The Maevaris Tilani Discussion Thread

I'd sooner expect Maevaris to be a character you meet often because of his important role in the plot, but ultimately isn't a companion. I figure magisters are too important to be running around in the dirt and killing bandits.

I honestly have never thought that Mae wouldn't be in the game in some capacity. I'm 100% sure she will be. Whether she is also a follower is another matter and depends on many factors, including the plot and lineup of other followers.

I’d much rather have Francesca than Calpernia for that slot. Has all the pros Calpernia would give and none of the cons. As for Maevaris, I still get the feeling she will be something like our advisers in DAI: not a companion but just as crucial to our mission.

Not almost all of them. Only two really with Vaea and Francesca. Aaron, Tessa, Marius, and Calix could all just be NPCs. 

I don't see why Calpernia being in the game makes her above non-game characters, since she only has a few minutes of screentime and practically all of her development isn't in the game but in other media you have to buy to understand. I thought you said that they shouldn't use characters like that? So fine don't want the current comic characters, but then you need to be against Calpernia and Maevaris as well since it's the same boat. 

I don't think Dorian will be a part of the main roster. An important character certainly, but not the center. Plus if he was, that's way too many Tevinter magisters in the limited slots. 

Yeah I suspect Dorian won’t be a companion. He’s (1) extremely busy and (2) out of the running as an LI due to the potential relationship with the Inquisitor. Neither are disqualifying but they do seem to lean toward “present, but probably not in the main roster.”

In DAI Maevaris is only known through the War Table, plus a codex and one epilogue screen in Trespasser. These do not hint at the complexity of this character or her backstory, for which you need to have read the comic series and/or her entry in WoT2. If they do include Mae as a companion, I hope they will not assume people are aware of this background, so introduce and develop her character as though there is no prior knowledge, apart from perhaps the fact that she was joint founder of the Lucerni and good friend to Dorian.

Given that both she and Dorian are magisters, I've always considered it silly that either one of them would be followers. They have shit to do; they can't be hanging out with our character as we're running around picking elfroot to make healing potions.


But the content in DAI and Trespasser didn't happen in a vacuum, which was Gervaise's point. When the comic was released, she became immediately popular even to people clamoring for her to be in DAI itself. The existence of this very thread is due to her appearance in the comics, not the small bits we see in DAI and Trespasser.


We can't know what is or is not important about any character. The deaths of both Maevaris's father and husband could have lingering implications and possibly factor into any sort of personal story arcs the writers might devise. Her past means that she has a lot of enemies; being co-founder of the Lucerni likely earned her some more. It could even be that the success of the Lucerni is jeopardized as a result of plots devised by her enemies. That's not to say that that makes the WOT entry required material -- I think they would catch up all players -- but neither does that mean that that information is irrelevant.

*double takes* Vaea? nice? Just because the edge of her raging bitterness has dulled a bit with some friendship, I still don't see her as nice

Lace Harding is earnest and okay looking. She is not a Varric replacement unless the only thing you see her replacing is "dwarf."

Well, what are your definitions of nice, Hanako Ikezawa

Can y'all take this to the Vaea thread? This is about Maevaris...

I understand how this started, but I can see it derailing this thread.

So how are the chances for Maevaris (Mae) as DA 4 companion?
Could she be the fourth person on left?



Also is the woman with the scroll also Mae?