#Feynriel

[sofyunalt]

Is it just me, or would Feynriel really look great as the protagonist of "Veilguard"?

He knows Varric. He's cool enough to not be a blank space next to the team. And yes, he is interested in the topic of ancient elves. And I also really like him, so…

The more I think about this AU, the more I like it.

[thatapostateboy]

man y'all know who I wanna see as a cameo... Feynriel

[dalishious]

[temperqnce]

i love dragon age 2 (I LOVE dragon age 2) but part of the reason I can never keep the damned plot straight is there is at least four different "Save my son/brother who has gone missing/ran away" quests in act one alone. A failson for every corner of Kirkwall

[eruscreaminginthedistance]

Man, just realised that Feynriel is now pretty much guaranteed to not turn up in Veilguard, which was actually one of my biggest wants

[warpedlegacywrites]

Chapter 12: The Wolf's Jaw Pendant

While Theresa and Cullen are out of town on secret Inquisition business, Rosalie has a most unexpected encounter.

[Rosalie] follows [Feynriel's] gaze to a nondescript elven woman, stout but tall – taller than most elves Rosie has seen. She bears no Dalish markings, but something undefinable in her demeanour tells Rosie that she’s no ordinary city elf, either.  Feynriel greets her in Elvish, sounding cautious. The woman responds in kind. Her tone is polite and calm, but whatever she’s said, he clearly doesn’t like it. His hand tightens around his staff, and the wisp at its apex begins to vibrate with the rising energy he’s gathering.  “State your business,” he orders in Common, sharp and brittle, more fearful than Rosie’s ever seen him.  Frantically, she tries to remember how to summon a barrier. It’s been so long since she’s practised anything but nature spells.  “There’s no need for that,” the stranger answers, also in Common, attention shifting to Rosalie with a smile that’s chillingly uncanny, as though the muscles aren’t quite sure how it’s done. “You’re frightening the poor girl.”  Feynriel doesn’t take his eyes off the stranger. “Don’t trust it, Roe.”  “Why not?” Rosie’s heart hammers in her throat, all attempts at a barrier forgotten in her mounting fear. Wait, “it”?  “That’s no elf,” he says. “It’s a spirit.” 

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[zevkisser]

"the world fears the inevitable plummet into the abyss. watch for that moment, and when it comes do not hesitate to leap"

"here lies the abyss"

Feynriel is a "somniari," or "dreamer," an exceptional skill that makes him able to enter and change the fade at will

Hawke has saved Feynriel and they stayed in contact

in this essay i will explain why hawke dying in the fade would be as stupid as dean winchester dying on a fucking nail

[hobgoblinsandpeachfuzz]

I’m having fun with Alas being the main Rook and my other two Rooks as sort of companions, but I also think Feynriel sort of fits as a fun weird NPC like Harding was in Inquisition. And Davrin and Feynriel are smitten with each other <3

[littleglowingwolf]

you are telling me i follow feynriel, a cloistered and oppressed teen boy, into his dreams and he's being taunted by a desire demon and his desire is TO SEE HIS DAD???

[rock-teh-elf]

day three: Fade

[danielnelsen]

i know a lot of people think andraste was a mage (im a fan of the theory), but based on the descriptions of andraste and feynriel in wot2, do we think she might have also been a dreamer?

[sofyunalt]

Three possible fates of Feynriel (my old art).

[qyleplays]

[silver-horse]

^^ “friendship/rivalry point allocation should not be taken at full value of who characters are, but rather sometimes simply added for the sake of game mechanical benefits and consequences of choices” 

a very good point

also interesting that Anders constantly gives approval for the kind and moral and helpful choices during both Awakening and DA2. If you keep him in the party constantly and you never do anything shitty, you will literally never lose friendship points with him. I don’t know if there is another character like that.

But people cherry-pick that 1 single instance where he gives friendship points for an evil choice as some sort of proof that he is bad. With this logic all the above listed characters would be hated ( many fan favourite characters in DAO as well. If friendship points is anything to go by then Morrigan is irredeemable and I say that as someone who really likes her).

And even in this one instance if you don’t do the evil thing, you won’t gain rivalry with Anders, so my point stands that you can always do the most moral thing and you will never lose friendship points with Anders. That’s not the case for the other companions.

(Oh and other characters also give mild disapproval if we turn down their flirting, even if they are politely turned down. For example Zevran. It’s actually kinda realistic, people in the real world also don’t feel warm and fuzzy when they experience rejection. That doesn’t mean he “took it as an insult” this is again just an approval thing. Of course the developers thought it’s logical to not gain friendship when you turn someone down. However the actual dialogue is polite when they are rejected. They accept it immediately and don’t throw a hissy fit like real men often do.)

why is Anders like. so liked in the fandom. I don't get it he's voiced support for tevinter slavery and is just. downright cruel to fenris about everything. and if you try to not flirt with him and say you aren't interested just after apologizing for his friend being made tranquil he takes it as an insult

Some of the main reasons I like Anders:

His multifaceted advocacy for equal rights for mages, including going as far as risking his life to help mages escape the Gallows and get out of Kirkwall

