#the same chantry that slaughtered every mage in dairsmuid for. being independent of the circles and working with spirits?
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crypticcanidae · 1 month ago
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veilguard's kinda like. the monkey's paw of videogames i think.
#there's so many things that people have speculated abt/wanted to see for literally a decade and. none of them are done well#we're going to rivain finally! i wonder what the seer/chantry/qunari influences are like! or how people feel abt dairsmuid! or the pirates!#and then its just a beach and arena#the anderfels is an arid region absolutely decimated by the blights. itll be cool to see how people survive in that environment!#and its the wettest goddamn swamp you've seen in your life. and also cold enough for snow.#(i do like the griffon statues the wardens build everywhere they go though. i think thats sweet actually)#we get to visit weisshaupt and kal sharok! a thousand year old fortress and a thaig that somehow survived the darkspawn by itself!#one is destroyed as soon we get there and the other we barely enter before we leave again#what abt the mortalitasi? how do they recruit from nevarran circles? does the chantry limit how many mages they can take?#theyre largely independent of the circles and work with spirits and theres no friction with the chantry over that?#the same chantry that slaughtered every mage in dairsmuid for. being independent of the circles and working with spirits?#i know the mortalitasi is an established order in nevarra but like. theres no ongoing conflict for them to stay free/be brought to heel?#what abt tevinter social structures? whats it like to be a free elf with magic? whats it like to be one of the dwarven ambassadors?#none of that matters. no one has a problem with mages or elves or qunari. the chantry's practically nonexistent.#veilguard just seems so uninterested in exploring any of the cultures/organisations/peoples/politics/conflicts that make thedas feel alive#dragon age#dav#datv critical
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