Dragon Age: Dark Fortress (Comic)

A bit disappointing that Ser Aaron bit the dust, but eh I went into it expecting someone to die. 

If there's any complaint I can have, it's that I don't understand Shirallas's character? Or why Fenris's final words are so cold to him? I mean at first I thought Fenris assumed that the red lyrium hijacked his mind as it did so many others (Red Templars in DAI/Meredith), but his final words are .... I dunno, overtly antagonistic?  Was just weird, I guess. Especially considering how chill Fenris seems with the rest of Vaea's companions who he's known for a week or so. 

Happy Vaea survived, though I do wonder what would've been different if she bit the dust and Ser Aaron survived. The dude has a lot of demons, imagine the angst of having his knight/elf die to a dragon or any of the other horrors in this issue?

At times Hawke gave really good rational like Isabela or Anders, decent/inoffensive ones like Sebastian, or just weird ones like Merrill or Fenris. Honestly the way Hawke in Inquisition talked about blood magic----it makes alot more sense with a Hawke who rivalmanced Merrill, not someone who married a blood mage and earned her friendship.  With that said, (and I might be misremembering) I thought Varric's post-Adamant dialogue implied his LI was in Kirkwall. Especially if you compare scenes with an unromanced Hawke vs a romanced Hawke --- it gave the impression whoever Hawke's LI was, they were still in Kirkwall(either Merrill looking after the elves or Fenris hunting slavers who, as DA2 makes painfully clear, are hovering over Kirkwall like vultures for most of the game).  It's been a while since I replayed the game so I might be remembering something falsely. 

Aside from "Hawke canonically hates blood magic", there were a lot of other continuity issues between DA2 and Inquisition. 

Maybe I'll headcanon that the events of Dark Fortress took place similarly with a Fenris-romanced Hawke accompanying Vaea and Fenris during the final battle. I mean, Varric does predict that both he and Carver will join Hawke at Weisshaupt after Adament, so it'd be weird for Hawke to suddenly disappear by the time the events of Dark Fortress/comic!Fenris start up. 

Anyways, yeah --- overall alright comic. Really enjoyed it, though I understand how weird it must be for other players (including myself) to figure out how their romanced Fenris would work in this story. Same issue with Isabela with the King Alistair comics. 

Well if you read Tevinter Nights, it explains this some more, although I have to admit that if he is able to observe actually what is going on via the Fade, I would have thought the idol would never have made it as far as it did without him intervening. So maybe you are right and he knew it would create problems for the Qunari and a distraction from whatever he is currently doing.

I do rather hope there are some limits to what Solas can do though, particularly when it comes to knowing what other people are up to, or what would be the point of finding new people "he doesn't know"?

well, looks like Solas is back on his bullshit

I think his ability to observe the Idol is OP. Or just observe anyone from the Fade.
something must be up with that. Otherwise any subterfuge is useless, if he can just show up before the mirror and say: "Geeez, what are ths slackers are doing at this moment?"

Not only is the sarcophagus still intact, it’s directly under a fortress now occupied by The Qunari. That’ll end well.

I have to wonder why Solas even cares about the idol. He’s started his ritual without it, so I don’t think he needs it to complete it. It’s also blighted with red lyrium, which he doesn’t fuck with.

Does this explain where the idol went. Or how it showed up in Tevinter Nights? I know the comics don't impact canon often, but the novels are so, does it?

If she ever did. I can easily see Flemeth watching Morrigan the whole time, just not interfering or showing herself until the time was right.

Now it is entirely possible that I've come up with an idea that isn't how the writers will explain it but it has occurred to me that Morrigan successfully hid herself and Kieran because for much of the time they were in the Crossroads. As this is an in-between world, neither in Thedas nor the Fade, may be there you can't be tracked by Dreamers. Hence Solas being so intent on recovering control of the network, not simply because people can use it to move around quickly over long distances but because they could do this without his knowledge. It would also explain why he was so pissed with Felassan because it really could wreck his plans if his enemies can move around undetected.