I've been thinking and I think I get why Solas dislikes the Templars. Not just because of how they treat mages, but because of how the lyrium affects them. In my PT this morning Cole mentioned that the lyrium makes Templars reach for something older and bigger than them, meaning a Titan and we know Titans are part of what started that whole mess. What I don't get is why he is fine with mages using lyrium, unless it's because they don't reach for it like Templars do according to Cole. Thoughts?
Also, there's the matter of them not completely understanding what lyrium is, similar to his thoughts on the Grey Wardens - they're tapping into a force that they only vaguely comprehend, and suffer the consequences.
Solas doesn't seem to care for anything that compromises mental acuity, or creates a dependency like say caffeine. Weekes has said he also doesn't drink alcohol often, as it interferes with his sleep (though we know he was drinking at the Winter Palace - which leads me to believe he was already personally celebrating having taken the eluvians from Briala earlier that day and trying not to think about Felassan). He seems quite the ascetic at times.
I wonder if connection with the Fade is what alters the effects of lyrium.
A mage uses it, and it grants them power. Nothing ever starts to take control over them.
Non mage and it connects them to a titan.....and slowly draws them into hive mind stuff.
And, maybe Titans are technically mages.....they have the same connection to the Fade as a human/elf/qunari mage.
And now I wonder if you could do some crazy stuff with mage blood over nonmage blood.
.........more coffee.
Well, elven blood is more potent in blood magic rituals, which is why elven slaves are often used. It's canon that all elves used to be able to use magic when the Veil wasn't in place. I'm pretty sure that theory that all modern elves have dormant magic will prove true eventually.
I'm starting to think lyrium and non-mages do not mix, and that's why Templars need to find another way of dealing with things. We also know that dwarves are the "severed arm" of a Titan and with that their ability to dream was removed, but if lyrium gets into their blood, they go a bit crazy. Only mages seem to handle it, unless it's the lyrium that causes them to go crazy too because it sings to them and thus demons take advantage or they use blood magic. I'm strongly getting this vibe that all that singing is and always was a Titan's thrall, even the OG's.
Perhaps the reason the dwarves can't dream is something to do with the heart of their Titan being removed. Some speculation here:
That seems to be part of what Mythal did to make use of the dwarves when she defeated the Titan and left them empty. She gave them dreams, though maybe it was more like enslaving their minds and getting them to work the mines for her. Solas was working as her guardian at that point, so he has to know exactly what happened. He seems to prefer them to have had the connection to their Titan or the Stone, believing the loss of such to have cost them immeasurably, just like the loss of the elves connection to the Fade. I don't think he believes the dwarves were slaves to the Titan, but that they were part of the Titan, just as elves were part of the Fade.
Like the lyrium is still alive and the dwarves are still alive, but the mind is either asleep or gone. So, basically, it's a Zombie Titan, and most dwarves are part of Zombie Titans, hence them being a twitching limb with no mind to guide it. Getting the lyrium in them is basically taking in some directionless force - the reason mages are less affected, is that they have the power to guide that force - though too much lyrium will still harm them.
Retour en haut
It's in the thread, it's over a year old and it's a serise of posts by me and another user called, uh, Science To Do (I believe). I'm sure you can find it from that.
