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[thats1evildude]

Unless this was brought up somewhere I'm not aware of, the identity of Felassan's killer at the end of Masked Empire remains an unresolved mystery as of Dragon Age Inquisition. We know that whoever he worked for wanted access to the eluvians for an unknown purpose. Assuming that it isn't someone we haven't seen before, who do you think killed Felassan? The prime suspects as I see it are:

 

Corypheus - His motive for wanting access to the eluvians is the strongest: to gain access to the Black City. And killing someone in the Fade probably isn't out of the scope of his abilities. However, the one problem with this theory is that Corypheus would have no way of knowing who Briala is or that she would eventually come to possess control of the eluvian network. As well, it's implied that Felassan had been working for his killer for a very long time, longer than Corypheus has been awake.

 

Flemeth - The strongest suspect in terms of ability, as she possesses the foresight to set someone up as an agent to monitor Briala and then gain access to the eluvian network. What's less clear is her motive; it doesn't seem as though she's denied access to the eluvians and it's not clear why she would need them even if she were.

 

Solas - Arguably, the most likely suspect, given Felassan's knowledge of Fen'Harel and the ancient elven civilization. It's even possible that Felassan was an ancient elf himself, sent by Solas to gain Briala's trust and aid her in gaining control of the eluvian network. But why would he do this? That's harder to answer without knowing his ultimate goal, but it seems that Solas needs access to old elven artifacts and magics to carry out his plan.

[turuzzusapatuttu]

*snip*

 

Solas, I would say. At least until we know more about his true nature.

[The-Dunwall-Inquisitor]

The password is "FenHarel's blessing" to gain access to the crossroads (assuming that it is the same place where Briala and company went to in Masked Empire).

 

I really think Solas would have known that.

 

In DAI Flemeth is in the Fade in which the Inquisitor and Morrigan meet her in there by using the eluvian. So either Flemeth suddenly has the ability to slip into the Fade without any problems or she knows of the eluvians and has access.

 

I honestly don't see Coryface being able to gain access to the Fade in his state. There's no mention of it in any of the lore that we know of and honestly, he's a pretty one-sided character with no hidden motive.

 

I can't pinpoint any other characters that has already been introduced that could have been Felassan's murderer. I want to pin it on any enemies FenHarel has made that are trapped in the depths of the Fade. So the old elven Parthenon are all viable candidates since they all have beef with FenHarel.

 

So I think we just have to wait for a DLC or the next game to address it. I think I'm going to ask Weekes about it. I would have thought that they would have mentioned something in DAI during Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts since much of the book is in that mission along side with all the characters.

 

-Hans

[thats1evildude]

Objection! The keystone provided by Imshael would allow whoever possessed it to choose a pass phrase. Briala selected Fen'Harel's blessing to honour her hahren, Felassan.

[nightscrawl]

Giving you a like just for the title of this thread.

 

As for the actual topic, I'd have to read it again since playing DAI to get a better read on it.

[Caddius]

I don't see Solas as likely. When dealing with the mages who corrupted Wisdom in All New, Faded For Her, Solas is enraged, but listens to their explanations and finds them faulty. Only after hearing them out and doing his best to save Wisdom does he turn on them ready to kill. Solas would be the kind of villain who would ruthlessly kill the hero if it was for the 'greater good', but he wouldn't be able to resist hearing out the hero on their views of the matter. Striking down Felassan in the middle of conversation, without fishing for further details, isn't his style from what I've seen of him.

Flemeth also doesn't strike me as the type.

The red lyrium codex entry during the Fade mission, 'Whispers Written In Red Lyrium', I believe, points to it being one of the imprisoned elven gods.

They have 'found the dreams' again, are still imprisoned, are corrupted, and really want to get out. The Creators appear to have been Dreamers, and they would naturally give commands from the Fade and try to unlock the Eluvians so they could get out. Felassan, with his fondness for Fen'harel, probably wishes he was under different employment.

