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Post by Liepsnele on Jun 21, 2024 19:56:18 GMT
I got to admit, I do like Solas as a character a lot and I'm curious what his redemption is like. What's putting me off of him is the fact that there are so many Solasmancers on social media straight up glorifying him. His romance wasn't nearly as popular back in 2014-2015, I guess finding out that he's an ancient elven god and seemingly central to the next game makes him attractive in a lot of peoples eyes. So I'm not the only one with my Twitter feed full of "Solas is the best, oh poor baby how he suffers!" "Solas did nothing wrong, those fools who want to hurt him can't understand" yadda yadda yadda...I don't know why because I'm not a solasmancer and I only check the DA Veilguard tag ? My twitter feed is exactly the same and it's really surprising that so many fans glorify Solas. I keep muting as many of the most aggressive accounts as I can but it never ends
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Post by celestielf on Jun 21, 2024 20:00:40 GMT
I got to admit, I do like Solas as a character a lot and I'm curious what his redemption is like. What's putting me off of him is the fact that there are so many Solasmancers on social media straight up glorifying him. His romance wasn't nearly as popular back in 2014-2015, I guess finding out that he's an ancient elven god and seemingly central to the next game makes him attractive in a lot of peoples eyes. And I don't think his romance with Lavellan inquisitor will do a 180 and end up being a happy ever after. PW mentioned that the romance is written to be a tragedy after all. To be fair, if romanced, Solas was in a relationship with Lavellan for a year and they broke up 10 years ago. Would Solas actually care after all this time? While there are some Solas fans who kind of woobify him, I think mostly they joke about him never doing anything wrong, etc. I love Solas but I also think he's a complicated character with good and bad traits. Which is probably why I like him. As for Solavellan, PW has actually said they see the romance as "ultimately a hopeful one," so while it may be bittersweet I don't think it will be a straight up tragedy unless you make choices that lead there. As for whether Solas would actually care after all this time . . . He's immortal, has lived thousands of years, and tells Lavellan he will never forget her in Trespasser. I honestly expect to see some signs of pining for her in the Lighthouse if it's a romanced worldstate.
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Post by midnight tea on Jun 21, 2024 20:03:26 GMT
So I'm not the only one with my Twitter feed full of "Solas is the best, oh poor baby how he suffers!" "Solas did nothing wrong, those fools who want to hurt him can't understand" yadda yadda yadda...I don't know why because I'm not a solasmancer and I only check the DA Veilguard tag ? My twitter feed is exactly the same and it's really surprising that so many fans glorify Solas. I keep muting as many of the most aggressive accounts as I can but it never ends That's typical fandom stuff, especially on Twitter - I observe other fandoms, some with similarly divisive/popular characters, and the content the algo brings me is basically identical: only the name/screenshots change. I... honestly think most fans are just hamming things up, to the point that it's hard to take this seriously (although some do, for sure). Twitter fandom is kinda that way.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jun 21, 2024 20:06:03 GMT
Thank you. Yeah, this series is one of my all time favorites and I will honestly say changed and saved my life. Wow. Given how in the past you seemed to prefer more idealistic worlds and characters, I always wondered how you got past the earlier, darker DA games. Just goes to show you that you never know some stories can affect you. That truly good art can do more than just entertain but also enlighten, transform and uplift. I'll admit I'm curious, but say no more. Thank you for sharing. I don’t mind. Some things are easy like it was through this franchise and interacting with fans on BSN that guided me to the right track of learning my sexual orientation. Others I won’t go into too much detail but this series and its characters were one of the things there for me during some hard times in my life like being bullied, feeling alone, etc. Not saying it’s one of those “I wouldn’t be alive without this” level but it did help make things brighter instead of darker.
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Post by colfoley on Jun 21, 2024 20:09:37 GMT
Thank you. Yeah, this series is one of my all time favorites and I will honestly say changed and saved my life. Wow. Given how in the past you seemed to prefer more idealistic worlds and characters, I always wondered how you got past the earlier, darker DA games. Just goes to show you that you never know some stories can affect you. That truly good art can do more than just entertain but also enlighten, transform and uplift. I'll admit I'm curious, but say no more. Thank you for sharing. Maybe the series is pretty much as dark as its always been?
