I don't believe the demon theory; the time travel theory is somewhat compelling.
I kind of always assumed that Fiona was under some sort of mind control magic by Alexius (she doesn't remember the encounter, says she's been feeling strange, etc). The goal for Alexius was to lure the herald to Redcliffe. I think it is either that or the time travel thing.
Envy Demon, to lure the inquisitor into not meddling with the templars and instead focus on the mage's invitation thus letting him do his plans as he wills it without distraction.
Envy Demon, to lure the inquisitor into not meddling with the templars and instead focus on the mage's invitation thus letting him do his plans as he wills it without distraction.
Doesn't fit; Envy saw the Herald as beneath his interest in Val Royeaux. Simplest explanation is time travel.
It wasn't the envy demon because that was imitating Seeker Lucius who we spoke to only a short time before, when one of his followers punched that cleric. The explanation in game was quite clear; it was time magic that meant that when we get to Redcliffe it is as though Fiona never left it. Of course this is nonsense. It is bad enough they use us travelling in time, without suggesting that Alexius can alter time in just one specific location, whilst everything else outside is following the original time line. Still that is the explanation given so you have to go with it. It would have been far simpler, and made more sense, if they had Alexius just resorting to blood magic to control Fiona (which could still have upset Dorian so he was determined to oppose him) but that was clearly too mundane a solution. Of course, there may have been some mind control going on as well; otherwise it is hard to explain why Fiona becomes confused. If time has been altered, so she never visited Val Royeaux in her memory, why would she be confused? If her memory was altered by blood magic to think she never visited, then appearing confused makes more sense.
It wasn't the envy demon because that was imitating Seeker Lucius who we spoke to only a short time before, when one of his followers punched that cleric. The explanation in game was quite clear; it was time magic that meant that when we get to Redcliffe it is as though Fiona never left it. Of course this is nonsense. It is bad enough they use us travelling in time, without suggesting that Alexius can alter time in just one specific location, whilst everything else outside is following the original time line. Still that is the explanation given so you have to go with it. It would have been far simpler, and made more sense, if they had Alexius just resorting to blood magic to control Fiona (which could still have upset Dorian so he was determined to oppose him) but that was clearly too mundane a solution. Of course, there may have been some mind control going on as well; otherwise it is hard to explain why Fiona becomes confused. If time has been altered, so she never visited Val Royeaux in her memory, why would she be confused? If her memory was altered by blood magic to think she never visited, then appearing confused makes more sense.
It could be that it takes time (heh) for the time changing to affect the whole world. Or maybe the anchor did something?
It wasn't the envy demon because that was imitating Seeker Lucius who we spoke to only a short time before, when one of his followers punched that cleric. The explanation in game was quite clear; it was time magic that meant that when we get to Redcliffe it is as though Fiona never left it. Of course this is nonsense. It is bad enough they use us travelling in time, without suggesting that Alexius can alter time in just one specific location, whilst everything else outside is following the original time line. Still that is the explanation given so you have to go with it. It would have been far simpler, and made more sense, if they had Alexius just resorting to blood magic to control Fiona (which could still have upset Dorian so he was determined to oppose him) but that was clearly too mundane a solution. Of course, there may have been some mind control going on as well; otherwise it is hard to explain why Fiona becomes confused. If time has been altered, so she never visited Val Royeaux in her memory, why would she be confused? If her memory was altered by blood magic to think she never visited, then appearing confused makes more sense.
Why would Bioware have to explain time travel so that it makes sense without headcanon?!
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