#mjs mailbag

[felassan]

all the DA games are 90% off (!!!) on steam right now!

hello! ◕‿◕ tysm for stopping by to let me know. this will definitely be helpful for some people!!

Dragon Age: Inquisition - 90% off - £3.49, down from £34.99

Dragon Age II: Ultimate Edition - 90% off - £2.49, down from £24.99

Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition - 90% off - £2.49, down from £24.99

[felassan]

💜

Little hair appreciation post with blurry screenshots because you don't realise how EXCITED I am about this--

Paragraphs are from this very useful post by @felassan (you probably know them but if you don't, go check their blog and consider supporting!!)

"Epler took special care to show off the extensive curly and textured hair options in the game, including several versions of braids and locs, noting that increasing these options in particular was very important to the team" [source] " “We have dozens and dozens of hair types,” she said. “And they’re fully affected by physics.” The quality and variety of choices I saw delighted me. The rows of bouncy, luxurious-looking hair of all curl types and textures (and yes, the annoyingly ubiquitous “Killmonger cut” was among the options, what can you do?) brought the biggest smile to my face in the hour I spent with Busche and The Veilguard." [source]

[felassan]

The gameplay reveal.... I was so scared Solas was going to kill Varric holy shit

ask messages that haunt me.. 💔

[felassan]

hi MJ! thought you might be interested in this threat if you haven't seen it already! taash is canonically autistic confirmed!

https://bsky.app/profile/trickweekes.bsky.social/post/3lk553tmn622y

Trick Weekes: "I had Taash basically go through the DSM-5 listing symptoms in the scene after the Fangscorcher quest, but there are people who still think it's unclear or just a headcanon, so some folks are just never gonna get it, I guess." [source]

hello! ◕‿◕ thanku sm for sending this my way!! 💜💜

[felassan]

What kind of spirit do you think Felassan waz?

Swag

[felassan]

thanku so much for this really lovely post, i'm just

Before we all leave the internet for good to go play this game, I want us all to give another HUGE shoutout and standing ovation for the one and only @felassan, who has not just been holding the fort for all those years in which the fandom was dormant and hope for Veilguard to ever come out seemed so slim, they've been a true cornerstone of the fandom throughout all of it, and of course this entire crazy marketing campaign, providing everyone with every information, minor or big, regarding BioWare and amazing analysis and summaries and I know I speak for everyone when I say THANK YOU SO MUCH, you're incredible and I hope you'll have a great time with Veilguard and that it is all you've wished for (and our favorite elf Felassan to make a glorious appearance of course!!! Seriously, there should be an entire questline or something dedicated to him just for you and what you've done for the fandom in all those years! 🙇🙇🙇) 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[felassan]

so... not to be too random in your inbox but this image of the titan reeeeeally reminded me of something. And I knew I'd seen it on your blog too. Took me a minute but I figured it out. Do with this information as you will.

hello! ◕‿◕ hhhhhhh ok this took me out

[original post of the cat DA scarf meme]

[felassan]

Hi! Don't know if you've noticed already, but all 3 DA games are 90% off on Steam, EA app and Epic games rn (until the 19th)

hello! ◕‿◕ tysm for stopping by to share this!!

Steam screenshot:

Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition - £2.49 - 90% off

Dragon Age II - Ultimate Edition - £2.49 - 90% off

Dragon Age: Inquisition - £3.49 - 90% off

"Special Promotion. Offer ends 19 August"

[felassan]

(me when i saw felassan in veilguard without reading whatever book he is in) omg is felassan from tumblr

cameo of all time

[felassan]

hi! as a little palate cleanser from da4: did we ever get confirmation on what the red dragon symbol from da2 represented? I had the blinding realization this morning that either the red or black would make a great tattoo and it got me wondering

hello! ◕‿◕ it's the older (Vint) heraldry of Kirkwall back from the time when it was a Tevinter city, part of the Imperium called Emerius. City of Chains and dragons being part of Tevinter iconography/shape of the Old Gods.

there's also this about Kirkwall heraldries/symbols:

"City of Kirkwall – This stylized knot work representation of a dragon evolved from a symbol of rebellion etched into countless walls during the time when Kirkwall was a center for the Tevinter slave trade. It was an image that catalyzed the slaves who overthrew the ruling magisters, and while the symbol has changed, its meaning has not: Kirkwall is a city unto itself, beholden to no one." [source]

(if you have or get any DA-themed tattoos and feel like it, pls share pics with me!! (´▽`)b )

[felassan]

Violet: "AYO btw, pre-orders will open tomorrow too. So. Get ready for that. (and feel free to spread the word)" [source: the official BioWare Discord]

Pre-orders for Dragon Age: The Veilguard open tomorrow, August 15th.

[felassan]

oh lovely!! (ㅅ´ ˘ `) and thanku for tagging me in this lovely art!!

there's an anders short story. theres an anders short story . there is. an anders short story.

Think i've just been living under a rock but thank you @felassan for this post !!! I would have never known it existed !!!

[felassan]

Hey Mj!I hope you don't mind but do you have the links for all the cosplay guides? I wanna save them up for references :) thank you in advance! and im sorry for bothering you!

hello! ◕‿◕ not at all!!

