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Approval Quest

Measuring the Veil

Solas: As I explored the Fade, I felt the presence of an intriguing artifact in the Hinterlands. If you are willing, I would like to locate it. I have marked its location as best as I could determine.

The PC heads to the Hinterlands.

Solas: According to my research, the ancient elves may have set up wards near here. If we can find the artifacts they used, it may help strengthen this area against tears.

As they approach a ruin, they see and elf fighting off a demon. The party helps.

Mihris (Dalish PC): Andaran atish’an. I did not expect to see another of Dalish blood here. My name is Mihris. Mihris (non-Dalish PC): Peace. I am no danger to you. My name is Mihris.

Mihris: By your weapons, I see you come ready for battle. Perhaps we face a common enemy in these demons.

Dialogue options:

General: What are you doing out here? [1]
General: Leave. I don’t trust you. [3] +Cassandra slightly approves -Dorian slightly disapproves -Blackwall disapproves

1 - General: What are you doing out here? PC: Are you fighting demons on your own? Mihris: Fighting demons is pointless. There will always be more. And I have no means of closing the rifts. But I have heard of elven artifacts that measure the Veil. They may tell us where new rifts will appear. I was not expecting so many demons, however. I believe one of the artifacts is nearby. Can you help me reach it?

General: Yes. We’ll help. [2]
General: Leave. I don’t trust you. [3] +Cassandra slightly approves -Dorian slightly disapproves -Blackwall disapproves

2 - General: Yes. We’ll help. PC: It sounds worth investigating. Mihris: Thank you. It shouldn’t be too much farther ahead. [4]

3 - General: Leave. I don’t trust you. PC: Get out of here. Things are dangerous enough without another mad mage. Mihris: The may the Dread Wolf take you, fool. She leaves.

4 - Scene continues.

Mihris: Thank you for joining me. I do not think I could have done this alone.

Dialogue options:

Investigate (Dalish PC): Why did you leave your clan? [5]
Investigate (non-Dalish PC): How did you end up here? [6]
General: Let’s keep moving. [7]

5 - Investigate: Why did you leave your clan? PC: What took you away from your clan? Mihris: They were all killed… by a demon that our Keeper was foolish enough to summon. I am the only survivor of clan Virnehn. I was searching for another clan that would take me in when the Breach appeared. Now, I am doing whatever I can to help with this madness. [8]

6 - Investigate: How did you end up here? PC: How did you come to be here? Mihris: I was—am—First of Clan Virnehn. I left in service of my clan and saw that great tear in the Veil on my journey. I know more of magic and the Veil than any shemlen, so I hoped to help. Solas: Ma harel, da’len. Mihris: I… We should keep moving. [8]

7 - General: Let’s keep moving. PC: Come on. Mihris: Of course. [8]

8 - Scene continues.

The approach a barrier at the front of the ruin.

Mihris: We need focused magical energy to get by.

Dalish mage PC Mihris: You likely have more power than I do. My clan taught me little of such magic.

Non-Dalish mage PC Mihris: Can you manage it?

Solas in party Mihris: You, flat-ear. Can you manage it? Sola: Na nuvenin, da’len.

Dorian in party Mihris: You, human. Can you manage it? Dorian: Oh, I don’t know. We humans are so preoccupied by our inadequacies.

Vivienne in party Mihris: You, human. Can you manage it? Vivienne: Better than you can, apparently.

No mage in party Mihris: Give me a moment.

They head inside, fighting demons along the way.

Mihris: There. If we activate that crystal, it should react to the strength of the Veil.

The PC activates the artifact.

Solas: Yes, the wards are helping to strengthen the Veil. This area should be safer for travelers now.

Mihris: Well, that should prove useful. And it seems the ancestors left something for me as well. Interesting. I believe our alliance is concluded. Go in peace, stranger.

Dialogue options:

Special: Solas? [9] +Solas approves
Special (Dalish PC): Please, I need that. [10] -Sera slightly disapproves
Arcane: I can use that. [11]
General: I want what you found. [12] -Cassandra slightly disapproves
General: Goodbye. [13]

9 - Special: Solas? Solas: Ma halani, ma glandival. Vir enasalin. Mihris: I… perhaps you’re right. Here. Take it. [14]

10 - Special: Please, I need that. PC: Mana. Ma halani. There are few in this world I can trust without my own people turning against me. Have I not proven myself? I’m of your blood, and I may be able to use what you’ve found. Mihris: I… perhaps you’re right. Here. Take it. [14]

11 - Arcane: I can use that. PC: Do you even know what you’re holding? How it will interact with the Veil, the Breach, the demons? I have the knowledge to use what you’ve found safely. you don’t. Mihris: I… perhaps you’re right. Here. Take it. [14]

12 - General: I want what you found. PC: Give me whatever it is you found there. Mihris: I should have expected this. May the Dread Wolf take you. They fight, and the PC must kill her for the amulet.

