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Jan 9, 2017 12:23:49 GMT Elessara said:

The dragon wasn't even the problem for me. After the Gurd Harofsen fight she was a pushover. Omg that fight (on Nightmare)! I think that's the most I've ever died in a game except maybe Tomb Raider (the 2013 one).

Oh don't get me wrong, Gurd definitely messed my day up... I don't remember how I finally won that fight, I didn't have to go and remake my gear. I think I just changed up the party, was travelling with Sera in the gang and she just wasn't cutting it for that DLC. I was playing on nightmare too since the game for champions and probably all the specializations is cheese on nightmare. Then you start playing dlc and it's a whole different game. I don't even know how often I died, and what really sucked is there was no good save point between waves, just continuous punishment.

That's why I marked the dragon higher though, I always got close to killing Hakkon, and then those little buggers come out of nowhere and it might not happen the first wave, might not happen the second, but eventually those little pricks will lynch my party and throw all my plans out the window. The drakes I mean. Had to make sure to use everyone's bombs, and get solas and sometimes my inquisitor (the mark) to nuke them before they could do too much damage.

Even after I remade my armor for frost resistance, I still had to do the last part of the fight alone with my tank, though I replayed the battle just to see if I could do it without losing everyone later. Should have respec'd their gear too, but lazy, lol.

Oh and yes, you get a cookie! You know how rare it is for me to find Stargate fans?

My problem was initially the two giant guys with the mauls and their stupid spinny attack. Once I got past them, the mages would screw with me. THEN stupid Harofsen would pop up and summon undead and more Hakkonites. I already had my party tricked out in cold resist gear and fire runes so maybe that was why the dragon caused me less trouble. I was also using 1 tank, 2 rogues and 1 mage ... soooo not the ideal setup but I'm stubborn. That's how I started the fight and that's how I was going to finish it, gosh darn it! And yes, Solas was the mage (to keep things slightly on topic).

Stargate derail: Really? That was a pretty good show. SciFi did crap movies but their shows were decent. I kind of lost interest when they started to turn it into Farscape SG-1 though.

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The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers] Jan 9, 2017 22:18:58 GMT Seven Zettabytes likes this

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Post by Rynnju on Jan 9, 2017 22:18:58 GMT

Jan 9, 2017 14:29:58 GMT colonelkillabee said:

Jan 9, 2017 8:29:13 GMT Natashina said:

Hmm, I think I might need to lurk here more often. I'm glad you guys got past the art debate. Those kinds of debates never lead anywhere nice. No one's in trouble, but I will intervene sooner before things get that heated.

Sugar, sorry to hear that you're no longer comfortable posting your art here. Hopefully you'll change your mind in time. <hug>

Sunny, happy birthday!

I was thinking about it and I'm actually quite sad that Merrill was not in this game at all. Solas would have probably really liked her and she would have made for an excellent student. I'm sure she would have been much more receptive to Solas than Sera was.

In fact, I wish all three elves had been in the same party. Solas as an ancient elf; Merrill as a proud and passionate Dalish; and Sera as a "people people." Now that, would have been cool. I haven't played much since New Year's (on my 3rd IQ in about 4 weeks,) but it would have been nice to have someone that's a bit more of a middle ground between the Wolf and the very modern-centric Sera. ~~Get rid of Vivienne and there would have been a second mage slot.~~

That would've been great, I really miss Merrill. She almost makes me want to play Dragon Age 2 again. Almost.

I think they'd have a good start at first until Solas learned she was a blood mage. He as we all know can be arrogant and judgmental, though it's not unfounded. Who knows, maybe she matured though and would take the criticism well, if she'd look to learn from Solas.

Nah, he would have been fine with her being a blood mage. Remember, he's cool with blood magic and just sees it as another tool. He even is sad he doesn't know more about it but doesn't learn because it makes accessing the Fade harder. I think your character would even get one of those annoying "Solas slightly disapproves" if you got angry at Merrill for it and told her off.

