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[Illyria]

LadyMacTir, I hear you. From the get-go I was interested in either Blackwall or Solas, but I have only played humans in DAO (I did try the Dalish Elf and the City Elf origin but couldn't get much past the origin story) and DA2, so my first (unfinished) playthrough of DAI was with a human dual-wielding rogue who romanced Blackwall. I never finished that game due to computer problems, and I found Blackwall's romance kind of bland, so when I started up a new game from scratch I decided to try an elf so I could romance Solas. I'm glad I did. ^-^

 

As the party members were being revealed, I think what drew me most to Blackwall and Solas was that they appeared to be a bit older. And I really liked Solas' being a nerd, according to his pre-release character profile (which, by the way, can be a fun read, knowing what we know about him now). I remember being disappointed that he would only be a romance option for elves, but now that the game is out and we've all played, I understand completely why he wouldn't be romantically interested in the other races.

 

I love having these older characters in games, since I am an older gamer myself. Blackwall and Solas both appear to be in their 40s or so; Leliana and Cullen are probably at least in their 30s, and we actually have a birthdate for Cassandra, which places her at about 37 or 38 years old in 9:41 Dragon.  Most of the RPGs I've played aside from BioWare ones are Final Fantasy, whose characters usually seem to be in their 20s or so, with maybe a token teen and a token adult in their 30s or 40s as party members. I guess Geralt might be in his 30s or 40s, but I never could finish The Witcher, and as a result, I didn't even try 2 or 3!

 

Pre-buttflap image of Solas!

[AlleluiaElizabeth]

Pre-buttflap image of Solas!

Yeah. I'd forgotten his longjohns phase. lol

[Illyria]

Yeah. I'd forgotten his longjohns phase. lol

 

Technically he still wears them.  They just add the buttflap.

 

I still remember the first picture of him was wearing the pre-buttflap in the casting elemental barrage pose.  No wonder they added The Flap.

[Addictress]

Here you go:

http://archiveofouro...apters/14785840

Wtf...IT'S NOT FINISHED!!! *pressing all the buttons*

AAAAHHHH!!!! There's only one chapter! Omg!!!

[Illyria]

Wtf...IT'S NOT FINISHED!!! *pressing all the buttons*

AAAAHHHH!!!! There's only one chapter! Omg!!!

 

I'm slowly working on the next chapter.  I'm a slow writer to get started, but I write quickly once I'm in the zone.  Eryn and Tamlen find Solas in this coming chapter.

 

If it helps:

 

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‘By the creators. That was an eluvian.’
Tamlen looked around, curious. He’d lost the dazed look he worn in the mirror chamber and seemed almost himself again. He rested his hand on the hilt of his dagger, alert for any danger.
‘Eluvian? I’ve heard Merrill mention them.’
‘Well, she’s the expert. Creators I wish she was here. They’re mirrors, created by our ancestors in the time of Arlathan. They connected the empire - Merrill always theorised that our ancestors used them to talk to one another over distance but… They must’ve been used for travel. Tamlen, this is amazing.’

[CapricornSun]

Pre-buttflap image of Solas!

 

Aaah, the memories.

 

 

^^^ Basically the first image I ever saw of Solas.

 

And more pre-buttflap Solas because why not? 

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[Garnet]

^ So that particular bulge is really just his sweater tucked into his pants? 

He looks so empty and wrong without the buttflap. I'm glad they added it..and that the wind in Haven can move it. 

 

*poorly made wind sounds*

[Addictress]

Aaah, the memories.



^^^ Basically the first image I ever saw of Solas.

And more pre-buttflap Solas because why not?

Spoiler

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Wow I never saw these

I'm beyond pleased. To see these.

[Addictress]

Such rugged jeans hhnnnnhgg

[The Elder King]

Aaah, the memories.

 

 

 

^^^ Basically the first image I ever saw of Solas.

 

And more pre-buttflap Solas because why not? 

