I was not satisfied with my previous sketch for Andraste and Shartan, so I remade it fixing the composition and expanding the canvas. And now her champion is chosen.
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An upside down map of Europe, Near East and Northern Africa, with a line from the northwestern tip of Portugal (here 'southeast') to the Baltic, which comes out to around 1,600 miles. This would be comparable to Llomerryn to the base of the Waking Sea in Orlais.

The same map with a line from Gibraltar to Lebanon, with the width of the Mediterranean coming up to around 2,100 miles. This would be comparable to northern Rivain to the Donarks.

I like that Thedas map (and there's so much good stuff on the blog) but I think the scale is still off even if it is math fudged by the DA team. I'm using something closer to this, with shipping times from Hanseatic and Mediterranean operators.

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A late middle ages-style map of the central regions of Thedas we know, Ferelden toward the bottom and Tevinter toward the top as usual, with paths for the sun drawn from A, right to left with arc toward the top of the map B, left to right with arc toward the top C, right to left with arc toward the bottom D, left to right with arc toward the bottom E, top to bottom with arc toward right F, bottom to top with arc toward right G, bottom to top with arc toward left H, top to bottom with arc toward left

Call it #ThursdayThedasTrivia I guess but I’m still curious whether there are Views.

Which of these you think is the way the sun travels from Thedosians’ perspective, and why? (I used terms up, down, right and left instead of N/S/E/W.)

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Anyway. We all have our preferences and every creation has flaws, but especially if you're in the "DAO is my favorite" end of the spectrum, I'd invite you to entertain the idea that the latter games aren't so much dumbed down as asking more of you and giving you more space.

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A map of Thedas from Tevinter Nights. Across it, 8 arcs are drawn

… #ThedasQotD?

Which of these do you think best represents the way Thedosians would see the sun moving across the sky, and why?

A: East → West, traversing via North
B: W→E via N
C: E→W via S
D: W→E via S
E: N→S via East
F: S→N via E
G: S→N via W
H: N→S via W

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I was Beltainn* years old when I realized the calendar is just directly The Wheel where previously I was trying to align it closer to solar.

* Beltane or May 1st, also known as May Day or Walpurgis, and in Thedas as Summerday

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I'm considering using ⁺ instead of a colon and/or dropping one of the age designators.. so one of

30 Justinian 9⁺47
30 Justinian 9:47

-or-

30 Justinian 47 Dragon

-instead of the canonical-

30 Justinian, 9:47 Dragon

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Two triangles pointed downward. Both have oval eyes with outer edge down as though sad, and both have a wavy stream of teal down the left eye as though tears. If you turn the masks upside down, point up, then the eyes look angry and the points look like sharp teeth. The left mask has two small triangles at top a little off each side, the right one has three with one in middle and two all the way at sides.

Dirthamen's symbol is a bottom-heavy but thin oblong vertical shape from the front, but it has a downward-curving 'tail' hidden behind it unless seen from the side. Symbols are either an I, or the I with the bottom a little wider than top, or in could be the side view of a straight-ish upward line and the 'tail' arcing down from it.

Falon'Din crown is a shield shape, i.e. a diamond shape with flatter top. The top three points have spikes extending out of them. The symbol could be a shield shape or a pentagon with spikes from the top three points.

Finally, twins Dirthamen (left) and Falon'Din (right). It HAS TO be these two almost mirror images (although this is contradicted).

I flipped Falon'Din so it's clearer they're mirror-ish but also both their domains are dualistic.

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Andruil statue crown is a U-shape with flared-out tops, resembling a stylized bow. The symbols are similar flared U shape or an arc of a circle with ends pointed upward (complementing Ghilan'nain)

Sylaise crown is a seven-pointed half-circle burst like a stylized sunrise or sunset. Symbols may be exactly that, or a seven petal flower, or possibly more like three lines more horizontal each side instead of radiating and one pointing at top.

June is a very stylized U shape with the bottom almost horizontal, then rising inward until finally rising straight up with only a narrow gap. Symbols would be like this, possibly with more rounded or pointed curves.

Statues and symbols for Andruil, Sylaise, June.

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Gold triangle pointed downward. There are pointed 'ears' or horns along the top edge, forming a U shape in the middle. This resembles the bow of Andruil.