I think the two of them would have had a rift over his not-so-flowery view of the Dalish. I'm not sure Merrill would take it well. Had Merrill been a part of our party, I think the two of them would have eventually grown into having a good relationship, though. I would have loved to see Merrill's reaction to Flemythal and learning Solas is the Dread Wolf. I also think she would have had a more meaningful place in the cast than Vivienne (which would have been different if Viv played an important role in Halamshiral like she should have, but she didn't).

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The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers] Jan 10, 2017 0:31:09 GMT

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Post by colonelkillabee on Jan 10, 2017 0:31:09 GMT

Jan 9, 2017 22:05:02 GMT Elessara said:

Oh don't get me wrong, Gurd definitely messed my day up... I don't remember how I finally won that fight, I didn't have to go and remake my gear. I think I just changed up the party, was travelling with Sera in the gang and she just wasn't cutting it for that DLC. I was playing on nightmare too since the game for champions and probably all the specializations is cheese on nightmare. Then you start playing dlc and it's a whole different game. I don't even know how often I died, and what really sucked is there was no good save point between waves, just continuous punishment.

That's why I marked the dragon higher though, I always got close to killing Hakkon, and then those little buggers come out of nowhere and it might not happen the first wave, might not happen the second, but eventually those little pricks will lynch my party and throw all my plans out the window. The drakes I mean. Had to make sure to use everyone's bombs, and get solas and sometimes my inquisitor (the mark) to nuke them before they could do too much damage.

Even after I remade my armor for frost resistance, I still had to do the last part of the fight alone with my tank, though I replayed the battle just to see if I could do it without losing everyone later. Should have respec'd their gear too, but lazy, lol.

Oh and yes, you get a cookie! You know how rare it is for me to find Stargate fans?

My problem was initially the two giant guys with the mauls and their stupid spinny attack. Once I got past them, the mages would screw with me. THEN stupid Harofsen would pop up and summon undead and more Hakkonites. I already had my party tricked out in cold resist gear and fire runes so maybe that was why the dragon caused me less trouble. I was also using 1 tank, 2 rogues and 1 mage ... soooo not the ideal setup but I'm stubborn. That's how I started the fight and that's how I was going to finish it, gosh darn it! And yes, Solas was the mage (to keep things slightly on topic).

Stargate derail: Really? That was a pretty good show. SciFi did crap movies but their shows were decent. I kind of lost interest when they started to turn it into Farscape SG-1 though.

It's great but it's old, I was a kid when it came out, so I barely understood it and had to rewatch it later when it was on netflix and I could catch more than what they showed on Scifi. Watched it 3 times front to back. My generation's pretty much never heard of it unless their parents saw it. I'm 24.

I had the same issue, the spinny dudes were relentless, and thrashed me good but I took them on while my party attacked the mages.

I also realized I was using some of those little challenge perks which didn't help matters at aaaaall. But it felt cheap to turn them off so I left them on. It was brutal, but eventually I got lucky and one of the mages wasn't near invincible to kill... lol. After a lot of dying.

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The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers] Jan 10, 2017 0:36:21 GMT

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Jan 9, 2017 22:18:58 GMT Rynnju said:

Jan 9, 2017 14:29:58 GMT colonelkillabee said:

That would've been great, I really miss Merrill. She almost makes me want to play Dragon Age 2 again. Almost.

I think they'd have a good start at first until Solas learned she was a blood mage. He as we all know can be arrogant and judgmental, though it's not unfounded. Who knows, maybe she matured though and would take the criticism well, if she'd look to learn from Solas.

Nah, he would have been fine with her being a blood mage. Remember, he's cool with blood magic and just sees it as another tool. He even is sad he doesn't know more about it but doesn't learn because it makes accessing the Fade harder. I think your character would even get one of those annoying "Solas slightly disapproves" if you got angry at Merrill for it and told her off.

I think the two of them would have had a rift over his not-so-flowery view of the Dalish. I'm not sure Merrill would take it well. Had Merrill been a part of our party, I think the two of them would have eventually grown into having a good relationship, though. I would have loved to see Merrill's reaction to Flemythal and learning Solas is the Dread Wolf. I also think she would have had a more meaningful place in the cast than Vivienne (which would have been different if Viv played an important role in Halamshiral like she should have, but she didn't).

