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Tfw you ask your newly undead teammate to please keep his skin on, and he immediately takes his skin off.
Seeing Solas Through the Eyes of Cole
Currently working on a project, trying to paint a picture of Solas through the dialogue said about and to him in both games - the good and the bad. I love analyzing dialogue, so this has been a fun project, even if a bit daunting at times. The last few days I've been focusing on Coleâs lines specifically, and itâs interesting to see how much sympathy and emotional depth we get through Cole. Â
When we view Solas through the lens of spirits - beings of emotion - it's understandable why many players find Solas sympathetic. Cole especially is a powerful lens for this because of the nature of this character, he doesnât recall facts - he feels what others feel.Â
Cole's dialogue after All New, Faded for Her, paints, I think, the most vivid emotional picture of Solas. Â
Cole: Bright and brilliant, he wanders the ways, walking unwaking, searching for wisdom...  Solas: I do not need you to do that, Cole.  Cole: Your friend wanted you to be happy, even though she knew you wouldn't be.  Solas: (Sighs.) Could you... if you would remember her, could you do it as I would?  Cole: He comes to me as though the Fade were just another wooded path to walk without a care in search of wisdom. We share the ancient mysteries, the feelings lost, forgotten dreams, unseen for ages, now beheld in wonder. In his own way, he knew wisdom, as no man or spirit had before.  Solas: Thank you.Â
As a man now and as time has gone by, Solasâ memories have become clouded by shame and regret. He canât trust himself to remember his friend as it deserves to be remembered - without distortion.Â
So he turns to Cole, a being closer to that spiritual purity, and asks him to remember his friend as he would have.Â
But I love what happens instead.Â
Cole responds by sharing how the spirit remembers Solas. This is rare - a spiritâs insight on how they view Solas - a memory of him, untainted by the self-loathing Solas carries. Cole knows what Solas needs even if Solas doesnât and I believe Cole knows that part of Solasâ hurt is that heâs grieving not just his friend, but the man/spirit he was. Â Â
âIn his own way, he knew wisdom, as no man or spirit had before.â Â
This was likely a spirit who had known Solas throughout his entire existence - as both spirit and man. The way it describes him is in the present tense: âHe comes to me...â tells me that Solas, even as a man, continued to visit this spirit in the Fade. So the spirit sees him not as something entirely changed. Solas may have taken a different form, but his nature - curious, seeking, attuned to the Fade - remains the same.
We don't know for sure, but this spirit likely witnessed his transformation from spirit to man, his part in the destruction of the Titans, his rebellion against the Evanuris, the death of Mythal, and the long path that led to the events of Inquisition. I wonder, how many times did he turn to this spirit when heâd lost his clarity, seeking the wisdom he once embodied? Would things have gone differently if this spirit was still alive in the events leading to, and of Veilguard? Outside of Mythal, it may be the only being we meet in the games who has seen the entirety of Solas.
This spirit understood that Solas was wounded. Of course it did - it was a spirit of Wisdom. And when we consider its final words to Solas alongside Coleâs later dialogue, we gain deeper insight into the pain he carries.
âIâm happy. Iâm me again. You helped me. Now you must endureâ.Â
Solas helped it return to it's purpose before it passed, and in return, it asks him to do the same: to endure. Not just physically, but spiritually - to live without losing himself and hold on to who he truly is beneath all the darkness and regret.Â
I think part of the pain Cole feels in Solas stems from Solas losing himself. The theme of longing to be seen runs throughout Inquisition and Veilguard - in the Memories of a Duet Codex, in Solas telling the Inquisitor, âFew in this world can see meâŚ,â and in his confession to a hurt Inquisitor, âYou saw more than most.â He even states it outright: âI was Solas first.â And Solas is being buried beneath centuries of war, shame, grief, and every name hurled at him as an insult and in hatred.
To me, this dialogue offers a rare window into who Solas is beneath the darkness, strangled by years of violence and making choices against his nature. His capacity for love, his longing for connection - it isnât a lie. Itâs the part of him that can endure, despite everything. If the atonement ending is chosen, we see the full expression of that endurance.