He himself has gone through a lot of trauma in the Circles, including but not limited to an entire year of solitary confinement, and yet he gave up the only protection he had from them (the Grey Wardens) because he couldn’t stand him having freedoms that other mages didn’t

He does nothing in half measure, and is so full of passion for the people and things he cares about—and this isn’t just special with Hawke, lest we forget he travelled all the way to Kirkwall in the first place because of Karl, and even before that lest we forget the very reason he merged with Justice was to help his friend

Speaking of Justice, I really like how much his personality and Justice’s personality in Awakening blend together in his character in DA:2; it truly is a matter of showing what is told in the way you can pick pieces of both characters as they were separately now merged together, and I find that to be a really interesting and unique piece of character progression that not only builds him as a person, but adds to and reflects the worldbuilding with how magic and spirits work

He’s super open with affection in his romance, and just like Merrill, declares his love for Hawke without hesitation

When he’s not with Hawke, he’s providing free health care for Kirkwall citizens and refugees that the rest of the city openly shuns and attacks, and in return they protect and love him; he is at the same time showing people mages aren’t scary, but people just like them just by doing what he does

As a “Zillennial” I can’t help but like and relate to his nihilistic sense of humour

And to respond to your points:

“He's voiced support for Tevinter slavery”

...Where? Show me where in the game that Anders says slavery in Tevinter is okay actually.

If you are only referring to the allocation of friendship points if Hawke is an evil motherfucker who gives Fenris back to Danarius, then I would like to counter this with the fact that the friendship/rivalry point allocation for all the companions is messed up at times. And in fact in regards to that specific scenario, they should all openly attack Hawke for doing such, in my opinion. Leliana and Wynne attack the Warden for poisoning the Sacred Ashes, but apparently no one even tries to stop Hawke selling Fenris back into slavery? Really, Gaider?

Anyway, some other examples of the friendship/rivalry point allocation being really morally messed up and/or OOC:

Fenris gains +10 friendship if Hawke threatens to expose Thrask having had a mage daughter unless Thrask pays them, and +10 rivalry for promising to keep Thrask’s secret

Aveline gains +10 rivalry for attacking Varian the slaver

Merrill gains +5 friendship for accepting Torpor’s bargain to possess Feynriel, and +5 rivalry for killing Torpor

Aveline gains +10 friendship for turning Keran over to Meredith, and +10 rivalry for letting him go

Aveline gains +10 friendship for allowing Isabela to negotiate with Castillon the slaver, and +5 rivalry for killing him

Varric gains +5 friendship for allowing Isabela to negotiate with Castillon the slaver, and +5 rivalry for killing him

So lets look at that last point as a similar example to Anders’ friendship/rivalry change during the quest Alone. Varric and Aveline gain friendship points for letting a slaver go free, and rivalry points for killing him. Are you going to say Varric and Aveline support slavery too, then? Or are you going to acknowledge that friendship/rivalry point allocation should not be taken at full value of who characters are, but rather sometimes simply added for the sake of game mechanical benefits and consequences of choices, and don’t make sense?

“He’s downright cruel to Fenris about everything”

Yeah. They’re rude to each other. They have a hostile relationship and it’s not good, but the way you’re phrasing this is as if it’s only a one-way street. Fenris is also rude to Anders about everything.

This isn’t to say that either negates the other, but that they are on the same level of antagonism. It’s not just Anders bullying Fenris, or just Fenris bullying Anders. They are both at fault.

“If you try to not flirt with him and say you aren't interested just after apologizing for his friend being made tranquil he takes it as an insult”

I do agree that the dialogue here is messy.

I would like to point out though, that it is entirely possible to get through it without flirting and without him trying to initiate anything. I know because I literally just did it with my new playthrough I started.

Anyway, this blog loves and supports Anders. ✌

[sha-brytols]

this quest is insanely funny if you brought justice and didnt piss him off before the end. they look like they're sending their kid off to college

[warpedlegacywrites]

Chapter 21: Perfect Storm

Weeks of suffering and turmoil have all built up to this moment, and Theresa and Cullen may have reached a point of no return.

Theresa stands on the precipice, and looks down.  Her dreams of late keep returning her to her favourite view from her balcony at Skyhold. Her whole life, circling the same point of reference. As steady an anchor as the Black City that floats on the horizon.  She feels it the instant Cullen’s mind enters the Fade. The shift in the flow of thought is unmistakable. Her awareness has been trained on that empty pocket where he normally manifests, perched like a hawk scanning the horizon. Deliberating with herself.  The air around her ripples with worry. A slow-building fear has been taking shape in her mind despite her best efforts. Fear that he’s keeping something from her. Fear that she knows what. And that fear turns her thoughts inexorably toward an imprudent notion.  Theresa stands on the precipice, and looks down. Down into darkness and decay. Into the festering blackness of Kirkwall laid out below.  She shouldn’t. It’s wrong to enter another’s dream without permission. The ultimate transgression. The very thing most feared about Dreamers. Never before has she crossed that threshold, and especially not Cullen’s. Only guarded from the outside with wards, or pulled him into her dream. To protect. To shield.  Is that not what she would be doing here? If he won’t tell her the truth of it… She cannot let him linger in pain. If she’s to help him, she has to know.  Theresa stands on the precipice, looks down, and takes the leap. 

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