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[BansheeOwnage]

Uthenera puzzled me since the Temple of Mythal. I thought, from playing the first 2 games, that most elves who entered it never reawakened, and they could not choose whether they did or not. Yet the Sentinels could wake whenever they needed to defend the temple. Did I forget something?

[Fredward]

Actually I'm totally down with the idea. It's just 1) the cost and 2) the motivations I object to. I might shelf 2 but 1 is non-negotiable.

[Cobra's_back]

This leads to a certain question however. If Solas society fell and was destroyed, what exactly gives the one we live in right now the guarantee that it won't suffer the same fate?

 

Good question. The truth is the only thing stopping it from failing is the people in it. Why should one person decide the fate of the world? The next hero and his companions/armies should have an option to stop Solas proving the current society is not ready to go down just yet.

[Cobra's_back]

Ah, to be honest, even though there's no such option in my story the inquisitor retired because she wanted to join Solas. As early as Promise of Destruction I've already started considering if this world's worth saving at all - Just like Lord Seeker Lucius said, the world's so irreparably rotten and damaged that the logical option would be to take any opportunity to flip the table and start everything over. The reason why Corypheus still has to be stopped is because we've seen how rotten his vision for the world is in the time travel sequence, but as of trespasser, my opinion is that the status quo in Thedas is not worth preserving at all. Decadent Orlais, backward Ferelden, a disunited Free Marches, corrupt Tevinter, and the Qun who's neither strong enough to realise its vision, nor weak enough to be defeated, but nonetheless will never relent. Couple that with mages, templars, politics and sheer human stupidity - What the inquisition stood for is just holding a diminished, broken, mundane world. Morrigan, Solas and even Corypheus reminds us of how much better the world was before, and how much has been lost. And it's no misguided nostalgia either - the world really was greater, more magical and much more advanced. Bringing these back can offer the world a chance to start over.

 

Plus my inquisitor's Dalish. In my backstory she's already thoroughly sick of the human societies and their status quo by the time of Trespasser, and she's never forgotten her Dalish heritage. Her time with the inquisition is over - time to do her part for the People, now that she's learned so much.

 

Ancient Elven civilization was a totalitarian society. A few very powerful godlike mages made all the decisions, and everyone else was a slave. Solas is not going to change that. He has his own followers/servants. 

 

"The world really was greater, more magical and much more advanced. Bringing these back can offer the world a chance to start over."

 

Was it? He stated the fake gods were going to destroy the world. I really can't see a world controlled by a few as a good thing. 

[Almostfaceman]

Ancient Elven civilization was a totalitarian society. A few very powerful godlike mages made all the decisions, and everyone else was a slave. Solas is not going to change that. He has his own followers/servants. 

 

It evolved into something like that after a war, and Solas worked to free slaves and overthrow the godlike mages after they killed Mythal. Other than that, we have no specifics or details so anything you're saying about who was following Solas and in what capacity you're pulling out of your behind. 

[Cobra's_back]

A short passage from "The Masked Empire".

 

Spoiler

Felassan shut his eyes and dreamed. He still sat in the forest before the campfire, but everything around him glowed faintly with the aura of the Fade, and the smell of the herbs was rich and fresh, as though he walked through a meadow in the summer. Behind him, dead leaves cracked as someone approached.

"I don't have the passphrase," Felassan said, not turning around.  "Briala did not tell me." It was a lie of sorts.  She would have told him, had he not stopped her.  And the figure behind him heard the lie and knew it as well. "Yes, I know.  She deserves a chance," Felassan said.  "And what's the harm, really?  Why not let the girl try?" Behind him, there was only silence.  There would be no debate, no logical argument or impassioned plea.  Felassan had known that when he sat down before the campfire. Felassan sighed.  "I'm sorry.  I will not take the eluvians from her." Dead leaves cracked again as the figure came closer behind him.

Felassan closed his eyes, straightened, and inhaled the rich scent one last time.  "They're stronger than you think, you know."  He smiled.  "You know, I suspect you'll hate this, but she reminds me of - " He never heard the blow that killed him. His last thought was for an elven girl, alone, with no magic, no family, no power, searching for her people.

 

-Patrick Weekes - Dragon Age: The Masked Empire

 

Another member had already found this and posted it. I didn't have to search the book for it. It is a good book to read. The last section really paints the Elves in a different light.

[Almostfaceman]

 

A short passage from "The Masked Empire".

 

Spoiler

Felassan shut his eyes and dreamed. He still sat in the forest before the campfire, but everything around him glowed faintly with the aura of the Fade, and the smell of the herbs was rich and fresh, as though he walked through a meadow in the summer. Behind him, dead leaves cracked as someone approached.

"I don't have the passphrase," Felassan said, not turning around.  "Briala did not tell me." It was a lie of sorts.  She would have told him, had he not stopped her.  And the figure behind him heard the lie and knew it as well. "Yes, I know.  She deserves a chance," Felassan said.  "And what's the harm, really?  Why not let the girl try?" Behind him, there was only silence.  There would be no debate, no logical argument or impassioned plea.  Felassan had known that when he sat down before the campfire. Felassan sighed.  "I'm sorry.  I will not take the eluvians from her." Dead leaves cracked again as the figure came closer behind him.

Felassan closed his eyes, straightened, and inhaled the rich scent one last time.  "They're stronger than you think, you know."  He smiled.  "You know, I suspect you'll hate this, but she reminds me of - " He never heard the blow that killed him. His last thought was for an elven girl, alone, with no magic, no family, no power, searching for her people.

 

-Patrick Weekes - Dragon Age: The Masked Empire

 

Another member had already found this and posted it. I didn't have to search the book for it. It is a good book to read. The last section really paints the Elves in a different light.

 

 

I don't see anything here that indicates Felassan was a slave and in fact he was acting of his own free will. That Solas did not approve is obvious, but that doesn't change the fact that Solas freed slaves in his battle against the elven "gods". It also doesn't change the fact that Solas eschewed "godhood". 

 

Edit: Thanks for the link and information though. Does sound like a good book. 

[Cobra's_back]

I don't see anything here that indicates Felassan was a slave and in fact he was acting of his own free will. That Solas did not approve is obvious, but that doesn't change the fact that Solas freed slaves in his battle against the elven "gods". It also doesn't change the fact that Solas eschewed "godhood". 

 

Edit: Thanks for the link and information though. Does sound like a good book. 

 

You and I have a different opinion of allowing someone free will. Solas killed Felassan. That is not something I would do. Solas is a dictator. He makes decisions in a vacuum. He frees the slaves and now they have a new master (NOT leader). A good leader does not have to murder because someone disagrees or has a change of heart. Free will means being able to think. He is just giving them a nicer master.