The Dissonant Verse

It has been a long-time criticism of the Dragon Age series that, though the setting implies that society should be matriarchal, it adheres to patriarchal values, keeping alive stereotypes and actions from our society that would not, realistically, carry over into the environment of Thedas.This story is a reimagining of Dragon Age: Origins with an actual matriarchy instated. There were many roads that could have been taken that would make this idea a reality - for example, keeping the original story intact, but replacing some key people and much of the dialogue. I chose a road that involves some rather extreme breaks from the "canon" story as it is known. Please keep in mind, this is not a society free of oppressive actions or derogatory views towards other minorities, i.e. elves and mages as in-universe examples; it is no more and no less than a story with women considered the default and given institutional power.tl;dr it's dumb that thedas is supposedly led by men even though their main religious figure is a woman. so i fixed it.