What was your criteria when choosing Lavellan's vallaslin?

Since we were not given any indication regarding the deities associated to each Vallaslin, I chose based on looks alone.

Turned out I gave him Mythal's Vallaslin lolol

When I first came into the game, I chose it based on aesthetics alone. Ended up with Sylaises's eye vallaslin. But afterward, when I started becoming more acquainted with DA lore, I picked them based off what my character wanted to dedicate themselves to in the clan.

If my character was a clan hunter who wanted to do thier best to provide for thier family? Andruil's vallaslin.
If my character was a clan member who always wanted to remember and respect the dead? They would wear the vallaslin of Falon'Din.
If my character was a mage who contributed to the clan by healing and providing domestic crafts? Sylaise

Wow I just learned something new. Been using the dirthamen one for dai playthrough. Was this figured out through process of elimination?

Matt

I used whatever I thought the character needed. Wasn't aware they were assigned to a particular god.

For reference. dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Vallaslin

All of the above

My canon Lavellan is a healer who tries to follow Vir Atish'an, "The Way of Peace" - so originally I was set on using Sylaise's vallaslin, but I didn't like the look of either of them. So I went with my second choice for her, Dirthamen's. As the Keeper's First, it was her place to learn and remember the knowledge & legends of the clan. She's also the type to want to learn as much about something as she can, so it fit her. Plus her older brother had Falon'Din's vallaslin, so there was that connection too.

That being said, if a certain mod has been updated by the time I get to playing Inquisition on the PC, I'll probably go back to Sylaise's - since I still think it fits her best symbolism/meaning-wise, and I love the looks of the one in the mod.


Image I made for myself to help remember which Vallaslin went to which god in both games:

That tiny Mythal vallaslin on the cheeks and the tiny Sylaise one on the eye look too... casual to me.

Same, only mine got June's.

I'm not sure that really works for him, or any of the PCs in Inquisition. Even if we're wearing all-crafted gear, it's not like the PC crafts it themself. (Or, on second thought, maybe a Tempest or an Artificer makes their own specialization-specific gear?)

If we'd gotten some indication which design goes with which god, I'd probably have gone with either Dirthamen or Falon'Din, since my only elf so far has been a necromancer.

Since the Dalish character is sent to the summit or whatever as a spy, I think I ended up picking the one for the hunter god or whoever.

Or, actually... does Fen'Harel have a vaseline? I might have picked that one.

Either way, I try to go with a thematic motif that informs my understanding of the character I'm making.

Only when Lavellan wants to try the backdoor.