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ahem..*cough* sorry got carried away. Anyways time to start discussion. What does everyone think Solas' final eye color is going to be?
My guess is blue.
Edit: nvm I only got one back *crosses arms and pouts*
Would be interesting if they stuck with the violet. But I could see him rocking blue or a blue-grey.
yes my likes have been restored!!! Likes for everyone
ahem..*cough* sorry got carried away. Anyways time to start discussion. What does everyone think Solas' final eye color is going to be?
My guess is blue.
I'm hoping they stick with the purple. I really like.
We will rise to the 300 mark in no time! I have confidence in that. And we will do it with a nice and friendly thread without negativity 
(If you don't count us being very impatient for some real news!)
Solas thread kicks ass, it is known.
SO EXCITED for the impending reveal! And for tomorrow, because we'll at least know if David wrote him or not. 
I hope Solas's eyes stay the violet we think they are. He should get a facial close-up like everyone else. If they pull an Iron Bull and just do, like, various shots of the top of his shiny head instead of his face I'm going to lose it. 
DragonRacer, I'll add your analysis of the jawbone piece to the OP!
I'd be happy seeing him with blue, blue-gray, gray or violet/purple eyes. All of those shades seem to suit him.
Lui, we speculated that in the tarot card, he is Death, since it looks like he is carrying a scythe and some depictions of the card Death feature wheat like you can see in the one of Solas too. That led to a lot of interesting speculation about what tarot card Solas could be and what it could mean about Solas and his role in the game, speculation that perhaps his specialty is necromancer and a spin-off thread about tarot card allocation speculation for all the companions.
That's an excellent point Dracarys, if David Gaider is interviewed as the writer for Dorian it could have implications for speculation on whether he is also writing Solas. x) It would solidify the theories that Dorian is an LI at any rate.
I have two perfect gifs to when they release Solas info ! I have saved them for a long (sol)ass time. It was going to be my first post but yeah couldn't help myself. But prepare for gifs when the info hits the stage!
Starting some Dr. Doctor banter moves:
From the sound of it Cole might become the phantom of Skyhold. Solas might not mind because he's the resident Fade guy, but the whole "mind wipe" thing is just asking for hilarity to ensue:
Solas: We wanted to find out the upper limits of Cole's abilities...and how well the new Tar Bomb formulation worked.
Inquisitor: So you stuck all the furniture in the War Room to the ceiling?
Solas: No, we just stuck Sera to Iron Bull's back and erased her memory of it happening. I might have told Cole to "go nuts" though.
From: http://forum.bioware...0#entry16814580
Not meaning to sound awkward, but I suppose it would be a matter of scale? The Qunari do have a selective breeding program, so members of the Antaam like Sten, the Arishok, and Iron Bull are going to be physically bigger and burlier than members of other branches of their society. Baseline Qunari are taller and more muscular than humans, but Vashoth born outside of the selective breeding program might not have inherited the same traits that the Antaam have and may be physically smaller.
Sera: Is that a limp I spy?
Solas: I missed a step on my way back to the study this morning.
Sera: Three days in a row? You must be one of the clumsiest bastards I 've ever met.
Solas: I suppose so.
Sera: Of course, that doesn't explain the marks on the nape of your neck and the tips of your ears. And don't feed me some **** about Schmooples wandering into you room.
Solas: You're trying to squeeze something out of me aren't you?
Sera: (laughs) Oh, I wouldn't try *squeezing* anything out of you Solas. I'm sure that's something the boss would be much more interested in, seeing as you two are knocking boots.
Solas: How did you find out!
Sera: I knew it! I knew there was something going on between you two! Oh wait till I tell Varric that he owes me ten sovereigns...(notices that her feet are now frozen to the floor) hey!
Solas: (muttering under his breath as he walks off) Dammed jumped-up pixie.
Sera: (yelling) Solas! Get back here you bald blighter so I can knock your sodding teeth out!
From: http://forum.bioware...5#entry16803453
In the event that Vivienne is an LI, I'm planning on making an elven mage who has the Dalish "we're better than you" attitude in spades. If there was one person who you really wouldn't want handling the delicate task of building the Inquisition it would be this guy:
Blackwall: Is he still ranting about the ancient elves?
Solas: Probably.
Blackwall: I could just hit him over the head with an axe handle.
Solas: (produces a flask) Or we could just take a drink every time he says "elvhan".
Blackwall: I like how you think.
From: http://forum.bioware...3#entry16798718
Solas: I sense a disturbance in the Fade.
Inquisitor: Really?
Solas: No.
Iron Bull: You mean to tell me that there isn't some field that holds everything together?
