The entire story of Dragon Age is in a secret document and not even all the developers know it

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The creator of the world of Dragon Age talks about a document that contains the entire story. What you see in The Veilguard today was determined 20 years ago – at least in part. Hardly anyone knows that.

What kind of document is this?

  • David Gaider is the lead writer and creator of Dragon Age. He created the world of Thedas.
  • When the story of Dragon Age: Origins was created, he already had ideas for the very, very distant future – but only in his head.
  • In an interview with Eurogamer, Gaider says: At some point the whole story was “pulled out of him” and put into a secret document. Only “20 people or so” would even know about that.

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    This is what the document says: Gaider does not go into the specific content. But he says: Virtually everything that is happening or will happen in the world has already been determined. At least in rough outline, even if not fully developed yet.

    An example is the beloved and hated Solas, also known as the dire wolf. We already knew that he would appear during Origins 15 years ago. Solas only got a role in Inquisition and The Veilguard is primarily about him.

    The secret document is intended to show the “overarching plan” for Dragon Age, only the specific elaboration will happen later. Gaiden says this ensures that a “believable illusion” is created, a world that feels complete.

    A very similar approach exists in the huge world of World of Warcraft: Story boss Chris Metzen is already working on 7 expansions in the future. However, this story document no longer holds anything for The Veilguard.

    The story continues with The Veilguard, but then ends

    BioWare has confirmed that The Veilguard will not be getting DLC. This means that the story of Dragon Age only ends once you have finished the latest game. The studio wants to concentrate on the next Mass Effect (via RollingStone).

    The Dragon Age games traditionally have an open ending that only really comes to an end with one or more DLCs. The direct predecessor of The Veilgaurd, Inquisition, would have no connection at all to the latest installment without Trespasser.

    However, The Veilguard is a complete game at release – regardless of whether the ending remains open or not. But that also means: If you want to know what happens next, you have to wait. There are 10 years between Inquisition and The Veilguard. We don’t yet know how long it will take until the next Dragon Age.

    The fact that Dragon Age describes a connected world has always been shown by the possibility of cross-game decisions: circumstances from earlier parts even have an influence later. The Veilguard breaks with this tradition, much to the displeasure of long-time fans: fans miss their own world, saying that’s what made Dragon Age so good

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