About where Solas slept: What do you think about the Western Approach?
In one of the location-specific comments Solas makes about the Western Approach, he says he has been there before and he nearly died from lack of water. If he's only been awake for a year, what could he have been doing there other than sleep near the area, and then he woke up?
Solasan? Although I'm still not sure what to think about that.
It's also possible he was investigating the location where the Old God is sleeping.
Damn that still gives me chills when I watch it. It's a good theory, as good as any. If not where he woke up then he was tacking Corypheius?
Wut? When did that happen? I don't recall that dialogue and I think I was everywhere in Western Approach
Found it!
He says that at 28:32. Right before my favorite location comment of all times 
Western Approach is everything from 26:02 to 29:19.
Actually, just realized it's a fan trailer, so I don't know..
It was made by fans? Wow, the quality is incredible!
Edit: Wait, are you sure? It's got logos and everything... Or maybe I'm just easily fooled.
Found it!
He says that at 28:32. Right before my favorite location comment of all times
Thank you 
I have nothing of value to add to the current conversation. Except that this is currently the top post of reddit, and made me wish this was how Solas left for the TLDR; version of Trespasser.
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My fiance just showed this to me. I'm out of likes, but this deserves love! 
It was made by fans? Wow, the quality is incredible!
Edit: Wait, are you sure? It's got logos and everything... Or maybe I'm just easily fooled.
Yeah it says in the description 
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Yeah it says in the description
Oh, OK, saw it, thanks! I am easily fooled Also, wow, the things fans can do.
Another possibility is the Tirashan. In Trespasser, Leliana mentions there's been activity of Sentinel-like elves in the Tirashan. There were already strange elves there worshipping the Forgotten Ones, I wonder if they would consider Fen'Harel one of their own. Or it might be where Mythal's Sentinels went. Or maybe there was already another population of ancient elves there. The Tirashan is also full of spirits, it would be almost like home to a bunch of ancient elves.
Oh, I just thought of the poor Marquis having all that on his doorstep. It's always something. 
Yaaaas your Lavellan sounds awesomeI decided to give the dollmaker a whirl...
Ahaha, I knew there was absolutely no way for Alleyana's hatchet-faced, beak-nosed glory to translate to a cutesy generator, but I tried. Her hair's pretty accurate if it was down, though.
I'd have given her one of the shields, but the straps clip with the sleeve on that top. Also they're tiny. I think she'd be insulted. (She likes big shields and cannot lie?)
Well... playing with natives presents a whole cornucopia of problems, considering that a protagonist is usually a straightforward audience surrogate. And we played a Free Marcher lost in Orlais/Ferelden specifically so we wouldn't look stupid if we asked a lot of questions we shouldn't be asking, because logically speaking from in-story perspective, our character should know the answer for at least half of those.
This is why I think whether we will be playing Inquisitor, agent of Inquisition or whoever else... we may actually NOT be playing as natives to Tevinter. Or if PCs are, they won't really be "true insiders", even if most will treat them as ones.
I mean, how can they be, if they have to have everything about Tevinter culture spelled out for them, so the player would know what the frig is going on?
You do have a point, although they could easily rectify that by giving us a crash course via an origin story.
Alas, I'm sure the origin stories are gone along with DA:O, but replaying it... they really did add a lot of flavor and understanding to the gameplay. You get a quick taste of what it's like to be a member of a particular group. As much as DA:I actually tries to take into account your race and background in the course of the game, it's not the same as actually seeing where your character came from, and how they were torn away from that place (or rescued from it, as the case may be, dependent upon perspective).
I love your dream, Fern Rain.
I've never written anything about Abelas, but I seriously wonder what Solas' reaction would be if he got to read all the fanfic written about him.
Considering Solas seems to like sex pretty well, given his comments? I'd say he'd be amused by some, horrified by others, and not entirely sure how to deal with his popularity--I mean these fics are written by not-person gremlins, right? So that means they don't have much value, and yet... they DO praise Solas... Is he a monster if he destroys his fans?
(I overthink things, I know.)
Skyhold is bones built on bones the castle we use is probably not the exact one solas used, rather the site itself is.
edit: yeah this seems to be the case
Another possibility is the Tirashan. In Trespasser, Leliana mentions there's been activity of Sentinel-like elves in the Tirashan. There were already strange elves there worshipping the Forgotten Ones, I wonder if they would consider Fen'Harel one of their own. Or it might be where Mythal's Sentinels went. Or maybe there was already another population of ancient elves there. The Tirashan is also full of spirits, it would be almost like home to a bunch of ancient elves.
The Tirashan itself looks sinister as heck...
Aside from the Donnarks, it's the biggest, thickest (and darkest) forest in that section of the map - it looks like a ginormous crater, while the mountains that hug it on the western side look almost like wrinkles on a material. As if whatever was buried or extracted there has created entire mountain ranges 
... Whatever has happened there, it must have been cataclysmic.
lmfao at the skyhold DA wiki entry, someone's taken my old explanation of the frescoes and pasted them there without my permission or without sourcing/credit. Come on. You could write your own descriptions. That wording is mine, word for word.
You do have a point, although they could easily rectify that by giving us a crash course via an origin story.
Alas, I'm sure the origin stories are gone along with DA:O, but replaying it... they really did add a lot of flavor and understanding to the gameplay. You get a quick taste of what it's like to be a member of a particular group. As much as DA:I actually tries to take into account your race and background in the course of the game, it's not the same as actually seeing where your character came from, and how they were torn away from that place (or rescued from it, as the case may be, dependent upon perspective).
