Dragon Age: Dark Fortress (Comic)

After all the only way the monster was stopped in HoH was by dropping a mountain of rock on it.

The ritual is dependent on using a lyrium infused sword which somehow transfers the lyrium to the warrior (melts into the sarcophagus walls and then is injected into the person's skin?). Apparently Danarius used an arcane warrior's sword for the ritual with Fenris. Except we know from DAI that the sword now used by an Arcane Warrior (or Knight Enchanter) is a spirit sword that I thought only became tangible when the AW wielded it (hence me likening it to a light sabre). So does this mean the lore concerning the Arcane Warriors is going to change yet again?  (Or is it merely going to revert to what was in DAO, where Spellweaver was a sword infused with lyrium that only an Arcane Warrior could use)

I would also be curious why the Evanuris would need to use such a crude device as the sarcophagus to power up elves who were already magically endowed, as this was prior to the Veil.*   Certainly with regard to red lyrium, all the uses we have come across up to now were connected with powering up non-mages. Yet it seems from Blue Wraith that the device could only successfully be used with elves. So if it was created by one of the Evanuris (June maybe?) was the intention always to use it with red lyrium rather than the blue stuff because red lyrium derives its power from somewhere other than the Fade?

So it is going to be interesting to see what is in the next issue, after which Nunzio has indicated a willingness to discuss things further.


*Bear in mind that Cillian (in DAIMP) and the Knight Enchanter spec (that Solas said was replicating what Arcane Warriors could do) are both capable of Fade Cloak, which renders them briefly invulnerable to enemy attack and also allows them to pass through enemies without harm or even de-materialise inside of them causing massive damage, all of which seem very similar to what Fenris does does when he utilises his Lyrium Ghost ability and Spirit Pulse.  The Arcane Warrior is also able to Fade Step.  The Arcane Warrior abilities can be acquired simply by dedicated training, without the need for anything other than their spirit sword to activate them.   So the only reason I can see for the Evanuris creating the sarcophagus was to by-pass the amount of time taken to train in the skill but without sufficient training and dedication surely the elf would not survive the process?