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

With a tiny bell on each tip.

"Sorry, Solas - this is your punishment for all the Dread Wolf shenanigans and end of the world plot!"

Solas: "Just send me to the Void forever already".

Well yeah. There's that.

Yeah, Solasan is a good example of using the word for its meaning; honestly, I'm pretty much convinced that Solas' original name is nothing near "Solas" - it sounds like a name bestowed on someone and, let's face it, the Dread Wolf being called "pride" makes sense considering the mythological context surrounding his legend. The chances that long ago his parents decided to name him that is not impossible, but pretty slim, especially since it fits so perfectly. It would also make sense if he took the name upon himself as an alias as you suggest; though, I rather think the town Solas had nothing to do with it and rather he chose the name that best fit how he thought of himself, it is in his native tongue after all. Or who knows? Maybe he woke up there and through some freak accident he ended up founding the town and they named it after the name he gave them? But it also makes sense that somewhere down the line in Tevinter's history someone used an elvhen word to name the place, I mean, why not? They ripped off everything else from the elves.

Can I just say, I'm so excited to finally see Tevinter? I have to wonder about the map-stabby thing, though; creatively speaking it just seems odd to have a town named Solas, that seemed to be more an indicator to the player that we haven't seen the last of this story yet. In that case however, I have to wonder why they made it look like he's a literal blip on the map...

So many questions. I think I'm just reading waaaaaaaaay too much into this whole thing because I'm starving for some tinfoil.

First thing I thought of. Still, I have to say, so far as town names go, "pride" is a little unusual. (Though as I well know, some places get quite creative with town names.)

Also, pies. I'm totally doing that.

I know I haven't been here in a while, but since we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve here in Sweden I want to wish you all a very Merry Chirstmas and a Happy Holiday! I hope that we will soon have more info to discuss and dissect in minute detail!

Nice to be back and that people haven't forgotten me! 

I dearly wish I could remember who it was that linked me the gif on my birthday a few years back, but I'm pretty sure it was one of the regulars of the original Blanket Fort. A shame I can't go back and search for it... 

Haha!  I saw all of these and at the Solas one I too, was like ... errrr.

Nocturnal visits from Solas' god-status visage??? Yes pls. :dumb:

Happy Holidays and New Year to the Solbae thread!

Prepare for this to be incorporated into fanfiction

So beautiful ❤️ from @lavilsa (twitter)

In case you missed it - John Epler pretty much confirmed today on Twitter that the scene at the very end of Trespasser with the Inquisitor, Cassandra, Leliana and Harding (and non-Solas romanced characters) takes place in Haven. Here's the pertinent tweet but you'll need to read the whole thread for context since it's about how proud he is of Trespasser.

John Epler‏ @eplerjc
Oh, one more note. We almost didn't take you back to Haven at the end for technical reasons. I fought for it, because it was important, thematically, to me. Sometimes game dev is also about fighting for the stuff you really care about.

Uh, no - read it again. He says they almost didn't take us to Haven because of technical issues. The implication being that they overcame the technical issues because he fought for this (returning to Haven) because it was thematically important to him.

Okay, let me clarify - it's not that I have a certain hang up and will never accept that this scene might have actually happened in Haven. I don't care that much But overall I think people should keep in mind that we shouldn't treat all the location jumps literally as if they happened. Sometimes they're picked because they fit the intended scene better than anything else, and the fact that we recognize some unique locations in specific places on the map is irrelevant.

It's sort of the same with Crestwood scene in Solas romance.

I'm fairly certain that Solas didn't drag Lavellan all the way to Cestwood, which is a trip that would take at least several days. He likely took her somewhere near Skyhold - in fact, it's established in the game that there's a grove just outside of it. Specifically, we're told that during Cassandra romance; the aforementioned grove is where Inquisitor takes Cass for their romantic night together. We never see the entirety of it (because that's not the point), but it's lush and I wouldn't be surprised if "Crestwood" pond or something very similar was somewhere nearby. No days-long trip to break the heart required

To reiterate: the only reason the Crestwood location was chosen was because folks responsible for cinematic direction were more preoccupied with aesthetics and symbolism, specifically in this shot:

...than the fact that we can recognize the location and it being technically in Crestwood. It's just a smart, economic use of available assets.

midnight tea I honestly think that you are reaching a little far to justify your take on things here. That's quite a convoluted explanation for what John said. I do know it's convenient to reuse game assets and agree that it's not terribly likely that Solas took Lavellan all the way to Crestwood to dump her - especially since at least one past 'date' with Solas has been established to have taken place in the Fade. However, John was pretty clear in his tweet that taking us back to Haven, specifically, was important to him - it's another way of closing one of the circles of the DAI story. Similar to the Solas and Mythal scene at the end of the main game being mirrored by the Inquisitor and Solas scene at the end of Trespasser (something which devs have said they specifically aimed for), we start the game in the Haven dungeon, and we end it there.