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Post by midnight tea on Apr 1, 2017 8:25:02 GMT
*snip* As for Shartan, I have repeatedly said that I will be very disappointed if he turns out to be anything other than a genuine elven hero in his own right, possibly inspired by stories of the "trickster warrior who fought against tyrants" that we now know to have been Solas, and then used these tales in turn to inspire his own followers; hence these stories becoming interwoven with his own in the version passed onto the Chantry that appears in his Canticle. However, if he does have any direct connection with Solas, it would be as a follower of his rather than Fen'Harel himself. The reasoning behind this is simple. Shartan died trying to rescue Andraste from the bonfire and his body was burned by Tevinter. This would make it rather hard for Solas to be able to claim that he is the same person he always was since he would have to have acquired a new body. The story of Shartan's sacrifice in defence of his friend and ally is found not only in the Canticle of Apotheosis, where his identity is concealed behind the title "the Liberator" but also in the stories of the Dalish back in DAO where we are told "our heroes died in the bonfires of Tevinter". *snip* Definitely not Solas himself I think, I believe it was mentioned that after erecting the Veil he went into sleep, he only woke up a couple years before the events of DAI. So he missed out completely on the downfall of the Elvhen. I think it's possible that he's witnessed it from the Fade - which might've been even more frustrating: spirits and Fade just carrying the echoes of difficult transition and him being unable to do anything about it, OR eventually stopped being listened to or sought via dreams.
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Post by Alyka on Apr 1, 2017 9:27:18 GMT
Hi everyone! Just popping in for a second. I was watching the end scene again in Trespasser with a romanced Lavellan when I spotted something. It may just be coincidental, but it looks like a small white wolf is stuffed in the back part of Solas' fur stole. I think its cute and I wanted to share it. Now back to lurking...
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Post by midnight tea on Apr 1, 2017 9:53:17 GMT
^looks more like a dead hamster xD
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Post by midnight tea on Apr 1, 2017 23:06:11 GMT
Hmm... an interesting thing showed up on Patrick Weekes' twitter.
I do know that sometimes people like to speculate how much Solas knows about the world and how much he has seen - that it's possible that he judges the world based on scraps on information... I'd say that for someone to learn a language well enough, one had to see enough. Not ALL perhaps, but certainly not scraps.
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Post by gervaise21 on Apr 2, 2017 8:39:38 GMT
That was an inconsistency that I picked up on, that he could know about the development of Val Royeaux, even to its smell, have observed the small day to day activities of people as far away as Par Vollen, yet never picked up on the archdemon's means of "effectively immortality" (considering he suspected the Evanuris knew how to do this), the fact of intelligent darkspawn existing or that Corypheus might have been one of them.
Still we know from his stories that he did study that Baker in Par Vollen and he certainly seemed to know enough about the Qunari philosophy to be "offended" by it, so may be he did focus on that area long enough to become fluent in the language. I can imagine that "know your enemy" would be something he would adhere to and he definitely regarded the Qun as something he would happily wipe from the face of Thedas. That was clearly based on more than just scraps of information. Plus he was friends with a Wisdom spirit who could impart knowledge of such things I would imagine.
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Post by midnight tea on Apr 2, 2017 11:29:00 GMT
That was an inconsistency that I picked up on, that he could know about the development of Val Royeaux, even to its smell, have observed the small day to day activities of people as far away as Par Vollen, yet never picked up on the archdemon's means of "effectively immortality" (considering he suspected the Evanuris knew how to do this), the fact of intelligent darkspawn existing or that Corypheus might have been one of them. What does Archdemon's effective immortality has to do with Corypheus one? We don't even know if we are talking about the same thing, and have no idea through what dark processes Corypheus (a normal mortal before his trip to Golden City, in contrast to ancient draconic beings) has managed to become immortal, at least enough to use the gift consciously to his advantage. So there's no inconsistency as much as I think you now expect Solas to know TOO much, with no regard for context. I mean, the Qunari is a whole NATION - enough material to observe throughout centuries. And there are only seven original darkspawn, of which we only know two who have survived so far. One of them doesn't even remember who he is, the other one has details muddled - not to mention that he woke only a decade ago and has been working from the deep shadows ever since, to a point where NOBODY aside from Venatori seemed to have known of his existence or has an inkling about his nature (even in the comic Magekiller the Archon himself hires mercenaries to kill prominent Venatori targets, but says nothing of Corypheus/Elder One) until he revealed himself. And that's even aside from the fact that - unlike Coryhpeus, Archdemon and darkspawn - the Qunari aren't blighted creatures, and we don't know how it affects observing them from the Fade (in fact we know that Cole has difficulty 'reading' Corypheus, compared to regular mortals). What we do know is that Solas is afraid of Blight and avoids it, just like there are places in the Fade he's avoided over the millenium for the sake of his own safety, like Nightmare's domain.
