Dragon Age: The History and Lore of Thedas. Orlais

In the thirteenth lecture of the series, we explore the Orlesian Empire with Professor Absalom. The nation of scheming nobles and honorable chevaliers awaits!

Sources:
-Dragon Age: The World of Thedas (2013)
-Dragon Age: The World of Thedas volume 2 (2015)
-Dragon Age: Asunder (2011)
-Dragon Age: The Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas (2023)
-Codex entries from Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II and Dragon Age Inquisition.

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[NRV]

Dude yes! Man the fandom has been thirsting for some DA content!

[GrimmNastyy]

Hahahahahaha the mini rant 1/4 of the way in about the disgust and contempt you have for this style of politics is absolutely gold - I loved that and got a good chuckle out of it.

[King_Nuggs]

You are truly the only thing keeping me in this fandom lmao thanks Professor :) <3

[hafidhb]

As a fashion designer, I swear to god Orlesian fashion is such a chef's kiss. I'm always so intrigued by them since the first time I saw them in Inquisition back in 2014. Tbh, it helped me developing my sense and taste in fashion design. Sure it's ridiculous sometimes, but that's what actually intriguing and spellbound so many fashion enthusiasts, including me. It's just marvelous ❤. The use of muted gold, with neutrals such as white and black and adding them with vibrant colors such as red or blue or pink is seriously genius. It's such a contrast to the....browns, that Ferelden always wear and use. They're way too....quaint.. so to speak.

[Maxbroforce]

Orlais!!!! I have to say, it's kind of wild hearing someone actually have to list all the layers of animals stuffed into other animals in the "gift of flesh" meal. I felt bad even typing them all out for the wiki article. Thank you once again for another amazing lecture. I love the feeling of actually going to a university class and getting to study Thedas. It's such a great way to present the lore and make it all quite understandable and digestible, giving loads of context for other smaller videos past and future!

[ChairmanMeowOk]

Love how you went off on the nobility of Orlais, I was like damn he mad af hes coming for orlais in-game xD

[HappyMealPlusTax]

just wanted to comment to say I'm happy I found your channel <3 I picked up Inquisition again after almost 10 years to get excited for Veilguard. I've binged your entire channel while I've been playing and it has been a blast. Thank you for what you do. Your passion for lore really shines through in your content and I'm grateful for it

[DmcFan]

Yay a new video great job Professor Abselom

[lebarondeminuit]

As a Proud Frenchman, I love your accent and this video, thank you very much

[MaskedRifter]

21:13 Honestly, same. At least the Qun at heart do care about their people, even if their methods are controversial.

[lillifeless]

ONE MORE BANGER FROM ONE OF THE TWO CREATORS KEEPING DA ALIVE ON YOUTUBE.

we making it out the deep roads w this one.

[KiraKiraSekai]

I was loving it when you got all heated while talking about The Game.

[ignaciocampos]

21:54 "A mysterious masked man smiles from outside the window of the classroom."

[JarlBalgruuf]

I've been rewatching your videos a lot lately so this made my day

[nobamaki]

Just wanna say, thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos! It really makes my day when I see them show up in my subscriptions!!! Fantastic work and so entertaining!

[illandreidelorpha]

Thank you. This was interesting and informative. It made my time cooking more enjoyable. I always wish I could give you more than one thumbs up.

[adronfeatherston]

You keep my love of this world alive sir, thank you Professor.

[andychap]

One of my favourite lore channels on YouTube. Appreciate the content man, always excited to see an upload

[redfairy]

I so love your lore deep dive <3 you are now an icon in the Fandom <3

[demonicascension]

Bro you know what I want to know. Like I get the wardens were formed etc. during the first blight but how the hell did they know or decide to be like “yo mix darkspawn blood and archdemon blood”. Either someone got corrupted and somehow ingested archdemon blood by accident or some crazy ass desperate dude was like guys lets mix these things and stab it and see if it works 😂😂😂