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repost from my other blog. lanaya lavellan and solas as that one work by joe bowler. close-ups under the cut. (commissioned @lethallana for this!)
Some Trespasser Anchor Thoughts
I saw these hilarious posts which inspired me to share my own headcanon around this.
So I don't think removing the Anchor was possible before Trespasser because I don't think Solas knew how to. There's no evidence that he did.
In the *On Rifts and Rituals codex (which he writes sometime in the years after Trespasser), Solas is still mystified by the Anchor and studying it: "It may also yield the final elements that have eluded me." Everything about the Anchor bonding to the Inquisitor shouldn't have been possible in the first place. Corypheus couldn't remove it - "The Anchor is permanent. You have spoiled it with your stumbling" and neither could Solas at that time. Because I think Inky changed the Anchor. That spoiling line certainly makes it sound like it.
So I think the two years between DAI and Trespasser were spent searching for a way to separate the Anchor from Inky without killing them (amongst other activities of his). I don't believe Solas wanted the Inquisitor dead. If he did, they would be dead. I imagine him returning to the Lighthouse, consulting spirits, researching, doing experiments and trying to understand how to unweave the Anchor from their body.
Eventually he discovers a way to separate it, all while the Qunari situation is gaining speed. That's how I line up the timing of Trespasser.
As for why he removes the Anchor and leaves them there... yeah. Lol.
Solas is a strategist so he's going to look for solutions that accomplish several objectives at once. By the time he knows how to remove the Anchor without killing Inky, the Qunari threat has escalated, he needs the Inquisition involved, he needs to reach Inky, AND he still wants to tell Inky who he really is. Once Solas sees several paths converging, he's very good at positioning himself to benefit from all of them. The downside is that when he's focused on the larger pattern, he can lose sight of the more personal human cost - and he's a weird spirit alien man who isn't always good at the human side of things. He's also very good at compartmentalizing, which allows him to approach the Inquisitor as a problem that needs solving.
However, through a romance/friend lens, seeing that person he cares for/loves standing in front of him in pain is an entirely different matter. Suddenly he can't be as distant or clinical.
For me, every moment spent with a romanced Lavellan makes it harder for him to leave. Staying carries its own risks as well. If he returns Inky to the others himself, he's suddenly back among the people he spent two years avoiding. There would be questions, arguments, appeals to stay even, and before long he'd be pulled back into relationships and entanglements.
And ultimately, he's not a monster (fanfic preferences are one thing but I'm going on game context, text and dialogue). Whatever magic he applied, we see no blood in Trespasser. The arm is still engulfed in bright green magic, almost like a cocoon wrapped around it. Solas could have killed the Inquisitor there, but he didn't. Their death would've caused **unnecessary chaos, and he genuinely wanted the people of Thedas to experience relative calm before Veilfall. Narratively, it makes more sense to me that he'd ensure their survival until the others could reach them, opening the eluvians after he passed through his so the group could get to Inky.
I mean, it's still cruel - but that's the fun part to reconcile in a Solavellan world - I love how messy it is. 😂
This is the image after Solas removes the anchor. The magic around the arm is brighter and more expansive and the arm can still be seen.
I'd love to know how others reconcile this.
* I don't subscribe to the idea that Solas literally has the Inquisitor's arm. In Trespasser, Inky still has their arm when Solas leaves, and the grammar of the codex points to a remnant of the Anchor being studied alongside a sketch of the arm. I believe the Anchor was a physical magical glyph of sorts that had woven itself into the Inquisitor and could only be wielded by them. Otherwise, Corypheus could've just cut off Inky's arm and used it himself.
** Low approval Solas to Inky: "Ultimately, none but I could have borne the mark and lived. Your death would cause more senseless chaos, more bloodshed. It is unnecessary."
The Anchor was needed so Inky could continue closing the remaining rifts across Thedas. I'm glad someone else brought this up. The codices in Trespasser mention this, and I believe it's brought up in WoT Vol. 2 as well, though I could be misremembering.
Neither Solas nor anyone else needed more casualties among spirits and civilians, more fear and hatred directed at spirits, or more deaths that would weaken the Veil before he had finished preparing for his ritual. From a strategic standpoint, keeping the Anchor around makes perfect sense.
It's also worth remembering that the Inquisitor spent an entire year just closing rifts in Ferelden and Orlais, followed by another two years dealing with the rest of Thedas. That's an enormous amount of territory and exhausting work. Inky barely had any rest throughout the entire existence of the Inquisition. I think that's an important point that helps explain why the Anchor's condition had deteriorated by the time of the Exalted Council, in addition to the effects of what was essentially a "radioactive" power of ancient elven magic.
I also think it's possible that when Solas lured the Inquisitor to him, he didn't actually know the exact state of their arm at that point. He could certainly assume things had gotten worse, especially without the help he had provided during the first year of the Inquisition. Either way, he still needed the Anchor, and I have little doubt he had already researched ways to remove it without harming or killing Inky.
I agree with you. I don't believe he physically took Inky's arm.
Considering how deeply attachments affect him, and how difficult it was for him to walk away the first time, it makes sense to me that he didn't stay. This is firmly in headcanon territory, but the comics mention that Solas used eluvians to keep an eye on people. Spirits beyond the Veil are also constantly watching Inky, as the Augur mentions. So if Solas needed information or was concerned about the Inquisitor's condition, I think there were ways for him to obtain it.
"Ultimately, none but I could have borne the mark and lived" One of the things I love about this part of the story is that Inky, who managed to survive for so long and ultimately change the Anchor itself, remains a mystery to Solas. He says as much himself during Inquisition.
And my Solavellan heart can't help adding that the same is true of Lavellan. No one but them could have endured the effects of his destructive magic, his personality, his love, and the consequences that bond had on their life for so long
Thank goodness for fans because I totally forgot that the game does highlight Inky still closing rifts.
And this 🥹:
"And my Solavellan heart can't help adding that the same is true of Lavellan. No one but them could have endured the effects of his destructive magic, his personality, his love, and the consequences that bond had on their life for so long."
Gotta love our Inky.
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My attempt on a Solas tarot card thingy :D More arts http://eshiraart.deviantart.com/
Full Solas character sheet. I have been absolutely enjoying myself with this new, simplified design. I was worried Solas wouldn't translate, but I guess it all worked out 😅
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Solas - Dragon Age Veilguard
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The Sun and The Moon, Elgar'nan and Mythal
i'm trying to design their outfit for one of my AU yay~
They made bodies from the earth. And the earth was afraid. It fought back. But they made it forget
"It isn't abuse if I ask!"
"Not always true."
How much this fucking hurts after Veilguard.
"Dance with death"
it's crazy how, when replaying the DAO, DA2, and DAI, literally everything is suddenly about Solas to me. everything mirrors him in some way, everything is foreshadowing one way or another.
This shield from DAO is called the "Fade Wall" ffs!
The fucking "Andraste's Mabari" song Codex from DAI is about Solas and you can't change my mind!
Solas goes to sleep, almost killed by trying to avenge Mythal's murder, only to wake up centuries later to go on his Din'an'shiral to complete his work and go "lay on the pyre" (kill himself) in the ritual that will tear down the Veil. (Which was NOT the ritual at the start of Veilguard, but oh well.)
Solas and his role in the narrative are baked into the foundations of the whole franchise, no matter how much Veilguard may or may not have botched the landing narratively.
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