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[Ello Naver]

*Spoilers from the masked empire ahead*

 

The Masked Empire proved an enlightening read. All the interplay between the different powers vowing for control of Orlais proved most interesting.
However, it’s how they are building up for what is, presumably, the main antagonist of Inquisition that really sets me of!
 

That villain is believed to be Fen’Harel, the dread wolf (weather he is a “god”, a powerful spirit or something else). There are many small hints to this spread throughout the story. The inclination for this is mainly based on the relationship between Felassan and Fen’Harel:

 

Throughout the story Felassan (the “Dalish” mage) tells numerous stories about Fen’Harel, stories that differ from anyone we’ve heard from the Dalish before. At the same time he displaces greater knowledge of the elven lore than any other Dalish, knowing things about the elven culture that even the featured Dalish clan members have no knowledge about. Both of which leads one to the conclusion that Felassan possesses a source of information, about elven lore, that the other Dalish don’t have access to. An ancient source that has information about a culture that died nearly 2000 years ago, presumably a very old (and probably) powerful spirit (or whatever it is).

 

Felassan tells Imshael (one of the four forbidden ones, aka one of the most powerful spirits of the fade) about what is too come, to convince Imshael to leave the possessed elven mage and let the duel between Michael and Gaspard. Imshael made it clear that he’ll leave if presented with a choice that will bring about even more destruction and death than both the mage war and the civil war of Orlais. Felassan communicates with Imshael, and the spirit is satisfied and leaves. Now, the only thing that could possibly bring about such a great level of destruction can only be the fade tearing. Felassan must thereby know about the fade tear to come and where would he learn this but from the one plotting to actually cause the tear? Meaning the antagonist of DAI.

 

Felassans’ name is the elvish word for “slow arrow” which references the story about fen’harel and the village pleading for help:  
“The god Fen'Harel was asked by a village to kill a great beast. He came to the beast at dawn, and saw its strength, and knew it would slay him if he fought it. So instead, he shot an arrow up into the sky. The villagers asked Fen'Harel how he would save them, and he said to them, 'When did I say that I would save you?' And he left, and the great beast came into the village that night and killed the warriors, and the women, and the elders. It came to the children and opened its great maw, but then the arrow that Fen'Harel had loosed fell from the sky into the great beast's mouth, and killed it. The children of the village wept for their parents and elders, but still they made an offering to Fen'Harel of thanks, for he had done what the villagers had asked. He had killed the beast, with his cunning, and a slow arrow that the beast never noticed.”
Noting that he is an instrument of the Dread wolf.

 

The strongest indication that it might be Fen’Harel that Felassan has a connection with is the constant reference to Braila, that she is like Fen’Harel. That combined with the ending line spoken by Felassan to whatever master he serves “You know, I suspect you’ll hate this, but she reminds me of-” he never gets to finish the sentence before he is killed. However, the only logical way to finish that sentence (whilst talking to someone who would get this upset) would be by the word “you”. Then the text reads “His last thoughts was of an elven girl, alone, with no magic, no family, no power, searching for her people”. The one he is referring to is obviously Braila and as mentioned the one she was thought to be like (mentioned multiple times) was Fen’Harel. The logical conclusion is that Felassan were speaking to Fen’Harel.
 

All these pieces of evidence lead one to the thought that it might actually be Fen’Harel that is the main villain of DAI. Weather he is a spirit, god or even Flemeth one can only guess.

[Knight of Dane]

Please put the spoiler tag in the title of the post friend, but thanks for stating it in the start so I can get out anyway

[Moghedia]

Nice and well thought out theory. Thanks for sharing mate.

[ladyofpayne]

I think it is Fen Harel.

[St. Victorious]

Without having read the book your insight would lead me to believe that Imshael is the immediate villain of DAI. It sounds like they're setting up Fen'Harel to be the overall antagonist of the entire DA series. Still it sounds pretty good to me.

[earymir]

I guess I should read this book now.

Merrill makes many references to the Dread Wolf in DA2, and in general it seems like the entire point of DA2 (outside "climbing to power") was to leave numerous hints as to the content of DA:I. Orlais through Leliana, Sandal, Aveline, MoTA; rediscovering powers of the Fade (Feynreil(sp?)), Anders/Justice, a number of codex entries/notes relating to weirdness regarding Kirkwall and the Fade; Dalish power and their relationship to spirits, magic, and their past through Merrill/the mirror, (possibly) Flemeth (hard to interpret her of course); unambiguously Templars and mages; Dragons through the overrun mines, Flemeth, and the lead up to Silent Grove storyline; and probably Grey Wardens through Legacy, the note you find about Avernus, and the few interactions with Grey Wardens all indicating something big seems to be happening such that they need to investigate.

