I ended up trying the dalish rouge armor on Solas and I really like the way it looks. I know he's a mage and got that apostate hobo-look of his going on but I kinda like him in traditional elven gear, it gives him a whole new aura
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EDIT: Okay that was kinda spooky timing Rebby, we posted at the same time. It's the dalish rouge armor, you can get the recipe at Hissing Wastes from the merchant in the canyon.
He looks handsome! But not like Solas. Hobo PJs or bust.
I just had a conversation with Solas where he said he didn't identify himself as elf, yet he earlier referred to elves as "our people" in a conversation with Sera. So, is he becoming less elven?
Doesn't he say Dalish?
I kinda got a Abelas and Faolán Story going on in my head after Solas broke up with her and took off Ofcourse it is now getting the nerve to pen it down on my lj or other lol
I've got a friendship story going for my Lavellan and Abelas. I like him too much to not write him, he's such a grumpy f***er, but I don't wanna do the rebound thing. Solas/Lavellan seems like the sort of love that's hard to get over, especially if he's your first.
My Lavellan's also rather young, so Abelas is more like her cranky racist older cousin who is extremely socially awkward around all the shems at Skyhold 
I actually think it would have been really nice, to make it hurt less, if Bioware had a thing in post-game where your Inquisitor can run around Skyhold and find notes that Solas had written throughout the game about him and Lavellan, and yeah it would be sad and depressing, but you could read them and least have *something*
I like the idea, but it's almost identical to Mordin from ME3's Citadel DLC. So I would've just burst into a fountain of undignified tears.
I thought maybe going to her room after the celebrations, the Inquisitor would have some kind of sleep Fade scene where Solas (in hindsight, he wouldn't explain everything to her) but would at least maybe say goodbye or something
I actually think it would have been really nice, to make it hurt less, if Bioware had a thing in post-game where your Inquisitor can run around Skyhold and find notes that Solas had written throughout the game about him and Lavellan, and yeah it would be sad and depressing, but you could read them and least have *something*
I thought that too, actually. When the journal said "return to your quarters", I seriously expected some kind of sequence with Solas (and not the one in the epilogue!), where he'd say good bye. I think saying good bye would have made it hurt less for Lavellan, but it would make it harder for Solas. *sigh* That jerk 
Thought (I'm on a posting roll tonight): How would you have felt if there hadn't been the big reveal after the credits? If he had broken up, disappeared, and there was no trace? Your inquisitor goes to her room alone, and that's it.
I want Abelas' skin-tight man suit for Solas. *drool*
I want Abelas himself as a playable party member in a future DA game.
I thought that too, actually. When the journal said "return to your quarters", I seriously expected some kind of sequence with Solas (and not the one in the epilogue!), where he'd say good bye. I think saying good bye would have made it hurt less for Lavellan, but it would make it harder for Solas. *sigh* That jerk
Me tooooo! Even a note? Like "Hey I'm leaving forget about me kkthxbai". But I think the lack of anything supports the idea that he didn't intend to leave so quickly? Though there's the matter of the mystery half-finished fresco....
I need DLC! I need answers!
Thought (I'm on a posting roll tonight): How would you have felt if there hadn't been the big reveal after the credits? If he had broken up, disappeared, and there was no trace? Your inquisitor goes to her room alone, and that's it.
Honestly it would have been a bit anti-climactic imo. I think that small little cutscene at the end kind of makes the whole game in a way.
A question for you all before I nod off.
How many of you thought there was a chance to get back together with Solas after you defeated Cory?
I did! I rushed straight from the breakup to the end of the game because I was sad but optimistic about things still, and he said that if they were both alive at the end then all would become clear. And then I saw the broken orb and knew that things wouldn't go the way I was hoping. I talked to everyone at Skyhold and walked upstairs to the Inquisitor's room, hoping for something to be there... and there was nothing. End game, credits roll, that scene happened, and I was back as the Inquisitor.
I thought I'd done something wrong, or that maybe I could find him somehow even though the game was over--I'd just seen the credits, it was completely irrational to think he'd just be hiding somewhere I could find him--but I still scoured my guide for any mention of Solas and Fen'Harel just to see if I had missed something. In the end, I found the Offering to Fen'Harel (or whatever) in the Exalted Plains, claimed it for the Inquisition, and went to sleep (IRL).
I didn't think I'd want to even touch my Lavellan save again until DLC came out, but here I am weeks later, still wandering around with my dream team (Solas, Cole, and Cassandra). I don't even really have anything left I can do, I just... wander. Pick up shards, fight dragons, etc. Do the few things I skipped past when I was hoping for a happyish resolution at the end of the game. I have other Inquisitors, but I don't like them as much as my Lavellan. ...It's weird.
Thought (I'm on a posting roll tonight): How would you have felt if there hadn't been the big reveal after the credits? If he had broken up, disappeared, and there was no trace? Your inquisitor goes to her room alone, and that's it.
I would have been very confused and sad. At least this way things kind of make sense, even if there are still a lot of questions.
We have to get DLC. Solas stole all our stuff!
I really want to do a comic at some point where Solas shows up to the meeting with Flemeth dressed in that crazy pimp outfit.
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I don't know, I've only done Mythal's quest once, but I remember there's a pretty ominous looking scene with him and Morrigan in one of the trailers (skip to 0:36). Maybe she murders him? 
