Neve Gallus - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

It could be, though we'll have to see how the skill trees are built. For example, in the Mage Skill Tree, there are Sustain | Control | Burst branches in addition to branches that lead to your spec. There could be synergy in going the route they've picked in the image below we just don't know about yet.

We've been told we specializations won't factor in until mid-game, so that could be 12-15-20 levels. The 30th level Mage example has 39 APs. I assume 1st level gives you a few and the others from progressing the story. It takes 11 APs to get to your specialization (though it sounds like you won't be able to access it until some story point mid-game), but you can respec freely, so I'm thinking there'll be effective low-level builds which you might want to respec once you get your spec.

The definitely sounds like my type. She could almost be my canon PC every game. So it will be good to have someone who actually shares my values and goals. I thought that was going to be Solas but sadly that was wrong. I'm looking forward to discovering more about Neve's background.

Also, pleased to learn that standard Shadow Dragon gear is black leather, which will offset Neve's predominately white outfit rather nicely.

I really hope we will see a pic of Neve without her veil and her hat before the release of the game, with her entire face showed off. It's getting annoying.

Everyone's favorite Ice Mage (second only to me, obviously;) )is looking quite amazing!

She looks ok. She would look better while smoking and killing some dirtbag with Rook at her side who also is smoking.

Yep. Neve will be my first romance. My first DA character is always a female mage, so maybe I'll roll a fire mage (can we do that?) for head canon purposes.

Why does Dragon continue to create beautiful female Mages? First Morrigan, then Merril, NOW Neve! I was going to romance Harding, but Neve is really making it had to do so!

Indeed she is. Think DA has quite the track record here. 

Yeah we'll see how much Oliver can resist her when he gets around to it. They definitley seem to be playing up Neve for the female romance and then Lucanis and Emrrich for the men. 

I've just realised how comical that statement by Neve about finding a relationship with Rook scary seems after seeing what we are up against in the trailer. So we're facing impossible odds, with the likelihood of death at every turn and Rook makes her nervous. May be Rook is her first romance. Wouldn't that be something. Well, it would be for me. I usually seem to end up with someone at some point in my play throughs who has regrets, or a sad tale about a lover in their past: Zevran (the Crows really messed with his head), Anders (well actually I dodged the bullet with him but not before I learned about Karl being his former lover), Dorian (who Cole tactlessly spilled the beans on about him wondering about a former lover in Tevinter), Cassandra, whose former lover was blown up at the Conclave and I learned about during our romantic tryst. Please let Neve not be pining for a lost lover in her past.

EDIT: My other lovers, with the exception of Josephine, haven't been much better.   Morrigan left me whether I do the dark ritual or not.  (May get back together some time later);  Leliana leaves me for the Divine (eventually may get back together but with her changed mentally beyond recognition due to actions of another); Alistair dumps me if I make him King since I am an elf/mage/something not acceptable (no I am not prepared to be his mistress and he only suggests that if hardened); Fenris walks out on me after sex and leaves me hanging for two years; Solas dumps me, promises to tell me why when Corypheus has been defeated, instead leaves and absents himself for two years, then tells me he is going to destroy my world, but it's okay because he'll never forget me.

Honestly, I do pick 'em.   Thinking about it, may be Neve has had similar experiences and that is why she is nervous.   You and me both.

Haha, same. No silly hat seems to make ALL the difference and the outfit looks great now. Her face looks good here too. Undecided on the voice acting. Tonally it's fine, need to see more of how she delivers her lines. Was not impressed in the gameplay demo at all. I can see myself romancing her with male Rook. I was going to pick Harding because Ali Hillis. But we'll see. Bellara is getting less appealing by the minute. Absolutely hate her lines and delivery. Hopefully she won't be as annoying as she seems in the promo stuff.

I really liked Neve in her short story. She seems like a genuinely good and mature person. Reminds me of the detective woman from the Hyperion novels, if anybody read them?

Any ideas on who the person she is confronting in the Trailer is?
It likely has something to do with her Tarot card, and given his blood magic usage probably Venatori leader of some sort.