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Post by helios969 on Jun 21, 2024 20:10:35 GMT
I got to admit, I do like Solas as a character a lot and I'm curious what his redemption is like. What's putting me off of him is the fact that there are so many Solasmancers on social media straight up glorifying him. His romance wasn't nearly as popular back in 2014-2015, I guess finding out that he's an ancient elven god and seemingly central to the next game makes him attractive in a lot of peoples eyes. So I'm not the only one with my Twitter feed full of "Solas is the best, oh poor baby how he suffers!" "Solas did nothing wrong, those fools who want to hurt him can't understand" yadda yadda yadda...I don't know why because I'm not a solasmancer and I only check the DA Veilguard tag ? Bioware, please bring back murder knife so we can livestream us sticking the lyrium "macguffin" knife into his back.
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Post by Kappa Neko on Jun 21, 2024 21:52:09 GMT
I got to admit, I do like Solas as a character a lot and I'm curious what his redemption is like. What's putting me off of him is the fact that there are so many Solasmancers on social media straight up glorifying him. His romance wasn't nearly as popular back in 2014-2015, I guess finding out that he's an ancient elven god and seemingly central to the next game makes him attractive in a lot of peoples eyes. And I don't think his romance with Lavellan inquisitor will do a 180 and end up being a happy ever after. PW mentioned that the romance is written to be a tragedy after all. To be fair, if romanced, Solas was in a relationship with Lavellan for a year and they broke up 10 years ago. Would Solas actually care after all this time? I was here in 2014 and let me tell you, the Solas romance thread was by far the most active, lol. I don't use Twitter or Tiktok, so I wouldn't know about the fangirl insanity over there but Solas was always veeery popular. Gods are always a a very sexy fantasy... I believe I was the only one who hated his romance, it did nothing for me, and only loved the breakup scene for the vallaslin reveal cruelty and the cold ass way in general in which he ends things. I thought that was awesome and very fitting for his character. My inquisitor decided he needed to be put down, lol. I'm glad PW sees the romance as a tragedy because it is. Not even love could deter him from his plans. That was good writing imo. I kinda hate the love fixes everything trope. It usually doesn't in real life. Love doesn't fix depression, it doesn't fix insanity. And I loved how cruel this is towards inky who fell in love with him. Finding out he's the villain and that he's willing to sacrifice her too. Savage. And if it stays that way my speculation is that Solas dies no matter what. That even if he can be redeemed he can't be saved. He'll die saving the world from the two escaped evanuris is my guess. There certainly won't be a happily after after. I expect a super tear jerker goodbye. It's possible inky dies instead and that would add to his regret. That he got her killed just as he was changing his mind about his plans maybe. But the romance is an option so I don't think BioWare can make the romance a central focus point. Stuff needs to happen either way.
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Post by The Loyal Nub on Jun 21, 2024 21:57:39 GMT
I got to admit, I do like Solas as a character a lot and I'm curious what his redemption is like. What's putting me off of him is the fact that there are so many Solasmancers on social media straight up glorifying him. His romance wasn't nearly as popular back in 2014-2015, I guess finding out that he's an ancient elven god and seemingly central to the next game makes him attractive in a lot of peoples eyes. And I don't think his romance with Lavellan inquisitor will do a 180 and end up being a happy ever after. PW mentioned that the romance is written to be a tragedy after all. To be fair, if romanced, Solas was in a relationship with Lavellan for a year and they broke up 10 years ago. Would Solas actually care after all this time? I was here in 2014 and let me tell you, the Solas romance thread was by far the most active, lol. I don't use Twitter or Tiktok, so I wouldn't know about the fangirl insanity over there but Solas was always veeery popular. Gods are always a a very sexy fantasy... I believe I was the only one who hated his romance, it did nothing for me, and only loved the breakup scene for the vallaslin reveal cruelty and the cold ass way in general in which he ends things. I thought that was awesome and very fitting for his character. My inquisitor decided he needed to be put down, lol. I'm glad PW sees the romance as a tragedy because it is. Not even love could deter him from his plans. That was good writing imo. I kinda hate the love fixes everything trope. It usually doesn't in real life. Love doesn't fix depression, it doesn't fix insanity. And I loved how cruel this is towards inky who fell in love with him. Finding out he's the villain and that he's willing to sacrifice her too. Savage. And if it stays that way my speculation is that Solas dies no matter what. That even if he can be redeemed he can't be saved. He'll die saving the world from the two escaped evanuris is my guess. There certainly won't be a happily after after. I expect a super tear jerker goodbye. It's possible inky dies instead and that would add to his regret. That he got her killed just as he was changing his mind about his plans maybe. But the romance is an option so I don't think BioWare can make the romance a central focus point. Stuff needs to happen either way. Yeah I recall those days. As a bald feller I was quite pleased to see it. Leliana fans were effin' numerous and rabid too as I recall.