You're right, he doesn't mind it in it of itself, but he does make the point that it's fine of those who know what they're doing, Merrill thought she knew what she was doing and that's what got her into trouble. I don't think he'd get on her for being a blood mage alone, but a foolish one, unless she grew wiser since then. But maybe not as much as I'm thinking, he might respect her for trying to learn in the first place with no assistance whereas everyone else ignorantly shuns it.

I do agree her being Dalish would cause more conflict than this though, for sure.

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Jan 9, 2017 20:20:48 GMT @theloneshadow said:

This is perfect and awesome and I could totally see it happening, since a good deal of his romance dialogue suggests that he may have sapiosexual leanings. ^_^

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Jan 9, 2017 20:20:48 GMT @theloneshadow said:

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I just handed in my bachelor's thesis in psychology, and for those who don't know psychology uses a lot of statistics! I absolutely hate it! So this is triggering me sooo much! x_x

She should totally have asked him about the p value and effect sizes while she was at it! :lol:

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Post by Fen'Harel Faceman on Jan 10, 2017 1:24:49 GMT

Because Solas.

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Jan 10, 2017 1:24:49 GMT Fen'Harel Faceman said:

Because Solas.

I've had wine tonight, and got the crap scared out of me when Solas' eyes opened as I was scrolling down. Thanks for that. :hue:

One glass. It's sad.

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Many thanks again, everyone, for the birthday greetings!

You guys are awesome! :wub:

Jan 9, 2017 14:51:20 GMT QuizzyBunny said:

*Reforms from the shadows*

It's Sunny's birthday?

Maligayang kaarawan! (Is that how you say it? Or is Google lying again) :lol:

Bunneh!

And don't worry, Google isn't lying, hehe! That's how you say it. ^_^

Thank you!

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Art Post.

Solavellan forehead touch. :wub:

Source: candiedbat.tumblr.com/post/155656808175/commission-for-kaishun-from-gaia-their-inquisitor

Solas hugging Lavellan.

Source: femme-harel.tumblr.com/post/155641032320/im-trying-to-figure-out-some-personal-style

Solas/Fen'Harel tarot card.

Source: the-joan-of-art.tumblr.com/post/155620572523/completely-forgot-to-upload-this-solasfenharel

Doodle of smiling Solas. ^_^

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'Growth from Destruction'. Solas holding the orb with plants growing out of it.

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Post by Sifr on Jan 10, 2017 20:28:10 GMT

Oh and yes, you get a cookie! You know how rare it is for me to find Stargate fans?

Another Stargate fan here, methinks we should have a thread?

And to connect it on topic, I could totally see the Evanuris acting like the System Lords... so would that make Solas' followers the Tok'ra?

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The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers] Jan 10, 2017 22:44:02 GMT

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Post by colonelkillabee on Jan 10, 2017 22:44:02 GMT

Jan 10, 2017 20:28:10 GMT Sifr said:

Oh and yes, you get a cookie! You know how rare it is for me to find Stargate fans?

Another Stargate fan here, methinks we should have a thread?

And to connect it on topic, I could totally see the Evanuris acting like the System Lords... so would that make Solas' followers the Tok'ra?

I don't know about that but what i DO know is we definitely need to make a thread for that in the off topic sections, if there is one. I need to geek over my stargates somewhere that's on topic lol.

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The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers] Jan 10, 2017 23:26:27 GMT

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Post by lobselvith8 on Jan 10, 2017 23:26:27 GMT

Jan 10, 2017 0:36:21 GMT colonelkillabee said:

Jan 9, 2017 22:18:58 GMT Rynnju said:

Nah, he would have been fine with her being a blood mage. Remember, he's cool with blood magic and just sees it as another tool. He even is sad he doesn't know more about it but doesn't learn because it makes accessing the Fade harder. I think your character would even get one of those annoying "Solas slightly disapproves" if you got angry at Merrill for it and told her off.

