Always Loved The Wolf And Halla Solavellan Symbolism. Hower, My Flavour Of Solavellan Is Different. Amari

Always loved the wolf and halla solavellan symbolism. Hower, my flavour of solavellan is different. Amari is a possessed shapeshifter who can learn people's and animals' secrets by eating their raw flesh. They may be a halla but there is no herbivorous innocence in their glowing eyes. A piece of the Fade inside of them burns brightly, reminding Solas of his true purpose. Amari is a living proof that the world is sick, a broken soul that wanted to be whole and magical again. They are everything Solas have done wrong, and yet, they are the reason of his doubts.

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One of the many forms of daemon prince Isaac. Something more human looking to use when he doesn't want to be a screaming void with too many limbs or maybe none at all

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How the Chantry (and Orlais) Turned Kirkwall into a Police State

One aspect of the Dragon Age series that I’ve always found odd is the way in which rather crucial political and historical context surrounding major conflicts the player must decide tends to be relegated to codices, outside materials (e.g., books), and optional dialogue with minor characters… meaning that many if not most players don’t seem to end up actually seeing it.  Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts (Dragon Age Inquisition) in particular has become somewhat notorious for what it left out, but it’s far from unusual.

With regard to Dragon Age II, there’s a popular perception among fans that the troubles in Kirkwall can be attributed almost entirely to rogue behavior on the part of Knight-Commander Meredith and various evil blood mages.  This is understandable given the overall narrative framing and Bioware’s aforementioned problem of making key context very easy to miss.  But once we take a look at the full picture, it ought to be clear that the Chantry did not simply “fail” in their responsibilities towards the mages or towards the citizens of Kirkwall more broadly — they actively created and maintained the very nightmare they later professed to be dismayed about.

Moreover, despite the running Mages vs. Templars theme, the mages were hardly the only one’s who suffered under Meredith’s rule. Indeed, Kirkwall endured a brutal 16-year-long dictatorship (9:21-9:37 Dragon) that came into being courtesy of the Chantry and the Orlesian empire and only fell due to the mage rebellion.

Here I’ll describe in detail (with sources and citations) the story of how the Chantry turned Kirkwall into a police state and one that ultimately descended into what the writers themselves termed “genocide.”  

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