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The final song in the Solavellan ending, when Lost Elf reappears, that is not on the soundtrack

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The banters that Solas has with the companions change into completely different conversations if you have not found Solas’ memories!!!

Solas actually has 4 completely different banters (the most) with Emmrich, depending on whether Emmrich is a lich, and depending on whether Emmrich knows Solas is a spirit. There’s a slight variation of Emmrich hasn’t finished his personal quest. I have seen recordings of the last 3 but not the first. (These are not completely accurate btw I was in a hurry.) The Wisdom Spirit and the Professor are natural best friends and every conversation ends with “it would be a privilege to speak with you further”

He has two banters with Bellara, one where she asks him why he killed Mythal, and this one when Bellara has not seen his memories (greeting different if she had not finished her personal quest)

If Taash hasn’t seen Solas’ memories, they ask him if Elgar’nan’s dragon can be saved instead.

If Lucanis has not seen Solas’ memories, Spite will say Solas “Smells like tears. And lying.” 😭😂

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major spoilers for da4's ending solas x varric - 304 words

Atonement would be a long journey, this Solas had known and accepted, but it did not make it any easier when the Fade, as it was wont to do- reminded him of things lost.

“Hey Chuckles,” Varric Tethras greeted, and Solas stopped in his tracks, breath hitching at the sight of him.

It could not be him. At least, not the mortal dwarf he’d known. This he knew- but not quite any spirit he’d ever known, either. Something like the Justinia they’d met in the Fade so long ago, perhaps?

“I definitely don’t know any more than you,” Varric shrugged. He looked like himself that day, sans a fatal wound. Solas did not count that a mercy.

“You know I don’t understand any of this Fade shit. Never did. But I’m here, and you are too.” 

“What you are,” Solas found himself choking on his words. “It does not distress you?”

“I know I’m dead.” 

He recalled words once spoken, a decade ago: You don’t just forgive someone killing you. 

“Who said anything about forgiving? Besides, Rook convinced you in the end. You’re making things right, aren’t you?”

“I am atoning,” was the answer Solas settled on, after a moment. 

“C’mon then, you’ve got a lot of it to do. What?” Varric scoffed at the incredulous look on Solas’ face. “I’ve chased you for a decade now. You think I’m letting a flesh wound stop me?”

The ludicrousness of the situation might make Solas laugh, had tears not started to fall from his face.

“Burnt petals on a flower,” Varric muttered under his breath, before reaching out to hold the elf’s hand. “I’m the dead one here, and you’re crying?”

“Vhenan,” Solas sobbed, grief bringing him to his knees. “I’m so sorry.”

“Yeah,” a gentle kiss on his forehead did not bring relief. “I know.”

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sulevin x dorian, 724 words exploring gender identity & dalish stuff with sulevin (dorian asks inquisitor lavellan a question)

“So I was having a chat with our dear ambassador,” Dorian spoke as he strode into the Inquisitor’s room, and immediately took a seat by the fireplace. The Inquisitor’s quarters was awful with its open balconies letting in so much mountain wind- how the fireplace managed to be any help warming up the room at all was a damn mystery. 

“..Yes?” Sulevin was reading letters at his table, much too far away from the fire for Dorian to consider closing the space just to talk properly.

“Apparently, people are asking for an official answer as to how to refer to you. Lord or Lady Lavellan, as it were.”

Sulevin took a moment to himself, setting aside his work. “I prefer no titles at all,” he said, as he stood to join Dorian on the couch.

“I figured that- the question was if you saw yourself more as a man or a woman. Neither, I’d assume.”

Dorian waited patiently as Sulevin took the time to consider his words, brows furrowing a little before finding the words that fit. “I just see myself as Sulevin, and I don’t mind how others do,” he finally said after a while. “Usually they say ‘man’, but I take no offence either way.”

“Ah,” Dorian pursed his lips slightly. “I see.”

Sensing something in Dorian’s voice, Sulevin turned to him with his head tilted in question. “Is something bothering you, Dorian?”

“Oh no, nothing is wrong- how do I say this?” Dorian sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose in thought. He had no wish to offend Sulevin, but the man- elf? No, that wasn’t necessarily better- had always ever been open to listening, and hadn’t run away yet despite the amount of times Dorian had introduced his own foot into his own mouth. “The South is of course, delightfully charming in how strangely open it is. Back in Tevinter, yes, there are those that don’t fit strict bills of woman or man. People like- Cremisius, for one- aren’t completely unheard of, but considered scandalous at best, and at worse… Well, I suppose that is why the man’s here, is he not?”

“...Yes?” Sulevin asked, confused as to what Dorian was getting at.

“What I mean is.. How is it for the Dalish?”

“Oh. Hm,” Sulevin sat back, adjusting to lean against Dorian. Dorian decided to take that as a sign that he managed to avoid shoving his feet in his mouth this time. “I can’t speak for all the clans, but in mine, it’s not so restrictive. Traditional courtship or cultural rituals have rules for women or men, but my clan takes it as a suggestion instead. Otherwise, men or women or others are free to take on any role they wish. Everyone needs to help the clan in some way.”

“Right, because of.. the way you live,” Dorian said, feeling like he should’ve realised. The Dalish had to survive in the wild, it made sense that certain roles mattered less when everyone needed to make sure there was food for every stomach to be filled. “And marriage? Or- dare I say- having babies?”

“They are considered separate things in my clan. Anyone can get married. A person may have a child with someone else, provided their partners and the Keeper approves it.”

“Wait,” Dorian raised a hand, not quite expecting the answer. “The Keeper has to approve?”

