I do fully believe that Fenris is a SA survivor. Especially if you take into account that the romance scene triggers memories for him and it seems to hurt him. Plus Danarius is a total creep

I still like the implication that Fenris' tattoos are what the Vallaslin are meant to be. Physical enchantments engraved by lyrium used to empower/shackle slaves. Since the sword that was used to make the tattoos on Fenris were an Arcane Warrior's lyrium sword, I could totally see the Evanuris giving their bodyguards Vallaslin that gave them supernatural physical abilities like Fenris. Or the Evanuris could have used the Vallaslin to bound their slaves into obedience much like Flemeth does to those who drink from the well of sorrows.

my personal favourite fenris crack theory to explain away the no-reward bug with the letter from danarius is that fenris killed danarius, and had a forged letter sent inviting hawke to tevinter so he can finish them off for handing him over to danarius. absolutely no basis in canon but it makes my vengeful little fenris-loving heart feel good!

I have just left Fenris-romancing Hawke in the Fade a few days ago, because I was stupid enough to make a new game where Alistair is the Warden. I had played that particular Hawke, and I loved her to bits, it's just that Alistair was so happy and head over heels about my Surana Warden, I couldn't kill him. Also, it kinda made sense for my Miriam Hawke to be sacrificial, as I played her as this very protective, responsible older sister, who is willing to put others before herself, so it kinda made sense that she would want to sacrifice herself, especially against the background of the legendary Alistair. Although, despite having decided before ever starting the quest that I would leave Hawke behind, I still spent like 40 minutes reading lore and revisiting my Keep while the choice screen was waiting patiently for me. It was not easy at all(

Fenris is my favorite DA2 romance and my top 3 bc of ris relatable history. Only someone this strong, beautiful, and willing to grow can be born out of nameless horror. That's why it means so much when romancing him and breaking through the scars, it's so real and I wept. I love Fenris.

You’d have to be a brave soul with a love of drama to romance Fenris and then leave Hawke in the Fade. I would legit expect him to show up at Skyhold looking for blood.

So, it was confirmed LONG ago in the BSN forums (so you'll have to take my word for this) that, ON PAPER, Elves can be Magisters in the Tevinter Imperium. Not *all* elves are slaves in Tevinter--just most of them, and the few exceptions spend a lot of their time punching down upon other elves (see DA:O's Devera, and she ain't even a Mage)--and when the chips are down, they're expendable. Gaider noted that while there WERE examples of Elven Magisters across history, they were vanishingly rare because you generally inherit your seat, or get it allocated to you by the Archon, or get membership through the circles. It's theoretically possible that Danarius could have assisted Varania in joining one of Tevinter's circle of Magi, obtaining Senior Enchanter status, and then murderating the SHIT out of all her rivals so that the Archon had no choice *but* to appoint her as that circle's representative in the Magisterium. But it's far more likely he would have just gotten her killed in some kind of magical experiment, or (given how gullible she is) that she would have been simply murked pre-emptively by one of the other enchanters who saw this coming. TLDR, it's not IMPOSSIBLE that Danarius could have put her on the path toward a seat, but there's no way in hell he'd have actually been able to deliver on it without a *lot* of luck, and a *lot* of murder.

I could’ve sworn that magisters took all types of lovers including male slaves. Of course slaves can’t consent so It would make sense that fenris would be a survivor of SA.

Always assumed the ownership -and abuse - was total. It fits the character's behavior. Especially the fact that he weakens and considers going back; every survivor knows what it feels like to have to struggle to throw off the submission. I could also see the Sarcophagus ritual having an elaborate prep where the glyphs are first hand-inked, then the lyrium is added in the coffin and basically seals into the inked places.

Small tidbit: after the romance scene with Fen, a male Hawke can ask him if it was “Strange being with another man”

i’m so upset that fenris and hawke have canonically been separated for four years 😩 i’m just gonna choose to ignore that lol

It would be REALLY great to have him come as a companion on DA:DW. But it would be equally as interesting to have him as an adversary... But either way I'm sure that his VA would love doing it!

thank you so much for mentioning his friendship with sebastian it frustrates me that people hate and dismiss sebastian so much when his friendship with fenris is so sweet. i totally believe that he helped hawke teach fenris how to read 😌

as somone who does have their main canon worldstate with a Hawke who romanced Fenris and was left behind in the Fade this has me absolutely BUZZING, that cancelled novel, the plotlines that might carry over into Dreadwolf, the drama and tragedy of it all...

