Dragon Age Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Solas then leaves the party and returns to Skyhold on his own. Originally, Solas wasn't a romance option for, Solas is referred to by Varric as "Chuckles." ", "Imagine if spirits were not a rarity but a part of our natural world like... a fast-flowing river. Solas is described as knowledgeable, logical and refusing to believe in evil and good. The Qunari pursued him in turn, believing him to be an agent of Fen'Harel. At this point, Solas will ask to speak with the Inquisitor privately, and will bring her to her room's balcony. Being interested in the Fade and its secrets will be met with high approval. He is an elven outlaw mage operating outside of the edicts of the Chantry, the dominant religious organization in Thedas, the world setting of Dragon Age. Numerous stories within the anthology detail the current doings and whereabouts of Solas and his "Fen'Harel cultists," as well as the steps taken to oppose him. He also reveals that he was the one who gave Corypheus the Orb of Destruction, or rather that his agents left the foci where the Venatori would find it and return it. The character made his debut in 2014's Dragon Age: Inquisition, where he serves as a party member. Despite their differences, Solas willingly remains with the Inquisition because of a lack of better options to resolve the current crisis and hopes he will one day be heeded. Their conversation is cut short by a flare of pain from the Anchor. The mage in question foils the attack by taking the exploding ship far out at sea. After the world would burn from the ensuing chaos, he would have then restored the world of his time—the world of the elves. He decides right then that he needs to break off his emotional entanglement with the Inquisitor, as much as it hurts him. Following the destruction of the Inquisition's base in Haven by the Elder One, now revealed as an ancient darkspawn and formerly human magister known as Corypheus, Solas explains that the orb that he wields as a weapon is of elven origin. [2] Solas believes in cause and effect, wisdom as its own reward and the inherent right of all free willed people to exist. [4] Though he has made attempts to reach out to others -- notably Dalish elves, towards whom he is skeptical[5] -- to teach them what he has learned of the Fade, he has frequently been derided by both enemies and allies as a liar and a madman. What if it isn't? They eventually stumbled upon a Qunari plot (Dragon's Breath) to invade southern Thedas, and disrupted it by discreetly pointing the Inquisitor in the right direction. [13], Concept art displayed in The Art of Dragon Age Inquisition book shows the creative process for Solas as the team develops his look after many renditions to match the ideas provided by other creative teams. He is always one step away from confessing everything to them. Mage When not on the field with the Inquisitor, he prefers the quiet solace of his own company. Solas was a key character in the third game, Dragon Age: Inquisition; A strange elf with no affiliation to the Dalish or the city elves, Solas spent as much time in the Fade as he did either dissing or smooching our Inquizzies. Mary Kirby describes him as Scotch bonnet candies. Tell me what you did to them ( +1) "...The boy with Redcliffe blood on his hands" It wasn't your fault ( +1), When asking Solas about Corypherous' plans, "After out time in Halamshiral, I understand why. He claimed that he mastered his magic without the help of tutors, spending years exploring the spirit realm of the Fade and coming to a rare understanding of its denizens. ", Weekes used Harry Potter as a metaphor to explain how Solas perceives himself as the hero of the story; he feels he is "this luckless, unfortunate person who by an unpleasant destiny and the simple fact that no one else has the ability to do it, that it has to be him and that someone else would get it wrong". Patricia Hernandez of Kotaku was fascinated by the plot twist in the post-credit scene of Inquisition which reveals his true identity. [10], During a Q&A session at the Phoenix Fan Fest 2015, Gareth David-Lloyd revealed that he recorded voice work for Solas over a period of two and a half years.