To feel compassion for someone isnât to excuse their actions - but there is power in understanding the emotional root of those actions. And if we choose to see Solas through Coleâs eyes (and through the eyes of the Spirit of Wisdom) â well, maybe weâll find that heâs not that kind of wolf. Â
i'd rather watch my kingdom fall i want it all or not at all
He has always been what I most feared becoming. Callous and uncaring, his arrogance unchecked. To have that much power and no one to remind him that he could be wrong... Â
Well, he had you
And I suppose I had you

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I want to speak about why the second part of the Best-True ending of Dragon Age Veilguard pierced me so deeply. The Flycam screenshots are from Aru/Elf botanist (YT linked at the bottom).
To set the tone, the music established the emotive themes of the scene. It speaks to the Lost Elf theme- however it is forever changed and lighter. This elf that was Lost for so many years is now Found. There is hope in the strings, there is redemption in each note. This also speaks to the specific codex from the lighthouse in Solasâ secret room. Not his office at the top of the building, extravagant, beautiful, overshadowing all others and looking down in godly benevolence - his private quarters on the main floor, where parts of his travel with the Inquisition surround him.
When Lavellan speaks to Solas, she is using a resolute voice, almost chastising him for thinking he has to do this alone. He has her, and she will keep reminding him.
*Edit: Please note she also speaks the common tongue in this instance.
Solas implores her to think of the dangers the journey he is going on will have, his head is down to show the residual shame and his plea for her safety. But also a part of him hopes. The reason all he says is that âthere will be dangerâ is a statement of warning but not fully entreating her to stay. His heart has a pause, he is prioritising her safety and wants her aware of the dangers.
Note, that he also speaks in Elven in response to her, his first language and mother tongue. As a trilingual, one usually reverts to their more natural tongue during a heightened emotional situation - in this case, Solas' warning statement is also a subconcious plea for her to understand him and join him despite the danger. He will never push her further than she wants to go like he was pushed by Mythal.
This is the shot normally, the downward and side tilt are clear making the imploring effect of his words resonate further. Unlike before where he only looked at her for small spans of time his attention is fully focused since being absolved of his duty. After she responds that she will be with him, forever no matter what, he shifts. This is akin to when making vows âI stay with you in sickness and in deathâ but they are crossing the boundaries of mortality. This is âI stay with you in any plight, any condition, any reality. I commit my eternity to youâ
Her response is an amalgamation of the following:
1) You are not alone in it emotionally and mentally as I am with you
2) Physically I am with you to endure it with you
3) Our joined manifestations will make it a better place quite literally, so the bleak darkness that could have encroached will not exist when we are together
This is also validated a bit by Trick Weekes QA:
She then states their love is eternal, and she chooses to walk on any path with him fully and wholly. A love that transcends time, mortal barriers, immortality, the different realms of existence. This combined with their standing pose as if at the altar of a wedding is the final part of her vows. Said in the same hallelujah pattern and in elven as he would speak - she commits to his language (mentally and emotionally) so he best will understand her declaration. (This is confirmed by @northgalis on Twitter).
This, in front of the witnesses who are the allies who helped them unite in their union, Rook and Morrigan whilst overseen by the Veil itself in the position of holiness. His blood is the bond they now share, the new blood magic in a way that ties them to a new fate of their own making. The veil that brought them together in the beginning of the journey they now tread into together.
Then they confirm their vows with a kiss, she pulls him in first, similarly to their first kiss in the fade and he reciprocates. Solas is weakened, hurting, feeling unworthy of the brightest soul in the universe but she chooses him and he finally submits to his desire and need for her. His duty now to himself, atonement and the woman who chose him with it all in mind.
Aruâs flycam footage also shows the kiss being deeper and him actively
After the kiss, he SMILES. The ending is now so much less bleak it is tender, it is soft it is comfort, it is peace.
