Act 3 Story Discussion (including end of game) [Spoilers]

And perhaps the lack of a final celebration sequence where you get to unwind with your team and your love interest was a sign: there is nothing to celebrate over. Thedas as we know it is gone even if we manage to save it. The game is no celebration of Dragon Age. So take your lame ending slides, and be gone. See you never.

I was so disappointed throughout the game that they didn't reuse the lost elf theme from Trespasser, but they were just saving it for the end. Chills!

Rerefences to Those Beyond the Sea/Executors.

- First codex I found was in Minrathous, under the city, old entry from pre-Chantry Tevinter. Old Gods Priests arguing over what to build. One of them wanted to build defenses against Those Beyond the Sea.

- 2nd codex, some codex auto added after a main quest in act 2. Andruil built defenses against Those Beyond the Sea (using people as batteries, Solas freed them).

- Then there is the Qunari. Taash's personal quest, the tablet. It talks about the Qunari actually running away from the Devouring Storm. And only Dragon Fire can show the unseen.
- And Anaris in Bellara's questline also talks about the Storm when dying. Bellara and Taash have some banter about it.

-Also someone turned the Owl statues in Arlathan into death traps. I don't think I got to the end of that.

Now the catch, "the Sea" might not be a reference to actual water. Since Emmirch calls the Fade the sea (of dreams) and I believe the term was used the previous games too.

Collecting items which are locked behind the side quests: heart of corruption, pinnacle of its kind, and unlocking that island chest in arlathan forest.

I finished the game last night and all my quibbles and disappointment (which had already been fading since mid to end of Act 1) disappeared by the end of it. What an experience and what a final act. I was anxiously waiting to see how they deal with us fighting the Evanuris given that they’re the most powerful beings in Thedas. And it worked for me. It wasn’t easy to get rid of them, one of our team had to sacrifice themselves and I think this was needed to show how difficult of a task this was. The Solas ending was really emotional playing with the Lost Elf theme and I am so happy I was able to “save” him. I am so glad I am a completionist. Although I did miss on one of the codices for the post credits scene so I YouTubed that. Not sure what to feel about the Executors yet. They can’t be more powerful than the Evanuris as well right?

Solas killed one easily enough in Tevinter Nights.