13 - General: Goodbye. PC: Farewell to you. [14]

14 - Scene continues.

Mihris: Go with Mythal’s blessing.

—

As the PC comes across other artifacts across Thedas:

Solas: I believe I sense one of the atrifacts of my people.
Solas: I can sense elven magic somewhere nearby.
Solas: I can feel another of the elven artifacts.
Solas: There’s an elven artifact nearby.
Solas: We’re near another artifact.

When the PC activates an artifact:

Solas: The ward are working. It should be harder for tears to form here.
Solas: Good. That should help strengthen the Veil.
Solas: Excellent. The wards are functioning again.
Solas: That should help ward off demons.
Solas: The wards are working.

[Fun fact! Mihris is from the clan that summoned Imshael in The Masked Empire. She plays a rather large role in the book and I recommend giving it a read for a number of different reasons.]

Low Approval

Conversation: You Have Abandoned the Elves

Available if the PC has asked Solas about elves.

PC (Dalish PC): Ma banal las halamshir var vhen. PC (non-Dalish PC): Are you ever concerned that you’ve turned your back on your people?

Solas: I have done no such thing. I simply see no way to help the elves, oppressed as they are now.

Dialogue options:

Special (Dalish PC): You could teach us! [1] +Solas slightly approves
Special (nobility perk): Educate them. [2] +Solas slightly approves
General: Really? No way at all? [3] +Solas slightly approves
General: Why not fight? [4] -Solas slightly disapproves
General: Do you feel nothing? [5] -Solas disapproves

1 - Special: You could teach us! PC: Ma halani! Lasa ghilan! Solas: How many Dalish would listen? Most care little about improving their lives. They already consider themselves perfect, the sole keepers of elven lore. I might reach a few, at most. [6]

2 - Special: Educate them. PC: You could teach them what you’ve learned. You could give them the tools to help themselves. Solas: How many would listen? Most of the poor and oppressed do not want to work to improve their condition. They want only comfort, an affirmation that they are good for being poor and oppressed. I might reach a few, at most. But… you are right. That is more than I reach doing nothing. I suppose I am just tired of fighting. [6]

6 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: What are you fighting? [7] +Solas slightly approves
General: Rely on friends. [8]
General: So change. [9] +Solas slightly approves
General: Don’t give up. [10] -Solas disapproves

7 - Investigate: What are you fighting? PC: What do you mean, you’re tired of fighting? Fighting what? Solas: Did you think I honed my magical skills to impress spirits? I have joined my share of causes. But when I offered lessons learned in the Fade, I was derided by my enemies… and sometimes by my allies. Liar. Fool. Madman. There are endless ways to say someone isn’t worth listening to. Over time, it grinds away at you. [back to 6] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 8 - General: Rely on friends. PC: That’s when you should lean on your friends. Solas: Apologies, Inquisitor. I have learned not to do that. Scene ends. ㅤㅤ ㅤ 9 - General: So change. PC: If you’re tired of losing, you might consider winning. Solas: (Laughs.) You’re right. I’ve given that advice to others in the past. Apparently I needed to hear it myself. Perhaps there is hope for you yet, Inquisitor. Scene ends. ㅤㅤ ㅤ 10 - General: Don’t give up. PC: If you stop fighting, they win. Solas: You do not win a war by fighting to the death in every battle. Pick the fights you can win, remember your goals, and do nothing that does not further them. Scene ends.

3 - General: Really? No way at all? PC: The man who has lived half his life in the Fade has no ideas? Solas: Not unless we collapse the Veil and bring the Fade here so I can casually reshape reality, no. PC: You’re a mage!

Solas (mage PC): As are you. What’s more, you are the Inquisitor. You could order Halamshiral returned to the Dalish, if you wished. Solas (non-mage PC): And you are the Inquisitor. You could order Halamshiral returned to the Dalish, if you wished.