A smiling glance. meeting at a crescendo; a shared moment of understanding;
Screenshot from Daoithe on Tumblr.
He then proceeds to thank Rook, for helping him see when he allowed himself to be so plagued by grief and guilt and not giving up on him as it could have turned to despair, revenge and anger, like all the other endings which I hate because they go against his very nature. The other endings spit in the face of his complexity the story keeps explicitly imploring you to see and have empathy. Solas is a spirit of wisdom, when guilt festers that wisdom manifests in the worst possible ways. And with no one to listen and read between the lines, the fate he is subjected too is far too unkind. But here, he not only is freed of his guilt but also, just as importantly and very implicitly, his fear of dying alone.
If you have played inquisition you will recall there is a moment near the climax of Here Lies the Abyss where Inquisitor and their chosen companions go into the Fade. Solas is easily one of the most fascinating and best companions to take with you as he from the onset has been a âFade expertâ and his lines throughout are intriguing and educational. During the quest you come across graves embodying the different characters biggest fears. And Solas? Dying alone. The god who went against everyone he knew for a better world, whose empathy only continued to hurt him and freed others with hopes to better the world is the most lonely man. And he is terrified and within himself brought low by his loneliness in his commitment to the path he feels he must take. This is why the next part transcends the scene.
After the kiss which confirmed their bond and pact - binding them together with love and empathy, wisdom and curiosity married - he thanks rook and looks back at Lavellan, his Vhenan. And it is a *micro second* shot that completely defeats me. His head held high, the concerned imploring tilt gone as he holds his chin higher in appreciation, respect and awe for the woman who chose him. The love of his life, his eternal companion. The only one to truly fully see him, respect him, and love him wholly. Who has forgiven him and chooses a path which only leads to him. He is honoured to be loved by her, and will work to be the better man he feels she deserves, but also beginning to accept that her love for him is in any form he takes. The one he prizes above all others, chose him, and he will never be alone - and that is everything.
Seeing completely, and being wholly seen.
This scene literally destroyed me in the best way. I am left hollow with love and adoration for this character and his relationship to his love Lavellan and no other romance will meet the threshold they have created for me. It is not Solavellan hell no longer, they have transcended to Solavellan heaven.
My playthrough video of the second half of the ending sequence.
Here is Arus Flycam YT video for reference:
Arus Flycam Lavellan POV of the True - Best ending
I have butterflies in my tummy đĽšđĽšđĽš THIS is absolutely what I needed after this ugh-day
note to self: listen to the unpublished atonement ending theme on repeat to enhance that endless happiness even more đĽ˛đĽš
WELCOME TO SOLAVELLAN HEAVEN!!! 𼰠Weâve finally made it out of hell
I genuinely think Lavellan is the first relationship Solas has had. Especially an explicitly romantic one.
Veilguard Spoilers ahead. But regardless of what the primary nature of his relationship with Mythal was. There clearly was an infatuation. A dedication so raw back then that I genuinely don't think Solas was looking at anyone else but Mythal. Either because he longed for her in some (arguably unrequited) capacity or the loyalty he had for her trumped any other distractions.
But then. She dies. And he grieves, and he ultimately destroys the world in that grief. And he's spent thousands of years away from Mythal. And while he's still obviously dedicated to her, the rawness of that bond has simmered.
And then he meets Lavellan.
"It's been a long time," he says when you tease him about him using fade tongue. And while yes, you could see this as Solas confirming he has had prior romantic relationships. I actually think it refers to Mythal, to the fact it's been a long time since he's felt so close to somebody.
We know ancient elves felt operated differently than modern-day elves when it came to expression in a relationship. What we think is romantic might not have been as such back then. So I'm NOT saying Solas is inexperienced, but rather, I do think the only bond he's had that consumed him completely, that was loving, was Mythal. Until he meets Lavellan.
