#telana's spirit

[lavellaned]

Listening to the spirit on the island talk about Ameridian who ultimately sacrificed himself for his duty and how Telana died dreaming trying to find him while Solas stands Right There

[evanhereonearth]

Ilaana thinks she knows, but she doesn’t.

She will.

From Halamshiral to Halamshiral, she traces the lines between the map of hints, learning, always learning. A stray word from Cole, her intuition strong enough to work out the impossible secret her love was hiding and instincts loud enough to scream that if his secret were simply names, he would have told her here.

From Halamshiral to Halamshiral.

“I do adore the heady blend of power, intrigue, danger, and sex that permeates these events,” from the mouth of Fen’Harel the night she lets an empress die for the genocide committed against an alienage.

Through the Temple of Mythal, through the whispers of the well, through Morrigan explaining the ancient elves to the ancient elves themselves, her love among them, through Crestwood when he walks away, through the second Breach and broken orbs, through her naked face where Mythal’s vallaslin once lay like spring green upon her skin, through Wisdom to Pride and back again, into the depths of the titan’s truth, through his silence in the blue glow of lyrium, through Ameridan and Telana dreaming, dreaming, searching, grieving.

From Halamshiral to Halamshiral, quiet whispers in the Inquisition as spies from outside trip over one another, no sign of Solas except what she senses in waking and in dreams, that there has to be more, and everything she has pieced together points to the veil.

“What would you have me do?”

“I would have had you trust me!”

She thinks she knows, but she doesn’t. She still doesn’t know. There is a difference between knowing and knowing, and she is still years off knowing.

“Let me help you, Solas.”

“I cannot do that to you, vhenan.”

“But you would do it to yourself? I cannot bear to think of you alone.”

“I walk the din’an shiral. There is only death on this journey. I would not have you see what I become.”

She thinks she knows. She will learn what she does not know.

But he also thinks he knows. He will learn too.

Banal nadas. Ar lath, ar lath, ar lath.

He takes her arm; he frees her from the Well’s compulsion, what remained after he broke the unwitting bondage of her vallaslin. She feels something different but does not understand what, not yet.

From Halamshiral to Halamshiral and then beyond. Into the depths of the Fade, seeking as he taught her to seek. Into the depths of the earth, seeking as he feared she would seek. Into the depths of her heart, seeking a truth he dared not seek himself.

Echoes of a dead empire.

Spirits who know his names.

Memories. Remnants.

Those she does not trust fall away. Varric she lets return to Kirkwall, where she visits, pushing at the edges of his stubbornness where she can, fruitless against what he feels to be true about the world. Vivienne she keeps as close as an enemy should be, Vivienne who front-loads her barriers and calls Cole a demon because she understands so little in her expertise. Sera she helps flit away, never challenging, never letting closer than a prank or two.

Cullen, she treats with gentleness. She helps him with his templars, teaches them a softer side of magic, how to breathe through their fear, why their blood sings out for connection to something they don’t understand, how they can find that connection in transcending the terror. Tiny challenges, chips in the bulwark of the Chantry’s prison of lyrium, slow healing with the hand of a friend between their shoulder blades.

The Seekers sow new seeds with Cassandra, and she helps them, too. Helps them understand that their existence is intrinsically touched by the Fade, that their discipline and their training circumvents the fears of the templars to remake them, shows them that their incorruptibility is built upon the foundation of spirits who are and always have been here to help.

She sends Thom on with grace, receives a griffon feather in a letter, closes her eyes against the knowledge of the Wardens’ weaknesses and prays that little feather is a symbol of rebirth.

She seeks from Amaranthine to the Anderfels, from the Avvar to Antiva, and she finds out, crumb by crumb and step by step, what she didn’t know in Crestwood. What she didn’t know the day the Anchor almost killed her.

Cole comes to her to say goodbye, lets her see him back to the Fade. “I need to go where I’m needed the most,” he says, and she knows who he means and sends him with a message in the form of Compassion.

She shares this only with Merrill and Leliana and Dorian, and that only reluctantly. Trust grows with their sharing of knowledge. A circle within the inner circle, and when the Iron Bull can no longer tolerate Dorian’s growing trials in Tevinter, Dorian lets him go with the Chargers, to a simpler life without the Qun but without fear of what may be coming next. She holds Dorian while he weeps, as he has held her so many times.