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Post by gervaise21 on Apr 2, 2017 14:07:58 GMT
Solas has been napping for several millennia and will have had the opportunity to observe all the Blights, which up until the 5th one last considerable periods of time and must have disturbed creatures in the Fade as well as out of it. Not to mention that one wonders where he was holed up that he was never disturbed (but that is a side issue). When the Magisters tore open the Fade and assaulted the Golden/Black City, I would think that would have been a big enough issue that it would have immediately drawn his attention, considering the Veil was the means of keeping the Evanuris imprisoned. So someone being able to do what had never been done by humans before, would be someone you'd think he'd want to study and follow in case they proved a greater threat in the future. Not to mention all the spirits in the Fade were probably highly disturbed by the attempt.
There was certainly more there to draw his attention and keep it than the Qunari who only appeared in the last 400 years, who actively avoid the Fade and forbid their followers to enter it, are apparently rarely encountered there at all even in dreams and whose mages are presumably discouraged from trying to enter it with their minds, whether they use lyrium for the process or not.
The connection between the arch demon's immortality and Corypheus' is pretty obvious if you know about the former. This actually annoyed me more with regard to Morrigan, who definitely knew how arch demons can survive being killed, whether jumping to another darkspawn or a Grey Warden, yet never thought to mention to anyone that this might be how Corypheus survived being "killed" by Hawke and Varric, or the explosion at the Conclave, until we actually see him do it in front of our very eyes.
However, I do accept there may have been a reason why Solas would avoid drawing the attention of Blighted creatures, particularly arch demons, if the source of their taint and their magic is the Void. That would be a good reason to be wary. It might also be why he couldn't "sense" him through the Fade if in fact Corypheus was connected to the other place.
Really I'm more taking issue with PW's flippant comment about how Solas knew Qunlat. Either Solas was actively observing the world or he wasn't. There is enough that he doesn't know about that should have drawn his attention and interested him far more than studying the Qunari at length for that to be an explanation.
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Post by midnight tea on Apr 2, 2017 15:33:51 GMT
Solas has been napping for several millennia and will have had the opportunity to observe all the Blights, which up until the 5th one last considerable periods of time and must have disturbed creatures in the Fade as well as out of it. Not to mention that one wonders where he was holed up that he was never disturbed (but that is a side issue). It's one thing to observe and know a wealth of information about the world - it's another to know every single detail and predict how they all interact together. You have to keep in mind that not only there are tons of variables everywhere at any period of history, but there are also people working towards their own goals, who have a vested interest to conceal or obscure their presence (like Flemythal) or erase their traces across the Thedas AND the Fade (like Nightmare stealing memories of Inquisitor, ultimately preventing everyone from guessing who the Elder One is - and if the Nightmare has managed to snatch memories during a havoc of the Breach opening, ask yourself just how many memories the Nightmare has stolen to prevent people from tracking Corypheus, or even some other Blight-related events or details, considering that it has been established in the story that Nightmare seeks and feeds on fear related to the Blight?). I mean, never mind that the Fifth Blight was triggered by entirely unusual events (meddling of the Architect) - or the fact that Corypheus existed and acted entirely outside of Blights (as in - he didn't even consider himself darkspawn and didn't care about the Archdemon). So even in that regard observing the Blights ain't something that could throw much light at occurrences during and after Fifth Blight, with cosmic-level coincidences (from Flemythal being able to save the right Warden to Inquisitor interrupting the rite and obtaining the Anchor) occurring at every corner. I'm not sure I follow your line of reasoning. It'd seem that you think that everything that has transpired in Golden City is traceable through Fade (even through we know that the Black City can't be reached and from comments of Solas in raw Fade it'd seem that he wasn't able to do so) and that Solas should have been intimately aware what has happened to Corypheus and his team. ...but how do you know that such was the case? How do you know that Solas was even able to trace exactly what happened OR what has happened to every Magister present in Golden City? Especially that many of those Magisters seem to have fell into some sort of slumber and only recently began to wake up - oftentimes unaware of what they are or what powers they have? I mean, by the same logic he should have been able to track Mythal and know that Temple Of Myhal an't abandoned or contains the Well Of Sorrows - after all, he knew her very well. He was an old friend of hers. Since her death was what solidified his decision to create the Veil, you'd think he'd seek her out in the Fade intently. And who can say if he didn't? Heck, we know that he's visited the Korcari Wilds, so he may have been aware of some piece of Mythal existing. But obviously the circumstances transpired that have made putting the whole picture together difficult. 