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[greenbrownblue]

Hey there,

 

I decided to write a brief Sera theories guide. I recently made a YT vid about Sera and I wanna write down some useful info until it is  still fresh in my head. The post is mostly directed towards Elven lore newbies (or generally DA newbies) who want to learn more about Sera or haven't yet taken part in any discussion, but DA lore pros are of course welcome too.

 

I will mention 4 sources. For obvious reasons, Sera is not a common choice when it comes to Dragon Age theories, so it makes sense to put all major theories in one place.

 

Let's start with Geek Remix.

 

1: Uploaded: 1 year ago

2: Summary: Before GR uploaded her Sera vid, she already developed a theory about keys to the Eluvians. Long story short, she believes that Sera's random thoughtlessness and her inability to focus is a side effect of her carrying Andruil's key to an Eluvian. She dismissed the thory that Sera is a vessel of Andruil.

3. Yes or meh: In my opinion the Trespasser DLC conforims that this theory is not correct. According to Solas, he has a full control over the Eluvians. The only person that recently had access to them was Briala. Solas' agent (Felassan) failed to take it from her, so he had to override the magic personally. 

4: Link : 

 

The next theory was made by Shaylyn Ispan. Some of you might already know it. It's one of the first major Sera theories, which in my opinion makes it worth knowing. The majority seems to disagree with it, but there are some ppl who would love for this theory to be correct.

 

1. Uploaded: 1 year ago

2. Summary: Shaylyn Ispan believes that Sera is a vessel for Andruil. She found out that Sera's tarot card is very similar to Andruil's Vallaslin. There are many other similarities that indeed Andruil and Sera share and that Shaylyn describes.

3. Yes or meh: I do not believe that Sera is a vessel for Andruil, but I believe that they share many features. Not sure if it is all a huge coincidence (unlikely) or not. The most important thing to point out here is that no codex has been found about Andruil dying before the Veil was created (like Mythal) or that she managed to slip away from the prison that Solas created. Also, Solas mentions sensing that Sera is "disconnected from herself", so would not he sense if she was connected to one of his biggest enemy?

4. Link: http://shispan.tumbl...peculation-more

 

 

The following theory or actually a discovery was made by Lady Insanity. Before I write any details I would like to recommend her "Bound to the Titan's Song" theory. It's so well done that it's a must-watch for every DA lore fan.

 

1. Uploaded: 10 months ago

2. Summary: As I said, this vid is more about a discovery. Lady Insanity found out that Sera perceives Inquisitor's mark the same way that spirits do.

3. Yes or meh: VERY YES! I used this discovery in my own vid as one of many proofs that Sera is tied to a spirit. 

4. Link: 

 

The last vid was made by me.

 

1. Uploaded: Recently

2. Summary: An attempt to prove that Sera is connected to a spirit. I do believe she could be a dreamer too. I also talk about Sera's past. I do mention other theories. I do not support Shaylyn;s theory, but I added two details that could prove that Sera is connected to a spirit ( do not confuse it with Sera being a vessel).

3. Yes or meh: Well, imo YES ! 

4. The link to the YT vid is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DWlu4AMUkk

 

Link: I do not want to force YT link on you, so here is the txt version from Bio forum. I wrote it a month ago. Some details that I mentioned in the vid were not written in that post, but the basic concept is there: http://forum.bioware...explain-it-all/
Ok, hope I could help. Feel free to leave a comment below. If you are a DA newbie I encourage you to read books and comics. They are all fun ^^ !

[Gervaise]

The thing is Sera has heard rumours about the Inquisitor and likely those included the fact that the Inquisitor glows, because when their hand lights up it is pretty obvious to anyone around them.   At the beginning many people saw this because it was acting up until the rift was closed the first time.   Also the soldiers on the hill saw it when Solas got you to close the rift with it.    So the fact that Sera says you glow may be no more significant than this; it is her way initially of saying that you are the Herald.  

 

Solas says all sorts of things to her that make people think he senses something special in her but I think it is just him trying to get to grips with modern elves.  He doesn't talk to the Inquisitor in the same way simply because the writers probably didn't want to repeat themselves.   In any case, the Inquisitor is Dalish and has their own unique conversation with Solas, whereas Sera is a city elf and no wish to be elfy, which Solas probably does find intriguing considering most other elves have no wish to be human.    Sera does still have the magic blood that all elves possess, so other creatures can sense her in the same way Kieran can.  For the same reason, she reacts to the Crossroads as any elf would, just as Briala did in Masked Empire.

 

Isn't it enough having Solas turn out to be an ancient elf god and Flemeth the vessel for an ancient elf god, without throwing Sera into the mix as well?  As for the spirit theory, well it is my opinion that all elves were probably spirits that became more material, like Cole, which is why cutting them off from the Fade affected them so adversely.  

[Xerrai]

Every single time I think of the theory where they say Sera is Andruil because of similarities in the tarrot card, I always have the illuminati music popping into my head.

[greenbrownblue]

The thing is Sera has heard rumours about the Inquisitor and likely those included the fact that the Inquisitor glows, because when their hand lights up it is pretty obvious to anyone around them.   At the beginning many people saw this because it was acting up until the rift was closed the first time.   Also the soldiers on the hill saw it when Solas got you to close the rift with it.    So the fact that Sera says you glow may be no more significant than this; it is her way initially of saying that you are the Herald.  

 

True, but there was no breach to close. And we recruit Sera before Inquis learns Mark of the rift, so she could not have seen it in combat. Also, there are 3 companions that Sera could have confused the Inquisitor with (theoretically).

