1. David Gaider was the lead writer and creator of the setting for the role-playing video game series Dragon Age.
20 Facts About David Gaider
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David Gaider worked for Edmonton, Alberta-located game developer BioWare from 1999 to 2016, before leaving to join another Edmonton-based studio, Beamdog, as their Creative Director.
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In 2019, Gaider announced the assumption of a Creative Director position at the newly-founded Melbourne, Australia-based indie game developer, Summerfall Studios, and a new project entitled Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical.
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David Gaider began his professional life in the service industry, eventually managing a small hotel, while game designing was a side hobby to him.
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In 1999, a friend who worked as an artist at a local game studio named BioWare suggested to the studio founders, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, that David Gaider be given a newly-available position in the design department.
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David Gaider got the job and, as his first assignment, was handed the task of writing for Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
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David Gaider then worked on Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, for which he wrote the characters HK-47, Jolee Bindo, and Carth Onasi.
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An expansion for Neverwinter Nights, called Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark, was the first title on which David Gaider served as lead writer, responsible for the game's overall narrative design and managing the project's writers.
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David Gaider then assumed the role as lead writer on BioWare's new fantasy game, Dragon Age: Origins, which was released in 2009.
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David Gaider was credited with the creation of the Dragon Age setting, the world of Thedas.
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David Gaider was responsible for the writing of the characters of Zevran, Alistair, Morrigan, and Shale, as well as the writing of the major quests, "Nature of the Beast" and "Redcliffe".
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David Gaider wrote the prequel novels to Origins, The Stolen Throne and The Calling, both released in 2009.
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In Dragon Age II, David Gaider is credited with writing the characters Cassandra Pentaghast, Fenris, and Knight-Commander Meredith.
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David Gaider then penned the follow-up novel Asunder, which was released on 20 December 2011.
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In 2012, David Gaider was the lead writer of The Silent Grove, a six-part comic series published by Dark Horse Comics.
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David Gaider was again lead writer for Dragon Age: Inquisition, released in 2014, the third game in the Dragon Age series.
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In early 2015, David Gaider moved on to writing the story of Anthem.
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On 22 January 2016, David Gaider left BioWare after 17 years in the company.
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In 2019, David Gaider co-founded Summerfall Studios, a Melbourne, Australia-based indie game company.
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The project was renamed to Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical by 2022, with David Gaider still attached as Creative Director.