This is a real break from the usual landscape in many games, where one faction is a group of baby-kicking rogues while the opposition may very well be run by Jesus Christ himself (see: most Final Fantasy titles, the Russians in just about any FPS ever, etc.). There are not one but two civil wars going on in the game, and both of them have opposing sides who are - if not equally reprehensible - far from perfect. ThereвЂ™s a civil war going on, the King is dead, the QueenвЂ™s father has made a power-grab and seems increasingly unstable, and the dwarven city of Orzammar is also newly bereft of a leader. LetвЂ™s start with the political landscape of Fereldin post-Ostagar.

As a disclaimer here, I should explain that I played through the game as a dwarven commoner, and that particular origin influenced at least one of my decisions a good deal more than I thought it ever could. These arenвЂ™t paragons of virtue theyвЂ™re generally people with goals that may seem noble but are really just interested in plays for power or else they are despicable people who happen to have noble goals. It is a cynical view of a cynical business, and where the game really shines is in its absolute refusal to give you any one safe choice. The world of Dragon Age thrives on grey areas for your Grey Warden to find himself navigating, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the various political situations that seem to get in the way of stopping that whole вЂњBlightвЂќ thing that seems so urgent. One of the great strengths of a game like Dragon Age is that it wisely shied away from strictly good or evil choices with a few exceptions (I think it is safe to say that letting a demon keep possession of a child is probably an evil choice, for example).

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