The vallaslin decision.

Ironically, my first Inquisitor wore a Mythal vallaslin

Oh... sorry, I should've been more specific, ha ha. I meant the choice to keep or remove it.

When I sent my post, I didn't saw your note. So, now, that I see your intention, I deleted my post. Problem solved.

(This was, what I saw, this was the original version: "One thing I love about this choice is that it's challenging. There is no absolute right and wrong here. That said, what did your character decide and why?")

Well,  thank you for taking the time to read it.

The vallaslin may represent the affiliation, identification as well. And can mean, what this "god" represents: the protection, the hunt, the craft, the secrets, the deads etc. So: the question not so easy. But ptobably my decision would be same: removing. 

By the way, it's annoying, that the male (or non-romanced) elf Inquisitor don't get this choice, if s/he's "just" Solas' friend.

Same here.

I saw the title, read the post (the lines above) and went with posting all my Lavellans, instead of just my Solasromance.

My Atisha Lavellan was originally a city elf whose parents asked clan Lavellan to take her when she came into her magic so she wouldn't have to go into a Circle. She hated the idea of anything connected with slavery and was besotted with Solas, so agreed to their removal. Because she only came late to the Dalish, she was never quite so invested in the gods as the rest of the clan anyway. What shook her was the discovery that Solas was Fen'Harel and what he was planning to do to the world but she still stood by him and hopes to change his mind. She is the only person I will ever romance Solas with now I know the truth about him, so the only Lavellan that would be given that choice.

My Enavir Lavellan, a male hunter who was born Dalish, was never told by Solas because apparently male friends aren't so favoured, although he made the connection later after being mocked by Corypheus and then seeing the pictures in the Dread Wolf's sanctuary. So far as he is concerned, the vallaslin now mean something completely different. Because Tevinter, and later the Chantry, forbade them their culture, including the vallaslin, they are now the symbol of the free elves who would not submit to the tyranny of others (ironic when you think about it but there you go). In any case, he didn't have the option of having them removed, but like I say, he would have refused if he had.  Considering he was furious with Solas for his deception he would likely refuse simply to spite him even if they didn't have any significance to him personally but he now wears them with even greater pride (in a good way).

I never romanced Solas so never had to make that choice, but if I would (which is not going to happen) I'd keep it. Solas can't tell me what to do!

I had it removed after the revelation that they were originally slave markings. In the present, they meant something else to the Dalish; a connection and pledge to the elven gods. Since present perception of those gods is wrong, the vallaslin cannot be kept.

My Lavellan kept hers. She saw herself as a scholar, and learning that her people had misunderstood their original meaning was quite bittersweet for her (glad to learn more about ancient elves, sad to have gotten them wrong), but ultimately, she was also still proud of who she was, and even if the vallaslin once had a different meaning, it didn't change what hers meant to her people (suck on it, Abelas!).

I've totally forgot one more thing which brought my Lavellan to this decision - she's also let the past behind, she know she wasn't like other members of her clan anymore. Yes, she cared about them and yes, she used her resources to help her clan in Wycome, but the Anker changed her, the Inquisition changed her, nothing will be the same for her - It was a kind of symbol for her - a symbol of freedom when she isn't really free because of all the baggage she has.