really for the common elves, or if he did, he did a very, very poor job in helping them.
@@marcbartuschka6372 Nah, because from what we know, the Evenuris were going to do something worse than destroy civilization. (that's also the thing about blaming Solas; he likely had no idea that Humanity would migrate and take over, thus denying the elves and chance to rebuild something.)
@@ConnorLonerganthat just adds to the cons about solas. Despite being a scholar, he doesnt really "think". His solution is just world wide catastrophes and hes too arrogant to be talked out of it
@@khalduras784 Except he did think. He wants to restore a world of pure magic, well the only literal way to do that is to remove the Veil.
another great vid
Man, the Elves and Dwarves have had it terribly in Dragon Age
This video really makes me root more for Fen'harel in Dreadwolf.
Can't wait for the Qunari vid
Can't until the Qunari story comes!
What other fantasy and sci-fi worlds will you cover
A curious fact is that several "heroes of the Chantry" who perished in the conquest of the Dales had monuments thus reminding the Dalish clans who passed through there of the atrocities committed by these Chantry fanatics.
Chantry fanatics who struck after a brutal war crime followed by an invasion of the Elves? Please.
@@frankie3010 the humans murdered an unarmed elf woman simply for crossing a border... humans started this, not the elves.
@@wiseguy01 "Got dismantled" so long elvo!
@@rogerreyne1877 what?
@@wiseguy01 Nope, it was the event after that started the war, the village of Red Crossing. Or does the fact the Emerald Knight spoke against a violent retaliation of his sister not count for anything.
The elves cant catch a break. Like everytime I hear a story about the elves, Seinfeld music plays in my head...
Man is it just me or do Elves have get the shortest end of the stick in almost every fantasy universe.
And sometimes it’s because of their own doing.
It's crazy. Of the ones I've seen, Elder Scrolls and LOTR are the some of the few fantasies where the elves aren't totally decimated as a civilisation(s). And even then in the case of ES, some of them are still outright extinct!
@@Ven1Vid1Vici Fantasy Universe: Exists
Elves: “Chuckles” We’re in danger.
@@irish-italianintrovert.8600 The Aldmeri Dominion: I am the danger!
Do they? The elves are mostly doing fine or dominating. I only know of two IPs where the elves have the short end, Witcher and Dragon Age
@@ConnorLonergan well you do have the Eldar from WH40k and how they murder screwed a chaos god into existence that caused the fall of their galactic empire. Splitting them up into wandering nomads, clowns or gothic BDSM serial killers.
It's impossible not to hate humans both in Dragon Age and real life
I am once again asking for the Battle of Blackrock Spire
Спасибо за ваши видео👍
Не знаю как кому,а мне эльфы не нравились с самой первой игры. И не зря
Elves should worship Solas for he saved the Elves from slavery. But in the other hand if he never sailed the Fade elves could be still one major power in continent. Its sad that to see those powerfull Elves turn into this... beign a slave in almost every empire-kingdom. They are my favorite race hope they can get some credit in future games.
I feel like both the humans and elves are both at fault for the whole war with the Elves refusing to help out during a blight and the humans aren’t any better as they were forcing their religion upon the elves when they just wanted to rebuild their culture which was lost due to years of slavery. But I’m mostly siding with the elves as after their second kingdom fell, the humans basically forced the Elves to be second class citizens despite the fact that their prophet took down the Tevinter Imperium and freed the Elves from slavery, making them just as bad as any Tevinter mage or slave owner.
I'm making a Dragon Age fanfiction story, as my own telling of the games and a continuation after Inquisition, following a powerful mage that allies with the Inquisition to foil evil plots, spread the ideals of freedom and equality across Thedas, explore new places barely mentioned in the games, and face off against Solas' future plans for the world.
"following a powerful mage" dropped
He's a half-human, half-Dalish elf, illegitimate son of Malcolm Hawke, founder of his own independent society in the west of Thedas.
@@sivanlevi3867 if he doesnt believe in the Maker and Chant of light, dropped.
He believes everyone has a right to believe whatever they want and live life to the fullest, mage or Templar, elf, dwarf, Qunari, human, Orlesian, Ferelden, Tevinter, Dalish, etc. Plus, he is a peace lover despite the fact his mother was killed by a Templar when he was just a kid.
@@sivanlevi3867 boring and again "templars le evil killers" dropped for sure.
Elves really got the raw deal in DA.
Will you be doing the Chronicles of Narnia?
I always felt bad for the elves when I played Dragon Age but it seems like they were pretty big jerks to get to that point.
they were looking out for their own self interest, same as humans. The whole continent used to be ruled by elves until humans invaded and enslaved them, so being reluctant to get involved in human issues is very reasonable. It was the belligerent humans who couldn't leave well enough alone. They were the ones trying to force their religion on the elves and when turned away peacefully, came back with weapons.
