orion deleede lol I feel the same way! I hope they give us a choice!

Kieran ? Is the key as he holds an old god soul maybe ?

Jem Rau lol glad someone appreciated that ;)

Mentor Arash Awesome! thank you!! :)

Jade Hairston I actually posted a video recently talking about that statue! :) lol kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftlgZcp3r7fIgn0.html I REALLY like the metaphor of the jenga tower, because it's quite accurate!!! lol I am just building more and more unfounded theories on each other, and I feel like I'm going nuts!! :P I'm actually working on a script for videos about the elven pantheon and I was working on Elgar'nan all day yesterday - so it's interesting you bring him up! I find it strange that we don't know more about him... And I feel the same about the dwarves - which I also kinda mention in the video with the statue lol - I just KNOW there's more to them and they probably play a huge role, but we just don't have enough clues!! I love all your questions and it frustrates me that we don't have more info on them!! :( :( But hopefully the dwarves will get more attention soon! I have heard rumors that the next dlc might involve deep roads....... ~hype!~ Thanks for watching! i Look forward to more of your thought provoking comments!!

Eric Bleyendaal \o/

I am ROSSO /opens arms/ Welcome home! :) I'm so happy you found me, too! :) Thanks!!!!

Thank you! 😊

TheRandomKady It also shows up in other areas, like Calenhad's Foothold, in the area where Cass tries to beat up Varric, in the Hunter's house in the Hinterlands, etc..... hmm!

AND WITH THE THEORY THAT ANDRUIL AND GHILAIN'NAIN WERE LOVERS IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT SERA WOULD REMEMBER IT OMG

***** Thanks!! I know there are some shaky bits of evidence that even I question myself, but it's the theory I like best so far! :)

Nawaf Waleed Thanks for watching! I don't know if I'm right, because I'm taking A LOT of guesses, but we'll see! :)

Eden West Thanks!! :) I am definitely wondering about Elgar'nan and why we haven't heard more about him when he is supposed to be one of the heads of the pantheon...

Yeah that is also really bothering me too! :/ Especially since there really wasn't even much said about him in DA I.

gemgemjibabaloo hmm, that's an interesting question I hadn't really considered before. I wonder if it had something to do with the anchor? Maybe most of its power had been absorbed by the inquisitor, and thus it was kind of spent? hmm, I'm not sure! Good question! What do you think? I also never considered that maybe it was a power specifically for the Old Gods to be able to enter the fade physically through an Eluvian, I just assumed it was the great power that came from the soul. But that would be really interesting if that was a specific benefit of having that power. That brings up a lot of questions for me about the Old Gods and all of that. As for Solas having that power, I'm not sure! I unfortunately think that they may have to kind of downplay the differences in having the soul of the old god and having whatever he absorbed from flemeth, just because I think it would make the two scenarios too dramatically different (for gameplay and dev purposes, I mean). I think they might just make it that he absorbed a great power from her? I dont' know! I'm not sure!! lol Anyways, sorry I started rambling. I'm so glad you're enjoying my channel!

Madi Lavellan I think you see where I'm going with my theories!! ;) ;) I hope you'll like my upcoming videos! We are totally on the same page!!!

Bloody Cherry Definitely! If you live forever, then if you are born into low status, you have to stay that way forever?? THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE... which is why maybe Fen'Harel had the right idea.... ;)

oh ye he did, but it turned out no better.../ I can`t recall exactly the source, but probably it was mentioned in the "Masked Empire", that the way elves are treated in todays Theadas is no better than slave elfes were treated by their elfisch masters. This + the real meaning of vallaslin got me thinking, and I imagened eternal slavery for low classes of Elvenan until the Rebellion by the Dread Wolf.

Bloody Cherry Yeah, Solas says something about Arlathan being no better than Tevinter. And in TME Felassan has his whole speech about "Who do you think scrubbed the floors" :(

same!

Jacob Risinger Thank you soooo much! I really appreciate that! :) :)

Peter Hanes Yes, I didn't include the humans or dwarves (except for the mention of Cadash Thaig) because I'm still not sure what I think about them. I mentioned in a couple previous comments that I'm really interested in: a. What we learn in DAO while learning about the Arcane Warrior specialty and in the DAO origin - that those ruins were human built, but had elven statues in them, as well as elven rituals (like uthenera). AND that humans and elves were fighting together against SOMETHING. So it tells me that they definitely coexisted for awhile, but I don't know what to think about this! b. The dwarves of Cadash Thaig helped the elven refugees against what is implied as Tevinter taking over, but could it have been refuge from the war? from the blight? I'm not sure! But yeah, if Andruil and her corrupted army were killing off these humans that they were coexisting with for awhile, I could see why they would want to fight back. INTERESTING....... (also I would LOVE to hear a convo between Solas and the Architect. That would be SO cool...)

