OK, I’m fiddling through yet another casual run-through of Dragon Age Origins (mostly because I was hearing about how great it is to double-dagger rogue it). So, every time I load up the game I get a brief flash of an artist-inspired intro screen; which means that I get a quick look at this guy:
Who the hell is this guy supposed to be? He shows up nowhere in the game.
This is a minor enough mystery, but I’m getting bored with wondering.
That’s Phil. You kill him in the second or third quest.
He left behind a wife and three kids. The youngest has a nasty cough she caught last winter and can’t seem to shake. Phil went into the mercenary to try to earn enough to hire a healing spell.
Unfortunately, he made a poor choice of employers, and got gutted during one of those “throw some incompetents in the way so the player can learn the controls” stages.
He’s in the novel.
Dude,
I think that’s supposed to be Duncan with the Duncan killing ogre in the background.
Hey Rob, I like your description of Phil. Can I use that character?
I think it’s Duncan. The artists always makes them look better than the game.
And yes, double dagger Rogue is a FUN way to play the game. That was my first play through.
Feel free to use him, BigGator. If he’s an NPC/target, make sure part of the loot the players find on him is a “World’s Greatest Dad” coffee mug.
(That last shamelessly lifted from Terry Pratchett.)