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[Rane7685]

So this is in regard to the 14 minute trailer.... I think Alexius was trying to open up a portal to the past to stop all this from happening (and obviously committed atrocities in an attempt to do so). He failed but the Inquisition has found a way to maybe achieve this. Sera, Iron Bull and Leliana give their lives to buy you time (you can see Sera's likely corpse on the floor) but you get it open and make it to the past. 

 

This will allow your companions to live again at the very least. I doubt Bioware would kill off three characters without the PC's input

[mlgumm]

Time travel? Aye, I've heard that theory around these threads before. It sounds plausible enough, but we shall have to wait and see. 

[Gregolian]

I don't get how that could be them getting killed.

 

We've seen our companions absolutely smashed in past games and they live.  Look what happened to The Warden and Alistair in the tower.

[Rane7685]

I don't get how that could be them getting killed.

 

We've seen our companions absolutely smashed in past games and they live.  Look what happened to The Warden and Alistair in the tower.

Death in cutscene = true death lol.. look up murder knife on these forums and see what I mean

[Gannayev of Dreams]

He seemed rather consigned to the fact that the Elder One was coming and nothing could be done about it.  If he were trying to go to the past and change the present, it would probably make more sense to work with the Inquisitor than against.  Seems like stopping such a powerful and terrifying entity would be in everyone's best interest.

 

If Alexius wasn't interested in stopping it, the only other explanations are either he was helping it, or pursuing some other purpose entirely.

[Rane7685]

He seemed rather consigned to the fact that the Elder One was coming and nothing could be done about it.  If he were trying to go to the past and change the present, it would probably make more sense to work with the Inquisitor than against.  Seems like stopping such a powerful and terrifying entity would be in everyone's best interest.

 

If Alexius wasn't interested in stopping it, the only other explanations are either he was helping it, or pursuing some other purpose entirely.

I got the impression that he'd tried and failed and believed it was futile. The inquisition however believes its possible

[Ninjasplaycardgames2]

Theres no way Biowares going to introduce time travel into DA, thry were probably getting out of the fade or something :L

[Vumba the Wild Elf]

DRAGON BREAK!

 

I know where this is going Bioware.. You want something that will help you fix the jumble of the choices and consequences of past games..

[Eudaemonium]

I think it's far more likely that he was attempting to enslave some particularly powerful demon (The Elder One) to aid him and/or his faction in some task, but that it got out of control and has sucked a lot of Redcliffe Castle into the Fade or something analogous (this is the event that Alexius and Leliana think might have killed you), which is why you're trying to re-open the portal at the end in order to escape.

[Gannayev of Dreams]

I think it's far more likely that he was attempting to enslave some particularly powerful demon (The Elder One) to aid him and/or his faction in some task, but that it got out of control and has sucked a lot of Redcliffe Castle into the Fade or something analogous (this is the event that Alexius and Leliana think might have killed you), which is why you're trying to re-open the portal at the end in order to escape.

 

That might explain the apocalyptic sky when they stepped out into the courtyard.

[TEWR]

My guess is he's trying to save his son by pulling his soul out of the Fade and he's trying desperately to get the power needed and he ends up ****** things over more and more in this desperate quest to undo the events of the past.

[KC_Prototype]

That sounds like a very possible theory and it could be true but until we know, I will counter. Alexius seemed to want to bring an end to things and he seemed to previously tried to kill the Inquisitor and the Inquisition so I doubt he's trying to reverse what happened at Redcliffe. Also note that our choices could change our story and we could end up not going to Redcliffe for that quest. The Elder One seems to be a powerful entity bent on destruction, but what makes him so special is the question.

[Vumba the Wild Elf]

That sounds like a very possible theory and it could be true but until we know, I will counter. Alexius seemed to want to bring an end to things and he seemed to previously tried to kill the Inquisitor and the Inquisition so I doubt he's trying to reverse what happened at Redcliffe. Also note that our choices could change our story and we could end up not going to Redcliffe for that quest. The Elder One seems to be a powerful entity bent on destruction, but what makes him so special is the question.

"The Elder One will kill us both!"

[New Man]

DRAGON BREAK!

 

I know where this is going Bioware.. You want something that will help you fix the jumble of the choices and consequences of past games..

Take a chill pill, also....

[Wolfen09]

time travel thing is plausible, cause in the dialogue wheel there was a choice that looked like we were agreeing with alexius.  so it seems that our goals coincided, maybe the methods differed.

[Pierce Miller]

I don't think Time Travel is something they'd introduce into DA, it's too damn cheesy and it'd be really bad writing.

[Wolfen09]

bad writing, and they havent shown that in the past?  cough* me3 ending *cough....  but if time travel fits into the story they are trying to tell, why not?

[Ninjasplaycardgames2]

bad writing, and they havent shown that in the past?  cough* me3 ending *cough....  but if time travel fits into the story they are trying to tell, why not?

because its a cheap cop out :v

[Eveangaline]

I don't know, I don't see time travel as something that'll happen in dragon age, at least not with the main character doing it.

[Lee80]

I certainly hope time travel never becomes a thing in Dragon Age.  Maybe if it was a one time deal, where only because the fade is ripped open and after it's fixed it can never happen again...but even then it leaves a lot of wiggle room to screw up past events. 

[Ninjasplaycardgames2]

Thats the second time I've heard the term "wiggle room" relating to dragon age in the last 2 days. :U

[Lee80]

It sounds a little dirty when taken out of context.  Hmmm...

[azarhal]

I don't think there is any Time Travel involved. How would it even be explained it without allowing to "rewrite" the Fade anyway?

 

The Elder One is probably the thing that killed Felassan in Masked Empire because he didn't bring him what he asked for. Alexius probably work for him too and he knows he is going to died if he doesn't do what he was asked to do. In this case, kill the Inquisitor (which is failed) and something else that would explain Redcliff's appearance.

 

I'm starting to think that the start of game Fade Breach was an attempt at opening a portal between Thedas and the Fade for something really big to go through, but it failed and it wasn't large enough. We know it is growing, so the Inquisition first steps is probably to find a way to slow that down or even stop the growth until it can be fully closed.

[Milan92]

Sounds like Alexius is the villain that shows up at Skyhold at some point and the Elder One is most likely the main villain.

 

Atleast, that's what I think.

[Tiuwaz]

I sincerely hope there will be no time travel.

 

Time travel plots destroy nearly any story when it is used. I can count the decent ones with one hand and those usually focused on it as the story's central point.

When used as a plot device in any fashion it ends up being utterly terrible in 99% of the time with plotholes galore.

 

 

I think the Bioware writers are good enough to stay away from time travel. (fingers crosssed)

 

 

Alexius may well have attempted something like that, but "undo the past" can also mean correcting a mistake without actual time travel.