If you enjoyed the races in Dragon Age: Inquisition, you’ll have no problem choosing from the Elf, Human, Dwarf, or Qunari options in Dragon Age: Veilguard. Alongside races, players will also be able to choose from one of six factions.
The faction you choose will affect some of the stories you experience in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. As confirmed by the list of factions available on BioWare’s official Discord channel, the six factions you can choose from in Dragon Age: The Veilguard are:
- Gray Rangers
- Veil Jumpers
- Gentlemen of Fortune
- Shadow Dragons
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- Antivan Crows
Some of these factions call back to Dragon Age: Origins, which is sure to delight fans of the series who enjoyed learning about the Guardians and the Ravens. There was also a lot of mention of the Gray Wardens in Dragon Age: Inquisition, thanks to Blackwall, but the other factions were never mentioned in the previous three games.
The Shadow Dragons are referred to several times in the gameplay reveals this was posted on BioWare’s Dragon Age YouTube channel, but that was because the player chose Shadow Dragons as Rook’s faction.
The faction you join Rook to will change how the other characters relate to you and your recruitment to their forces at the beginning of the game. Varric talks a lot about Rook from the Shadow Dragons in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, so these lines will definitely change depending on what each player decides to set up as their faction.
The four new factions can be found in Northern Thedas, which players of the series haven’t had the chance to explore much yet. In the first three games of the series, we were firmly planted in Ferelden and Kirkwall, and also in southern regions like Orlais and Tevinter. Inquisition did allow us to explore the map more, but the introduction of these Northern factions will hopefully open up the rest of the map.
There isn’t much information about each of the factions at the moment, but players are excited to see two factions from Dragon Age: Origins returning to the series. Only time will tell how each of these factions will affect our characters in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
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