#dragon age the missing

[haverdoodles]

heatstroke

— (varric)

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heatstroke trend on twt featuring grizzled varric, as requested by my dear followers. SOMEONE GET THIS MAN SOME ALOE

[andarateia]

If you haven't already, I highly recommend reading BioWare's free Dragon Age short stories released ahead of The Veilguard between 2020-2022. Each story focuses on a faction that will be featured in the game (e.g., Antivan Crows, Grey Wardens, Mortalitasi, Shadow Dragons, Veil Jumpers - unfortunately, there isn't a short story about the Lords of Fortune) and the characters in these stories may even turn up as faction agents in The Veilguard 👀

[qwiqwiaqwi]

who was responsible for this look of his?... i wanna talk about my re-stolen heart

[kirkwallsokayesthero]

My body is ready (to smooch dwarves)

[archival-cryptid]

[pickleforstony]

Meanwhile in Kirkwall

[aqun-athlok]

some of the best varrics from "the missing" comic imo

[lunehowls]

varric!!!!

[makimahinalno]

I mostly avoid watching Veilguard gameplay reveals because I want to play the game without spoilers, so this rant might be wrong, but after reading this post I can't stop thinking about Evanuris, especially Andruil and Ghilan'nain.

So my question is, is this JUST Ghilan'nain?? What if it is BOTH Ghilan'nain and Andruil?? Did they merge together in some sort of a ritual? It looks like two bodies!

We know how Solas painted them on a mural while Varric was chasing him in Dragon Age: The Missing:

When this was released, I can say that most people had agreed that Andruil is the one in green, while Ghilan'nain is the one in pinkish-red.

1. Ghilan'nain has white hair in legends which is shown on a mural. Her head-piece is horned and it shows her status as a Mother of the Halla, after all she created them. I also find the positions in which they are drawn to be interesting. She is shown under Andruil, her hands are reaching up towards the Huntress with adoration and reverence in her eyes. Andruil approached Ghilan'nain to offer her apotheosis, she is looking down at her and her position looks like she is "lifting up" the new goddess. (Solas could be romanticising it, I doubt it was like that in real life lol)

2. Now about Andruil. Andruil's head piece looks like a bow as she is the Goddess of the Hunt. But it also looks like a crescent moon. She is described as a "sister of a moon", but also daughter of Mythal (Moon) and Elgar'nan (Sun). Oral legends can be mixed (no writing to back it up, written elvish is extremely rare), but we can agree for certain that there was some kind of kinship between Mythal and Adruil. Both are black of hair, maybe there were mother and daughter, or maybe they're sisters (perhaps blood-sisters even?).

And yet Ghilan'nain looks like she is the one wearing Andruil's head piece in Solas' flashback. And I keep wondering why? There is no way that writers suddenly decided to change the lore (Solas' mural about the two goddesses is canon btw, it's not fanmade) and their design for no reason. This convo definately takes place after Mythal and Andruil's fight. We know Andruil grew corrupted by the Blight, she put on the armour of the Void and many forgot how she looked like. Mythal managed to defeat her, but how? What if she killed her, but they refused to announce it to their subjects because it would look TERRIBLE that a "god" can be killed.

My theory is that Ghilan'nain went crazy because of Andruil's death and she tried to bring her back to life somehow. She took her head piece in memory of her slain lover, so she can be always with her. (Solas was shocked btw at Ghilan'nain's change, after all she was the most sensitive). And we can tell that Ghilan'nain loves body horror, what is she merged the lower half of Andruil into her? So they are forever together omg.

Andruil has a GOLDEN SPEAR.

This is Ghilan'nain wielding some kind of a weapon, it looks like a spear (I don't think it's a staff). Is it Andruil's spear? I think soo!!!

I need the game out ASAP, I need the loreeee, I need answers. I really hope that they are attached to each others bodies cause it's just some crazy body horror. Did Ghilan'nain really attach her girlfriends corpse onto her own? God I hope so 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[ghilannainsmalewife]

oh my god please tell me no ones done this yet

[haverdoodles]

Grizzled! ✨

— (Varric)

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Varric Tethras, the man that you are!! In honour of the next issue of The Missing 😁🍂

[andarateia]

Nov '18: I read Deception and fall in love with an elven assassin. Mar '20: So excited to see her again in Tevinter Nights! Dec '20: She's mentioned in The Wake. Feb '23: She's a major character in The Missing! Aug '24: ANDARATEIA CANTORI IN DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD TRAILER. (I love Teia a very normal amount).

[m-a-r-l-o-w-e]

[morningwitchy]

do you guys think its suspicious that the chantry outfits (the hats in particular) look a bit like the outfits the evanuris wear in the murals from the missing comic 👀

i know theres a theory that andraste is mythal and she probably had her own fancy hat so!!

[solasyoulittleshit]

I think it's pretty clear now that Ghil'anain and Andruil were lovers

ok so I've seen people saying in the last few days that Ghil'anain and Andruil as a romantic couple is unconfirmed, that Ghil being the "beloved" of Andruil could have many possible meanings

and I do still think it's not absolutely 100%, but this panel from the last comic combined with the gameplay trailer's reveal that the one with the arch on her head is Ghil'anain seems very indicative

look at the pose!

I think that this panel is meant to be the reveal that yes they were a romantic couple

[lilypads17]

did. did they