Dragon Age 201: The Basics of Thedas {All Spoilers}

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
  • Welcome, welcome! Returner to Dragon Age and overwhelmed? Well I'm here to help! Today, we are talking about the Basics of Thedas. Please keep in mind that this series is aimed towards players that have already played the series or want to start at Dragon Age: The Veilguard. If you are new and want to start at Dragon Age: Origins, please check out DA 101: • Dragon Age 101: The Ba...
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  • @GhilDirthalen
    @GhilDirthalen  Месяц назад +44

    Sorry for the reupload everyone! I made a mistake on the original vid, so this is the corrected version. Thanks m0i100!

    • @MaydaTiger
      @MaydaTiger Месяц назад

      I was wondering
      I still want a little Ghil blushie though!

  • @Hoquespoques
    @Hoquespoques Месяц назад +47

    The speed at which I clicked on the "New Ghil Dirthalen Video" link should be studied by scientists

    • @pandorabaer
      @pandorabaer Месяц назад

      Did someone asked for a scientist? \(^^)

  • @gabett_
    @gabett_ Месяц назад +26

    I love the little bits of extra info written on the slides. "This is the Orleasian Chantry. This is the Tevinter Chantry. They hate each other." Idk why but it made me chuckle. Very succinctly put.

  • @SpectreSaunders
    @SpectreSaunders Месяц назад +22

    Ghil Dirthalen, the spirit of knowledge.

  • @nicholaswitt5044
    @nicholaswitt5044 28 дней назад +5

    The correlation between the Old Gods and the Evanuris makes so much more sense, since it was mentioned that the two Elven Gods to be released by Solas will be Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nan. The Elven pantheon locked away makes so much more since as the Tevinter Old Gods. Dumat (old god of Silence) was Dirthamen (elven god of secrets/knowledge). Dumat whispered secret knowledge to Corypheus to enter the Black City aka the Blighted City of Arlathan. Zazikel (old god of chaos) was Andruil (goddess of the hunt). She put on armor made from the void, went mad, and Mythal had to deal with that situation. Toth (old god of Fire) was June (elven god of Craft). To me it makes sense, for the weapons that June created. Andoral (old gods of Slaves) was Falon'Din (elven god of Death and Fortune). Mentioned by Solas in What Pride had Wrought, "Falon'Din's vanity and desire for worshipers was so great he started brutal wars to gain more, killing all who would not bow to him. Only once Mythal rallied the other gods and they attacked Falon'Din in his own temple did he surrender. Urthamiel (old god of Beauty) was Sylaise. At the Temple of Mythal there is a Codex Entry, "Song to Sylaise." In sounds just like a love song saying how beautiful and perfect Sylaise is compared to any of the other Elven Gods. Razikale (old god of Mystery) is Ghilan'nan (Mother of Halla/God of Monsters). In the novel Horrors of Hormack. Ghilan'nan's "research facility" where she created mysterious monsters just sounds like a good fit for myself. Finally, Lasacan (old god of Night) is Elgar'nan (elven god of Vengeance). In Dalish legends, when Elgar'nan was created the Sun became jealous and burned the lands to ashes. In retaliation, Elgar'nan threw the sun down from the sky, and only later relented because of Mythal's intervention. He was convinced, with her help, to restore his father to the sky on the promise that the sun would set each night. With the aid of Mythal and his parents, Elgar'nan remade the world. So it only makes sense that to me that Elgar'nan is the bringer of night.
    Glad to see more content from you. You have been missed!

  • @RRC904
    @RRC904 Месяц назад +12

    I said this in the other vid, but I love the lil!Spirit-y Ghil and the lil hat. It’s too cute 🥰😭
    Glad to have you back, Caitie

  • @genghis_conz
    @genghis_conz 29 дней назад +2

    I love the little animated ghil ghost! So cute.

  • @panlie3499
    @panlie3499 Месяц назад +7

    It's worth noting that the reason the Qunari backed off to Seheron and Par Vollen is because they were winning the war against the humans so hard that if they continued they would have no one left to convert to the Qun because they'd all be dead.

