A tired boi

Logging off for a single day isn’t of interest to tumblr. I’m not saying y’all shouldn’t protest in any way you can or want, but logging off the site for just one day isn’t going to bother tumblr because tumblr doesn’t CARE about your symbolic protest. Tumblr has proven time and again that it doesn’t CARE about its userbase. We’re still using the site and we won’t stop using the site any time soon because there’s no alternative. But that’s what we’d have to do to hopefully force tumblr to change anything. And they still won’t do it because their policy change isn’t about family values or what the userbase allegedly wants. It’s about money.

So, unless you stop using the site and app permanently, or for a long period of time, this isn’t going to matter to tumblr. And when you do, you need to do it in big numbers.

Dragon Age Official Teaser Trailer - 2018 Game Awards

The idol was, of course, found in the Primeval Thaig!  This implies that we are going to be dealing with Titans, not just Solas.  Red lyrium has to be a central issue here. It is a disease and it’s spreading.  We’re beginning to think that the idol isn’t just a tainted lyrium statue. It may be a soul trap with a mind of its own.  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.  It could now be in the hands of the Inquisition or among what survives of Corypheus’ 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 Titan’s heart?  

It could be argued that, whatever it is, this idol is the source of red lyrium.  It’s 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.  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, it’s likely still looking for that fight.

Also….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!!  

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.  

Decima theorized ages ago that the overlapping circles represented the Fade, Mortal Realm, and the Void.  That would fit nicely with what is being shown here. It wasn’t just the Evanuris that Solas imprisoned. He held back the Titans as well.  

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 realms….just where Solas put them. These may represent the Evanuris, trapped in the Fade.  Two, however, are highlighted and seem almost fractured…

What did Cole say?  They sleep behind darkened mirrors?  

“Cole: They sleep, masked in a mirror, hiding, hurting, and to wake them… (Gasps.) Where did it go?“

Two of the Evanuris may already be free.  We theorized way back when that Falon’Din 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.  

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 Solas….but look at the staff it is carrying. That looks a hell of a lot like Freedom’s Promise, a staff from the DA2 Mage Pack DLC .  And, holy shit, that is significant if it is!  Freedom’s 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:

“A 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 break—if it be one year, a decade, a century, or beyond. Tyrants always fall, and the downtrodden always strive for freedom!”

And tied to the staff is what appears to be wolves.  

Was Aldenon an agent of Fen’Harel?  His final speech sure sounds like Solas (and Anders).  We also can’t find anything in the lore that says whether Aldenon was human…or 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 Solas’ agents or Flemythal have been working behind the scenes to orchestrate Ferelden’s formation and survival? Yes.

Aldenon disappeared before Calenhad’s coronation, but Calenhad went looking for him after he was forced to abdicate the throne.  Calenhad and Aldenon disappeared, never to be seen again. Until now???

Oh the storytelling possibilities!!! The lore!! This is why we love you, Bioware!!

We’ll add more to this post as we find it.  What do you all think?