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Post by midnight tea on Jun 21, 2024 22:05:20 GMT
I'm glad PW sees the romance as a tragedy because it is. Not even love could deter him from his plans. That was good writing imo. I kinda hate the love fixes everything trope. It usually doesn't in real life. Love doesn't fix depression, it doesn't fix insanity. And I loved how cruel this is towards inky who fell in love with him. Finding out he's the villain and that he's willing to sacrifice her too. Savage. And if it stays that way my speculation is that Solas dies no matter what. That even if he can be redeemed he can't be saved. He'll die saving the world from the two escaped evanuris is my guess. There certainly won't be a happily after after. I expect a super tear jerker goodbye. It's possible inky dies instead and that would add to his regret. That he got her killed just as he was changing his mind about his plans maybe. But the romance is an option so I don't think BioWare can make the romance a central focus point. Stuff needs to happen either way. Funnily enough, a lot of Solavellans stick to the romance specifically because of that - the DRAMA Some peeps seem to think that most want a happy ending, a house with white fence and some nice retirement plan, while at least half of the most vocal fans are like SHATTER MY HEART, PATRICK WEEKES!!
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Post by themikefest on Jun 21, 2024 22:06:58 GMT
He'll die saving the world from the two escaped evanuris is my guess. I would actually give chuckles a thumbs up for doing that. For the elf, no, but for my Inq, she/he will be dancing in the streets
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Post by wright1978 on Jun 21, 2024 22:31:13 GMT
So I'm not the only one with my Twitter feed full of "Solas is the best, oh poor baby how he suffers!" "Solas did nothing wrong, those fools who want to hurt him can't understand" yadda yadda yadda...I don't know why because I'm not a solasmancer and I only check the DA Veilguard tag ? Bioware, please bring back murder knife so we can livestream us sticking the lyrium "macguffin" knife into his back. I’d prefer to chop off his head but I’d settle for knifing him in the back. just as long as we’re not forced to watch some linear solas giving his life to stop evanuris atrocity.
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Post by phoray on Jun 21, 2024 22:49:23 GMT
Killing him just needs to be an option. The lack of the option would make me feel like I had very little control over the story beats that matter most. I may not use it every time I play, but there will be a combination of Rook and Inky that murders him.
Also, lack of a murder knife when I can play an Antivan Crow seems silly.
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Post by helios969 on Jun 21, 2024 22:54:28 GMT
Bioware, please bring back murder knife so we can livestream us sticking the lyrium "macguffin" knife into his back. I’d prefer to chop off his head but I’d settle for knifing him in the back. just as long as we’re not forced to watch some linear solas giving his life to stop evanuris atrocity. I'm all about poetic justice...backstabbing him just seems appropriate.
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Post by Absafraginlootly on Jun 22, 2024 0:13:15 GMT
There was also concept art for a Lord of Fortune from 2020, with what looks like a burning Qunari dreadnought in the background. We shouldn't forget that the Qunari arrived from across the sea and were likely fleeing something, although they could just have been simple colonsers. They are always been very strong on the navy front, which is why they seem to prefer making their conquests close to the coast so their navy can back them up. I also suspect that the Lords of Fortune is the new name they came up with for the Felicisima Armada, which were basically a bunch of pirates based in Llomerryn island off the coast of Rivain. I dare say people on the writing team got fed up constantly looking up the spelling of it (I know I did), so they decided on something easier to remember. Otherwise it seems odd to me that they have two groups of pirates based in Rivain, both of whom Isabella is said to belong to. There wasn't anything piratical about the 5 Lords of Fortune in Tevinter Nights that I recall. Nor Lachlan from Absolution. They seem more mercenary in nature. Sometimes with a flavour of glory seeking. And i don't recall anything saying that Isabela was a Lord of Fortune? The felicisima Armada out of llomerryn island are criminals - I assume when they started filling out the writing on mainland Rivain they wanted non criminal organisations, and that's where the Lords came from. If the Lords end up having a nautical aspect however that won't be surprising since so much of Rivain is coastline.