There is a genuine...newness to the relationship. There are so many instances where Solas seems so mildly surprised by Lavellan's actions. For the care she puts into their relationship. My favourite being when Lavellan promises to protect him in Haven from anyone looking to hurt him because he's an apostate elf. The way his eyes widen and he says "...thank you," like he's never experienced someone looking out for him so...outwardly. So willing to put his safety as a priority. (And that makes me sob cause oh my god I wonder if anyone cared about Solas's safety ever)
And I genuinely think his bond to Mythal coloured Solas's expectations when it comes to any relationship, especially a romantic one. It's like Solas isn't used to someone reciprocating HIS feelings lmao. And that's doubly apparent in the Solavellan ending, I think. Lavellan and Solas's interactions are so interesting because Solas GENUINELY has not let himself believe for nearly 10 years that Lavellan forgave him. Cannot believes she is even there, willing and wanting to save him from himself.
This does not strike me as someone who's used to relationships. To the give and take. The safety. The sustainability....
I think Solas spent so long yearning for the reciprocation he never received from Mythal only to get it finally with Lavellan. He longed for Mythal to reciprocate, and she didn't. Not until she finally shared the burden of their actions at the end. And there is no comfort in that burden now being acknowledged by her. She releases him from her service and vanishes as he's left to double over by himself.
At least he would be, but lavellan is there to lower herself to his level and comfort him. They're equals where Solas and Mythal were not. Solas is not Lavellan's lapdog. And she is not warped and changed by him as she offered to do so back in Trespasser. He didn't let her come with him to avoid the fate that befell him when he followed Mythal. They're Partners. Lovers.
And even THEN. EVEN THEN. Solas is shocked Lavellan wants to go with him to the Fade. To the point his eyes tear up, he CRIES. Warning her away but you can see in his face he is fucking DESPERATE for her to follow. Because he wants to love and have that love returned at long last.
And it is. It finally is.
Castles in the Fade, or What Was the Point of the Veil Anyway
Something that will now haunt me until the end of time is why was the concept of the Veil ever introduced into this series.
So, full disclosure, I haven't been a Solas fan before.
I am now.
And that's because of Veilguard and the many, many ways in which I felt let down by this game.
The aspect that bothers me most is the reduction of nuance and complexity.
Rook's hero's cakewalk (because âjourneyâ really isn't the right word) is a ready-made path that offers no deviation at all and never challenges the player in any meaningful way.
Sure, you can spend some time pondering the pros and cons of saving Treviso or Minrathous. Ultimately, it makes no difference. Rook does their best, they just canât be in two places at once.
Same with the companion character arcs. What does it mean if you decide to you turn Emmrich into a lich? For the most part, it's idle musing. Indulgence. Heâll be happy either way, there are no real stakes. Yeah, your actions do have consequences, just not the sort of consequences that make a substantial difference. Itâs the illusion of choice â reduced to cosmetics.
The problems with decisions that cost nothing is that they donât feel like an accomplishment. They also donât allow for character growth. Rook doesnât change, they remain static. Even the section in the Fade where Rooks faces their regrets is easy and comparatively lightweight. Varric was killed by Solas, Harding resp. Davrin died in combat and either Bellara or Neve was abducted by Elgarânan. Itâs not like Rookâs decisions actually caused these events, itâs not like Rook actually failed through a choice they had to make that turned out to be the wrong one. Everyone was there willingly and volunteered to fight the good fight. Rookâs regrets are not about real guilt, they are about feeling sad and guilty. And that â it needs to be said â is not the same thing. At all.
At the same time, the story carefully avoids any kind of true ethical dilemma.
It's not even about the lack of mean or edgy dialogue options; thatâs just a symptom. The cause is the writersâ unwillingness to let realism intrude in Rookâs fairytale â the lack of anything that would require Rook to compromise on morals, or fight temptation. Rook is never faced with any sort of moral conundrum, or allowed to act out any kind of vice that realistic characters have. In its straight-path simplicity, Rook's story is apparently written for children and people who remain child-like in their yearning for simple, uncontested truths.