They walk this path together.

Josephine connects her to places her remaining hand could not otherwise reach, annals and archives locked behind luxury and privilege. Josie knows there is much she herself does not know, but the Inquisitor is an arrow fired from a bowstring stretched between two points in time at Halamshiral, and while Josie may not understand, something in her whispers that she must trust.

The Dalish feel so distant to Ilaana now, but she goes to them. She goes to Keeper Hawen in the Exalted Plains, to Keeper Deshanna and Clan Lavellan, to the Arlathvhen and gathered clans, to the Dalish who have faded into forests. She shares what she can, knowledge gleaned from walking the Fade just as he did in the Inquisition. Some chase her away as she tells them the truth of their gods, sometimes with words, sometimes with arrows.

But some listen.

Whispers reach her over the years of some few vanishing, of ventures into Arlathan Forest, of villages.

And that is where Morrigan finds her.

Like Ilaana, Morrigan has been humbled by learning she did not know what she was sure she knew.

“You were justified in making me the fool,” Morrigan says to her one night as they observe the fledgling Veil Jumpers, unseen by the elves. “And you were justified in demanding the Well.”

Morrigan is…more now. A fragment of Mythal. She tries once to compel Ilaana, at Ilaana’s bidding, and fails. Ilaana’s triumph feels hollow, regardless of the relief.

“Fen’Harel was adept at breaking every bond but his own,” Morrigan murmurs. “But to be certain your will is your own, allow me to release you from my service.”

There is nothing left to release, but in that moment, Ilaana finds another ally.

“I would not see him fall,” Morrigan tells her softly. “’Tis monstrous to mould Wisdom into a weapon. I have her memories, tempered by lives lived through a human lens. I would make what amends I can.”

She is beginning to know.

The moment of epiphany comes on the back of betrayal, as it so often does.

Precious possibilities stolen from her soul, Solas all but lost in an instant, and oh, what follows is knowledge.

She walks the trail of the Evanuris, released rabid from their prison, watches the monsters they leave in their wake. She watches as an unrelenting nightmare blooms in blight from Arlathan to Antiva and beyond, and she cannot stay her hand.

Ten years of searching, seeking, learning. Ten years of quiet coded messages, of desperate trust, of Dorian and Leliana and Morrigan and Merrill and Hawke. Ten years of rebuilding Ferelden, Orlais, the Free Marches. Ten years of midwifing the birth of elven rights and free mages. Ten years of defending those left defenceless while powers parade about in privilege and audacity. Ten years of learning, living, bleeding.

Ten years of messages left in the Fade for one who will find them, in hope he would hear them. Ten years of trying. Ten years of deciding. Ten years of indomitable focus.

And now…ruin.

Rivers roiling with blight, Antaam and Venatori making a mockery of the red lyrium fever dream Corypheus brought to Redcliffe: a real nightmare is born when the blight takes Denerim. Hard-won recover bashed to bits against boils of poison and death. The healing herbs of the Hinterlands she once gathered for refugees wither where nowt will grow again.

Ten years of fighting for the people of this world turned to ash in a matter of weeks.

Ten minutes of fidgeting, waiting for the person who loosed it on the world to wade into a truth she’s waited ten years to tell. Dorian held her again, held her together, preparing to let her go even now but holding her close just a little longer. He has been beside her, always. He knows.

So she sits down with Rook to talk, to sow seeds of hope. Not to shame, not to blame—those impulses, Ilaana keeps locked away. She dances around the topic as if tiptoeing, watching Rook’s amusement turn to genuine surprise at Ilaana’s words.

“Or maybe I’m the prideful one, imagining his broken heart so that I never have to face my folly: that I loved someone who made such grave mistakes. That I may love him still.”

Twisting her words like he does, the truth twining between hedging phrases that bury the ache of her bone-deep exhaustion. She will save this world first, clean up someone else’s mess yet again, but now…only now does she finally know.

Why he walked away. Why following had to be her will and hers alone. Why he would not do such a thing to his heart, to allow her to follow when she did not know what she does now.

So she fights. And she waits. For a little while longer.

