That’s an interesting HC because Chasind owls can be found in various locations in Thedas, with seemingly different meanings attached.
One that caught my attention while playing Veilguard is the one hidden in a little cave in Rivain only accessible after solving a puzzle quest.
It’s a Chasind tomb erected under the protection of the “Owl-mother”.
Translated from Old Alamarri:
Oh, Owl-mother, She of Spring and Tide,
Watch over our sons in this land far from home.
They fell valiant and remain beloved
We leave them offerings and totems from this life for the next.
Guide them onwards, and guide our steps to familiar shores.”
The last bit could easily allude to Falon’Din, whose elven altar can be found not far away in an other cave up the cliffs and was said, in elven lore, to have accepted the help from an owl to guide the dead to their final destination…
But the Chasind style owl figure can also be found in a few other locations that tend to associate it with other elven gods.
We know from DA:I that Andruil had an owl as messenger. On Tearstone Island, a massive site indicates the place was originally owned by the elves. A specific place on the island is dedicated to Andruil. A note from Ghilan’nain clearly states that she’s desperate to give her a proper tribute.
A bit later on during that main quest, Rook’s team enters the stronghold’s throne room, full of Chasind owls.
The two thrones in that room also allude to Elgar’nan and Mythal’s dominion, and this gives the owl another interesting affiliation with elven highest power. “Owl-mother”, after all, could partly refer to Mythal’s role among her people, and some owl statues can be found in the fade near what may have been on of her temples, next to the “cathedral of roots”.
Despite my efforts, I couldn’t find any consistent pattern that would explain its role in the lore, or enlighten some part of the Elven lore in the way it inspired religious practices after their world collapsed.
Still, it was enough for me to HC a character behind that figure. :)
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