Spoiler

 

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It was among the first images on him. He was confirmed in the game in that magazine. Before that he was shown only briefly in a environment trailer.

[Uirebhiril]

And didn't that article also call him Solace?

 

Man, seems so long ago now...

[The Elder King]

And didn't that article also call him Solace?

 

Man, seems so long ago now...

Yeah. I don't recall if it was the German name, some mistranslation or if they got it wrong when talking with Bioware. 

I doubt anyone would've thought he'd turn out to be Fen'harel. I recall there were theories about him being a former magister though.

[Illyria]

Yeah. I don't recall if it was the German name, some mistranslation or if they got it wrong when talking with Bioware. 

I doubt anyone would've thought he'd turn out to be Fen'harel. I recall there were theories about him being a former magister though.

 

A lot of us called 'ancient elf' though.

 

And the 'magister' thing was because all we knew was there was a mage companion named 'Dorian' who was a magister (which turned out to be wrong) and a lot of fans were hoping he'd be Dorian because elven magister.

[The Elder King]

A lot of us called 'ancient elf' though.

Yeah, that's true.

[LadyMacTir]

And we thought he was Felassan. Or Zathrian.

[TheyCallMeBunny]

A lot of us called 'ancient elf' though.

 

And the 'magister' thing was because all we knew was there was a mage companion named 'Dorian' who was a magister (which turned out to be wrong) and a lot of fans were hoping he'd be Dorian because elven magister.

 

During my first play-through I had a dream where Solas was revealed to be an Elven god - I remember waking up in the morning dismissing it because it was simply too "unlikely". When the reveal came I was like:

 

 

And then:

 

 

In my defense, I do remember thinking that it would be weird for him to be a god since he wasn't more powerful than the rest of the crew. Didn't really consider the possibility that he was depowered. 

[CapricornSun]

Art post.

 

Modern AU Solas reading YouTube comments done for the expressions art challenge.

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Source: http://theresa-draws...-solas-and-5-xd

 

Either he contributes to the trolling...

 

 

...or sets the YouTube comments section on fire.

 

 

A amazing redraw of Solas! 2015 version and 2016 version comparison.

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Source: http://oddmoy.tumblr...2016-the-reason

 

 

 

Modern band AU where Imira Lavellan used to be a rock star with teenage Varric and Solas rocking out to her music.

Then many years later she retired to become a kindergarten teacher.

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Source: http://solavellangar...-to-mod-laurens

 

 

 

Beautiful ink artworks of Zevran, Alistair, Lavellan, and Solas.

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Source: http://weissidian.tu...mmissions-i-got

 

 

Sketch of Solas.

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Source: http://dreamerofthef...-trying-to-draw

 

 

Modern AU: Anders x m!Hawke, Solas x Lavellan, Alistair x Cousland, Leliana.

Spoiler

Source: http://wardenbabewal...t-everyone-else

 

[CapricornSun]

From the Twitter thread. I want the Solegg shirt.

You could vote for the design you want here: https://twitter.com/...227497595572224  

 

 

BioWare ‏@bioware

Enjoyed the Goose Cam? We’re making a shirt to raise money for @wildlifeedm. Voting on designs to follow!

 

 

[dawnstone]

From the Twitter thread. I want the Solegg shirt.

 

 

 

You could vote for the design here: https://twitter.com/...227497595572224

OH MY GOD

 

[NightSymphony]

I am so tempted to join Twitter just so I can vote on the Solegg shirt!

 

EDIT:  And I totally did.

[Kadan]

During my first play-through I had a dream where Solas was revealed to be an Elven god - I remember waking up in the morning dismissing it because it was simply too "unlikely". When the reveal came I was like:

 

 

And then:

 

 

In my defense, I do remember thinking that it would be weird for him to be a god since he wasn't more powerful than the rest of the crew. Didn't really consider the possibility that he was depowered. 

 

This was totally me. I was convinced by the time I completed Mythal's Temple he was Fen'Harel. He knew too much and we knew all the others were locked away. But I told myself no, it's just coincidence.   Boy was I surprised at the very end!