Solas: But ultimately, you know that would fail. That even you cannot solve this. Why attack me for knowing that as well? [11]

4 - General: Why not fight? PC: With your power, you could do something. I’ve seen you in battle. Solas: Who would I attack? A gate guard? What if he felt sorry for the poor knife-ears under his watch? Or the lord who rules the city? Would his death at an elven apostate’s hands lead to better treatment for elves? There is no simple solution. I think you know that. Why attack me for knowing it as well? [11]

5 - General: Do you feel nothing? PC: You could still try. But ultimately, you don’t care enough about them. Solas: So you attack me, not for failing to have some magical solution, but for not appearing to care? Which is it? Do you wish me to find a way to help elves, or do you wish me to cry, to prove my feelings? There is no simple solution. I think you know that. Why attack me for knowing it as well? [11]

11 - Dialogue options:

General: Because I will help them. [12]
General: Because I wish I could help. [13] +Solas slightly approves

12 - General: Because I will help them. PC: Because you’ve given up, and I haven’t. I’ll find a way to help elves, with or without your help. Solas: And in all sincerity, I wish you luck. For my part, I will do what I can. Scene ends.

13 - General: Because I wish I could help. PC: I know. You’re right… but I wish you weren’t. Solas: If it helps, so do I. Scene ends.

Conversation: You’re Addicted to the Fade

PC: Tell me something. Do you care about anything in the world beyond the Fade?

Solas: Ah.

PC: Ah?

Solas: The Inquisitor turns [their] hawk-like gaze to me, penetrating deep into my most secret desires. Only… not. I care deeply for many things beyond the Fade. Just not you.

Dialogue options:

General: How can I change that? [1]
General: Thanks so much. [2] +Solas slightly approves
General: Tread lightly. [3] -Solas disapproves

1 - General: How can I change that? PC: If the Inquisition is going to succeed, I need everyone’s support. Solas: No. You need everyone’s obedience. PC: I disagree. I’d like us to reach a better place. Solas: Then do something worth respecting, Inquisitor. Scene ends.

2 - General: Thanks so much. PC: Well, at least you’re polite about it. Solas: You did ask. I am powerless to hide anything from the keen eye of the Inquisition. Scene ends.

3 - General: Tread lightly. PC: You’re going to want to watch that attitude, Solas. Solas: Why? Do you have another expert on the Fade hiding around here? Are you absolutely certain you won’t need me? I volunteered to help, Inquisitor. Rattle the bars if you like, but I chose to enter this cage. Scene ends.

Cutscene: How Does It Feel?

The PC finds Solas in the rotunda.

Solas: Inquisitor. Tell me. How does it feel?

PC: How does what feel?

Solas: Being you. Are you blissfully unaware or, deep inside, is some part of you banging on the walls, screaming?

Dialogue options:

General: What did I do? [1]
General: Fine, thanks. [2]
General: Spit it out. [3] -Solas slightly disapproves

1 - General: What did I do? PC: Have I offended you in some way, Solas? Solas: Oh, in some way, yes. [4]

2 - General: Fine, thanks. PC: Being me feels great. Like pulling on a warm pair of stockings. Solas: Continue with your merry japes. It would be sad were you forced to examine yourself with a critical eye. [4]

3 - General: Spit it out. PC: If you have a problem, say it. I don’t have time for your feelings. Solas: Of course. Any criticism must be the crazy knife-ear whining. [4]

4 - Choice dependent dialogue:

PC claimed chosen [5]
Mages conscripted [6]
Templars allied [7]
Wardens allied [8]
None of the above [9]

5 - PC claimed chosen Solas: Although I should watch my tone. I speak to a demigod, after all. The Chosen of Andraste. Do you enjoy the worship? Does it make you feel infallible, or do you see them as fools, gullible for their belief?

Dialogue options:

General: I’m giving them hope. [10] +Solas slightly approves
General: I believe. [11] -Solas slightly disapproves
General: The lie is useful. [12] -Solas disapproves
General: This conversation is over. [24] -Solas greatly disapproves

10 - General: I’m giving them hope. PC: I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but people could use something to believe in. Solas: You give them a lie. Pride, defense, love of family, even the concept of the Inquisition… those are real things! You do them no favors by keeping them ignorant. But then, ignorance must be so appealing to you. [9]

11 - General: I believe. PC: You’re welcome to think whatever you like. I believe I was chosen. Solas: So your great Maker will stop anything terrible from happening. How’s that working so far? [9]

12 - General: The lie is useful. PC: I don’t get to be picky about the tools I use. If the story gets me more allies for this fight, I’ll use it. Solas: You’re not gaining allies. You’re gaining minions. Sheep driven by one false god to fearfully follow another. [9]

6 - Mages conscripted Solas: Are you relieved to have mages back under control? Perhaps when you’re done, you can leash them like Qunari do.