400 years has brought tens of thousands of observable specimen who live nowhere near to Blight-ridden or spirit-less wastelands of any sorts. And Qunari actively avoiding the Fade doesn't mean that the're successful about it. Remember how spirits were able to glean knowledge from Qunari in Vir Dirthara in Trespasser? The Qunari basically taught themselves to ignore the spirits - they deluded themselves into thinking they do not exist. It did nothing to spirits being able to observe them. Needless to say it's obvious that the Qunari may *think* they're not entering the Fade or not interacting with it (as are many Fade-fearing people of Thedas who are still capable of dreaming), but it does little to prevent the Fade and spirits from observing them. It'd seem that the few things which prevent spirits from observing - either partially or fully - are a rite of Tranquility, whatever has happened to dwarves, and yes - the Blight, at least to some extent. I mean heck - the Blight is considered a source of magic separate from the Fade, even though in the world of Thedas the Fade is basically synonymous with magic. Obviously it means that someone who is versed with the Fade doesn't necessarily knows ALL the secrets of Blight - even if they know more than any modern Thedosians. Ultimately we don't know how much Solas knows about the Blight - or Mythal for that matter. All we know is that it wasn't enough to predict everything that has happened. That's the thing - it's NOT obvious. Magisters AREN'T Archdemons, they don't have the same origins and it's not even obvious if all of magisters possess the same gift. The Architect can be killed after all and at this point in the story we don't know if he can jump bodies or not. Add to that the fact that Wardens can't do anything to kill Corypheus, in fact he effectively possesses them; he can invest part of himself into another being *and* his gift can only be disrupted in order to deliver a killing blow, instead of what happens when the Warden kills the Archdemon. In other words, even if those things are connected, ultimately they work differently - in fact, ultimately Corypheus is more powerful than Archdemon, as he's more difficult to kill. This is nothing more than false equivalence. Like, it'd seem that you think that the Fade contains equal amounts of information on everything and there was nothing stopping Solas from tracking or prioritizing his searches - which is an assumption that is entirely unfounded. We know that the Fade is complicated and requires keen mind, logic and knowledge to extrapolate things from it - obviously learning one's culture and language that is btw. untainted by Blight is way easier than tracking or interacting with a dark force even someone like Solas or Flemeth are terrified of.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2017 19:54:06 GMT
midnight tea touched on it a little bit but its Spirits who are the brunt of the information wells for Solas (besides any informants he still has floating around). Remember that the memories and scenes seen in the Fade are interpretations of what the Spirits see, what they deem interesting/what has drawn their interest. So things like the Blight, Archdemons, dwarves (Solas even has a banter about this with Varric); aren't necessarily big attractants for Spirits. Even they fear the Blight and everything connected to it. Now Solas being a dreamer may allow him for more leeway to direct his 'Spiritual' self to creep on things going on in the waking world but as the Fade has a warped sense of time, I could see it being difficult to 'pop' into the waking world at the specific time he was hoping for to see what was happening. Maybe he wanted to witness a battle, whoops been over for ten years, have a deserted meadow instead. Idk, just some things to consider
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Post by gervaise21 on Apr 3, 2017 20:12:17 GMT
There are certain other things, like the fact that Felassan knew the only way to avoid Fen'Harel was to stay out of the Fade. I also quoted on another thread from Masked Empire where Mihris claims that the Somniari could see the whole world from their slumber and help their followers with information if nothing else, and the way Felassan ridicules her claims suggests to me that she was actually quite close to the mark. It was certainly true that Solas could kill him from the Fade. Then we had Feynriel in DA2, who was able to keep watch on a girl he liked from Tevinter and influence the minds of the men who were going to rape her into killing each other.
What may be the common factor here is that in each case the person/people that the sominari is in contact with are known to them and so they can keep a fix on them from the Fade.
You also missed commenting on the fact that I acknowledge that blighted creatures may be connected to the Void rather than the Fade, which might well shield them from the notice of somniari who are strongly connected to the Fade. I was trying to recall just how much conventional magic we ever see the Architect or Corypheus perform. In the final battle with Corypheus the most common magic he uses against us is that red blight flare thing.