Anyway, put this all together and I bet you have a number of plots about DA:I woven together, and based on this info from Masked Empire, Fen'Harel sounds like a pretty good guess as to a major player if not main villain. Waiting for this game is so hard. (And yet mandatory, womp womp.)

[EmissaryofLies]

The man with the golden eyeball. 

[Heimdall]

Honestly, I think it plays into my old theory that the antagonist of DAI is an old elder of Arlathan, woken from Uthenera (Or still in it considering Felassan contacted him in the Fade) in pursuit of some goal outside our knowledge at this time. This is partly because I'm skeptical that Bioware would outright bring in a god character (Or prove that he is not a god), but the pieces fit. It still explains Felassan's unusual knowledge of the ancient elves. I would assume that this elder has taken the aspect of Fen'Harel in the same manner Briala has, a matter of behavior, not identity.

[myahele]

I see no problem with killing a god character. Players have already killed an old god and 2/4 of the forbidden ones.

While I'd love for it to be fen harel, I just have feeling that all these references are there to throw us off.

Fen'harel already sealed of the creators and old gods if we're to believe the myth. So wouldn't he benefit in keeping things as is? Unless fen'harel is also sealed?

I just thought of this: what if this villain is one of the creators? If the old gods can communicate with powerful mages then why can't they as well? Benevolent or not they were unjustly imprisoned and want out.

[Heimdall]

I see no problem with killing a god character. Players have already killed an old god and 2/4 of the forbidden ones.
While I'd love for it to be fen harel, I just have feeling that all these references are there to throw us off.
Fen'harel already sealed of the creators and old gods if we're to believe the myth. So wouldn't he benefit in keeping things as is? Unless fen'harel is also sealed?
I just thought of this: what if this villain is one of the creators? If the old gods can communicate with powerful mages then why can't they as well? Benevolent or not they were unjustly imprisoned and want out.

Killing an Archdemon, which acts like little more than a particularly large and powerful dragon, didn't explain anything about what an Old God truly is or even confirm whether there is anything godly about them or not. We don't even know how Archdemons are identified as Old Gods. It was just a big monster. Having Fen'Harel appear as an intelligent thinking mastermind isn't really comparable.

I'd prefer a villain closer to our level. Gods don't make for intriguing villains most of the time.

[Tevinter Soldier]

Cullan! Throughout the game he posses a spy for you reporting on the red Templars, through out this the whole game he comes across as your best mate (or lover if your interested) only until just after you close the last veil tear.

Cullen appears leading an exhaulted March against you.

He was secretly behind everything, the veil tear, the red Templars, he showed anders the book that contained the chantry bomb and admits he did kill the apprentices. It was his plan to wipe out magic all along.

[XxPrincess(x)ThreatxX]

I hope it doesn't end with the inquisitor killing a god, is both a cliché & goes against the theme of players themselves deciding if the gods of the DA world are real or not.

[Ello Naver]

I actually welcome a more intelligent main villain than an Archdemon. A villain who's motivations you can find out, a villain who is complex and above all a villain whom you can reason with. Imagine not actually having to have a final battle against him but choosing to turn him to your side or even joining his.
That would be such a great improvement over DAO!

[Ieldra]

I have no idea why people assume that Fen'Harel even exists. It's a figure from elven mythology for gods' sake. Should he turn out to be the main antagonist of DAI, that he actually exists will be the bigger surprise for me.

[Vaseldwa]

My guess is that its not just one enemy that is the cause of all the chaos but many! I mean the mage templar war, whatever the issue the wardens are having (most likely corypheus) happened, before he became an issue at least to my knowledge and what was happening in orlais was fairly recent and he was busy during that time. So far we have fen harel, Corypheus, and who ever else causing untold horror upon the land. Of course i am thinking that flemeth is the master mind behind it all. Moving everyone like pieces on a chess board in all the right places for whatever reason! this is all theory of course. Or bioware could throw a curve ball and it turns out sandal is the big bad, disguising himself as someone harmless (well sort of lol). Or the big bad could be someone we haven't met yet, who knows.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

My guess is that its not just one enemy that is the cause of all the chaos but many! I mean the mage templar war, whatever the issue the wardens are having (most likely corypheus) happened, before he became an issue at least to my knowledge and what was happening in orlais was fairly recent and he was busy during that time. So far we have fen harel, Corypheus, and who ever else causing untold horror upon the land. Of course i am thinking that flemeth is the master mind behind it all. Moving everyone like pieces on a chess board in all the right places for whatever reason! this is all theory of course. Or bioware could throw a curve ball and it turns out sandal is the big bad, disguising himself as someone harmless (well sort of lol). Or the big bad could be someone we haven't met yet, who knows.