These character dissection have always been your best work imo.👍 I know mother life takes priority (as it should) but I hope these keep coming too.

I'm one of the people that romanced Fenris and left Hawk in the fade so uh.... gimmie 🤣

Didn't know you were a teacher/professor! No wonder you are so good at doing lecture style videos and they are actually enjoyable to listen to!

I have been binging all your videos. There is a distinct lack of dragon age lore videos on KZfaq and you’re filling that void. I’m on my 3rd run of inquisition and glad I found this channel!

Ma boyyyyy! Finally

I never realized how much you have to fight to keep that moody elf in your life 😅 I love him tho, he’s my baby 😍

Well look who it is. My very favorite angry boi

Question to all Fenris fans - did you feel traumatized at having to shoot the dog mechs in Mass Effect 2?

Great vid. Funnily enough the one trilogy playthrough that I have saved right now that has the Hawk/Fenris romance is one of the few where I sent Hawke into the fade lol. Regardless, I could see Fenris working with the Dreadwolf... I mean they both have a horrid hatred of slavery and if Fenris does need help to reach the fade than Solas is the best option. Keep up the good work and thanks for what you do.

bit of a spoiler but my favorite fenris scene is when you side with the mages and he leaves then when you convince him to rejoin you its just like "Never Mind Templar Lady ima stick with my homies" and Meridith is just like "Who are you again?" and then you fight

That package tracking joke slayed me 🤣

I watch all your streams and all of your videos but its been over 4 years since I last did but I'm so so glad you are still doing this. Your content brings me join and knowing that you are still at it also makes me happy. Thank you so much!

I happen to be doing a Fenris romance playthrough for the first time, and the particular type of trauma discussed in the video put the first romance scene into proper context for me. I can't believe I didn't make that connection O_O

Nice summary of Fenris. He is probably the only past companion that I would like to have back. Maybe Zevron to help hate on the crows. I really hope they don't try to whitewash the crows into being 'neutral/good' in the next game. I don't know if you said but that sword in the comic that kept healing appeared to be red. Is it a red lyrium sword? Maybe the process made the person bigger, etc. because they used red lyrium.

I actually think that the Blue Wraith comics make a decent case for romancing Fenris in DA2 and then leaving Hawke in the fade, because Fenris is just so bitter and lonely. Most of the elves (maybe except Zev) we've had as companions are going to jigsaw in interesting ways off of Solas's plans. I'm keeping my expectations low for a full curtain call of past companions in DA4 but I always thought that the DA2 elves would be the most interesting to see as cameos/sidequest in DA:D because there's just so much room for how they've grown as characters in DA2 alone. Merrill I could see go either way as either blindly following Solas to restore Elven heritage, or being so traumatized by what happened to her clan that she's since run the other way. Fenris could also tip either way: Solas can free the slaves and remove his painful slave markings, or you know... "all the world is magic now."

you don't give a companion their own theme and not expect a fan fave to come out of it

22:03 in dragon age 4 I want a painting of Fenris playing cards with mabari

Yeay i know his backstory by ❤... Umhm i couldn believe the comics changed the way the lyrium was carved into elf. Becos he is unique

When I see one of your videos I get so excited, you're legit my DA encyclopedia 💕

Fenris is my main in Dragon Age 2. And my go to Romance Option.....and only romance option that I always go for to be honest.......I have a type in the Dragon Age franchise: Male Elves........Zevran, Fenris, and Solas(despite what he has done). Gideon Emery is awesome, especially because of that bit where he read it.

I love Fenris even more since I learned that he was directly inspired by Guts

I found this channel only recently and I'm surprised it doesn't have like a million subscribers. The videos are amazingly edited and they're very interesting to watch. Keep up the good work!

Ghil strikes again quality as always thank you

This was nice! It's been so long since anything has come out about my man Fenris. I prefer to think of Fenris being in direct opposition to Solas though. I would love to see him appear in the next game working in the shadows against Solas. No, I never romanced Solas. His ideas were just too radical for me. I plan to kill Solas in the next game if possible. I just don't like that dude.