As for Corypheus soul jumping to Wardens, that is a different mechanism from that of the arch demon but similar enough that there has to be some connection. Presumably they will eventually explain why there is the difference. I would also dearly like to know what Corypheus et al were getting up to during the 1st Blight since they only became known to the Wardens after it was over.
I also wouldn't be surprised to discover that Solas does know a whole lot more than he let on. Just like Flemeth he only ever tells us as much as he wants to. (I realise this is also a writing device so do not hold this entirely against him).
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There are certain other things, like the fact that Felassan knew the only way to avoid Fen'Harel was to stay out of the Fade. I also quoted on another thread from Masked Empire where Mihris claims that the Somniari could see the whole world from their slumber and help their followers with information if nothing else, and the way Felassan ridicules her claims suggests to me that she was actually quite close to the mark. It was certainly true that Solas could kill him from the Fade. Then we had Feynriel in DA2, who was able to keep watch on a girl he liked from Tevinter and influence the minds of the men who were going to rape her into killing each other. What may be the common factor here is that in each case the person/people that the sominari is in contact with are known to them and so they can keep a fix on them from the Fade.You also missed commenting on the fact that I acknowledge that blighted creatures may be connected to the Void rather than the Fade, which might well shield them from the notice of somniari who are strongly connected to the Fade. I was trying to recall just how much conventional magic we ever see the Architect or Corypheus perform. In the final battle with Corypheus the most common magic he uses against us is that red blight flare thing. As for Corypheus soul jumping to Wardens, that is a different mechanism from that of the arch demon but similar enough that there has to be some connection. Presumably they will eventually explain why there is the difference. I would also dearly like to know what Corypheus et al were getting up to during the 1st Blight since they only became known to the Wardens after it was over. I also wouldn't be surprised to discover that Solas does know a whole lot more than he let on. Just like Flemeth he only ever tells us as much as he wants to. (I realise this is also a writing device so do not hold this entirely against him). If that were true, perhaps it is because every 'dreamer'/individual who has a connection to the Fade (whether conscious of it or not) emits a light? It only takes once for a sominari to see 'you' for them to always have a lock on you? Kinda neat if that was the case. On the subject of Sominari since I can't find the full text in the Wiki, guess they are still missing some to the Masked Empire stuff, what else does it say/hint that Sominari can do in TME? Been trying to get it all together.
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Post by gervaise21 on Apr 4, 2017 20:17:20 GMT
I think most of what the somniari can do according to Masked Empire has already been mentioned. According to Felassan they could reach a state of "perfection" where they no longer required normal sustenance but could draw it entirely from the Fade. I guess this is what Solas did during his slumber. It seems a bit like an extended hibernation.
What I am not entirely clear on is at what point Solas woke up in relation to the events in Masked Empire. He tells us in Trespasser that he awoke a year before he met us, still weak from his slumber. So I wonder if he was in uthenera when the civil war started or whether he was awake but still recovering his strength. All the events in Asunder and Masked Empire happen in 9:40 and the explosion occurs either very late 9:40 or early 9:41, so that would suggest Solas was awake by unable to act during 9:40.
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Post by ladyiolanthe on Apr 4, 2017 23:13:50 GMT
I think most of what the somniari can do according to Masked Empire has already been mentioned. According to Felassan they could reach a state of "perfection" where they no longer required normal sustenance but could draw it entirely from the Fade. I guess this is what Solas did during his slumber. It seems a bit like an extended hibernation. What I am not entirely clear on is at what point Solas woke up in relation to the events in Masked Empire. He tells us in Trespasser that he awoke a year before he met us, still weak from his slumber. So I wonder if he was in uthenera when the civil war started or whether he was awake but still recovering his strength. All the events in Asunder and Masked Empire happen in 9:40 and the explosion occurs either very late 9:40 or early 9:41, so that would suggest Solas was awake by unable to act during 9:40. In theory, Solas/Somniari might carry over their ability to draw sustenance from the Fade to their waking hours - we get the Skyhold kitchen staff's ambient dialogue about Solas needing to eat very little.
