#dai Mythal

[kcwriter-blog]

Someone on another social media platform brought up a point that I’ve never thought about or heard talked about much - at least not with this phrasing.

I’m sure other people have brought it up but I feel the need to talk about it anyway. The person said that we may all just be pieces on Flemeth’s chessboard. It resonated with me. We talk about Solas being a chess master and tactician but we don’t talk about Flemeth or really Mythal.

Flemeth took in whatever part of Mythal’s spirit remained after her murder. They made a deal. Mythal would help her get revenge and Flemeth would return the favor. Obviously it would take longer for Mythal to get her revenge because she would need to be stronger.

Flemeth body hops down through the centuries. She gives events a nudge or even a shove when needed. What exactly has she been nudging? We know Mythal’s end game but how will it play out?

Her daughter Yavanna was raising dragons. She wanted Morrigan to do the Dark Ritual to get a purified archdemon soul. She saved some heroes - Hawk - and extracts promises from others - Merric. Why? How will it help her win the game?

Who is to say that she didn’t call Solas out of the Fade when all her pieces were in place? She needs him to take down the Veil. It seems to be the one thing she can’t do herself. But, she had to be ready or she wouldn’t have asked him to come.

If Kieran is in your world state you find her in the Fade. It seems to be pretty natural to her. As natural as it is for Solas.

Flemeth has been in all three games. Everyone knows she is important but what is her game and who is she playing against? What is Solas? Her mage/bishop? Her pawn? Her tower/castle/rook?

Is she as willing as Solas to sacrifice her best pieces so she can win? Mythal has definitely been playing the long game.

Another question is whether or not she is doing this just for herself and her revenge or does she want to help Thedas. Is she okay with Solas putting up the Veil in the first place? Does she think he betrayed the world by doing it? Does she want revenge against Solas? Is she hoping he will die doing what she needs him to do?

So many questions….

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[hollytree33]

THE HIGH PRIESTESS

Annnnd her third card, hope y’all like her!!!

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#my art #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dragon age fanart #lavellan #shivana lavellan #dai #I JUST REALIZED I POSTED THIS WITHOUT TAGS #that was silly #I merged her romance card with her temple of Mythal card bc i would have used a lot of similar imagery #and I would have chosen the high priestess for both anyway #dragon age tarot #art #edit: she keeps her vallaslin now #I know it’s a bit of a late change but I’ve been thinking about her a lot and she would not make a snap decision to remove it #it goes against her character and the reasons she got her vallaslin anyway #also as a secondary reason I think that her scars look cool with it bc they have a similar swirly look and I like that #:)

[nateeseart]

my answer in Ask Dragon Age | 18+ in VK

#dragon age inquisition #dragon age #solas dread wolf #dai #solas dragon age #solas #mythal #dragon age elves #dreadwolf #fen'harel

[sovonight]

ran off to join the dalish

#sovo art #when you run and trip and fall right onto your LI #xan x radri dao au for some reason...... no i have no explanation #using dao's mythal vallaslin instead of dai's even though dai's is prettier bc i miss the years before dai's release #the dao version is on brand for him though. really define those wrinkles before they even set in with age

[heart-of-pride]

Playing Trespasser and look what I found in Vir Dirthara.

Just 4 orbs laying around.

But that's not all.

In case you do not see, basically, there are tiny wolven figurines on the left and dragon ones on the right. They're just smaller versions of those we see around Mythal's temple or elven ruins. What's interesting is that they stand opposite to each other, and the orbs are sort of laying around and in the back.

#dragon age #mythal #solas #fen'harel #the dread wolf #dread wolf #dai #dragon age: inquisition

[doorianpavus]

"-And when the Evanuris had finally went to far, I formed the veil and banished them forever."

The Evanuris + Aesthetics

#dragon age #dragonageedit #dai #dragon age: inquisition #dragon age inquisition #the evanuris #fenharel #mythal #ghilannain #june dragon age #sylaise #andruil #dirthamen #falondin #elgarnan #dragon age elves #solas #solas dragon age #solavellan #dragonage #dragonageinquisition #dragonageinquisitionedit

[bookseffect]

Is the Bioware really trying to fool me into thinking that after Lavellan meets Flemythal they are not running yelling screaming to tell Solas????

Look, I know that late game development is hell with extra deadlines, but you know, I know and Bioware (or at least the writers) knows that Lavellan is running straight to that rotunda to tell their favourite ex-boyfriend that they just met Mythal in the maybe Fade.

#trespasser #dai #solas #solavellan hell #dragon age inquisition #solavellan brain rot #lavellan #mythal #solavellan #morrigan #the late part of a game is usually clunky because deadlines and fixes and people being tired #i know #and they wanted to keep the solas reveal very secret just in case they did not go with it #but #I just imagine Solas trying to play it cool like “and what did she say #did she say something about me?

[knife-eared-jan]

There’s something shady going on with the Chantry, guys...

