I knew that was a real line! Ok. So, a while back there was a really interesting post on reddit:
To give some context, my boyfriend does not play the Dragon Age series, but he does attempt listening to my wild rants. One day, after showing him the cutscene where the Inquisitor first meets Corypheus at Haven, he asks me about the metal-looking ball.
What ball?
The one that Corpheus uses to try and remove the Inquisitor’s anchor, of course. The orb that destroyed the Conclave. That set the world down a path of fire and destruction and far too many demons. Yes, the orb. Foci, Solas calls it. “Foci?” my boyfriend asks. Yes, foci.
“So where’s the other one?”
All knowing, I dismiss the theory with the wave of my hand. There’s only one orb, of course, a powerful relic tied to the ancient Elvhen gods. I mean, Solas was devastated when the ‘foci’ was destroyed.
“There’s always two focus points in an ellipse.”
Math stuff. He tries again, in Dragon Age speak. “The Breach. Ellipse-shaped, right? Foci help define an ellipse.” In other words, if Solas’ orb played a role in creating the Breach, there should be another orb. Foci, the plural of focus.
Wait. Wait. What if – and I’m going out on a limb, here – what if there really were two orbs? One dedicated to Mythal, and the other Fen’Harel? It changes the context of DA:I’s backstory, because it would mean that Fen’Harel wasn’t the sole architect.
TLDR: Two focus points, ‘foci’, required to form an ellipse. The Breach is an ellipse, and our known focus point, the Elvhen relic, is destroyed. There’s a second relic, but to whom does it belong?
Source: http://www.reddit.co...ng_mathematics/
Interesting. Well the question does present itself-- where is Mythal's orb?
As for where he was sleeping, there's apparently an altar to Fen'Harel at Sundermount as well as one to Mythal. The saarebas in DA Redemption speaks to Fen'Harel at his altar there. The Dalish ritual at Mythal's altar is what allows Flemeth to reconstitute. Maybe the ritual in DA Redemption is what woke him up?
With all this talk about spheres, I wonder about the four spheres you see on his hermit tarot. Maybe the orbs have a mirror reflection in the Fade? One key that opens on them on this side, one on the other. Then if Solas could get into the Fade physically, he might be able to recover his orb's mirror reflection there- which is why the Inquisitor changes everything, but he won't use her power, so it can't.
...it's Solas I want, whether he's the Dread Wolf or not, I don't care!
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