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I think most of what the somniari can do according to Masked Empire has already been mentioned. According to Felassan they could reach a state of "perfection" where they no longer required normal sustenance but could draw it entirely from the Fade. I guess this is what Solas did during his slumber. It seems a bit like an extended hibernation. What I am not entirely clear on is at what point Solas woke up in relation to the events in Masked Empire. He tells us in Trespasser that he awoke a year before he met us, still weak from his slumber. So I wonder if he was in uthenera when the civil war started or whether he was awake but still recovering his strength. All the events in Asunder and Masked Empire happen in 9:40 and the explosion occurs either very late 9:40 or early 9:41, so that would suggest Solas was awake by unable to act during 9:40. In theory, Solas/Somniari might carry over their ability to draw sustenance from the Fade to their waking hours - we get the Skyhold kitchen staff's ambient dialogue about Solas needing to eat very little. Could also be that when Solas sleeps and visits the Fade, he gets his sustenance that way too. I can definitely see him being paranoid to take meals from people in the beginning.
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I CANNOT UNSEE. Read the whole convo, you will be dead. Well I just burst something laughing. Oh, Patrick.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 7:24:59 GMT
Thanks gervaise21! Completely forgot to mention that earlier
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Post by gervaise21 on Apr 5, 2017 19:35:40 GMT
Thank you. Something else has occurred to me about Somniari not needing to eat in Uthenera and Solas not needing a lot at Skyhold and that is that Cole doesn't need to eat either. I've always felt that Somniari are closer to being spirits and that is why they can do some things that spirits can do at least while they are in the Fade. Spirits can sense mortals' emotions from the Fade and Cole could home in on a particular person's thoughts not only when they were standing in front of him but also across Thedas. He tells Iron Bull about the thoughts of his Tamassran nanny in response to hearing he became Tal'Vashoth, which I have to admit I thought somewhat extraordinary. He also tells Dorian that Rilenius "would have said yes", which would suggest he can be very precise in pinpointing people. Yet he had never met either of these people personally but only knew about them from the thoughts of the people he was with. The idea that somniari are much closer to being spirits than ordinary mages also calls to mind what Cullen is said to have stated about Solas (in WoT2) "A demon might kill him someday, but it will never possess him. He's too much like they are." May be somniari born after the Veil would not have the same connection but Solas was one of the last of the original somniari.
Also, I dare say this thread will be going to explode shortly with excitement in view of the news about one of the VAs from DAI apparently being back in the studio doing what sounds like Solas related dialogue.
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Thank you. Something else has occurred to me about Somniari not needing to eat in Uthenera and Solas not needing a lot at Skyhold and that is that Cole doesn't need to eat either. I've always felt that Somniari are closer to being spirits and that is why they can do some things that spirits can do at least while they are in the Fade. Spirits can sense mortals' emotions from the Fade and Cole could home in on a particular person's thoughts not only when they were standing in front of him but also across Thedas. He tells Iron Bull about the thoughts of his Tamassran nanny in response to hearing he became Tal'Vashoth, which I have to admit I thought somewhat extraordinary. He also tells Dorian that Rilenius "would have said yes", which would suggest he can be very precise in pinpointing people. Yet he had never met either of these people personally but only knew about them from the thoughts of the people he was with. The idea that somniari are much closer to being spirits than ordinary mages also calls to mind what Cullen is said to have stated about Solas (in WoT2) "A demon might kill him someday, but it will never possess him. He's too much like they are." May be somniari born after the Veil would not have the same connection but Solas was one of the last of the original somniari. Also, I dare say this thread will be going to explode shortly with excitement in view of the news about one of the VAs from DAI apparently being back in the studio doing what sounds like Solas related dialogue.Whaaa???!! What goodies have I been missing on Twitter? (I'm assuming its Twitter) Gonna need to pay close attention to DA Twitter thread now... The doing some things that spirits can do I think definitely applies to 'looking out' into the waking world. Where Spirits are a little more, mmm focused?, on what draws them, a Somniari has more (not necessarily) autonomy but more/broader wants and interests.