Larry Richards I'm still not sure what I think about that lost thaig. I mean, It's implied that the red lyrium or corruption comes from the "VOID" which I'm not even sure what that is... the only thing I keep thinking about is in LOTR with the balrog saying that the dwarves "dug too deep..." But I'm not sure where I'm going with this... As for the dwarves we know they helped the elves take refuge (from Witch Hunt DLC). It was implied that they were running from Tevinter, but could it be that they were running away from the war/corruption on the surface? I'm not sure...

Former Temple of Mythal.

Paul Yates Thank you so much! :) :)

KaiSaeren Yeah, I think so too unfortunately :( I am still SO EXCITED though!! :D Thanks so much for watching!

Eddie Wright I agree that it is weird and suspcious, and I actually have a script for a video about it! Coming soon! :D But unfortunately I have no answers.. only more questions lol

peepseye1 I think that's definitely possible! :D

MangaPunkSai I KNOW! It's driving me nuts. I mentioned this in another comment (I am starting to get confused) but in DAO when you learn the Arcane Warrior specialty, there are hints that humans and elves were fighting together against a force.... so what's up with this timeline!?

Dear god(s). Reading that book gave me such a headache. Yet I could not stop.

I can't stop thinking about this game!!!! Save me! lol

+Blu Britian Could be! The more I look into dwarves and the deep roads, the more I definitely think they may have been more involved with the elves than at first glance. I like your theory!

OMG I had an idea......

girltriesgames so. I was thinking of it and : Mythal was betrayed by Elgar'nan ,her "husband". But before that , Mythal(godess of justice) and Elgar'nan decided to lock their children who became evil. They persueded Fen'harel to help him. So they did it, but Elgar was in collusion with Forgotten Ones,gods(not Old gods, they are just simply great dragons who hold the keys to arlathan) and then he intended to kill mythal. That was his plan, to defeat elven gods ,especially mythal, and conquer the world with Forgotten ones. But why he didn't win. Because mythal(with Fen'H help) was too powerful and they "killed each other" . And now he is waiting for mythal and solas to gather all keys and kill them once for all. And maybe he is the one who killed Fellasan . And Mythal craves to kill him for his betrayal. Anyway I think that my theory is rather wrong BUT I'm sure that the one who murdered Mythal is still the most important and unrevealed character in DA. I hope you will understand what I wrote :D Spanish is much easier than english

Matthias Maksymowicz That's a really interesting theory! I am definitely wondering why we haven't heard more about Elgar'nan when he's supposed to kind of be "in charge" with Mythal...there's definitely something mysterious about him.

girltriesgames wait Andruil was a rapist? What makes you think that? could you please tell me the legend or quote that makes you think that.

In the Masked Empire by Patrick Weekes, Felassan tells Briala a story about Andruil: “In the story, Fen’Harel was captured by the hunting goddess Andruil. He had angered her by hunting the halla without her blessing, and she tied him to a tree and declared that he would have to serve in her bed for a year and a day to pay her back." p. 318 (on my kindle - not sure if the same for print)

Ninja Stripes I think you see where I'm going with these theories!! ;) ;) I'm working on a couple other videos related to this idea! I'm glad we're on the same page!

Josh Croker I totally agree. The new DLC hasn't really changed my perspective but definitel has given me some new things to think about. Especially the codexes about Razikale and Geldauran. Now I'm wondering more about how the Forgotten ones and Forbidden Ones fit into all of this. I'm actually working on an "addendum" video to this one with the new info we got in the DLC! :)

DogMechanic Interesting! I definitely think there's something to this. There are a lot of parallels between the big historical events that are suspiciously similar!

They say history is cyclical, after all. There are definitely other examples, like Meredith building a weapon out of red lyrium (Andruil's tale again) and becoming corrupted by it (and spreading it to many other templars), Hawke being betrayed by Isabela (Andraste betrayed by Maferath). If Briala is reunited with Celene, kind of like the elves being promised the Dales again. I'm sure I've missed some though.

For sure!! I even get some andraste/shartan vibes from the Inquisitor/solas taking them to skyhold and whatnot.. but yes, definitely a lot of parallels!

Ohh. That's a good one.

Buggy300 lol I do that too, and I saw your post! I am actually about to post a video about human involvement with the elves in ancient times, which I hope will be a good supplement to this admittedly elf-centric theory. IBut, I haven't given that much thought to the dwarves yet, but I definitely think they were involved, ESPECIALLY from what we learned in Witch Hunt.

Jacob Risinger hmm iiiiiinteresting... I'm not sure! I have a minor theory going (that I haven't thought that much about so sorry if it makes no sense) that when there was no veil, the elves were immortal because of the spirits that roamed freely, maybe they often combined with spirits to form symbiotic relationships, and they kept them alive (kind of like Wynne and her spirit)?? So, I'm not sure what I think about that!

Amit Parizian According to this theory, yes, I think so! But, it would have already been corrupted because of what the elves did to it. And, Corypheus does say that the city was already Black when they arrived... hmm! :)

Melissa Lundeby Interesting! Why do you say that?