Sulevin had an odd charm about him, delivering information like it didn’t warrant any reaction, and being surprised when others were surprised. “...Yes?” 

“My dear, handsome, pretty, Inquisitor,” Dorian’s voice was dry, “if you could please elaborate on why the Keeper’s approval is needed.”

“The pregnant have to be healthy enough to carry to term. The entire clan gets involved in caring for them, even post-partum. We also have to keep track of who has magic in their bloodlines in case of mage children. If not that, then to make sure those too close in blood relations do not have children.”

Now that last bit was familiar. “Perhaps we aren’t so different, after all. We do track the genealogies as well- breeding the perfect mage is Tevinter’s pastime,” Dorian mused- before noticing Sulevin’s offended frown. “....Or maybe we are different.” 

He coughed, embarrassed, getting up to excuse himself. “You’ve given me much to think about. I’ll catch you at some other time, dear.”

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realising that i single-handedly created the sopavellan tag...

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"we cannot change our nature simply by wishing, child of the stone" "cant we?"

its not just the wish to change - its the love and support varric and the inquisitor provides that helps a human cole find his bearings in this world. you can change. you can live with the hurt and heal and keep living.

what is more compassionate than helping someone do that? friends helping to move on after past hurt, to help to cope. cole gets to connect more deeply with people. understand them better. for all the suffering in the world, just knowing someone is right there with you and cares about you is what pulls us through.

a spirit does not keep its own lived experience, or experience human connection; a mortal does. varric knows how to do this, counsels cole through it. cole can still slip honey into leliana's wine, get mint for the cats to play. and people have a face to remember now who helped them. a sweet young man helped them, and they remember. they remember what they did for them, and the next person they help will now remember this too.

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Before Veilguard's release I was theorizing the Veilguard companion characters might have been designed to be parallels to the known Evanuris, but I couldn't place all of them.

Now that I've played the game (almost twice) I think I've figured them all out.

Rook - Elgar'nan, the leader. Controller of light and dark. The one who influences the others.

Neve - Mythal, who can be a fierce protector or a source of inspiration and hope.

Harding - Andruil, the hunter, who went mad from the Void and had to fight her way back

Bellara - June, the inventor. Master of magical artifact.

Lucanis - Dirthamen, keeper of secrets, who mastered the twin ravens of Fear and Deceit, and returned from death.

Davrin - Ghilan'nain, Master of Monsters, Keeper of Halla.

Emmrich - Falon'Din, the necromancer. Friend of the dead.

Taash - Sylaise, who's fire cannot be quenched.

Which leaves Solas to play the role he always has - Fen'Harel, the trickster and betrayer, who could ally with them, if only they will listen to his advice and try to protect their world as best as they can.

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I need everyone who didn’t read the books to know that Felassan (who’s name means slow arrow in elven)

This guy

Who was in several of solas’ memories and has notes around the lighthouse and crossroads

Was in the masked empire. He was a friend and mentor of Brialas and helped her with her efforts to use her relationship with Celene to improve the lives of elves in Orlais (and tried to let her down gently when it became apparent that was not enough).

He refuses to let Briala tell him the code for the eluvian network so that he cannot give it on to Solas. Refusing to tell him would not be enough to keep it from him. When he meets with Solas he tries to convince him that modern elves should be given a chance. Solas murders him, his ally of thousands of years, for this.

In inquisition, Cole says this:

This is what the Betrayal of Felassan represents. Solas murdered his trusted friend and ally because he though modern elves were people whose lives had value.

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sulevin lavellan - he/they/any

vinny wears skirts/dresses usually, pants is for armour and work

solas and dorian's reaction would probably be the same whatever he's wearing though

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"i dont like top surgery scars in dragon age bc why would they have that"

i think casting a fireball or turning into a dragon is probably more complex than top surgery but what do i know

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They like big boats and thet cannot lie

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MERRILL IS

not a child

not evil

isn’t stupid

(seriously, she is probably the most educated character in the series; she can recite the entirety of known elven history)

is right about eluvians

is unaware of human cultures bc she’s most likely never met a human before Duncan, and even him she knew for like five minutes so it’s understandable 

bad with people bc she was isolated as a child (it’s implied that Mahariel and Tamlen were basically her only friends)

according to Solas at least, she’s right about blood magic being only as evil as the purposes they’re used for

is very proud, that’s true. she’s arrogant at times, but it’s not like she’s the only character in the series with that trait

is perfectly willing to accept the consequences of her own actions, but due to low self esteem and self-worth she doesn’t understand that other people would be affected by them

is incredibly gifted magically; she mends a corrupted, shattered Eluvian, rebuilding it and cleansing it. 

this potentially means that Merrill will be able to apply her study of the mirror to curing the Blight

still isn’t a kid

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[Here] is a Dragon Age: The Veilguard mod where it is a text overhaul that changes the Inquisitor's pronouns to they/them in text (only affects text and not the audio). the mod was created by ohwormzo.

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also worth noting, prior to the fifth blight, even the shortest blights lasted for well over a decade, and over 400 years had passed between the end of the fourth blight and start of the fifth. absolutely nobody was prepared for this, and NOBODY was expecting the player character to knock the thing out in like an afternoon lmao. EVERYONE assumed ferelden was toast. that's just what happens when the blight starts in your country. you all die and then eventually the rest of the world gets its shit together and finishes the thing. fighting and dying in ferelden was the ballsy "well we have to try, don't we?" bet that never accomplishes anything except to buy everywhere else more time to prepare.

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