Indulge me, then, as I serve as your guide to the world of Dragon Age and, just maybe, convince you to try journeying there yourself. Thedas is filled with myriad nations and peoples, and whether through intentional homages to history or tropes that have historical origins, its creators have delivered a world which a discerning historian can delight in. So why am I talking about Dragon Age on a history blog? Well, like many other fantasy worlds (including Tolkien’s original, as we’ve written about here on Concerning History ), Dragon Age draws inspiration from numerous historical sources to build its world. Its world of Thedas is a dark one, filled with mystery and corruption both political and supernatural, but it is also filled with majesty and heroism to match. For my money one of the greatest fantasy constructs since Tolkien’s Middle Earth, the Dragon Age franchise now covers three full games, three mobile games, and dozens of novels and graphic novels. Īs with any nerd, I still remember when I was introduced to all my great fictional obsessions, and Dragon Age is no exception.
On that day, however, one thing eclipsed all others: I received and first played the game Dragon Age: Origins. On my eighteenth birthday, way back in 2011, I was three months away from ending high school, five months from matriculating at Gettysburg. Tomorrow marks a decade since one of the defining moments of my life.
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