There are theories that he may be a Magister who once walked the golden city of the maker and was cast out as darkspwan causing the blight. But there are a few things that leave a little question to this for me, because no matter how people try to make him a Magister he couldn't over come the one major compulsion of a darkspawn, to seek out an old god and corrupt it. Okay, a few more random thoughts before I move to my original thought on the Architect and red lyrium; if he is a Magister he obviously feels remorse for what he did to the world making him strive in his goal to cure the blight in the darkspawn. He may also have powers much like Coriphious' allowing him to transfer his life force from one blighted creature to another extending his life the same way Coriphous did. But he couldn't get past the one major thing that defines a darkspawn, HE CAUSED THE FIFTH BLIGHT! Okay, anyways... In "The Calling" The Architect seeks a way to infect all of Thedas with the blight so that Dawrves, Elves and Humans would all have to come together to CURE the blight, rather than anything else. They couldn't very well trun EVERYONE into a Grey Warden, right? So he sought a way to infect everything, what better way to do this then infect a living organism that these races use in some way, either by ingesting it, mining it, or folding it into weapons, without understanding it is alive (until DAI)? But then, why was it locked away in the Primeval Thaig, that had been long abandoned until rediscovered by Varric, Hawk, and Bartrend? You yourself have suggested that red lyrium has been around, MUCH longer then it was believed to, obviously, because of the Thaig, and perhas used as a weapon by another Elven God. If this is true, why was the lyrium locked away? Was the Thaig not simply abandoned but rather, did all the Dwarves who once inhabited the Thaig destroy each other because it drove them mad, as we have seen it do? A good speculation, do to the torn veil in the Thaig. If the Architect intended this lyrium to infect the world, he may not have expected it to turn out the way it did. So, did he lock it away in the Thaig? Did he once again see that he messed up big time, lock this stuff away and hope that no one would ever find it again? Or when it was finally locked away, was it not hidden until it was turned to a weapon and the veil was just torn because, well red lyrium does that, it tears the veil. Was it hidden away by someone else because it was used as a weapon and it was forgotten even by the Architecht, thus spoiling his plans to infect all of Thedas? Solas points out using the blight as a weapon, is a bad thing! Red lyrium has the blight, and lyrium has always been used as a weapon. More food for thought. Here's something else I think about when thinking on red lyrium, the Architect and Coriphious; how did Coriphious gain its power? Well, he's a darkspawn as well right? Coriphious is indeed one of the Magisters who destroyed the golden city, was cast out as a darkspawn and brought the blight, but Coriphious controlled the blight, he was not controlled by it. Making him more powerful then The Architect. Red lyrium has the blight, so those who ingest or are infected by it are infected with the blight, opening them to the control of Coriphious, shown by his control over the Grey Wardens, red Templars and the Dragon we thought was an Archdemon. Did Coriphious need to use this as a weapon at all since he controlled the blight? We see the possibility that it was once used as a weapon before throughout DAI, and can see that it always brings a terrible end to even those who may have considered themselves the victors. But how did Coriphious know this? How did he understand what red lyrium was? He had to have understood that it had the blight and that he could use it and control it, to a point. So where did the Architect go wrong then? Was he powerful enough to make the lyrium, and not control it? Did he work with Coriphious under more false promises made by Coriphious to the Architect? Did the Architect make one more final error with his creation? But if Coriphious worked with the Architect, he couldn't have been a magister because Coriphous says, "The others have been lost" either to the world, or the darkness, or maybe they never even returned. Thus rendering the Architect no longer a magister and once again the only darkspawn of his kind. Coriphious obviously did not create red lyrium, he just used it to his advantage. Bringing me back to thinking the Architect created it, but couldn't control it the way he hoped. I guess those are my thoughts on the matter. My tiny connection to red lyrium and the Architect. I know its every scattered and random.

Wow, very interesting!! I think the Canticle of Silence in WOT 2 does confirm that the Architect was a Magister, but I still think it could work with your theory even if he was. Have you ever read this codex? dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Codex_entry:_A_Different_Darkspawn%3F I think you might find it interesting if you haven't! But you've definitely given me a lot to think about in how red lyrium can play into things... I will have to think more about this! Thanks so much for sharing! :)

I have read this one, it leaves me to wonder what this was, and how its going to come into play in the future.

nvm, found it (world torn asunder)

***** That's true, I don't think that the mural is any solid evidence, I just thought it was an interesting parallel to point out, especially coupled with that codex that makes it sound like some sort of tranquility. :)

Yea definitely sounds like an interesting idea though

Tabitha Odom definitely! I hadn't really given that specific line much thought, but now the wheels are turning.... hmmmm???

I think mine just exploded though...

Larry Richards Yeah, I admit the circular shape on the mosaic is reaching, but I think it's really interesting when combined with that codex. And I'm not even sure if I"M convinced about that part... but it could explain why her partner Ghilan'nain may have rose up against Mythal (I also have more thoughts about Ghilan'nain after this DLC!!) ... As for your second point, I am thinking one of my next two videos will be about the relationship between the sets of gods, especially after some codexes I found in the DLC tonight. My head also hurts. BUT IT HURTS SO GOOD! I am obsessed. lol