5 SECRETS We Learned In Dragon Age: Absolution | NETFLIX

In this video, we're talking about the 5 secrets we learned in Dragon Age: Absolution from Netflix. From the Tevinter Imperium to the edges of Kirkwall, these secrets will have you asking questions about the game that you never knew you had!
Are you a fan of the Dragon Age series? If so, be sure to watch this Netflix show, and let me know what you think of it in the comments below!
0:00 Intro
0:55 The Inquisition is Disbanded
2:16 The Circulum Infinitus Origin
3:53 The Summer Palace Origin
5:19 The Venatori's Influence
7:08 Knight-Commander Meredith
9:02 REVIEW
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[@tiasea]

To be fair, in the show they say that inquisition ended, and, it's accommodating both choices. In both options inquisition comes to an end. It's just in one it blends into chantry, becomes peace keeping force under divine and in other option it is officially disbands without pleading allegiance to any faction. Both those options are technically an end for inquisition as independent organization.

[@keisufederationmapping2748]

That makes sense because the disband ending is just them massively shrinking in size and continuing in secret

[@antiochus87]

That's part of the reason I disliked Trespasser - it was a meaningless choice.

[@OhPie48]

Inquisition become more like a mi6/spy agency and making the DA4 MC as James Bond

[@keisufederationmapping2748]

@@OhPie48 wait no I like this one more

[@eauxkei702]

@@antiochus87 Same. I'm one of the 12 people who chose to keep the Inquisition for my canon, so it bums me out that the choice doesn't really make a difference.

[@AndyJP]

The "everybody Hawke kills comes back to life" trope bodes well for me since Hawke kinda sacrifices himself in the Fade during my playthrough of Inquisition 🤣

[@seerm1744]

Damn you saying they cant even do a heroic sacrifice correctly? LOL, I hope to the Maker that's true XD

[@Russman67]

I'm pretty sure my Hawke stuck in the fade has found the seat of the Maker and is torturing Carver from it because Fuck Carver! 🤣

[@stefdelev]

@@Russman67 lolllll

[@sinoverlord1787]

As is tradition for any Dragon Age series. A mage companion always screws with you at the end

[@NoName-ym5zj]

Not true. It doesn't happen in Ori- ... Oh wait. Nevermind.

[@YoshtTheAwesome]

After giving some thought to Meredith's situation, it might be something similar to golem creation where the person is preserved in lyrium somehow. This does open up a lot of questions with regard to all the people the red templars used to grow red lyrium.

[@uhobme2028]

Currently doing an Inquisition playthrough and If theres one thing this show accomplished, it actually got me to pay attention to the Venatori. Always thought Meredith could still be alive after the 2020 Game Awards teaser mural.

[@Elanor_Chan]

Regarding the issue with Absolution being too short, I think it was more of an issue of "trying to explain a lot of things in case it does not get a second season" Netflix is known to cancel projects. i'm also sure some of this characters will appear in some form in Dreadwolf, and they wanted to introduce it here. I really enjoyed it, it's setting the right mood for the next game, and some of the players that might be involved. Also remember that regarding the fade, Kirkwall is an important location...

[@sarialue]

Kirkwall is an interesting location 😏 i had a video all recorded about Kirkwall, now my theories abt that city could be correct

[@Elanor_Chan]

@@sarialue Hope so! I'd love to see more Kirkwall lore in game

[@SuperMitchells1]

There is one other thing in relation to Dorian, if you chose a human mage it turns out that Dorian and the Inquisitor are distantly related meaning that Amelia is also “potentially” related to the Inquisitor

[@emmettjay1302]

Does that mean a male human mage can't romance Dorian?

[@ShadowJCreed]

@@emmettjay1302 it is possible to romance him even with that

[@SuperMitchells1]

@@emmettjay1302 I believe so, the inquisitor even brings it up, Dorian says it’s so distant there’s pretty much no issue. Their relation is distant and I mean like from denerim to weissapt distant.

[@NRV0]

@@SuperMitchells1 Haha, funny way to put it. 😄

[@SuperMitchells1]

@@NRV0 I have my moments occasionally

[@tainadeoliveira]

I found it a very neat detail that all the resurrected corpses in the show are from the elven slaves that have died there throughout the centuries. The amount of detail in this show was impressive and very exciting

[@BubbleoniaRising]

The Venitori may be diminished greatly by the death of their false God, at least by the time of Dreadwolf (Hira was a child at the moment of her flashback). The Meredith bit though? Whoa. That was extremely telling regarding current events in the show.

[@skopde]

I like Meredith as a character (though not so much as a person) and don't mind her being back, especially if her story is contained and resolved within the show. Certainly less weird than Lyrium-Leliana being back for plot reasons (Not that I would ever dare kill her, she is scary).