AWESOME WAY TO END WORK! So glad to finally have a video of my man!

I've been waiting for this!!! Thank you, my day is complete with this lore vid

Even before it was mostly confirmed that Fenris had been a survivor of sexual abuse, I still thought that he told an amazing story about living though a period of trauma and learning how to survive from it and to build a life after it. Even if the abuse wasn’t sexual in nature, there was definitely a mental abuse and maybe a physical component as well. So perhaps it’s alright to headcannon the sexual abuse out because it is only a part of Fenris’ experience as a slave and, imo, his character arc still makes sense as a survivor without it.

The Jared, 19 vine caught me off guard. I love it I'm obsessed 😂 thank you! Love your videos!

Fun fact: the voice actor for fenris is actually a really talented singer!

i played dai first knowing literally nothing about hawke, like truly could not have cared less about him, so i left him in the fade. then i played da2 and boy have i ever felt so guilty. man did not deserve that.

Great video! Really hope we see more of Fenris in DA:D, but if not, in future books or comics.

I love your lore vids so much

I love hawke and fenris together. 🖤❤ I wish their romance was cannon.

A good time for this video to come out. I've just started a couple of playthroughs of DA:2 again.

What do you think Fenris would do if Solas would offer him to remove the markings?

Yes! A long form video. Thanks Ghil

just found your channel during my replay of DAI! Thanks for all your hard work and I love the videos!

0:25 gotta love that passionate eye to cheek action

wonderful video about my favorite character but all i can think of now that i've finished it is the fact that fenris really likes apples.

Fenris has always been an SA survivor in my mind. It's one of the reasons I love him so much.

I know you have a lot to do & I want you to know i appreciate your effort in these videos :D

Not me accidentally leaving hawk in the fade after romancing fenris. I wish they would have released that comic because they could have made it cannon that he was friends with whoever or close with whoever was left in the fade

Fenris is my favorite romantic.

I think I and many others believe Fenris would not ally with Solas because of their difference with magic. From what I can tell, Fenris views magic as a corrupting force. So logically, if Solas' plans were to succeed, then to Fenris, it would not be a world free of Tyranny ut a world where anyone could become a Tyrant, for, in Solas' world, magic is everywhere and in its purest state.

Danarius' letter stating Fenris' memories had been "once again" removed seems like unambiguous confirmation that the original amnesia was a mindwipe

Have you done a video on Anders and his backstory?

(oop i think my previous comment got deleted, probably bc i included a link -- sorry!) i just wanted to add to fenris, and especially his jump in character design and rhodes comment, that already some time ago, DA fans and the modding community have suggested that bioware (allegedly) ripped off fenris' design from a fan mod fo origins called "Dark Times". the mod also features a white haired elf with brown skin from tevinter that's trying to escape a magister. the characters name was "thazulok". of course, this is all alleged. a tumblr post on this topic is by tumblr user orsino, in case you want to look more into it. regardless, thank you for the great video!!

ooooh if possible you should do one for Dagna!!

Blue wraith sounds way WAY WAY WAY COOLER than lyruim ghost

Ohh god finally!!! Fenris! my favorite romance ever!

FWIW, my headcanon is that elves “can’t be magisters” in the same way that some other ethnic minorities “can’t be” in positions of power in deeply-but-not-overtly racist societies. Namely, if there was a really powerful elven mage, there wouldn’t be any legal reason why they couldn’t become a magister, but everything would be that much harder for them to the point that their rivals will inevitably tear them down, making it de facto impossible, even if more Tevinter-sympathetic characters like Dorian might use the de jure possibility to deny that fact. This seems most consistent with what we currently know about Tevinter, but I can’t outright point to anything confirming it. This is also my headcanon backstory for the Surana family: an elven Tevinter mage tries to break into the magisterium, gets backstabbed, decides to run off to Ferelden and settle down, a decade or so later they have a kid who grows up to become the elven mage warden.

I have subtitles on for almost all videos and thought you would find it funny that any cursing is transcribed as [__] and it keeps calling "magister" the hilarious "manchester." The great manchesters of Tevinter! It tried right??

i totally see fenris working with solas in da4. little wolf + the dread wolf

31:18 VINDICATION!

