u/blazewatch

I've been replaying DA:I recently, and just hit Cole's personal quest. I haven't played Veilguard yet BUT did read through various summaries and meta posts once I realized I wouldn't be able to get to it anytime soon, because I'm impatient and nosey.

So, knowing that Solas was originally a spirit that became more "human"/mortal/physical, it brought a bunch more depth to that quest and Solas's position. While the Inquisitor doesn't know better, as a player I got to see him as much less know-it-all Fade-obsessed and more traumatized and projecting his own regrets and fears onto Cole. Made me wish that the human/spirit choice was one of the things considered in the world state going into Veilguard!!

I'm curious if anyone (who's actually played through Veilguard) has any thoughts about this, or any other things about Solas in Inquisition that have more depth after learning more about his history??

I've been recently replaying inquisition with a new inquisitior build and being somewhat completionist (fuck the shards). I've been building out a bit of a custom lore to justify certain choices I'm making. I've been really curious to hear what other people have in mind when they make certain game choices! How do they justify things within the limitations of dai roleplaying, how do different inquisitor builds change these choices, etc etc.

For myself: I didn't go to the western approach until after the winter palace, because "we needed stability in the empire before we could move forces west". I also didn't do the winter palace until after I'd completed the exalted plains and the emprise du lion (up until the war table missions), and most of the emerald graves (fuck the giants), because "we needed to contribute to stability in the empire/regarding the civil war before we would be invited to the winter palace". I'm romancing bull, but did not give him the necklace until after adamant despite having it already crafted because it's the trauma of the fade that made my inquisitor ready to commit (and so that their romance scenes would be marginally more spaced out). I didn't leave the hinterlands until after I had completed everything pre-war table to get dennet's horses for the inquisition.