Dragon Age: The Missing (Comic Miniseries)

Also I really hope they don’t have a Blight or double Blight in DAD. It’s already going to have Solas, probably the Evanuris, and the Qun-Tevinter War plus other goings ons. Adding that would be too much, at least to do it justice.

Despite Harding also being a protagonist, I notice that only Varric is on the cover. Also, what's the big deal about blight infecting the walls. I thought that was the case back in DAO when we encounter Hespith and the area around the broodmother; it just depends on how deep you go. Or is this getting mixed up with red lyrium? Sigh, I suppose we're just going to have to wait and see.

Yes, we have seen darkspawn corruption expressed as organic growths covering floors, walls and ceilings. Remember Kal’Hirol? It was covered in the stuff.

That environmental design was seemingly set aside in DA2 and DAI, but maybe they’re bringing it back.

Does anyone else get the feeling something devastating is going to happen

The series will undoubtedly have it's "moment" in the last issue.

I'd be somewhat disappointed that after maintaining his alleged devotion to Bianca for two games (and in a comic series), he suddenly did an about face and dropped her in favour of someone else. To be honest, I doubt there will be any romantic encounters for either character. Most of those we have seen in the comic series were already established ones, apart from Charter/Tessa and that didn't really involve anyone with whom we were familiar as Charter was only a very minor contact in DAI.

If it does it is less likely to be a death of a familiar character and more something major happening that sets up the plot for the next game or some major sub-plot within it. The fact that they will be going to Marnas Pell does seem significant, knowing the history of the place. Perhaps they are going to discover some vital information there or even some major artefact that will help our new hero. Alternatively, what about setting up a new character, as they did with Cole in Asunder? Could it be that they need to recruit "Bubble Head" from the Grand Necropolis to help them? They are, after all, going to a place which is meant to be thick with undead and spirits. An undead Necromancer from the Mortalitasi would presumably be a big help in such a situation.

Yeah, I imagine that the Qun-Tevinter War will be similar to the Ferelden Civil War in DAO or the Orlesian Civil War in DAI: a notable subplot that needs to be dealt with to stabilize a region and get their help in fighting the bigger threat.

Again, I have to disagree about having a double Blight. Not just because it would be too many things going on, but also other reasons like something worse than the main threat of DAO being dealt with as a side job.
I’d rather they do something else with the remaining Old Gods. Perhaps they even fight against Solas and the Evanuris if they show up.

I'm worried they're gonna treat the Qun-Tevinter war like they treated the mage templar one. From the last time I checked the ancillary media the Qunari are more or less making uncontested gains in Tevinter. What if DAD opens with Minrathous under siege. Tevinter is on its last legs but so is the Antaam doing the invading since they're doing this largely unsupported. First act is dealing with that but at the climax BOOM Blight or double blight. You have three options, side with Tevinter and exploit the chaos to smash the Qunari, side with the Antaam and ditto or, a marginally more difficult (and not necessarily overly most beneficial because Bioware be like that), reconcile them for the purposes of dealing with it. This can be further complicated by discovering why the Antaam is going rogue. I imagine it has to do with Solas and the Ben-Hassrath contingent probably gave them that intel. 

Overall, I like the overall structure of this because this would all be a diversionary tactic by Solas and if the game is primarily about him that makes sense. It's very trickster god. However, the Qun-Tevinter conflict is really something that deserves more than a Act I kinda treatment. And ideological war + Blight threat + existential threat to existence as we know it by an elven god is a lot to do in one game. Not even including the potential dwarf/titan angle.

I think TheDAS has the most moving parts plot and lore wise of basically any AAA publishing buuuut it would be a lot, even for Bioware. 

This has been something that has puzzled me if it is true but I'm not convinced the Antaam are acting entirely without the consent of Par Vollen. The epilogue to Trespasser just made it seem like the Antaam had been gearing up to invade the south but when that plan went sour, they re-directed to Tevinter. This could then have been part of Solas' plot to keep people diverted from what he and his agents were doing in that area. He was definitely trying to escalate the war in Tevinter Nights.

I'm not entirely convinced that the leadership of the Antaam have gone rogue, though. It could be just a story the Qun have put out to confuse Solas. There is definitely something going on behind the scenes there that has to do with their efforts against him. Rasaan was deep in Tevinter doing research on him but presumably using the invasion as cover for her activities. The final story in Tevinter Nights said that the Ben'Hassrath probably know more than anyone else about Solas' movements, having been studying him for the longest. Whilst he said he helped us so we could have a few years of peace, if the Inquisitor is hostile he says he took his action primarily because the Qun "offend" him. Maybe it isn't just their regime he objected to but the fact that they were successfully poking too deeply into his affairs. It is also interesting that he not only tried to escalate the war but that he chose to do so by destroying their new Darvaraad, their magical research facility, that had been mobile since the Inquisition destroyed the old one.

So, I would like to think that there is more to the Qunari offensive than just the Antaam going rogue. It may well be that they invaded because some of the answers they seek are likely to be within Tevinter and that Solas knows it. 

Also, with respect to the plot of the comic, the story in Tevinter Nights involving Rasaan took place in a remote area of southern Tevinter near the Imperial Highway and it involved a submerged section of the old elven empire.  It was implied there might be several other of these relics of Arlathan scattered around that had been left by the Veil being created.    However, where the Veil is thin or torn altogether, the opposite might be true and it is possible to access parts of the ancient elven empire that were previously cut off in the Fade.   Or it could have nothing to do with that and be more concentrated on the problem of red lyrium.   That is something that troubles the Qun too, so it is entirely possible they could feature in the series as well considering we know they are deep into Tevinter.

We've already seen the effects of one, so in my mind a double Blight would simply be more of the same x 2. I think it would be better to explore what happens when an untainted Old God awakens, or when they are eventually all dead.

I would *love* to recruit an old god in the fight against Solas.