Companions Lineup for Veilguard

Sure, it's not weird until you discover the deep, dark secret, but you're going to discover it. It's still there. Just well-hidden. Although in Solas' case, he really was telegraphing it hard - it's one of the funny things you notice on the second playthrough.

I choose Solas as the romance because he and my character seemed to have a lot in common about spirits and lore and it was a nice, normal thing and then BAM! It turns out she was unknowingly dating the elf equivalent of Satan. It was hilarious.



Audric's a bit of an outlier because he sort of spontaneously became undead. Basically, after he died, he just woke up and went back to work the next day, never even realizing that he had been dead. He wasn't raised by anyone or by anything specific - it was just a thing that sometime happens and in his case, it was one of the even rarer cases because he's a "higher undead" who's basically the same person he was in life (once he gets his mind sorted out and balanced) When I first started wondering if he was veilfire guy, I remembered that it's implied that he hadn't even been buried yet, so he hasn't gone through any preservations for his burial (because you're right, the short story specifically mentions how they prepare the dead) and the story doesn't say whether being undead means he wont' decay or not. It's entirely possible that, between the short story and the game, he's basically become a skeleton on fire (then again, he wasn't on fire in the story either so, unless it's a way to preserve himself or just what he looks like beneath the skin because he's kinda spirit, it's possible he had one hell of an accident prior to the game)  

Also, the necromancer also briefly goes into how "higher undead" like Audric falls into a bit of an empty area because nobody's really figured out if those kind of undeads are just spirits so good at mimicking that they think they're the person and can act the part to a T or if they're actually the soul of the dead person still inhabiting their dead body. In Audric's case, the former theory involves him being a spirit of curiousity while the latter has him use curiousity as his driving passion to prevent him from turning into something bad and to help him remain a whole person instead of becoming something that personifies a specific thing. Naturally, Audric insists that he's himself. It's a really interesting expansion on what we know about spirits and kind of a continuation of the whole Justina-or-Spirit-of-Faith in the Fade thing that happened in DAI. I really hope he is a companion because it'd be interesting to see his deal in "practice."

(The necromancer also has a undead manservant who is a "clean-boned" skeleton who is capable of some level of independent thinking. His name is Manfred btw) 



That's the thing: it is the same thing because vampires are dead corpses. A vampire is just as dead as Audric Felhausen is: the only differenc is visual. Like Audric, they are undead and like him, they are sapient. Vampires are the most well-known example of acceptable necrophilia in fiction (but again, an Audric romance would specifically not involve a sexual attraction)

Yeah, I learned about this while playing the Legendary edition. I wish they hadn't given in to the Fox News outrage, especially since the Mass Effect 1 interview clearly showed thast the Fox News' representatives hadn't even bothered to play the game (the bioware rep seriously asked them straight-up and they said no) and was blatantly lying to make Bioware look bad (good on the people who spammed the review page for the host's book with fake reviews until she apologized) It was a great example of why you shouldn't bother to pander to bigots.


Already had that with Blackwall (likely forty) and Solas (early-to-mid forties) since the Inquisitor was envisioned to be between twenty and forty.

I finally figured out why I thought the Davrin-is-a-black-elf theory predated the gameplay leak.


Here's a sword-wielding black elf wearing what could be a Grey Warden chest piece. It's from the behind-the-scenes trailer from 2020. In that same trailer, you also see Davrin's voice actor Ike Amadi record lines ("Nobody dies on my watch!")

That is presumably something they would explore further if he was a companion, although there would be a degree of crossover with the Cole plot. He was a spirit that was able to take on a mortal form that mimicked a dead human and we could reinforce his identity to make him more human and grounded in the world. If we choose to do the latter, he does end up forming a relationship with Maryden.

Now I seem to recall people saying how they would like the opportunity to romance a spirit, so this could be the way they introduce that option, reinforcing the spirit aspect by making him/her (it is not obvious the figure is male) look more otherworldly than Cole. So, the important aspect is not the undead part but the fact they are closely aligned with the spirit world. This could prove important when it comes to dealing with the Dread Wolf. When many spirits seem to have been recruited to his side, it would be helpful to have a spirit that identifies strongly with mortals, even to the extent of being in a romance with one. It would be a reversal of the Solas romance, where he rejected his love in order to pursue his goal. Glowing head is loyal to his/her love and is committed to saving them and their world.

I hadn't looked closely at these figures before because in one of the analysis videos someone had said they were likely placeholders at that stage of development. However, surely placeholders would be pretty generic figures, not having specific racial features? The presence of a qunari figure would definitely suggest that this does represent a gathering of our companions. So, even if the final design changes, you could be right about the identity of the "Asian looking" figure. I wouldn't read too much into the ears though. If, as I am hoping, Bellara is a dwarf from Kal-Sharok, they are said to look different from the others we have encountered, which could include different shaped ears. In fact, they could even have gone with an "Asian look" for Kal-Sharok dwarves generally.   Alternatively, if Bellara is not a dwarf but an elf, could she be a Veil Jumper?

The main thing mitigating against this idea is that allegedly our companions were meant to be located at a remote hub if not being used on a mission, so if the party already consists of Rook (PC), Davrin and one other, possibly a dwarf, and there are only 3 people on a mission, what would other "spare" companions be doing there? However, there seems some doubt about the original assertion of a 3 person party, as other sources say it is the usual Hero+3 we have been used to. In which case, the party for this mission could comprise Rook (PC), Davrin (elf?), Bellara (dwarf?) and the one other (qunari female?). Then the reason not all were involved in the game play action is that one or more of them was sent ahead by Rook to take some action whilst they dealt with the darkspawn. It would be good if this were true.

Or they just tested the light soucres or how many people they need for the door scene. Or maybe (to be fair unlikely) those are here for intern joke. Who knows and to be honest i don´t care nor do i want waste any thought in this. This scene is clearly not ready so who knows much of this is really in the game.

It depends on her origins. The one shown in other concept art looks definitely to be dressed more like a rogue. However, there is no reason why a rogue shouldn't have flowing robes if that is associated with her culture. We haven't really encountered any natives of Rivain, for example, who are dressed in traditional outfits. Isabella had already rejected her culture and besides her mother was a qunari covert, so would not necessarily have worn native clothing but that required by the Qun. Likewise, a Tal'Vashoth/Vashoth from Seheron if they had gone fully native and been adopted into the culture of the Fog People.    I still hold out hope for a Fog Warrior or Fog Dancer to feature among our companions.

Are you sure? I took the fair haired emoji to simply indicate an elf, with the brown swatch to indicate that they actually had dark skin. I think anyone suggesting a white haired, dark skinned elf was really wishful thinking that they would resemble Drizzt from Forgotten Realms.

Thank you. I never thought about that. I took it as it is.

I think it's one of the Dellamortes - either Lucanis or Illario. I suspect Viago might make an appearance in DA:D, but I don't think he'll be a companion. It feels like the Dellamorte cousins have been "set up" to be companions (ex. Illario embraces being a Crow, resents his grandmother's favoritism and mourns his cousin Lucanis who he thinks is dead, but may actually have just gone underground because he wanted to make a clean break from being a Crow) 

Viago seems more set up to be an NPC by comparison.

It could be Viago and still he’s a NPC instead of a companion. Remember if leaks are to be believed we’re losing a companion slot in our party for important NPCs to take during a mission. It could be concept art of his.

Don’t think it is him, but still a possibility. I mean he’s not even in the newly established Crow uniform (if anything the blonde woman is a Crow).