@@wiseguy01its abit generous to say "they were turned away peacefully" but sure
Its kind a basic rule about dragon age and many fantasies in that things really arent black and white. They all can be assholes regardless of the who or the hows or when the conflict can be stretched back from
@@khalduras784 not really. they weren't killed or assaulted, just told to leave.
@@wiseguy01 by the point of a sword, and the Chantry would up the stakes by sending their own meant with swords. So it really is not a stretch to say that blood did not get spilled at all.
Heres a question. If Dwarves are born from Titans, and Elves are primordial Spirits turned flesh. How did Humans come about? Is the Maker one of the Evanuris?
According to what we know of the lore suggests that humans are not native to Thedas but that they came from the north first landing in par vollen before continuing south
Nice
I love dragon age but I never knew that my favourite race (the elves) was actually close to extinction at one point and that they lived for 400 years
"At long last, we shall spread the Chant of Light to the 4 corners of Thedas, and The Maker shall retu-"
"Shanedan, basra 😈"
These dragon age videos have been awesome... And I've only ever played the second game and generally was not interested in the franchise lol
The second one wasn't that good of an introduction
I love dragon age🥰
nice video, as always but I've heard a few pronunciation mistakes
I blame both the Elves and the Humans for this conflict. There will always be agitators causing trouble on both sides and its up to their leaders to maintain cooler heads and keep the peace. But both sides wanted to fight so that's exactly what happened and it ended badly for both but... I think the elves got it worse. Being a leader means punishing your own people for stepping out of line and both the elves and humans failed in their responsibilities.
I also put particular blame on the elves for not helping during the blight as the darkspawn would have killed the elves too once they finished off the others. The failure of the elven leadership to see the existential threat the darkspawn posed is their greatest failing and its no wonder the other peoples of Thedas questioned the elves' honor afterwards.
Stupid people playing stupid games and winning stupid prizes...
The biggest irony is both the Dalish and the Chantry in Inquisition later came across the evidence and the truth. The Dalish actually understood their part in the debacle and recorded everything accordingly. But the Chantry b**ches wanted to make themselves the right side instead.
It was inevitable, cooler heads could of prolonged peace, that is it, the Chantry could never tolerate another faith on Thedas and they elves could never be strong enough in numbers to resist them.
Really how the qunary wars are a big piece of DA4 and your lore series!
Love the video can you do harry potter series
I wonder how a W&W lore video of Harry Potter would look like?
Here's to hoping for DA4 being released soon!
You guys ever doing Wheel of Time?
That would be to do spoiler of what its still to come in the show.
@@adamnesico the books are a spoiler, just don;t watch the videos on the wheel of time.
@@MusMasi ill watch the videos.
Books are too long and show too woke.
Wonderful video! I know nothing of Dragon Age so these are very entertaining to me.⚔🏹🧝🧝♀🐉
nice
Honestly love that it was Elves who caused it 🤣 like you just screwed over your own kind.
the elves didn't cause it... did you watch the video? humans were the ones who couldn't seem to leave the elves alone.
Second exalted march was a thing
@@wiseguy01 Except the straw that broke the camel's back was Red Crossing, and that was a squad of Emerald knights ultimately massacring a village because they mistake one of their own for treachery when in reality he was in love
@@ConnorLonergan the elves didn't draw first blood, the humans did when they murdered an elf woman for simply crossing the border. Also kept sending armed religious fanatics over their border trying to convert them. The elves literally tried to keep to themselves while the humans kept prying and pushing until blood was spilled.
@@wiseguy01 By the emerald Knights. Or did I miss somewhere in the lore that the Villiagers of Red Crossing where the exact humans behind the death of the woman?
Now, I wanted to see the people of Orslai being subjugated and at mercy of the new conquerors, making them feel what the Elves feel.
The knife ears aren’t gonna thank you bro
Cope knife ear
The Qun will obliterate the Chantry, which is a shame, because I actually want the darkspawn to win, its kind of sad that as a player character you cannot secretly join the darkspawn and destroy every worthless civilization on Thedas that would be cool as an option, and to have cutscenes as you kill every companion and notable powerful npc in the game.
I Hope they make an origin remake one day.
Current bioware is butchering the lore, so no way! 🤡
No ty
Remake in terms of gameplay maybe but i hope if they would make one, keep most of the story and designs the same
@@khalduras784 Absolutely, although I'd like if they brought the appearances of the Darkspawn more in line to how they appear in DA2 and DAI as well as fix some lore inconsistencies that they couldn't have accounted for during the development of the OG.
