Bellara Lutare - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

Dirthamen. Yes I understand she is into ancient knowledge and he is the keeper of secrets but even with clans living apart for years how does her design equate to any sort of common origin?

But consider what that means for the bingo card.

ANd I do get your perspective that it does not seem to fit what we have seen before. However beyond that though the design would almost have to be Dirthamen...or maybe Elgar'nan/ Mythal. I just get a very big 'all seeing eye' theme from the entire thing which is perfect for the 'Elven God of Secrets' AKA the likely Evanuris spy master. The bit in the center with the forehead and while it does distract from the natural beauty of her eyes it also serves to highlight them, so triangles and eye motifs are, at least from how I look at it, two very important parts of her design/ that of her vallaslin which, again, makes a lot of sense for Dirthamen and has interesting implications for her as a character but also for certain crazy fan theories.

So, the DAO one showed an open book surrounded by what appear to be stylised wings representing the ravens obscuring knowledge (which Bellara's does have), whilst the DAI version seems to more focus on the control and rejection of the ravens of Fear and Deceit (which I have to admit is irony given what we now know about the way the Evanuris held power) by having the entire vallaslin as a stylised bird. So, if they had gone with Bellara's central symbol actually looking like an eye, then I could accept that. Okay I know the very centre is oval ( should really be horizontal not vertical) but the part representing the pupil fills too much of it and what is the banded diamond around it meant to represent? I still think that it reminds me more of the Black City in the Fade. I suppose it could indicate looking into the Fade for knowledge but why the fixation on diamonds and triangles?   The radiating lines do have shades of the constellation Visus, though, which again suggests that perhaps the lore concerning that in later culture supplanted that of the elves and instead of representing the Maker, they thought it symbolised Dirthamen.  There has to be more to be meaning behind that central symbol which I hope will become apparent in game and possibly even prove important.

(from this vid)