Now, there are apparently two schools of thought on what Felassan was saying as he died. It's probably safe to say he was comparing Briala to Fen'harel, as he's been making that comparison all throughout The Masked Empire.

A) "She reminds me of you." Speaking to Solas as his mysterious boss in the Fade. While Solas isn't a rampant egotist, he's not so down on himself that he'd lose his temper over that. (Unless it just took a moment for him to load up a spell, of course.)

"She reminds me of Fen'harel." The boss knows what he's about to say, and the Dread Wolf that has sealed them away for thousands of years and kicked off the downfall of their empire is naturally a berserk button.

I was kind of shocked that The Masked Empire's elfy plots didn't carry over as much as I thought they would. Felassan doesn't have much in the way of presence, Imshael gets an appearance largely divorced from his previous actions, Briala's Eluvian network doesn't really come up (though understandably she'd probably want to keep it a secret), and I'm still unsure if Felassan's 'clan' was the Sentinels of Mythal or if it was yet another ancient elf group.

Worth mentioning is that violent elves that don't seem to worship the Creators, but instead others with strange names, and that wear red (possibly red lyrium) vallaslin are in the Tirashan Forest near Serault. So either there's another group of Ancient Elves, or the Forgotten Ones have a long isolated clan under their sway.

[thats1evildude]

I don't see Solas as likely. When dealing with the mages who corrupted Wisdom in All New, Faded For Her, Solas is enraged, but listens to their explanations and finds them faulty. Only after hearing them out and doing his best to save Wisdom does he turn on them ready to kill. Solas would be the kind of villain who would ruthlessly kill the hero if it was for the 'greater good', but he wouldn't be able to resist hearing out the hero on their views of the matter. Striking down Felassan in the middle of conversation, without fishing for further details, isn't his style from what I've seen of him.

 

When I went through All New, Faded for Her, he cut off the Kirkwall mage when he tried to explain.

[Jedi Master of Orion]

It seems kind of out of character for the person we met in DAI, but then The Masked Empire gives us a very different picture of Fen'Harel than Dragon Age Inquisition does. I don't know if that's supposed to be an in universe discrepancy as well or just a plothole.

[thats1evildude]

Incidentally, it looks like I was right. Solas did kill Felassan.

[StrangeStrategy]

Weren't Felassan's last words "They're more like us than you know."? Solas seems to be stuck in the past, not willing to see that the elves of today are still his people and even if times have changes, they're still elves, and they're still capable of reclaiming that "old glory" or whatever it is Solas remembers in the ancient days. Of course, Solas kills Felassan right afterwards which, if you ask me, seems a bit unlike him.

[AlleluiaElizabeth]

Weren't Felassan's last words "They're more like us than you know."? Solas seems to be stuck in the past, not willing to see that the elves of today are still his people and even if times have changes, they're still elves, and they're still capable of reclaiming that "old glory" or whatever it is Solas remembers in the ancient days. Of course, Solas kills Felassan right afterwards which, if you ask me, seems a bit unlike him.

It seems very liek a Solas who has a cold relationship with the inquisitor, imo. In that case, the mild mannered Solas you see during the main game remains a facade, a facet  of himself but not all of him. The ruthless calculus that will sacrifice the present world for a shot at restoring his past one is still there and its the dominant/truest side of him if you have not befriended him.

 

I romanced him and I hate that he's Felassan's killer, but considering when the book took place, aka before he met the Inquisitor and company and formed his own bonds and started questioning it himself, it makes sense. In fact, I am sure Felassan's "going native" and standing up to his superior/friend/whatever-Solas-was-to-him was one of the first chinks in Solas' armor against the idea that this world and its people are "real". If the Inquisitor capitalizes on that then Thedas owes Felassan more than it knows.

[Evil Asch]

Incidentally, it looks like I was right. Solas did kill Felassan.

 

[Hydwn]

Also in Trespasser, Solas in your final conversation with him mentions that "an agent of his" was supposed to wrest the Eluvians from Briala, but he failed, so Solas had to take control of them himself.  There's the smoking gun.