#datv solas

[truetealtears]

Varric: *about to do something stupid by directly confronting Solas with his newest pack of queer weirdos*

Aveline and Cassandra, each in entirely different corners of Thedas: something just happened

[cercoperco]

Dragon Age: The Veilguard in one picture

[nateeseart]

[diesvitae]

"I walk the Din'anshiral. There is only death on this journey." Guys. I'm back. Dragon Age fandom, is finally time for me to show my face for real after years of hiding. Starting with Solas, my one and only love.

[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).

[calwyne]

From the new ‘Making of Dragon Age: the Veilguard’ behind the scenes video: 👀

“As we’ve gone through DAO, DA2, Inquisition… magic has become more and more present, and part of that is because Solas has been slowly preparing this ritual for longer than anyone in the Dragon Age universe is really aware of.”

[shimylli]

Face Practice

[banal-nadas]

I am unwell

[5queerducksinatrenchcoat]

solas sure does like to go on about other people not understanding what's really happening and then refusing to properly communicate what the fuck is really happening

get off your high wolf and talk to someone for once, you fucken egg

[kashkadavr]

He's a pathetic traitor and heartbreaker, but he's my pathetic traitor and heartbreaker

[etchedjade]

I thought I was going crazy bc I’ve seen no one mention it:

Solas’ eyes were not ALWAYS purple! They aren’t in Inquisition and are in The Veilguard. I really had to go back and check that they were a different color before!

[ceo-of-sloppy-men]

the Veilguard trailer is out and I have SO MANY thoughts, so my inane ramblings spoilers under the cut

This is not an analysis; this is just me pointing out the funny little things I saw/heard in the trailer that I particularly enjoyed

If Solas wasn't trying to unlease the Evanirus, then what was he doing? Also "the blighted elvhen gods" PARDON??? So that's how the blight plays into this, but I am so intrigued how Solas knows this and if the blight really is his doing or if it's the Evanirus

As a body horror and creepy tentacle enthusiast, I am so here for whatever the fuck is going on in this clip

Harding who hurt you I just want to talk I will hurt them more

This is literally my favourite reveal of the trailer; I care about nothing else more. Dwarves with magic? Yes. Absolutely. Checks every box I must know everything.

Does Davrin have a daughter??? Or sister? Either way, I am so here for the Davrin family.

The nerfed Emmrich's outfit lol They took away his shoulder pads (the voice in the trailer really sounds like a more pompous Stanton Shaw and I am giggling so hard)

Morrigan ATE in this new outfit. I am so here for her finally getting a new look (though it appears she stole Emmrich's shoulder pads)

We need to take a moment to talk about Neve's dressed-down outfit, because I need to know where its from and how I can worship her like a goddess. She's out here with a Davrin level of cleavage and I am a weak pansexual

Say what you will about Solas - people who know me know I don't even particularly like him - but this is fucking sick and I refuse to think otherwise. I love this Dreadwolf form, especially the extra eyes

Welcome back, Reaper-infected creatures from Mass Effect. No, but seriously, who let the Reapers infect this dragon??? I get its probably some weird magic thing and I am loving the zombie-dragon concept, but its so funny to me that it just looks like a reaper-infected creature from me3.

Last but certainly not least - A FUCKING RELEASE DATE! I hope we get word on a collectors edition soon because I want to order that, but it is so funny to me that this comes out oct 31st, because I carefully crafted my uni schedule to give me fridays off well before this got announced. I might even take off work as well.

All and all mark me down as super hyped.

[kcwriter-blog]

I'm of two minds when it comes to the information that Solas has been slowly preparing his ritual for longer than anyone in game was aware of.

On the one hand, my mind goes immediately to the idea that he has been working on this from the Fade side for hundreds if not thousands of years. There was something when the teaser to the teaser came out about a merging of the two worlds hundreds of years in the making - if I remember correctly. That would mean Solas has been up to something for a long time.

Except he seems so horror stricken by what the world has become when he wakes up. Pulling the strings from the Fade side implies he's always known how bad things are in Thedas.

The only other thing I can think of that makes sense to me, personally, is that he always knew there was a time limit on the Veil. He knew it would degrade eventually. He somehow sets an alarm clock that wakes him up when the Veil is very weak.

The entire point of the Veil is that it serves as a prison for the Evanuris. I can't see him wanting them to get out. But, what if knowing the Veil would eventually degrade, he decides he needs a powerful object that gains magical energy for thousands of years? He can take down the Veil and destroy the Evanuris with, say, an Orb.

That might be why he has been preparing the ritual. He probably thought his people would be fine and maybe even strong enough to help him. He didn't realize the Veil would mean the destruction of his people. Now he's faced with a Veil that is coming down no matter what, so he tries to move the Evanuris into another prison before continuing with taking down the Veil. With his Orb broken he doesn't have enough power to take them on. Basically he decides to move them, bring the world back to what it was and then try to figure out a new plan (given his track record, that's a scary thought).

I know I'm rambling.

On the other hand, I'm reminded of the original premise for Veilguard when it was still Dreadwolf. Then devs said that our hero would have no power and the game would be about what happens when no one in power is listening or paying attention. We see in both Tevinter Nights and The Missing that there is more magic in the world in the sense that non-mages are starting to get magical powers. Lucanis gets Fade headaches. Sister Laudine, in the short story In Genitivi Dies in the End seems to suddenly get Rift Mage powers. In The Missing Arlathan Forest is a magical disaster. So much so it's led to the creation of the Veil Jumpers. There's also the activation of Ghilan'nain's monster factory in Horror of Hormak. There are probably other examples.

So is it possible that what Epler is referring to is just what Solas has been doing for the past 10 years? We have all been thinking that Solas would tear the Veil down in one fell swoop with a single ritual. What if it isn't? What if he had to do a lot of things before he could get to the big ritual? Those things brought even more magic into the world.

In that situation, his gathering of magical objects makes sense. They may be the anchor points for pulling down the Veil. I've always suspected those artifacts we have to turn on in DAI for him were used to help create the Veil. That's why when we activate them, they strengthen the Veil and keep rifts from forming. Over time, they got picked up by people, lost, stolen and turned off. It's possible our Inquisitors are the only ones who could activate them because they had magic tied to the Fade. Solas certainly isn't activating them.

Then again it could be both. Solas was aware of what the Veil is doing to spirits in the Fade and wanted to help them by pulling it down. He starts on the Veil side and then wakes up to finish the ritual on the waking world side. He has no idea what's been going on in the world so he's pretty upset.

I don't know if any of these theories are correct but I'm glad we won't have to wait much longer to find out.

[nateeseart]

Another selection of my art with Solas, more recent ones

[scribeofmorpheus]

Harellan: Dragon Hunting

"She’d heard Solas scream an earth-shattering “No!” as his attentions were immediately pulled away from Mistral; the Frost Dragon they’d been engaged in battle with. Dorian had shouted something from the sidelines, balls of fire raining down across the land, prompting Cassandra to yell for everyone to stay in formation, but her orders were ignored. Too quick to catch with the naked eye, Solas had Fade stepped to her side, staff striking the ground as he warded their position from physical attacks. “You won’t leave me yet, vhen’an! I won’t allow it!” he’d screamed the words as he raised his hands to cast a spell of urgency."

--new chapter slammed between the story [mostly banter; some battle Panic!Solas]!

[stars-and-clouds]

Morrigan in the new trailer be like

Honestly, Claudia Black has said nothing bc she knew we'd come at her after she said she's not 'in this one'

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