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Video games regularly draw inspiration from the world we all live in. From 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:classic literature to history, vast worlds are created just from these🧸 ideas alone - especially in fantasy games, where mystical and fantastical twists are added.
The world of Bioware's 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Age is just one fine example amongst many, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:replete with magical lore and a rich history for each anꦿd every kingdom in Thedas. However, these kingdoms remain somewhat familiar to our real-world experiences.
10 🐠 Orlais - 18th-century France 🍸
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Orlais is pretty much a no-brainer, as you can instantly deduce who they took inspiration from just by listening to their accent. Yes, you guessed it, it's France - but more specifically, 18th-century France.
From their way of dress and obsession with masks, the overly fancy architecture of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Winter Palace in Halamshiral echoes the interior of the Palace of Versailles. Even 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the politic🎉s and endless amounts of b🧜ackstabbing are eerily similar to how they did things back in Bourbon France: by giving you a smile while plotting your downfall behind your b⛄ack.
9 🌱 ♕ Ferelden - Medieval England
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Ferelden in the games mirrors medieval England before it became the British Empire. Ferelden had just gotten out of the Orlesian's hold after 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:King Maric's rebellion, 🌸like how England and France are always at loggerheads with eac༒h other.
In medieval England, the barons held qui♛te a lot of power and ruled their own parcel of land. Ferelden has a comparable political structure, with🌊 the King sometimes having to back down whenever the nobles disagreed with him. Plus, the legend of King Calenhad is way too similar to that of King Arthur to be a coincidence.
8 Tevinter Imperiu🌄m - Byzantine Empire ꦜ
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Although the once-mighty empire of Tevinter is equivalent to the might of the Roman Empire, the Tevinter you hear about in the games have since split apart. This means that the Tevinter Imperium is supposedꦛ to be the Byzant♐ine Empire or the eastern half of the Roman Empire.
The weakened Tevinter Imperium is struggling to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:hold off against the Qun and the potential of invasion from other kingdoms because of their liberal attitude toward magic. This mirrors the countless invasions the Byzantines encountered as they tried to hold on to power. The Byzantines eventually fell, which makes you wonder if that's 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the fate of Tevinter in Dragon Age 4.
7 ඣ Elvhenan -♛ Ancient Greece
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The legendary magical empire of Elvhenan was once the homeland of all the elves, who were immortal and were 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:ruled by the Elvhen gods. Yet they fell when 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Solas brought up the Veil to stop the latter's tyranny, causing 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the elves to scatter and lose their immortality.
Elvhenan's story is quite similar to that of Ancient Greece, as both were considered to be advanced civilisations. The Romಞan Empire and the Tevinter Imperium picked at the remnants they left behind and were in the habit of giving backhanded compliments to these ancient peoples. You can still 🌊see the ruins of both civilisations today, both in-game and in real life.
6 Nevarra - Latin Americ🅘a & Sp🐻ain
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Home to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:kick-ass warrior Cassandra Pentaghast in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Age: Inquisition, Cassandra speaks about her homeland if you ask her. She de𒉰scribes it as a place where people care more about the dead tha💟n they do the living.
Nevarra 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:known for the Mortalitasi and their use of death magic, as well as their cities of the dead. Their burial practices echo that of beautifully intricate Latin American mausoleums and family crypts. However, Nevarra is also considered a powerhouse and leading crusades against dragons - eerily alike to Spain's Holy Crusades. This might also be where they got their name - from the Navarre region of northern Spain.
5 ♕ Antiva - Renaissance Italy
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No one is more passionate when they speak of their homeland than the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Antivan Josephine Montilyet. Josephine says Antiva had a monarch, but the true power lies in a group of the wealthiest merchants and nobles.
Aside from being a port city, Antiva parallels Renaissance Italy, especially cities like Venice and Florence. Most of Renaissance Italy is a plutocratic society, with powerful, rich families like the Medicis or the Sforzas at the helm instead of a king. Of course, another large hint that we couldn't ignore 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:is Zevran's accent.
4 Rivain - Islamic Spain, Africa🎀 & Southeast Asia
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When it comes to the kingdom of Rivain, it's a bit tricky since it draws inspiration from a blend of different cultures. Although you can say there are some aspects of Islamic Spain in Rivaini culture, Rivain sounds more like the tribal societies of Africa and Southeast Asia.
From tattooing their bodies to practicing🍸 soothsaying, Rivaini cultures believes in the𒅌 wellbeing of the community above all. They are also a matriarchal society, considering they have a queen and respect the oldest of their women.
3 🌱Par Vollen - The Ottomans 𝔍
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Bane of the Tevinter Imperium and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:home to the Qunari, horned giants who claim to be 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:descended from dragons.
As mentioned above, the Tevinter Imperium in the games resembles the Byzantine Empire and is fending off Qunari attacks. This makes the Qunari mirror the Islamic Ottomans, who attacked the Byzantines over decades before finally defeating them. An interesting point, though, is that the Qun doctrine sounds identical to Communism, with the Quꩲn discouraging individual🍷ity.
2 A♏nderfels - Medieval Scandinavia
Once a part of the Tevinter Imperium and the Orlesian Empire, the Anderfels have since maintained their ind▨ependence.
Despite having names of German origin, the Anderfels's echo the state of medieval Scandinavia. Both were seen as primitive and a backwater, with Thedas largely ignoring it aside from the fact that it's the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:home of the Grey Wardens. But maybe we'll know more about the Anderfels in Dragon Age 4, since the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grey Wardens are making a comeback.
1 𒐪 Free Marches - German City-States
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From familiar cities like Kirkwall featured heavily in Dragon Age 2 and the overly religious Prince of Starkhaven, the F🌺ree Marches are a co⭕llection of cities with their own independent rulers.
The German city-states were also independent, with their own rulers, laws, and courts. The Free Marches are reminiscent of the time before the Holy Roman Empire unified the German kingdoms.