The strangest thing? Iron Bull didnвЂ™t seem to mind calling me Qunari when we met. ItвЂ™s not even my own fault that my parents were Tal-Vashoth, geez. Good to know that IвЂ™m not just going to be dealing with anti-Qunari prejudice, but that the only other Qunari around is also going to throw anti-Tal-Vashoth prejudice at me as well. The implication is that most of my people, the Tal-Vashoth, are murdering bandits, and that itвЂ™s a surprise that IвЂ™m not. I still think he could have been less blunt about it though, and what makes it worse is he then goes on to assure me that heвЂ™s totally cool with me because IвЂ™m not a murdering bandit. I donвЂ™t follow the Qun, so IвЂ™m not really a Qunari. ItвЂ™s right there in the name, which translates to вЂњPeople of the QunвЂќ. Qunari follow a code-of-honour-slash-religion known as the Qun. World of difference,вЂќ he says.Дo you see how my characterвЂ™s reacting to that? IвЂ™m like, вЂњWow. IвЂ™m super excited to make friends with a brother, only to almost instantly have him condescendingly remind me that IвЂ™m not a real Qunari. Here I am, pretty upset about the ox menВ thingВ that keeps getting slung about, feeling very alone, and then I come across another Qunari. And what was one of the first things he did? Act like a total elitist snob. Now, I committed the cardinal sin of mucking about in the Hinterlands for far too long (IвЂ™m still trying to adjust to this idea of a starting area that youвЂ™re not supposed to thoroughly explore and complete before moving on), so by the time I met Iron Bull I had been looking forward to it for ages and was super excited. And by this I mean almost everyone I know whoвЂ™s playedВ this game couldnвЂ™t stop talking about how much they loved him. SpeakingВ of Iron BullвЂ¦ 2) Iron Bull is mean Oh and the way their society is horribly sexist and classist and cruel and, you know, all those things. HereвЂ™s an idea for the next Dragon Age game: we see the first Qunari activist finally protesting the widespread use of this awful, awful term. IвЂ™m guessing this is because Qunari society tends to value strength over new-fangled liberal ideas like equality and being nice. I blame Qunari like Iron Bull, who, instead of recognizing the slur, seem to almost embrace it as a compliment. While knife ears and shemlen are considered at least rude, people comfortably talk about ox men around me, as if IвЂ™m not standing right there. The funniest thing is it might be okayВ if it was at least acknowledged that this term is a pretty insulting slur, but it isnвЂ™t. But вЂњo x menвЂќ? Really? ItвЂ™s prettyВ demeaning and humiliating to be compared to creatures that mostly serveВ as вЂњmindless cattleвЂќ and вЂњfoodвЂќ. Okay, IвЂ™ll be fair: every race in the Dragon Age universe has to withstandВ racist slurs.

For example: 1) People are kinda (a lot) racistвЂ¦

ButВ as much as IВ love my towering, grey-skinned, horned mage in DA: Inquisition, I have to admit, there are some drawbacks to playing a QunariВ that I didnвЂ™t foresee.

Spoiler alert: we like it a lot.Д®ver since getting to know Sten in Dragon Age: Origins, IвЂ™ve loved the Qunari, and have wanted to play as one. As toВ The Witcher 3, weвЂ™ll be delivering our critical verdict on it tomorrow. EditorвЂ™s note: yes, we know youвЂ™re all very busy rampaging your way throughВ The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and thatВ this is hardly the time to letВ any other role-playing game invade your thoughts вЂ“ but you look like you needВ a break from all that Witcher-y monster slaying, so why not use the opportunityВ toВ share in some of LauraвЂ™s comicalВ experiences playing as a Qunari in another brilliantlyВ engrossingВ RPG, Dragon Age: Inquisition.

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