For those of you who have finished the Leliana’s Song DLC, I hope you will find this post thought-provoking and I would love to hear your own comments on how your impression of Leliana changed (or didn’t) after completing the campaign. For those who have not yet played this episode, I will try not to spoil too much, but if you care about such things, I’d highly advise playing through before reading this. I would hate to color your impressions before they’ve had a chance to form on their own.

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A big point of focus for BioWare in Dragon Age 2 is going to be refining and defining the art style. The developers themselves have admitted they weren’t completely satisfied with the look of Dragon Age: Origins. Art director Matt Goldman sat down for a lengthy interview on how the art team is overhauling the look of the upcoming game to make it instantly recognizable and deeply ingrained into the world itself.

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Last week’s news beat was dominated by Dragon Age 2 previews, but this week, the focus has shifted toward the upcoming Golems of Amgarrak DLC release. The new package drops Tuesday and has been promised to be a challenging module that should push even seasoned players. Outside of Golems news, the Qunari get a new look, BioWare developers speak, and our staff took looks at the political situation in the world and how choices you made with your Warden can affect DA2.

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Yesterday we got a glimpse of Jerrik Dace, who has called for the Wardens’ help in the search and rescue mission to the lost thaig of Amgarrak. Today, BioWare posted details about his missing younger brother, who was one of many lost in an excursion in the Deep Roads. Jerrik is certain his brother didn’t just disappear and is leading the search for him – a sign of a relationship not shared by many siblings of the dwarven nobility.

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As fans are chatting up the forums about Dragon Age 2 and new DLCs, you can hardly avoid mentions and wishes of “god baby.” BioWare didn’t help stem the speculation either, by mentioning that “We are certainly not done with Morrigan’s story.” But the whole idea of expanding on the god baby storyline in the future presents with one major problem – what if you rejected Morrigan? The thought made me realize that past choices logically can’t shape future major storylines and remain fair to all players.

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BioWare updated its official wiki today with an entry about Jerrik Dace, the driving force behind the upcoming DLC package The Golems of Amgarrak. Jerrik, who is searching for his missing brother Brogan, is also rumored to be in search of Amgarrak, which, like most of the dwarves’ thaigs, was lost to the darkspawn long ago. A fierce warrior and a potential political upstart, meet the dwarf who will be guiding your Wardens into the merciless depths of the Deep Roads.

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