Dragon Age Game Awards Teaser

I think that wherever it is, what is happening around it is the most important thing and Heimdall may be right that it is our reason for being there. I do wonder if Solas' ritual is gradually weakening the Veil and allowing buildings to reappear that were hidden the other side of the Veil, so the fairy tale castle is a piece of old Arlathan being revealed to modern eyes.

I cannot believe the castle has always been in that location if it has always been surrounded by that magical field, particularly if it is meant to be in Antiva. If Antiva City had a castle protected by such obvious magic, I think it would have been mentioned somewhere before now.   Whereas with magic so commonplace in Tevinter, such a phenomena would not be particularly noteworthy.

That's what I'm thinking too. Antiva borders Arlathan forest and we know there has been a lot of weird magical anomalies happening there.

I had a little time to interpret and I noticed we still don't know enough.
So i take more information by taking the Bible and the 5th book of Moses in hand.

the Table of Contents says the following:
1. Preparation for departure (hopefully origins)
1.1. First census. Levite duties (3rd Levitikus/ census of the Inquisition?)
1.2. the devotees (our pc?)
1.3. Priestly blessing (our pc was chosen by a divine power/no maker)
2. From Mount Sinai to the country's border (Building our group and collecting companions)
3. about priests and victim (Solas)
3.1. the rebellion of Korach (followers are beginning to question Solas)
4. On the border of the country (many wars)
4.1. Bileam must bless Israel (They are a very special kind of people/maybe Solas want us death, but he can't kill us?)
4.2. second census (?)
5. further laws and regulations(?)
6. start of land distribution (fight against solas)
6.1. two and a half tribes in the East jordanland(?)

Even if they don't take everything as they do with DAO/Genesis, a part will flow in.
So All in all i think we wil get somethink like this.
We start somewhere as nobody. Then somethink happend and we beginn our way. Film clips from what the Inqusition is up to.
Film clips from what solas is up to. Maybe people left him.
We fight diplomatically against all factions. Maybe with heist.
then at the end: the fight against Solas. And the dealing with what he has done.

Thoughts on the analysis:

Why does everyone suggest the shot between the legs is of the Anderfels? It is continually said to be a barren desert wasteland but I see pools of water in the foreground and my immediate reaction on seeing it was that we were in the shallows along a coastline, thus the reason for the rocks and sand. That would fit with these creatures being some sort of turtle (not convinced of that one) but would also fit with the general theme of other concept art which has coastal scenes and cities, with new sea monsters appearing along the shoreline. I know we have also seen concept art of the Anderfels but always linked with Weisshauppt Fortress and there was no suggestion of wide expanses of water in their wasteland.

That strange archer person. If they represent a faction we will be dealing with, I'm pretty sure it has to be the Executors. The link with the short story is obvious there because of the triangles on the bow and how the wavy lined triangle is the symbol of the Executors. The person having a previously unknown type of weapon would make sense if it is unique to them. The masked face is also consistent with their depiction. As for the horns, well we've never actually seen an Executor, so it could be part of their physiology or simply a type of ritual headdress. I'm pretty sure they are opposed to the Blight, so no inconsistency there and that doesn't mean they aren't a threat.

As for the two figures in Solas' mural, could they be representing the factions he currently sees as threats? Wavy line lady, could be the Executors and the solid short one could represent the Qunari. That doesn't disassociate them from links to the Evanuris, Forgotten Ones or Old Gods, as both these factions may have their origins with any of these ancient groups, but it would explain why we see only two figures. The other explanation is they represent the two remaining Old Gods that have yet to rise, which could also have some link to the older elven gods. Or it could be both. So elven god = Old God = Qunari/Executors.

I know the Qunari do not honour any god but that doesn't mean a god may not have been responsible for their creation originally or their later conversion to the philosophy now known as the Qun. We still do not know who exactly Koslun was or what race he was from. The fact that humans and Qunari came originally from across the sea, as do the Executors, makes me feel there has to be a link there. Did the Neromenians originally flee the Kossith? Then later the descendants of the latter, the Qunari, fled the Executors? (I have some further thoughts on the Executors but I think I may start a dedicated thread).

The reason the figures are inverted is that in addition to be opposed to the Dread Wolf, they were also opposed the what the figures below them represent. So the Executors are opposed to the use red lyrium and the Blight and could well have links to the lyrium idol, the Qunari were opposed to Corypheus and his desire to reach the Fade and have been actively working at finding ways of strengthening the Veil.

There is another similarity between the Executors and the Qun and that is Solas' reaction to them. Other people and factions annoy him but he is willing to enter into dialogue with them and see their positive points. Whereas he is vehemently opposed to both these groups. The Qunari offend him. The Executors are the only group from the modern world he classifies as "dangerous" and councils against having dealings with.

I mean the Anderfels does have a coastline. 2 in fact, one on the Colean Sea and one on the Volea Sea ( which has a turtle Monster in the TN map). Also a big honking river which leads into a few lakes. It does appear to be largely desert, but the Ander people wouldn't be able to live there if there wasn't water.



As for why people think it's the Anderfels, i think the fact that people think the boots look like warden boots contributes to that as much as the landscape with some.

I agree but since that seems the general view taken of the figure, I used "wavy line lady" to identify it.



I think Andruil is purely because of the spear in the image of the "evil god" and the fact that a spear was referenced for her in the Temple of Mythal. Why he would specifically paint Andruil is less clear apart from the fact that she and Falon'Din were consigned to an outer area in ToM where we learn that both had run-ins with Mythal that could have led to resentment against her.



Ghilan'nain does seem more likely because she is associated with monsters and the sea ones were apparently left alive. The wavy lines could also be symbolic of the sea but as I say, they could also be referencing the Executors.



If we are thinking elven goddess,, that is true. I think someone has also suggested Razikale for the same reason. However, I don't think it specifically suggests gender simply because of the slim form and wavy lines. You could just as easily suggest race: skinny = elf; solid = human or qunari. Or perhaps skinny has wavy lines because they are a spirit in the Fade, whilst solid form is outside it.

The imagery in the little "The Veil" bubble at the bottom is interesting, too. It appears to be the road to the Black City lined with crouching figures being threatened/attacked by animals (spirits? demons?) The road is flanked by a pair of snuffed candles, at least one of which appears to be smoking still, indiczting it has only just been put out.

I was thinking a nug, but I wasn't sure.

Given how... serene these images are, I wonder if this is a "good thing". Maybe this is magic at work to strengthen the Veil across the city in order to protect it.

I tend to back the theory too that whatever it is that is happening in those pictures they aren't malicious or a bad thing. The posture of the Crow looks way too relaxed and casual to suggest that this event is being marked with any sort of panic or real concern. Of course he could simply be of the 'ah crap here we go again' mind set as if he/ she has seen a thing or two like this and is thus used to it...but I don't think so.

Also nothing to really do with anything but i did just think of depending on how shadow war the next DA game does actually get I wonder if Varric's line about 'someone they'll never see coming' is a bit literal and we will never see them coming. As in they might save the world and then go unheralded except by a few.

This may be an indication that the city split in two when he created the Veil, leaving part in the Fade and the rest scattered across Thedas or alternatively beneath the ocean somewhere (if Maryden's song is to be believed).

Ugh, I hope Bioware doesn’t fall into that trap of dark for the sake of dark via everyone becoming monsters that has infested media lately.