![]() A note the PC can find also mentions that a band of unfortunate explorers "should have taken the damn giant eagles." Indirectly, Flemeth's unseen rescue from the Tower of Ishaal is highly reminiscent of the way Gandalf and the eagles save Frodo and Sam from Mount Doom, if Morrigan's story is true.The Deep Roads have obvious Moria parallels-a destroyed dwarven kingdom overrun by darkspawn/orcs, rife with the valuable mineral lyrium/mithril.'Ostagar' sounds an awful lot like *Osgiliath,* a Romanesque ruin where a small company of elite fighters mounted an ultimately-disastrous action against an overwhelming multitude of orcs.and whose doom was sealed by the command of a Regent.Well you can end up with a red-headed, axe-wielding dwarf, a blonde elf, and an unwilling royal heir in your party.The spawn of evil are charging forward with a forest behind them towards a guarded fortress on a rainy night? All we needed was Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas to show up. Also, the hurlock commander in charge does the neck-cricking thing that the Uruk-Hai commander does in the movie.Listen to the music, especially when fighting darkspawn in the Wilds, it sounds almost exactly like the orc theme from the movie. Just look at The Battle of Helm's Deep The Battle of Ostagar. The Lord of the Rings movies obviously had a great influence on the visual design of the orcs darkspawn and the cinematics.His very first one is " What.is your name?" Said in the exact way as in Holy Grail. In the Brecilian Forest, you meet a crazy old man who wants to play a game, trading questions for questions and answers for answers.These shout outs are all the work of Bioware writer Mary Kirby.And during the Landsmeet, when the Warden picks Shale to duel Loghain, the latter says: "I think the odds might be slightly in his favor in a test of strength.".Another The Princess Bride reference occurs during your first confrontation with Ser Cauthrien where the dialogue option to fight her is " Death first!".After beating Loghain's men in the Lothering tavern, you can stroll over to the bartender and tell him that you're "sorry about the mess.".During the Human Noble origin, the PC can say "I've got a bad feeling about this.".One of the dialogue options is "Aren't you a little short to be a guard?" When you rescue Anora from Arl Howe, she's dressed in a guard outfit to help escape capture. ![]() Haven has a graveyard with lots and lots of readable gravestones.Forging an Infinity +1 Sword from metal found in a meteorite that crashed on a fantasy world? We talking Dragon Age or Mossflower? Or Westeros? Particularly if you make a greatsword.There was an elseworld's comic where Superman's rocket landed on a medieval Sword and Sorcery world. The sword, Starfang, makes the reference even more specific.Sadly, the sword you can have the ore smithed into is blue, not green. The item description implies it could be the last piece of an alien world. You can pick up a meteorite from the crater. There's a random encounter where you happen across an elderly couple next to a crater talking about how they're planning to raise the child they just found in it as their own.Another elf in the camp sounds a lot like the Commander of said Gunnery Chief. A certain First in the Dalish camp sounds awfully like a Gunnery Chief you might know from the future.The Korcari Wilds are identified on the world map as "Uncharted Territories." Naturally, this is where you meet Morrigan.In the Awakening expansion, the Darkspawn Disciples use an ability called "Cimmerian Shield".After fighting the soldiers in the tavern in Lothering, talking to the barkeep allows you to begin the conversation with "Sorry about the mess.".It could also be a reference to Poltergeist, a movie about evil spirits with an unhealthy interest in a young child.This is the mark of a dreamer for House Dagoth. It's either incredibly subtle or an accident, but when you're in the Fade rescuing Connor from his terrible dreams, a constant landmark is a stack of chairs all piled up one atop another in little towers.A codex entry states the Orlesians think Fereldans are one bad day from barbarism.This is in an area right after you fight skeletal warriors, just like in the film. Among the names of fallen Grey Wardens recorded on a poster in the Warden's Keep is "Jason sans les Argonauts", literally "Jason without the Argonauts".If you start as a Mage, the codex says " There has been no way found to travel except putting one foot after another.".
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