Damn that stuff connecting Fenris to Solas is spicy, I hope they run with it tbh 😂😂

Omg the fan comic. Leave hawk I'm the fade and solas promises to get them back for fenris... That's amazing lol

I jsut wander how Fenris and the Dreadwold will interact. Considering how much Fenris hates magic, I can't see Fenris heling Solas at all, but he would ceratinly be at risk of Solas forcing him through the lyrium--but that would be out of character for Solas.

Can you do a Duncan character Spotlights/ analysis, please?

14:44 GHIL YOU KNOCKED ME OUT COLD LMAO fantastic video as always

Honestly, I hope we get him in the new game, and if not, at the very least. I want to have the ability to get the tattoos and make learium. Wraith become a class for the fighter. I am so tired of the simple fighter trees that we've had in every single game being basically the same ones

I fell in love with Fenris the moment i met him. Im a sucker for tragic, suffering characters. And he was just...perfect. him and Cullen and Allister are my main boys for my fem chars. Of course, when i play male, i go for best boy, Dorian. (I always try to make Dorian and Bull a thing when im fem, tho, cause they are my otp fight me) Also, i play SWTOR, so a lot of actors in these games are in there. I think the guy who plays cullen i found, but a more important swtor character is played by Fenris' va, and when i saw and heard him for the first time, i was so mad that i was romanced to somone else, so i couldnt flirt, but he's also not (yet) romancae himself! Edit: also, for some reason im deaf, cause i kept thinking you were saying MI-DO, not LE-TO, caue for half a second i forgot fenris' "true" name

Thanks for condensing this info, Ghil! Don't have it in me to venture beyond games, so this was really interesting. Hopefully we'll see our elven friends in DA:D, I wonder how both Fenris and, in my case, romanced Merrill would handle Solas and his plans

romance Fenris, have the choice to either leave Hawke or Alistair (as the Warden's lover) in the fade. why go for a little sadness when you can maximize your sadness productivity

Heck of a back story 😬

Obligatory comment that I was one of those people that romanced Fenris and then had to kill him in the final battle. I was not good at point distribution.

Love the videos ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Giving Fenris white eyebrows was my first mod i ever installed

I am having a issue with my Dragon Age Origins where the menu text is completely missing, I have tried all the fixes I can think of, drivers, compatibility mode, resolution, repairing files, clearing download cache. Idk what to do at this point to fix it

Please, bring my man back in DA4, please.

I've never loved any man, real or fictional, more. My mate, my husband...met him in 2011, fell hard in love. And nothing has touched it since. Thanks for the work you do, Ghil

Is he prefect model to merge dwarves lyrium and Solas elven techniques?

No Fenris! Don't do that! Don't for the Wolf! That will break my World State! LOL! Fine....

Now that`s some fine anime material

Blessed Dramatic Boy.

Great content as always. I'd love a video about Isabela

My hubby 🥰❤️

Glad im not the only one who could see Silas and fenris were similar poetically you could say solas is a wolf that was always free and fenris a caged one with no understanding of how to be one 🤔 well I don't blame them I never really cared for the Dalish kind of snooty city elves I do like but I feel like they definitely need a French revolution to get shit done and be taken seriously

you're telling me we might get Fenris'Harel in DA:D???

20:20 marvelous

Fennrir in danish is literally the Fenris wolf

I’m not fighting Solas if Fenris is on his side…I’d join them tbh I will NOT fight Fenris 😭

Doesn't the thing that Gage him his lyrium tattoos kinda look like moonhead?

Hi I did that it was a chocie between hawk or alistor it still hurtd

And if you want more of Fenris’ voice, go play FFXIV as he plays Urianger up until Heavensward

lol I was one of the maniacs that romanced Fenris and left Hawke in the Fade. my logic was (after like 20 minutes of agonized deliberation): better to have Alistair reunited with his love (my PC from DA1) than Hawke with his. I, the player, loved Alistair more than I loved my own Hawke - and sadly, I'd rather have the Fenris the NPC suffer than my own DA1 PC. Sophie's choice, man T_T (plus I also love the idea of enraged Fenris on a shit-kicking mission) edit: I also LOVE the idea of Fenris eventually working with Solas. I sure do love the idea of the protagonist fighting Fenris in Dreadwolf :') oh god kill me this whole series is pain

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