To show him she is not alone. To show him he is not alone. Ten years for her to hear the truth in what he told her once.

“If you are cracking, vhenan, it is does not mean you are about to shatter, but that you are about to be reborn.”

[kcwriter-blog]

Another stray thought. Inquisitor Ameridan refers to Telana as his spirit companion. Not his lover or wife or anything but spirit. We know even by Halemshiral times, the elves had lost a lot of what they knew from the time of Arlathan. What if spirit companion had a different meaning back in those times? Given the Birds of Fancy codex from the Shattered Library and Solas' comment to Blackwall that sex in the Fade is not easy, could sex be more than -well- sex to the ancient elves? I mean if there is a true joining between two spirits that could have implications for whatever happens between Solas and Lavellan. Either it was a bigger deal for Solas than we think and that's why they didn't or they are bonded for life if they did. I'm probably overthinking this - then again its fun to think about :-)

[maharellasa]

ok the first time I played jaws of hakkon several years ago I had not paid that much attention to the story of ameridan and telana and now I was seeing all these posts of people comparing them to solavellan so I replayed it with my current inky and omg!! when you reach that island you hear her call him vhenan and then solas offers insight about the spirit still enduring in telana's place and he's generally so quiet during these revelations. and "something something enjoy the happy moments as they come" and telana enduring until her last moment in hopes of seeing ameridan again oh no my heart 😭

[magebastard]

when you finish jaws of hakkon in the middle of your inquisition run and ameridan and telana and orinna and the spirit companion and haron just. clenches fist. haunt the narrative

[broodwolf221]

"saudade - an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent something or someone" for Ameridan?

ow :') pain and suffering. loved this prompt for him tho, thank you! @dadrunkwriting 408 words cw: canon character death(s) notes: spoilers for the jaws of hakkon dlc

They had to stop the dragon. Was it selfish to hope that they might survive?

He wanted to return to Halamshiral. He wanted to hold Telana again. He wanted to be amongst his friends. It was wrong to have brought her here. He would have tried to stop the dragon, the spirit, no matter what—but he could not now deny that there was another side to that urge. He would relieve Telana’s suffering. Ease her pain. It was the least he could do for her, after all she had done for him.

She should not have come. None of them should have come…

But they were here. And he was here, with the pieces coming together, trying to stem the tide. To bind the beast. It was the best he could do.

He remembered her voice, her lips, her hands. The chambers were lined with thick hoar frost, flat surfaces that showed distorted reflections of the battle that raged. The moment came, it came and—

Passed—

The last thing he had known was the dragon. Now a stranger, but armored as he, bearing the same crest. His heart plummeted at the undeniable evidence; he must have fallen in with the spell. He had been considered lost.

It wasn’t until this new Inquisitor began to speak that he realized the true enormity of what had passed. Drakon’s son; the corrupted Seekers; the lost Dales. The new threats. His mind was reeling as he took it in, and only years of practice kept him outwardly calm, relaying the information that needed to be shared.

They had so little time left. Trapped in time, and now bound to it anew; he felt himself weakening, thinning, each moment more challenging than the last as the spell lost its grip on him. He had failed. He had failed Drakon, had failed the world, and had failed Telana.

He met the hard, determined eyes of the new Inquisitor, and found himself at ease with his impending death. There was nothing left for him in this world. He had failed, but his failure would be rectified. What should have been his responsibility to finish, he had only frozen. But he could not spare the time to mourn.

He would be with Telana soon. The thought burned hot in his chest even as the cold began to seep into his body. He would be with her again, and they would be free. Unburdened by the world.

Free.

[wardencommanderrodimiss]

Harding: I bet Ameridan's lover, Telana, was an elf, and this shrine to the elven gods was hers.

Kenric: Yes, given that the Chantry erased records before the Exalted March on the Dales, that could very well be the case.

Ena Lavellan, who heard the spirit-as-Telana calling out to her vhenan: Yes truly how could we know for sure.

[icharchivist]

Doing Jaws of Hakkon with a recently broken up Solas/Lavellan is so....... like running into the spirit waiting for Telana who keeps saying "Vhenan.....", imagining our own elven couple just freezing in place, having to stop themselves from looking at each other.