Unless they change their mind on it (and who can tell - maybe they did? I've already made a claim in a different thread that DAI was something of a soft reset for the franchise, hence things from now on may go in directions people may not expect), it doesn't seem like origin stories will be back - I don't remember where, but I do recall reading somewhere that they either weren't entirely happy with them or something in the way they were implemented bugged them.
Then there's also the question of how they're planning to start the next title - with DAI they went with something of a "Hitchcockian" route (first an earthquake happens and then tension grows), though I've heard that initially it was supposed to start with our character walking about the Conclave, which is also likely where they found out a few things or their background was figured out... Eventually they scrapped this, because it dragged the pace - which I think may also be one of reasons why they may not return to more specified Origins... um, origins.
So the question is how they'd like to start the next title - with a bang? By slowly immersing us into story? Something else? Considering how open-ended the ending for Inquisition/Trespasser was, I'd say it's anyone's guess - but with a rather certain involvement of Inquisiton, aside from characters' origins they'd have to likely quickly re-establish both Inquisition or how the character came into working with them, which in itself may cut the time for detailing our character's background.
Considering Solas seems to like sex pretty well, given his comments? I'd say he'd be amused by some, horrified by others, and not entirely sure how to deal with his popularity--I mean these fics are written by not-person gremlins, right? So that means they don't have much value, and yet... they DO praise Solas... Is he a monster if he destroys his fans?
That's just me alright, but I don't think any character with any fandom should be sat anywhere near a big red "nuke 'em!" button, because there's a high risk any of which would use it, either because of how enraged they were of what they were written into or just to save themselves further embarrasment.
The Tirashan itself looks sinister as heck...
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Aside from the Donnarks, it's the biggest, thickest (and darkest) forest in that section of the map - it looks like a ginormous crater, while the mountains that hug it on the western side look almost like wrinkles on a material. As if wherever was buried or extracted there crated entire mountain ranges
I think you actually do "descend" into the Tirashan, but I'm not sure. I should replay Last Court sometime. Still, something to think about...
"She shook the radiance of the stars, divided them into grains of light, then stored them in a shaft of gold. Andruil, blood and force, save us from the time this weapon is thrown. Your people pray to You. Spare us the moment we become Your sacrifice."
I know we're headed up north next time, but I still hope we can visit the Tirashan sometime. Knowing that Lavellan's clan has been there before is a tease.
I think you actually do "descend" into the Tirashan, but I'm not sure. I should replay Last Court sometime. Still, something to think about...
I know we're headed up north next time, but I still hope we can visit the Tirashan sometime. Knowing that Lavellan's clan has been there before is a tease.
I blinked a lot at the "we were there at least once during my lifetime". That means they didn't wander the borders of Free March city states for Lavellan's whole lifetime, they've also wandered through Nevarra and Orlais in order to have been able to get to the Tirashan. Lavellan saw much of Thedas even before DA:I.
I blinked a lot at the "we were there at least once during my lifetime". That means they didn't wander the borders of Free March city states for Lavellan's whole lifetime, they've also wandered through Nevarra and Orlais in order to have been able to get to the Tirashan. Lavellan saw much of Thedas even before DA:I.
Wait, something I missed AGAIN? I don't recall that comment happening in any of my PTs.
Wait, something I missed AGAIN? I don't recall that comment happening in any of my PTs.
It's a dialogue option that's optional during Varric's game of Wicked Grace. If you opt to tell a story she tells a story of how they once camped on the edge of the Tirashan.
Yaaaas your Lavellan sounds awesome
Haaa, thank you! She's the gal from this relatively (for me) popular solavellan picture, and... well, the Lavellan in Veilfire Bones. I did a writeup about her over on tumblr, if anyone wants the tl;dr. Basically she's a what-if Tabris who never met Duncan and ran off to join the Dalish... after butchering the Arl's son.
Here's her main tarot card, which does technically feature Solas... kind of!
(The Fenrir constellation, positioned like it's speaking into her ear. Because symbolism.)
King of Swords.
See, this is what you get for saying anything. No good deed goes unpunished.
Bonus; the majestic beak from the side:
It's a dialogue option that's optional during Varric's game of Wicked Grace. If you opt to tell a story she tells a story of how they once camped on the edge of the Tirashan.
I actually picked that one, but somehow I didn't register that
I blinked a lot at the "we were there at least once during my lifetime". That means they didn't wander the borders of Free March city states for Lavellan's whole lifetime, they've also wandered through Nevarra and Orlais in order to have been able to get to the Tirashan. Lavellan saw much of Thedas even before DA:I.
Yeah, I suspect the reasoning is that the Free Marches were their main stomping grounds, but they probably roamed further for Arlathvhens and perhaps other clan business.
OMG Aroihkin you are my long lost sibling. It's so good to see another Lavellan with a really scarred face, broken-as-hell nose, and Elgar'nan's vallaslin, used to be half-feral, guard dog, capable fighter... She's Gryff's soul-mate. climbs ontop of you like a happy cat
Another possibility is the Tirashan. In Trespasser, Leliana mentions there's been activity of Sentinel-like elves in the Tirashan. There were already strange elves there worshipping the Forgotten Ones, I wonder if they would consider Fen'Harel one of their own. Or it might be where Mythal's Sentinels went. Or maybe there was already another population of ancient elves there. The Tirashan is also full of spirits, it would be almost like home to a bunch of ancient elves.
Oh, I just thought of the poor Marquis having all that on his doorstep. It's always something.
Psh, the Marquis is too busy drinking lyrium-infused tea, attending the rites of Masked Andraste, and making pacts with the Horned Knight to notice something so humdrum as ancient elves.
Found it!
He says that at 28:32. Right before my favorite location comment of all times
Sooo muuuch whining from your companions...
yet I love them.
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