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[Shizukai]

Good evening,

 

close to 9 months ago I came to this community because I NEEDED to talk to somebody

about my experiences during my first two playthroughs with my canon Inquisitor. 

 

All because I really thought of her as broken and shattered - done and out.

(Further crying can be found in here: https://forum.biowar...ft-at-the-end/)

 

Ever since then, thinking of DA:I or even trying to give it a fresh start resulted in being

confronted with some strange kind of sadness. Overwhelming enough for not going in

for more than an hour and not getting along with any other character-idea. Everything

felt "not right". It is normal for me to cling to my main/canon-character, but this time it

was really harsh.

 

Now - out of nowhere - I started again. The plan was to finish DA:O and DA2 first and then 

give it another try, but.... I was having fun with the character editor and - there he was, my new

Inquisitor. The idea was no new one, an elvish rogue was what I wanted before. But now

everything was just fitting and nice. He is differend than "my" Inquisitor lady but he's got his

own strong personality and he feels "alive".

 

And: I am very happy about it

 

.....

Only ONE thing is really bugging me. 

As you can see in my thread back then - I am indeed some kind of Solas-fangirl, hands-down favorite, no

shame. I see his wrongdoing but I used to think of it as

 

"He tried to do what is right - now he is about to commit a even greater sin in order to receive absolution.

He is not a bad person per se - just a tragic one."

 

Now, running around in the Hinterlands, helping refugees and seeing this

"Solas approves" after every good thing I do to others I really feel like

 

"Are you kidding me? Happy, I helped them?

You are provoking a genocide in Thedas, risking all their lives for what YOU think it is best?"

 

And I am quite surprised.

 

My Inquisitor has got a strong opinion on things, cold-minded and rigorous.

 

I'm really trying to draw the line between what I think and what my character thinks. Something

I'm used to do in like a million pen&paper evenings, but I'm really struggeling to differ.

 

I'm curious how my perception of the upcoming ingame events changed over the months.

First time Solas is not on my team btw.

 

...........

Would love to hear how you stumbled over similar developments in your own or your characters thinking

And as always: Thanks for reading.

[Varlathlalin]

I have just the same problem you had. Few days ago I finally managed to finish everything on my canon Lavellan who romanced Solas. Every map, every side quests, all the DLC's. And after Trespasser I thought "wow, I need to... just do something, start a new character, go for happy ending with Cullen or whatever". I really wanted to make that awful feeling of sadness... disappear. But the problem is that I simply cannot force myself to do it. Every time I get my next new character to Haven, I just abandon her, because it doesn't feel right to play her. It's just like deep down in my heart I know she won't be as precious to me as my Lavellan.

But, your story gave me exactly what I needed, a hope that it is possible for a ruined Solasmancer to enjoy beauty of Dragon Age Inquisiton once again on a different hero.

[Shizukai]

I have just the same problem you had. Few days ago I finally managed to finish everything on my canon Lavellan who romanced Solas. Every map, every side quests, all the DLC's. And after Trespasser I thought "wow, I need to... just do something, start a new character, go for happy ending with Cullen or whatever". I really wanted to make that awful feeling of sadness... disappear. But the problem is that I simply cannot force myself to do it. Every time I get my next new character to Haven, I just abandon her, because it doesn't feel right to play her. It's just like deep down in my heart I know she won't be as precious to me as my Lavellan.

But, your story gave me exactly what I needed, a hope that it is possible for a ruined Solasmancer to enjoy beauty of Dragon Age Inquisiton once again on a different hero.

 

Thanks for sharing
Sounds like you are exactly where I have been (and where I will be again as soon as I give my canon Inquisitor another run) and yes - there is hope. It took some time for me and forcing was not helping at all - and it used to feel like "But this character is not MY character and this character is not going to know what is REALLY true, it won't be as touching as before."

 

I'm not going to say "Goodbye" to my dear female mage Lavellan.
I'm just saying "Hello" to some new faces and let them take me on another journey.

 

(You may give a male character the chance to shine, it could work as a tool to create more "distance" to your canon Inquisitor.)

[Dai Grepher]

I took about three hours in the character creator making my character. I had a similar experience where there was a moment where I was messing around, seeing how different faces looked, and then at a certain moment I realized how my character should look.

I was going back and forth between black skin and brown skin (African looking or Eastern Indian looking). I decided on brown skin. Then I did the eye color as green, and this seemed to fit. But I went to the custom eye color part and made some modifications where he had just a hint of brown near the pupils. That's when I started to really see my character emerge. I made some tweaks to the face. Then I picked the hair style (I usually create the character bald so no features are hidden from view while creating). Then I made the hair color older, a greyish black. And then I added the scars. This was probably the most meaningful part. The more scars I added, the more painful history was added. I repositioned the scars in a way that they made sense. Like you could see how they were given without damaging the eyes or the lips for example. I also positioned one near the corner of the nose. This played well with the broken nose option, to show that there was some blunt force trauma there at some time in the past.

When the character was done, the voice was an easy pick. British to show more sophistication and culture.

It then took me a solid hour to think of a proper name. I even got on my other computer and looked up the meanings of names to make sure it fit my character.

And when everything was set, the game began. I was careful to pick the opening responses I wanted, and I SAVED THE GAME TWICE the very second I was able to.

I understand what it's like when you invest yourself into a character like that.

What I would recommend to you for your new character, or perhaps the next character you create, have one of them take a rivalry path with Solas. You will see a side to his character that your primary Inquisitor could never see. There are some interesting responses from him in this case.

[robertmarilyn]

I've made all humans except for 1 female Danish who romanced Solas. When she found out what his plans were at the end, she was very upset and confused but wants to redeem him although she isn't willing to help him further his plans.

 

Once I finish playing The Witcher series, I'm going to make a male city elf who won't agree with all of Solas's opinions but will consider him a friend and think of him as a very good person. That is until Tresspasser and he finds out what Solas has done and is going to do. This inquisitor feels for "his" people, the people of today, not just elves, but the living beings of today, to be worth saving too, and he will do everything in his power to destroy Solas's plans and Solas, if necessary. 

 

I think it's going to be fun to play this way and it will allow me to express my real feelings about what Solas is doing. I like Solas but genocide goes way beyond crossing the line and even my romanced elf would never help him accomplish those plans.