The Inquisitor, surprised, repeating "Vhenan?" and Solas just stiffing up. Someone in the party asking what it means, and the two of them looking at each other quietly, knowing that explaining it would unearth hurt feelings neither had the time to process

just some hurt to think about while exploring around

[skyheld]

on this fine day i'm thinking about telana letting her wife be possessed by her childhood spirit friend while knowing if things went wrong she'd have to kill them both

[bushelofmuses]

Ameridan's Choices for Inquisition in his Second Inquisitor Verse

Is iffy about being labeled the Herald of Andraste. He ultimately rejects the title.

If Cassandra was honest about the politics of the Mages and Templars, or he figured it out before making the decision, he chooses to side with the Mages. If Cassandra was biased and he didn't find out the full picture of the situation, he would choose the Templars but later regret the decision.

If he sides with the Mages, he puts Alexius to work studying. If he sided with the Templars, he conscripts Samson.

Clan Lavellan is decimated, but not because of any choices he made, but because he didn't know anything was happening.

Keeps the Wardens. He lived through the Second Blight. He understands the need for them, even if they're compromised.

Left Celene in power and ultimately put Florianne to death.

Keeps Cole a spirit out of worry of corruption. He's still bonded to Wisdom and paranoid that he'll corrupt her, so that influences his decision to encourage Cole's spirit-y side.

Does not drink from the well.

Saves the Chargers.

Attempts to tell the truth about himself and his life, save the bond with Wisdom.

Saves the Lyrium mines.

Wants to stop Solas by any means necessary, but will ultimately try to "save" him from himself. Solas is a bro, he doesn't want anything to happen to him.

Keeps the Inquisition.

Likely romances no one. He just lost Telana in his mind, not 800 years ago; he's not ready to move on. At most, maybe a fling but I don't think he'd romance anyone.

[bluewren]

Hi! For the fanfic writer ask game :)

💕 What is your favorite fic that you’ve written?

FIc Writer Aks

It has to be the Ameridan/Telana fic that I wrote. I got experimental with my prose and scene imagery for this fic and also had really cool hc's for how spirit abilities work in tandem with mages.

[krshush]

Started Jaws of Hakkon and, after fucking around just a BUNCH w/the sidequests as I do, Elrevas went to the Lady's Rest island and learned abt Telana and. Elrevas is fine he's fine he's not got a mix of Scholarly Delight and Dalish Horror at finding out she was real but also an Elven mage. That had been smudged out by the Chantry. He is not making comparisons and feeling sick about not knowing what will become of his own legacy he's not trying to care abt that bc none of this is ABOUT that, it's fiiiiine. He will feel Normal abt learning abt Ameridan himself.

(Did it hit like a brick to hear Telana's spirit say "Vhenan" and Realize? Maybe <3 Did it hit like a brick for Dorian also to hear it from anyone else than Elrevas and Know Exactly what it meant and means abt the last Inquisitor, putting him on a similar mental path as Elrevas? Maybe <3)

[kmgkmg]

BACK TO US - BONUS. PLAYLIST BREAKDOWN

┊masterlist┊

for those that connect to music as deeply as i do, i thought it would be a good idea to make this post! diving deeper into my picks for the back to us playlist, all of the tracks are extremely intentional and you might not have even noticed their presence since i tried to weave them in naturally!

**below cut i give details about each track, spoilers included so i recommend reading once you've finished the series. long post (1.5k) since i included reasons + lyrics under the cut!**

first section: reuniting

✧ keeping tabs by niki: i can 100% see joshua listening to niki's music! her voice would match his really well imo and i could see him trying to harmonize with her voice as he was cleaning or smthn! while reader's emotions towards joshua aren't as strong as this song, it definitely has the same vibe!

you left without saying goodbye ---- i wish i never met you. you are the worst thing that i'm still keeping tabs on for some stupid reason. you were just being nice. now i fully believe you're out there somewhere also keeping tabs on how i might be feeling.

