Dragon Age 2 - On Templars, Raiders, City Guards and The Coterie

Another Dragon Age 2 lore post has hit the Bioblog with Chris Priestly writing about Templars, Raiders, City Guards and The Coterie.  Here's a snip on the Raiders of the Waking Sea:

The Raiders of the Waking Sea, or more simply “the Raiders”, is the more commonly known name given to an association of pirates called the Felicisima Armada. Once upon a time these pirates were little more than opportunists, individual ships based out of the coastal city of Llomerryn that preyed on sea traffic and which were frequently the target of concerted efforts by the Orlesians and Free Marches cities to destroy them once and for all. After each such effort, new pirates would appear to fill the vacuum and thus the cycle continued.