Thoughts on the new cinematic for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf
First off, while the artwork is gorgeous, what I really want to praise is the background music. If this is what we can expect for the next Dragon Age game, holy shit, I am excited for the score.
But now, let's get to what I believe is confirmation of symbols for the Evanuris. This is something I touched on before, pointing out one of the figures in the mural released previously had the same head shape as one of the statues in Trespasser called "TyrantIdolHead" in the game files. Namely, these bad boys:
Now, take a look at the symbols surrounding the circle in this artwork:
Each "TyrantIdolHead" above has the same symbol shown in the cinematic art here.
More so, the one in the very centre correlates to the head of the figure on the right of the previously released mural below, and the one on the very right correlates to the figure on the left:
In total four have corresponding shapes:
Which begs the question, which one is for which member of the Evanuris?
I think the one that looks like a sunburst is obviously Elgar'nan. The one that looks like dragon horns could be Mythal. But the others, I really don't know.
The only other thing I want to comment, is in the centre of the large circle, looks like the outline of a city in gold. Then, the golden city turns to black, as the narration explains the creation of the veil.
Does this mean it was Solas who blackened the Golden City in Andrastian legend, and not Corypheus and the Magisters? That would run parallel to what Corypheus says in DA:I, claiming that the city was already black and empty when he broke through to it.