#But that could be catatrophic potentionally too

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Askin the real fucking questions here.

The point about there being Rifts outside of Southern Thedas-- YEAH! Why did the Inquisitor never travel to the other areas?? I'm sure Nevara, Antiva, the Andrfells, ect would have been crying out for this miraculous Rift Closer to come help out their areas?? It's one of the biggest plot holes in DAI for me, is there was seemingly no reason why the Anchor could have gone out of control as fast as it did. I totally thought in my first playthrough that the reason why the magic kept growing was because in the 2 years after the main game, the Inquisition HAD visited the other countries, and the Ibquisitor close their Rifts. So... there was no other way for the Inquisitor to use the magic within the Anchor. It came as a huge shock when I learned that wasn't the case, and I just sat there like "HUH?????" Like. Sure, the Inquisiton can hang up their official mantle, but they should still be traveling to the other countries??? Inky's job of being Professional Veil Repairer wasn't truly done? If the Anchor was flaring up that bad, you'd think Josephine and Leliana would scramble to get the dying Inquisitor over to a Rift so they could quell the Anchor, expend the magic, keep their friend alive, ect. The Inquisitor was seriously set for a long endeavor to travel around the world. I can understand why Solas would still take the Anchor from the Inquisitor, nip that problem in the bud, and keep the Veil as damaged as possible so it wouldn't be as big of a headache to tear it down-- but the sole reason being to save the Inquisitor from dying? Because they closed all the Rifts in Southern Thedas? When we haven't even touched upon the rest of the world!

Bioware really shot themselves in the foot with how important they made the Inquisitor's story. The Warden and Hawk both had their stories wrap up nicely, they both felt like proganists, but they aren't the most important person to walk Thedas levels of main character, right? We've still got NPCs running around in the background that could take up that spot. But the INQUISITOR? The "Herald of Andraste?" The bearer of the Anchor? The Closer of the Breach? The Maker's Voice? The Survivor of the Conclave? Hooolllyyyy nut balls, is Inky giving off MASSIVE main character vibes. ESPECIALLY if you also romance Solas-- AN ELVAHN GOD. An individual so amazing, that she caught the eye and earned the affection of an ancient enity! The Inquisitor is border-line a Mary Sue! But, of course, through the course of DAI, we get see why the Inquisitor isn't, and we get to see their struggle- come to a abrupt, climatic cliffhanging close. Story wise... it made no sense to start a new PC when our Inquisitor was still kicking, and being active in the world, and chasing after Solas. It's so jarring. There was still a well spring of content they could have expanded on with the Inquisitor. Traveling to the other countries to help out with the Rifts was the BIGGEST one.

Heck, it could have also explained why it took them 10 years to find Solas! Cause they were busy closing Rifts still tearing the world apart! It was such an easy way to expand upon the world outside of the South!

Veilguard could have really expanded upon this, we could have travelled to these new lands and interacted with the people sufferimg from these Fade Rifts, spoken with the Inquisitor, game planned with the Veil Jumpers (who I could see comimg about in actuality by crazy nut jobs just... jumping INTO the Rifts themselves, and finding ancient relics and the rest is history). Veilguard could have told the history of the world through traveling to these new countries, because YEAH. THE TITANS!

It's kinda implied they were everywhere, and not just a localized entity? But it would have been really cool to get subtle answers to these world building questions! And how do these different areas react to Spirits? The Fade? How far reaching does the Veil go? Its still implied that the Veil isn't special to just one local, but it covers the whole world. Every culture will take a natural event and react to it different, after all. Nearly every culture has a Trickster God, but every culture has them behave slightly differently. Every culture tries to explain Earthquakes, but every single one will come up with different answers. What are the other countries answers to the Veil? To their Rifts? To the Blight?

I don't know, Bioware literally created a world that could rival Game of Thrones with it's level of world building and social machinations... Its why Veilguard is such a sad tale in it's creation. I want all the lore in Dragon Age. I want to explore every corner within Dragon Age. I still have so many questions ... but alas. I doubt we're ever going to know. Even the hope of the writers expanding upon the lore through official published books is now off the table. We're never going to get an answer to these questions.

The thing about there being continents outside of Thedas that fascinates me is not the 'oncoming storm' or the 'executors' or whatever. It's more.

Look. There are things happening in southern Thedas alone during the course of our games which should have huge consequences (and which DATV should have touched on really). I'm not talking politics here I'm talking the rifts; which Leliana confirms in banter are happening outside of where we can reach in inquisition.

The rifts are presumably causing a HUGE headache for the nations we don't visit in DAI. Nevara, Tevinter, Antiva, The Anderfells, Rivan...how are they all dealing with rifts which are UNCLOSABLE TO THEM. and what affect does it have when they appear. And the rifts supposedly linger after the events of DAI so...are there just a bunch of weak patchwork hot spots for the veil locals have had to find ways to self contain or abandon?

And at least they know what's going on...what about nations outside of Thedas. But also...

The veils creation. The Titians sundering. The blight??? Presumably these things all happened across the sea; but without the context of why.

Or were titans unique to southern Thedas? Are DWARFS unique to southern Thedas? If that's where elves became elves for the first time maybe even ELVES are unique to southern Thedas. Maybe there are entirely different races on other continents.

But presumably the veil is not unique and that affected everyone but how? How did it affect other non ancient elven cultures? How has it shaped the way they exist today?

Idk man I have so many questions I think would be fun to explore about the world across the sea without needing some oncoming storm or some ret-con agency-removing executors u know?