It deliberately says on the map in the top right corner вЂњto Frostback MountainsвЂќ. Therefore, there is no reason why dwarves would use north/south/east/west anyway.Дў. It was made by dwarves who have never been to the surface and navigate using stone sense (which is probably linked to lyrium and not to an actual magnetic direction). This is a mock-up by Bhelen/Harrowmont men trying to find Branka. We have several pieces of evidence that point to the fact that this map is not currently correctly angled.ДЎ. Now, at first glance, you look at this thinking right, compass rose there in the lower corner, so the Anvil of the Void and Bownammar are west, probably into Orlais, and Cadash Thaig is down south, and Orzammar is there in the north-east corner. Looking at the basic Deep Roads map, we get this: So I needed to know how that Deep Roads map relates to the actual Thedas map of Ferelden to compare DagnaвЂ™s two weeks measurement (letвЂ™s trust her on that sheвЂ™s obsessed with the place and would probably know specifics like measurements given sheвЂ™s a smithвЂ™s daughter who loves learning). In Dances, theyвЂ™re on a very limited time schedule to work in, and I needed to know just how limited and if the time constraints set were even possible. Ultimately the endeavour to work out the Deep Roads then actually came from a need to get my timescale right. I feel like thereвЂ™s maybe something weird with that.

I guess it takes about as long to Redcliffe, and contrary to people saying you can sail to Kinloch Hold from Redcliffe in 2 days (one there, one back) in game, IвЂ™m not sure how thatвЂ™s really possible unless you account for boats being amazing, and Templars not being angry at people sailing directly from Redcliffe to their Tower. I have no idea if my timescale is correct for Dances in Darkness, but I use DagnaвЂ™s two weeks from Orzammar to the Circle Tower as a guide, so all my times in story come from that generalized figure (I count this as two weeks walking or slow riding). You visit a lot of locations, and have to fight your way through some fairly large areas.

This is the longest portion of the bloody game, and tedious in parts. The Warden uses it to reach the Anvil of the Void and yay, all is happy. ItвЂ™s absolutely not even remotely complete, and yet it has a lot of information there for us. Only Orzammar survives.Дuring the Paragon of Her Kind quest in Dragon Age: Origins, we are given a вЂњmapвЂќ by whichever person you choose to support, which is ultimately a rough work-up of what their team has discovered so far. We know that the dwarven empire once spanned almost all of Thedas. So, back in one of the earlier books of Dances in Darkness, I mentioned I had taken awhile writing because I was trying to work out all the locations of the Thaigs and Deep Roads relative to the surface.

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