I gotta yap about my thoughts about my stabby assassin Lavellan and her connection to the Fade without being a mage, because weaving game mechanics into how Thedas works is super fun to me.
I just think there is something so delicious about her not even being a mage. Something that should come naturally to their people, and she can't access it.
At least not like a mage.
But the thing about being a rogue, especially an assassin, is that the rogues, especially the assassins, seem to have an extensive natural connection to the Fade, which I think Solas would find fascinating.
Here's Vivienne and Lavellan cloaked, Vivienne in Fade Cloak, Lavellan in Stealth, although Vivienne's stealth has no accompanying smoke cloud.
Stealth is very much like Fade Cloak, especially upgraded to Lost in the Shadows, and Fade Step is a lot like Flank Attack. I think all of these are using the Fade in some way, wrapping a piece of the Veil or the Fade around the mage or rogue to slip into stealth, a foot between each world. The mage is using their will, I think the rogue is running on instinct.
And then the really wild one is Hidden Blades.
Little flickering violet duplicates of Lavellan. I think these are spirits of Purpose. Why? Because Purpose becomes Desire, and Desire is purple. Also the Valor spirits are purple, in Trespasser, and I think that they would fall under the broader category of spirits of Purpose. (I think Lavellan's Hidden Blades are spirits of Determination, Courage, and Perseverance.)
Part of the Assassin training is to become your own assassin. A Purpose, and I hypothesize that this is what attracts the spirits of Purpose that become the Hidden Blades. Cole, I think, just becomes extra temporary stabby Coles.
But it's all very spirit-y, and that's why I think that Lavellan has an inherent connection to the Fade, albeit more like a spirit than a mage.
