My thoughts on the Black City; When Corypheus and company entered the Black City they entered through 1 single gate. The Chant of Light states there are 7 gates, same as Solas' murals. And one after the other these gates were broken, unleashing new Blights. We see that in the timing that when the Magisters Sidereal returned to the physical realm the dragon etity referred to as Dumat had become tainted and a Blight started. The Blight had been contained within the Black City and released once the first gate opened. This raises the question; how did the other gates open? Different sources ingame claim the Archdemons rise when the Darkspawn find them. Does tainting the dragon cause the seal on a gate to break? Were these dragons (and their powerful blood) used as batteries to keep the arcane seal on the gates?
And another few ideas I have floating around in my mind, sorry for the long post..; Falon'din and Dirthamen were rivals like Religion and Science are. Falon'din guided the souls of the dead, like a spiritual guide. He wanted to be worshipped the most of all the Evanuris. While Dirthamen dealt in mystery and secrets, as if he was experimenting and finding proof for theories. Unraveling the secrets of magic or something. June is often called a craftsman, while Sylaise would be the artisan, as we can tell by the gift they gave to June. These two would have been the builders of Arlathan, creating beauty and lyrium infused architecture. The Dalish lost their ancestral knowledge, so they translated their domains more to basic survival skills. Elgar'nan was said to deliver vengeance, or retribution. I assume that means he was the enforcer of their laws or perhaps the leader of their group. Having his word be final. Whereas Mythal was the judge in their system, and their people rather have her fair judgement than his final word. Which leaves Andruil, whom is asociated with slavery. But I don't think this is correct for a 'hunter' unless they traded in slaves. A different option for Andruil would be expansion of their realm, exploration and thus finding the Titans in the Void below. Hunting new creatures would fit with this, as well as finding a powerful mage in the wild whom they invite to their group; Ghilan'nain, who experiments with splicing creatures together but has no other role of leadership. The Evanuris started off as generals and then became leaders. To be able to lead together they would have needed to divide such roles between them. Ghilan'nain joined later. Solas' wolf statues are often depicted as guardians. So I associate him with city guard. That position would allow him access anywhere and with anyone, and working closely with Mythal as the judical force.
Dragon blood is very unique in DA. What if dragons are the ultamite abomination formed when a powerfull spirit posses a powerfull mage. Say a forgotten one, (a immensely powerfull demon) posses a equally powerfull Elevn mage who was a god even before the Evenarious. An Old god if you will. Aboninations are disfigured monsters formed when there are two or more souls/spirits inside one physcal body. Similar disfigurements are seem comparing Darkspawn and their broodmother's race. Darkspawn are abominations. Creatures housing two or more souls. The leader of the Darkspawn are arch-DEMONS in the form of DRAGONS.
@1:19 Wait what? Do you mean Solas cast the ritual where he sealed-away Arlathan into the Fade in the Frostback Mountains? Because as far as where Arlathan was ripped out of the ground (if you are correct about the Black City being Arlathan which was uprooted physically and sealed into the Fade,) we have a general idea of where that was, and it was far away from the Frostbacks: Arlathan was somewhere in the Arlathan Forest which got its name from the city, in the eastern part of what is today part of the Tevinter Imperium, bordering on the western edge of Antiva
So i do have to correct this one statement. Solas slept for 4 thousand years not 2. I also have to mention that when he said he met past rulers of different parts of the land, spirits cross through the fade and some dont survive it and we all know Solas is a mage so he dreams in the fade. I think what he meant was he met their spirits when they crossed into the fade. I also have a few theories on who Ghil'anan is to Elgar'nan. I think she is his daughter and she created all those monsters and got herself blighted, she was told that if she joins the pantheon when she comes of age, she has to destroy her creations by Mythal because Mythal was the voice of reason. I think because she was told to destroy them, she ran to Elgar'nan and basically cried about it. I think Solas was Mythal's i guess you would say protector. I get the feeling that the vallesline is a binding thing so when the old gods finally broke free, they would be enslaved once again and forced into submission. I think thats why Solas removing Levellan's was the most impactful part of his romance because he says "you are free". I also have the theory that Sera is the holder of an old god's essence. She shows the traits, hunts like them, and doesnt like being tied down to gods. I also wonder, what if theres another god that was basically wiped from all the records and memories like the forgotten ones that was aiding Solas in locking the evanuris away and they were close and thats why he loves spending time in the fade and has an urge to take it down?
