Bellara Lutare - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

I'm assuming that Strife and Irelin are the joint leaders. They were the main speakers in the Missing, with three others as tag alongs. They also featured in both Tevinter Nights and the short story Ruins of Reality. In the latter it said the Keeper of their "clan" gave Strife a book that was an ancient relic of their people when it started re-writing itself. Presumably they did that because Strife had revealed himself as interested in such things and willing to follow up on them. I'm still curious how Strife was able to read it as an alleged city elf. If it was an ancient relic then presumably it was writing in ancient elvish which even modern day Dalish have difficulty in understanding. That may even have been why the Keeper handed it over because they had no idea what it said. Anyway, it would seem Strife decided to form the Veil Jumpers after that, unless that was always his "clan" and the whole story he told Myrion was bullshit.

As for their HQ, it is possible they keep on the move, particularly if the paths started shifting again like in Ruins of Reality, as it would be impossible to return to their HQ as it might not be where they left it. However, since retrieving the halla statue was meant to have stopped that phenomena and assuming the weirdness in the Missing was in just one localised area in the forest, then I think the most likely location of their HQ is here:

You can see barrels and crates in the background so someone must be staying here and given the giant hands holding aloft a strange symbol, perhaps they found it significant to them.  Bellara's vallaslin certainly look similar to this, so either she took the vallaslin to identify herself with this location or they chose it because of the symbols.

So we have some more information on Bellara. It is noticeable that, unlike Davrin, they say nothing about her time as a Dalish. I think the comment someone made on the Schmooples thread about her being Merrill mark 2 is sounding increasingly likely. Probably more confident than Merrill but a similar obsession with the artifacts of ancient Elvhenan.   I hope it doesn't lead to tears like it did for Merrill.

Bellara is creative, romantic, and obsessed with uncovering the secrets of ancient Elvhenan. She has a strong sense of self – a clear idea of who she is and what she wants – and will push herself to her limits to find the answers she seeks.

As I've said on the Neve thread, this latest information on Bellara definitely makes me more cautious when dealing with her. I have a bad feeling about her obsession and she may come to regret it as Merrill did. I'll be on hand to pick up the pieces as always but as a friend rather than a lover, I think.

We know her past has tragedy in it. Could be her clan was wiped out so she’s been alone until she joined the Veil Jumpers.

You hate Merrill?!:

I don't hate Merrill like i said I like the character well enough just not looking forward to ANOTHER one.

That screenshot makes Bellara look really cute. Don't know how oliver is going to focus on guarding the Veil with all these distractions around.

Lightning can cnange a lot how a character looks.

I agree with the demons, but i am not sure for the blood magic. The secrets of ancient Elvhenan could be connected to blood magic. It depends on what blood magic is for you.

And to clarify. When i said "Lightning can cnange a lot how a character looks", i didn't mean it to the point that they look like a whole different person.

Bellara on the left and Bellara on the right are very clearly the same character, but on the right her skin texture looks more detailed and shadows on her face accentuate her facial features more. Also, i'm not native English speaker, so hopefully what i mean here makes sense