Solas: I think you've been listening to Odd George's ramblings for too long.
Inquisitor: Odd George, the tavern keeper over in Crestwood? Didn't you get into a bar brawl with him after he said that magic came from tiny spirits that live in the blood of mages?
Solas: I remember no such thing.
Inquisitor: Solas, you froze his head to a table.
From: http://forum.bioware...2#entry16797514
Iron Bull: Golem catapult.
Solas: A catapult that launches angry golems at the enemy? An interesting idea, but I don't have any golems.
Iron Bull: Can't you just make some?
Solas: No, I can't "just make some". It takes materials and knowledge that I don't have. What exactly do you think it is that I do?
Iron Bull: Tell us what magical crap is so we can either kill it or sell it for ale money?
From: http://forum.bioware...0#entry16795441
Solas: "The guy we had to chase around for a week to get this picture".
Inquisitor: Come on Solas, you've been in your lab for a week!
Solas: But I'm close to a breakthrough in my research!
Inquisitor: Solas, if you don't come out I'll have Sera pick the lock.
Solas: I had the locks reinforced and enchanted! It'll take more than sharp sticks and harsh language to get in here!
From: http://forum.bioware...8#entry16789918
Late, but hello new thread! /excitement 
Solas is next, hopefully! We will finally get a glimpse at his personality! : O
DragonRacer, I'll add your analysis of the jawbone piece to the OP!
I'd be happy seeing him with blue, blue-gray, gray or violet/purple eyes. All of those shades seem to suit him.
Lui, we speculated that in the tarot card, he is Death, since it looks like he is carrying a scythe and some depictions of the card Death feature wheat like you can see in the one of Solas too. That led to a lot of interesting speculation about what tarot card Solas could be and what it could mean about Solas and his role in the game, speculation that perhaps his specialty is necromancer and a spin-off thread about tarot card allocation speculation for all the companions.
That's an excellent point Dracarys, if David Gaider is interviewed as the writer for Dorian it could have implications for speculation on whether he is also writing Solas. x) It would solidify the theories that Dorian is an LI at any rate.
Awwww, wow, thanks, Solas! 
I had forgotten about the tarot card discussion. I did actually contribute some to that as well, so here's the direct link to that post: http://forum.bioware...1#entry16594621
Thanks for pulling them up DragonRacer. :]
Could I ask if anyone knows if I've missed any of the concept art pieces by Matt Rhodes with Solas in them? I have a sneaking feeling I have missed one or two where he appears with the party as they are small figures in a landscape scene.
Also, a discussion prompt: What do you think Solas's title will be? Dorian is the Redeemer and Cole is the Spirit, for example.
Thanks for pulling them up DragonRacer. :]
Could I ask if anyone knows if I've missed any of the concept art pieces by Matt Rhodes with Solas in them? I have a sneaking feeling I have missed one or two where he appears with the party as they are small figures in a landscape scene.
Also, a discussion prompt: What do you think Solas's title will be? Dorian is the Redeemer and Cole is the Spirit, for example.
The Expert, perhaps?
Or The Brains
Ohhhhh, ho, ho, ho, found one of the Solas the Judgmental Stripper™ ones!
The Expert, perhaps?
Or The Brains
The Thighs.
Thanks for pulling them up DragonRacer. :]
Could I ask if anyone knows if I've missed any of the concept art pieces by Matt Rhodes with Solas in them? I have a sneaking feeling I have missed one or two where he appears with the party as they are small figures in a landscape scene.
Also, a discussion prompt: What do you think Solas's title will be? Dorian is the Redeemer and Cole is the Spirit, for example.
Fade expert=the dreamer (would actually be surprising if he was a dreamer, it would explain how he got to be a fade expert)
That's an excellent point Dracarys, if David Gaider is interviewed as the writer for Dorian it could have implications for speculation on whether he is also writing Solas. x) It would solidify the theories that Dorian is an LI at any rate.
Yeah, I just doubt he wrote both of them, so I'm quite curious to see which it is! Now watch me be wrong and he has written both. 
Dorian kind of has to be a LI, though. I mean, he's so PRETTY. Though maybe that's my weakness for guyliner talking, I dunno...um...anyway...
Also, a discussion prompt: What do you think Solas's title will be? Dorian is the Redeemer and Cole is the Spirit, for example.
The Enigma, maybe. That would be our luck.
The Thighs.
NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
DragonRacer, I'll add your analysis of the jawbone piece to the OP!
I'd be happy seeing him with blue, blue-gray, gray or violet/purple eyes. All of those shades seem to suit him.