@@christineherrmann205 it is all early game so I am really curious about later game. I know some didn't like the spoilers. I just got more excited about the game. However I do understand.
@@Be0Wülf24 I agree completely. However there have been just way too many lore implications to ignore. Flemeth/Mythal is our greatest example she basically told us in DA2. I do wish they were separate, but then now I wonder who the others were that The Evanuris were fighting.
@@TheKingdomEntertainment I might have got that wrong or somehow made it up because I've spend all day trying to find the video where I heard it and can't it annoying me now cause I had that down in my head canon and now I can't confirm it lol
Elves are magical. And once immortal. Elven slaves were used to tear open the veil with the tevinter magisters. Your Elven friend in dalish Origin resisted the blight for months before loosing his mind becoming a ghoul. Alsiter's mom, once a Grey Warden was "cured" of the blight and became immune after giveing birth is an Elf. What if- A female elf drank dragon blood to become a reaver was turned into a Grey Warden. Then she ate darkspawn flesh to become a broodmother. Having dragon blood course thru her veins and then giving birth while tainted should cure her of her blight. Making her a Taint free, Blight immune brood mother with her Darkspawn babies also be Taint free, but not Blight Immune. Wouldnt this monster of an elf be not so dis-simalor from The Architect or Coryphious? I can imagine an elven god known for making friekenstein monsters to be insane ennough to try
One does not simply walk into the Black City and outsmarts the blight. P.S. Shartan holding a key most likely taken from the images depicting Saint Peter in a catholic religion. In catholic beliefs key represents keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. Now that I am thinking of it, Kingdom of Heaven in Dragon Age is the Fade, hmm. I wonder whether Shartan is actually Solas. I never cared much about this theory but some of these clues mean something.
Yeah, the problem with Dragon Age is the same problem the Zelda series ran into. The writers are either forgetting the established lore, or they don't care and just want to make a buck. So they make new stories that contradict lore or otherwise make no sense, and just hope the fans eat it up. It's also possible the new "writers" are just stealing fan theories off the internet and going with those. Based on the GI article, it seems like BioWare is taking plot threads that were originally meant to be separate, and mushing them all together into one story to make it easier to write for and display in-game.
my theory of the Dragon Age races are The Human's ancestors were the Lesser elves the slaves and weak spirits. The Elves' ancestors were the Mages and middle class of the elf's race. The Qunari ancestors were the elf super soldiers for warrior-cast elves. The Dwarves we know were bound to the Titans and the Titan's blood is Lyrium.
Interesting I think the Qunari are one of Ghilan'nains creations Given what Kieran says to you as a Qunari in DAI and Corphy saying their blood isn't their own in the DAI fight.
My thoughts on the Black City;
When Corypheus and company entered the Black City they entered through 1 single gate. The Chant of Light states there are 7 gates, same as Solas' murals. And one after the other these gates were broken, unleashing new Blights.
We see that in the timing that when the Magisters Sidereal returned to the physical realm the dragon etity referred to as Dumat had become tainted and a Blight started.
The Blight had been contained within the Black City and released once the first gate opened. This raises the question; how did the other gates open? Different sources ingame claim the Archdemons rise when the Darkspawn find them. Does tainting the dragon cause the seal on a gate to break? Were these dragons (and their powerful blood) used as batteries to keep the arcane seal on the gates?
