if you look carefully at solas' eyes in inquisition there IS purple in it and there have been purple eyes truthers for solas so i think it really is his eyes, his eyes are just a mix of blue/gray and purple so they went with purple. but it could be due to the new power he has or magic too obviously.

I'm getting weird clown vibes from the The Veilguard darkspawn like Killer Clowns from Outerspace. I'm going to have to call them clownspawn in this game. Changing the ionic Dragon Age demons to just collected trash spirits seems an odd choice. I hope there is a lore reason that makes sense of it. The way rook joins Varic and Harding as some pointless random who was good in a bar fight is suspicious. I'm hoping there is in-game back story on how some nobody magically happens to find the only two people in the world other than Neve that know how to find the god that at the very moment appears to be conducting a ritual that will destroy the world. The limited info so far makes rook's part in this seem suspicious or just dumb. I'm pretty sure the game will hopefully make more sense. Why are Varic and Harding the only 2 people in a world trying to stop the worlds destruction? Did Varic and Harding hide that they had located Solas finally at the last minute after 10 years since Trespasser? It's nice we have companions as that is one of the things that make Bioware games great. However, why weren't these groups helping Varic and Harding when a god appeared to be actively destroying the world? I don't think rook can really trust any group other than their origin group and maybe Neve's group. You can't even trust the inquisition (or former inquisition) as they appear criminally absent when the world was about to be destroyed. So far the heroes of the last games appear as big of losers as the demon and evil cult loving absent greyspawn were in the last game. After the way Trespasser ended the beginning of this game (so far) seems a little like ... wait wtf. Won't know for sure until the game releases for us to play.

Thanks for the video! I am just as excited for DAV!

Again, your editing skills are just *chef's kiss*. And the Vincent Price snippet? 😎

I can't take DA Veilguard seriously, the characters, Emeric/Emmrich for example and ESPECIALLY the eyeball-druggy darkspwan.. it's a joke in my opinion. I played DAO back in 2009 and replayed it every single year at least once. I knew I'll never get a Dragon Age Origins 2, I just hoped for a better DAI... Veilguard doesn't feel right in my opinion. The first trailer shocked me so much, the 20 minute "gameplay" felt weird.. The faces are way too Instagram and I despise it. I am hoping that Veilguard won't look so cartoonish,instagram-like when it's released. I want to romance the warden, he's hot 🔥. If they'll look like that tho(Instagram filter) .. I don't think I will play the game.

these were pretty good.

Thank you

What would be the possibility of Old Gods being the Forgotten Ones?

I'm loving these videos!! It's fun to hear other people theorize about these games, especially as we wait for DA:D!!

I would love if we played as one of the other magisters. Could go that we do t have our memories like the architect.

Many things in DA:I and The Descent DLC hinted at lyrium being the conduit through which the life-essence of everything flows. Red lyrium could well be stagnant life-essence, mad souls forever trapped in lyrium, unable to reincarnate because the lyrium veins they flowed through were cut from the system... and that reminds me of The Gangue Shade codex entry.

You guys dance around how lyrium got Blighted without talking about the theory that killing (or severely injuring) a Titan may have done it. It's crazy to me that we had access to Flemeth and _still don't know_ how Blight started; which came first, red lyrium or the Blight. I could make a compelling case for either, depending on what, exactly, Blight IS. Great vid!

Why doesn't anyone ever talk about the golems in the Thaig? I've always heard the bullshit explanations about how they're Caradin's or just a plothole or some BS. I was watching a DA: O playthrough recently and even Caradin's own notes say the Anvil was a "vision from the ancestors". I've always believed that he re-discovered a lost art, due to the Thaig. And the Sha Britol only further confirmed that theory for me. Caradin's overlooked note in Origins for me are just the final nail in the coffin.

Stumbling on your hannel for the new year has been an absolute blessing. I am loving these deep dives you're doing with other Dragon Age loreheads, and am very much looking forward to what else you have planned for us. About the Red Lyrium idol and how it can be used as a weapon. Is it possible it has something to do with Andruil? Solas tells us she was was a goddess of sacrifice, so the mages using it to kill slaves in rituals might have been right up there with why it was crafted. Andruil also wore armor of the Void, so it wouldn't be too out there if she also smithed weapons from it. The codex entry also tells us that the gods feared Andruil would hunt them in turn. All this to say that the reason the idol might be capable of defeating the 'Fell Wolf' (and perhaps other Evanuris) is because it was specifically crafted for the purpose of slaying/sacrificing gods.

This is a cool video. Also, huge fan of my friend, Lethalan. I'm actually playing DA2 now and I was up to the primeval thaig. So good timing on your part. This place really similar to the place we see in the descent DLC. In fact, my theory has been that the red lyrium idiol is the heart of the titan that lived in the primeval thaig. i'll just leave it there. =)

Well done video Saeybin! i had so much fun tinfoiling with you about this Thaig!