[@curator_z]

@@fischy947 my reaction was more along the lines of "...wait. I know that voice, don't I?" "No. They wouldn't!?" "Oh FUCKoff, Meredith! You're really gonna make me beat your ass again!?"

[@zenith110]

Super fast thoughts: Fight choreography was very enjoyable and the animations were crisp. It was a joy to see Tevinter, even only in part. Yes, characterization suffered, however it did keep with the pacing of the show for what it was given. Many spells and other Easter eggs were fun to watch. Qwydeon is best girl and she deserves all the happiness - all of it. Even though it may be off putting to some, it was fun to see Meredith as the surprise hand behind the scenes. Blood magic is always fun to watch.

[@mikaaoife6557]

Something tells me Fairbanks isn't completely dead ... and I had a feeling Meredith wasn't quite done. I honestly thought the Crimson Knight was referring to Samson.

[@AlleluiaElizabeth]

They just apparently hide his body (In the cellar???) and then we never hear about it again. .... I would be worried about using the barrels in that cellar now.

[@mikaaoife6557]

@@AlleluiaElizabeth Right contamination much?

[@NRV0]

I honestly didn't think too hard on who the Crimson Knight could be. Most likely a new character?? I had no clue on it being Meredeth and I'm not sure how I feel about it fully. On one hand, I feel like her returning is a nice way to keep the Red Templars around but on the other hand I felt like her story was concluded nicely in DA2 and I think I lean more this way. Regardless on how I feel about it, I'm happy to get more DA content moving the plot forward.

[@whiteraven562]

@@AlleluiaElizabeth and he's not the only corpse they stuffed in those barrels

[@aliceguichard9367]

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[@amandasmith593]

I'm gonna put on my tin foil hat and say that the Crimson Knight isn't really Meredith. I think it's far more likely that it's a demon either using Meredith's identity to achieve its own ends, or that believes it's Meredith similar to how Cole was in Asunder.

[@sarialue]

i want this to be true

[@nontheghost2534]

I was thinking the same.

[@jessicatate3162]

I think she might be a red lyrium ghost

[@arcanecarott6037]

Well the end credits differently

[@amandasmith593]

​@@arcanecarott6037 I wouldn't put too much stock in the credits. If this is some sort of imposter, that's likely meant to be a reveal later down the road. Wouldn't want to give that away in the end credits.

[@YoRouable]

I went into viewing Absolution with low expectations, and actually ended up loving it. I genuinely liked all the new characters, and the short runtime didn't bother me because it basically just felt like a movie spliced into 6 pieces. There were elements of the show that I was incredibly impressed by. The music and sound-effects, for one. And the trailers that came previously didn't really do the animation justice, in my opinion. Those fight scenes were very dynamic in a way that we haven't really seen in other Dragon Age tie-ins. I just keep thinking of how stiff and goofy the mages were in Dawn of the Seeker, and how there was only a couple of mages in Redemption because of the lower special effects budget. And compared to Redemption and Dawn of the Seeker, Absolution not only felt like it was written by people who were very familiar with the world and lore, but the actual quality and budget seemed very high--probably why the series was only 6 episodes, tbh. They probably could've squeezed out a few more episodes if the quality was lower, but that's not really something I'd be willing to trade. Now....if only we can get netflix to greenlight a second season. The only thing that drove me bonkers was the cliffhanger ending, because netflix is notorious for canceling shows after 1 season---even if they do incredibly well.

[@litheq]

I as well had low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. I also liked the art style combined with the low-fps reminiscent of animations from the 90s. I just wish they hadn't utilized the shaking camera effect during the combat scenes. I found it annoying and unnecessary. The fast-paced action was enough for what they wanted to convey.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

Another cliffhanger ending in Dragon Age? 🙄 I really hope DA4 doesn't end in one, waiting 8-10 years again for the continuation (or never at all) is just stupid.

[@litheq]

@@SeventhheavenDK my sentiments exactly! I don't want the franchise to end, however I don't think I can wait for a different game to finish the arc. I need closure! Hope they end it here and then make spinoffs, sequels, prequels, remakes, whatever.

[@Calekoflight]

One of the things I really enjoyed was how every 'combat class' got a chance to shine and be badass. So often in fantasy it's only the magic users that are real threats. Also, it's kind of fun to see competent warriors, rogues and mages simply not compare to the walking genocides that are our player characters...

[@kayleighstax]

I definitely feel like the show was extremely rushed. For the amount of plot that they had to cramp into these episodes, I wished they had a bit more budget to either extend the episodes or create more. I couldn't get invested into the characters because I wasn't given any time to care for them. And even though I'm a fan of the lore/games, I feel like this show is made for fans and fans only. If you didn't have any knowledge prior, you'd had to survive a tidal wave of exposition every single episode

[@kayleighstax]

Though I will say, it was pretty amazing to see Tevinter explored a bit further. And to see characters like Cassandra and inquisition lore incorporated into the story. The animation on it's own was also pretty neat. Just wished they had more time to develop the overal story arc

[@Dsaysalot]

I agree- it doesn’t feel like something a non-fan can approach easily at all

[@stealthkillz3114]

Thats not always a bad thing though. If you are going to make an adaptation its sort of expected that you'd give us something that is focused on THE FANS. Imagine if they titled this DA and then made something so incompetent and messed up/changed all preexisting lore to favor "modern audiences".

