Dragon Age: The Veilguard continues a story that fans have been waiting for the sequel to for 9 years. One character, however, causes confusion: an elf who actually acts as an antagonist. But somehow, he is super popular in the community. A fan wants to know why and gains deep insights into the character and his role in The Veilguard.
Spoiler Warning: This is about the events of Dragon Age: Inquisition and some content from The Veilguard. We will try to keep the spoilers as light as possible, but can’t avoid some details.
Who is the villain?
- Solas is an elf you already meet in Inquisition. He serves there as both a companion and a romance option – but only for purely female and elven characters. Like other well-known characters, Solas also appears again in The Veilguard.
- In Inquisition, Solas paints a mural that reflects your choices and acts as an expert on the veil.
- However, it is noticeable that he has very radical views and sometimes almost seems “evil”. In the end, however, he apparently reveals to you – with more or less remorse, depending on your relationship with Solas.
The elf’s nickname is, by the way, “Dread Wolf,” the original title of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
This is why Solas is so popular: On Reddit, he wonders if he is missing something about why everyone suddenly celebrates Solas. In his memory, the elf is “self-satisfied, arrogant, a narcissist, and a racist,” and all of that probably holds true.
The user even hopes that we will have the opportunity to kill Solas in The Veilguard. In a comment, the creator gets a detailed response to his question. From user Pax-facts84, it says:
Some love him, some hate him. That’s because he reacts to you as you react to him. In a way, he reflects what you expect from him. If you think he is an asshole, he becomes colder and more distant. […] He believes he has destroyed the world, killed so many, and must undo this mistake at all costs, as he has awakened in such a fundamentally different place that feels lifeless. […]
There is something immensely human about him. I often befriend him. It is a joy to see him experimenting, pushing to learn more. You are different, you are like him, and you shouldn’t be.
Solas is still “an asshole,” explains the user. He sees a world where his people have become something they once damned, a shadow of themselves. The elf is arrogant, overly proud, and wrong – and is thus also cruel. But the user can understand this: “It is so human.”
In gameplay, Solas as well as the real enemies can be seen:
Solas is one of the most important characters in Dragon Age, but not the main boss in Veilguard
Only through Solas were the events leading to The Veilguard set into motion. Which exactly these are, we do not want to explain too broadly here, but his quest to correct a mistake has set many things in motion.
The actual antagonists of the game are, however, precisely those against whom Solas is actually fighting: the gods of the elves. They can already be seen in the extensive gameplay of The Veilguard:
Elgar’nan is the “Allfather” of the elves, who according to a legend is responsible for the rising and setting of the sun. Ghilan’nain is the elven goddess of guidance and navigation, known as the mother of all halla.
We cannot yet say exactly how things will go with Solas and the gods. The Veilgaurd is released on October 31 and from then on you can explore how the story of Dragon Age continues.
At least a little bit of the new Dragon Age has already been seen and even played by our Head of Editorial at Webedia, Rae Grimm. Rae is a huge fan of the series and is absolutely thrilled with the newest installment: After 7 hours of gameplay, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is everything I have ever loved about BioWare