And another few ideas I have floating around in my mind, sorry for the long post..;
Falon'din and Dirthamen were rivals like Religion and Science are. Falon'din guided the souls of the dead, like a spiritual guide. He wanted to be worshipped the most of all the Evanuris. While Dirthamen dealt in mystery and secrets, as if he was experimenting and finding proof for theories. Unraveling the secrets of magic or something.
June is often called a craftsman, while Sylaise would be the artisan, as we can tell by the gift they gave to June. These two would have been the builders of Arlathan, creating beauty and lyrium infused architecture.
The Dalish lost their ancestral knowledge, so they translated their domains more to basic survival skills.
Elgar'nan was said to deliver vengeance, or retribution. I assume that means he was the enforcer of their laws or perhaps the leader of their group. Having his word be final. Whereas Mythal was the judge in their system, and their people rather have her fair judgement than his final word.
Which leaves Andruil, whom is asociated with slavery. But I don't think this is correct for a 'hunter' unless they traded in slaves. A different option for Andruil would be expansion of their realm, exploration and thus finding the Titans in the Void below. Hunting new creatures would fit with this, as well as finding a powerful mage in the wild whom they invite to their group; Ghilan'nain, who experiments with splicing creatures together but has no other role of leadership.
The Evanuris started off as generals and then became leaders. To be able to lead together they would have needed to divide such roles between them. Ghilan'nain joined later.
Solas' wolf statues are often depicted as guardians. So I associate him with city guard. That position would allow him access anywhere and with anyone, and working closely with Mythal as the judical force.
Dragon blood is very unique in DA.
What if dragons are the ultamite abomination formed when a powerfull spirit posses a powerfull mage.
Say a forgotten one, (a immensely powerfull demon) posses a equally powerfull Elevn mage who was a god even before the Evenarious.
An Old god if you will.
Aboninations are disfigured monsters formed when there are two or more souls/spirits inside one physcal body.
Similar disfigurements are seem comparing Darkspawn and their broodmother's race.
Darkspawn are abominations.
Creatures housing two or more souls. The leader of the Darkspawn are arch-DEMONS in the form of DRAGONS.
Solas taking long naps actually makes sense to me. If Sera is holding some part of an Evenuris - soul, whatever - it would be a cool call back.
Always love the lore dives and theories.
Fun fact, i sometimes refer to Dirthamen in my head as 'Derpyman'.
Thank you!! This was great.
0:42 plus when u are in the fade it sticks out like a sore thumb lol
ayy 🙂 loving the catchup on all these theories
I'm glad youtube recommended you to me, this is a fun little video.
@1:19 Wait what? Do you mean Solas cast the ritual where he sealed-away Arlathan into the Fade in the Frostback Mountains? Because as far as where Arlathan was ripped out of the ground (if you are correct about the Black City being Arlathan which was uprooted physically and sealed into the Fade,) we have a general idea of where that was, and it was far away from the Frostbacks: Arlathan was somewhere in the Arlathan Forest which got its name from the city, in the eastern part of what is today part of the Tevinter Imperium, bordering on the western edge of Antiva
@@The_Malcontented The forest was named after the city, but previously, there has been evidence that suggests that's not where it actually was.
So i do have to correct this one statement. Solas slept for 4 thousand years not 2. I also have to mention that when he said he met past rulers of different parts of the land, spirits cross through the fade and some dont survive it and we all know Solas is a mage so he dreams in the fade. I think what he meant was he met their spirits when they crossed into the fade.
I also have a few theories on who Ghil'anan is to Elgar'nan. I think she is his daughter and she created all those monsters and got herself blighted, she was told that if she joins the pantheon when she comes of age, she has to destroy her creations by Mythal because Mythal was the voice of reason. I think because she was told to destroy them, she ran to Elgar'nan and basically cried about it. I think Solas was Mythal's i guess you would say protector.
I get the feeling that the vallesline is a binding thing so when the old gods finally broke free, they would be enslaved once again and forced into submission. I think thats why Solas removing Levellan's was the most impactful part of his romance because he says "you are free".
