Why is Tevinter so shallow? It isn't just about the lack of slavery (that, whatever else it is, however it was handled before, has been a pillar of Tevinter identity and inevitably leaves a hole in the narrative by being pratically missing). Why does the magisterium, the caste system, the Antaam invasion outside of Minrathous and the Black Divine play no role at all in its storyline?
Why the atrocities of the Crows (buying children, for example?) never come up during their faction quests?
Why do we hear nothing about the political side of the mortalitasi, how they control Nevarra from the shadows?
Why do we never even hear about Kont-aar even though we are in Rivain? Why there is no counterpoint to the (metaphorically, by qunari standards, mindless and souless) Antaam? Why is the qun completely missing from the game and the qunari reduced to cannon fodder the player has to cut down?
Why are the questions about magic that permeate every previous game absent here, especially when veilguard being set in the north could have given us such a unique viewpoint?
And, more importantly:
Why am I supposed to believe that no dalish elves would worship the gods they have already been worshipping their whole lives? That they wouldn't follow out of naivety, out of misplaced hope for a better future, out of fear, seeking to placate them?
Why am I supposed to believe that the gods would not even try to seek the dalish, when we are told by the previous games about the dalish hunters of legend, about how they are a mighty force to be reckoned with when united? Why do they only show up at the Blood of Arlathan quest, to play damsel in distress?
Why am I supposed to believe that no elves from the alienages would want to join the gods, because of every reason mentioned above, or out of spite or disdain for an uncaring world?
And yes, I know everyone learned the gods were evil off-screen. Why was it off-screen?
Also, where are the agents of Fen'Harel? Where are the people that vanished by the end of Trespasser?
Obviously, you can't expand on all of this in a single game, but why is all of it absent?
Why is bioware so afraid to engage with the world they created?
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is all about tough choices - so we put together this graphic to see which stories our community told! Which paths did you take?
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Spoiler Warning. Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Your Story
Who did you romance? #1 Neve, #2 Lucanis, #3 Taash, #4 Harding, #5 Bellara, #6 Davrin, #7 Emmrich
What did Bellara do with the Archive Spirit? 44% Free Archive Spirit. 56% Keep Archive Spirit
Did Emmrich become a rich or save Manfred? 54% Become Lich. 46% Save Manfred
What did Davrin decide to do with the griffons? 33% Send to Wardens. 67% Send to Arlathan.
How did Lucanis deal with Illario? 78% Jail. 22% Forgive
Which culture did Taash embrace? 21% Qunari. 79% Rivani
Who did Neve Become to Dock Town? 39% An Inspiration. 61% A Protector.
What Titan emotion did Harding embrace? 16% Anger. 84% Calm
The fate of D'Meta's Crossing Mayor. 22% Banished to Grey Wardens. 36% Saved. 42% Left.
Which city did you help save? 49% Minrathous. 51% Treviso.
Dealing with the First Warden? 64% Punch. 36% Reason.
Isle of Gods distraction team leader? 54% Harding. 46% Davrin.
Isle of Gods ward shutdown? 58% Bellara. 42% Neve.
Top 3 companions chosen to unravel the wards with the Veil Jumpers? Emmrich, Neve, Bellara.
Top 3 companions chosen to go after the Venatori commander with the Crows? Lucanis, Taash, Emmrich.
Top 3 companions chosen to fight the Juggernaut at the gate with the Grey Wardens and Mourn Watch? Taash, Davrin, Emmrich.
Top 3 companions chosen to stay behind for the counter attack? Taash, Davrin, Harding.
Before Veilguard's release I was theorizing the Veilguard companion characters might have been designed to be parallels to the known Evanuris, but I couldn't place all of them.
Now that I've played the game (almost twice) I think I've figured them all out.
Rook - Elgar'nan, the leader. Controller of light and dark. The one who influences the others.
Neve - Mythal, who can be a fierce protector or a source of inspiration and hope.
Harding - Andruil, the hunter, who went mad from the Void and had to fight her way back
Bellara - June, the inventor. Master of magical artifact.
Lucanis - Dirthamen, keeper of secrets, who mastered the twin ravens of Fear and Deceit, and returned from death.
Davrin - Ghilan'nain, Master of Monsters, Keeper of Halla.
Emmrich - Falon'Din, the necromancer. Friend of the dead.
Taash - Sylaise, who's fire cannot be quenched.
Which leaves Solas to play the role he always has - Fen'Harel, the trickster and betrayer, who could ally with them, if only they will listen to his advice and try to protect their world as best as they can.
Pardon me for reblogging myself. I was completing a companion quest when I realized that every single companion quest deals with the companions defeating a corrupted version of themselves.
We are literally watching the Evanuris battle their demons.
Aelia (Neve) - A blood mage who "protects" her city via blood magic, fear, and propaganda.
Shade (Harding) - A shade of herself made of wrath and anger.
Cyrian (Bellara) - A master of magical artifacts easily corrupted by the emotions of a tyrant
Illario (Lucanis) - An assassin who uses secrets to deceive and gain power.
Isseya (Davrin) - A Grey Warden corrupted by Blight who made monsters of her wards, the griffons.
Johanna (Emmrich) - a necromancer who despises Spirits and the deceased and sees them only as tools.
Dragon King (Taash) - an adaari who wants to use his fire breath to rule others
Elgar'nan (Rook) - the final battle with the last standing god, who caused the corruption of all the others
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