And they bring back Dog to do it! Win/Win
Much as I miss having a mabari, I still think the reason we didn't get one this game was because we had the Dread Wolf in our party. Can't have hounds around the Dread Wolf. If we'd had a mabari, no way would Solas have ever approached the Inquisitor!
Much as I miss having a mabari, I still think the reason we didn't get one this game was because we had the Dread Wolf in our party. Can't have hounds around the Dread Wolf. If we'd had a mabari, no way would Solas have ever approached the Inquisitor!
Well...maybe. Maybe not. Fenris mentions mabari used to be kept by magisters before they turned on their masters. Mabari could just be one more thing Tevinter claimed from the elves. Which might have led to Solas just stealing your puppy.....which would probably be double sad then XD
Well...maybe. Maybe not. Fenris mentions mabari used to be kept by magisters before they turned on their masters. Mabari could just be one more thing Tevinter claimed from the elves. Which might have led to Solas just stealing your puppy.....which would probably be double sad then XD
Mabari can't be stolen, because they bond to a single master for life. But yes, I have considered that they may be elven in origin, especially after reading about the wolves being companions to the Emerald Knights. Mabari were bred from wolves, supposedly. They could be the descendants of the Emerald Knights' wolves.
Much as I miss having a mabari, I still think the reason we didn't get one this game was because we had the Dread Wolf in our party. Can't have hounds around the Dread Wolf. If we'd had a mabari, no way would Solas have ever approached the Inquisitor!
Yes, but I'm only talking about hunting him down! 
Then again, that would be too much like Witch Hunt. Darn.
I've had relatively calm dreams about him. Once when I was sick, he sat and read Shakespeare and Edgar Allen Poe to me. In another, we simply talked. They're comforting dreams.
Well...except for one other...but I won't go into detail.
Oh details are all the rage these days, do tell... 
True enough. But that's also because of the way the game ended. It ended very definitely in DA2. DAI leaves it open for more things for the Inquisitor to do. So of course people aren't necessarily running of quite yet.
Dream diaries are the best. Get them down fresh. I find when I have slight reminders, I can bring the dream right back to the surface to daydream further about it. Of course it usually turns into a story as I start filling in the blanks....
Some dreams I must say I would rather forget, mine tend to get crazy to the point it takes me about 30 mins to shake them off after waking.
I am privately hoping Solas is the Morrigan of this and we get a nice DLC that lets us hunt his wolfy self down. My Inq needs answers and since she can't go back to her clan and everywhere else leaves her haunted by him....she needs to go wolf hunting
Agreed, that and anything else about Flemeth. Would love an entire prequel game about just her.
When my Lavellan finds Solas she has plans to have a litter of puppies with him. Of course he would probably disappear after that...again.
Mabari can't be stolen, because they bond to a single master for life. But yes, I have considered that they may be elven in origin, especially after reading about the wolves being companions to the Emerald Knights. Mabari were bred from wolves, supposedly. They could be the descendants of the Emerald Knights' wolves.
Pfft, the pajama elf makes his own rules.
Though Solas really should leave a wolf puppy with a bow on it to keep Lavellan company at night if not a mabari. She needs snuggles.
The only ones who said they were staying with my Inquisitor were Cole, Bull, and Blackwall. Dorian said he was going back to Tevinter; Varric was going back to Kirkwall; Sera was going wherever; Vivienne was going back to Celene's court; and Cass was going to reestablish the Seekers. Of course, they'll likely be sticking around for a little while, y'know.
Blackwall, Iron Bull, Cole, Sera, Dorian, and Cassandra all said they were staying with me for the time being. Viv was the only one who straight up said she was leaving (but she's still here for now...). Varric was bugged out and wouldn't talk to me...
Mabari can't be stolen, because they bond to a single master for life. But yes, I have considered that they may be elven in origin, especially after reading about the wolves being companions to the Emerald Knights. Mabari were bred from wolves, supposedly. They could be the descendants of the Emerald Knights' wolves.
A bit OT, but I always found it fascinating that all dogs are descended from grey wolves. I mean... Chihuahua and Great Dane... blows my mind.
A bit OT, but I always found it fascinating that all dogs are descended from grey wolves. I mean... Chihuahua and Great Dane... blows my mind.
