I Don't Fucken Know...

I have the one and only 24 karat gold Sentinel Prime. Now, this is real 24 karat gold made in the form of a prime. Now, he weighs 200 grams. It cost us £20,000 to have him made. They melted down, basically, gold bars and they put it into a shaper thing, that was the shape of a prime. The sword is also 24 karat gold. Now the reason we had one made into 24 karat gold is because they are going so viral all over the internet, we think that his worth wil definitely, definitely skyrocket. So, here he is - he is the golden one he is the chosen one, and he is 24 karat gold.

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So, I used a cheat to unlock all the codex entries in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and had a field day reading them. One of the first things I started to piece together was various mentions of "lyrium knights" used in Ancient Elvhenan to serve the Evanuris. Now, to quote Bellara, I have a theory...

This is exactly what happened to Fenris.

In the codex entry "Against the So-Called Gods", Solas writes:

They are infusing lyrium into warriors not gifted with the sense of magic. This has not been done since the Great War, when honoured knights willingly sacrificed their own flesh in defence of the people. But what enemy will the lyrium knights defend you from? The Forgotten Ones? They have fled the empire. Me? I am only a danger to the powerful. No, the lyrium knights are meant to defend against you, to stifle resistance and protect the Evanuris.

The description "infusing lyrium into warriors not gifted with the sense of magic" immediately invokes the image of the lyrium branded to Fenris. But there's more!

In the codex entry "Aftermath of Disparaging the Gods", Felassan writes:

The good news is that public sentiment has turned against the lyrium knights, and our agents got information that let us destroy one of the sarcophagi.

At the mention of sarcophagi, combined with the mention of lyrium infusion... well, anyone who has read the comics Dragon Age: Blue Wraith and Dragon Age: Dark Fortress would find that familiar. In these comics, we learn Danarius that Danarius accomplished his ritual on Fenris by uncovering an ancient elven sarcophagus that can infuse lyrium into an elf. It only works on elves, though. Any non-elf explodes.