  • @Theguyoverthere603
    @Theguyoverthere603 17 дней назад +1

    The new spirit buddy is adorable ❤️

  • @inutrasha94
    @inutrasha94 Месяц назад +1

    The new Ghil sprite is everything i love her so much!

  • @samflood5631
    @samflood5631 Месяц назад +4

    Thanks for the brief summary of the Lore on Thedas. I can’t wait for more Dragon Age Lore Videos, including characters, specializations and events to come.

  • @BlueShirtRedVest
    @BlueShirtRedVest Месяц назад +3

    Loved it. Hope it becomes a series. Sign me up for a full DA undergrad degree.

  • @kaenidragaenmond3544
    @kaenidragaenmond3544 Месяц назад +3

    Fun to catch up while i upgrade my PC in preparation for the new game

  • @azurespot8277
    @azurespot8277 Месяц назад

    This was great! I'm familiar with some general lore, but you really had some nice background info. Like I had no idea who the dragon old gods of past blights were. Thanks so much!

  • @Lolking707
    @Lolking707 Месяц назад +2

    Fun to catch up with everything before the big release! Thanks for making all these videos lately, it's a blast to really get back into Dragon Age!

  • @kevinroberts6111
    @kevinroberts6111 Месяц назад

    Oh gods! I clicked this video with untold haste. Then I could not help but bask in the utter cuteness that is the education spirit on screen. So cute... and I'm sure very, very powerful. Love you, milady, as always.

  • @koshishpoojary9803
    @koshishpoojary9803 Месяц назад

    I love this channel, I started going back through your old videos to prep for Veilguard!

  • @Hyakudeaths
    @Hyakudeaths 17 дней назад

    What the heck. Been playing dragon age since i preordered origins and got it day 1 and i never noticed Thedas is “THE Dragon Age Setting”. My mind is blown

  • @UsernamePendingApproval
    @UsernamePendingApproval Месяц назад

    Love the new format, informative & super cute!

  • @dorianmckenzie9888
    @dorianmckenzie9888 Месяц назад +2

    Youre great 👏🙌🙏
    Thank you for this.

  • @Arthur_Revan
    @Arthur_Revan Месяц назад +4

    Reupload? Don't tell me YT demonetized you.
    Love the new ghost.👍

  • @mickaelbalta1050
    @mickaelbalta1050 Месяц назад

    Why is your tiny avatar so freakin cute?? 🥺

  • @HannesHenkelmann
    @HannesHenkelmann 17 дней назад

    Are there any plans to do a podcast of those? Would love to get some of this content as an audio-only feed to listen to while cooking or commuting

  • @maddragonqueen_
    @maddragonqueen_ Месяц назад

    Little professor Ghil is really cute 🥰

  • @ChrisLam
    @ChrisLam 18 дней назад

    This avatar is adorable!!! ur gonna have merch of it? Plz

  • @Andrew-vz7fj
    @Andrew-vz7fj Месяц назад

    This was also great.

  • @SSalvador9
    @SSalvador9 Месяц назад

    Love this song!

  • @taralynstevenson4016
    @taralynstevenson4016 Месяц назад

    Oh professor Ghil is so cute!!!

