Anyone getting a bit tired of these uber artifacts? I seem to recall they were originally going to use a special sword to kill the arch-demon but then decided on something a bit more original. The problem I have with over powered magical items is you wonder how anyone was ever defeated in the past. So far there has been: The Calling: An item that could have turned everyone across Thedas into darkspawn. Another item that cured Fiona of the Blight. DA2: The red lyrium idol: Various uses, the main drawback being that it sends you crazy over time. Comic Series 1: the Magrellan: An item powered by blood magic that could potentially mind control the entire population of Thedas. DAI: The Anchor, that can open and close the Veil, and the Orb, that can channel magic and open the Veil. An amulet that allows time travel (requires open Veil to work). Communication crystals (first introduced in Asunder - all Circles apparently had one) (Why don't we use these instead of ravens, at least between our major strongholds?) Comic Series 3: The Sarcophagus that can create lyrium wraiths as super warriors (I thought Fenris' tattoos had been done by hand before this) Netflix Series: the Circullum Infinatum that can raise the dead (with the requisite amount of blood sacrifice) Tevinter Nights: The weird pools in the Deep Roads that create monsters
Have I missed any?
Alistair's comic series had the Magrallen that was used to extract and concentrate Theirin Great Dragon blood
Dragon Age: Redemption had the Mask of Fen'Harel
The internet short story had a glass or crystal Halla statue
I think that Ghilan'nain will be released at some point in DA:D and maybe she's one of the figures in the background and the concept art from years ago.
Compared to the other Evanuris, Ghilan'Nain is mention a lot much like how Fen'Harel was mentioned in different DA media.
Just watched the vid a few times. I feel like I need to go on a mural and statue hunt in-game now to track down the evanuris symbols b/c a lot of them look very familiar, but I feel like not in the context of the evanuris?
Also, which one is the second in from the left? Cus I can't help but notice that one disappears noticeably slower than the rest and I wonder if that's a hint about something.
Also, also, confirmation the golden city was a thing before Solas sealed them away? One more hint its actually Arlathan or w/e their capitol is?
Actually, I take back the idea that this is support that its Arlathan. It could still have been another citadel or something else entirely, this vid is actually neutral on that.
But it does seem that The City was existing and golden before he sealed the Evanuris there. And when he did, it turned black.
... Which still makes you wonder why it was perceived as golden by the magisters and everybody else, but maybe this supports the theory that the goldenness was an illusion by the old gods/whoever was whispering to the magisters?
How'd they influence the vision of everyone outside the city if they're sealed in it? I have no idea. Adherents on the outside perhaps? Sealing away the Evanuris doesn't mean he sealed away their priests and other loyalists. And if they managed to stay in the fade indefinitely via uthenera, they could have been the "old gods" the magisters met in dreams. Or impersonating them.
I noticed something interesting about the mountains in the key art vid:
Those swirl marks don't seem to be depicting snow, but the mountains themselves. And look a lot like the swirls on the orb in mural depictions. So, more evidence that the orbs are tied to the mountains/earth/titans, then?
In Tevinter Nighter there one of the characters saw a mural depicting 13 mountains. I wonder if these are those mountains?
One of the symbols on the far left reminds me of a stylized staff of the pure
It does seem like we've seen those symbols before either in game or hidden in files except for 2: the far left one I mentioned and the one that looks like a line. I wonder if they really do represent the Evanuris after all?
Interesting how there seems to be a structure in the large golden disk and it turns black and spreads to the other symbols.
As for the smaller yellow disk, I wonder if that could either represent the Sun, although the larger disk with a structure in it look much more Sun-like to me. Or it could be the moon?
There's a lot of Sun and Lunar imagery in these latest DA arts and makes me wonder if an eclipse if gonna happen in game?
I wonder if the series will have the same impact as the Cyberpunk anime and Witcher tv show, and help increase Dragon Age game sales.
I'm sure the animated series is there help market the game and there'll be new people interested in the Dragon Age series because of it, but I doubt it will have as much of an impact as it did with Cyberpunk.
