I made a new music video of Leliana singing Madonna’s Like a Prayer.

Full version was too long for tumblr so it’s here.

Also - this is my new favourite screenshot of me and Alistair!

Scorpion : You like the series but have no interest in actually learning how to play

Sub-Zero : I probably hate you

Kenshi : You’re just playing this game until Overwatch has a new event

Cassie : You’re a brat or a lesbian. Or both

Kung Jin : You actually don’t know how to play him and simply main him because you’re gay.

Johnny : You have a daddy kink and it’s coming to bite you in the ass

Erron Black : You’re also just playing this game until Overwatch has a new event

D’Vorah : You’re a fan of oviposition or can just appreciate scary female monsters

Kano : You have a bad taste in men and characters in general

Mileena : You’re the only valid person here

Reptile : “Oh fuck cool lizard”

Bo’ Rai Cho : You have the sense of humor or a 38 year old dad

Kitana : You’re less valid

Sonya : “I’m not bitchy I just take no shit”

Takeda : But chains and whips excite me

Noob Saibot : You probably brag about liking “dark” and “dangerous” men

I thought it, Carson said it

I think it has to be something like that, or he wouldn’t get so worked up. But I’m not convinced the Archdemons are imprisoning the Evanuris in particular, cause the Evanuris’ prison is the Veil itself, and Solas wants to take down the Veil - he seems to agree that tearing down the Veil would free the Evanuris, but says he ‘has plans’ for dealing with that. Whereas he gets very upset at the idea of killing the Old Gods and freeing whatever they’re holding back.

Solas had been fighting the Evanuris for a while before he finally put up the Veil, so there was a tipping point, and it wasn’t just Mythal’s murder. So what else could killing the Old Gods possibly unleash? I’m reminded again of the scene description I found in the game files of a particular hard-to-find ruin in Trespasser:

Other details too:

“Hail Mythal, adjudicator and savior! She has struck down the pillars of the earth and rendered their demesne unto the People! Praise her name forever!“

For a moment, the scent of blood fills the air, and there is a vivid image of green vines growing and enveloping a sphere of fire.

The vision grows dark. An aeon seems to pass. Then the runes crackle, as if filled with an angry energy. A new vision appears: elves collapsing caverns, sealing the Deep Roads with stone and magic.

Terror, heart-pounding, ice-cold, as the last of the spells is cast.

A voice whispers: “What the Evanuris in their greed could unleash would end us all. Let this place be forgotten. Let no one wake its anger. The People must rise before their false gods destroy them all."’ (x)

“The runes say the Evanuris fought the Titans. They mined their bodies for lyrium and… something else. It’s not clear.”

”-each time she entered the Void, Andruil suffered longer and longer periods of madness after returning. Andruil put on armor made of the Void, and all forgot her true face. She made weapons of darkness, and plague ate her lands. She howled things meant to be forgotten, and the other gods became fearful Andruil would hunt them in turn.“ (x)

“The fools who first unleashed the Blight upon this world thought they were unlocking ultimate power.”

“Had I not created the Veil, the Evanuris would have destroyed the entire world.”

"He broke the dreams to stop the old dreams from waking. The wolf chews its leg off to escape the trap.”

“They made bodies from the earth. And the earth was afraid. It fought back. But they made it forget.”

It’s not the Evanuris themselves, it’s what the Evanuris were doing. Something so bad that Elvhenan had to be destroyed (and the world cut off from the Fade) to stop the Evanuris from unleashing it. Something that Solas never even hints at in passing lest it be discovered. “Every alternative was worse.”

We’ve seen two different illustrations of what exactly the Seven Seals (presumably the archdemons) are holding back. I think both the many-eyed thing and the lyrium idol are representing the same thing. At this point, I’m taking the red lyrium idol to be a symbol and not what is actually locked away.

So what could it be? What are the ‘old dreams?’ What is sleeping that would be angry if they woke up? It could honestly be anything - the impossibly large sleeping Titans waking up/becoming blighted and striding the land, destroying everything with earthquakes, a Blight beyond reckoning that is only barely being held back, the Forbidden/Forgotten ones, or, yeah, I guess it could be the Evanuris themselves, Blighted beyond recognition. Or it could be something else we haven’t seen - they’re still introducing new concepts.

This is painted in Solas’s style, meaning it could be another work of his similar to the murals found in Trespasser. For all speculation past this point, I will assume such.

1. The Idol

Carved from red lyrium, depicting an crone-like figure holding a body by the head. The crone looks to the sky. Upon her head is a diamond shape found in imagery of both Andraste and Mythal. The crone’s skin seems stretched, almost mummified, while the second body is more emaciated and skeletal.

2. The Surrounding Circle

Whether or not this is a representation of magic being cast, a barrier around the idol, or simply symbolic of the narrative, it could have more significance than given at first glance. There are seven domes around the outside of the circle: five dim, and two filled with light. This could be a connection to the five slain archdemons and the two that still slumber beneath Thedas, Razikale and Lusacan. Otherwise, the pattern has no other connections I can think of at this time.

3. The Figure

An unknown elf standing on burning ground. We’ve seen how Solas paints himself, so it is safe to say that this is not another self portrait. The figure has shoulder length, light hair and is dressed in a fur cloak. They are holding a staff similar in shape to The Heart of Pride and seem to be either blocking the Dread Wolf or casting a spell. They stand in front of a tree.

4. The Barren Tree

A tree burnt by the fire covering the landscape. Either ash or paint covers its side. The city elves living in alienages plant a lone tree in the center called a Vhenadahl, symbolising everything that the elves have lost when Arlathan fell. The composition of the mural places the elf in front of the tree, almost protecting what remains of elven culture from the wolf looming over it.

5. The Wolf

Compared to how Solas has painted the Dread Wolf before, this representation is downright sinister. The glowing eyes and sharp teeth make this enormous figure all the more menacing. The swirls of paint in the body give it a smoke-like texture.

Hideyoshi: Oh my God.

Ranmaru: Lady No is wearing pink! She’s wearing pink!

Mitsuhide: Are we sure it’s not just something white that was bloodied when she killed someone?

Masamune: Maybe it wasn’t her. Maybe she has a twin sister.

Nobunaga: If No had a twin, she would have eaten it in the womb.

Hideyoshi: Wait, how come none of you are making fun of her?

Ranmaru: It’s Lady No. She’s scary.

Hideyoshi: You guys are unbelievable! I once wore purple and you guys called me Mr. Grapes for a year.

Masamune: Oh yeah, I had forgotten about Mr. Grapes!

Hideyoshi: If I had worn pink, you guys would have torn me to shreds!

Nobunaga: Yes, but you would look like a featherless baby bird.

No, walking back into the room: What are you all laughing at?

Ranmaru: If Hideyoshi was wearing pink.

No: I get it, that’s hilarious.

Hideyoshi: What is happening? No is the one wearing pink!

No: And?

Hideyoshi: …It’s gorgeous, I wish I could pull it off.

No: Dream on, strawberry shortcake.