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Post by fairdragon on Jun 22, 2024 6:54:23 GMT
I'm glad PW sees the romance as a tragedy because it is. Not even love could deter him from his plans. That was good writing imo. I kinda hate the love fixes everything trope. It usually doesn't in real life. Love doesn't fix depression, it doesn't fix insanity. And I loved how cruel this is towards inky who fell in love with him. Finding out he's the villain and that he's willing to sacrifice her too. Savage. And if it stays that way my speculation is that Solas dies no matter what. That even if he can be redeemed he can't be saved. He'll die saving the world from the two escaped evanuris is my guess. There certainly won't be a happily after after. I expect a super tear jerker goodbye. It's possible inky dies instead and that would add to his regret. That he got her killed just as he was changing his mind about his plans maybe. But the romance is an option so I don't think BioWare can make the romance a central focus point. Stuff needs to happen either way. Funnily enough, a lot of Solavellans stick to the romance specifically because of that - the DRAMA Some peeps seem to think that most want a happy ending, a house with white fence and some nice retirement plan, while at least half of the most vocal fans are like SHATTER MY HEART, PATRICK WEEKES!! This reminds me of final fantasy X Yuna and Tidus. The fans loved the story because it was so heart breaking. And the few that wanted an happy ending got it in FFX2, where you chose the ending yourself. People love tragic stories. But yes Tidus is no antagonist.
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Post by Liepsnele on Jun 22, 2024 7:40:32 GMT
The drama of dating an etremely powerful ancient elven god who wants to destroy the current world must be very alluring.
In my canon run, my human inquisitor and Solas are good friends and she will try to redeem it. My qunari inquisitor not so much, I was flabbergasted that during friendship scene with Solas, he says something along the lines of being impressed with her because all qunari are brute savages. Such a friendly guy.
I hope that we are not pushed hard to redeem Solas in game and that his negative traits are shown to Rook alongside his positive ones. He is prejudiced against everyone and thinks that current inhabitants of Thedas are not even real people, and it's okay to kill most of them now because the future world will be better in his head.
How would the future world work anyway? Solas doesn't think of modern elves as people and thinks even less of non elves, would elves regain immortality, whereas the rest of population would die or flee Thedas? I suppose that will be answered in the game, but I don't see the Veil coming down since DA setting would change significantly and would need to be reinvented essentially. It will either stay up or we get something inbetween.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jun 22, 2024 8:00:17 GMT
There wasn't anything piratical about the 5 Lords of Fortune in Tevinter Nights that I recall. Nor Lachlan from Absolution. They seem more mercenary in nature. Sometimes with a flavour of glory seeking. And i don't recall anything saying that Isabela was a Lord of Fortune? I saw something about this on line and I think it came from a Dev. There is this spread sheet about it: Also the Gamer article called the Lords of Fortune, Pirate themed, so it is possible there is more in the description for the character creator. The felicisima Armada out of llomerryn island are criminals - I assume when they started filling out the writing on mainland Rivain they wanted non criminal organisations, and that's where the Lords came from. They also became heroes when they were instrumental in defeating the Qunari by driving them out of Eastwatch and then attacking their navy along the east coast of Thedas. It just seems odd that we never heard anything about a faction called the Lords of Fortune in connection with either Rivain or Antiva in the past, then suddenly they are a major group introduced in Tevinter Nights and operating throughout Thedas. The writers had plenty of opportunity to have introduced them in the past in connection with Rivain and we have had two major lore books as well as the Core Rule Book for table top gaming that have been published since DAO. So at the very least they must have been an offshoot of the Raiders on Llomerryn who wanted to operate in a slightly more legitimate way. They still seem to be people you hire if you want something stolen (Herold had the Plan) or wish to do a bit of unauthorised tomb raiding (Genetivi Dies in the End), so not always operating in an entirely legal way. Lachlan in Absolution was part of a group trying to steal an artifact from its legitimate owner, the Imperial Divine, having been employed for that purpose by a group, the Inquisition, who wanted to keep their involvement one step removed, presumably because they didn't want to create a diplomatic incident. As for Isabella, she was heavily involved with the Raiders but did seem to have some moral objections to some of their activities, such as slaving (which was also risky since the penalty if you were caught by the Orlesians was death), so if the Lords of Fortune were an offshoot organisation just interested in wealth acquisition mostly through treasure hunting and paid tomb robbing it is not such a stretch that she would have switched her allegiance to them.