Yeah, I've heard Bioware say "Agents of Chaos" when referring to causing the problems, and that means there is more than one since agents is plural.

[Milan92]

I personally don't hope we get a single villain, but more like a group. Throughout the story you then have to defeat each one of them.

 

Also a villain who is able to outsmart the Inquisitor from time to time would be awesome.

[Mistress9Nine]

I could get on board with this, but only if he is not a god, just some very powerful spirit. I mean hey, the Forbidden Ones were supposed to be gods of bad things. Maybe they were just very powerful malevolent spirits, and the good gods were just very powerful beneficial spirits. So I'm all for Fen'Harel being behind this, as long as Dragon Age doesn't go all God of War on us.

 

I would really approve of this, especially since it would lead us to exploring more ancient elven lore and discovering the truth behind it! 

[Annihilator27]

I'm betting on Flemeth but ill have the new DA book tomorrow.

[wcholcombe]

Its not Flemeth nor is it Fen Harel. Flemeth won't be evil in this game. Fen Harel appearing would be akin to the Maker showing up. They aren't going to confirm one religion over another and Fen Harel appearing would either confirm Dalish beliefs or disprove them if he isn't what he is supposed to be.

[TurretSyndrome]

Just something I noted, but it seems to me like it's customary for fans to immediately assume the big bad is going to be some X entity because he/she/it has entered the fray. Previously it was Flemeth or Andraste or the Maker and now it's Fen'Harel.

[DRTJR]

We've been on a path to tussle against the Dread Wolf since DA:O, I would not surprise me if Fen'Harel didn't show up. Instead a collection of people(Think Hydra in CA2WS) who are using you because you're easy to possess.

[whogotsalami]

Some powerful fade entity. It doesn't have to be Fen'Harel.

 

And we may have a couple of big villans.

[Mistic]

Just something I noted, but it seems to me like it's customary for fans to immediately assume the big bad is going to be some X entity because he/she/it has entered the fray. Previously it was Flemeth or Andraste or the Maker and now it's Fen'Harel.

 

Yes, that is very typical. It's like saying that the villains in DA2 had to be "Flemeth or Morrigan (for the mages), Greagoir or Cullen (who else do we know in the Templars?) and obviously Sten in Act 2, because he's the only Qunari we know". I see the irony, since Sten is now the Arishok, Cullen was indeed part of the Kirkwall Templars, and people are still talking about Flemeth and Morrigan being the big bad.

 

But there's a lot of lore to uncover (or to make up, depending on your perspective) to create new villains.

 

For example, what if the villain or villains come from the Inquisition's past? Much has been talked about current lore, but for more than 100 years the original Inquisition worked to stop magical threats, and we don't know almost anything about that time between the death of Andraste and the rise of Emperor Drakon. What if there was some evil organization, your typical apocalyptic cult, that opposed the Inquisition? Maybe the original Inquisition thought that they had vanquished them and thus joined the Chantry. But now those bad guys are back and plotting from the shadows.

 

Yes, this theory sounds a lot like the Sith in Star Wars. After all, Bioware has worked in KOTOR and SWTOR.

[Aulis Vaara]

Yes, that is very typical. It's like saying that the villains in DA2 had to be "Flemeth or Morrigan (for the mages), Greagoir or Cullen (who else do we know in the Templars?) and obviously Sten in Act 2, because he's the only Qunari we know". I see the irony, since Sten is now the Arishok, Cullen was indeed part of the Kirkwall Templars, and people are still talking about Flemeth and Morrigan being the big bad.

 

But there's a lot of lore to uncover (or to make up, depending on your perspective) to create new villains.

 

For example, what if the villain or villains come from the Inquisition's past? Much has been talked about current lore, but for more than 100 years the original Inquisition worked to stop magical threats, and we don't know almost anything about that time between the death of Andraste and the rise of Emperor Drakon. What if there was some evil organization, your typical apocalyptic cult, that opposed the Inquisition? Maybe the original Inquisition thought that they had vanquished them and thus joined the Chantry. But now those bad guys are back and plotting from the shadows.

 

Yes, this theory sounds a lot like the Sith in Star Wars. After all, Bioware has worked in KOTOR and SWTOR.

 

That sounds boring.

I was under the impression that these days, people like storylines that actually go somewhere, rather than 'villain of the week' type installments. Afterall, why else would we keep playing Dragon Age and care about the lore if that lore didn't actually matter in the slightest?

What's the point of a mystery if it is not going to get resolved? What's the point of a story if it is never going to end? How can you appreciate a journey if you never reach your destination?