Sylaise mask is the only diamond shape. Top half is vaguely arrow shaped with two eyes. The bottom half has two shapes curving to the sides that could be either side profiles of two swaddled babies or the swaddling could refer to flame, as she was goddess of the hearth and home.

June is a triangle pointed up, with eye ovals horizontal along bottom. There's a two-halved 'helmet' with a silver 'gap' between the prongs at the top with a 'nose piece' that also extends below the triangle.

Then we have Mythal and Elgar'nan's set of three kids, from the left sisters Andruil and Sylaise, and brother June (the latter two of whom may have been married, or possibly were married and that is why June is also considered a son.)

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Above, a patina bronze 'crown' that goes on top of a statue. It's an almost full circle, connected at the bottom but each side sharpens to a point that don't quite meet at the top. Sun/moon/eclipse symbolism again. Below possible symbols hand-drawn poorly, both a circle with a small gap at the top and a full circle.

Ghilan'nain crown is an arc of about a quarter circle, the ends pointing down. Symbols are either a plain arc or the arc with a downward line/wedge from the center

You probably know Mythal and Fen'Harel's statues and symbols, so here's Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain's.

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Triangular gold masks, Mythal is smaller at top with point upwards and with a silvery arrow shape making up that point. Two oval eye shapes and the silvery metal pointed over the nose. Elgar'nan is a larger one with the point down. Eye shapes and mouth oval shape. There is a V shape in the top part, and between the eyes a silvery circle with a gold triangle pointed down inside it. This would be Elg's helmet and control over the sun and moon.

Fen'Harel is a downward triangle with two small triangles like a canine face with ears. Six teal eyes, which is typical depiction.

Ghilan'nain all gold with point down. There is a small bezel and a smaller triangle pushed out. There are pointed oval eyes set in the edge between the bezel and inner triangle. On the top bezel there are carved shapes like halla horns, the mother of halla being an epithet.

So on the left this is probably Mythal (top) and Elgar'nan (bottom), pun very intended.

Then we have Fen'Harel (Mythal's lover and partner in crime) and Ghilan'nain (Elgar'nan's who the fuck knows but some sort of partner in crime)

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🧵 OK, Final Evanuris Statue, Symbol and Mask Mapping V2 Hotfix Sendthis Nevecorrections4

Previous thread attached but I think I was wrong.

Some details in Alt.

* Subject to change, and the game data is contradictory

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My most enduring #VeilguardGripes is that they keep calling kossith Qunari. Now there's not just one but TWO groups that are not Qunari: the (Tal-)Vashoth, and the Antaam who are no longer followers of the Qun.

Yes I get the change might have been confusing.

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Notable landmarks of Nevarra & the Grand Necropolis.🪶📜

For more lore, make sure to check out my Tumblr or Ao3 under @tarnishedtwill

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A poorly hand-drawn map of an island very close to mainland roughly on a NE-SW axis. There’s a kind of a natural harbor though most of the original bay either was or has been filled with islands. A new harbor has been established on the southern end of the island. There are a few colors to encode very rough general demographics or otherwise notable areas, including Docktown, Commerce District, Somniari Slums to Middle Class, Upper Class, Elite, Entertainment District. Notably the Chantry and Government District is walled off from the rest, and the Slave Quarter is mostly walled in. The main thoroughfare, in yellow, is the Imperial Highway. There are a few other bridges as well. The Imperial Highway further splits into two, one end heading toward Docktown and the other up toward the Chantry and Government Districts.

I was trying to figure out where places in Minrathous are related to one another and combined with some other lore plus an estimated population of 750,000-1M (by far the largest city in Thedas) I ended up doodling this.

20 miles across g/t?

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A very old-looking possibly parchment or vellum piece behind glass. There are simple lines that zigzag in a pattern that resembles a map of a cave system or something similar to it, with larger oblong hexagonal marks at the end of some 'tunnels'. The lines are also drawn using mostly specific angles (eights of a circle, or 45-degree sectors) rather than arbitrarily.

Is this the origin of the Nevarran writing system? Maps?

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My favorite new bit of the intricate lore of Thedas is that Nevarra is vast majority vegetarian.

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