Of all the sorts of conflicts that a story can offer, Veilguard carefully avoids the most realistic and (in my opinion) interesting ones: Character vs. self and character vs. society, aka, politics. The game firmly refuses to go there. To the point where it creates a completely unrealistic consensus on all sides that eliminates yet another sort of conflict: character vs. character.
If Rook and their companions would talk politics, theyâd all be on the exact same side. In a two party state, theyâd all cast the same vote.
I am sure that there are many players who feel comforted and reassured by that fact, who sincerely believe that this is how stories should be written. That stories should reflect the world not as it is but as they think it should be. But for everyone who likes their stories a little more realistic, that lack of meaningful interpersonal conflict, that lack of real diversity which comes not from appearance but from different cultures and opposing viewpoints amounts to a frankly cringe-worthy, artificial and juvenile surface-level interaction between characters. Or, to phrase it differently: the diversity remains skin-deep and doesnât extend to the philosophical, and even in the few instances where it does, it shies away from the political.
Which means that the only conflicts that remain are the most boring and stereotypical ones: character vs. monsters resp. the supernatural, where all foes are evil in the blandest way (Supremacist Venatori! Fascist renegade qunari! Power-hungry necromancers!). These conflicts are resolved through exploring maps and endless, repetitive combat.
The only thing that brings a bit of nuance to the game is Solasâs story. And there is an element of character vs. character in Rookâs and Solasâs relationship, but the sad truth is that what could have been a fascinating mirrored character journey falls flat for all the reasons already explained â because where Solas is a character as layered and controversial as it gets, Rook is anything but.
Solasâs story shows how even people with the best intentions and the greatest integrity are ultimately broken by what life throws at them, both by the decisions that are forced upon them and the choices they make on their own. It shows how a prolonged war is always a sunk cost fallacy: Iâve gone this far, if I stop now, it was all for nothing.
Rookâs victories, on the other hand, come without a cost â both in terms of moral corruption and in accountability. The guilt Solas bears is real. The fight against the titans, followed by his war against the Evanuris, requires compromising his own morals, one day at a time, one century after another, heâs trying to save the world yet doomed to fail. Sacrificing the spirits to win a battle after the war has gone this far? Every single war leader around the globe would make the same decision. In fact, all of them do: They do sacrifice the lives of others if it will help them win, they do send soldies into the trenches to die, whether these soldiers want to or not, and they are rarely, if ever, truthful about the reasons why.
In a certain way, the story of the spirit of wisdom turned flesh is reminiscent of the biblical Fall of Man: the original sin. Solas has fallen, and heâs broken. In trying to heal the world, heâs trying to heal himself. The burden is too heavy, the responsibility to great, the knowledge that he is responsible for all of it too devastating. Solasâs greatest conflict is character vs. self. It has the potential to be great. In a way, it is. Itâs the single redeeming quality that, depending on your interpretation of what went on behind the scenes, the writers managed to salvage from the original concept of Dreadwolf or the lone pillar that withstood all their attempts to bring it down.
Only sadly, infuriatingly, in the end, that fallen heroâs ending is put into the hands of a protagonist who judges him from the perspective of someone who has never even stumbled â not because they are wiser, braver, or kinder. No, just because the writers were gracious â or cowardly? â enough to never let them fail.
The game gives Rook a moral high ground which isnât earned in the slightest because Rook never had to walk even a quarter of a mile in Solasâs shoes. They donât know what they would have done in his stead, they have no idea what it actually means to see the sorry shape the world is in and know that it was your hands that shaped it. And even where Rook might actually be culpable â the interruption of Solasâs ritual that freed the remaining Evanuris â anyone is quick to assure Rook that it wasnât their fault.
Whatever regrets Rook carries, theyâre born from self-doubt and trauma response. Survivorâs guilt, mostly. When compared to Solasâs immense guilt, Rookâs regrets are, for lack of a better term, insignificant. That Rook manages to face them doesnât mean that they are more truthful or emotionally mature, it just means that Rookâs story is a tale for children and Solasâs is not.
