#Dragon Age: Veilguard
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Lucanis would abuse the eluvian network to get the freshest ripest fruits and vegetables from wherever they grow best every single week and he's so right for that
#source: the codex where he wants peaches but ONLY if he can find orleasian ones#& when he says he prefers fresh herbs and buys some plants for harding. and also when harding apologizes to him later and offers the arrow#and he says More Herbs Actually#look. if i had a magical doorway into palisaide colorado even if i had to fight or sneak past mountian lions and bears to get to it#I WOULD EAT NOTHING BUT PALISADE PEACHES FROM JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER#theyre all i dream about#anyway#lucanis#lucanis dellamorte#dragon age#dragon age: veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard#lucanisposting#jade plays dav#datv spoilers#da4 spoilers
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a single (griffon-) dad who works two jobs
#davrin#datv davrin#dragon age davrin#da davrin#dragon age#datv#da4#dragon age: veilguard#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age veilguard#da:tv#da fanart#skawdia
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Ghilan'naelvish II
(This took me much longer than expected, sorry guys)
Once Rook & friends hack Razikale down to a sliver of health, Ghilan’nain snarls, “They take too much,” and commands her to return. Razikale is melted down, reformed, then returned to the moat, emerging as the Eborsisk from [ the 1988 movie, “Willow”. ]
Again, Ghilan’nain has two lines here:
"Essana ellath vallan."
(Spoken as Razikale’s previous form is manipulated into something else)
This one took me forever, not only because the phonemes are so common but also because of how little sense it makes. This line reads more like ‘words’ than ’dialogue’. Eventually I realised that may actually be the point: it's an incantation.
Essana = change/reform
This one I'm pretty confident of. I found multiple, completely different, ways of translating it that all break down to some variation of “become something else”.
e (v. inf. be) + sa (another, again) + nas (soul, self ; from) literally: from (you/yourself) become again
Ellath = Requirement ; force
This sounds like it’s being pronounced with a soft 's' (/s/ = simple, sun) rather than the ‘th’ (/θ/ = thing, thought) that’s shown. That might make more sense, as 'lath' is almost always used for love, lovers, and intimacy. I did find a (canonical, if archaic) reference of 'lath' as “need”, not necessarily romantic or sexual, and if that’s the case, ‘El’ could be the article or superlative rather than a possessive "our".
90% of my time was swapping out various interpretations of this word. Here's a few:
El + lath = The need (as in, ‘there is need for’) ; our needs ; requirement El + ath = piece, small amount (superlative + divide, part, fraction) El + lath = the love ; our love ; obsession ; devotion El + las = force (superlative + give, grant) ; bestow ; gift Elas = can/may, conjugated E + las = become hope ; memory ; ambition e + la + ath = being / become (v. to be + intensifier + noun from verb action - though this is kind of like making a word out of “ing”, “epic” and “ish”).
I trust you see the issue.
In context, “need/requirement” makes the most sense, but doesn't scan as well. As an incantation, the words stand on their own as commands.
Vallan = summon / invite
vall (v. bid/invite/order/summon) + an (suff. location/place) ; an (posessive) vall (same, but conjugated)
Without the ’s’ this is probably val/valla, as it was used by the guardian spirits in Trespasser. If the Inquisitor knows the passphrase, they stand down and invite you through with, “vallem (vall + em “[I] welcome/invite/bid”) as part of the phrase, "atish'all vallem". Somehow I can't imagine Ghilan'nain politely asking Raz to go stand on their marker, pretty please with a cherry on top, but if paired with ellath, it may tie together as "demand" or "order".
I can't say with 100% confidence what each word in this line means -- the context is doing most of the heavy lifting -- but there's enough to get what it's trying to say conceptually.
~ "Reconstruction is necessary, heed my order"
“Vallasan inall lasa!“
(Spoken authoritatively as Razikale reappears on the battlefield)
Vallasan = place of life ; body
vallas (life) + an (location suffix; possessive suffix)
Vallas as a root word has multiple meanings. We’ve even seen “vallasan” in canon — it’s the name of a unique bow in Jaws of Hakkon — though we have to infer its meaning. What’s weird about Ghilan’nain’s use of it here is that's [ very clearly not what she's saying ]. Whatever word she's using has two syllables; the "lla” has been dropped. That said, I think this is a line read error rather than a captioning error -- the translation makes more sense as shown.