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Post by Absafraginlootly on Jun 22, 2024 8:16:58 GMT
It just seems odd that we never heard anything about a faction called the Lords of Fortune in connection with either Rivain or Antiva in the past, then suddenly they are a major group introduced in Tevinter Nights and operating throughout Thedas. The writers had plenty of opportunity to have introduced them in the past in connection with Rivain and we have had two major lore books as well as the Core Rule Book for table top gaming that have been published since DAO. I don't think it's that odd that when they start writing the first game where Rivain features a bunch of new lore gets created for it. Could be, could also be a rival established entirely separately, or it could be the Armada split off of them, or that they have nothing to do with each other. I'm not inclined to assume whether they are a new or old organisation in-world based on how recently the writer's invented them out of world.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jun 22, 2024 8:28:03 GMT
Could be, could also be a rival established entirely separately, or it could be the Armada split off of them, or that they have nothing to do with each other. I'm not inclined to assume whether they are a new or old organisation in-world based on how recently the writer's invented them out of world. There was also this information attached to the 2023 trailer: Upon eastern shores and sunkissed sands, the Lords of Fortune no longer hold dominion over the coasts of Rivain—not when dragons are growing bolder and laying waste to their ships. So the Lords of Fortune apparently held dominion over the coasts of Rivain and dragons are laying waste to their ships, yet they are not in any way connected with the Felicisima Armada? Give me a break. We've been told time and again that it is the group operating out of Llomerryn that controls the coasts on that side of Thedas. They were even powerful enough to challenge the might of the Qunari. Yet, now the Lords of Fortune, that have never previously been mentioned, are said to have held dominion over the coasts of Rivain. There is no way the two groups are not connected or previous lore just doesn't make sense. As I say, I think they just decided to drop Felicisima Armada and replace it with Lords of Fortune as their "pirate" faction from Rivain, much as they quietly dropped the name Qarinus (after 3 games and 2 lore books) via a comic and replaced it with Ventus, for no good reason other than some people thought the name Qarinus might be confused with the Qun. With a break of 10 years they hoped people wouldn't notice or care. Likely they are right, only daft lore nerds like me do.
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Post by Absafraginlootly on Jun 22, 2024 8:42:06 GMT
Could be, could also be a rival established entirely separately, or it could be the Armada split off of them, or that they have nothing to do with each other. I'm not inclined to assume whether they are a new or old organisation in-world based on how recently the writer's invented them out of world. There was also this information attached to the 2023 trailer: Upon eastern shores and sunkissed sands, the Lords of Fortune no longer hold dominion over the coasts of Rivain—not when dragons are growing bolder and laying waste to their ships. So the Lords of Fortune apparently held dominion over the coasts of Rivain and dragons are laying waste to their ships, yet they are not in any way connected with the Felicisima Armada? Give me a break. We've been told time and gain that it is the group operating out of Llomerryn that controls the coasts on that side of Thedas. They were even powerful enough to challenge the might of the Qunari. Yet, now the Lords of Fortune, that have never previously been mentioned, are said to have held dominion over the coasts of Rivain. There is no way the two groups are not connected or previous lore just doesn't make sense. As I say, I think they just decided to drop Felicisima Armada and replace it with Lords of Fortune as their "pirate" faction from Rivain, much as they quietly dropped the name Qarinus (after 3 games and 2 lore books) via a comic and replaced it with Ventus, for no good reason other than some people thought the name Qarinus might be confused with the Qun. With a break of 10 years they hoped people wouldn't notice or care. Likely they are right, only daft lore nerds like me do. uh, regardless of whether the lof are an Armada rebrand or not, it's not possible for there to be pirates if there aren't a significant number of other ships to steal from. Rivain has to have merchant ships and likely it's own navy or other force to try and protect them. Or else being a pirate in the area simply wouldn't be profitable.
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Post by Dukemon on Jun 22, 2024 8:48:37 GMT
Wasn't it said back in Dragon Age Origins that the only monsters in Thedas are the Darkspawn and that you rarely have to deal with them between Blights on the surface? And that most of the problems come from the inhabitants of Thedas themselves, through power-hungry fools, raids and other man-made conflicts? Why are we being nagged with Blight again? Why does Bioware keep rewriting the rules just so the developers can tell their story that doesn't stick to the rules of the predecessors?