[@kayleighstax]

@@stealthkillz3114 that's a good point! However I do feel like if it would be Bioware's goal to attract new audiences to the franchise, especially with Dreadwolf coming up. That the show didn't have enough time to be an engaging story and an introduction to the games world lore alike

[@gladius1313]

My brother has never played dragon age. I got him to watch this as his introduction, and he loved it. And he only had a few questions

[@Zathurious]

You know, I'm glad they went with this world state. My two favorite scenes in trespasser involve the inquisitor raging over having to fix the world again, and later giving one final "f u" to the chantry.

[@subtlety9029]

Hawke’s antagonists just couldn’t stay dead, damn

[@venusexpress27]

I think the fact that Meredith is alive interesting bc we never really killed her, she turned into lyrium at the end of the batlle and as far as we know from inquisition lyrium is sentient, so would she be turning into some sort of "titan broodmother" giving birth to even more red lyrium

[@Marryjanesbud]

I don’t think it was a limited budget. I think it was a limited amount of time they had to work with. Either way, I enjoyed it & am hyped for dread wolf.

[@lukeorloki]

I wasn't ready for a Qunari Rebel Mage with pixie personality (which would be a no horns mouth sewn shut Saarebas so actually a Tal-Vashoth mage with pixie personality I guess). I thought she was one of the best characters and hope she shows up in DAD. I just wish there had been a reaction to her completely unexpected personality. She can have a talking Nug that tells dad jokes and everyone would be like that's normal we see talking nugs alot.

[@litheq]

She's probably rather a Vashoth, born outside the Qun, to have such a personality.

[@vestal7629]

@@litheq Definitely that line where she's like "Not technically a rebel mage, people pay you more to fight for something they believe in" made me think of Inquisitor Adaar's background being part of the Valo-Kas mercenary company

[@litheq]

@@vestal7629 good catch!

[@stephenhobbs5883]

I thought she was adorable 🥰

[@geronuis2295]

the show was half in the bag. loved all the flashy stuff, loved half the characters. the show failed though to get me to care for the main character, and that was my biggest problem, she was a poor man's Fenris at best and i honestly found myself rooting more for her companions than she herself. also, really enjoyed a certain magister before he went full anime villain, def feel they he was set up to be a better character than what he was later revealed to be.

[@StanLeeFan12]

I agree. I liked how in the beginning you could sympathize with him and agree with him to a certain extent. Then he just switched to fully evil for no reason in the end

[@geronuis2295]

@@StanLeeFan12 my number 1 gripe with the show was how hard they failed him as a character.

[@moisesfreire6408]

A decent show with a cool story. I think the trope of edgy serious elf from tevinter with a tragic past of slavery was already claimed by Fenris, but we got some good characters in the main cast, like Qwydion who stole the show for me (would not mind her as a possible party member/love interest AT ALL) . Overall I had fun. Surprisingly good animation too, amazing even in some parts. Can't wait to see what's next, from a second season or the next DA.

[@antiochus87]

Yeah the Tevinter elf character is kinda overdone and unoriginal at this point. And I agree, Qwydion was the best character and stole the show!

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

Miriam and Fenris should get together for a cup of tea

[@EphPhaThaINC]

Hopefully we will get a second season with more episodes and more character development, and for the love of the Maker, give us more Quinydyne damnit. I sooooooo love that Qunari mage. She makes me so happy.

[@VgJM]

The ending was mindblowing for me. All the time I wasn't sure of what happens when you die in Dragon Age. Of course there were theories of different religions about the soul etc... But to see, that Neb's Soul came back, I believe there must be another dimension (also because.... what then happens to dwarfen souls which can't enter the fade?)

[@litheq]

Maybe they return to the Stone.

[@VgJM]

@@litheq So they say.... but this leads to so much more questions.

[@CommanderNam]

Really hope we get a season 2! Really loved it.

[@picnicprincess3658]

I hope that Meredith being back means well visit Kirkwall in Dreadwolf.

[@litheq]

I actually hope (but don't expect) that it's open world and we can see and visit all of Thedas!

