Dragon Age: The Missing (Comic Miniseries)

I just realized something: Solas keeps taking advantage of the old crew's heroic urges.

That means the new protagonist needs to be a jerk, because the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick... with some balls.

  Dude.

I see the point you're trying to make, but I think they're likely to invoke - and I'm inclined to agree - Spartacus here.  Better to die free, than remain a slave and die anyway.  Meaning, a good thing is worth doing for its own sake.  The chances that they'd let us make that decision, then have that decision be what costs us the final victory is a number approaching zero.

Well, they seem to be rowing back on that outcome don't they? After all, Solas now claims he is going to try and minimise the damage, which is a change of direction from "You'll likely all die so enjoy life while you can."

I assume that is why Solas freed the group of slaves because even if his main target was the Venatori, he could have simply ignored the slaves, and if he was playing Varric and Harding, may be it wasn't just to stop them following him but because he wanted them to help the slaves. Remember he foiled the Qunari plot in Trespasser because "they offended" him and he thought the south deserved better, even though he knew that in the grand scheme of things it wouldn't make much difference if his plan succeeded.   I would also point out that Spartacus and his friends chose that path for themselves and there is not much point in freeing slaves if you are then going to leave them in the middle of the wilderness to die of hunger or wild beasts.   Still, according to the Canticle of Shartan, when some of the freed slaves started to complain that they would have been better off back in Val Dorma than out in the wilderness being hunted like animals by the Imperium and they should return and throw themselves at the feet of their former masters, begging forgiveness, Shartan made an impassioned speech that inspired them to fight for their freedom instead, so I am hoping that we are allowed to do something similar.    I really don't see much point in saving the world from Solas if everything goes back to what it was before, with the same people on top of the pile abusing their power.    Taking a lesson from history, that is precisely what happened when Solas thought he was saving the world from the Evanuris, yet didn't give thought to what happened next without them, and then was unhappy with the outcome.  

The Inquisitor could have been a jerk if you played them that way. Yet even if they punched him and there was mutual animosity between them, he still pointed them in the right direction to stop the Qunari invasion. Anyway, I can't play assholes, I find it goes too much against my nature, so I'll still be rescuing the slaves, saving the villagers from dragons or darkspawn, etc, even if it does hold me up somewhat. If it does result in adverse consequences, then so be it. I'd rather that than being told one path could have bad consequences (like not banishing the Grey Wardens from Orlais) and yet it turns out the opposite is true and the only bad consequences came from taking the common sense, pragmatic approach.    Incidentally, some people have suggested we might be required to work with the Venatori in order to stop him and I sincerely hope that is not the case but merely an option that we can refuse, because I would rather risk the consequences of that refusal than ever working with the Venatori.

It is possible that the decision whether to stop Solas no matter what, as opposed to trying to save him from himself, may factor in to some of the decision our new hero is going to have to make. So, if the person stops to save the slaves, that may make Solas more receptive to listening to them. Alternatively, stopping to do some beneficial act may prevent the hero from reaching somewhere before Solas does and finding out some vital information that could influence him. In other words, whether you do the act or not, it may give you some means of persuading him to give up his plan, but the method will differ and, of course, the hero will still retain the option just to (try) and kill him.

There is also the possibility that the decision may involve someone you are close to. They hinted at this in the behind the scenes video. So, the choice is to stop and save your friend/lover and risk losing his trail, or carry on regardless and they die. So, do you still want to be an asshole?

This is pretty straightforward, though.  If freed slaves run to join an opposing army, then that's their choice, and I wouldn't feel bad about them being cut down.


This one is harder, but I'd still lean towards the slaves.  The farmholders could always run.  Or they have the freedom to stay.  The slaves don't.


Despite my responses above, I do actually get what you're saying, and agree for the most part.  The world isn't black and white, and every action has a consequence.  Shades of grey - especially darker shades - with sensitive topics, though, is a big ask.  Even though it is what we were used to with games from 10-15 years ago.

I would prefer this story over the Dreadwolf anytime. At the end Solas is another madmen who tries to destroy the World. I don´t care i even welcome if Bioware allowed an ending where Solas wins no matter what. But the truth is won´t happened because even a blind nug could theoretically stop Solas because there is no way in hell that Bioware will write an end there Solas wins. So what´s the point in having another Corypheus story?

Maybe a hero is isn´t even needed like the Nazis in Raiders of the Lost Ark he will lose because it´s not far-fetched that another of his plans fails.

For good or ill war has often been used as a tool for social change. There us often great risk in such things and war is often just the beginning of such things...but the American Revolution brought on a tremendous increase in freedoms and rights. The American Civil War became a huge and rather heated conversation on the rights and responsibilities of minorities. And world war 2 saw the final push to get those same minorities into the military...and when they came back they were better prepared to advocate for their own freedoms which led to the Civil Rights movement.

Again what would a slave in Tevinter care about the fate of the world when they have virtually no rights and live under an abusive relationship? Now since bioware makes RPGS then hopefully they'll give us a wide variety of options...and in a one to one sense sure saving the world trumps freeing slaves. But what if the slaves/ shadow dragons have information on Solas? What if they'll only offer that information if you help them? A lot more interesting and a good RPG would basically have you ignore them, get the info by stealing it, promise to work with them and then renigging, or working with them...as examples of choices.

Granted I don't think that this is going to be much of a main plot. A sub plot for Tevinter most likely but given We're likely visiting at least the Anderfels and Antiva and neither of those nations do the slavery thing, and given the Imperium is under assault from the Qunari any slave plot will likely just a a tag along.

Maybe the amulet will be able to heal someone whose been petrified by Solas too?

If we have a game set in Tevinter and I don't get to free slaves and help escaped ones then I'll be very disappointed.

Well, if you have to have them in the party at the same time, I could see how they’d be annoying, but I assume they would act like normal party members who just happen to be romantically involved with another party member.

It’s not like we haven’t had companions who were tapping each other’s midnight still before.



My issue is more with being *forced* to be a goody two-shoes who stops to help every battered slave no matter how little practical sense it makes.

Because to be honest with ya, if it had been my character hot on Solas’ trail, I probably would not have intervened at the docks to help those slaves.

*Temporarily* helping a handful of runaways < saving the whole goddamn world.

It still seems odd to me that they would give us a series of couples as companions, even if we weren't obliged to take both along on every mission. Also, Neve was a outlier in the series, not being paired up with anyone, which is why I thought if anyone was a potential companion, it would be Neve.

I think someone has already pointed out the the number of companions in each game that first appeared in associated media is really quite limited. Loghain featured in Stolen Throne, but he is only an optional companion depending on choices; there is no one among the companions in DA2, apart from Talis in the DLC who had featured in the VA's own fan fiction video series; then Cassandra (who had already been introduced in DA2) and Cole in DAI. So, I really wouldn't expect to see more than two companions at most who had first appeared in an associated video or comic series. I would also not expect to see both of these from the same class or faction. So, if Neve is our mage companion from Tevinter, then Maevaris would likely not be (unless as perhaps an optional downloadable one, as per Shale and Sebastian). If Davrin is going to be our Grey Warden companion, then that would rule out Evka/Antoine.

Now that would be a possibility, except it would still only take up one companion slot, as Emmrich would be the companion and the Greater Dead would be under his control.

So, I still think that the comic series was showcasing factions we will be working with and possible locations that we will be visiting (Deep Roads generally rather than that particular part of them). The characters they meet in the comics will likely be contacts we are directed to based on their earlier interaction with Varric/Harding, which will give us the requisite introduction.