Instead, a Niggly Dragon Age Question

What does one do when one’s brain has left the building? Get intrinsically, monumentally, paltry questions stuck in one’s head, of course! So, instead of a blog post, a question.

Why do darkspawn carry money? If they are killers, who don’t care about the trappings of life in Ferelden (or beyond), then why can you loot their corpuscles — I mean, that is to say, corpses — and find pittance of coin on them? Do they psychically draw these coins to them just to subtly piss off villagers and townsfolk? Or are they sifting through valuables and money is a token of their kills? So, for every coin they have. . .

Like I said. I had a question. It wasn’t necessarily a good one, though.

    Mood: Write. Write. MUST WRITE. Write. Write. MUST.
    Caffeinated Beverages Consumed: Methinks, perchance, I have losteth track.
    Work-Out Minutes Logged Yesterday: Walkin’ on through the streets. Uh-huh.
    In My Ears: The screams of a thousand somethings or others.
    Game Last Played: Dragon Age: Origins
    Movie Last Viewed: Looper
    Latest Artistic Project: In progress!
    Latest Release: “Fangs and Formaldehyde” from the New Hero anthology through Stone Skin Press



Monica Valentinelli is an author, artist, and narrative designer who writes about magic, mystery, and mayhem. Her portfolio includes stories, games, comics, essays, and pop culture books.

In addition to her own worlds, she has worked on a number of different properties including Vampire: the Masquerade, Shadowrun, Hunter: the Vigil, Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn, and Robert E. Howard’s Conan.

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