Highlights
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard will characteristic 7 companions representing iconic factions from Thedas, infusing deep lore into their tales.
- Predictions recommend factions like Antivan Crows, Gray Wardens, Qunari, and extra may very well be companions, every with distinctive backgrounds.
- Potential companions from Veil Jumpers, Shadow Dragons, or Mortalitasi may add attention-grabbing gameplay parts to the story.
There’s plenty of pleasure round Dragon Age: The Veilguard (how will we really feel concerning the identify?). We will study so much on Tuesday when BioWare exhibits quarter-hour of gameplay, however we have already gleaned some data, primarily by an interview from BioWare’s basic supervisor Gary McKay with IGN’s Kat Bailey.
Concerning the companions of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, McKay revealed there are seven companions, with every “supposed to symbolize a novel faction or ingredient from Thedas.” McKay adopted this up by saying, “We have tapped into Dragon Age’s deep lore and exploited its most iconic factions to convey every of the seven companions and their tales to life.” He additionally introduced that the companions might be playersexual, which I am not a fan of, however alas.
Andarateia (Andy), a widely known Dragon Age buff on X (previously Twitter), has produced a implausible graphic with their predictions of which factions might be represented in The Veilguard, which I assume is what we’re calling our merry(?) band.
Factions
The premise for Andy’s predictions is what points of worldbuilding BioWare have targeted on for the reason that launch of Inquisition in its numerous cross-media endeavours. This consists of comics, brief tales, a novel, the animated collection Dragon Age: Absolution and the teasers we have already seen.
A few the apparent ones are the Antivan Crows and Gray Wardens, which have had a presence within the lore since Dragon Age: Origins and will definitely be described as ‘iconic’. The ‘Thedas Calls’ teaser launched in December featured Antiva and The Anderfels (location of the Gray Warden HQ) so these two seem to be secure bets.
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Likewise, the Qunari have formed Thedosian politics ever since their outstanding position in Dragon Age 2, so it stands to cause that you will have somebody on board representing the Qun. At present, northern Thedas is topic to an Antaam (navy wing of the Qun) invasion that isn’t sanctioned by the entire of the Qun. Andy (and I) think about we’ll have a non-Antaam Qunari in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Then, there are the Veil Jumpers of Arlathan Forest. This group seem within the anthology novel Tevinter Nights and the Dragon Age: The Lacking comedian. They’re Dalish Elves attempting to police a darkness spreading within the Arlathan Forest, doubtless due to Solas’ interfering with The Veil.
Andy predicts a companion might be a member of The Lords of Fortune, a treasure-hunting guild out of Rivain. I would not describe this faction as ‘iconic’ however three separate tales in Tevinter Nights featured a member of this faction, so BioWare has plans to characteristic them in some position. They’re additionally one of many solely points of Rivain that has been expanded upon within the lore, and Rivain was one of many areas featured within the Thedas Calls trailer.
The publish believes the ultimate two factions would be the Shadow Dragons (an anti-slavery resistance group in Tevinter) and the Mortalitasi, a bunch of necromancers chargeable for mummifying the useless of the Nevarran elite. The latter is extra doubtless, in my view, each as a result of they obtained a devoted story in Tevinter Nights, and in addition as a result of, from a gameplay perspective, necromancy is an attention-grabbing mechanic.
These are strong predictions, and I believe a couple of of them are extraordinarily doubtless. I maintain coming again to McKay’s use of the phrase ‘iconic’ although, and there are a few notable exceptions not included within the listing. The Chantry will certainly have a consultant within the participant’s companions, whether or not that be a seeker, a former member of the Inquisition or one thing else.
I believe there may also be illustration from one of many Circle of Magi successors, the existence of which will depend on who turns into the Chantry’s Divine on the finish of Dragon Age: Inquisition. I think about we’ll be tied to somebody from both the brand new Circle of Magi or the extra autonomous School of Enchanters.
We will definitely have the Dalish in some capability, however what of the Dwarves of Orzammar? They’re distant and have much less ‘pores and skin within the recreation’, however I would be shocked if we did not see some form of floor dwarf companion given they have been a mainstay for the reason that collection’ starting. I hope it is not simply Varric once more, although.
I wrote an article previous to the identify change announcement predicting that Morrigan may very well be a returning companion in The Veilguard. Nonetheless, I do not imagine that any unique companions will return as companions now that we all know they’re all obtainable for love, because it may battle with the collection’ previous romances.
We’ll know extra about Dragon Age: Veilguard’s companions on June 11 at 8am PT / 11am ET / 5pm CEST.
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