Clues about future plot lines

In a similar vein, Leliana's letter in WoT2 to Sketch about their deceased casteless friend Tug:

I went through his silks, his weapons, his tools. But there were two things. Not things. Phrases. I had never heard him say the words, but they were important enough for etching and ink. First, on a handle, hidden:

“The Stone lives beneath Orlais.”

I’ve heard this before, but more as passing phrase than anything true. And I would have smiled sadly and left it not understood, but there was a second phrase, the one I leave out of the telling. I thought it a detail that got in the way of the greater story, when I believed I knew what determined such things. Even dwarves I trust are confused by it, as the language is not how it is understood today.

"Mathas gar na fornent pa tot isatunoll.”

The literal is nonsense: “I’m sorry sacrifice one at my side death…” The last word is unknown. I have heard the first part from strange places, ending instead in “pa salroka atrast”. Which is the slightly less meaningless, “at my side find your way in the dark”.

It seems to mean: “I regret the sacrifice of my kin, but it means we will find our way home.” Which rings as defense of Orzammar’s abandonment of Kal Sharok and perhaps of how Tug acted for you when you both were captured. I find that comforting, but I am sure I am wrong. It is too easy, too simple. Tug was not simple. This is something older. It is a secret, or it is gibberish.

For what it's worth, the word Leliana can't translate - ISATUNOLL - could very well be a compound word based off the dwarven words isana (lyrium), tunsha (part of their standard "farewell" phrase), and amgetoll (duty).

So the ultra literal version might be: I'm sorry sacrifice one at my side death lyrium goodbye duty.

SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY TITAN-Y TO ME.

This has seemingly been dropped since DAO, but does anyone remember just how sinister Pride Demons were? Particularly when we were told that a greater pride demon that escapes the fade can potentially "end the world"? There was also a heavy implication in one codex entry that Pride Demons in general were trying to complete a plan or goal of some sort. "It is they who seek most strongly to possess mages, and will bring other demons across the Veil in numbers to achieve their own ends—although what that might be has never been discovered. A greater pride demon, brought across the Veil, would threaten the entire world."

Aside from making me feel robbed of epic boss fights, it also added an air of conspiracy to them. Theories on what this goal was ranged from standard 'take over the world' plots to, yes, 'forcefully merging Thedas to the Fade'. That last one was made prior to DAI, and it primarily was formed due to the Chantry's dogma. The age old belief that spirits wish to cross over and possess the living. A belief that, in later entries, is all but confirmed to hold a certain amount of truth. A pride demon wanting to effectively "possess" the entire world by destroying the veil seems like a natural result when that mindset is taken to its ultimate conclusion. Except they would do it with abominations, abominations, and even more abominations. Each bringing a substantial amount of death and power until the veil is weakened considerably.

With DAI/Trespasser, one could easily be lead to believe that these planning pride demons were pursuing the same goal as Solas. That they were spirits of hope, faith, wisdom, and so on and all got corrupted and decided to merge worlds on their own since he was taking the big nap. They didn't even have to know or be affiliated with Solas either, it could have just been a remnant of ancient mindsets--the belief that the two worlds are supposed to go together.

But the whole thing seems to have been...forgotten. A non-factor. We don't even get to speak to a Pride Demon (unless you count Solas's friend) in the latest game entry.

Yeah DAI did kinda spoil Pride demons by making them part of the Rift mobs. In DAO & DA2 they were reserved for especially powerful demons, it DAI they were just health sponges. 

I hope the next DA does something more interesting with all the higher demons, and we see a return of desire demons as well.