Dialogue options:

General: It had to be done. [13]
General: Mages earned their reputation. [14] -Solas slightly disapproves
General: The Qunari have a point. [15] -Varric greatly disapproves
General: This conversation is over. [24] -Solas greatly disapproves

13 - General: It had to be done. PC: Perhaps someday we won’t need the Circle. Right now, mages are too dangerous. Solas: Of course they are. They’ve been locked in a tower and told they’re monsters all their lives. [16]

14 - General: Mages earned their reputation. PC: I wouldn’t have had to do that if mages hadn’t blown up quite so many chantries. Solas: Yes, I’m certain they did that with no provocation. [16]

15 - General: The Qunari have a point. PC: I don’t hear of mages blowing things up where the Qunari rule. Solas: Of course. Everyone is happy under the Qun. What’s the sacrifice of a few lives to keep people from discomfort? [16]

16 - Scene continues.

Solas (Wardens allied): Why am I surprised? You supported the Grey Wardens. Their blind zealotry must be a solace. [9]

7 - Templars allied Solas: Are you glad to have the templars back at your side? A strong, proud organization founded on the fear of magic. What a wonderful job it has done.

Dialogue options:

General: They protect us. [17] -Solas slightly disapproves
General: We need their skills. [18] +Solas slightly approves
General: We need warm bodies. [19] -Solas slightly disapproves
General: This conversation is over. [24] -Solas greatly disapproves

17 - General: They protect us. PC: The templars protect people! Solas: Yes! From thinking! [20]

18 - General: We need their skills. PC: The templars have their faults, but I suspect we’re going to be fighting more mages before this ends. Solas: Templars could have helped as part of the Inquisition, not as a separate entity dedicated to spreading fear. [20]

19 - General: We need warm bodies. PC: The templars are a tool. I needed them intact. Solas: Regardless of the long-term consequences of their divisive goals. [20]

20 - Scene continues.

Solas (Wardens allied): Why am I surprised? You supported the Grey Wardens. Their blind zealotry must be a solace. [9]

8 - Wardens allied Solas: Are you pleased to have the Grey Wardens on your side? Do you wish you could join their proud little cult? How long, do you think, before their next attempt to control something beyond their comprehension?

Dialogue options:

General: You are too hard on them. [21] -Solas disapproves
General: You think you know a lot? [22] -Solas disapproves
General: We need them. [23] +Solas slightly approves
General: This conversation is over. [24] -Solas greatly disapproves

21 - General: You are too hard on them. PC: The Wardens deserved a chance to redeem themselves. Solas: Their only purpose is to protect the world from something they do not understand, something that corrupts them! [9]

22 - General: You think you know a lot? PC: So you’re an expert on the Blight now, not just the Fade? Or are you just an authority on everything strange? Solas: If current wisdom suggests you corrupt yourself with darkspawn blood, any suggestion I offer would have to be better. [9]

23 - General: We need them. Grey Wardens know more about the Blight than anyone else. They’re our best hope of fighting it. Solas: If that is true, then… (Sighs.) Let us hope otherwise. For all our sakes. [9]

24 - General: This conversation is over. PC: I don’t answer to you, Solas, and I don’t have time for this. Solas: Of course, Inquisitor. I won’t interrupt you further. Solas walks away. Scene ends.

9 - Scene continues.

Solas: I should thank you, Inquisitor. I had spent time with few of your people before this. From the stories, I thought you all thuggish, simple, and crude. Now?

Solas (killed the demon during All New, Faded For Her): After seeing you heroically defend the helpless mages from a demon they themselves unleashed? Solas (killed the sentinels at the Temple of Mythal): After observing you strike down some of the few true elves left for the crime of defending their temple?

Solas: Now I know I was right. You have no idea what a comfort that is.

Dialogue options:

General: So you’re leaving? [25] -Solas disapproves
General: Good for you. [26] -Solas disapproves
General: [Hit Solas.] [27] +Solas greatly approves [this one is confusing - the game files say greatly disapproves, but some people’s games says greatly approves.]

25 - General: So you’re leaving? PC; I’m sorry you feel that way, Solas. Will you be taking your leave? Solas: No. PC: No? Solas: We have a world to save. Until I see a better option, I will stay and lend my services to this Inquisition. Perhaps one day you will even listen. Solas walks away. Scene ends.