And then why do the previous impressions give reason to think that only the Levellans in need of love, who can't live without a ring on their finger from the BigBad, have been thought of here? Didn't Bioware once provide some demographic data in which the more human classes were played recently? So where does the previous impression come from that you either run after Solas whether you want to or not? Even those characters who are not interested in fixing this psycho?
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Post by gervaise21 on Jun 22, 2024 8:52:49 GMT
uh, regardless of whether the lof are an Armada rebrand or not, it's not possible for there to be pirates if there aren't a significant number of other ships to steal from. Rivain has to have merchant ships and likely it's own navy or other force to try and protect them. Or else being a pirate in the area simply wouldn't be profitable. I added a bit to my first response to you that you may have missed. The writer of the Gamer article calls the Lords of Fortune "pirate themed". So I am not the person calling the Lords of Fortune pirates or pirate adjacent but the writer who was getting their information direct from the Devs. I could be wrong but I think you will find that when we see the full game descriptor for the LoF, they are going to have an almost identical history to the Raiders/Armada. Even their way of operating is similar as the entry in WoT, attributed to Isabella, says how whilst people think of them collectively, they are each really their own master and operate independently of one another most of the time, just coming together when faced with an external threat to them all. This seems consistent with the LoFs we have encountered that do not seem answerable to anyone but themselves (or the person currently employing them) but nevertheless do seem to identify themselves with a group based in Rivain.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jun 22, 2024 8:59:03 GMT
Why are we being nagged with corruption again? Why does Bioware keep rewriting the rules just so the developers can tell their story that doesn't stick to the rules of the predecessors? The Gamer article explained this. Apparently it would seem that something is attracting them to the surface, probably the presence of the newly released gods. Actually, DAI was more of an anomaly with the lore because Corypheus was sending out a false Calling, amplified by the Nightmare Demon, yet it only affected the Wardens when in reality it should have triggered a Blight, because the real Calling is just the song of the Old God in its prison. As it was, whilst we had to deal with darkspawn near established entrances to the Deep Roads, they weren't a problem elsewhere. I can only assume that the call of the Old Gods from the Deep Roads had a stronger influence on the darkspawn than Corypheus did (although in Legacy he was attracting them to his prison). If the elven gods are projecting some sort of Calling, then darkspawn coming to the surface in response does make sense. They are, after all, godlike entities and thus way more powerful than Corypheus. Also, if they are in any way connected with the Old Gods, it is possible that the song in the Deep Roads stopped when they were released.
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Post by Kappa Neko on Jun 22, 2024 9:02:48 GMT
Funnily enough, a lot of Solavellans stick to the romance specifically because of that - the DRAMA Some peeps seem to think that most want a happy ending, a house with white fence and some nice retirement plan, while at least half of the most vocal fans are like SHATTER MY HEART, PATRICK WEEKES!! I get that. I understand the allure of tragic romances. I know it's all about the heart break. My favorite romances are complicated ones too. The can't be together for reasons ones always do it for me. Especially the slow burn ones where they might never get to actually be together or just for a day. Personally I just got more and more frustrated with Solas as a person even while I romanced him. Did some stuff he got really pissy about and that was not a sexy look. I did not enjoy the romance part of the romance at all. Not how he went about seducing my girl nor the being together part. I would have switched to Cass in a heartbeat if that had been possible. It was saved by the excellent break-up scene. THAT was the only part of the romance arc I liked and in the end made me glad I suffered through it for the story impact. But Solas as a lover did absolutely nothing for me and Solas the genocidal maniac didn't help either. But yeah, I am kind of looking forward to the drama of inky mercy killing Solas maybe and he being OK with it.
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Post by fairdragon on Jun 22, 2024 9:05:53 GMT
Wasn't it said back in Dragon Age Origins that the only monsters in Thedas are the Darkspawn and that you rarely have to deal with them between Blights on the surface? And that most of the problems come from the inhabitants of Thedas themselves, through power-hungry fools, raids and other man-made conflicts? Why are we being nagged with Blight again? Why does Bioware keep rewriting the rules just so the developers can tell their story that doesn't stick to the rules of the predecessors? As For the monsters. They are seamonster or dragon, both aren't seen by normal citizens that stay in the cities. And i read the info as an info our HC knows. And i will say: we will deffintly see power-hungry fools. As for the blight there are 2 more that can come. The blight in DAO is the 5th and we know of 7-8 old gods that can start a blight. Yes, i agree the rewriting isn't fun. But hey even book writer do it. Only a few make the effort to write their own lore down to not forget or overlook it.
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