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

Thread-dad enaste, lethallin. Thread-dad enaste.

Well, June's mural appears to have an anvil with a hammer and tongs in it, and the detail in the background is more angular and geometric, compared to the swirly flowing designs of the others.  So I'd say it makes sense. 

*de-lurks* It only took me 2 weeks to read through this lovely thread from page one to three-hundred and fifteen. Whew.

Anyway, *waves* Hi. I'm a hopeless Solasmancer. I blame co-workers (and the Orign/Steam sale this past holiday) for the jump to team Elf. I was happy with my first playthrough as a Mage Trevelyn. And now, I'm stuck in Solavellen hell. Though, honestly most of Bioware's romances move me in one way or another. I have characters staged for an Iron Bull and Dorian run. But, the Dread Wolf has taken me to the point where I haven't even made time to update my SWTOR fan fiction in a few months. I have big apologies to offer my lovely readers once I can pull myself away from Thedas and back into a galaxy far, far away.

So... when's DA 4 coming out? *stares impatiently at the Devs. Especially Domino because she and I go way back to EverQuest2 days* Because... you know... I'm also on Team Optimism. *waves flag proudly*

I vaguely recall that being revealed as a writing goof.

Off topic:


Wait, Domino is on the DA team?  She was awesome as the tradeskill dev in EQ2, she did great things for crafting.  I hated it when they took her off.

Yes. Solas is Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf.

Okay... this is somewhat interesting (in the sea of nothing interesting happening in world of DA4 news T_T...). We already know from one of Weekess interviews that the precise meaning of the name is "to stand tall" and denotes the notion of pride, but apparently there may more to it than that (and that's aside from pride having both positive and negative connotations).

On one hand it's not surprising, given that Elvhen words and phrases can have multiple meanings/are context-dependent - on the other: I find it curious that apparently the full answer to Solas's chosen/given name is relevant enough to future events/revelations that it merits a spoiler warning from current Lead Writer for the series (we also know from aforementioned interview that Weekes refused to answer whether Solas has gone by any other names that we don't yet know... though he does mention that he's sure that he probably had at some point).

Indirectly, it also puts musings about Solas being so defined by his pride/being pride into question a bit. Not to say that they're rendered untrue, or that there's no link there. Both (or more) meanings of the name may be equally relevant in the end. It just makes it seem that there's more to the picture that we don't yet see, based on the name alone.

GAAAAAAH WHAT? If this is actually a thing...

AGH and its too meta so Lavellan CAN'T know this or figure it out. FFFFFFFFF.

Like I get that she's going to know his one fear of dying alone but this just...

Weekes you wonderful devious bastard. 

So since Weekes himself just gave attention to those specific questions about Solas..... then this means the answers could all be given next game? Specifically about the background story? Please?

tbh I'd kill for a juicy novel about ye olde Elvhenan rebellion

Now that I think about it I agree more on keeping the reveals strictly through parallels and metaphors, since it'd give crucial info without, um, breaking the spell of What Was. But then again if there's a chance of the protag - whether it be Inquisitor or someone else - having to gather info to defeat or shift Solas's plans a bit (good or bad) by glimpsing at the past to gain insight of the present, I wouldn't necessarily mind it? A nifty subversion to what the Inq potentially did in Redcliffe to defeat Cory (I'm pretty sure time travelling is now out of the picture, so maybe a subtle spell of some sort, or literally looking through some forbidden prism and seeing all the smoothly organized guerrilla tactics at night/silver-tongued schemes and tense meetings between Fen'harel and the pantheon the next morning). I think that despite what Solas says, it's one thing to see the Game between Orlesians with a short expiration date and another to see it done by magical beings who have had this practice for centuries. (tho I do definitely see the parallel here running stronger in DA4 with Tevinter magocracy!)

Either way this is totally just a personal kink ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I see how this could clutter the narrative, repeat things already assumed from Trespasser and seem too spelled-out. Still, I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to see how the events that lead to an Imperium forming, a world sundered into two, and a cranky ex-god, were played out.

I can think of many different endings that could qualify as happy/happy-ish without Inky and Solas riding off into the Fade-green sunset - same way, I could think of scenarios that would feel not satisfying regardless whether one redeems or kills the bastard.

I mean, heck... do we even know people like Solas can be killed? For good? What does death means for someone who's immortal? While it diminished her, it seemed to have made Mythal more determined when she got killed, and that was done by people way more powerful and knowledgeable as to how one probably could kill a being like that. Even Solas seems to have basically created the Veil to (either predominantly or among other things) seal the other Evanuris away from the world, because 'the first of his people don't die so easily'...