@@Ven1Vid1Vici id say no to their appearance in da2. Too cartoony there. Dai darkspawn just being additional varied designs of the origin ones sure
Ngl at first I thought Dragon age had the most generic fantasy lore I ever heard in my life and you know what I was right the whole arrogant elves causing their own downfall trope has been done to death and the whole human tribes with vaugly germanic sounding names forming an empire cough cough warhammer fantasy already did that not even all the blood magic stuff is unqie the only majorly unique things are dragons turning into demons and dwarve souls powering golems aside from that Dragon age has nothing unqie about it.
I was the same when I first started playing origins back in the day, then I got deep into the lore and realised how wrong I was.
its "generic" fantasy, but it has a solid story and a well made world
All lore starts like generic clay before being molded into something great
@@enriquegd2977 Wouldn't call it generic fantasy. Its magic system is like Warhammer, but way milder.
Highly unique?
The more I see this videos I see how generique it is, just another Tolkien clone based in myths and history of Europe.
The only original thing I see are the qunari.
For certain, Deagon Age is the last popular Tolkien clone I know.
Seems the idea got outfashioned after the LotR movies, shortly after them apeared the last clones.
We are the Dalish, and we will never submit.
woah! same voice with kings and generals.
Lmao, 11:32 the elves got rid of fucking Hegel on this universe. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Humans can't bully the dwarves. So they set their sights on the elves instead.
Damm elves get screwed again.
Never again shall we submit
My disdain for the Chantry knows no end, whenever i play Dragon Age, i take every opportunity i get to dismantle their Rule! :P
Sigh, religion...!!
will wizards and warriors make what if about dungeons and dragons today yes are no
which setting?
Based humans
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The elves got nothing less than what they absolutely deserved.
The ominous ending to this video about the upcoming invasion by a new group determined to spread their religion at the tip of a spear and conquer new lands is like the Byzantines and Sassanids beating the hell out of each other so that when the Muslims (Qunari) begin their invasions neither can do much to stop it.
lol the Qunari are nothing like muslims, the Chantry is the only faith on thedas similar to Islam, both Islam and Christianity, The Qun are more like atheist communists if they are like anything in reality.
I remember making out with morgana, damn my youthfull day is perfect!😂
are the elf the jewish people of this world?
it very much sound like that
The Jewish people where one of the sources of inspiration
@@ConnorLonergan yeah has Jewish myself it's very clear
:)
Given how the elves and their gods are to blame for 99% of what's wrong in Thedas they got away too easily...
Erm, how are the elves and the Evaniuirs to blame for all the wrongs?
@@ConnorLonergan Let's just say the Golden City was already the Black City when the Tevinter Magisters arrived...
the humans literally caused the creation of the Darkspawn and are the cause of the blights, lol. Elves ruled Thedas for thousands of years before humans came and guess what? No demons, no dark gods, no zombies, etc... was a paradise. Humans are to blame.
@@wiseguy01 Maybe go back and check the Temple of Mythal again and reconsider what both Abelas and Coripheus tell you. Anyway, you're gonna love Dreadwolf.
@@mnk9073 That is a fan theory and not confirmed canon. And even if it were confirmed why does causing the existence of the Blight to therefore mean the elves of the Dales should be punished, was there information confirming they were serinvng the will of the Evenuris?
Funny the elves always play the victim card but this time they literally attacked first
They weren’t the ones who started to acculturate the other.
The Elfhen are very poor strategists. You would assume better from a long lived race.
warhammer 40,000
First comment 🔥
😂😂😂😂 not even close and anyway why is that something you care about?.
if they had help during the second blight they still have a homeland
Maybe
@@jcaliberty8288 pride begets a fall
the elves were under no obligation to die defending someone else's land.
@@wiseguy01 and then the humans were under no obligation to respect The Dales sovereignty
@@jcaliberty8288 yes they were as the elves had done nothing to break the peace.
And this is why Thanos was right to wipe out half of humanity..we humans are scum..lets hope that in the future DA games the elves finally get a chance to wipe out humanity..i would love to play as an elf and obliterate as many humans as possible lmaoooo..
Elf gnarly fingers wrote this comment
Except Thanos doesn't wipe "half of humanity." but "half of all living thing."
Thanos was wrong, he should of gone for 100% but he was weak.
I feel like this lore might winan award for "perhaps the least subtle analogy of the Jewish people in fiction". A slave people, set free by a religious movement who gives them a promised land that's hard to get to ("we were better off under our masters, at least we had good food!") but they reach it, only for a new regions movement they helped birth to turn on them, force their culture on them and either lock them in ghettos or force them to wander the world as landless nomads telling stories of a last homeland. At least this time they avoided some of the more... Unhealthy stereotypes. *glares at Rowling*
It likely is not so subtle because Bioware did say they used an amalgamation of real-life pressed people as their inspiration, and well, the Jewish people have a history (and still face it today.) of Opression
@@ConnorLonergan jewish oppressed today??