 

 

 

 

In any case, the Inquisitor is Dalish and has their own unique conversation with Solas, whereas Sera is a city elf and no wish to be elfy, which Solas probably does find intriguing considering most other elves have no wish to be human

 

Solas says that Sera is "the furthest from which is meant to be". So something more than Solas being intigued is going on here. Plus she has these forseeing future abilities which make her - as I said in the vid - either a dreamer or a spirit-tied creature. Would not be surprised if dreamers take their power from spirits. I made a theory recently about how Qunari are quite resistant to the spirit/demon possession, and there are not many Qunari dreamers. Thedas Volume 2 (if I remember correctly) suggests that are any in general. but imo it is mentioned because when someone says Qunari, you never know if they mean a creature with horns or just some oridnary elf who joined the Qun.

 

As for the spirit theory, well it is my opinion that all elves were probably spirits that became more material, like Cole

 

I do agree. Btw, you know what would that mean? When Morrigan stabbed Abelas, Solas did not react ! Maybe he did not just die ("the first of my people do not die so easily"). I do hope so. Many ppl want to see him in DA4. IIiiiiiiIIIiiiiIIIiI !

[greenbrownblue]

Every single time I think of the theory where they say Sera is Andruil because of similarities in the tarrot card, I always have the illuminati music popping into my head.

Oh yes... But still... It is worth knowing, since it is so famous.

[Xerrai]

Oh yes... But still... It is worth knowing, since it is so famous.

Oh no I am denying that. That theory is what got me up to speed on the "Sera is special" theories. But sometimes I like to poke fun at it. I do that same with the "Mythal was Andraste" theories and the "Solas was the Maker/Shartan" theories.

[KaiserShep]

This theory is fun but I seriously hope BioWare never decides to make it true. Too many hidden ancients will just ruin the whole thing. Of course, I'm willing to forgive this if she remains indifferent to elfiness and plants an arrow square between Solas' eyes.

[CoM Solaufein]

Its the Freemason, they're behind this.

[Gervaise]

A couple of other things about spirits.   The warning of the Evanuris against Fen'Harel says he knows "much of the People and their spirits."    Do they simply mean the spirit of the person (their soul) or do they mean that each elf has something like a guardian spirit?    In Jaws of Hakkon, Ameridan talks of a spirit advising him how to trap Hakkon.   Ameridan is a mage so would naturally have a closer connection with spirits but I got the sense that this was a spirit guide that followed him around, rather than some random spirit he called up for information.   I also wondered if having this guardian spirit might have given him protection from mind control by blood mages, since his main job as Inquisitor had been to hunt maleficarum and demons.     It would be somewhat similar to how they create Seekers, in that they attract a spirit to touch their mind and this gives them their abilities, which include immunity to mind control and possession.    That would be a faith spirit but it is not unreasonable to suppose that another sort of spirit could touch the mind of a child and become connected to them in some way, which would tie in to your theory about Sera being connected to a spirit.  

 

When considering this, it is also worth remembering what happened to Andraste as a child.   It is still up for debate if Andraste was a mage, although it does seem likely.   However, she definitely had a very traumatic experience that left her physically and mentally injured.  It was after this that she started having her visions of the Maker and claimed that the death of her half sister was due to interaction with the old gods.   At the time of her death many of the Ciriane blamed animist spirits.    It would seem that Andraste made some sort of connection with a spirit at that time.     

 

If you accept that you don't have to be a mage for the connection to occur, then Sera could have had some similar experience as a child that made a spirit connect with her without being obvious about it and became her guardian from then on.   May be it was the magic in her blood as an elf that initially attracted it and then allowed the spirit to make the connection.

[greenbrownblue]

A couple of other things about spirits.   The warning of the Evanuris against Fen'Harel says he knows "much of the People and their spirits."    Do they simply mean the spirit of the person (their soul) or do they mean that each elf has something like a guardian spirit?    In Jaws of Hakkon, Ameridan talks of a spirit advising him how to trap Hakkon.   Ameridan is a mage so would naturally have a closer connection with spirits but I got the sense that this was a spirit guide that followed him around, rather than some random spirit he called up for information.   I also wondered if having this guardian spirit might have given him protection from mind control by blood mages, since his main job as Inquisitor had been to hunt maleficarum and demons.     It would be somewhat similar to how they create Seekers, in that they attract a spirit to touch their mind and this gives them their abilities, which include immunity to mind control and possession.    That would be a faith spirit but it is not unreasonable to suppose that another sort of spirit could touch the mind of a child and become connected to them in some way, which would tie in to your theory about Sera being connected to a spirit.  

 

When considering this, it is also worth remembering what happened to Andraste as a child.   It is still up for debate if Andraste was a mage, although it does seem likely.   However, she definitely had a very traumatic experience that left her physically and mentally injured.  It was after this that she started having her visions of the Maker and claimed that the death of her half sister was due to interaction with the old gods.   At the time of her death many of the Ciriane blamed animist spirits.    It would seem that Andraste made some sort of connection with a spirit at that time.     

 

If you accept that you don't have to be a mage for the connection to occur, then Sera could have had some similar experience as a child that made a spirit connect with her without being obvious about it and became her guardian from then on.   May be it was the magic in her blood as an elf that initially attracted it and then allowed the spirit to make the connection.

Hum, it is not confirmed that Sera has arcane abilities, but it would s*ck if Bio created such a character who has some mystierious connection to the Fade but do not explain what's going on with her.