#team elves

[ciderjacks]

despite Laios low self esteem making him think that if he’d been eaten, Chilchuck and Marcille wouldn’t have helped Falin,

theres a small part of me that thinks the reason Chilchuck stayed with the party and went back in the dungeon in the first place was because he didn’t want to leave Laios alone. That Laios was moreso the reason he stayed.

[pinacoladamatata]

blink and you'll miss it moments around skyhold....

[dolceaspidenera]

YES!

my world state: dalish hunters who keep getting dragged into Situations and then falling in love with humans

[lizzybeeee]

DATV explaining the 'Regret Prison'

A REGRET PRISON IS STUPID AND I'M TIRED OF PRETENDING THAT ITS NOT

TL;DR: a prison can serve as a metaphor but it shouldn't be entirely comprised of a metaphor.

From what I understood from what the game gave us: Solas has made a new prison to move the God's too - since bringing down the veil would free them from the Black City. This new prison is separate(?) from the fade or so far removed/contained that bringing down the veil would not compromise it...apparently. We interrupt his ritual, Solas gets sucked into the new prison he made, and the elven gods are free.

When Rook gets kicked into the fade they're physically there - which means it's a physical place in the fade, like how it was a mixture of physical/thought when we entered it in DAI. Which makes sense - the gods are real and living beings, they need to be in a place, there must be some aspect of physicality to it.

Alright, cool, it's a Black City 2.0 - I assume it's better defended to prevent people breaking in/out again?

NOPE.

We get there and it's a 'regret prison'?? It's tied to the regrets of those within it? Composed of regrets??? Solas had to wait for the right moment for Rook to be sufficiently 'full of regret' that they could switch places?

So is the prison tied to Solas's regrets? If so, how can Rook escape? The prison seems to work around the idea that it relies on the regrets of the person it's holding to work - which is how/why Rook was able to be trapped and later free themselves (along with whatever remains of the team apparently being able to do something on their end, not that we hear about it).

WHICH IS STUPID!

Are you telling me the prison intended to hold to megalomaniac elven gods was going to imprison them based on their own regrets? Is Solas assuming that Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain are as self-pitying as he is? They'd break out quicker than Rook did! He made a time out corner for the elven gods to sit in and gave them an out if they reflected on their emotions/regrets or decided that they don't regret what they did. Elgar'nan, a spirit of tyranny, is not going to 'regret' his actions - he is going to justify them by telling himself and others that he knows what's best.

We can come across some of Solas's regrets in the prison if you run around a bit and explore:

Remnant of Failure - talking about the orb from Inquisition.

Remnant of Parting - talking about Mythal

Remnant of Reflection - more vague, talking about the Titans I believe.

So maybe he altered it - maybe he intended the prison to be 'locked' with his own regrets because after a millennia of having a pity party he still can't bring himself to self-reflect and look to the future. But what if Solas died? Or if his guilt lessened - would it diminish the strength of the regret prison?

We already have pre-established lore (though DATV has shown they don't really give a crap tbh) that once the being that has claimed/altered an area of the fade is slain, it's influence diminishes both in and outside of the fade. So if the prison was tied to his regrets then it would require Solas to basically live forever to keep it stable - especially if he brought down the veil and removed the one barrier that kept the world and the fade apart.

Rook and Solas needed some assistance to exit - but it doesn't seem like it was much! Solas used his dagger and Rook just...got out through a fade tear? This is Solas's 'more secure' second prison? It has a worse track record than the Black City! If Rook - who is not an elven god - managed to escape the regret prison what is to stop anyone else from breaking in and out of the prison?

And what did Solas intend to do with the blight - the bulk of which is apparently in the black city?? If bringing down the Veil would free the gods in the black city doesn't that mean that the blight would also be released?! Did he have a plan? Why does he go fully ahead with bringing down the veil at the end if the black city is still there and filled with blight?!

I get it: the 'regret prison' is a metaphor for how Solas holds onto the past and how Rook can move past their regrets and grow. He's trapped by the past - it's a prison. Cool. But this prison is supposed to by a physical place to contain the gods - not just to solely contain Solas. The mission is literally called 'A Cage for Gods'.

