Come for the bisexual French nuns, stay for the dialogue trees. Let's Play Dragon Age

[Grimpond]

Male Dwarven Noble

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Swap my vote to male dwarven noble (from commoner) if noble is more exciting town.

[Aerozord]

what I really like about dwarf noble are the diologue options, can be snarky and sarcastic or a complete dick or actually noble. Like when a shop keepper addresses you you can tell your second "Why is this mere commoner talking to me?" and stuff like that

[Azisien]

Enh I wouldn't mind noble either. Any kind of dwarf origin is pretty great.

[Lost in Time]

I loved the Dwarf Noble Origin, so do that one. Male please!

[Overcast]

Male Dwarf Noble Warrior. It was my personal favorite as I went dashing through. Oh and make sure he is persuasive.

[Mr.Bookworm]

Female City Elf Rogue.

It probably won't win, but it's my second-favorite Origin (going Noble>City Elf>Mage-Dwarf Noble/Commoner>Dalish).

Seriously, fuck the Dalish origin. You'd think Bioware could have at least let you hook up with your tribe again.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

The City elf Story is my favorite. Especially during the Traders quest.

[greed]

As voting seems to have stopped I'll guess we'll move onto the next stage. It's decided through a commanding lead that we're a Male Dwarven Noble Rogue.

There are a few things left to vote on before starting so let's get them out of the way.

Name:
Now DA is a bit weird in that we do have a last name. In most Origins this is irrelevant. However in the noble origins it's actually pretty important and comes up quite a bit in various parts throughout the game. We are Prince INSERT VOTED CHOICE HERE Aeducan of the reigning Clan Aeducan of Orzammar. The default first name is Duran BTW. My personal vote is Urist, and Bookie has already suggested Fugly. Throw out first name suggestions and I'll pick whichever gets the most support or if none get much support I'll just pick a favourite.

Appearance:
Vote on one of the following or suggest changes if you want. I don't plan on starting til the end of the week, so I can change things around.
Generic Dwarf


Confusingly Tanned Surfer Dwarf


Evil looking Dwarf



Scarred Scottish Looking Dwarf


Lee Van Cleef?



Class Specifics:
Well as a Dwarven Rogue the main options are dual wielder (tear things apart with a flurry of knives and handaxes) or an archer. Archer is far less optimal (and fun) than dual wielder, but it can be done. Kind of defeats the purpose of being a dwarf if you’re not right in the middle of the fight though.
So vote on close combat or archer.

Personality:
The thing that decides how I’ll write this guy and how I’ll deal with all the little choices and dialogue options (actually important choices will be decided by votes).

First off just give me a Dungeons and Dragons style Lawful/Neutral/Chaotic Good/Neutral/Evil deal. Then the questions below decides some of the aspects of the character that don't really get answered by the old alignment axis.

Are we an idealistic romantic? Or do we flirt and sleep around like a condensed James Bond? Or do we just not bother with it?

Are we racist/nationalist? Are we an accepting multicultural kind of guy? Or are we only grudgingly dealing with those gangly giants and spindly prancing wood sprites cause we have to, and won’t let them forget it. Somewhere in between?

How do we feel on Dwarven politics? Are we conservative? Do we like the Caste System and the ancient codes of honour and spirituality? Or are we more progressive? Open to surface life, sympathise with the Casteless and generally more agreeable to if not outright advocating change? Or are we more moderate and open to both views?

Also how arrogant about our nobility are we? Do we not even want to speak to those of lower castes? Or are we more egalitarian? Do we take any insult to out honour very seriously? Or are we more humble?

How serious are we? Do we joke around? Can we take a joke? Do jokes go right over our head?

What's our feeling on mages (the prevailing feeling among humans and urban elves is fear, mistrust and pyromanic hatred, Dalish elves and Dwarves are typically more just mistrusting or contemptous)? Do we see them as abominations that should be treated with disgust or murder, think they're generally okay or just think they're not DWARF enough to fight properly with sharp pieces of metal?

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I like the idea of INSERT NAME being a man of the people. Also he is more supportive of castes and wants to see castes abolished.