Death To The Empire

da2: fenris has a stronger taller build than most elven men which is part of the reason why he would have been singled out by his master to become a bodyguard, he is still narrower than human men and only as tall as marian hawke though

inquisition: solas is still kinda narrow but he is six feet tall. this is foreshadowing the fact that he is a remnant of an ancient, powerful race of immortals that modern elves with their mayfly lives and slight bodies are a mere shadow of

Elaboration:

DAO and DAI are in ass-backwards south Thedas, and elves are treated like shit. City elves are on the verge of starvation, southern Dalish are forced to travel more frequently because of the extreme racism. Orlais and Fereldan treat elves like shit, and if you play a female city elf in DAO, you get taken by human men on your wedding day.

DA2 is hardly better. The Dalish clan we see is from southern Thedas. Fenris is from Tevinter and a former slave. He was likely fed better than most slaves because of his training and work, which is why he's built like he is.

Solas is a first generation elf.

Northern Thedas, aside from Tevinter, don't shit on elves. They have a better chance of good nutrition and not forced to pack up and leave so often.

Davrin is from northern Thedas and joined the GW when he was barely an adult. It's canon the GWs eat a ridiculous amount of food due to blight.

The guy had to deal with ass-hats for a millennia who I'm sure not even once bothered to ask him how his day was going. Solas was used at worst and ignored at best FOR. A. MILLENNIA.

Then he waged war against the ass-hats - not because he wanted to - but because someone freaking had to.

And then here comes along sweet, naive, Dalish-girl Lavellan who doesn't have a clue who she's talking to, and she promises to protect him against the ass-hats of the world.

My guy hasn't had one decent thing said to him in his entire physical existence, and she swears she'll fight the whole f*cking Chantry for him. My dude is wrecked. His soul is shattered.

And he gets away with a soft little "thank you" and just manages not to give away how deeply touched he is.

And Solas's response is a casual, "How would you stop them?" Like, he's been used for a millennia! What's this little Dalish girl gonna do?

Lavella: "However, I had to."

Solas:

it's kid Karlach!

I really like imagining this mischievous rascal running around Baldur's Gate, tripping over her own tail because she had to grow into it haha

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