The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers]

In case you are unaware, there are two versions of the Sylaise vallaslin.  The one I used, and a less elaborate one around the left eye.

I was going to say that black vallaslin wouldn't show up well on dark skin but I think what you posted looks really nice.  I actually think lighter vallaslin would look odd and too bright.

I was at Edmonton Expo this weekend, and as usual, I dropped by the BioWare booth often. During one of the times I visited, one of the devs (it might have been Lukas Kristjanson but it might have been one of the others; I don't remember clearly - sorry! They're at the booth for 2-3 hour shifts and then a new group of devs comes in, so it's hard to remember who I spoke to) and I got to talking. I mentioned that I was a Solasmancer and he smiled wickedly and said "Buckle in for the ride."

The last time I visited, Tom Perlinski and another whose name I forgot were quite clear that they are among a group of BioWare devs working on Dragon Age and have been for a while. I replied that I knew a group of people have been working on it (that's quite clear if you follow devs on Twitter) but that I knew they couldn't really say anything about it either. Tom replied that if they were able to say anything about it, there's a good chance that much of it would change before release anyway. (That's a normal part of development and is partly why companies are becoming a little more reluctant to say or show anything about their games until the games are close to being released.)

So, nothing really new but I thought some of you might like the reassurance that things are still proceeding. ^-^

It implies there definitely is a ride to buckle in for, at least. I just hope I get to ride it as Lavellan. lol

Welp, I hope it won't be "there will certainly be a lot of crying... and not of the good kind!"

"Buckle in for the ride!" sounds either wonderful or terrifying.

Someone pass me a glass of wine, I'm feeling anxious.

ok so i'm here because i could literally write a dissertation on my main guy solas.

first and foremost; he's living in a trolley problem and it's.........the worst. if he went home and did absolutely nothing, thus saving modern thedas, in his eyes he'd still be condemning people to death anyway, whether it's old elvhenan staying dead or current thedas, suffering under the veil and the blights.

i feel for him. there's absolutely no 'win' outcome for him. at this point it's just ruthless calculus--who is harmed less by his actions? there's no scenario where he won't cause harm (and ofc if he lets thedas alone, there's the very real possibility that he will outlive all his current friends and die alone anyway).

very true! according to what we know about elvhenan, spirits were as much a part of the population as physical people--in modern thedas, they're treated as little better than monsters. not only is there the oppression of elves and mages, which is hard enough for solas to deal with, the veil messes with spirits on a fundamental level. to solas, he's not only hurt the elves, but the spirits as well, and he needs to find some way to fix it.

I'd settle for the rise of Elvhenan, tbh (or have them exist in some way or form). But I'm not sure if the rest of the fanbase would've like it if things change too much, (like breaking the Human Noble mold where they don't sit on the top of the food chain)
At best, I'd like to play an elvhen background who is not opressed or being marginalized