@@adamnesico yes, or are you thinking Anti-Semetisim is still not a thing?
@@ConnorLonergan racism is a human instinct, every human group is despised by others.
Today be antijew is officially forbidden, now jews are a privileged ruling group.
@@adamnesico And with that my point was proven. Thank you for coming, the exit is to your left.
Hm... Dragon Age Elves is somewhat similar to the Jew. The (believed) chosen people whom kingdom got destroyed... twice. First by the Babylonian, Second by the Roman... And then left to either lived as second-class citizens in the empire or wander off to find their fortune elsewhere.
But the similarity end there... Unlike the Jew, The Elves kinda somewhat brought this tragedy on themself. Doing nothing while your neighbor got attack by a horde of evil creatures with a massive dragon is not only a dick move but a stupid one. With all the Elven wisdom of old their suppose to have, None of the elves ever think about what's going to happen if Orlais fall? "Shit, If the Human gone then it's our Elven asses they'll go after next..." Any elf? No?
Also... I would have more sympathy for their lost if it was not the the stun they pulled in the war. Attacking the enemy capital is one thing, Sacking and plundering their founding father's tomb before take his stuff back home and displayed as a trophies? Well then... What goes around comes around.
The Emerald Knights: "You wretches Shemlen! Have you have no shame!? Who come to other people land and defiling the sanctity of their people legacy!?"
The Templars : Holding up the Defective Eluvian to their face.
Eluvians are more or less doors or long distance communication devices
@@wintertrooper7918 It's a mirror... That's the joke.
@@thanoosudom6980 right... im so used to seeign the eluvian as everything BUT a mirror i feel dumb
Bruh
Remember problem with every hollywood monsters movie? It shows less monsters and more humans. That's what I generally feel about Dragon age. I was really hyped when dragon age 1 came and showed grey knights and dark spawns. it was interesting. it was epic. then they go into more and more human politics and racial crusades . Meh. Lost interest a long time ago. But WW as usual does epic job of telling the story.
Lol I got so sick of all the fighting and politics that I actually would like to play as and join the Darkspawn.
@@MusMasi bwa ha ha ha!!
The humans outnumber the other races by a lot
Always using the non humans as a racial metaphor without totally thinking it through
It's nice to try at least.
Without not, totally thinking.
Please, stop butchering the pronunciation :(
DUDE! MAKE MORE ABOUT THE ELDER SCROLLS LORE WHAT ARE YOU DOING
Omg I feel exactly the same way I have no idea why they stopped their is so much lore they could cover it makes me actually kinda sad 😭😭 I just want them to make more vids on it!!!!!.
It's not a fantasy universe unless humans are trying their damnedest to piss off elves as much as possible
The elves really got the short end of the stick and even after having helped the humans. But what else can you expect from a culture inspired by dark age Europeans. They were looking out for their own self interest, same as humans. The whole continent used to be ruled by elves until humans invaded and enslaved them, so being reluctant to get involved in human issues is very reasonable.
It was the belligerent humans who couldn't leave well enough alone. They were the ones trying to force their religion on the elves and when turned away peacefully, came back with weapons and spreading vicious rumors. Is it any wonder the elves became isolationist? And during the Blight, which the humans are the root causes of, the elves were under no obligation to die defending someone else's land.
Because the elves put themselves first, the humans then murdered an unarmed elf woman simply for crossing a border... humans started this, not the elves. And all this conflict really accomplished was proving the elves to be right in not trusting humans. If anything, they should have established their kingdoms further away from the humans. Only thing the elves did wrong was underestimating the determination of religious nut jobs.
And massacuring a whole village over not realizing one of their own was in love with one of the women there. Seems to me the elves are the real ones behind the war and could have avoided it by literally not retaliating
@@ConnorLonergan the humans murdered an unarmed elf woman for no other reason than crossing the border, thus drawing first blood. Also, the villagers were ATTACKING the elves due to a misunderstanding(the elves believed they were in danger, the humans that murdered that elf woman cannot make the same claim). Humans started the conflict. Yes, because the elves should just take all the crap the humans were pulling, lol. No, the conflict could have been avoided if the humans simply left the isolationist elves ALONE.
Inspired in dark ge europeans?
Other peoples have invaded and oprpessed minorities too.
I would say what ould you expect from humans, little racist.
@@ConnorLonergan It doesnt matter who wwere first. If they went along with the war is becaus both desired it.
With good volunty in both sides it would had been just a pair of frontier murders with no consecuences.
@@adamnesico Yes other people have, but that does not meant that therefore the groups we are talking about are not pressed or that oppression doesn't exist.
We are the last elvhen, never again shall we submit...