Dragon Age: The Veilguard cosplay guides

Harding

Davrin

Bellara

Taash

Lucanis

Emmrich

Neve

Dragon Age: Inquisition character kits

Cassandra & Varric

Cole

Corypheus

Cullen

Dorian

Iron Bull

Josephine

Leliana

Morrigan

Sera

Solas

Vivienne

[felassan]

I read a couple of your posts angry at Solas about Felassan, and thought, "wow, this guy really loves Felassan"

then I scrolled and was reminded what your username was.

hello! ◕‿◕

stanning felassan and being _(:3」∠)_ about his death since 2014

edit: 💀..

[felassan]

hello! you probably already got a question like this. I'm going back to Dragon Age after 10 years, I played inquisition + dlcs but I'm completely lost in the plot after that point. Do you have any useful links or recommendations? 🙏

hello! ◕‿◕ welcome back!! we're now at around 9:52 Dragon (roughly, maybe). :D

Additional official DA media that’s available for free

A rough chronological/timeline order of all canon DA media

'Books and comics etc' which are set after Dragon Age: Inquisition (includes the relevant short stories from that period too - see paragraph at end of post which starts "The DA:TV-focused/streamlined answer")

'DA:TV Summer prep watch-list' (quickly lists all previous video promotional material for DA:TV, up until last month, before its name change was announced and prior to the character reveal trailer came out)

from the Wizards and Warriors YouTube channel: Dragon Age world lore documentary playlist (animated fantasy documentary video series on the lore of the world of Dragon Age, it covers past historical history of Thedas)

The Dragon Age fandom wiki (community wiki)

Ghil Dirthalen YouTube videos, for example: 'DA 101: The Basics of Thedas {No Spoilers}', 'DA 201: The Basics of Thedas {All Spoilers}', 'A Brief-Complete History of Thedas {Lore. - Minor Spoilers}', Lore playlist

Dragon Age: World of Thedas Volume 1 and Dragon Age: World of Thedas Volume 2

The Codex entries for each game as pdf files (Reddit post by user Kirzana)

I hope something in here helps? ^^

[felassan]

Do we know which archdemons belonged to which evanuris besides the two in veilguard?

And do we know if killing the archdemons is what killed the gods in their prisons...?

hello! ◕‿◕ (rest of post under cut due to length and spoilers)

Bellara and Neve speculate in-game on the topic of the first question in this codex entry:

Codex Entry: Elven Gods and Tevinter Gods

"Elven Gods and Tevinter Gods A note in Bellara's handwriting: Nine elven gods, seven Tevinter gods. Lines up, because Mythal was murdered before Arlathan's destruction and Fen'Harel is... Fen'Harel. We're pretty sure about: - Elgar'nan (day, night, the sun, tyranny, lordship, fatherhood, vengeance—he just wants all the words, doesn't he?) = Lusacan, Dragon of Night - Ghilan'nain (halla, navigation, monsters) = Razikale, Dragon of Mystery - Sylaise (fire, the hearth, home) = Toth, Dragon of Fire - June (craft, invention) = Urthemiel, Dragon of Beauty We're still arguing about: - Dirthamen (secrets) = Dumat, Dragon of Silence (secrets, silence... makes sense?) - Falon'Din (death) = Zazikel, Dragon of Chaos (Death causes chaos? Chaos causes death?) - Andruil (the hunt) = Andoral, Dragon of Slaves ("Andruil" and "Andoral" sound alike?) Added in Neve's handwriting: If it helps, Dumat liked toads. Did Dirthamen?"

On the Archdemons and the rest of the Evanuris, the devs said this in the recent Reddit AMA:

Q: “Can we get confirmation on what happened to the other Evanuris? Will we get any more lore? Shame we didn’t hear a whole lot about them besides essentially being behind the previous Blights.” John Epler: “We haven’t been SUPER specific about this, but at best the other Evanuris are a shadow of their former selves, and at worst they’re dead. The death of their Archdemons, particularly when they were still trapped in the Fade, caused enough magical feedback that it broke their minds and bodies. A couple may have survived as shells, but they aren’t in the same state as Ghilan'nain and Elgar'nan.” --- John: “[...] The story of the Evanuris is done - the gods are dead (or imprisoned)”

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and this in an interview with IGN:

"Can you tell us about the fate of the other elven gods like Sylaise and June? Are these gods now mortal in the Fade after the defeat of their Archdemons, or were they weakened enough to die in their prison? Epler: Yeah, I mean, so we haven’t been super explicit about what happens when the gods die. In my mind, they’re either dead or they’re the closest thing to it. When a Warden kills an Archdemon, in Origins and DA2 and DAI, before the Gods are out in the world, there is part of that elven god’s spirit that is bound to that dragon. It finds the nearest source of Blight. Now, if it’s a darkspawn, a darkspawn has a direct connection to the Blight. There’s enough energy there for it to rebuild a body, rebuild itself as an Archdemon. When it goes into a Warden, that connection is very different and what ends up happening is essentially the fragment of the God spirit and the fragment of the Warden annihilate each other. So nothing to go back to the god. So if they’re there, they’re a shadow of their former self. But obviously when Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain come out, there’s not that distance. There’s not that need to use the Blight as essentially an in-between medium and they can just regain that fragment of their soul. They’re now mortal, but they’re just as powerful as they were before. Busche: And this is part of a theme within The Veilguard. We’re tackling some pretty big subject matter, some of the largest outstanding mysteries within Dragon Age lore. So we want to tie up some of those loose ends, give really satisfying answers, but we also want to leave the door open just a little bit. So questions like that, what happens to the rest of the gods? Those are themes that we want to be able to explore, but also be able to advance the franchise."

[source]