Maybe if there's an Ancient Elvhen faction that either defected from Solas group and/or don't agree with what Solas plans on doing? Surely, Felassan is not the agent of Solas?
Or it could just be like many JRPGs and just tell Solas to have faith in the new generation after proving their strength.
We see the moon there is unusually big compared to all the other times we've seen it. So it made me thin: what if it's actually getting closer to Thedas?
Mythal was implied to have created at least one of Thedas moons so maybe there might be something there that Solas or somebody wants?
My only complaints so far is the that the character designs look fairly generic and the Qunari woman is barely taller than a human
She might not be a fullblooded Qunari. You do see her protecting some elves in the teaser - maybe she’s half-elf. That’d explain the smaller build.
I think its just the artstyle.
As another poster said, the elf and the dwarf also look too human-like.
Artstyle aside, I do hope BioWare have much more of a say when it comes to the lore of the animated series compared to Dawn of the Seeker and Redemption
The hooded person might have more than 6 eyes. I count 7, but assuming that it's symmetrical then it's possible the 8th eye is hidden behind part of the hood since the scene looks kinda windy.
I'd say death or whatever comes close to a being like Solas.
Even if the Inquisitor and/or new protagonist manage to prove him wrong, Solas is immortal and who's to say hundreds of years from now he changes his mind because the future generations are not what he had hoped for?
Even if he does successfully restore the Elves to their former glory that doesn't mean there will all of a sudden be world peace. If he going to become some kind of dictator just to keep his version of how the world should be? Would other Ancient Elves agree with that and what about the Evanuris worshippers?
That said, Trespasser did give us an option to "redeem" him, so I wonder what that means exactly? Or will it not matter too much and he dies no matter what, but the redemption option means he got a noble sacrifice ending?
I wonder what Solas ultimate goal is for the Idol? It looks like he's been observing it from afar if the comic is an indicator, so why has he not taken it after those events?
Is he waiting for someone foolish enough to "unlock" it the way he used Corypheus? Clearly he doesn't like it being used how the Mortalitasi did.
With the exception of Sylaise, Ghilan'nain (unless she came up with the idea to promote her if she destroyed her creations) and June, Mythal has gotten involved in many of the Evanuris lives. She prevented, Falon'Din from directly fighting Elgar'nan, Ordered the rest of the Evanuris to fight Falon'Din when he started invading her lands, fought Andruil and made her forget hot to get back to the Void, calmed Elgar'nans rage, maybe others that I forget. Perhaps Solas always had rebellious tendencies, but Mythal convinced him to not act on it ... until something happened.
I do think that Mythal did or was planning to support Solas rebelion, but somehow the Evanuris found out and decided to lure Mythal and murder her.
Why would Mythal support the rebellion? Maybe something happened that made her see things differently?
This reminds of of the giant hallas with the equally large aravels. perhaps one of the reasons the deep roads is the way they were is to accommodate these giant hallas transporting lyrium and other goods from mines to other parts of the deep roads for processing or whatever.
Speaking of dwarves receiving visions, Caridin says he also received a vision which inspired him to create Golems. He accredited the vision to the Ancestors, but what if he was seeing visions of the past?
The Gates of Segrummar is also interesting to me. Since it reveals the deep roads forms into a giant sigil (kinda reminds of of Enigma of Kirkwall) would could its purpose be?
That figure with the upside down crescent moon reminds me of the figure of the latest DA4 mural
On the subject of Elgar'nan I also find it interesting that despite being the "all-father" he doesn't have as much remaining imagery compared to some of the other Evanuris save maybe Sylaise and June. Could it be because the other Evanuris provided useful things to the Elves, while all he's known for rage and mass destruction.
As for the Dales, I also think they had a more positive view on Fen'Harel. The Emerald Knights had wolf companions. While I don't think Solas = Shartan, I do think that Shartan was inspired by Fen'Harel's rebellion. Not only that but in Solas Sanctuary, you see the Dalish heraldry, but this time it's covered with those magical metal trees, so it may have always been a sign of rebellion even if they don't quite remember it.