Inall = dwellers / lives
ina (v. to live, to dwell - conjugated) ; + al (may indicate collective grouping)
Lasa = grant/allow/give
= "Bring me the bodies (of the living)"
Ghilan’nain’s Elvish
People seemed to enjoy the psychic bitchfight post so I figured I’d do one for Ghilan’nain’s lines in the ‘Siege of Weisshaupt’, too. Once again, I'm no expert, all glory goes to to [ FenXshiral ], and remember this is a vibe-based language so results vary with context, inflection, speaker and so on.
In the lead-up to the boss battle, First Warden Jowin will show up to take Davrin’s place as final sacrifice, only to be snatched up by Ghilan’nain before he can deliver the blow. After remarking on the quality of his blood, Ghil rips out his heart, turns it into an archdemon strength buff, then drops the used-up Warden like hot garbage. A moment later Wyrm!Razikale emerges from the moat to start the fight.
Ghilan’nain has two lines in this cutscene:
“Lasa hedallin ghellara”
(Spoken either to or about the First Warden as she manipulates his blood/heart).
Lasa = grant/allow/give
hedallin = blood of a noble kill/sacrifice; blood of [your] defeat
1. hel/hell (adj. noble, moral, just) + dala (v. kill, destroy) + lin (n. blood, person m.)
or 2. [hela (v. contest, oppose, fight) + dala (v. kill, destroy)] + lin (n. blood, person m.)
The use of ‘noble kill’/‘blood of your defeat’/‘sacrificial blood’ feels very deliberate here. Just before Ghilan’nain grabs him, Jowin recites the Grey Warden motto, “In war, victory! In peace, vigilance! In death, sacrifice!” . She’s throwing his words back at him, saying his ‘sacrifice’ would’ve been a waste... she'll put it to better use. She even taunts Rook with this later in the fight: “Witness! A Warden’s blood to birth your own destruction.”
ghellara = [my] beast more strong
ghe (n. monster, beast, creature) + elvara (v. to make difficult, hardy, sturdy, complex; from adj. elvar) + el (more, much, many. Used as a superlative) + ara (pron. sb. poss. my)
= “The blood from your sacrifice will strengthen my beast.”
"fenathra mellas”
(Spoken as Razikale’s transformation completes)
The natural assumption is fen = wolf, which would result in: fen (wolf) + ath (embodiment of) + ra (prn. it) or ara (my, possessive), making it, ‘the wolf’ in a kinda roundabout way. More like, “that wolf guy” or even, "my wolf guy" instead of a name or title. But I don’t think Ghilan’nain is invoking Solas or "the wolf” here. He isn’t an opponent at this point in the game, and neither her nor Elgar’nan see him as a real threat anyway. Additionally, the way she says the word ‘fenathra’ is quite soft — almost wistful — especially by comparison to the deep, guttural, delivery of, “mellas”. I think the root word she’s using here is actually ‘fenor’.
She calls Razikale her greatest creation. She mourns her death; pitifully telling Elgar’nan that Rook took her away. Razikale is more than just important to her — she is the very embodiment of the word 'precious'.
fenathra = My Precious One
fenor (precious) + athe (used to change the meaning of an existing word into, ‘physical manifestation of’, or ‘embodiment of’, eg. “the dead” from death) + ara (my)
Mellas = Allow now / Go!
melana (adv. now, in relation to ‘time’ or ‘when’) + lasa (v. grant, allow, give, let - imperative verb form)
= “Go, My Precious One!”
I've been working on her remaining lines for several days now and am currently tearing my hair out about it, but I will add them to this post as a reblog once I finish!
As a bonus I'll throw in Solas' dialogue to Davrin when he briefly joins your party at the end of the game.
Dialogue source: Solas Interaction with All Companions [ x ]
"Mala shivanas ar athim"
mala (your) shivana (to do one’s duty, conjugated) ar (I) athim (humble, humility)
The Elvish scans in Solas’ Hallelujah cadence, so I preserved it for the translation.
= “I am humbled by your duty," or, "Your sense of duty humbles me"
#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: veilguard#DA:TV#DA:V#elvhen cipher#elvhen translation#ghilan'nain#DA elvish
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I NEVER understood why people compared Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 to Emmrich Volkarin from Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
They have 'some' similarities in mannerisms and a somewhat quest for immortality but personality wise? They couldn't be further different from one another.
