In one of the DAVG endings, Solas and Lavellan go into the Fade together.
For the two of them, it is the moment Lavellan chooses, of her own will, to stand beside Solas and go with him. But to the people watching from the outside, it might become a very different story.
Rook’s party and Morrigan, who were there, would know that she chose it herself. But for ordinary people, or for those who hear the story generations later, all that remains is the fact that the Inquisitor who led the South, the Herald of Andraste, disappeared into the Fade with the Dread Wolf.
And from there, I think the story would split in two very different directions.
One version would be: “The Herald of Andraste was taken into the Fade by the Dread Wolf.”
The other would be: “The Herald of Andraste guided the Dread Wolf into the Fade.”
In the first version, Lavellan would be remembered almost like a saint or a bride stolen away by a god. In the second, she would become someone who calmed a god, guided him, and crossed the boundary of the world with him. Almost a figure from myth.
But in reality, she was not stolen by a god. She was not deceived, nor was she offered up as a sacrifice. She chose Solas of her own will.
That is the part I find so fascinating.
In mythology, women who become the wives of gods are often abducted or deceived. But maybe, somewhere among those stories, there were women who truly chose to stand beside a god of their own will.
The thing is, stories passed down through history do not always preserve that kind of will.
People want stories they can understand.
The human world might want to say she was taken.
The Chantry might want to say she was martyred.
The elves might say she forgave Fen’Harel, or that she was chosen by him.
Those who hate Solas might say she betrayed them.
Those who see Solas as a god might say she became the Wolf’s bride.
Those who come to revere Lavellan might say she was the one who calmed the Wolf.
“The woman who was stolen away.”
“The woman chosen by a god.”
“The saint who guided the Dread Wolf.”
“The leader who betrayed the world.”
In that way, a deeply personal choice might slowly become something else entirely.
For Lavellan, perhaps it was simply this:
Solas has always rejected being seen as a “god.” And yet, in the very end, he might turn even her choice into part of a myth.
I find that a little ironic. And honestly… that is exactly the kind of thing I love.
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