Bellara Lutare - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

I'm pretty nerdy so it was the opposite for me and talking with him about what he knew is what got me hooked. Also, when he was talking with companions he often said the things I wanted to but wasn't allowed, so it was like he was speaking on behalf of me. I was frustrated he didn't tell us more about stuff like the Blight because clearly he did know more, although that is only truly apparent in hindsight. I was thoroughly burned by my romance/friendship with him, which is why I am so wary now, the more so because Bellara seems so upbeat and cheery. Disarm me with charm? Not this time round.

She is so pretty! (From the Game Informer article)

I'm really curious what god her vallaslin represents. Davrin also has a new vallaslin design, but at least it looks similar to what we already had. Bellara's looks comepletely different.

And yes, she's very beautiful! I also like her oversized bun. I'm defiently stealing her earrings for my Rook tho.

Given that she likes to tinker with things, my wild guess is June. It looks nothing like the previous June vallaslin, but it would make sense thematically.

Not a fan of her hair (is she hiding an ancient elven artifact in that bun?) but hopefully with some animation it'll look better.

I honestly thought that the Veil Jumpers were the Executors for the longest time, with their odd robes and triangular geometric shapes. But instead it's ancient elven magitech they have repurposed for modern use.

Has anyone said they aren't connected with the Executors? Part of my wariness about them as a group is that I never bought the idea that Strife and his "clan" were just simple Dalish that had wound up in Arlathan Forest for "reasons".

He and his companion were checking out the Qunari invasion of Tevinter to find out what their plans were. Why would they be so bothered by their conflict? Of course, subsequent to the fall of Ventus the Qunari started cutting down trees on the edge of the forest and then attacked Antiva, so there is more to the Qunari's activities than meets the eye. The Executor seemed to think there was a reason the Ben'Hassrath would have wanted to avoid meeting with them. Solas certainly didn't want Charter to hear what the agent had to say. The Executors opposed the Wolf (not the Dread Wolf note, just the Wolf).

Then suddenly there is this group, led by Strife and Irelin, known as the Veil Jumpers. This is a group we have never heard of before so presumably are a recent invention. Is this a cover for their activities as agents of the Executors? Strife had an ancient map of Arlathan in the short story Ruins of Reality. Where did he get that from? The clan also had an ancient artifact, a book that started to rewrite itself. The Keeper gave it to Strife when it did so. Why? Is it that he the only one able to read the ancient writing? If that was the case, it was pretty odd for a simple alienage elf from Starkhaven. He and Irelin were trying to recover an artifact relating to Ghilan'nain, whilst Strife seemed to be devoted to Andruil. The illustration to the short story featured triangles on his clothing. Now Bellara also has triangles in her earrings and strange vallaslin.

I think Bellara sounds really sweet and interesting to talk with but I'm really suspicious of her origins and motivations. Of course, she may not be from the Executors but infiltrated the Veil Jumpers because she knows they are affiliated with them. In which case, she could even be an agent of Solas.

Also look at this image of the Golden/Black City from Redcliffe Chantry.   When it becomes corrupted it inverts its position.  Stick them together and draw a line around them and it is almost a diamond in shape.   Solas also seems to invert images that depict corrupt beings.   So the two gods in his mural are upside down.  So the diamond in Bellara's vallaslin could be a symbolic representation of the two states of the Eternal City, Golden before corruption above the line and Black afterwards below it.

He didn't write the whole of Tevinter Nights. That was just a collection of short stories by a number of different authors, some of whom have since left Bioware and some of whom are still on the team. What John Epler wrote were the two stories Horror of Hormack and Half Up Front.

Wait a fucking minute. She's got a prosthetic arm? They better give my Inquisitor something like that.

Also, it occurs to me that we'll finally see new vallaslin designs, since we're no longer in the south. It should be interesting.

I swear if someone mentions her vallaslin aren't like the ones the Dalish use in the south and she replies the Dalish have grown apart over the years, I shall definitely mark her down as suss.