Dragon Age: The Veilguard Fans Point Out The Inconsistency Of Taash's Story

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Fans Point Out The Inconsistency Of Taash's Story

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The following article contains minor spoilers for Dragon Age: The Veilguard's first two acts, especially about Taash's personal quests.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Taash is an interesting case study of how a modern story deals with both gender identity and cultural identity. Taash is a Qunari raised in Rivain by their mother, a historian who was fiercely loyal to the Qun but left Par Vollen to prevent her daughter from being forced to join the Antaam (military).

This has left Taash with somewhat of an identity crisis, having grown up around Rivaini culture but with a parent who insisted on educating them in the ways of the Qun. In their personal quests, Rook helps Taash grapple with their identity questions, in both gender (being non-binary) and culture.

However, the cultural part of Taash's identity ultimately comes down to a single binary choice that Rook makes during one of Taash's personal quests. You can encourage Taash to embrace the Rivaini part of their culture or the Qunari part. Firstly, it probably shouldn't be Rook making this decision considering Taash's story is about finding their own identity. But also, the choice is weirdly absolute considering you could previously encourage Taash to...

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