I also have the theory that Sera is the holder of an old god's essence. She shows the traits, hunts like them, and doesnt like being tied down to gods.
I also wonder, what if theres another god that was basically wiped from all the records and memories like the forgotten ones that was aiding Solas in locking the evanuris away and they were close and thats why he loves spending time in the fade and has an urge to take it down?
Woo hoo more Cole!
So the latest article about DAV kinda soft confirmed that The Old Gods and The Evanuris are one and the same. I am curious about your thoughts.
I am also curious as to your thoughts on the matter.
So many spoilers in these recent articles. Kinda made me sad. 😢
@@christineherrmann205 it is all early game so I am really curious about later game. I know some didn't like the spoilers. I just got more excited about the game. However I do understand.
Ngl, that's hella disappointing. I like them better separate
@@Be0Wülf24 I agree completely. However there have been just way too many lore implications to ignore. Flemeth/Mythal is our greatest example she basically told us in DA2. I do wish they were separate, but then now I wonder who the others were that The Evanuris were fighting.
Didn't Shartan tell the seekers how to proform the Rite of tranquility if that's so then the elves knew about it so Solas would had to have known
@@huanhoundofthevailinor2374 Do you have a source on that? I've never heard that before
@@TheKingdomEntertainment only other RUclips channels have said it I think it was on one of Ghil's videos not sure
@@TheKingdomEntertainment I might have got that wrong or somehow made it up because I've spend all day trying to find the video where I heard it and can't it annoying me now cause I had that down in my head canon and now I can't confirm it lol
Elves are magical. And once immortal.
Elven slaves were used to tear open the veil with the tevinter magisters.
Your Elven friend in dalish Origin resisted the blight for months before loosing his mind becoming a ghoul.
Alsiter's mom, once a Grey Warden was "cured" of the blight and became immune after giveing birth is an Elf.
What if-
A female elf drank dragon blood to become a reaver was turned into a Grey Warden. Then she ate darkspawn flesh to become a broodmother.
Having dragon blood course thru her veins and then giving birth while tainted should cure her of her blight.
Making her a Taint free, Blight immune brood mother with her Darkspawn babies also be Taint free, but not Blight Immune.
Wouldnt this monster of an elf be not so dis-simalor from The Architect or Coryphious?
I can imagine an elven god known for making friekenstein monsters to be insane ennough to try
One does not simply walk into the Black City and outsmarts the blight.
P.S. Shartan holding a key most likely taken from the images depicting Saint Peter in a catholic religion. In catholic beliefs key represents keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. Now that I am thinking of it, Kingdom of Heaven in Dragon Age is the Fade, hmm. I wonder whether Shartan is actually Solas. I never cared much about this theory but some of these clues mean something.
I think this video needs to be renamed
DANG IT 😂 I thought I did change it!
Why did no one else tell me??
Yeah, the problem with Dragon Age is the same problem the Zelda series ran into. The writers are either forgetting the established lore, or they don't care and just want to make a buck. So they make new stories that contradict lore or otherwise make no sense, and just hope the fans eat it up. It's also possible the new "writers" are just stealing fan theories off the internet and going with those. Based on the GI article, it seems like BioWare is taking plot threads that were originally meant to be separate, and mushing them all together into one story to make it easier to write for and display in-game.
my theory of the Dragon Age races are
The Human's ancestors were the Lesser elves the slaves and weak spirits.
The Elves' ancestors were the Mages and middle class of the elf's race.
The Qunari ancestors were the elf super soldiers for warrior-cast elves.
The Dwarves we know were bound to the Titans and the Titan's blood is Lyrium.
Interesting I think the Qunari are one of Ghilan'nains creations
Given what Kieran says to you as a Qunari in DAI and Corphy saying their blood isn't their own in the DAI fight.
Aren't the dalish elves confirmed to be descendants of slave elves as the face tattoos were slave markings?