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

I wonder if it will be like Baldurs' Gate 2. There we defeat Irenicus in the real world, only to be whisked off to the hells to confront him there with his demon allies. In that case, the reason was he had part of our soul, which is why we had to defeat him on both planes of existence to get it back, whereas with Solas it will be the fact that he is a split soul and cannot be defeated in the Waking World so long as the Dread Wolf exists in the Fade.

This is curious. It sounds like he will make modifications to his plan to limit the damage, although once again seems to be taking all the responsibility for this on himself, so not getting any critical input that might point out potential flaws in his plan.

Also, as I thought, the Crucious Stone was just a misdirection on the part of the writers. I just don't understand, if he wants them to stop following him, he should ensure there are no clues to follow, or was this latest trail just test to see how determined Varric and Co are?

Or actually it is just the writers trying to backtrack somewhat on his plan because it did present him in such a terrible light? I've always maintained that I found the option to redeem Solas/save him from himself was gobsmacking considering he had just admitted that he was going to destroy the world, or at least the majority of its population, and no one else mattered apart from his people. It seemed to me the priority should always be to stop him and once that was achieved, then you could debate about what to do with him, if he wasn't already dead (which seems even more pertinent if the Inquisitor is not going to be the one in the field going forward). Yet, they insisted on this binary choice that clearly was meant to present the "stop him at all costs" as the ruthless option that only someone who already disliked Solas would take.

The "adjustment" to how he presented his plan in Tevinter Nights suggested PW was already having doubts about how their beloved Solas came across in Trespasser. Now it was hinted that the plan was necessary to save the current world, even though this contradicted his previous statement as to why he told the Inquisitor his plan. Nevertheless, he still admitted that his plan would result in the death of all but a few elves "who remained" after the destruction.

Now he seems to be suggesting that it will be possible for him to "limit the damage". Even if he is telling the truth and is not deluded in his assertion, because let's face it he didn't anticipate the destruction of creating the Veil (or did he?), why is he only saying this now and why would he expect anyone to believe him given his previous track record of half truths and deception?

I also find the whole Varric/Harding hunting for Solas rather implausible as well. Where are they getting their clues from as to his whereabouts if not from Solas himself? I still don't understand why they thought he had anything to do with the disappearances from Marnas Pell or why they would look for him in the Deep Roads. They only found the clue to Vyrantium because apparently he left his hideout unguarded and unwarded, so any random stranger could walk in. He has control of the Crossroads. Why wouldn't he make his hideout there? Then when they get to Vyrantium, once again he leaves evidence there of his presence (there are other ways of killing people other than petrification) and doesn't remove the clues as to his next possible destination. Now if they had heard of strange phenomena in Arlathan Forest whilst in Kirkwall, then it would have made sense they would go there seeking Solas because, you know, weird magical stuff is what you associate with him. Instead apparently they already knew something weird was happening up there but instead chose to head to Marnas Pell, or are we to understand they heard about this from the crew of the ship they traveled on? In which case, how would they know?  Remember the forest has been pretty much ringed with Qunari since before the weirdness started happening, particularly on the Tevinter side.

Anyway, now they are headed for Minrathous. Any particular reason for this apart from someone thought they saw Solas there? If he knows Varric is being somewhat persistent in looking for him, wouldn't he take extra care not to give away his position? This is why I think he says one thing but does another. So he tells Varric not to follow him but then ensures that he leaves a trail for him to follow, which presumably will become our trail in game.