[@BB-pb3hv]

@@litheq feels kinda impossible. Thedas is too huge. They'd have to make make thedas way too underwhelming to fit it all into an open world map

[@litheq]

@@BB-pb3hv doable it is. Just search for largest open world game maps for some impressive sizes that are anything but underwhelming. Inquisition itself had a map of more than 100 square kilometers! Witcher 3 is more than twice that. And it doesn't even have to be that big. Elden Ring is about 79km2 but it's so densely packed it feels massive. I just don't expect Bioware to give us access to the whole of Thedas.

[@DangerAwaitsYou]

Kirkwall is my favorite area that would be a treat

[@abcdefghij337]

I look forward to having to consider making an alliance with her in order to defeat Solas.

[@allcenema]

To me, the show doesn't feel like Dragon Age, I can't quite explain why. Like you said, it's a story to set up the next game and it feels souless. The Merdith "plot twist" made me roll my eyes, it feels like Bioware doesn't know how to create good villains anymore. Also, I go crazy everytime they say "circulus infinitus", Dorian would scoff at that pronunciation.

[@kylenirs3181]

I think the same. This show is more for the fan than everyone. I have no expectation and I love it.

[@LadyAhiru]

when i watched it i was like "Damn Varric, Bestie? You see whats happening in your city?" but also "Jesus we better check everyone Hawke ever killed."

[@kobaltmaster34]

The show was nice, the Easter eggs are done pretty naturally and not forced down your thought so I appreciated that. Dragon Age Dreadwolf will have its own villains but if the Meredith situation is addressed have Hawk come back to tie up that loos end (either the player helps them or actually play as Hawk in a DLC or what not… maybe throw Anders there in a redeeming attempt, why not? :D)

[@SeventhheavenDK]

No more Anders, please.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

No more Anders, please.

[@revanius2213]

I liked the show, it had some enjoyable moments, and the villains felt like Dragon Age villains from the books to where its hard to dislike them. Plus the Magister's magic was pretty cool. I also liked seeing a Qunari who had no stiffness to her.

[@wlb2j]

I enjoy your breakdowns. Subscribed!

[@ElDaktor]

Some great thoughts. I enjoyed the show and I absolution-ly wanted more. Ashly Burch as Qwydion

[@ironicly__iconic]

I loved that Meridith is back. She's a great villain. She's probably not alive which is why she needs the ring thing. It was short yes but sweet 😊 I had no trouble following the characters. People complain too much these days 😂

[@theghostofinnocentoptimism2714]

Definitely needed more episodes, but I had never played the games and played through all of them after I finished it, which proves there's enough there to encourage at least one person to do that.

[@HeroOrGod]

I enjoyed the show but i really miss the wardenssss 😭

[@MalarikFilms]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

[@lukeorloki]

At least they didn't bring back harvestor-abomination Orsino ... yet. Although Hira seems Orsino level stupid trusting the Venatori allies the Red Templars to get revenge on the Venatori or Tevintor.

[@Asteel94231]

personally not surprised that Meridith is back, red lyrim does weird stuff all the time.

[@willsword8100]

I so want a confirmed BioWare World State, I want it depicted either in Dragon Age Keep or just a brief go over. Something concrete.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

I don't think that will happen, because that will ruin the experience of people that don't share those choices. That's why they are very vague with many of the references to choices, that's why you never see a confirmation in books or comics about the origin, gender, class, survival status etc of the Warden, or Hawke'gender, class and fate or Inquisitor's gender or class. Or why even if in the books Alistair is used as King, the writers especificied that even if he is not King he still goes through those adventures unless he is dead (he even references it as a Warden in Inquisition), or why they never mentioned Wynne's name in Inquisition while Cole or other characters talked about the Asunder events. The Inquisition we knew in the game exists no more even if you choose to keep it. So what they say here about he Inquisition not being around anymore is true no matter what choice you made. Etc.

[@kylemurdock8034]

So Meredith lives on after DA 2, while Hawke loses his whole family and potentially gets left in the fade in DAI 😮‍💨. I need dragon age stories to end a little more upbeat

[@andrewcurcillo]

Good video Saria. I have a couple of questions though. Did Cassandra and Leliana actually task them to steal the infinitum or did Hira lie about that in the first place including lying to Fairbanks? Basically, did Hira make the whole mission up? I thought the end made it clear the Inquisition wouldn't acctually have allowed this mission because it would start a war with Tevinter. Also I'm not exactly sure why Miriam was against Neb being brought back, was it explained that that wasn't really him somehow. The ritual itself didn't even require someone sacrifice their life. Is there some other reason beyond Miriam not trusting blood magic?