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Solas could get really contradictory at times with the "our people" thing. If he only thought of the ancient elves as his people, that would be understandable, but sometimes he doesn't seem to be using it that way. Sometimes he would be all "yay elves" when referring to modern elves too. Other times he clearly seems to write off modern elves completely as a lost cause. Lavellan seems to help a little where his opinion of modern elves are concerned, but he still seems to think he can't allow himself to accept them as they are, so that might explain all the waffling.
In one of my headcanons, Lavellan is going to rebound with either Blackwall or Cullen after the ending. Because I'm awful and I don't want her to be alone
Trust me I tried. Reloaded a save to break up with Solas right before the last kiss, went to Cullen... Wasn't the same. I felt bad for "curly" he didn't deserve a lavellan on rebound just thinking of Solas. His romance is just too sweet right after Solas, felt like cheating. I didn't even save my attempt.
UGH Solas you've ruined me for other LI
Thought (I'm on a posting roll tonight): How would you have felt if there hadn't been the big reveal after the credits? If he had broken up, disappeared, and there was no trace? Your inquisitor goes to her room alone, and that's it.
Oh man. Aside from the fact that this would completely change the entire game not knowing Solas is Fen'harel, if we didn't have the post scene, I would be more like "What?" and just stare at the game forever. Like, did they really just do that? I'm sure my guesses would be along the line of, he was an ancient elf who knew waaaay more than he was letting on, and left because the orb was broken... okay so basically all the things the stinger confirms lol, but at least the confirmation helps take away some of the sting of the breakup.
Thought (I'm on a posting roll tonight): How would you have felt if there hadn't been the big reveal after the credits? If he had broken up, disappeared, and there was no trace? Your inquisitor goes to her room alone, and that's it.
If there hadn't been the big reveal... I can guarantee you the kinkmeme would be a very, very different place right now 
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It does happen. I saw it on youtube. However, a lot of characters 'die' and come back with major story roles. Leliana and Anders, for example. I don't know if they'd go that far for a character that only appeared for a few minutes, however.
If there hadn't been the big reveal... I can guarantee you the kinkmeme would be a very, very different place right now
Oh dear...
My Lavellan's also rather young, so Abelas is more like her cranky racist older cousin who is extremely socially awkward around all the shems at Skyhold
Yes.
My Lavellan is young-ish, but also very mature. However that is exactly the dynamic I see them having.
I don't really see her being attracted to...anyone after Solas. She isn't very flirty (except sometimes with Dorian because they're buddies like that), and she's very focused on her work. If Solas never comes back then I can more easily see her just throwing herself into her work with the Inquisition and her goal to help the elves rather than looking for anyone else. She'd still be her usual strong, compassionate self, but she wouldn't let her heart be touched like that again. Vivienne would probably approve.
On a less sad topic, I'm thinking it'd be cool if the Dalish had some sort of festival games involving the Dread Wolf. I was in Scotland for Hogmanay in 2012 and they had this neat-o game involving a guy dressed as a minotaur and a maze. You had to go into the maze and freeze whenever the Minotaur looked at you. If you moved you got kicked out. If you were stealthy enough you could grab a ribbon from the guy and then you got some sort of prize. Now I want to write some fic with something similar (I should probably get my current fics typed up first though).
Ooooh, that's a cool idea! I was reading a bit about Andrastian holidays on the DA wiki and I was wondering if the Dalish had any equivalents. I hope somebody tweets the devs about that.
If there hadn't been the big reveal... I can guarantee you the kinkmeme would be a very, very different place right now
Solas could get really contradictory at times with the "our people" thing. If he only thought of the ancient elves as his people, that would be understandable, but sometimes he doesn't seem to be using it that way. Sometimes he would be all "yay elves" when referring to modern elves too. Other times he clearly seems to write off modern elves completely as a lost cause. Lavellan seems to help a little where his opinion of modern elves are concerned, but he still seems to think he can't allow himself to accept them as they are, so that might explain all the waffling.
I don't think he really knows what he thinks. He tries numerous times to "teach" Sera to be more elfy, even though she clearly does not want that at all. But then he's all "Briala's not my people." Briala who is 1000x more elfy than Sera. Briala who controls the Eluvians (though I don't think Solas knew that). I think maybe there are multiple levels. Like I identify as an American, as a woman, as a member of humanity, as an alum of my college, as a Virginian, and so on. In any given context, I might say "ah they are not part of my group," but on some level everyone is. Did that make sense at all?
Oh man. Aside from the fact that this would completely change the entire game not knowing Solas is Fen'harel, if we didn't have the post scene, I would be more like "What?" and just stare at the game forever. Like, did they really just do that? I'm sure my guesses would be along the line of, he was an ancient elf who knew waaaay more than he was letting on, and left because the orb was broken... okay so basically all the things the stinger confirms lol, but at least the confirmation helps take away some of the sting of the breakup.
The ending was totally anti-climactic before the post scene. Solas leaving would just seem senseless too, with the very limited knowledge that we had about him. I think they'd have to put in some Morrigan-type scene where he lets you know he's going to leave, otherwise I'd feel kind of blindsided in a bad way by it.
Hey guys and gals did you see what the cullen thread did for page 4000 ?
http://forum.bioware...ilers/page-4000
We should do some party for page 2,000 or a small one for page 1,500 
For those of you who want to put Solas in medium or heavy armor:
Those materials remove (most) class restrictions from armors, hence why there are screenshots out there of mages wearing medium or heavy armors. All three of those materials can be found in Emprise du Lion, I believe.
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