[Elessara]

This was totally me. I was convinced by the time I completed Mythal's Temple he was Fen'Harel. He knew too much and we knew all the others were locked away. But I told myself no, it's just coincidence.   Boy was I surprised at the very end!

 

I tend to be blind about things.  Like I rarely look for hidden meanings or clues.  Heck I don't even see the obvious ones.  Solas could have put on a wolf costume and danced on a table singing I'm Fen'Harel and I'd probably still have thought he was just an elven apostate hobo albeit a really strange one.  And my character would still have romanced him.

 

Edit to add:  Oblivious ... that was the word I was looking for.  I am completely oblivious to clues, cues, hidden meanings and even to some fairly obvious things.

[midnight tea]

I tend to be blind about things.  Like I rarely look for hidden meanings or clues.  Heck I don't even see the obvious ones.  Solas could have put on a wolf costume and danced on a table singing I'm Fen'Harel and I'd probably still have thought he was just an elven apostate hobo albeit a really strange one.  And my character would still have romanced him.

 

Edit to add:  Oblivious ... that was the word I was looking for.  I am completely oblivious to clues, cues, hidden meanings and even to some fairly obvious things.

 

I consider myself to be pretty good with clues and spotting patterns and correlating things - but it's not perfect. Sometimes I may just be oblivious to one or two things and then it's just like "How could I have not seen this before!?"

 

With that said, the first playthrough was kinda... frustrating in that regard. Like, it was my first time I was playing both DA and BW game, and I knew extremely little about the universe. Solas was a character I couldn't really pin - there was this feeling that there was something more to him, that he had some sort of secret agenda, or - you know - a secret of some sort, but I was just telling myself that I could be wrong and he might just be a somewhat detached from the world smartass.

 

And then there were the WOLVES. Wolves everywhere! I just knew that the game was trying to tell me something, but at the time I didn't know what  I remember the first time I saw this wolf statue in a cave in Emerald Graves - you know, the one under the waterfall in a cave with peasants? - I remember just throwing my arms up in the air and be all like "What is with the wolves everywhere!? What are you trying to tell me game!?"

 

[Elessara]

I consider myself to be pretty good with clues and spotting patterns and correlating things - but it's not perfect. Sometimes I may just be oblivious to one or two things and then it's just like "How could I have not seen this before!?"

 

With that said, the first playthrough was kinda... frustrating in that regard. Like, it was my first time I was playing both DA and BW game, and I knew extremely little about the universe. Solas was a character I couldn't really pin - there was this feeling that there was something more to him, that he had some sort of secret agenda, or - you know - a secret of some sort, but I was just telling myself that I could be wrong and he might just be a somewhat detached from the world smartass.

 

And then there were the WOLVES. Wolves everywhere! I just knew that the game was trying to tell me something, but at the time I didn't know what  I remember the first time I saw this wolf statue in a cave in Emerald Graves - you know, the one under the waterfall in a cave with peasants? - I remember just throwing my arms up in the air and be all like "What is with the wolves everywhere!? What are you trying to tell me game!?"

 

 

See?!  I saw all these wolf statues and I was just like, "Huh.  Cool statues.  Wish I could get one for Skyhold."  lulz  /fail

[ChuChu]

I would totally vote for that egghead Solas one as well. Hahahaha.

And Elessara, don't feel bad -- I don't even remember if my impression of Solas was my own, or if I'd been contaminated by spoilers without realizing it. I think I was leaning towards him being an Ancient Elf or Spirit-Entity-Thing but I didn't make the Dread Wolf connection till it was revealed. Then when people started talking about his jawbone necklace I was like... ooooh! Why didn't I notice that?

On an entirely different note, guys -- if you wanted to enter my latest giveaway it's up and running! PW signed artwork up for grabs.

...he also gave me some Dragon Age dice as swag. But it's my swag, and I'm keeping it.