Neve Gallus - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

I hope player can get short staff like the one she use in prologue. If not, I will swap it from her

could be an Arcane Horror? it looks like one 

Calpernia did have an interesting backstory but she did seem to buy into the Venatori ideals originally even if she did want to elevate the slaves as proper citizens in her new world order. Neve is interesting because she seems somewhat cynical about the establishment in Tevinter and wants to see a change in the status quo but not replacing one set of Altus mages with another. I'm really looking forward to hearing her backstory. Also, I like the fact she seems pretty astute when it comes to assessing people and doesn't give up easily if she thinks it is important. She was really tenacious in the Streets of Minrathous story and kept going initially when she could have just taken her fee and left it at that. Then when I discovered she was connected with the Shadow Dragons that raised her status even more with me.

However, I think you are probably right and she is a substitute for Calpernia. Perhaps they felt using her wouldn't be appropriate.

Could be worse, though. We could have gotten the tea cosy ones from the earlier games instead.

Neve's hat also has a VEIL *badam-tish* Okay, I better go to bed now.

Is she an Altus or Laetan? She is a Mage but working as a PI means she must have some history in legal matters. I also wonder which Circle of Magi she went to.

I wonder if the Circles are still active. Depending who becomes Divine in DAI will have implications on what becomes of them. Perhaps in the nine years since Trespasser things have changed drastically.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if Calpernia turns out to be the leader of the Shadow Dragons, the Viper. So far as I can tell from Tevinter Nights, the anti-slavery faction only came into being after the elimination of Corypheus and several Altus who wished to distance themselves from past association with the Venatori would appear to have supported it, giving helpful financial assistance. In fact it was revealed that the mage Neve had been asked to investigate by his family only joined the Venatori because he thought they were going to end slavery. That sounds like he was recruited by Calpernia. When he discovered the truth, that the majority had no intention of doing so, he tried to get out and ended up being murdered by one of their number. So, it makes sense to me that the anti-slavery faction eventually consolidated into the group known as the Shadow Dragons under the leadership of the Viper and that this could be the code name of Calpernia. Naturally they are absolutely opposed to the Venatori because they know the truth about them.

Also, it would explain how the mysterious sponsor of Lucanis knew exactly who to tell him to target. He was specifically hired to go after leading Venatori but the person providing the very generous fee wished to remain anonymous. According to what Illario said, this was not normal practice among the Crows. The standard operatives lower down the line may not know who hired them but the person taking on the contract would. Hardly surprising as they would want to know who to go after if they subsequently betrayed them. Reading through Lucanis' story again, it would seem he was the one who took on the contract personally. It was not something that came from his grandmother. As he put it to Illario: "If someone wants to pay me top coin to kill a bunch of racist blood mages, who have it coming, I'm not going to complain." Or ask questions about who was behind that top coin.

Thus, whilst Neve may not be aware of the connection, nor Lucanis himself, I think there is a link between her and Lucanis through the Shadow Dragons.

Neve is my favourite character in Tevinter Nights, I'm so pleased she's a companion!


Oh, i dunno, it looks like something people would actually wear to say, the Melbourne cup, where as usually the mage hats look like something no one would willingly wear to anywhere.


She's Laetan, comes from a family of Tevinter Templars if i remember correctly, part of why she's so cynical about the system probably.

This is my thinking aswell, even if she's not the leader, the shadow dragons are where i most expect to find her and the venatori ex slaves that remain loyal to her.

I must be some kind of weirdo in that I actually like her outfit.

I take it to mean that she is mistrustful, which isn't necessarily a bad trait. She's not going to accept things at face value. But I can also see her being sarcastic. 

I like her outfit too. But I'm not sure about the prostethic leg. Unless it can be cleverly disguised, she has a hard time going undercover or hiding her identity.