I Left My Heart In Thedas

• The first time seeing the sky. Unlike Cadash they haven't seen the sky on full display. The overwhelming feeling of emptiness above them that is filled luminous dots at night.
• Dealing with snowfall, rain and storms. Not only you have a monstrous emptiness above you, it also attacks you and surfacers seem to be alright with it.
• On the same line, cold. Ozrammar was a lava pit. Dwarves probably didn't have to deal with cold or the prospect of dying from it.
• Plants. So many plants. Green and dots and trees. Trees! (So that's where wood comes from) plants smaller than a fingernail and huge trees that raise above the sky.
• Food. Food. As a Castless member of society Brosca probably lived out of mushrooms and Nugs, eating once or twice a day if lucky, scrapping to buy something else. They're suddenly gifted the opportunity to eat 3 times per day and So. Many. Things. Meat (Meat!), grains and vegetables and fruits (So sweet...). Impossible food suddenly become cheap. Alistair's Ferelden cooking probably tastes like heaven.
• Birds. They look like deep stalkers but are harmless. They make strange noises and seem to swim across the sky.
• The dawn, the dusk and the nightfall. Dwarves do have concept of day and nights. However, seeing it happen for first time, the sky tinted purple and red and gold, with clouds smearing across for first time... It must have been something.
• Castless members of society are used to not being acknowledged at best, or being treated like you have the plague with you. Imagine what it means suddenly being acknowledged for best and for worse by everyone. It means new codes, new rules, new dangers. They don't need to sneak around common areas but they suddenly have to care about their reputation with them.
• Magic and mages. They knew Lyrium was expensive and peoole paid good gold for it. They hadn't really expected to see someone shooting fire out of their hands and live to tell the tale.
• The first thing they see when they walk out, is not only the sky—is the mountains. And I don't know if any of you have seen how incredibly imponent, and just beautiful they look. Either covered in snow, or naked under the sun. And then it clicks. Look at it, is the stone. Grand and beautiful watching over the surface. How could anyone believe they would fall up while this giant is watching over? How could anyone scorn the stone like that?
• Just. Unlike human or elves they're walking into a brand new world they've only heard horror stories about. It must take courage to want to know it.

❝Before us stands the might of the darkspawn horde. Gaze upon them now, but fear them not! This person beside me is a native of Ferelden, risen to the ranks of the Grey Wardens. They are proof that glory is within reach of us all. They have survived, despite the odds. And without them, none of us would be here. Today we save Denerim. Today we avenge the death of my brother, King Cailan! But most of all, today we show the Grey Wardens that we remember and honour their sacrifice! For Ferelden! For the Grey Wardens!❞ - alistair theirin