Actually recent research suggests they are descendants of a type of wolf that no longer exists, not modern grey wolves. Though Native Americans' dogs apparently were descended from grey wolves (one would assume, anyway)... of course, those dogs seem to have left no DNA traces at all in the genetics of modern dogs.
Read an article about it, I think in an older National Geographic. It was interesting.
I kind of wonder if the extinct wolf might have been the dire wolf (they were a thing), but it seems unlikely.
But yeah, I think the mabari are considered a "newer" breed than other dogs, since it's repeatedly mentioned they were bred from wolves. Other dogs, I guess, people just wouldn't realize had once been wolves? Well, maybe the Avvar would?
For personal reasons I'm never going to romance Iron Bull luckily BW gives us more than one option.
If this is too personal, you don't need to answer - is it because of his redhead thing? I can't romance Iron Bull because of his fetishization of redheads. Being one myself, and hearing the grooooooss pickup lines that have been used on me, I honestly cannot deal with a character that says anything like, "mmmm redheads".
Nope. Peace out.
Not sure if these gems were posted, but here are some arts for your viewing pleasure.
Source: http://juravel.tumbl...st/105953192920
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BONUS: These are not Solas but these artworks of our little spirit baby, Cole, is just too adorable! 
I recently started a human DW rogue to romance Cullen..have reached Skyhold. Ugh I feel my stomach sinking whenever I see Solas..reminds me of my poor Lavellan at the final scene. Its hard to do other playthroughs with him around. Now I deliberately try not to take him on quests.
I hate/love the fact my first PT was a Solas romance but it sure has ruined others for me. Cant help feeling sorry for the guy and anxious about what will happen next.
Yea, I intentionally made my human DW rogue a character that Solas hates. Makes it much easier to be around him - helps me deal with my angry phase of grief.
And I tried the iron Bull romance, and completed the Cullen romance...and they were both letdowns in comparison to Solas. I'm really hoping Bioware didn't just ruin all future romances in all future games for me, at this point.
If this is too personal, you don't need to answer - is it because of his redhead thing? I can't romance Iron Bull because of his fetishization of redheads. Being one myself, and hearing the grooooooss pickup lines that have been used on me, I honestly cannot deal with a character that says anything like, "mmmm redheads".
Nope. Peace out.
I'm sorry it bothered you! I found it funny, but I understand how it can be uncomfortable.
If this is too personal, you don't need to answer - is it because of his redhead thing? I can't romance Iron Bull because of his fetishization of redheads. Being one myself, and hearing the grooooooss pickup lines that have been used on me, I honestly cannot deal with a character that says anything like, "mmmm redheads".
Nope. Peace out.
Yeah, kind of same here, and I made my elf a redhead, too, so she kind of wanted to run away when he started in on that.
I meant to make a joke here at some point about how, since Solas has red/auburn eyebrows, he's probably a redhead, and maybe he shaved his head so Iron Bull wouldn't bother him. (Obviously not true since he's bald before you can even recruit Iron Bull). Though my personal issue with Bull is less his "redheads" thing, and more his promiscuity and his apparent leaning toward bestiality where dragons are concerned. Just... no thank you. I may try his romance on some character or other, but I'd have to make one specifically to be able to deal with him. Most of my characters wouldn't.
I-I thought that Bull's dragon thing was just...the intensity of an awesome dragon battle...I mean...doesn't it happen to guys? Like during the thrill of playing sports...
Oh, I saw that David Gaider likes the above picture.
*sigh* That reminds me, I need to sit down and do some fanart since I have been forced into abstaining from DAI for a week....can't spend all vacation clinging to the forums. XD
I have made humans before. But the second I hear him chuckle and say "Was that a serious question", I'm done. I go right back to being an elf.
I created a worldstate in the Keep with the specific intent for romancing Cullen with a human mage. I made sure the Warden was a female Amell XD. I just... haven't gotten around to actually making that human inquisitor yet. I have yet to complete a human on the CC. People say it's hard to make a good looking elf, well I can't make a good looking human! And even then, I'll miss the elf-specific content (like Solas 
).
My issues with a new romance after Solas aren't just tied to his smoldering hotness leaving everyone else to shame, but also I absolutely love the Lavellan I made and keep finding dislike with all new ones I have created since. Solas is hard not to gravitate too and knowing what is coming I can't move forward with the storyline. Tried this on three new inquisitors and just...keeping going back to my main girl.
