Blackwall Discussion Thread - The Resolve!

Oh my, what a difficult question!!
I haven't played in a while some I might be forgetting some things...

Solas/Blackwall banter seems to indicate that Solas feels some kinship with Blackwall. After revelations Solas snaps at him clearly showing disgust at Thom actions, even if later he apologizes.

So lets review what Thom did...

Assassination of a man and his family just for coin
No taking responsibility for his actions
Hiding behind another's name
Letting others pay the price of his greed

Now let's think about what Solas did and wants to do...

His people were enslaved by the Evanuris and he fought to free them
He created the Veil to imprison the Evanuris after they murdered Mythal
I'm assuming that Solas "nap" was due to how exhausted he was after creating the Veil, if this is the case, we can consider that he never avoided his responsibility in Arlathan's fall
He led Corypheus to his orb in the hopes to have it unlocked, when his plan backfired he saves the Inquisitor and joins him/her to help fix his miscalculations

The main difference I see here is that Solas goals were never selfish, he is trying to help others ( I'm not entering on whether he is entitled to remove the Veil or not ).

That is where Blackwall and Solas diverge, so even if there is kinship between them it is only in the surface, the motivations that drove them couldn't be more opposed... and here is where I see Solas snapping at a Blackwall trying to turn him away from his path...



I also want to point out these lines said by Solas:

"I assumed we were alike. We'd seen war, knew its terrible cost, but understood that it was necessary."
"You must accept. Accept the blood, to make things better."


We don't know how old Solas really is, neither do we know the details of the war that led to the rise of the Evanuris or how long it lasted... but those lines there, made me think about Garrus lines in ME3 about "ruthless calculus", "...sacrife 10 million so 20 million can live..."

Solas is one of the Evanuris, he was general, I think that "ruthless calculus" has been carved into him...that quite explains why he breaks up with Lavellan, and why even if he still loves her it is not reason enough to deviate him from his path, I think...



So no, I don't think Blackwall can influence Solas in anyway...