#he was one of my fav npcs

[the-fandom-queenxox]

UHHMMMM HELLO I JUST LOOKED AT THE TAGS!! HOOKS FUCKING DEAD?!?!??!?

Edit: just learned that Marnie (the nightingale leader) was also killed, RIP...

[puppyeared]

Was nobody gonna warn me that I would fall a little bit in love with every character in Stardew

[ryssbelle]

Linktober and Inktober day 4: Sage and Dodge, this one was legit so fun sketching and then coloring it all was a blast

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[pinkyjulien]

Valentin Da Silva | 164/??  ⚡

[mixtercandy]

I finally found someone who is Institute student fan. ^_^. Yess finally and also he/they (Institute student) derseve a name too, devsis should've give them/him one.

SO TRUE, institute student is prolly my fav crk npc, im positive if they had a name, there would be more fanart

[kgthesillyclown]

I love him sm

[dunmertwink]

22. Quality Checks

[vigilskeep]

Do you understand how Kirkwall politics work? Ik theres a viscount but like…is it just viscount and Templar’s? Three people?

i don't know a lot off the top of my head but let's take a look!

kirkwall is ruled by a viscount. it does seem to be a hereditary position, but if the viscount has no heirs or the line is otherwise removed from power, kirkwall's nobility have the right to elect a new viscount. so there's definitely an established noble class who have a powerful say in what happens. world of thedas lists the amells, the threnholds, and the reinhardts as the most powerful hightown houses at the start of the dragon age, but both the amells and threnholds collapsed before da2. (prior to their collapse, the amells were one of the foremost noble families in the whole free marches, with four centuries of history to their bloodline.) we interact with families like the harrimanns and de launcets in da2 and leandra mentions the reinhardts still being around.

viscounts' lines don't seem particularly long-lasting; marlowe dumar is the first in his. his predecessor perrin threnhold inherited the role from his father, but the father was also first in his short-lived line and "took power through a campaign of intimidation" rather than just, like, inheriting it. (this is confirmed by a codex stating the threnholds only came to power less than a week after maric retook the fereldan throne.) the implication is that saemus dumar would have been a potential heir to marlowe had he lived, but i don't remember anyone taking this possibility seriously in the game and given his politics i'm sure the nobility and templars alike would never remotely consider allowing it

the title of viscount was introduced by the orlesians, who ruled kirkwall from 7:60 storm to 8:05 blessed after liberating it from a four-year qunari occupation. they also introduced the kirkwall city guard, a force answerable to the viscount. the people of kirkwall threw out the orlesians but kept the title and the associated guard.

the templars have no official control of the city. however, the viscount's office is effectively so weak by the time of da2 that it is impossible to hold without templar support. this is because of what happened under viscount dumar's predecessor, viscount perrin threnhold. brother genitivi refers to perrin as "even worse" than his "vicious thug" father. perrin used those ancient chains in kirkwall's harbour to block orlesian ships and charge exorbitantly heavy taxes on them. this was naturally a poorly received move in orlais but also in kirkwall, as it limited trade, the lifeblood of the city. divine beatrix iii, who the codex claims was acting "as a friend to the emperor", ordered the templars to pressure the viscount into stopping, despite knight-commander guylian having refused similar requests from kirkwall's nobles and insisting even to the divine that their place was to protect the city from magic not from itself. perrin responded by hiring a mercenary army—odd that it wasn't the city guard, possibly implying they turned against him in favour of the nobles?—that ultimately stormed the gallows and executed guylian, with the intention of expelling the templars entirely from the city. in the end perrin was arrested, and presumably executed, if his successor being gifted his blood-encrusted signet ring as a threat is anything to go by. this seems to have been well received in kirkwall; the templars "were hailed as heroes". guylian was replaced with meredith, who personally directly appointed marlowe dumar

meredith's choice is an interesting one. the dumars were noble, but considerably modest compared to other noble families, with some of their income from trade that the dumars personally oversaw (traditional noble income tending to come from landowning, with actually having a job being looked down upon). marlowe's wife wasn't noble or an arranged match, only the daughter of a prosperous cartographer. meredith told marlowe that he chose him because he was "humble" as opposed to the "entitled degenerates" she considered the rest of the nobility, but it's obvious this wasn't merely her respecting the value of hard work. she openly threatened him on instalment to the office she had chosen him for. instead of appointing a strong viscount who could restore the office, allowing the templars to step back, meredith had none of guylian's scruples, and appointed a weak one the templars would continue to control. "the knight-commander's influence was evident in almost every one of marlowe's decisions."

this turned into more of an essay on recent kirkwall history than an explanation, but hopefully some of it's helpful in fleshing out the landscape. as a further note as well as the nobility i would expect merchants, guilds, etc. to hold massive influence in a city built on trade. there's a reason for example that the dwarven merchants' guild is visibly extremely well-established in kirkwall with its own large area in hightown; not the most trustworthy source but varric also claims they have "fingers in all these pies" in the lowtown market and own every tavern in hightown. i very much doubt human merchants are letting the dwarves have all the fun so it can be reasonably assumed they hold similar influence

[reanimationstation]

some doodles from the dnd campaign im running, Shadows of the Stars. these are all some of the npcs

[yugiohz]

he and sero could be office supplies together ❤️

sero is gonna be a USEFUL hero hes perfect for evacuation and such put some respect on his nameeeeeee

[joleneghoul]

More adventures in horseriding the game (rdr2) i rode directly into a sign that only hit arthur in the head and sent him flying off the horse 😁👍

[ragnar0c]

Girl who is obsessed with EO3 finding out more about EO3 👁///👁

[bonesblackheadrotten]

is loa 3 going to be a thing? can we get tyler once again?

[keyrousse]

"I got a quest where you have a fake witcher - who's just acting like a witcher - and in this quest design, you could actually kill him in the end for daring to be a witcher. And this is an example of an element I remember I wanted to change, 'cos I felt like that wouldn't be very much in Geralt's character, to just kill someone for daring to wear a witcher's medallion."

- Philipp Weber, open-world designer and quest designer for "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt".

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[inthelittlegenny]

tavern talk is great; just completed it. 10/10 would recommend if you want something super chill (i'm going to ramble in the tags so probably spoilers)

[shiawasekai]

There is something deeply amusing about playing Kingmaker after WotR and getting banters wondering what's even the deal with the Storyteller.

I come from the future and I can tell you the deal is some wild shit