Itâs not that Iâm necessarily opposed to the idea that the player decides Solasâs fate through their actions. Itâs the injustice of it all that bothers me: The player is led through a game that provides a safe space for their character, one that is devoid of any interpersonal conflict and any ethical quandary. Rooks succeeds through kindness and heroism and taking their companions on team bonding exercises.
As if Solas could have won the war against the Evanuris if heâd taken the time to take his companions on coffee dates.
The juxtaposition â Rook vs. Solas â fails, simply because of this deep divide. Rookâs story is detached from reality and yet Rook gets to be Solasâs judge, jury, and executioner. On what grounds?
As I said, right in the beginning, I havenât been a Solas fan before. But by the end of Veilguard, I was firmly, irrevocably, Team Solas, just because I was so annoyed that the narrative put Rook in a position of moral superiority. I detested my own character. Jesus, what a goody two-shoes! I was rooting for Solas simply because his story was so much more: a genuine tragedy, a study in complexity. Rook, on the other hand, remains bland, snotty, unchanged. Untried.
The thing is, I donât believe that my reaction was one the writers had intended. I strongly feel that they didnât mean for me to pick up on their double standard, that they expected me to walk away fully satisfied, convinced that Rook and The Team were the Good Guys because they went on picnics and petted the griffon, their final victory well-earned and just. If only Solas had had a Team and taken care of their emotional needs â he could have taken down the Evanuris with nary a scratch!
Itâs all so very disingenuous.
Rook and, by extension, the player exist in a bubble of sanitized content. That is clearly deliberate. The player is meant to like it there. (In that sense, itâs only logical that they changed the title from Dreadwolf to Veilguard.) And clearly, it does resonate with a certain kind of their player base: mostly with people, I think, who would like their real life to be a bubble too and whose only experience with moral corruption is when they find it in others.

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Overgrown - Chapter 24
Ellana Lavellan is an investigative journalist assigned to cover an excavation in the Arbor Wilds. Her editors have received a tip that the dig may uncover new information about the âFinal Inquisitor,â a mysterious figure from the Dragon Age about whom almost nothing is known. Ellana teams up with a museum docent to investigate the story.
Solas x Lavellan || Modern AU || Read on AO3 || Read from the beginning
Excerpt:
Dorian leaned across the table, suddenly grasping her free hand in his own. Ellana, taken aback by the gesture, snapped to attention. âWe have a find here, Ellana. A real find. And if all goes as I hope it does, you and Solas will be the ones to bring it to light. Ah!â Dorian released her as he directed his gaze above her head. âAnd hereâs the man of the hour.â Ellana was still trying to process Dorianâs words when she felt the unmistakable sensation of a kiss being placed on the top of her head just as casually as if it were something that happened every day of her life. It was a completely foreign and lovely idea, and one that made her freeze entirely, her eyes wide. She could feel Solas hovering behind her and realized that he was similarly motionless. Dorian, his gaze darting between the two of them, wore a smile that stretched across his whole face and seemed to Ellana to be practically screaming âI knew it!â
The final song in the Solavellan ending, when Lost Elf reappears, that is not on the soundtrack
in case you want confirmation on whether Solas starts sobbing after Lavellan says âThere is no fate but the love we shareâ đĽš
I'm a wreck now đ
Feeling as though Rook is secondary to Neve? You shouldnât, not really at least because Rook is irreplaceable for the same reasons people are holding animosity towards Neve.
âNeve gets him without doing any of the hard work.â Rook is the only person alive who could even be able to. Thatâs the whole point.
Saving Minrathous results in the Inner Demons quest never happening.
Meaning an unhealed Lucanis never makes peace with Spite.
Meaning he goes on to enter a relationship with a woman (to no fault of her own) who could never, and would never, force him to face his fears and give him the unyielding encouragement needed to live without compartmentalizing every important thing to ever happen to him.