...apart from the endless abuses of the rights of mages/elves/states’ sovereignty, I mean. I am currently working on the textures of the Inquisition Chantry robes for a mod, and I couldn’t help notice this decoration on the cleric robes looks and how suspiciously like “Moonhead” from the DA:D teaser images it looks:

There’s not just the obvious crest, but even stylised tentacles. And after the latest mural it is a given that Moonhead is an Old God... one of those gods that Andraste was allegedly waging her war against?! So why is THAT on the uniform of the faith she started?

And then, when I was looking for a picture of the statue on the right, Google showed me this, and now I’m just screaming:

What the actual fuuck?! This isn’t really a theory tbh, just me going slightly insane at possible implications of this...

WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK?

...

And that’s not even getting into how the sun burst is the Chantry’s own symbol but there’s again an Old God who also has it as theirs?

Or whatever this is supposed to mean, idk:

What does it all mean?????

I wanna hear people’s theories - please! Make it make sense!

#Dragon Age theories #my theories #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #dai #evanuris #old gods #mythal #andraste #meredith stannard #chantry #elvhenan #moonhead #dragon age dreadwolf #da:d #da: dreadwolf #dragon age symbolism #dragon age meta #trespasser #dragon age trespasser #trespasser murals #bride of the maker #da4 #da4 speculation #dragon age speculation #chantry critical #FUCK THE CHANTRY

[kaija-rayne-author]

Ugh I can’t not theorize. I’ve been at it non stop. Once a story catches my interest my brain just going into hyper speed trying to figure out how the writers (if they do a good job) will bring all of their themes, hints, etc to fruition. All I’m missing is a cork board, pins, and miles of red string.

What’s super exciting this time is I’m actually dealing with a property where the writers are….good? I’m so used to being disappointed when fan theories (often my own) turn out to be much better than the canon, but I don’t see that happening here. Weekes is clearly a masterful writer and knows how to build up to a satisfying twist.

Because you just know another twist is coming. Solas, despite everything, is just too soft hearted to make a convincing final boss. It couldn’t be more obvious that being The Dreadwolf and putting aside his own conscience takes every ounce of energy he has. Eventually he’ll have his breaking point and that’s when we’ll find out who our true villain is.

It’s Mythal. I’ll eat my damn hat if it isn’t. She’s either not the person Solas remembers, or maybe she never was. In either case, there’s been plenty of clues both in DAI and in subsequent materials (specifically Tevinter Knights) to imply that there’s something else going on here.

We keep seeing imagery of the Dreadwolf as a mutant abomination that is part wolf and part dragon. It’s easy to point to the end credit scene of DAI and say “well yeah he fused with Mythal who is a dragon” and sure it looked that way…but is that actually what happened?

We saw Flemeth part with some form of magical energy before Solas arrived. We also know that she’d taken the soul of Uthemiel from Kieran. Uthemiel happens to be a dragon, or was until he was tainted and became an Archdemon.

Archdemons can control Darkspawn. And taking a Darkspawn army past the Veil to enact vengeance upon the Evanuris sees like something Flemeth would do. But that doesn’t seem like something Solas would want. His agenda has always been to fix his past mistakes and tear down the Veil for the greater good. He doesn’t seem that fond of Darkspawn, in fact he was pretty pissed at the Wardens for screwing around with them.

Where I’m going with this, is I think it’s entirely possible Solas is being used. He may have unwittingly fused himself with an Archdemon, assuming it was the essence of Mythal. The real plan, now that plan A failed, might be turning him into an Archdemon so Flemeth/Mythal can use him to start another blight and wield the darkspawn. Corypheus managed to mind control an Archdemon, so clearly it can be done.

And if that’s the case, then ooooooh boy.

Poor Solas.

OMG. I missed this one and I'm so glad I finally found it!

What a fascinating idea. Holy shitballs.

Okay, so I just restarted DAO, I'll be on the lookout through these playthroughs (I'm doing DA2 next, then probably DAI again, because I'm an utter sucker for lore) for hints about all that!

I thought the whole point of the dark ritual w/Morrigan was to purify Urthemiel's 'soul' through being born as an innocent child. But what if that didn't work?

But then, wouldn't Kieran have shown signs of taint? Hmmm. Maybe not, given it's just the soul?

I'm still not convinced that Flemythal parted with any kind of energy in that scene. BUT if she did... well, she's pulled the whole 'soul piece recovery schtick' before. So if it was energy or a soul, it could've been hers. Leaving just Urthemiel. Which would very possibly warp Solas into a dragon/wolf thing. And Mythal is very used to Solas going along with what she wants. So it feels like something she wouldn't think twice about. She uses Morrigan too, and Kieran, so it’s definitely something she's used to doing.

I have a strong feeling Solas is indeed being used. And has been since he was 'born' from the fade. There's a lot of hints to his resignation, nay, even belief that it's right that Mythal used him. (This is... common, in abuse survivors, FWIW.)

But I believe it's canon that his forehead scar came from when he burnt off Mythal's Vallaslin? I have to see if I can find that again. I can't remember where I read it.

I think Mythal will be rather unpleasantly surprised in the spine Solas has developed since her 'murder'. He doesn't seem at all likely to me to be all 'hey! My enslaver is back! Let me just get my slave brands again'. Now, if he were still truly alone, he might just cave into it because man, does Solas have some pretty massive Mythal issues. Not sure if he regards her as his mom or something else or a mix of things, urk.

