Dragon Age: Dreadwolf (Title reveal)

I find that the lettering dragon age looks like stone very interesting.

I mean: How you would like it when the veil comes down and everyone doesn't get killed. The result does not mean the death of the current races as feared.

Ugh, that sounds awful. I hate stories where they’re like “hey, the way we should make this morally grey is just to make everyone morally black”.
Almost certain they won’t. They learned that lesson from Mass Effect 3, and this sounds like it would be even worse. The last thing they need right now is a controversial ending.

I hope they've learned from ME3 too. However, it was the stupid logic behind the decision there that upset me the most, plus the original version before the Extended Cut didn't even allow you to question it. It was really bad though that wiping the Reapers off the face of the galaxy was presented as the ruthless choice because it would wipe out all AIs, even though I had specifically collected a code that allowed me to target only Reapers. Whereas the paragon option meant I essentially became the Reaper overlord and Synthesis meant everyone became a cyborg; either way it was a Reaper win. I really can't see them doing that again.

However, we do know that the Crossroads was breaking down in DAI and that would imply that some sort of imbalance in the flow of magic from the Fade. So stablilising the Veil and thus saving the current world might be at the expense of these final vestiges of the elven empire. It might even result in the fall of Tevinter, which seems to owe its success to building on the foundations of the previous civilisation and utilising their magical expertise. Now if you view Tevinter as the evil empire of the north, you might feel that was a good thing and the southern Chantry might welcome it, but it would result in a shift in the balance of power and allow a resurgence of the Qun across Thedas, although if Tevinter Nights is anything to go by, apparently this was already the case without any action on the part of our PC. Nevertheless, you could see how their name might be synonymous with its destruction and be a curse on the lips of the Altus and other Tevinter citizens who survived its fall. However, it would finally free all the slaves, who are then at liberty to decide whether they want to be ruled by the Qun or not and those who resist have sufficient numbers that they are able to stem the tide. So to them you might well be a hero. With that sort of scenario the Dread Wolf does not win, you have done something positive in your adventure but you are not seen as a universal hero. I could live with that.   

Naturally Solas sounds disparaging and would paint your potential action in the worse possible light but, as he has proven in the past, he does not anticipate the consequences of his actions correctly, so why would that be any different with your own?   Plus, he has always been in favour of the unadulterated flow of magic and the wonders that can result from it, conveniently ignoring that it was what led to the conflict with the titans and the rise of the Evanuris, so he would take a negative view of anyone trying to prevent this from happening.

The real link between all the games is the Blight. DAO begins with the story of how it came to be in the world, according to the Chantry. Our Warden hero has to deal with its direct effects. Hawke is made a refugee by the Blight which starts them on the path to Kirkwall and subsequent events, including the discovery of the idol. They also free Corypheus who is one of the Magisters that discovered the Darkness and allowed it to escape to infect the world. Then in DAI, he tries to conquer the world and we also discover the link between the Blight and red lyrium. As a result of his actions, red lyrium is carried across Thedas, which given its ability to infect and grow on any living organism cannot be a good thing. The 2018 trailer also hinted that the idol was going to be important to the plot of the next game, so once again that ties back to DA2 and from there to DAO because it is infected with the Blight.

There are various lesser connections between the games, such as the presence of the Qunari, particularly their agents across Thedas and the plight of the elves but the Blight is the main one.

I can't help but feel that the purple background is a reference to necromancy which looks purple as well in Inquisition. And, you know, with Tevinter mages, Solas and those artworks in 2020 with those skeletal creatures... I guess that we'll see our fair share of spirits and undead. Then again, the image is probably just a marketing choice and I'm speculating way too much

Anyway, regardless if you like it or not, I wouldn't put much importance into how the title looks, since it could very well change again before release. Inquisition had its fair share of "vivid green\fadey" stuff, but it's not like they made the UI or color palette green-looking or something like that.

IT IS SO WEIRD SEING THE SUB FORUM AND ALL THE THREADS BE UPDATED WITH DREADWOLF OR DAD...this is probably the worse thing about this my precious and familiar 'DA 4 is gone' I am adrift on a sea of change.

Also there is this.



Feels like a much better look at the logo tbh. Don't know who mentioned it but the logo does indeed look like stone but also cracking stone.

The Executors also only know him as "the Wolf", so they are going to look a bit silly splitting his title up like that. I suppose it does emphasise that the whole term is the title he adopted to terrorise his enemies and he was never just "the Wolf", although it does beg the question why his enemies came up with that name for him instead of just "Traitor" and why he is always depicted as a wolf even when he was an ally of Mythal.

I think the choice of purple was deliberate because of its association with any magic involving spirits and the likelihood that the relationship of Thedas to the spirit world is going to be a major theme of the game. Whilst Solas is powerful enough in the Waking World, the Dread Wolf is definitely at his most powerful in the world of the spirits and likely when making attacks on the spirits of his enemies via the Fade.

Something is definitely cracking. The texture reminds me of the Moon? And the seal behind also looks like it’s deteriorating.

Also it looks like one of the bells/discs is missing. The fifth one at that, which is interesting…

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