✧ sugarcoat (natty solo) by kiss of life: again this is veryyyyy joshua coded! when he recommended emotional oranges on summer vacation with vernon, i knew i had to add this track. the pop/rnb vibe is perfect. the lyric i included imo sums up how joshua came to his conclusions way too quick.

the image of me that you judged arbitrarily cannot be all

✧ haunt me by rini: this really describes the longing that they both felt for each other after joshua cut contact with reader.

thought i heard your voice, my favorite sound. was is somethin' there? ---- 'cause you haunt me, daily, nightly. get no peace of mind.

✧ still by jeff bernat: an artist that joshua has mentioned several times before! he's actually the person that got me into bernat's discography when i used to be a joshua/hoshi stan lol. another longing song (shocking to no one). goes over joshua's thoughts about getting past reader abandoning him :(

it's been a long time since we last spoke. i still wonder what you’re up to, after all that shit we've been through. ---- and there's probably people telling you that i’m doing fine, just taking my time. although it appears that i’m strong, it still hurts.

✧ not my job by flo: actually used lyrics of this song in 01. gentleman hong hahahaha. when reader asks joshua to tell the campers to knock it off with all the shipping, joshua says:

it's not my job to make you feel comfortable.

✧ summertime by flo: kinda inspired an interaction btwn reader and hoshi in 02. camper spirit when reader is like "i'm not going to let someone who deserted me ruin my summer."

second section: what are we?

✧ lemondrops by telana: the song that is behind it all!!!!!!!!!! i had no idea i was going to turn this into a series. it was originally going to be domestic fluff of reader giving joshua lemondrops so he could sing. but i mean hey, i gave credit where credits due, naming 06. popsicles and lemon drops after this song! just a very comforting song, one that definitely shows the dynamic between reader and joshua when they were close. the closeness that both of them miss.

✧ like i feel (feat. mereba) by xaiver omär: this song is LITERALLY about friends-to-lovers, i would be a fool to exclude it! kept this track on repeat while writing 11. taking inventory. joshua says to reader:

so, let me know if you feel how i feel. ---- also reader confesses with: i swear, i tried letting go of the feelings i had for you which is inspired by the song's lyrics of: swear i tried lettin' go ---- but i mean everything about this song is so good, esp this line: i feel a family of butterflies all in my gut, oh, and they're fluttering

✧ m.h. by yeek: just added this song for my own pleasure tbh, but one of the main repeating lines is definitely joshua's feelings towards reader when he starts hanging out with them more (around part 06/07)

i miss you when i see you no...(they) hit me with i love you.

✧ gotta get back (feat. pink sweat$) by p1harmony: another track i could see joshua singing along to

i know i'm not perfect, and i've hurt your heart before. so, i don't wanna make a promise i can't give. ---- never had someone make me feel all these ways before and now it seems that i can't get you out my mind. you got me hanging on to every word you say.

✧ all our time (feat. jae stephens) by xavier omär: summer breeeeze. perfect summertime song, could definitely see chan dancing to this for a dino danceology. and it would stick in reader's head after leaving pledis studios. would be the summer anthem for hoshi and reader.

✧ simple life by lexy panterra: nothing much lyrically, just a summertime vibes track.

✧ mornings (see you again) by alextbh: for the he/him readers! alextbh writes so many songs w a guy lover in mind, so i highly recommend checking his discography out.

been outta focus lately. all these images, playing in my head. i can't help it

✧ mess around by starchild & the new romantic: unable to think of a good description for this song so 👍

i know i shouldn't mess around, i shouldn't even hardly doubt you. i know i shouldn't fuss & fight, i shouldn't hardly run around you. all of these thoughts in my head...

✧ good life by otis kane x clay: this song is so smooth and incredibly joshua coded. kinda reminds me of niki's songs as well, vibe wise.

all the games aside then, i want you in my space. and now that you're in my world i'll never be the same.

✧ the chase by alextbh: no lyrics for this one, very sad if you listen to them but the vibe of the song regarding the instrumental and such fit the series!

✧ bamboo by ivy sole: another song in there for vibes, very much a summertime song!

✧ back to us (feat. julissa leilani) by jeremy passion: filo-american singer! idk if he's ever recommended his music, but i mean listen to it and it's just the embodiment of joshua's vibe into a song. obviously this song holds a lot of meaning for the series, it is literally the title! the song is more about a couple falling out of love, but this is based on vibessssssss! (it's a groovy little song, what can i say?)

