Neve Gallus - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

Maybe it spins to cast "Hypnotic Pattern"... it is a fascinator after all.

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NEVE GALLUS

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Neve's head respects wood.

Having given up on worrying about Spoilers, I been watching quite a few of the playthroughs, including those in which Neve features, and I have to say I am liking her more and more. Her tarot describes her as a cynic but from what I've seen she just seems to display more empathy and understanding why ordinary people might be tempted to take a bad path and thus is more forgiving as a result. I think her cynicism is directed towards people in positions of true power, especially if they abuse that power, and it is they she is more likely to condemn out of hand. Also, when people assume their natural gift of magic gives them an automatic entitlement and superiority over others. Hence her implacable opposition to the Venatori.

Yet the sense of style in her clothing is not pretentious but rather the opposite. She is not pandering and patronising, dressing down in order to try and appeal to the masses that she is one of them, yet unlike Vivienne she is not adopting that style of clothes in order to emphasise her rejection of what she once was and distancing herself from them. She just likes to dress that way. At least that is how I read her.

I wonder if her style of dress is middle class or is she 'dressing up' to attract more wealthy clients? She's a businesswoman so she probably dresses to impress, and her clients are usually wealthy people who want something handled with discretion since they can't or won't go to the authorities. I just compare her fashion to Dorian, who is an Altus Mage, who dresses in very prestigiously to highlight both his place in society and his mastery of magic (yes for most of the game he is a pariah and exile, but by the end of the game he is a Magister of Tevinter and the Ambassador of the Imperium for the Exalted Council). So I wonder if Neve's fashion is similar to Dorian's. Lots of serpent/snake motifs. Was it ever explained why modern Tevinter emphasised Snakes when they used to venerate Dragons?

  *Instant crush*    *Beats drum in time with racing heartbeat*

Design wise, the only character I find unattractive is Taash. She is straight up hideous, although some people insist otherwise.

Neve and Lucanis are easily the best.

Taash isn't hideous. She has broad features, and for reasons they make her pout and frown a lot (I thought she had a unibrown for a long time but no it's the constant frowning).
To me she looks like a Qunari. And i think she's quite beautiful and expressive but can easily look bad.

Neve is beautiful, but she has easy features. Heart shaped face, a nice mouth (Bellara with smaller mouth can look awkward with lip sync) she got a slight bump on her nose to give her character but that's that. Doe eyes.

STYLE! Noir detective and Ice Mage fashion icon, our Neve! Plus, it protects her face from the sun and who needs premature aging.

I'm not the biggest fan of her fascinators. I would have thought something smaller would be more tasteful, with maybe more ornamentation for form. But then, this is Tevinter we're talking about. Also, aren't fascinators supposed to be primarily worn to formal occasions? Where does she go with those things?

Yeah, pragmatic and cynical with a weakness for hats/jewellery is definitely relatable.