Lui, we speculated that in the tarot card, he is Death, since it looks like he is carrying a scythe and some depictions of the card Death feature wheat like you can see in the one of Solas too. That led to a lot of interesting speculation about what tarot card Solas could be and what it could mean about Solas and his role in the game, speculation that perhaps his specialty is necromancer and a spin-off thread about tarot card allocation speculation for all the companions.
That's an excellent point Dracarys, if David Gaider is interviewed as the writer for Dorian it could have implications for speculation on whether he is also writing Solas. x) It would solidify the theories that Dorian is an LI at any rate.
Ooh exciting! Scythe definitely makes more sense than flowers... although I think I like the possible implications of flowers better than those of death
The Thighs.
YEEESSS. Glad to find someone whose brain functions like mine.
MOAR!
I'd laugh if asking Solas why he's bald resulted in a multitude of snarky responses:
"I lost a staring contest with a rage demon."
"I fell asleep in a shepherd's pasture once. The man was a bit slow and sheared me along with the rest of his flock."
"Because it's terribly comfortable. I imagine everyone will be bald in the future."
"Because I gargle with Antivan Fire on a bi-weekly basis. Prevents indigestion."
"My hair ran away screaming after an encounter with a Fear Demon."
"I don't know who replaced Iron Bull's battle axe with a halibut...wait, you aren't asking about that are you?"
From: http://forum.bioware...8#entry16761897
Solas: There's the beast!
Sera: What, behind the nug?
Solas: No it is the nug.
Sera: You silly sod! You had us all worked up!
Solas: That's no ordinary nug! That's the foulest, cruelest, most bad-tempered bunny-pig in all the land! It's got a mean streak a mile wide!
Inquisitor: Solas, just because Schmooples knocked your teapot off the table doesn't make him a monster.
Solas: Look at the fangs!
From: http://forum.bioware...7#entry16760930
Might not be buildings in the Fade but the breakdown of the laws of physics in the area. Would explain floating castle bits.
As for the Orleasian Ball, the News page on the DA site says that the Inquisition is there to stop an assassin which should be fun:
Dorian: I think you'd look good with a mustache my friend.
Solas: I'm pretty sure that elves don't grow facial hair.
Dorian: That's quite alright, you can borrow my spare. It should compliment that...interesting suit Vivienne picked out for you.
Solas: Why do you have a false mustache?
Dorian: Oh mine sometimes gets singed off in duels or the occasional experiment that goes awry.
From: http://forum.bioware...8#entry16727614
Solas: So it's just Blackwall?
Blackwall: Or Warden Blackwall. Is it just Solas?
Solas: Elves don't usually have surnames. Come to think of it, we have a lot of people without surnames in our merry band.
Blackwall: Vivienne probably has one.
Solas: Knowing Vivienne it's probably flowery, Orlesian, and would leave even the most capable linguist bashing their head against the wall trying to figure out how to pronounce it.
From: http://forum.bioware...2#entry16699436
Solas: (Reading) Put the sandwich back Cole.
Cole: How did you see me?
Solas: I didn't. I heard Schmooples following my sandwich towards the door. Honestly, I wonder if Sister Nightingale remembers to feed the little fellow.
From: http://forum.bioware...6#entry16677545
Cassandra: (whispering) Solas, stop fidgeting. The Inquisitor is speaking.
Solas: (whispering) I can't, Schmooples is trying to get at the apple I have in my pocket.
Cassandra: (whispering) You have an apple in your pocket?
Solas (whispering) What do you think that bulge is?...Don't answer that.
From: http://forum.bioware...6#entry16675312
Check out that discussion we had if you'd like Lui, about the possible interpretations of Solas tarot. Around pages 209-211 of the old thread.
How do you guys feel about having a list of discussion prompts in the OP? They wouldn't have to be used of course they'd just be there if you felt like it.
Lol you'll curse us Dracarys.
I added the screenshot Dr. Doctor used in their skit there to the OP.
So far, this thread is pure, distilled Solas (and Solas fan) awesome.
I am as excited/more excited for an official Solas announcement than I was for Dorian. I'm hoping the wait will be slightly easier now that we know something is coming (and since they've established something resembling a consistent release schedule).
Ohhhhh, ho, ho, ho, found one of the Solas the Judgmental Stripper™ ones!
Spoiler
By LazyNinjaArtist
O: you beat me to it!
Hey, is anyone able to find Ericander77's (at least I think it was Ericander? I may be wrong however) attempt at making Scotch bonnet candies? I think that would be a nice thing to add to the little "for fun" section.
Edit: Found it.
Love the tarot card discussion!! Thanks Solas & DragonRacer!
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