26 - General: Good for you. PC: Happy to help, Solas. We should do this more often. Solas: We truly should. Solas walks away. Scene ends.

27 - General: [Hit Solas.] PC: (Breathes.) The PC punches Solas in the face. Solas: (Grunts.) Solas stumbles, and then stands back up clutching his face. Solas: How entirely expected. By your leave, Inquisitor. Solas walks away. Scene ends.

Warm Approval

Cutscene: Felt The Whole World Change

Special: Tell me more about yourself.

PC: I’m interested in what you told me of yourself and your studies. If you have time, I’d like to hear more.

Solas: You continue to surprise me. All right, let us talk… preferably somewhere more interesting than this.

The scene cuts to them walking through Haven.

PC: Why here?

Solas: Haven is familiar. It will always be important to you.

PC: We talked about that already.

They enter the cells below the chantry.

Solas: I sat beside you while you slept, studying the Anchor.

Dialogue options:

General: Thank you. [1]
General: That must have been quick. [2] +Solas slightly approves
General: We’re not here for me. [3] -Solas slightly disapproves

1 - General: Thank you. PC: I’m glad someone was watching over me. Solas: You were a mystery. You still are. [4]

2 - General: That must have been quick. PC: How long can it take to look at a mark on my hand? Solas: A magical mark of unknown origin, tied to a unique breach in the Veil? Longer than you might think. [4]

3 - General: We’re not here for me. PC: I wanted to know more about you. Solas: This is about me. [4]

4 - Scene continues.
Solas: I ran every test I could imagine, searched the Fade, yet found nothing. Cassandra suspected duplicity. She threatened to have me executed as an apostate if I didn’t produce results.

Dialogue options:

General: I wouldn’t allow that. [5]
General: Of course she did. [6] +Solas slightly approves
General: It got results. [7] -Solas slightly disapproves

5 - General: I wouldn’t allow that. PC: I would never have agreed to that. Solas: You were in no position to argue. [8]

6 - General: Of course she did. PC: Cassandra’s like that with everyone. Solas: Yes. (Chuckles.) [8]

7 - General: It got results. PC: The threat worked. Solas: No, it didn’t. [8]

8 - Scene continues.

They leave.

Solas: You were never going to wake up. How could you, a mortal sent physically through the Fade? I was frustrated, frightened. The spirits I might have consulted had been driven away by the Breach. Although I wished to help, I had no faith in Cassandra… or she in me. I was ready to flee.

Dialogue options:

General: You didn’t. [9]
General: Where to? [10] +Solas slightly approves
General: You were smart not to. [11]

9 - General: You didn’t. PC: But you stayed. Solas: I did. [12]

10 - General: Where to? PC: The Breach threatened the whole world. Where did you plan to go? Solas: Someplace far away where I might research a way to repair the Breach before its effects reached me. I never said it was a good plan. [12]

11 - General: You were smart not to. PC: If you’d run, Cassandra would have been certain of your guilt. She’d have hunted you down. Solas: You are likely right. [12]

12 - Scene continues.

Solas: I told myself: one more attempt to seal the rifts. I tried and failed. No ordinary magic would affect them. I watched the rifts expand and grow, resigned myself to flee, and then…

There’s a flash back to the moment Solas thrusts’ the PC’s hand at the first rift.

Solas: It seems you hold the key to our salvation. You had sealed it with a gesture… and right then, I felt the whole world change.

Dialogue options:

Surprised: This mattered to you? [13]
Confused: This isn’t how it happened. [14]
Stoic: I’m glad you stayed. [15]
Flirt: You care about me? [16]

13 - Surprised: This mattered to you? PC: It was that impressive to see me awake? Solas: You had walked in the Fade. I have explored the Fade more than anyone alive, but even I can only visit in dreams. But you… you might have been able to visit me here while awake. PC: What do you mean? [17]

14 - Confused: This isn’t how it happened. PC; You didn’t say it that way, I don’t think. You just… said it. Solas: Is that how you remember it? That is what I mean about perception shaping our existence. PC: But that’s only true in the Fade. [17]

15 - Stoic: I’m glad you stayed. PC: For all our sakes, I’m pleased that you stuck around. Solas: As am I. You have fractured rules of man and nature, and you will shatter more before you are done. [17]

17 - Scene continues.

