Dragon Age: Redemption

Dragon Age: Redemption
Created by	Felicia Day
Written by	Felicia Day
Directed by	Peter Winther
Starring	Felicia Day
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (List of episodes)
Production
Cinematography	John Bartley
Original release
Release	October 10, 2011

Dragon Age: Redemption is a six-part webseries based on the BioWare video game series of the same name. It is created by and stars Felicia Day, creator and star of the webseries The Guild. Day is playing Tallis, an Elven assassin. Filming began in early January 2011 and Day has enlisted the help of many prior Hollywood acquaintances.

The web series premiered on October 10, 2011.

Cast

• Felicia Day - Tallis
• Adam Rayner - Cairn
• Doug Jones - Saarebas
• Marcia Battise - Nyree

Plot

List of episodes

#	Title	Original airdate
1	"Tallis"	October 10, 2011 (2011-10-10)
Introduces the protagonist, initially referred to as "Athlok", who is tasked by the Qunari to recapture a rogue Qunari mage, who was originally captured and imprisoned in Kirkwall by the templars but managed to break out of captivity. She is promised to have her title - Tallis - returned, if she succeeds. In her search she crosses paths with a templar named Cairn, who is tracking the same mage.
2	"Cairn"	October 17, 2011 (2011-10-17)
Tallis has a religious clash with Cairn, but saves him in the Dalish encampment. In the encampment they pick up another travelling companion - Josmael - a Dalish elf apostate mage. This episode gives a deeper insight into Thedes lore.
3	"Josmael"	October 24, 2011 (2011-10-24)
Tallis and her companions continue on tracking the Saarebas. Josmael reveals he is a talented healer, and Tallis puts his skills to a grim test.
4	"Nyree"	October 31, 2011 (2011-10-31)
Tallis hires the mercenary reaver Nyree for her quest and fills in with her back-story and motivation for tracking the Saarebas. The episode reveals some more of Qunari lore.
5	"Mercenaries"	November 7, 2011 (2011-11-07)
This episode delves into the back-story and motivations of Cairn, as the companions have an inside clash when he tries to kill Josmael and is in turn stopped by Nyree.
6	"Saarebas"	November 14, 2011 (2011-11-14)
TBA

Reception

Overall reaction to the series on YouTube has been positive.

S. Jim Browski of movie review website AintItCoolNews.com writes:

The series is innovative in the respect that it pushes the boundaries of the media experience, having a character that exists in not only live action webseries but also within a videogame. I appreciate her innovation, and hope she continues to push the limitations of what the Hollywood machine and media enable her to do. I have enjoyed the series so far and if you’re a fan of the fantasy genre it is another well produced by Felicia Day.

SteveGarbage of GreyWardens.com also reviewed the series favorably..

Yet, Armenian journalist and critic Bayandur Pogosyan has given "two thumbs down" to the series on his Google+ account, citing:

Watched the first episode of #DragonAge #Redemption , I'm afraid it failed miserably.

When a Qunari assassin tells a templar "I'm Tallis, and I work for the Qunari", that's at least stupid, at most - treason and suicide. Saarebas is, as a light inquiry into DA lore would show, a title, not a name, given to Qunari mages. Just like Sten, Arishok, Arvaarad, etc. The storyline seems boring, unconvincing and underdeveloped (there's the difference between "geeky" and "savvy" after all). Painfully modern for an old escapist like me. My guess is - "Charlie's Angels" with B-class decorations and DA cosmology.

Am I going to watch the rest of the episodes? Nope.