The Black City is an actual place that's so far out of reach of anywhere else in the fade that no mage can ever reach it while in dreams - let alone physically, which was only done once and took tremendous effort/blood sacrifices. It made sense - it was cool to see floating in the sky in DAO!

Though it's not said specifically, it's strongly implied that Arlathan is the Black City. You can see in the concept art that floating elven city is exactly the same as the black city in DAO! It's this foreboding thing just lurking in the sky - a constant reminder of the sin that led to the horrors of the blights and darkspawn. A real place with lore and history that also serves as a metaphor for the hubris and destruction of those who call themselves gods and act as tyrants -> for both the evanuris and the magisters.

I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS BIOWARE!

WHAT IS THIS KINGDOM HEARTS NONSENSE???!!

[o0-snowdrop-0o]

That tenderness in his eyes, that gaze...always full of admiration when it comes to Galadriel 🫠

Also his elvish features started become visible again as he was getting closer to Eregion...

[lawchan89]

A lot of you just instantly forgot that Aaravos is a master manipulator and blindly believe that he told Claudia the whole truth and nothing but the truth huh

[kradogsrats]

They donned their masks

They turned their backs,

And left Elarion to die.

[shadowlurkerbug]

I saw this n immediately thought of demoman, soldier, scout, and pyro

[wannabemasterofwindintraining]

Lego fumbled ragana so bad it hurts

Like girl what is your backstory?? Like if you wanna make her emo cause she got bullied or whatever maybe don't show the gang standing up to her n trying to befriend her in the flashback???

They literally tried to be her friends n she went nu uh I'll be emo anyways oh woe me everyone hates me waa

Also for someone who's supposed to be the first main villain she doesn't do anything she barely even interacts with the gang SHE DOESN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING BAD GIRL GO COMMIT CRIMES

N then lego has the audacity to make a song between her n Emily you did not ear the villain hero duet especially when you don't do anything with your villain

Lego i love her please actually do something with her make her commit actual crimes make her beef w the gang lego why did you make cronan walk up to her doorstep asking her to team up just so she can say no imagine having mommy issues LLLLL

[aheathen-conceivably]

Don’t mind me just sitting here thinking about how long I’ve been in the 1930s and how it’s still only 1935.

[bhaalble]

I need to run Neve's personal quest again with different outcomes but I sort of feel like I don't totally understand what the Stakes of that are like what is materially different about her journey. It feels like there's this binary being set up of is Neve going to become colder and more calculated in pursuit of a safer city or is she going to keep trying to be this inspiring figure even if it means she's a little less effective. But like what does she Do differently to reflect that. What's the threat that Rava is so worried about if Neve loses herself because it doesn't really feel like there's consequence.

Granted. Neve had a Terrible Bad No Good Time in my playthrough (Treviso saved, Threads allied, abducted by Elgarnan, Possibly died??? trying to control the blight? that part was inexplicably unclear to me) so its genuinely just possible i drove her into a weird corner

[baileybooradly]

MORE TEAM SEAFOAM ATTACKS (AND REVENGES)!!! >:D

In order 1 - @this-should-do (Revenge) 2 - SkadefroDane on Deviantart (Attack) 3 - @snowy-weather (Attack) 4 - SheepyRecords (Revenge) 5 - @janomenome (Revenge) 6 - @merain (Revenge)

[feanorianethicsdepartment]

you just know there’s some elven supremacist assholes out there who think the problem with the third kinslaying is that the fëanorians killed Elves, Specifically, and if they’d massacred a human refugee camp for the silmaril it wouldn’t even be worth remarking on

[ymbrynae]

My next attack for @arktwendz with lovely Elswyth Lavellan! Check out their amazing OCs :D

[zenethebean]

I think what Arcane is missing is a goofy holiday special where everyone has to save Christmas after Jinx accidently surface-to-air missiles Arcane Santa

[jshimshon-art]

Artfight dump from this year

In order, we have the following:

1. Giselle for @angeldollie

2. Nikolai, Amina and Nuri for @natyune-art

3. Mei for @natyune-art as well

4. Jin for @natyune-art as well

5. Amelia for @sajucaart

6. Ursula for @rookkun

7. Ea Domarien for @burucheri

8. Desmond for @sandrakillustrations