I think the two of them would have had a rift over his not-so-flowery view of the Dalish. I'm not sure Merrill would take it well. Had Merrill been a part of our party, I think the two of them would have eventually grown into having a good relationship, though. I would have loved to see Merrill's reaction to Flemythal and learning Solas is the Dread Wolf. I also think she would have had a more meaningful place in the cast than Vivienne (which would have been different if Viv played an important role in Halamshiral like she should have, but she didn't).

You're right, he doesn't mind it in it of itself, but he does make the point that it's fine of those who know what they're doing, Merrill thought she knew what she was doing and that's what got her into trouble. I don't think he'd get on her for being a blood mage alone, but a foolish one, unless she grew wiser since then. But maybe not as much as I'm thinking, he might respect her for trying to learn in the first place with no assistance whereas everyone else ignorantly shuns it.

I do agree her being Dalish would cause more conflict than this though, for sure.

Merrill didn't get herself into trouble; Marethari made the mistake of thinking she knew best and let Audacity loose, based on information she likely obtained from Audacity (since it was an entirely different to her opposition to Merrill's efforts in Acts I and II). Merrill had to deal with Marethari's mistake, and with Marethari's erroneous handling of Clan Sabrae because the Keeper endangered the entire clan with her reckless actions. Merrill is a good example of a good blood mage who never lets the darker sides of blood magic corrupt her or control her; that she remained cognizant despite being in a Tevinter Hellmouth for close to a decade speaks volumes when so many others fell prey to insanity.

I'm sure Merrill and Solas would disagree about the Dalish (as Merrill provides a pro-Dalish perspective on their culture), but the Dalish protagonist and Solas can disagree about the People as well; I think it would have been interesting to hear the two of them engage in some intelligent back and forth discussions about the Dalish, spirits, magic, the Beyond.

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Post by Sifr on Jan 11, 2017 3:58:43 GMT

There's some interesting parallels between Merrill and Marethari;

After the disappearance of Tamlen (and possible death of Mahariel) in 9:30, Merrill went off in search of a demon, seeking to make a deal to cleanse the shards of the Blight, in order to restore the shattered Eluvian.

After the death of her husband and several kinsmen in 8:82, Marethari went off by herself in search of Flemeth, seeking to make a deal with her in order to get revenge on the Avvar who killed them.

Marethari might have been trying to prevent Merrill from making the same mistakes she did in her youth... because otherwise, it does paint her as a bit of a hypocrite, when you remember what their respective deals were. Merrill made a deal because she wanted the power to fix a mirror, while Marethari made a deal to have Sylvans tear people limb from limb.

Out of the two, Merrill has never (intentionally) harmed another person, while Marethari wanted to brutally murder people. The only deaths that came from Merrill's actions were ultimately down to other people, not through any fault of hers.

Pol freaked out and ran straight into the Vaterral, because Marethari had made him afraid of Merrill.
Marethari recklessly made the deal with Audacity to allow it to possess her.
Fenarel going ballistic and potentially attacking Hawke, leading to Clan Sabrae being wiped out.

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The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers] Jan 11, 2017 4:11:14 GMT QuizzyBunny, lilyenachaos, and 8 more like this

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Art Post.

Solas with "vitaar" painted on him by Adaar by nipuni.

(According to nipuni that is not actual vitaar on him, just paint.

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Solas and Lavellan's hands with the wolf jawbone necklace.

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Solas in a toga. :wub:

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Solas warmup doodle.

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Modern AU Solas in a man bun.

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Solas in Grey Warden armor.

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The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers] Jan 11, 2017 10:57:44 GMT Sifr likes this

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Post by lobselvith8 on Jan 11, 2017 10:57:44 GMT

Jan 11, 2017 3:58:43 GMT Sifr said:

There's some interesting parallels between Merrill and Marethari;

After the disappearance of Tamlen (and possible death of Mahariel) in 9:30, Merrill went off in search of a demon, seeking to make a deal to cleanse the shards of the Blight, in order to restore the shattered Eluvian.