Without Rook completing that questâ Lucanis remains chained down by his debilitating fear of disappointing Caterina, the shame of being made into an abomination against his will, the guilt of being the one who got off easier than Neve and the pain and anger Illarioâs betrayal brought onto him.
âThoughts live here. Ideas. Feelings.â Disappointment. Shame. Guilt. Betrayal. All of which Lucanis felt were too big, too messy to face.
Solavellan is Rookanisâ foil. Except Rook is if Lavellan had succeeded in persuading Solas to face his regrets.
One part I really enjoyed was realizing Solas and Lavellan each get to express their feelings and regrets about each other in two verses of Hallelujah before the end of the game.
This was always the cadence that Solas slipped into whenever he remembered something ancient that affected him in the Fade. In Inquisition, Lavellan only joined this cadence occasionally, when on the same page as Solas in conversation.
10 years later, not only is Lavellan mildly on the same page as Solas - now she has somehow fully and completely on the same page as him. Lavellan has become closer to Solas, after thinking of him so long. She is now âsingingâ the same song that he sang, fluently, in full verses. Lavellan has one foot in the world he loves, the world he had to leave behind, the world he longs for. The world she is fully prepared to enter with him, because she can speak his language and sing the song fluently.
I call this cadence a âsongâ because it makes me think of the Cole banter about Solas - âhe hurts, an old pain from before, when everything sang the same.â
Is this cadence really how the ancient elves used to speak to each other? For example, all of the mural memories are in this Hallelujah cadence, and Elgarânan, Ghilanânain and Mythal are all perfectly in the cadence when they speak:
A very telling detail to me in this cadence is the memory with Elgarânan and Mythal so on the same page, so of perfect accord and of the same mind, that they are finishing each otherâs lines.
In that memory, Solas is relegated to his own private segments that neither of the others join. He is exiled within his own Hallelujah cadence.
It is also interesting to note that Solas and Mythal never share this entwining that Mythal and Elgarânan have. (The only times Mythal shares Solasâ line is to interrupt him with âImpossible,â and the moment they are apologizing while he kills her.)
Now, maybe this cadence is not an Ancient Elf Spirit Thing, and the cadence appears this way because it is filtered through Solasâ memories. After all, he painted these.
(And also, characters like Felassan do not speak in this cadence even once. So itâs not how all Ancient elves spoke all the time.)
But there is the use of Hallelujah between Solas, Mythal and Lavellan during Solasâ finale scene, and also one more example that makes me think the ancient elves may have at least occasionally spoke like this, and that this way of speaking, this song, is something that Solas is longing to hear again:
Itâs this - itâs also in Solasâ conversation with Elgarânan!
Solas is mocking Elgarânan for being so blighted and corrupted, he can no longer speak in Hallelujah cadence. Solas seems to equate the cadence to âspeaking elven,â speaking the language they should both speak. And I checked, neither Elgarânan nor Ghilanânain speak this way in dialogue.
So, it leaves me with this image of Solas as the last of his kind. Everyone who spoke his language is dead. The blighted monsters and ghosts can no longer hear or understand the music, they can no longer speak elven.
But Lavellan, half a world away, DOES.
Lavellan speaks this lost language of the gods.
Solasâ heart speaks Solasâ language. She has thought of Solas for so many years, she has endured her trials, and she has come to understand him even more than she had before. She has somehow, knowing the truth, become even closer to him, able to see both the good and the bad with open eyes.
Lavellan knows how to speak in elven, she can hear the hidden, mysterious currents that he can. Lavellan is his still-living family, his heart, the other part of the duet that Solas so clearly longs for.
Finally, at the end of the story, Lavellan is the one who pronounces, in elven, the final Hallelujah with Solas, when they have both finally passed their long trials, just before they marry and step together into the land of the gods, a duet in perfect accord.

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When I first saw Solas make this expression, I thought, âThis is why Lavellan could never get over him in 100 years.â Heâs just so cute itâs unreal.
sorry for getting on your nerves solas it WILL happen again