Not being able to edit my character after CC is aggravating. I always see one stupid thing I want to change, or two.
I heard that Bioware is looking into making a DLC similar to the Black Emporium. I'd love that. I'm overall OK with my current character's appearance, but I'd like to be able to change the hair and/or add makeup to show a passage of time . I'd probably alter her appearance slightly after the ending for any post-ending DLC (if that's the plan-- and please let there be a Wolf Hunt!).
@Willow_Elessidil: For me it took a while to warm up to his looks. I thought his face looked slightly disproportionate and he was bald. It was weird to me. So it wasn't his looks that attracted me, it was his intelligence and charm.
edit: Also I was taking advantage of the fact he knows alot about the fade and I thought seducing him would make him spill the beans to what's going on in the plot.
Can you imagine a DLC where you have to choose between saving your HoF or Solas? I don't want that :'(
Is it horrible I'll choose Solas?
He can speak (and not only telepathically) :<
Is it possible to get Solas into pink armor without mods? I want to put it on him after the last romance scene for revenge. Man, I keep thinking up weird things to do to him.
So, I have a wonder, based on the talk of who he believes his people are. Has this little snippet been chewed on before?
At the beginning of the game, Solas will remark on Lavellan's Dalish nature. If you question what he means by "crossed paths" he will reveal that he approached Dalish clans to share knowledge and was attacked for no better reason than their superstition.
How odd, no? In every game, when we approach the token Dalish clan, they are wary but they don't flat out attack us. They have always given a chance for parley, even to oh so filthy flat ears.
So, is he speaking of approaching them and being recognized as Fen'harel straight away and thus, being chased off and attacked? For them to know him on sight, it would have had to have been long before the Dalish were a thing, I think. We don't recognize him, and the Keeper in the plains doesn't either - if it were a keeper only thing. It could mean he tried to share some of the stuff he knows, and they attacked him for heresy or something. This could make sense, but again, the Dalish we've encountered have never been that incredibly knee-jerk hostile, even when their beliefs were challenged. Even Merril's clan can be talked down after the really bad thing she does.
That leads me to believe he approached some Dalish after he awoke, and tried introducing himself. He tried to make a connection and that was their reaction. Imagine if that is when he stopped seeing the Dalish as the remnants of his people, stopped believing he had a people at all anymore, as he fled away from elven arrows.
Welp, I just managed to make myself incredibly sad on his behalf. I'm so sorry, Solas. ; ;
The problem with that is before the Dalish were Dalish they ruled the Dales and from the presence of wolf statues in all of their ruins (not facing away from the ruin on the outskirts but dead center ruins) and the fact that the Emerald Knights were paired with wolves he was probably viewed very differently by the pre-Second Exalted March Dalish than he is today.. thus if he woke around that time he would have probably been venerated as one of the Creators and accepted by the people. I think the elves had much more information about the truth of the Creators/Forgotten Ones and what truly happened in Arlathan during the time of the Dales than they do now- since the current elves have essentially had their culture entirely destroyed twice by humans (though they did hold some fault both times in that in Arlathan according to Felassan and Solas they took the fact that they had been freed from slavery to mean "free to do whatever the #$@* I want including killing the Sentinels in Uthera maintaining the wards and serving as the military for my homeland thus making them vulnerable to Tevinter Blood Rituals" and in the Dales by refusing to provide support for the Grey Warden Treaties during the Second Blight, and raiding Red Crossing over essentially a teenaged crush) they lost most of it when Arlathan fell and even more when the Dales burned .
It is more likely that he ran into one of the clans like the clan in TME who was traditionalist, isolationist, and not at all accepting of those they perceived as "flat ears" sometime within the DAII/DAI timeline (not DAO since he says he gave his orb to Corypheus because he was to weak when he woke up and Corybutt did not have the Orb when you fought him in Legacy). I think in terms of the Dalish their attitudes could also have been shaped by the Mage-Templar War and the Orlesian Civil War because this would mean that the places they normally camped in would either be war zones or would be sheltering rebel mages/templars or Celene's/Gaspardienne's forces.. thus they would be less likely to accept strange apparently city elves since they would have difficulty taking care of current clan members
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