After the death of her husband and several kinsmen in 8:82, Marethari went off by herself in search of Flemeth, seeking to make a deal with her in order to get revenge on the Avvar who killed them.

Marethari might have been trying to prevent Merrill from making the same mistakes she did in her youth... because otherwise, it does paint her as a bit of a hypocrite, when you remember what their respective deals were. Merrill made a deal because she wanted the power to fix a mirror, while Marethari made a deal to have Sylvans tear people limb from limb.

Out of the two, Merrill has never (intentionally) harmed another person, while Marethari wanted to brutally murder people. The only deaths that came from Merrill's actions were ultimately down to other people, not through any fault of hers.

Pol freaked out and ran straight into the Vaterral, because Marethari had made him afraid of Merrill.
Marethari recklessly made the deal with Audacity to allow it to possess her.
Fenarel going ballistic and potentially attacking Hawke, leading to Clan Sabrae being wiped out.

Merrill learned blood magic from Audacity, but technically speaking, she didn't make a deal with the spirit; it was trapped and sundered from the Beyond (the Fade). Gaider elaborated on BSN that Merrill was building the Eluvian through lore she studied on the matter and information she extrapolated from the shard she took from Ferelden. That's the interesting bit; as Audacity has been in the real world and trapped inside a totem for millennia (since it was summoned during the battles between Arlathan and Tevinter), Audacity isn't in the same position to harm people as a spirit in the Beyond is. Audacity can communicate, and send images; Marethari being in such close approximation to Sundermount, and therefore Audacity, would easily allow Audacity to easily target her over the years. I do wonder how Solas would classify Audacity's status; would he consider Audacity a spirit, a demon, a being changed from summoning specifically or due to centuries of isolation?

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The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers] Jan 11, 2017 14:26:18 GMT

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Post by colonelkillabee on Jan 11, 2017 14:26:18 GMT

Jan 10, 2017 23:26:27 GMT lobselvith8 said:

Jan 10, 2017 0:36:21 GMT colonelkillabee said:

You're right, he doesn't mind it in it of itself, but he does make the point that it's fine of those who know what they're doing, Merrill thought she knew what she was doing and that's what got her into trouble. I don't think he'd get on her for being a blood mage alone, but a foolish one, unless she grew wiser since then. But maybe not as much as I'm thinking, he might respect her for trying to learn in the first place with no assistance whereas everyone else ignorantly shuns it.

I do agree her being Dalish would cause more conflict than this though, for sure.

Merrill didn't get herself into trouble; Marethari made the mistake of thinking she knew best and let Audacity loose, based on information she likely obtained from Audacity (since it was an entirely different to her opposition to Merrill's efforts in Acts I and II). Merrill had to deal with Marethari's mistake, and with Marethari's erroneous handling of Clan Sabrae because the Keeper endangered the entire clan with her reckless actions. Merrill is a good example of a good blood mage who never lets the darker sides of blood magic corrupt her or control her; that she remained cognizant despite being in a Tevinter Hellmouth for close to a decade speaks volumes when so many others fell prey to insanity.

I'm sure Merrill and Solas would disagree about the Dalish (as Merrill provides a pro-Dalish perspective on their culture), but the Dalish protagonist and Solas can disagree about the People as well; I think it would have been interesting to hear the two of them engage in some intelligent back and forth discussions about the Dalish, spirits, magic, the Beyond.

Fair enough, I forgot about that stupid part of the quest.

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The Blanketfort (crying and throwing up) - The Official Solas Thread [Spoilers] Jan 11, 2017 18:54:55 GMT QuizzyBunny, NightSymphony, and 5 more like this

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Post by CapricornSun on Jan 11, 2017 18:54:55 GMT

Art Post.

Solas and Lavellan cuddling. :wub:

Source: hansaera-art.tumblr.com/post/155720061456/quick-doodle-of-these-two-elves-cuddling

Cleaner lineart version of the artwork of modern AU Solas with man bun.

Source: solaslover.tumblr.com/post/155725631031/daily-art-submission-before-i-head-off-to-visit

"Are we walking the same path?" (Lavellan, Solas, and Iron Bull.)