[@sarialue]

never thought of the whole quest being a fake, but I doubt it since Fairbanks was in on stealing the artifact- Hira just knew the right person who could help which was Miriam. Not too sure why everyone is thinking that both sides are disbanded. There is a literal text that explains fighting against Solas can work but your forces can become corrupted. Its the saying of leave the dead to bury the dead, Neb shouldn’t have never come back, they didn’t do a good job on Rez’s character development of doing anything to bring him back (insanity mage mode ig) The ritual used a bunch of dead templar/chantry workers including a lot of dragon blood. Ofc bringing someone back to life is gunna cost a lot of blood too. Idk the show did give some plot holes imo

[@andrewcurcillo]

@@sarialue I thought he just used the dragons blood for the ritual itself, but used other blood to get the dragon back under control because Qwidion freed it. If the Inquisition really ordered this its basically a declaration of war and an Exalted March on Tevinter. They were killing Hella people.

[@OhPie48]

More like Leliana already know about Hira's plan as Leliana a great spy master that is why Leliana allowed Hira's plan to happen as it is the only way to get the relic but then put Fairbanks to backstab Hira after getting the relic. Leliana plans was to used Hira but Fairbanks failed.

[@davidkraus5195]

I enjoyed the show, but one thing kinda bugs me out Why did Hira put her trust in Red lyrium statue to help her get rid of Venatori? Venatori do have connections to Red lyrium, and also to Cory, who himself was partly red lyrium, I guess connecting the dots might not be as obvious to someone who wouldnt know as much, but Hira was a member of the inqusition, she should be able to connect the dots. First: that Red lyrium isnt exactly a sign of an honest and totally not powerhungry monster and second: that Venatori and red lyrium have a whole lot in common and effectively fought on the same side of the war that she took part in. Am I missing something that makes this mental gymnastics plausible?

[@beep3242]

My thoughts are that Hira either hasn't seen Meredith in person or that she is so blinded by vengeance that she doesn't care. She seems to just want the Imperium to burn.

[@lalalalala12oo]

Would you consider doing a playthrough of all the three games? I just discovered your chanel a few weeks ago and your tik tok much more recently, I would love to see a playthrough of someone who knows so much about the lore. love your videos

[@lorddedionware7526]

1:40 technically that is not true, even if you choose to reorganize the inquisition and have it serve the devine many of the inquisition lower ranked members still leave so the greater portion of the inquisition still technicly disbands. At at least that's how I understand it anyway

[@FalseWesley]

BRING BACK MAMA HAWKE!! 💔

[@LilBeaniebby]

Since bioware usually chooses the community most picked choice for their "canon" timeline usually within mass effect its noted, does that mean the majority of players chose to disband the inquisition?

[@SeventhheavenDK]

In the case of Dragon Age they don't choose the most popular, but the least conflicting one.

[@paulflimflam4198]

Thought is was great, want more

[@CrimsonRyou]

I really liked the Show! I'm a huge Tevinter fanboy (pls dont kill me) so the Tevinter content and the Story revolving around it really catched my interest. Great show but I can also understand that some people dont enjoy it/like it that much.

[@RupaRishima]

I really enjoyed it. I hope there is more.

[@sarialue]

I hope so too!

[@rachaelpracht]

I disbanded my inquisition because my inquisitor just about mcf*&kin had it with these ungrateful Thedosians

[@KedemothThePaladin]

I have 5 different playthroughs. Each being thoughtfully played depending on race, role, and decided personality type (lore-friendly). Only once did I manage to keep the Inquisition to piss on everyone for their stupidity. In my conclusion, it just feels right to disband.

[@gladius1313]

I wish it was longer, but I did enjoy it a lot. And I got my brother to watch it, with him never having played dragon age before, and he thought it was great

[@the-dark-side.]

Show legit made me cry. that betrayal at the end had me really f***ed up. I don't think I ever had such a visceral reaction to a show of any kind. It's the WORST kind of betrayal. And when you know how strongly she felt about the subject and to have it be the person the person it was. OMFG I wanted to punch like everyone. I didn't sob or anything it was angry tears and jesus I hadn't cried hard like that in so long. I never thought it would happen because of a show lol I really liked that there wasn't a "final boss battle" in the traditional sense. It was more satisfying to me the way they ended the conflict. The real struggle was all mental and you can see her progression throughout the show that led to that moment. She was always a dope fighter.That's what her life was about. A mass murderer in training. The scene with the "spirit" that poked through a literal veil was also super interesting and it has lore implications that dovetailed with my original theory about who the old gods were and what the veil actually is. I talked about it briefly on one of your older videos. I really liked it. Gonna watch it again now. See you later, Lethalan.

[@mythrildemon3341]

All I can say is that: it felt like a main quest + romance speedrun that you were just dropped into. People are also comparing it to arcane, but I hardly think it's fair since arcane had been in development for 6 or so years (from what I've heard) before it was released and it's based on a completely different style of game, where you need no knowledge of lore or the characters you play. There could have been more on all the characters. But especially Qwydion and Lacklon. Would have liked to see their stories. It just seemed as messy as when DA:I was in production. And maybe things were cut because it didn't fit within the world that is leading towards DA:D. It would have maybe been better if it didn't fit into the world. I liked it, regardless. It just felt like so much was missing.

