#rook's coffer

[annoyed-galaxy]

I just my coffer and I am so happy. This is the first collector's thing I've ever owned for something I love. I truly am just so happy and cannot wait to return to Thedas

[evilauthor]

Rook Coffer

I never left Dragon Age hell. Just kinda....hovered and existed off comics and books.

When they announced the collector's box....I wanted it. The desire.

My husband told me no. Repeatedly. Don't do it, Evil. Don't buy it.

Today, he realized that the game comes out a different day than he thought...so he told me he bought it for me as an anniversary gift. He told me my gift early because 1: he was pretty sure I would buy it even with him telling me no. And 2: it will be late for our actual anniversary by two weeks.

This is good because I was absolutely going to buy it even though he said no. I was fully prepared.

[secretmage]

Scanned in the card deck from Rook's Coffer for anyone curious what the cards are!

[maythedreadwolftakeyou]

listen i Get why people don't want to pre-order games and 100% agree that its bad for game companies to assume things will sell based on name vs content/execution or not wanting to support bioware after the sudden layoffs + denying severance employees were entitled to, all of this i agree with, 100%

but i have seen like 6 separate posts saying "LOOK HOW ABSURD THE ROOK'S COFFER PERK IS, $150 AND IT DOESN'T EVEN COME WITH THE GAME, IT'S INSANE WHAT GAME COMPANIES EVEN DO THESE DAYS" and like that is just completely missing the point

you can absolutely buy versions of it with the game from other retailers like gamestop, for $150+game cost ($60) just not from bioware itself, because

they are offering it sans-game as a way for PC players or people who want to play ASAP and plan to download/pre-load to play right on release to still get the physical merch perks, because

either it is NOT going to ship and arrive in time from bioware for people who want to play right on release, or they can ship it early and not worry about accidentally pre-releasing it to same fans, plus

THE COST WITHOUT THE GAME IS EXACTLY COMPARABLE TO THE DA: INQUISITION COLLECTOR'S EDITION PHYSICAL BUNDLE IN 2015. That one was $200 for the game+physical merch like the tarot deck, a notebook, some coins, quill & inkpot, etc. If you add the game cost here it would be $210 for both the coffer and digital copy of the game. That's only a $10 increase in price from the 2014 cost of the last game which is barely even covering inflation over the DECADE since then

Like, yes, I am sure it cost less to make the items in Rook's Coffer than they are selling it, that is how selling anything works. But claiming that this is entirely out of line with industry standards and a greedy move by the company is like... ok, well, yes. The company exists to make money. They offer extra perks for people who really like the content and want to pay for it, that's... how most fan-based services work. You can dislike it and not buy it! That's everyone's choice and I honestly don't disagree! But kinda wild to see all these "what an audacious move and so unlike anything released in the past" posts for something that is absolutely standard and normal is kind of silly

[pausegame]

Was too absorbed in the game itself that I put off opening Rook's Coffer. I don't read things enough bc I honestly didn't know that the dagger lights up lol

There's also a grouped poster of the companion cards together but its rolled so tight I can't unroll it without damaging it 🥲

[hattedhedgehog]

Solas' glowy lyrium dagger is very, VERY cool and I'm obsessed with it. Instantly makes me 50x more dramatic. 15/10 good job Veilguard merch team.

[bas-taard]

now wait a second

[felassan]

Next is the BioWare Gear store variant of the artbook, which comes with this print of this new art of Solas. [image from the Gear store] (Felassan stuff here). Felassan aside, it also reminds of Andruil's golden Spear (Felassan tells a story where Fen'Harel is captured by Andruil..). I looove this art, it's so pretty. :> the armor he's wearing reminds me of this one. of course, the focal point of the image is the Lyrium Dagger, which he is pointing to. Solas' eyes glow blue, like the Dread Wolf's here, like the blue dagger, like they do when he uses his restored powers in Trespasser. (sometimes, the wolf's are depicted as blue, other times they're depicted as red. it's always 👁️ when wondering about the possible meanings of that choice). his cape is a deep navy or blue-black kinda tone and it billows, looking almost like a flowing river. I think this is a cool idea given stuff like all the watery language/imagery around the Fade, and I wonder if it was intentional given that the wavy lines in the background end where the cape begins.

the wolf is beside him, or maybe it's more accurate to say it kind of lurks in his shadow? there's also a blue wavy line, watery-kinda effect over much of the image. it's particularly emphasized around the bottom and on the wolf, with blue lines coming from its eyes. in general and kind of compositionally this image also reminds me of this one from a past trailer: you've got the billowing cape, the wolf, the glowing blue eyes, the wavey blue effect etc.

the most 👁️ aspect of this art though is his golden crown/headpiece. it reminds a lot of the Evanuris heads with their headpieces in the dragon's wings on the 'Black City' side of the vinyl cover

and more so of (given its shape is more similar to these ones), Flemythal's crown and the one Morrigan now wears in DA:TV.

Does this print depict a scene from the ancient elven past? Fen'Harel maybe with his own headpiece in his own right, or maybe a Mythal-similar headpiece when he was in her service or something. I hope we see him wearing this in the game. :D

[orlesianhennin]

oh dragon age veilguard why did you have to come when i am an adult with a career and a lot of responsibility and limited pto

[changeling-of-the-fae]

"Things always seem impossible at the beginning. Just fight one battle at a time."

I haven't even started playing yet and I'm happy tearing up.

[ortanthaig]

Deluxe special edition of Veilguard has been ORDERED, besties!! My pockets hurt!!

[melonyfelonyfellonme]

Running around my house with the dagger from Rook's Coffer like the knife vine kid

[dandylion-virtual-adventurer]

Totally forgot to show off my Rook’s Coffer!

The dagger is so cool

[sandraugiga]

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[inquisimer]

I have been on the retail therapy train this week and it's all worth it

[eurodyne-d]

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