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Post by ladyiolanthe on Apr 6, 2017 0:30:02 GMT
Thank you. Something else has occurred to me about Somniari not needing to eat in Uthenera and Solas not needing a lot at Skyhold and that is that Cole doesn't need to eat either. I've always felt that Somniari are closer to being spirits and that is why they can do some things that spirits can do at least while they are in the Fade. Spirits can sense mortals' emotions from the Fade and Cole could home in on a particular person's thoughts not only when they were standing in front of him but also across Thedas. He tells Iron Bull about the thoughts of his Tamassran nanny in response to hearing he became Tal'Vashoth, which I have to admit I thought somewhat extraordinary. He also tells Dorian that Rilenius "would have said yes", which would suggest he can be very precise in pinpointing people. Yet he had never met either of these people personally but only knew about them from the thoughts of the people he was with. The idea that somniari are much closer to being spirits than ordinary mages also calls to mind what Cullen is said to have stated about Solas (in WoT2) "A demon might kill him someday, but it will never possess him. He's too much like they are." May be somniari born after the Veil would not have the same connection but Solas was one of the last of the original somniari. Also, I dare say this thread will be going to explode shortly with excitement in view of the news about one of the VAs from DAI apparently being back in the studio doing what sounds like Solas related dialogue.Whaaa???!! What goodies have I been missing on Twitter? (I'm assuming its Twitter) Gonna need to pay close attention to DA Twitter thread now... The doing some things that spirits can do I think definitely applies to 'looking out' into the waking world. Where Spirits are a little more, mmm focused?, on what draws them, a Somniari has more (not necessarily) autonomy but more/broader wants and interests. It was a false alarm, @arshesnei . Alix Wilton Regan tweeted about being in a studio doing an angry, angry elf, and every DA Lavellan fan who saw it assumed Lavellan. Alix Wilton Regan later said what she was doing wasn't DA-related. Fans would do well to remember that a female elf was only one of four Inquisitorial race/gender combinations that were possible for Alix Wilton Regan to give voice to. That being said, things ARE ramping up for DA, I'm pretty sure. I believe the new DA team is being assembled currently, based on trips Mark Darrah has been doing to Montreal and Austin over the past couple of weeks. When official word will be given is anyone's guess.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2017 0:32:15 GMT
Thank you. Something else has occurred to me about Somniari not needing to eat in Uthenera and Solas not needing a lot at Skyhold and that is that Cole doesn't need to eat either. I've always felt that Somniari are closer to being spirits and that is why they can do some things that spirits can do at least while they are in the Fade. Spirits can sense mortals' emotions from the Fade and Cole could home in on a particular person's thoughts not only when they were standing in front of him but also across Thedas. He tells Iron Bull about the thoughts of his Tamassran nanny in response to hearing he became Tal'Vashoth, which I have to admit I thought somewhat extraordinary. He also tells Dorian that Rilenius "would have said yes", which would suggest he can be very precise in pinpointing people. Yet he had never met either of these people personally but only knew about them from the thoughts of the people he was with. The idea that somniari are much closer to being spirits than ordinary mages also calls to mind what Cullen is said to have stated about Solas (in WoT2) "A demon might kill him someday, but it will never possess him. He's too much like they are." May be somniari born after the Veil would not have the same connection but Solas was one of the last of the original somniari. Also, I dare say this thread will be going to explode shortly with excitement in view of the news about one of the VAs from DAI apparently being back in the studio doing what sounds like Solas related dialogue.Whaaa???!! What goodies have I been missing on Twitter? (I'm assuming its Twitter) Gonna need to pay close attention to DA Twitter thread now... The doing some things that spirits can do I think definitely applies to 'looking out' into the waking world. Where Spirits are a little more, mmm focused?, on what draws them, a Somniari has more (not necessarily) autonomy but more/broader wants and interests. False alarm. Alix said it's not DA-related. Why would she admit to only be doing stuff for Lavellan, anyway, there's four Inquisitors? She's also voiced more than one elf in her career. Our elves are not the only elves. XD
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Post by midnight tea on Apr 6, 2017 0:34:25 GMT
Whaaa???!! What goodies have I been missing on Twitter? (I'm assuming its Twitter) Gonna need to pay close attention to DA Twitter thread now... The doing some things that spirits can do I think definitely applies to 'looking out' into the waking world. Where Spirits are a little more, mmm focused?, on what draws them, a Somniari has more (not necessarily) autonomy but more/broader wants and interests. It was a false alarm, @arshesnei . Alix Wilton Regan tweeted about being in a studio doing an angry, angry elf, and every DA Lavellan fan who saw it assumed Lavellan. Alix Wilton Regan later said what she was doing wasn't DA-related. Fans would do well to remember that a female elf was only one of four Inquisitorial race/gender combinations that were possible for Alix Wilton Regan to give voice to. That being said, things ARE ramping up for DA, I'm pretty sure. I believe the new DA team is being assembled currently, based on trips Mark Darrah has been doing to Montreal and Austin. I think people assumed it was code (because it's quite apparent that elves will be important), rather than that it was elf Lavellan per se. Same with the angry remark - the Inquisitor wasn't angry at all times, but the last DA thing people remember Alix well from is a scene of angry Inquisitor from Trespasser ;P
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