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Dragon Age: The Veilguardis the fourth game in the Dragon Age series, a long awaited sequel that fans hoped would give closure to many plotlines. And it did bring that closure, following up on the latest events of a certain companion from Dragon Age: Inquisition and what their plans were.
The game comes with multiple endings, depending on your bonds with your companions and how much extra content you go through in your adventure. There is even a hidden post-credit scene, hinting at future enemies to fight.
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The Story Of Dragon Age: The Veilguard
In Veilguard, we play as Rook,a player-made characterwhose origin we can customize to an extent but always ends up working with Varric. These two, alongside Harding, have beenhunting Solas, who is trying totear down the Veil.
We learned back in Inquisition thatSolas is the truth behind an ancient elven god, a deity of lies and treachery. Of course,he isn’t really a god, but he is the same elf that all those stories and myths are based on, and he wants to break the Veil so thatthe Fade and the material world become one; just as they were thousands of years ago.
Rook and Varric manage todisrupt Solas’ ritual, which prevents the merging of the Fade with the material world, but also releases two entities:Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain, two ancient elves also considered gods by modern elven people.Varric diesat this point, but Rook only finds out about it atthe end of the game, since Solas is projecting an image of the dwarf into Rook’s mind.
Forming The Veilguard
It is up to Rook toform a teamand stop the two mad godsbefore they destroy the world. These ancient elves cancontrol the Blight, which they use as their primary force, as well asinfluence evil and corrupt people(making the Venatori and the Qunari army their other main forces).
The people Rook brings to the team havea series of skills tailor-made to fight the different threats, and a few of their stories reveal huge details relating to the lore of Thedas. Doing their personal quests isrequired to get the best possible ending.
The Elves And The Titans
The biggest reveal the story gives by far isthe real nature of the elves, the dwarves, and the Darkspawn.The elves wereoriginally spirits, whocreated their own bodies using Lyrium, a substance well-known in the Dragon Age world for its magical potency.
Lyrium isn’t just a mineral,it is the blood of Titans, ancientancestors of the dwarves.These Titans wereconnected to the Fade(since they were around when the Fade and the material world were one and the same), butwere slaughtered by the elvesfor their blood.
This iswhy dwarves can’t use magic,or even dream, and since they couldn’t access their dreams,those dreams became corrupted, forming the Blight. It is revealed that there is no Maker punishing ancient Tevinter Magisters for their sins,the Blight is the unused dreams of Titans.
We also learn that some Qunari can breathe fire, although Qunari can already use magic, so why breathing fire is seen as a bigger deal is unclear.
Facing The Elven Gods
During the final confrontation of the game, Rook takes their team and, alongside Solas,defeat Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain.However,doing so is destroying the Veil, since that entire magical force wasbeing held in place by a singular entity.
Rook and Solas have one final confrontation, which can happen in a few different ways, butit always culminates with Solas becoming the new anchorthat keeps the Veil together. The way this happens is what separates one ending from another.
The Endings Of Dragon Age: The Veilguard
As stated before, the game ends withSolas holding the Veil in place.To do so, not only do you need an ancient powerful entity, but alsothe Lyrium dagger, an artifact that canpierce the Veil and wound neigh immortal beingsdue to its magical properties.
Everyone Dies
If you rush through the game andignore basically all of your companion’s quests, you’ll notice all of themdropping like flies. No matter what task you give them at the end,they will all die, leavingonly Rook with the two companionsjoining them in the final confrontation with Solas.
Solas, however, overpowers Rook instantly, andturns their companions to stone.Rook then manages to tackle Solas, who seems to have briefly forgotten how to turn people to stone, andthey are both sucked into the Veilto hold it in place together.
This happens becausethe Lyrium dagger reacts to the blood spilled, and it was covered in the blood of Rook and Solas. The world is now safe, and whilethe entire Veilguard is dead, they at least get a nice commemorative statue to remember their efforts.
Fight Or Trick Solas
If you didn’t ignore all the side quests, this isthe most likely ending you will get. Some companions might die, but most won’t, and you’ll end up with one final choice:fight the god of lies, ortrick him with a fake Lyrium daggerthat your companions conveniently made for you to have.
There is not much of a difference here, soit is better to trick himto save some time. The world is once again safe, andRook even survives to tell the talealongside most of their Veilguard friends.
Convincing Solas
To convince Solas, you’ll need tolearn the full extent of his backstoryand his relationship with Mythal, as well as the things he had to do to get to where he is. To do this,you’ll be aided by Morrigan, who holds the essence of Mythal after the passing of her mother, Flemeth.
You also need every companion to survive, except for Harding or Davrin, since one of them always dies.
The group talk works, andSolas agrees to hold the Veil in place.If the Inquisitor wasin a romantic relationship with Solas, they both go tohold the Veil together, as a final romantic action.
The Post Credits Scene
If you completeevery single sidequest, you’ll findhidden discsall around the game, particularly at the end of certain missions. Finding all of them willunlock a final animated cutsceneabout the future antagonist of the Dragon Age saga, someone players might know from Dragon Age: Inquisition.
They are the Executors, a shadowy groupfrom ‘across the sea’that seem to have beenpulling the strings of every event in the games.They orchestrated the events of all Dragon Age games, including Veilguard, but we’ll have to wait for a DLC or future game to know what their ultimate goal is.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the long-awaited fourth game in the fantasy RPG series from BioWare formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. A direct sequel to Inquisition, it focuses on red lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned Dread Wolf.
