So I originally posted this idea in the Lore Discussion Forum, but since that place is basically a graveyard, I figured that I should hide that thread and start over here instead to try and get some discussion.
So, in the Solason, we encounter ten "coffins" which when opened give us a resistance boost when opened. We encounter a similar coffin behind another shard door in JoH. The one in JoH is directly associated with Geldauran, one of the Forgotten Ones.
As I've explained in another thread, Geldauran's tomb thing is clearly from before he warred with the Elvhan Gods as he has a note which talks about seeking power. Other people have brought up that it might be where Geldauran performed Uthenera as it has been stated that Uthenera was performed in tomb like beds. This would suggest that Geldauran was a dreamer and that the ten "tombs" at the Solason were actually beds for ten dreamers. However I am going to take this theory a step further...
Geldauran's note has an interesting comment in it...
"I am Geldauran, and I refuse those who would exert will upon me. Let Andruil's bow crack, let June's fire grow cold. Let them build temples and lure the faithful with promises. Their pride will consume them, and I, forgotten, will claim power of my own, apart from them until I strike in mastery."
So he is either purposefully or coincidentally referencing the eventual name for his group, the Forgotten Ones. He also refers to the pride of the Elvhan Gods. Solason means Temple of Pride. When you reach the final chamber of the Solason, you get a translation from Solas (which is not recorded as a codex) about how a being consumed by pride was bound there...
"Pride in our accomplishments and in our hearts. That same pride became (a word meaning corrupted or altered) within him, he sought to claim (indecipherable), cast from favor and so he was bound.
Hidden from mortal eyes, death lies within."
Notice how the note refers to pride being in "our" hearts. Pride existed within the hearts of the ten elvhes who were performing Uthenera. It however became too much for one of the ten and he decided to claim the something (the Golden City?) that I presume was crafted by the ten of them together. Interesting to note that the tenth being was hidden from mortal eyes. Combining the two notes and their implication, I conclude that the Solason is where the 9 Elvhan Gods + 1 contemporary who betrayed them and was sealed away performed their Uthenara. When you open the "tombs" you are absorbing residual energy from Elvhan Gods.
Some additional thoughts based on this theory that aren't really organized:
-When i was first thinking about this theory, I was thinking that the tenth dreamer was probably the pride demon you encounter when you open the last door (as I believe that ancient elvhes were more like spirits than modern elves). However, based on the resistances you gain from the different tombs, it would appear that the tenth dreamer was the most powerful of the ten. I don't have any actual evicence to support this idea, but I now think that the pride demon was just attracted there by the sealed being (or his residual energy) and wasn't actually related to the being. The sealed being actually escaped long ago and could possibly have been involved in the murder or Mythal.
-Timeline wise, the Solason was probably used prior to the ascension of the Elvhen Gods since there sees to be no mention of the sealed being that I can recall. Essentially, this is probably where the Elvhen Gods ascended. The ten of them got together, performed some great feat (creating the Golden City?), they were betrayed by the tenth, they sealed the tenth away, and then returned to the People as gods.
-I would probably put the Elvhan gods in arrangements of (going from earliest in the hallways to last in the hallway): Hallway 1: Ghilan'nain, Fen'Harel, and Mythal, Hallway 2: Dirthamen, Falon'Din, and Elgar'nin, Hallway 3: June, Sylaise, and Andruil. I put Mythal and Elgar'nin in different hallways because I'm assuming the two of them are the two most powerful of the nine. The rest are based on familial or other relationships between the gods (except for Ghilan'nain who just got the left over slot). Not sure which element hallways go to which set of gods.
-Random note that I couldn't figure out any other place to put, DA Wiki mentions that Masked Empire discusses that ancient elves would go to a dreamer's chamber and then walk a labyrinth to find the answers they seek in their dreams. The order is backwards, but this reminded me of the area outside of the Forbidden Oasis where you have to walk through a labyrinth in order to reach the temple where the dreamers once slept. It is hard to tell at this point how much of the labyrinth was there when the mining operations began, but I suspect some of it was since building a swiss cheese mine seems like it would be a poor choice.
Edit: The tl;dr is that the Solason is where the Elvhan Gods performed Uthenera and possibly ascended to Godhood.
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