My DA Obssesion

(Damn I wish Tumblr photosets weren’t limited to ten images… My apologies, I really did try to pack all this into ten.)

Anonymous said: idk if this is a reasonable question or one that makes sense but can you talk a little abt tevinter fashion? there doesn’t seem to be much consistency in inquisition what with like the venatori wearing all kind of the same robes, dorian w his look, and then halward just dresses like a mage. is there fashion concept art of there or consistencies i don’t notice?

So, here’s a look at Tevinter fashion! All this comes from examining the artwork in the comics–Those Who Speak, Until We Sleep, Magekiller, Deception, and Blue Wraith–and concept art from The Art of Dragon Age Inquisition. I tried to include a lot of examples above. Before anything else, I just want to give a special shout-out to the comic artists for in my opinion doing huge work in expanding the look and feel of Tevinter, where we haven’t been able to see it in game. Especially Fernando Heinz Furukawa and Deception, which taking place in the city of Ventus, so of course there are lots of people on the page.

I think that Abelas did recognize Solas. Abelas addresses Soals as Elvhen, but an elven Inquisitor as Shemlen. He even specifically asks if there are more Elvhen such Solas:

Solas: There are other palces, friend. Other duties. Your people yet linger.

Abelas: Elvhen such as you?

Solas: Yes. Such as I.

...

Inquisitor: Are you leaving the temple?

Abelas: Our duty ends. Why remain?

Solas: There is a place for you, lethallin... if you seek it.

He doesn’t wipe knowledge, but he cuts Cole off from reading his thoughts in that moment.

Cole: (If the Inquisitor had vallaslin removed.) Ar lasa mala revas. You are so beautiful. But then you turned away. Why?

Solas: I had no choice.

Cole: She is bare-faced, embarrassed, and she doesn't know. She thinks it's because of her.

(Or)

Cole: (If the Inquisitor's vallaslin was not removed.) Stop, you're perfect exactly as you are. But then you turned away. Why?

Solas: I had no choice.

Cole: She feels her face, marked, marred without malice. She didn't know. She thinks it's why you walked away.

Solas: You cannot heal this, Cole. Please, let it go.

Inquisitor: Perhaps Cole can get a better answer from you than I did.

Cole: He hurts, an old pain from before, when everything sang the same.

Cole: You're real, and it means everyone could be real. It changes everything, but it can't.

Cole: They sleep, masked in a mirror, hiding, hurting, and to wake them... (Gasps.) Where did it go?

Solas: I apologize, Cole. That is not a pain you can heal.

(Or)

Inquisitor: I would rather not discuss it, Cole.

Cole: I'm sorry.

Solas: It was my doing, not yours.

No, I’m unaware of this.

CONFESSION:

Anders is a very compelling character, but one of the many reasons I can’t respect him is because of how quick he was to avoid the consequences of his actions. He destroys the Chantry with the bomb and his justification is that there could be no compromise. Yet, by the end of it, he’s so quick to give up and let Hawke kill him? He kickstarted a war in which he had no intention of participating in, which I think is incredibly selfish.

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