#SOLAVELLANS RISE

[hawkeshep]

Do you think I'd give up?

That this might've shook the love from me

Or that I was on the brink

How could you think, darlin', I'd scare so easily?

[comfortyart]

Style Test 🐺💖

Process video under cut ✨️

[an-established-butt-dent]

Solas spends his days in the rotunda, meanwhile...

Lavellan is lost in thought.

"Darling, if you are not carefull one of these days a book will drop down and crack an egg."

"Hm? What did you say Dorian?"

[dilapidatedanchor]

From this

To THIS

We won chat

[citrusai]

taash said "they were doing it" and people ran with the interpretation of an npc that doesn't know solas or the history of the elvhenan even when bellara interjected and said, no, that's not right. that's not how it was for the elvhenan. they formed bonds before they had physical bodies. and people ran to doompost or create weird anti-solavellan shit even though mythal & solas refer to each other as old friends and when she releases him there is no tenderness or love in it. it is the act of unchaining a dog from his post, the stepping down of a general. but to each their own ig.

[anulindale]

Building a bit off my last post, wouldn’t it be adorable if, when we see our inquisitor in game, she’s wearing the jawbone? Like, this would only be for inquisitors who romanced him, but could you imagine finding out that once he unlocked his full power, he saw Lavellan in a particularly bad moment of grieving his loss in a dream, so he just, left the necklace on her bedside table? I don’t think any of this is likely, but I just love the idea so much.

I absolutely believe that Solas has watched her from the fade nearly every spare moment he has, he’s not the type to fall out of love. He still loves Lavellan in trespasser, a full 2 years after he leaves. There is absolutely no way he isn’t checking on his heart, and I could absolutely see him leaving something for her, so she knows he still cares for her and misses her.

[seffie-jade]

[gideo-vames]

I don't think words can express how STARVING I am for Solas content. They could show a picture of his ear at the Summer Game Fest and I would print it out and put it on an altar.

[motriarch]

Fenharel

[vir-tanadahl]

AND YOU KNOW WHAT---IT SHOULD HAVE STAYED BEING CALLED DRAGON AGE: DREAD WOLF

datv spoilers, fyi

Seriously, I was thinking about the post I made yesterday (where I was venting about writing), but specifically, this part:

The 'Veilguard' and Rook:

I’m going to be honest—I’m completely ignoring them. There’s absolutely zero indication of what they’re doing afterward (besides presumably helping Thedas recover). The Veilguard was created by Varric to stop Solas. Solas was stopped. So… now what?I don't want to even try to touch that.

Why is the game titled Dragon Age: The Veilguard when the word "Veilguard" isn’t even mentioned in the game? Unlike Dragon Age: Inquisition, where the Inquisition was both a pre-established lore element and a central focus of the narrative (that we do learn about in-game, but the history of the Inquisition is rooted in Thedas).

The Veilguard doesn’t align its title with the story’s true emphasis. The narrative revolves around the Dread Wolf and his plans, not the Veilguard. While the Veilguard are a (lovably chaotic) group of hired misfits tasked with stopping him, their role feels like a means to an end rather than a defining focus.

They exist solely to oppose Solas, with no meaningful evolution or impact on the overarching narrative or lore. Even if their role shifts after confronting Solas, the game doesn’t address it (that I can remember now), making the Veilguard feel like little more than a means to an end.

The name 'The Veilguard' feels far more limited in scope compared to the Inquisition, which was a player-driven organization with lasting impact on Thedas. In contrast, the Veilguard is a temporary, reactive group assembled for one specific purpose. This makes the title DATV feels misaligned, centering a group whose relevance is situational rather than integral to the world or the game’s themes.

This is why I believe the title Dragon Age: Dread Wolf would have made far more sense. The narrative is centered on Solas—his story, his past, and his motivations. We literally live in the Lighthouse, his base of operations during the rebellion. We journey through the Crossroads, not just uncovering his memories but experiencing them firsthand, alongside the revelations we unlock at the Lighthouse.