✧ je t'adore (feat. ty senoj) by sylo: another song in the playlist for vibes. but again, very joshua coded imo! groovy pop is right up his alleyyyyy

third section: this is not a drill

✧ trust by thuy & rini: oh? rini makes a comeback? definitely a good song for explaining how reader and joshua slowly open up to each other, their need to build trust first.

baby, let your guard down. world's loud, we could shut it out. you can put ya trust in me if you choose. ---- how do i make you realize i'ma stick around if it's with you, you, you.

✧ ride with me by pink sweat$: a song joshua recommended in his 'beach drive' playlist on spotify! beach drive, perfect way to describe it. and when you think beach, you think summer, right? summer...summer camp? aha...

✧ blur by dhruv: joshua's double take cover remains iconic! and i really love dhruv's voice so i knew i wanted to add a song of his for sure! joshua's tweet in 08. another serious camper takes the first lyrics of the song:

the room tonight became a blur and all i could see was them you dancing.

✧ misfits' sunday by jooyoung: jooyoung's voice is perfect for a love story, i mean it fits all the moods. he usually does smooth rnb and although this is a newer sound he's been experimenting with, i thought the lyrics fit the series nicely!

we were young and naive nothing to worry. all the memories, fading with graphite scribbles. we grew too fast, a blink, slow talks.

✧ ore ore by sole: another track that i can't figure out how to describe...

love isn’t too far from us, love can handle everything.

✧ lucky by jason mraz & colbie caillat: tfw reader walks past joshua rehearsing with this song... (ahem, 10. what's your eta, anyone?)

lucky i'm in love with my best friend.

✧ angel 2 me (feat. jeff bernat) by mckay: jeff bernat feature, you know joshua would love this song and cover itttttt!

✧ ikaw lang by nobita: it's pretty established joshua loves filo artists, this would be a track he would play all the time. the title translates to only you.

oh, what a beautiful sight it is to look into your eyes. the way they sparkle, i cannot fathom. the way you look back at me, how brilliant they shine. heaven must be on earth. stars actually fall from the sky.

✧ 7pm (apple music home session) by joshua: joshua lulling reader to sleep with his guitar??? 🫠

at seven in my house, we'll sing both our lungs out and dance to the moonlight 'cause everything feels right.

✧ whether or not by gabe bondoc: the inclusion of gabe bondoc should be no surprise to a longtime carat! joshua loves his filo artists and i still remember this predebut vid of him singing some gabe bondoc!

i've dreamed a thousand dreams and still nothing compares to the feeling that you give me while you're standing here. i don't care if its fair.

[nebulousmistress]

Chapter 3 of idk a few maybe 6 or 7?

Entwined

Like many fanfic authors I have a few anchor scenes that hold down the rest of the story. I have three such anchors in the Jaws of Hakkon.

This chapter contains one of those anchors.

Angst ahead. Heavy magic theory. Spirits abound. Both Telana and Grandin are found in this chapter and if you remember those encounters, know that I take them both and RUN with them.

Vengeance was right. No mage should follow their footsteps in Abomination.

[dragon-age-codex-entries]

Codex entry: Pages near an Old Campfire

An ancient fire has pages from an old book torn next to it, likely used for kindling. The ice has kept a few pages legible:

“Haron and Orinna drew the Avvar away, but when Telana and I breached the Tevinter frost-ward and entered the fortress, we found to our chagrin that this is their main base. Their mastery of ice magic allowed them to slip through the ward without melting it. Instead of luring the dragon into a trap of our making, we have had a brutal fight in the home of our foes.

The dragon's power is like none I have ever seen. Possessed by this Avvar god-spirit, it rivals the legendary Archdemon Dumat in its fury. I pray the legends of another Archdemon leading the Blight in the Anderfels are just foolish stories, but if they are true, then I understand why Emperor Drakon asked me to come here. Drakon's new "Orlais" cannot face two god-dragons at once.

Telana was injured in the last battle. She says that she can still fight, but she is limping badly, even after our healing magicks. Once we are warm again, I will send her back to the surface. The spell that will seal away the dragon offers little chance for escape, and in her current state, she cannot hope to outrun the magic. With luck, she will reach Orinna and Haron, and they can get back to civilization and bring reinforcements.”