BUT he's not actually truly alone anymore is he? No matter how hard he tries to be. A Romanced Lavellan can tell him "Var lath vir suledin" which translates sorta, into "Our - love - way/path - endure/strength to withstand loss."

So he knows he's not alone. That inky will absolutely go to the mat for him. He has actual friends, too. He said Bull has him, if you don't betray Bull w/the Chargers. Solas doesn't strike me as someone to say that lightly.

So, he also knows he has friends, too.

I think, if Mythal actually is the big bad (kinda hoping for this tbh) she's gonna have a rather rude awakening when it comes to Solas. Who, from all I can tell, has always willingly served her whims. Because she was 'the best of them' doesn't mean she was actually good.

I talked about how he's heavily neurodivergent coded before, and we're generally loyal to a fault, which Solas very much shows.

But we do also often, eventually, reach a 'no more' point. After which, we'll absolutely close all those doors we'd previously left open.

If Solas acts the way I suspect he might, he'd then use everything he knows about Mythal and the Evanuris to help the game protag (I still wish I could just carry my inky over) defeat the buggers.

But what would it take for him to finally reach that point with Mythal? Mommy issues are soooo hard to deal with in therapy because it's so damned easy to backslide.

Hurting Inky? Doing something that will destroy the fade (like marching a darkspawn army into it)? Making him betray all of his followers who truly believe in him and his goals of freeing enslaved elves?

Solas deeply believes that slavery is wrong. In a way that makes me think he was actually enslaved at one point. Obviously to Mythal.

Oh, fuck me. What an amazing story they could tell about the whole 'but there were good slave owners' bullshit nonsense some people like to spout.

Of course, I still really wish Bioware would tell a story with a disabled protag. Which the end of Inquisition really would set up nicely. But given their shit disability rep, I know not to hold my breath over that.

#dragon age series #dragon age #solas #dragon age inquisition #solavellan #inquisitor lavellan #solas dai #dragon age dreadwolf #dragon age theories #mythal #Flemythal

[rinalllin]

The Herald

My Inquisitor Lianna Lavellan

#DAI #dragon age inquisition #dragon age #flemeth #Andraste #solas #Mythal #Fen`Harel #artists on tumblr #iquisitor lavellan #lavellan #dragon age art

[kcwriter-blog]

So there is supposed to be a cataclysmic rejoining hundreds of years in the making? Solas has only been awake for a decade at the most depending on the time jump. Who could have been steering events in that direction? 🤔 Mythal in Flemeth’s body perhaps?

#solas #dragon age inquisition #solavellan #dragon age #dai #solasmance #fen'harel #solas dragon age #solas dread wolf #mythal dragon age #flemeth

[playitagainmyjohnny]

#dragon age #dragon age: inquisition #dragon age inquisition #da #da:i #dai #virtual photography #the temple of mythal #wolf statues #jg

[walk-the-fade]

Letting Morrigan drink from The Well is actually FUCKED bc it makes her a slave to her mother AND with Solas killing(?) Mythal in the end and taking her powers it potentially means Solas has control of an extremely powerful mage/shapeshifter and he could make us fight her in DA4

#dragon age #dragon age 2 #dragon age inquisition #dragon age dreadwolf #da2 #dai #dao #morrigan #solas #mythal #fenharel

[felassanis]

I still think about how, if Lavellan drinks from the Well of Sorrows, how fucking scared Solas genuinely seems.

And how he delivers "You are mythal's creature now," with genuine terror for Lavellan.

Like, honey. You say Mythal was "the best of your people" yet shit bricks when your girlfriend takes part in one of her inventions. How am I not supposed to suspect that Mythal is the big bad after that

#solas #dragon age Inquisition #dragon age #solavellan #dai #da3 #lavellan #mythal

[ashenknightt]

[ Warrior of Mythal ]

the tarot card for my inquisitor 🫶

#when the statue of mythal crumbles like ur faith >_< #also sorry for not posting art for a hot min #valka lavellan #dragon age inquisition #dai #oc #oc art #dai fanart #my art #best works!!!

[rosykims]

playing what pride had wrought <3 "i have reason to believe these ruins are the temple of mythal" "which is?? 😵‍" i am once again seething with the fury of one thousand enraged gorillas

#oc: ashara #tay plays dai #“WHICH IS” SAYS FIRST TO THE KEEPER WEARING MYTHAL'S VALLASLIN. #DIE. DIE. DIEEEEEEE #i'll never not be angry abt this. its suchhhh a ridiculous oversight #i do have it coming this time around bc i decided i love the woeful despicable vibes of bringing solas/sera/cassandra to the temple #absolutely everybody against ashara even the people she cares about the most :) #if i decide to make her a villain in dadw im going to point to this quest specifically and those three WILL be mentioned by name <3 #like maybe she wouldve let morrigan drink from the well if not for the absolute disrespect shes abt to put up with for the next hour or so #sigh. lavellans who love their gods mean everything to me. im so sad that the trauma of everything they have to learn abt their culture #is so dismissed. and like.. straight up ridiculed lol #everything sucks i am playing this quest w hatred and malice in my heart