[@Malgus87]

The biggest thing i learned is the Inquisitor is the herald of andraste

[@blazer168]

I liked the show, the shortness of it was a benefit imo. They kept the story tight without needless stuff to pad out the time and had plenty of action. The characters were understandable and relatable, heck I even felt bad for the villain. Overall, I liked it

[@tainadeoliveira]

Oh and regarding Meridith, Hawke never actually killed her - she just turned into lyrium. It is perfectly plausible she is still alive/never died. Most people we see overtaken by red lyrium in Inquisition appear like dead lyrium corpses but red templar horrors and behemoths seem to be entirely lyrium and are still walking, living abominations. Also I didn't see any signs of Meridith actually moving and she didn't move for like a decade, unless there is a good excuse I don't think she moved/regained life on her own. Perhaps her consciousness was just dormant... or like Shale she saw everything around her but couldn't do anything. It is also worth noting she had the red lyrium idol with her, but now Solas/someone else has it - the loss of her beloved idol might have been a catalyst for her awakening. My theory is that she is now a large paralysed piece of lyrium hidden in some red templar hold. Her consciousness might "move" inside the lyrium but not move physically. She could still spread lyrium though... honestly looks like a perfect way to create a boss arena in a future game.

[@KedemothThePaladin]

Speaking of Cullen being in the background, of Absolution. Will he be in the background of Dreadwolf or not at all?

[@kayleighstax]

I don't think he will be a npc to interact with, though he might still be mentioned

[@HeroOrGod]

He was in all 3 games so i hope so

[@AlleluiaElizabeth]

He might be mentioned in text, but I have a feeling Bioware won't hire his VA again. They disagree politically. Though they could recast him, I suppose.

[@KedemothThePaladin]

@@AlleluiaElizabeth Honestly, if there was any bad blood and they terminated Ellis indefinitely, would be great for Bioware to honor Cullen with a heroic sacrifice fighting against Meredith. That is, if they have plans not to use Cullen furtherly.

[@AlleluiaElizabeth]

@@KedemothThePaladin People who romanced him in Inquisition would be mad, though. lol Maybe make it world state dependent? Dunno how you'd establish that in a tv show. But... like it only happened in the codex entries in Dreadwolf in certain conditions, but not in others? I dunno, it gets messy. I'd like for him to be in the tv show involved in dealing with Meredith, though. Just not to die in it. Assuming there's another season.

[@MechLock1198]

A lot of these Netflix animes have short seasons. I don't think it's a budget issue, from what I've heard a lot of animation studios are highly in demand, and have large backlogs of work scheduled.

[@hinkelstein1494]

I swear to theMaker.. if the Qunari start experimenting with necromancy and bring back the Arishock from Kirkwall im gonna scream.

[@connorrobinson8387]

Loved the show, we just need way more episodes!!!!!!

[@mayalewis2956]

You know what would be cool,?Meridiths sisters spirit possessing somebody maybe a recently dead one to help put a stop to her,id have her utterly disgusted with her sisters actions too

[@indiana_holmes]

I don't mind Meredith being alive as some sort of warped Red Lyrium monster, I just wish they would have done it better. Her fate seemed pretty finite in DA2 and all of the allusions to her made it seem like she was relatively dormant. Yet suddenly she's in charge of the Red Templars in Kirkwall and looks completely different from her appearance at the end of DA2 or in the Black Emporium (which I always assumed was an elaborate forgery/hoax or something, like the 'Fiji Mermaid'). Hopefully they'll provide some better backstory as to why and how Meredith ended up being 'reborn' post DA:I.

[@bossjohnny6355]

we do know at the end of tresspassers dlc the inquisition did disband what is left of it became the honor guard for divine victoria. plus with solas/fen'hrel knowing every secrets, tactics, etc. the inquisition would have a hard time tracking and tacking down solas who might have agents hidden within the inquisition had it not disbanded but that doesn't mean that there out of the game yet. they will have to make some new friends within the tevinter empire showing the inquisitor marking his dagger on a map with tevinter as the location. thus the next game would be set in tevinter empirium. throught out all the dragon age game i've played tevinter is one place i'd always wanted to explore in it scenery, secrets, lore, and much more

[@bdjsb7]

I'm not super up on the comic and book lore, but is it possible Meredith's consciousness is the driving force in the proliferation of Red Lyrium across Thedas? In kind of a "one with the force" sort of way, where she (potentially linked with an older spirit or consciousness from the idol?) exists now within ALL Red Lyrium- commanding the red templars and allowing the explosive growth of Red Lyrium as seen in Inquisition? Just a thought, but potentially a plot thread that could be confined to the show if resolved soon enough.

[@slugtouch]

I'm confused on the timeline. If this is after trespasser, considering the inquisition has already disbanded, then shouldn't either leliana or cassandra be divine? Unless BioWare's worldstate has vivienne as divine?

