Sorryā¦just imagining the Inquisitor standing in the great hall of the Archonās palace as Dorian makes his ascension; watching the north celebrate its narrow victory while the south is but a smoldering ruin. And to watch it all as a DALISH ELFā¦the slave Capitol winning once again while you mourn your incalculable lossesā¦I know Minrathous is more than itās sins and Dorianās rule will bring about a great deal of change, but there is no undoing the harm that has already been inflicted.
Idk maybe Iām just a bitter loser, but it was actually stunning to me that joining Solas in the fade was locked behind his romance. It would truly make more sense for an unromanced inquisitor to join him out of doubt that he would succeed alone. Their home, their beloved forests and babbling brooks and farmlands and cities and cultures have already begun to fade from memory in the clutch of this dark powerā¦and theyāre just supposed to sit back and take Solas at his word? The man whose mistakes saw to the erasure of his own world? I do love him, but when has Solas ever successfully achieved anything good on his own?
It can very well be read as a sappy ending, too good to be true for a solavellan Inky, but for the others? Tragedyā¦just tragedy. They would see the blight peeled back from their home. They would see the animals and crops return. After fighting the corruption so hard and for so longā¦idk, I would certainly have a hard time just letting go of the south. This is part of why I believe the writers flopped massively by trying to spin similarities between Solas and Rookās characters when Solas and the Inquisitor already shared the same reflection.
We saw how little of a difference their politicking made as the south was falling. The Inquisitorās name still holds some influence, but evidently not as much as it once did, not enough to shine light back on the south again. Going with Solas and making sure that he gets the job done and in record time was truly the only ending I felt my Inquisitor would accept, even though she had fallen in love with him.
Joining Solas in the regret prison would be hell for any inky, but I doubt going back to the current state of Thedas would be heaven eitherā¦not after youāve spent over a decade fighting just to lose. This is also why I feel like we should have gotten to see Inky and Elgarānan clash at least once. He lostā¦but not before taking everything (except maybe your romance) from you.
Romanced, befriended, or foeā¦I like to think that Solas and Inky could have found some peace in this final journey togetherā¦what is it a befriended Inquisitor says to him at the end? āWe saved the world together once. Canāt we do it one last time?āā¦and whoās to say the Inquisitor would have to stay with him forever? A romanced Inquisitor may swear to accompany him always, but the others? After seeing the effects of the blight start to recedeā¦maybe they could choose to retire at lastā¦to see to the worldās physical healing in their mortal skin, age finally catching up to them, while Solas toils ever on in the fadeā¦his life force sustaining the veil for all eternity and his spirit self singing softly to the mad titan minds heād severed all those long years ago.
Me outside the boarded up writers room 50 years from now:
