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

The gameplay trailer was enough to convince me that my love sick Lavellan is definitely the one I am going to use on my first run. I owe it to her (and me) after putting her through the wringer in DAI and Trespasser. Now I just have to settle on my Rook. I'm still undecided whether they should be male or female and which faction I should choose, wanting more information on the Veil Jumpers and an idea of what the benefits and drawbacks might be in terms of abilities. The same holds true of which class I go for. I need more information. One thing about Solas though, at least I know where we stand with him. Can't see him supporting the evil gods and would they really fall for him trying to fool them a second time? I still wonder about him absorbing Mythal, though, and whether that is going to come back to bite him (and us).   Still, she wanted revenge on them and it looks like she's going to get it.

That's the way I feel it is with my Lavellan. She's been an emotional wreck since Trespasser. She handed over the Inquisition to Cassandra and then had a bit of a break down. I could almost imagine Harding and Varric saying "What do you want us to do when we catch up with him?" Lavellan: "I don't know" (Bursts into tears for the umpteenth time). Harding rolls her eyes and looks to Varric. "I guess we're just going to have to wing it."
To be honest, I don't think anyone should blame Rook for the situation. Solas needed stopping and no one else seemed to have a better idea. Neve could have argued a bit more forcefully why disrupting the ritual might end badly but she didn't. They might have released a couple of dangerous evil old gods but, looking on the bright side, the world didn't end, so Rook did good. Onwards and upwards my friend.

Short answer is that he doesn't like what he created and now wants to put it back the way it was. However, I do feel there is more to it than that but he just won't talk. I'm convinced the Blight has something to do with it but why he couldn't say as much is anyone's guess.

If he survives the encounter with his old pals (enemies - I'm being sarcastic) perhaps this time he'll finally decide to tell us. At the very least perhaps he'll explain who they are so we know what we're dealing with. I have a feeling he may be assisting us at least to begin with and that is how we get to use the eluvian network. He left the one open between Minrathous and Arlathan but he might need to shut it down temporarily to avoid the other two using it. Of course, they may have their own pass keys. Otherwise, we're going to be stuck in Arlathan in the short term. However, that is where we're likely to encounter Bellara.

Also main story theme is "regret": how do you deal with it, live with it, and move past it.

Feel like that could heavily be about Rook and/or Solas or both, ideally. Can we commiserate together about crazy gods on the loose now? LOL

Don't forget in the Tevinter Nights story Callback, the demon they had to deal with in the Rotunda at Skyhold was Regret and manifested there because that was where Solas had been. It was a very big powerful demon as a result.  Sutherland and his friends defeated it by focusing on what they didn't regret, joining the Inquisition, finding one another, etc.

As I said over on the Schmooples thread, I gave this as a reason back in 2014 but PW said at the time that it wasn't the reason he, or the sentinels, was bald but just a fashion choice or some such and he could have hair if he wanted to. It would seem they've changed their minds on that and decided it was simpler to go with being millennia old after all.

Wow, nice pick-up. It has been a very hot minute since I read Tevinter Nights, and all the foreshadowing and companions we have coming from it definitely reminds me I need to do a new read-through.

Something that's been on my mind lately that I don't recall if it's ever been addressed/spoken about in-game, but outside of the murals, it seems like Solas is only ever depicted with the wolf statues. All the other Evanuris have actual elven form statues, it would seem. Curious as to him being the outlier in that regard.

Speaking of symbols - I can't help but notice that the Veilguard symbol is something that resembles both a dragon and a wolf head

I find the new thread title to be...accurate!

Also, I feel like it might be difficult for me to not roleplay as my Inky in disguise.

From the Q&A today:

Question: “Will the Inquisitor be appearing in the flesh, or are we just choosing their major DAI decisions?”

Corinne: “Yes. They will. The Inky does appear. We know how attached you all are to the Inquisitor and seen the love for your OC. Yes, the Inquisitor shows up. Now, we already confirmed that in a few places so let me just say you can also customize them, include some of our new customization options. Yeah, they’re going to show up and they’re going to be your Inquisitor.”

John Epler: “And I think beyond that, this story of Solas and this story of the Inquisitor are obviously are tied together as much as any story, so it would’ve been strange for us not to bring them in for this one. They are going to be a part of this story, so…”

So all you Solas lovers will get some interactions with them.