itâs not an exact parallel, because ghilanânainâs myth says the hunter was someone âshe did not knowâ; and he had first shot a hawk "through the heart by an arrow,â âan animal much beloved of andruil.â whereas the story of fenâharelâs capture only says that fenâharel was âhunting the halla without [andruilâs] blessing.â but both stories follow the same vague sketch: someone/something is hunted. gods are offended. someone is bound. someone has their ropes chewed through and flees.
the sketch could just be a case of recurring motifs in dalish cultureâs folklore, and a way for the da writers to hint to us whatâs in store for the narrative. the reason i feel itâs suspicious is because itâs hinted to us in da:i that solas and ghilanânain had some sort of relationship, and she is going to be a likely antagonist in da4 if weâre going by the horror of hormak... and because of that mention of an arrow in ghilanânainâs myth. felassan, whose name literally means the slow arrow, is the one who tells us that story of fenâharelâs capture by andruil. why are these four players (solas, felassan, andruil, and ghilanânain) in two different stories that share the same sketch?