The Old Guard (Ye Olde Cullen Thread v4.0 + gen discussion)

Our Commander's Romance is something, isn't it? He's probably my favourite romance ever in Dragon Age Universe. It is a beautiful relationship of two mature people, something that is actually appreciable in real life context XD

And I get you about that Video! It's a story my Lu goes with (they even look a bit similar O.o): romance Cullen, an elf standing for Thedas, vows to redeem Solas. Daaaamn...

Concerning Cullen's view post-Trespasser though, I wonder how he would react if his wife (or GF, depends. My Lu Lavellan marries him) vows to save her friend that vows to destroy the world in order to save his "People". As you say, it is very likely that Cullen would want to deal with the problem directly and neutralize the threat ASAP.

Although I can see in my head my Lavellan tries to argue with him to try persuade Solas first. She would agree to try "neutralize" Solas only as last solution, possibly in the same mindset as "if Cole turns into a demon we all agree to neutralize him in order not to be a danger for others" and "if I become an abomination we all agree to neutralize me" mindset. I can see Cullen agreeing at least on trying if everyone agrees that "neutralize Solas" is an option as last resort. In the meanwhile, my wee Lu Lavellan will try her best to find ways to convince Solas not to do it...

Although, if there is a safe way to remove the veil without destroying the world, would any quizzy let Solas do that though...? Or it would be just too much chaos anyway?

Yeah, now that you mention it I think I do remember hearing about the Cullenite outrage over that.  Not on twitter either though, so I didn't witness anything myself.  

@cerulion
"...Although, if there is a safe way to remove the veil without destroying the world, would any quizzy let Solas do that though...? Or it would be just too much chaos anyway? " [snip]

.. I think it'll boil down to how much other IQ trusts Solas at this point. And I think should that story path is made available, some major factor needs to be achieved first (or what needs to be sacrificed 😅 or will it be worth sacrificing for. Idk. I suspect some of the Devs in BW are actually Fear Demons in disguise 😅 good lord) And such major decision could (should) back-fire at the player if conditions aren't met.

I'm thinking something like the Tuchanka mission in ME3 : curing the genophage could be a good/bad decision depending who helms the Krogan.

Maybe in DA4 that particular choice could be a good/bad decision depending on which side did you bring out the most from that MysticEgg back in DAI? Solas or Fen'Harel? .. Honestly I would love it if they go this route.
At least give us a different 'flavor' of Solas/FenHarel and not just some cookie cutter Eeeebil Evanuris.

Btw, speaking post Tresspasser.. I'm kinda having a hard time picturing the dialogue between IQ / Cass and the rest of the advisors. Got the general ambience of it.. but can't seem to put that cloud of incoherent ideas into something more.. solid ? (Idk if that's the right word)
I know Cas and Cullen will be on the same boat at their approach to Solas.. the rest..? Will they be united in their opinion in "ending Solas" or "ending Solas' threat" ?

Any ideas?

Wow... feels like I'm coming out of a long sleep.





Ceru! :waves: 

I haven't thought much about Dragon Age recently, but avidly skipped to you the post you mentioned. It's been pretty much debunked by BW (http://bsn.boards.net/post/1060430/thread) altho there are clearly some things the post got right. My thought has always been that they cut and pasted from leaks about DA2, just replacing Kirkwall/Free Marches with Minrathous/Tevinter. 

I'm still torn on the 'Solas is the big bad' idea, for obviously emotional reasons.  

.. Can you imagine the DAI crew's reaction if your IQ opted to Bring Down the Sky ? 😆

"After we dealt with that Corypheus thingy you want us to do WHAT now???"

I can hear the Andrastrian's collective scream already 😂

Ugh, you're right. And you remind me that, as a non-party based NPC, we'll have basically no opportunity to change or influence him. He'll just be who he is, altho I hope that our imports will at least affect him somewhat. Sigh. <insert dragon age weariness that my Lavellan will also be an NPC, and so my romance closure will be limited> 

Something I was just thinking about is that it's of course highly unlikely that the Veil will actually come down since I can't see the devs really letting the whole THEDAS turn into something without regular reality. But it would still be cool to experience, like maybe Solas succeeds and we get to live Fade + real world for a little bit until <insert time travel> we fix it and reset the world. It allows some "I can't believe he did it!" anguish along with some traditional save the world. Altho it also may be too similar to the Redcliffe time travel quest whose name I can't remember.

Ah ah ah we have too many game studios starting with B!



The catch-up chat would be nice, yup. I didn't expect the one with Morrigan/Allistair talking about the Warden in Skyhold Garden would reveal how much their character had grown in such few sentences. They used to barb at each other's antic, didn't they? It takes a very good writing to convey that much in so few words. I can only imagine how the DAI companions would've grown, seeing how they already grow in the two years separating the main DAI game and Trespasser.

And especially, the HoF. Would the HoF been back to Thedas at the 4th game? Or dead? One of my HoF romanced Leliana (and was ahem, attracted to Cullen before the Harrowing) and it is said that afterward in the epilogue she comes back to Leliana's side. It would be nice to know what happened to the companions from DAO and DA2. DA2 companions, except Varric, aren't much seen in DAI. I'd love to see how Varric fares with Sebastian for example. Would they keep disliking each other? Or would they grow like Alistair and Morrigan?

Oh I love your Lavellan's name. Lalia Lavellan, that makes even 3L together! My wee little Lavellan's called Luthiel, and no I do not have the book Beren and Luthien laying around somewhere on my desk. She also has the LL initials but I always headcannon she just signs everything with "Lu" or "Lemon" (because of the blonde yellow hair, not because of Lulu Lemon. Of course not. No that's a lie.). Probably Varric will call her Lemon, she is a very silly lemon anyway XD. And in my head, barely taller than Varric. What would Varric call yours as nickname?

Gosh it would be fun if Varric starts calling Cullen Mr [Insert Quizzy's Nickname] and for quizzy, Mrs Curly.

The comic's take on the DA2 companion relationship is nice, but nothing would give as much enjoyment as seeing them in game with their VA