We even meet the love of his life—not primarily in her role as the Inquisitor, but as Lavellan, someone who knows and cares for Solas on an intimate, personal level. That she also happens to be the Inquisitor feels secondary to her role in his story.

The narrative IS about the Dread Wolf.

[katcaldraws]

Choosing Din'anshiral

[errantmush]

I finished DAV and… honestly I miss his Trespasser armor?

[an-established-butt-dent]

I really hope we get to see Solas when he was ‘-Young, hot-blooded and cocky’ in Veilguard.

BioWare already confirmed the story will be told more visually instead of relying on codex entries. Does this mean flashbacks? Young Solas flashbacks?? I can only dream (…and draw).

[kcwriter-blog]

Someone on another social media platform brought up a point that I’ve never thought about or heard talked about much - at least not with this phrasing.

I’m sure other people have brought it up but I feel the need to talk about it anyway. The person said that we may all just be pieces on Flemeth’s chessboard. It resonated with me. We talk about Solas being a chess master and tactician but we don’t talk about Flemeth or really Mythal.

Flemeth took in whatever part of Mythal’s spirit remained after her murder. They made a deal. Mythal would help her get revenge and Flemeth would return the favor. Obviously it would take longer for Mythal to get her revenge because she would need to be stronger.

Flemeth body hops down through the centuries. She gives events a nudge or even a shove when needed. What exactly has she been nudging? We know Mythal’s end game but how will it play out?

Her daughter Yavanna was raising dragons. She wanted Morrigan to do the Dark Ritual to get a purified archdemon soul. She saved some heroes - Hawk - and extracts promises from others - Merric. Why? How will it help her win the game?

Who is to say that she didn’t call Solas out of the Fade when all her pieces were in place? She needs him to take down the Veil. It seems to be the one thing she can’t do herself. But, she had to be ready or she wouldn’t have asked him to come.

If Kieran is in your world state you find her in the Fade. It seems to be pretty natural to her. As natural as it is for Solas.

Flemeth has been in all three games. Everyone knows she is important but what is her game and who is she playing against? What is Solas? Her mage/bishop? Her pawn? Her tower/castle/rook?

Is she as willing as Solas to sacrifice her best pieces so she can win? Mythal has definitely been playing the long game.

Another question is whether or not she is doing this just for herself and her revenge or does she want to help Thedas. Is she okay with Solas putting up the Veil in the first place? Does she think he betrayed the world by doing it? Does she want revenge against Solas? Is she hoping he will die doing what she needs him to do?

So many questions….

[ramenrutherford]

I love how everyone is equally hyped and dreading Dragon Age: Veilguard. We'll buy it, we'll play it, but we are sure we won't be happy with it.

[lanafofana]

Veilguard spoilers below cut

Solas wanting to remove Lavellan's vallaslin takes on a whole other, deeper, personal meaning when she's wearing Mythal's.

And yes, of course, he loves her no matter which way she decides to go forward. He loves her for her spirit and it's what's on the inside that counts and yada yada but still.

Like, just sit with it for a minute. His heart, wearing on her face, the image of his oldest friend before she changed and became someone who took him from the fade and branded his face with her vallaslin and sent him into war. Not only would it have been a slap to the face to mark a former spirit with an image of your own spirit but also as a form of ownership? And it's not outside the realm of possibility that Solas asked her to.

Cole: It's not abuse if I ask!

Solas: Not always true.

Lavellan who keeps her vallaslin tells Solas in DAI, maybe that's what the markings used to mean but now it's been reclaimed by the dalish and means something else when he tells her about it's roots in elvhenan's slavery. Maybe like Lavellan, Solas learns to reassociate Mythal's vallaslin, not as a reminder of his past, but as another part of his heart and his future.

Or do you think the fade tear closed behind them and Lavellan was like "I changed my mind, Vhenan, take her off my face before I figure out how to do it myself."