Okay.
Let's take a couple steps back.
Even though it might feel underwhelming to some I thought the ending was good.
Then I do this dangerous thing called thinking. [Brb thought police are outside my door]
And now I feel like this isn't sequel baiting there is going to be a sequel more than likely.
Part 1: Fade Shenanigans
Corypheus did want to get into the Fade. Thing is he said he needed the anchor and the Well of Sorrows.
But if that is true, then how did he open the doors to the Black City and walk the fade before?
See there was no anchor and no breach when he first walked the Fade.
Our proof is: It's never been written about and we have records from varying countries across the world of Dragon Age and Thedas that never once mentioned a passed breach.
On top of it, The Ancient Elves/Mythal's Sentinels who might have been around the same time as Corypheus or have been descended from the even older Elves that might date back to Corypheus, never mentioned a past Breach.
The Inquisitor might have done what the Wardens originally did. Sealed away a problem that is not going to get resolved until another sequel so we will have another villain with Corypheus pulling the strings or another blight.
On top of which if you exile the wardens and Corypheus corrupts another old god in the Fade the inquisitor may be forced to become a Grey Warden and look at that: Corypheus gets the anchor and the inquisitor and possibly the well of sorrows all in one go.
Part 2: Pragmatism and Rifts
I just have this feeling that we have done more harm than good. On top of all of this: We put him closest to his pet the Nightmare [who taunted Solas/The Dread Wolf] and well maybe Corypheus will find a way to corrupt Hawke because if you left Stroud, Alistair or Loghain, Corypheus can corrupt them. The nightmare would just kill Corypheus and Corypheus would corrupt/be reborn through the grey warden you left behind. Corypheus doesn't have to immediately rebirth through a warden host. DA2 proved this because the Warden you side with at the end of Legacy is possessed but Corypheus isn't reborn and it fooled Hawke to it has a delay.
I honestly believe we are going to have to deal with Corypheus even more before this is over. And not for nothing Corypheus isn't really a compelling villain [well, if you sided with the templars then you get to know more about him].
Personally, I wished legacy was skipped/not canon but that's me.
But on top of it all, Corypheus is not gone for good.
Especially since there are rifts all over Thedas that are still open and there is nothing stopping him from walking out of those.
Even if you seal all the rifts pre-breach closing, what is stopping Corypheus from ripping a couple in Ferelden and in Orlais during the final battle? The Inquisitor cannot seal both of them at the same time so he could just pop out of the other one.
Part 3: Blights and Elven Lore is Wrong
This is just so bad of the inquisitor. there are old gods and 'dead' gods floating around in the fade. Remember how elven Lore said all the gods were tricked and sealed away? Flemeth [as well and Mythal's Sentinels] has taken the biggest dump on this. This leaves the door wide open that not all of the Elven gods are sealed or dead. Which means Corypheus can corrupt one of them while he is in the Fade and start the next Blight. Remember, he is a powerful magister and a darkspawn. He could indeed corrupt any sleeping god/forgotten/'dead' into an Archdemon. And thus Blights.
So the Elves are going to be the Alien Council from Mass Effect when it coems to helping stop a new blight or corruption of an Old God.
Player Character of Dragon Age 4: Your gods were not all tricked by the dread wolf! They could be still asleep or unsealed!
Elves: Our gods? Alive? We have already dismissed that claim.
And as I stated before: Exiling the Wardens May truly throw Orlais into turmoil.because we know that the elves are wrong about their dead gods and the inquisotr didn't kill Corypheus . In fact the Inquisitor may have helped Corypheus more than we know! Especially if the Inquistor has to partake in the joining to slay an archdemon. It's a free possession for Corypheus + anchor + possibly well of sorrows.
I honestly think the Inquisitor has given us the worst case scenario.
What about you?
EDIT:
If you leave a grey warden in the fade then cory has a way of coming back. You sent pieces of cory to the fade. And the nightmare could in theory help cory get to that grey warden since archdemon souls jump to the nearest body with the taint.
Retour en haut
