Itâs back! Â The red lyrium idol from DA2 is front and center in this trailer. Â Holy shit, people! This is so damn significant!
The idol was, of course, found in the Primeval Thaig! Â This implies that we are going to be dealing with Titans, not just Solas. Â Red lyrium has to be a central issue here. It is a disease and itâs spreading. Â Weâre beginning to think that the idol isnât just a tainted lyrium statue. It may be a soul trap with a mind of its own. Â It drove Bartrand mad, and made Meredith even more dangerous than she already was.
The last we saw of the idol, Meredith said she had forged it into her sword, Certainty, which later became the property of Samson. Â It could now be in the hands of the Inquisition or among what survives of Corypheusâ forces.
Decima and I are really thinking that the soul that was once trapped inside may now be free.  This would have to be a powerful corrupted spirit, god, forgotten one, or something! Could a soul trap have been used to imprison a corrupted Titanâs heart? Â
It could be argued that, whatever it is, this idol is the source of red lyrium. Â Itâs whispering may also have been, in part, what caused the Mage-Templar War. Meredith was already a tyrant, but this thing pushed her over the edge. Â It wanted war between the Fade magic and Titan magic, ie mages and templars. Given what we know about the history between the Evanuris and the Titans, itâs likely still looking for that fight.
AlsoâŚ.Hawke!  You walking disaster!  What in the Void!?! Corypheus and now this thing?!?!  You better not be dead, cause we are going to kill you!! Â
The circles here are imprisoning the red lyrium statue, with an elven figure who may be Solas and a wolf that is definitely the Dread Wolf holding it back/watching over it. Â
Decima theorized ages ago that the overlapping circles represented the Fade, Mortal Realm, and the Void. Â That would fit nicely with what is being shown here. It wasnât just the Evanuris that Solas imprisoned. He held back the Titans as well. Â
The half circles in the trailer on the edge of the innermost circle, however, may have another significance.  There are seven of them, trapped between realmsâŚ.just where Solas put them. These may represent the Evanuris, trapped in the Fade.  Two, however, are highlighted and seem almost fracturedâŚ
What did Cole say? Â They sleep behind darkened mirrors? Â
âCole: They sleep, masked in a mirror, hiding, hurting, and to wake them⌠(Gasps.) Where did it go?â
Two of the Evanuris may already be free.  We theorized way back when that FalonâDin may already be causing shit, and our best guess for the other would be Andruil.  They are highlighted more than any of the other gods besides Mythal and the Dread Wolf in Inquisition. Â
The two lighted bubbles may be eluvians that once were closed to the Elven gods, but have now been broken open.
Now the figure in the lower left corner may also be super significant.  Yes, it could be SolasâŚ.but look at the staff it is carrying. That looks a hell of a lot like Freedomâs Promise, a staff from the DA2 Mage Pack DLC .  And, holy shit, that is significant if it is!  Freedomâs Promise belonged to Aldenon, the mage who helped Calenhad unite Ferelden.  They had a major falling out, however, when Calenhad allowed Templars and Circle mages to join the war effort. Aldenon told him:
âA civilization cannot be civil if it condones the slavery of another. And that is what this Circle is! But by accident of birth, those mages would be free to live, love, and die as they choose. The Circles will breakâif it be one year, a decade, a century, or beyond. Tyrants always fall, and the downtrodden always strive for freedom!â
And tied to the staff is what appears to be wolves. Â
Was Aldenon an agent of FenâHarel?  His final speech sure sounds like Solas (and Anders).  We also canât find anything in the lore that says whether Aldenon was humanâŚor not.  Could he have been an elf? Aldenon came from the Frostback Mountains. Could he have been at Skyhold?  At Haven and/or the Temple of Sacred Ashes? Possibly! Ferelden has a long history of humans and elves living together.  Could Solasâ agents or Flemythal have been working behind the scenes to orchestrate Fereldenâs formation and survival? Yes.
Aldenon disappeared before Calenhadâs coronation, but Calenhad went looking for him after he was forced to abdicate the throne. Â Calenhad and Aldenon disappeared, never to be seen again. Until now???
Oh the storytelling possibilities!!! The lore!! This is why we love you, Bioware!!
Weâll add more to this post as we find it. Â What do you all think?