Highlights
- Followers have blended opinions on Solas, just like backlash over Anders’ actions in Dragon Age 2. There must be an acceptance that gamers might not management total story outcomes.
- Solas’ apocalyptic plans conflict with the sequence’ future. It is unlikely there’s a glad ending for him and Lavellan. Followers ought to admire storytelling nuances.
One of many extra thrilling facets of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, presumably receiving a ‘full reveal’ at Summer season Sport Fest, is that it is extra of a direct sequel than we have had within the sequence. Positive, Dragon Age: Origins, 2 and Inquisition all adopted each other chronologically and shared characters, however the central battle of those video games differed dramatically as Thedas stumbled from one disaster to the following. Dreadwolf will decide up proper after the occasions of the Trespasser enlargement for Dragon Age: Inquisition, with the narrative centring on the eponymous character Solas, the Dread Wolf.
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Solas is without doubt one of the most polarising characters within the Dragon Age fandom, courting a large spectrum of opinions. To some, he’s a tragic hero in an unenviable place, pressured into drastic motion to proper the wrongs of his previous. To others, he’s a grasp manipulator who refuses to take accountability, egocentric to his core. With how disparate the fandom’s opinions are on Solas, there is no such thing as a potential approach BioWare can fulfill everybody’s interpretation of the Elf.
Love Him Or Hate Him…
The Solas ‘scenario’ jogs my memory of the group’s response to Anders’ actions in Dragon Age 2. Anders will all the time blow up the Chantry in Act 3, unleashing the simmering battle between templars and mages in Kirkwall into the open. This narrative resolution angered followers of Anders as they felt with excessive sufficient approval they need to have been in a position to forestall this act of terror. Now, narratively talking, Anders is/was possessed by a spirit of vengeance, so there’s solely a lot a pal/lover would have been in a position to do to persuade him to not go down this path.
The shortage of ‘management’ the participant had over Anders’ actions got here as a selected shock to Dragon Age gamers as a result of, up till that time, we have all the time been in a position to management a lot of the main plot developments within the sequence. With Solas, there must be an acceptance that the participant is not going to have full management over the narrative and the characters they’ve grown near. Those that have romanced Solas might not expertise a cheerful ending, and that is fully okay if the story is well-told.
Let’s face it, Solas needs to tear down the Veil to finish his convoluted plan to uplift Elves. It is a near-apocalyptic occasion and incompatible with the Dragon Age sequence having a future. Solas can be pitted in opposition to our new hero as an antagonist, and he might not be portrayed in as sympathetic a lightweight as he has been (relying in your perspective). It might be form of like if the character you romanced in Origins wished the Archdemon to win, you simply cannot appease the individuals who root for the tip of the world.
Now, for those who play as a Lavellan (feminine elf) Inquisitor and romance Solas, the dialogue between the 2 in Trespasser teases some sort of rehabilitation for the Dread Wolf. Nevertheless, we’re not enjoying because the Inquisitor in Dragon Age: Dreadwolf and the narrative most likely is not going to warp drastically for one particular imported world state. There possible is a ‘glad ending’ of kinds for Solas, however I do not see any actual chance that Solas and Lavellan might reside fortunately ever after.
It is Dragon Age, a well-written, ideological and infrequently morally gray story. There’ll inevitably be discourse and folks sad with parts of the storytelling. Nevertheless, crucial factor is that we as followers of the sequence do not overreact to sure narrative selections and admire the story for what it’s, not what every particular person wished it to be. It will be a really troublesome job for BioWare to navigate the advanced character that’s Solas, and we’ll all want to just accept that how the writers view him might not align with our personal views of him.
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