#Dragon age#dragon age: origins#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: veilguard#ea#bioware#electronic arts#alistair#alistair therin#landsmeet#oghren#bellara lutare#Emmrich Volkarin#bellara#emmrich#lucanis#lucanis romance#lucanis dellamorte#solas x lavellan#inquisitor lavellan#solavellan#lavellan x solas#spoilers#spoiler#varric#varric tethras#Merrill#Bellara#Bellara lutare#dorian pavus
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so the ship names for taash x rook are either rash or took… taash nation, how are we feeling?
#evatook... ROOKATAASH??#this is stressing me out this cannot be it#rook x taash#taash x rook#taash#dragon age taash#da taash#dragon age 4#da4#dav#dragon age veilguard#dragon age: veilguard#dragon age the veilguard#veilguard
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This playthrough's rendition of The Gate™. Gutted I didn't get "we're TRYING! MIERDA!" on this playthrough, but "THEN KILL THEM! Ugh, blasted elven machinery!" scratches the same itch.
#plus: Neve flirted mid-battle which is always a win as well#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: veilguard#da4 spoilers#datv spoilers#thalia mercar#neve gallus#mercallus#davrin#lace harding#lucanis dellamorte#taash#the no gods squad#video
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It's difficult to concentrate on spell casting when there's an Antivan short king behind you, gushing over your kills and tossing out compliments left and right...
#lucanis dellamorte#lucanis x rook#rook x lucanis#rookanis#dragon age comic#dragon age comics#dragon age veilguard#dragon age: veilguard#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard#da:v#da:tv#da veilguard#dragon age#dragon age lucanis#lucanis romance#lucanis dragon age#Laena Mercar#art tag#comics#comic
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i love when adolescent griffons are picked up and they’re so absolutely confused as to how this could happen that they just sorta
Edit: the lil baby's name is Assan!!
#BEHOLD! MY FIRST DAV FANART AND FIRST DA FANART IN A FEW YEARS#the smol griffon got to me#Warden Davrin#Davrin#dragon age fanart#dragon age art#da fanart#dragon age fan art#dragon age#olessan art#veilguard#dav#da: veilguard#assan#assan the griffon#da fan art#dragon age: veilguard#dragonage#da4#datv#dragon age 4#griffin#griffon#artists on tumblr#memes#dogs#dreadwolf#dragon age dreadwolf
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▽△▽ veiljumper ▽△▽
#bellara lutare#bellara#bellara dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: veilguard#digital art#artists on tumblr#fan art#not ai#character art#elvhenwardenart
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🩸Grey Warden Tapestries🪽
#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#da:tv#da:tv spoilers#dragon age: veilguard#DA4#Grey Warden#Weisshaupt#spoilers#I basically had to stitch these together because the actual textures weren't a full image#tried my best lol#just thought I'd share them anyhow
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If Veilguard did use save ports (not even the Keep, straight up save ports) they would have the opportunity to pull the funniest move in Dragon Age history and make it so that there's a single chest in Solas' room in the lighthouse and all it has in it is all of the high-grade gear he stole from you at the end of Inquisition
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very funny (and fitting) that Lucanis takes out his bad moods on Spite more than the reverse... like Spite is WAY more willing to compromise/share considering their situation. which makes sense since Lucanis was used to independence/had a life in a much more relevant way than Spite ever did but STILL. Mr. Crow over here drinking 28 cups of coffee per day just so his new buddy doesn't get a turn driving, when he could have arranged some sort of babysitting situation instead and gotten actual sleep most nights, since after the first couple weeks Spite isn't even trying to run away he just wants to know what candles taste like and check out what Manfred's up to. But Lucanis says NO. we live in a pantry now so you can't even look at fun things while I'm brooding. petition to swap their names honestly
#ramblings#like Lucanis refusing to let Spite have any turns with the body so clearly demonstrates why his demon is in fact. Spite#he just doesn't want to share. the practical concerns could easily be solved another way lmao#spite#lucanis#lucanis dellamorte#dragon age#dragon age: veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard#datv spoilers#da4 spoilers#lucanisposting
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pov: you're Venatori and you're about to die ✨️
#Lucanis#lucanis dellamorte#dragon age lucanis#da4 lucanis#da4#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age the veilguard#datv#da:tv#dragon age veilguard#dragon age: veilguard#skawdia
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favorite dragon age companion - BORING
tell me your LEAST FAVORITE dragon age companion
#mine are:#oghren/sebastian/iron bull/neve#and i'm right about that!#dragon age#dragon age: veilguard#dav
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you tiny, arrogant man. (affectionately)
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