AND, you have made me wonder if the elves approached the dwarves for their lyrium initially IN the form of a dragon.

This was so cool! Especially going through the timeline and trying to force it to make sense. Which, the idea being that ancient history will get muddied over time normally. I hope we get more information from some quarter in DA4.

how fun!!! Nice podcast!

Also, there are more of these around the world. But only in the round images, as in the top floor.

Ameridan had a “spirit friend” also. Listening closely during the quest line gives lots of hints. Also, Cole mentions after Solas leaves you in Crestwood that “You are real and that means everyone could be.” It almost makes me believe that the real “Inquisitor” actually died, as did Justinia. But, “the mark was created intentionally,” the inquisitor could not remember anything after waking up. Who is to say Solas did not give you that mark, send you back into the world through the rift as a spirit as Cole had done to assist cleaning up his mistake. And by the time you go back into the fade you have settled into your new body. And the “memories” you are given in the fade could be what the spirits/Solas NEED you to remember!

Nice vid, good job guys 👏👏👏

so much to unpack!! <3

Most intriguing, for some reason my mind drift to the Fade and the Void. Not sure why.

I am awful at shooter games, too. Hate guns. But I've owned Mass Effect 1-3 for several years, without playing even an hour in total. Then this summer I decided to take it on, using low difficulty settings and lots of game guide instructions. These are fantastic games. Really enjoyed Mass Effect 2, pretty much blew me away. The moral choices, the complexities. I am 3/4 through Mass Effect 3 now and also enjoying it, but it is a slog at times. Very glad I took this on.

Amazing alchemy explanations. You took an insanely-complicated subject and managed to break it down effectively. Awesome!

That is one good interesting tinfoil idea! By the way I was always wondering about logic behind Archdemon's movements. Were they just trying to destroy as much as they could or was there maybe some final destination, some final city, place or artifact they wanted to get to? To taint or destroy it

Seeing all the soldiers getting slaughtered, the King crushed by a ogre and duncans face when He Sees the fire and realized that loghain is Not going to Help, and his sadly and angry face when he is About gettiing killed....i nearly cry every time

Man, you can REALLY see how far you've come as a player by watching this early one. We should all play Silver this coming weekend.

I need to check, but I was pretty sure XP earned as any character applies in dribs and drabs to ALL of your characters, until all of them are at level 20. I think this because characters I haven't played in AGES have advanced. This is why I'm on record saying both of you should grab kills 😂

Btw, great title card!

Look at you, running away from danger, taking the kills, and remembering to get ammo and reload sometimes!!! And Warping the CRAP of of stuff! Additionally, Cole saying "I am a hot pink bug" needs to become an alert tone.

OMFG, I DIED laughing at the end when the Banshee is chasing us. And then the Ravagers. And then I got eaten. 😂

Laughing. So hard. "I was just trying to get ammo...." And "Head shot, you BITCH!" And then you hear when Brigid attacks me 🤣

Man, you're playing so much better by this point. I hope you start the game soon 😂 seriously getting good at pistol whipping things. And getting back into cover. But we have to play a couple maps getting you to go for ammo during waves. And we need to learn to stay together.

Kingdom of Heaven soundtrack is a great choice for this. What part of the history IS this, btw?

Nice take-down of that Pyro! And the Prime! You did _amazing_ on this one!;

"Sorry... I used the "F" word..." LMFAO 🤣🤣

Wow, we look _great_ in Bronze 😎🤣 man, you took out a BUNCH of people; you got one of those turrets that eventually killed me before it went up! And you hunted that Nemesis down like a BOSS. Annnnnnnddd there we go LMFAO. And you NAILED that Phantom at the end - nice!! Oh, you were literally six inches outside the extraction zone.

Oh my days, were up all night??

I'm not watching them all the way through because I DO hope to do a playthrough myself when I get done with ME3 and I wanted it to be fresh. But omg, the banter between Alistair and Morrigan!

I love how Cole is like "We got Pyros now" and you and I just run right up and meet them...

You're adorable. Cole: "Yeah, I don't know where you're getting shot from." Lev: "Everywhere. I shouldn't wear red." 🤣🤣🤣

You really were getting the hang of the shotgun, though!

Oh MAN, the Cryo and then you shooting stuff looks SO cool at close range! 😎

I'm afraid to listen... 😂

Love love love the texture mods.

You're so faint, though, Lev... And I'm so loud 😳😜 I loved hearing Caz say "I feel like we've been in worst situations. " LMAO and you: "I am going to... Put down this hammer..."

I completely forgot the toxic gardens 🤣 I pulled them out SO long ago. And I forgot the new Boy Scout character, because Lav only played once

Interesting!! We don't actually close the loop on what changes actually happen to the demon-posessed, nor how the connection to the Blighted realm might function, but it's kind of fascinating to think mages might use such knowledge to reverse possession. Or, as we know can be done, Tranquility. Or maybe what Anders did. Or perhaps the Greg Warden Taint?