[@sarialue]

yeah that is confusing

[@femtoservants]

Lelianna and Cassandra flashback was before the ending of the events of DAI, it happened during DAI so no vivienne is not a divine. At least not canonically.

[@slugtouch]

@@femtoservants do you think there will be any mention in the future of who the divine is? like maybe in season 2?

[@femtoservants]

@@slugtouch Unless there is an actual canonisation the way mass effect 3 did it with udina as councilor regardless of choice, it's very doubtfull.

[@OhPie48]

Being divine doesn't mean you always wear robe and just on the sunburst throne. Just like in the game from time to time when cassandra set as divine she goes with the inquisitor to do some things outside.

[@spyexflony]

i wish they did more books

[@gregorde]

I did not know this existed!

[@ariatloakstan]

Now they need to revive Orsino and the Hawke boss bingo will be complete! :D

[@zerift5579]

Gotta say, the stuff with the imperium chantry and blood magic....yeah not convinced a knight commander doesn't know the imperial mages within their compound that practice blood magic since it is spelled out the black divine also practices via dorian in DA:I "every mage of rank practices it"

[@kallianpublico7517]

I thought that was weird. That female knight commander seemed too noble for a Tevinter citizen. Telling a magister not to use blood magic? That's what made the Tevinter Imperium, the guys who caused the blight, so forbidding and formidable. The show made it seem like the Tevinter Chantry taught their citizens the same things as the Orlesian Chantry. Very confusing 😕.

[@lyannastark3839]

I actually disbanded the Inquisition in my game, I figured that Solas had so many spies in it that you couldn't trust most people. Also, the way all the powers in Thedas were so ungrateful and bullying that I decided I wasn't going to be their puppet. The end of the Trespasser was so traumatic I still remember the pain. And it has been ten freaking years.

[@kallianpublico7517]

A lot of unrealistic action without any mystery, evil, or strong villains. The slave angle seemed a pretext to make Miriam seem sympathetic instead of viewing her as a psychopath bent on vengeance. All the wonder of going to a magic shop was made to look like going to a grocery store. A lot of good references for fans of the game, but more a sidequest than an epic. A sidequest that could have used a cameo by one of the Inquisitor's companions...Sera maybe. As for all the gayness, not really relevant. If Blood Magic couldn't be bothered to be made to look and sound taboo, I suppose all the gayness was normal too. The whole thing needed more contrast between light and dark. It was too sunny in atmosphere and scenery.

[@SheldonCooper-yj8pu]

The last part Saria mentioned was all the things I was thinking . Most of the dialog felt a bit rushed and the actual storyline was bult around the circulum and how the magister wanted to use it . The whole thing ended in 6 episodes, I mean come on now seriously, There was not even a build up to the end . IMO I think Bioware kinda intended it to be like another trailer and in the previous trailers for DA:Dreadwolf the show a rogue with a dagger in his/her hand ,is this hinting at Marium? Please let me know your thoughts Saria, Also will there be a Season 2?

[@ryanhernandez5632]

Super exited to see that the former knight commander maradith being alive within the her red lyrium body. Questions remain though, does she have the blight if she manages to revive her body or even worse will she be a high darkspawn like coriphius and that 1 guy from DAO. There also the chance that high darkspawn can become arch demons. If that's the case she could try to start her holy war by starting the 3rd or 4th blight(sorry I forgot which one were on at this point)

[@litheq]

High darkspawn (emissaries) don't become archdemons. Old Gods become archdemons.

[@ryanhernandez5632]

@@litheq who knows mybe they can if they grow in power or if by some chance absorb the soul of a old god. Like what coriphius attempted to do with the well of souls.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

@@ryanhernandez5632 . Corypheus didn't try to absorb the soul of an old god with the Well, he didn't even plan on drinking from it himself. He was trying to use the power, because well, it's powerful, and also to use the Eluvian in the Arbor Wilds as a means to reach the Fade and thus the Golden City. The old gods and the well have no connection (so far) in case you are implying Mythal is an old god.

[@ralphforbes5807]

I feel like there will be more to this show also...kirkwall got me all kinds of concerned lol

[@fenharel2137]

We'll probably see Varrik in next season since he claims to be a viscount of Kirkwall during and after the Trespasser DLC.

[@allankuria9923]

Press F to pay respects to Fairbanks.

[@Ignorme1]

I like the show and i hope we see the character from the show in the game. Not just for a mission or in a diary.