[sir-yeehaw-paws]

Solas' codex answers..1/100th of the mystery. I think?

AFTER A WEEK I FINALLY GET THIS DRAGON

I've respeced most of the characters though which is certainly helping things.

I am at a loss for clearing out the Darkspawn nest in my playthrough. I've fully upgraded Vivenne to a complete Knight Enchanter, Blackwall's maxed out his Champion stats including Horn of Valour. Cassandra has all her main core abilities and deflect. I've got tier four weapons and 3-4 tier armour classes. Elkae's armour has a sigil upgrade, I have spirit runes in some of the weapons. I have grenades. I've been following tips the guides and others have given and we do just fine-I can make it as far as the ogres without stocking the supplies back up.

But as soon as we hit the ogres the game wigs out. I leave my big AOE attacks and rift abilities for them, and they just wipe out the party (which is now level 25) in a hit. I'll go to revive a character and we're just SWARMED before it happens.

Renn and Valta disappear in this part of the nest too. So we go from a team of six to a team of four again. When I get hit my characters get bounced into the walls, or sometimes the enemies get stuck in a corner and freeze, but they're still attacking while they're frozen, so you can't really attack back.

i've tried to encourage the ogres to come out of the main back area to prevent this from happening, but they don't move beyond a certain point and the character stays trapped.

If *absolutely necessary* I'll try my best to finish Hakkon at the very least, because I want to be fully leveled and prepped for Tresspasser, which I know is the hardest. I just cannot get my head around the Descent at this particular section (I've also tried taking Bull out of the party, and switching up my attack plans) and strategies but everything goes so wonky in this section.

It's possible I'll need to reinstall because there's a chance Renn and Valta disappearing and the enemy freeze is a bug.

ANYWAY THO

AMERIDAN WAS AN ELF???

AND THE CHANTRY REWROTE HIM TO BE A HUMAN!? BRUH.

Hate to uh catch you up like this man.

I try to spare his feelings about Telana dying waiting for him but:

He seems ok with it.

Funny how a 3 minute conversation can be so cool.

Oh the Frostback Basin has turned all dark and spooky.

Hunting Ameridan's memories down is pretty awesome fun though. And by awesome fun I mean absolutely amazin gi LOVE this kinda shit.

A fair point!

A wonderful point Harding.

Inquisitor First Thaw eh?

I HAVE A BEAR AGENT

ABD SHE LICKED CULLEN

Just some random babblings from things I forgot when I was finishing the base game yesterday.

The fact that the way we ultimately kill Corypheus is by first slaying his demon/dragon/supposed archdemon/not really an arch demon just heavily infected with lyrium soul jar thing, THEN break his jaw with the orb THEN open up a FUCKIN RIFT INSIDE HIM and send him to the fade from the bloody INSIDE OUT?

ABSOLUTELY CRUNKED TF UP

Insane. Quality. Baller.

This thing Solas says..I guess it implies we're on decent enough terms? I know by now that approval obviously varies a LOT by companion and choices, and that since I ended the game with everyone sticking around-save Solas, I have the 'good' approval.

(And I'm already thinking of a replay with my same Inquisitor but with the only change being a a templar alliance because I've heard Champions of the Just is an amazing quest. And it apparently DOESN'T lock Dorian out like I assumed so ayeeee) And maybe Human Cole. Tho I reallllly like Spirit Cole so we'll see.

Since Solas kills Mythal does that free us from her binding? Or does the binding continue even post-mortem? I guess TECHNICALLY one could argue (maybe) that Mythal was just being hosted by Flemeth, although Flemeth herself proclaimed Mytuhal was as much a part of her as our heart is in our bodies) So did they both die because Mythal was still within Flemeth when Solas killed her?

(Watch me ask all this and then immediately get answers in Tresspasser akjndkj I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS IS ALL).

I've also just been dithering around online for more lore readings and things I've missed/needed clarified which has been fun too.

I just know the post Corypheus is dead sex was legendary. I just know it.

Skyhold is super buggy post game. Have to do a lot of reloading. That's ok tho. Not game breaking. Long as it stays stable for Trespasser. ^^

ALSO I just noticed that in the crowd is the servant woman we rescued. I love that.