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Some character art for an early version of Dragon Age: Origins, showing a bare-chested guy along with drawings of his head and equipment.

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Some frightfully overdressed characters in Dragon Age: Origins with all sorts of spiky heraldry on their armour and weapons.

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A battle against some creatures which are on fire in Dragon Age Inquisition.

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A party fighting a dragon in Dragon Age: Origins.

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The Grey Warden in Dragon Age: Origins fights a giant darkspawn ogre

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