[@chrisreed4065]

My issue with the whole Meredith thing is that she wasn't acting like Meredith. Meredith's issues are with mages not the Tevinter Imperium, not one group of mages, all mages. With the outcome of the Templar-Mage war in most cases ending with mages having more freedom. She would see herself as on a holy crusade to kill all mages not destroy the Tevinter Imperium, and she certainly wouldn't be working with a Tevinter Mage. She's a zealot and zealots aren't able to compromise.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

She learned from her mistakes, she will do whatever she needs to gain the power necessary to accomplish her goals also, well Tevinter is a country controlled by mages so it makes sense she wants to take it down, and from there destroy the rest.

[@dlastkatipunero2185]

I hope in or for the next game after dreadwolf that we get Inquisition's missing mechanics that were shown on E3

[@jessicajackson1749]

I enjoyed it. It was rushed but maybe if there is a second season they can slow down and bit and explain things a bit. 😊

[@wilfredmkereru4792]

Omg i want Qwydion and Roland to be party members. What i love those two. Seriously a happy go lucky Qunari Mage throwing fire balls and lightning in Tervinter, probably freaking out, maybe a little apoligetic yet still a bad ass, with the dashing yet really charismatic Orlisain warrior, (i know right, most orlisains are boring or snobs) who may or may not make you fall in love with him because of how smooth he is. What it would be awesome to have party memebers that are actually friends before they meet the protagonist of the story. Mariam, yah shes just the female, rouge version of Fenrus, who happens to get along with mages. Honestly i wouldn't mind her but i would rather have Fenrus (Even though i keep killing him because i sided with the mages in da2 😑) and Lacklon just feels like the copy and passed dwarf we've seen many times over. Seriously he feels like a dwarf we've seen before just with a different name. Now Hira she's pretty much the definition of smh. Basically double crossed everyone, hates Tervinter even though shes a Tervinter mage. Sold out the elf that loved her to the guy she was trying to escape. Left the Inquisition because they weren't gonna fight the imperium. And you know what is the cherry on top. She sides with Meredith. The Knight Commander of Kirkwall. Someone known to hate mages, also one of the people who decleared and started the mage x templar war. Like i said. pure SMH.

[@Zr0din]

...but for non fans that just wanted a D&D cartoon to watch... That was GREAT!!!

[@jf9144]

It was a self contained prequel to the new game coming outm

[@lelouche25]

what!?!?! BUT MY ENDING SAYS THEY'RE NOT BRUV.

[@daanvanderloon5032]

I'm not quite sure how I feel about Meredith being back... I mean she was pretty definitively dead... I even seem to remember a story from Tevinter Nights describing how they pulled the lyrium idol out of her petrified body.... so yea pretty much dead. I'm kinda hoping that it's not so much her body that is alive somehow, but that she became part of the Red lyrium we saw at the end of the anime. That her consciousness became trapped inside the lyrium somehow...

[@Kitserina]

Honestly, I came with super low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. Love the vids you make! :)

[@carolineshore1094]

I wonder why Meredith wants the circulum (who is she going to resurrect with it? And why would that end in tevinter being destroyed?)

[@Ironbreeze53]

Maybe the Crimson Knight isn’t actually Meredith but more akin to Cole

[@DarthDainese]

With how shit today’s entertainment is, I’m surprised there was any character development, if Bioware are prepared to put out a half arsed tv show, it makes me fearful for how Dread Wolf will turn out. I’m not very optimistic these days and always tend to lean towards it’ll be shit, but initially I was 50/50 for Dread Wolf, now I’m closer to 20/80, I’m expecting a train wreck

[@terrymullins7338]

I enjoyed the show. It was a bit fast, but its plot held together and it was a good watch

[@misami213]

I enjoyed the show but I didnt like any character, felt they were poorly written except Rezaren, also Fairbanks shows up in in DA Inquisition, tho I dont remember him very well, I was so excited to see Cassandra and Lilian, and missed Collin and Josephine.

[@AngelofAmbrosia]

Haha poor Hawke. Their actions have constantly get undermined in this series. 😂

[@SumoqueenLucia]

i enjoyed it! but it feels like a prequele. here are the characters and here is the story which will come. a glimpse of more. maybe another season. maybe for the game. i dunno. but i liked it but i am a huge fan and crave for any new dragon age stuff

[@frelynart]

I enjoyed the show a lot! To me, it felt like the love story between Hira and Miriam kiiind of reminded of Solavellan--like the whole "tragic character gives up their lover in pursuit of mass genocide" vibe xD

[@Russman67]

Since Hawke only threatened people, does that mean the Arishok is still running around?

[@SeventhheavenDK]

It seems to not be the case, because even if he survives in DA2 he gets executed by the Qunari for losing the relic a second time to Isabella.

[@AgentSqueaky]

I wish there was more episodes at least 10

[@pokefan213]

important question- obviously Game lore is cannon in this series, we find that out right away here's the question though- how much, if any, of Absolution is gonna be Cannon Lore for Dreadwolf.

[@sarialue]

with extra content? usually bioware keeps everything except the default world states

[@panlie3499]

Need season 2 so bad