  • @LoganScott1117
    @LoganScott1117 Месяц назад

    I love these

  • @AdibasWakfu
    @AdibasWakfu Месяц назад

    I like the the new Ghil (demon?), its a cute lill character

  • @PrincessGoose
    @PrincessGoose Месяц назад +2

    Does our new spirit friend have a name

  • @notsospecialk362
    @notsospecialk362 Месяц назад +1

    I WANNA HUG THE GHOST ❤😭

  • @CBonduMiel
    @CBonduMiel Месяц назад

    Not Excited at DA:V like i was for other DA games, despite being a fan for so long. Will have to wait for reviews and to see a full playthrough on stream before even buying. Notably i wanna know if player have a choice in who companion romances when it comes to romance between companion. Nobody ever answered that question, in every comment i've posted so far, not even on reddit, or on the multiple youtube comment i've posted, nor was it mentioned in the Q&A as far as i know. Removing a choice like that, one that would be so important to a lot of people feels wrong. Just waiting to see if they included that possibility. If not im not buying. And mind you, that comes from a fan who own all 3 previous game and pre-ordered them with digital deluxe edition each time and played them all at release from beginning to end multiple time and who still goes back from time to time to play through them again, even to this day. In the meantime, i'm playing others franchises like Nioh, cyberpunk, etc. Stuff that i played through back in the day or never finished in favor of playing bioware game whenever they released. I missed so many good games in favor of playing bioware games over and over again. I'm just praying to god this one will be a good game, but bioware has lost my trust and i will need to see more before even giving them a chance to earning my trust again. For now, i'm waiting to see more, and its just so sad that a darling of the industry not having the trust of such a core fan such as myself and many others, but hey its just tough love, i want them to be better and to do better, but its hard to do with both preview we've had so far and not so many details on romance between companion. Man, i wish nothing but the best to bioware, but god they make it hard to wanna be excited for DA:V. For now, what was once excitement has been replaced by apathy and that's not good.

  • @abbypierce4196
    @abbypierce4196 Месяц назад

    DAV HYPE SUMMER!!!!!!! 💜💜💜💜

  • @JoelBurger
    @JoelBurger Месяц назад

    Always bugged me that they talked about Ages being 100 years long when they start at Year 1 and end at Year 99, I wondered if there was something I just wasn't getting. Good to know it's just them not nailing down basic details of the setting.

    • @GhilDirthalen
      @GhilDirthalen  Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, its a bit of a mess. Year 00 both exists (like events are stated to have happened in x:00) and doesnt (multiple sources saying 1-99).

  • @nieldoenn711
    @nieldoenn711 Месяц назад

    it's so cute!

  • @celticbear714
    @celticbear714 Месяц назад +3

    What's with the reupload?

  • @Formoka
    @Formoka Месяц назад

    So I made this comment on the post before the reupload but, hey… Can we consider Lyrium use as a form of Blood Magic? It IS Titan blood, after all? And if it IS Blood Magic, doesn’t that make the Southern Chantry MASSIVE hypocrites for making their Templars ingest the stuff and allowing the mages to use it while they persecute Blood Mages? It’s almost like the Chantry is governing magic with zero knowledge of that magic.

    • @GhilDirthalen
      @GhilDirthalen  Месяц назад +3

      So honestly im not sure, but lean to no. I talk about it a bit on the video i did on Blood Magic, but the TLDR is that the blood is not the power, the lifeforce is, and it has a shelf life. While lyrium does hold power for a long time after mined. There is something different about it.
      As for the chantry being hypocritical- they are even without lyrium. Mages phylacteries are blood magic. The chantry looks away from blood magic that benefits them.

    • @user-ue4cp3yh2x
      @user-ue4cp3yh2x Месяц назад

      It seems that Titan blood (lyrium) has some inherently magical properties simply as it is. Unless using lyrium as a source actually takes away a titan's life force (and it's basically a constant torture for them) then it works differently. We already know that their blood seems to keep a magical connection and it keeps singing its song even when extracted and treated some time ago, maybe forever. It's clearly not like the Blood of regular beings but maybe it does work like blood magic if when people use it they are tapping from a Titan's life force. Also it would mean that titans have a really good reason to be extremely mad (maybe not with dwarves), so that's worrying????

  • @rianfagundes7724
    @rianfagundes7724 Месяц назад

    What was wrong with the original video? I didn't notice anything wrong?

    • @GhilDirthalen
      @GhilDirthalen  Месяц назад +1

      The tevinter chantry had come first!

  • @magnusnilsson1962
    @magnusnilsson1962 Месяц назад

    Algorithm rythm

  • @TheOnceandFutureJake
    @TheOnceandFutureJake Месяц назад +2

    You're putting up way too much text to be switching slides so fast. I understand it's for brevity, but it really sucks having to pause the video every 5 seconds.