Dragon Age The Veilguard Criticism Thread (formerly Skepticism Thread) [Spoilers]

I am speaking, of course, of Emmrich becoming a lich. So the Mourn Watch have altered from a group of dedicated guardians of the Grand Necropolis and experts in the funeral rites to create the mummified bodies that live there to a group where the ultimate aim is to become an immortal undead. Why were we never told this before? I thought it a stretch that they established their alternative burial rites under the noses of the Chantry but this? Are they trying to tell us that no one, absolutely no one ever suspected them? That the Templars didn't sense something weird going on even if they continued to walk around with the glamour hiding their true appearance? Yet when Emmrich presents himself to the team, they are all really chilled about it. It's not a problem. Really! Couldn't they have just one person go "I'm out of here" or at least "Just stay way from me, okay".

Presumably this is what they meant when people asked can you sleep with a skeleton (meaning Manfred) and they said not quite, wait and see. So, yes, you can continue on the romance with this weird skeleton undead guy who sleeps in a coffin. Whatever floats your boat I suppose.

However, the lore implications are just enormous and, once again, another nail in the coffin of the Maker. Clearly, they threw the whole "we're never going to reveal whether he exists on not" into the trash along with the rest of the lore. Non evil liches and tame demons do not belong in Thedas. This is not morally grey, it is stupid.

This is not a soft reboot. This is a whole new setting using old names and places. No wonder they wanted to dump the Keep.