Solas (mage PC): Visiting me here, even as a mage… it should not have been so easy for you. Solas (non-mage PC): To visit me here, and you not even a mage…

PC: What do you mean? [20]

16 - Flirt: You care about me? PC: Felt the whole world change? Solas: A figure of speech. PC: I’m aware of the metaphor. I’m more interested in “felt.” Solas: You change… everything.

Dialogue options:

General: It’s okay. [18]
Flirt: [Kiss him.] [19]

18 - General: It’s okay. PC: You’re a good friend, Solas. I appreciate that. Solas: Thank you. You throw me off so easily. Even here. PC: What do you mean, “even here”? [20]

19 - Flirt: [Kiss him.] PC: Sweet talker. The PC kisses him, and goes to leave, but Solas grabs them and they kiss agian. Solas: We shouldn’t. It isn’t right. Not even here. Solas steps back. PC: What do you mean, “even here”? [20]

20 - Scene continues.

Solas: Where did you think we were?

The PC looks around.

PC: This isn’t real.

Solas: That’s a matter of debate… probably best discussed after you wake up.

The PC jolts awake in their bed.

Conversation: Sleep Well?

Solas: Sleep well?

Choice dependent dialogue:

Non-romance [1]
Romance [2]

1 - Non-romance

Dialogue options:

General: That was incredible. [3]
General: That was… I don’t know. [4]
General: That was strange. [5]

3 - General: That was incredible. PC: I’ve never done anything like that before. Do you regularly talk to people in dreams? Solas: No. Consider that one more rule you have effortlessly broken in your rise to power. [6]

4 - General: That was strange. PC: I had some odd dreams. Very odd dreams. With very odd people in them, for that matter. Solas: I will take that as a compliment, given that you include yourself. Remember, you came looking for me. [6]

5 - General: That was… I don’t know. PC: When I asked to talk to you, I didn’t think we’d be doing it in the Fade. Still better than the dream where I’m standing naked in front of the war table. Solas: Since you went to the trouble of finding me in your sleep, it was worth the effort of doing something interesting. [6]

6 - Scene continues.

I had no idea that the Anchor would allow you to dream with such focus. It is truly remarkable. But I am reasonably certain we are awake now, and if you wish to discuss anything, I would enjoy talking. Scene ends.

2 - Romance

Dialogue options:

General: That was incredible. PC: I’ve never done anything like that before. On a number of levels. ㅤㅤ ㅤ
General: That was strange. PC: I had some odd dreams. Very odd dreams. Liked how it ended, though. ㅤㅤ ㅤ
General: That was… I don’t know. PC: When I asked to talk to you, I didn’t think we’d be doing it in the Fade. Or, for that matter, doing it in the Fade.

If PC is in an active romance with someone else Solas: A momentary lapse in judgement. As you are now seeing someone else, we may comfortably leave it in the land of dreams. But I am reasonably certain we are awake now, and if you wish to discuss anything, I would enjoy talking. Scene ends.

If the PC can romance Solas Solas: (Laughs.) I apologize. The kiss was impulsive and ill considered, and I should not have encouraged it.

Dialogue options:

General: I’m sorry. [7]
General: And yet you did. [8]
General: Are you not interested? [9]

7 - General: I’m sorry. PC: Solas, I thought you were interested. If I misread you, I apologize. Solas: No, you have no need to apologize. I…

8 - General: And yet you did. PC: You say that, but you’re the one who started with tongue. Solas: I did no such thing. PC: Oh, does it not count if it’s only Fade-tongue?

9 - General: Are you not interested? PC: You did kiss me back. If I’m pressuring you… Solas: No, you’re not. I am perhaps pressuring myself.

10 - Scene continues.

Solas: It has been a long time, and things have always been easier for me in the Fade. I am not certain this is the best idea. It could lead to trouble.

Dialogue options:

Flirt: I’ll risk it. [11]
End relationship: Then let’s end it. [12]

11 - Flirt: I’ll risk it. PC: I’m willing to take that chance, if you are. Solas: I… may be, yes. If I could take a little time to think. There are… considerations. PC: Take all the time you need. Solas: Thank you. I am not often thrown by things that happen in dreams.

12 - End relationship: Then let’s end it. PC: Agreed. Best simply to be friends. Solas: Thank you. I appreciate that… and I will always remember a surprising moment stolen in a dream.

13 - Scene continues.

Solas: But I am reasonably certain we are awake now, and if you wish to discuss anything, I would enjoy talking. Scene ends.

High Approval

Before the Anchor

Solas: Inquisitor, I was… do you have a moment?

Solas leads the PC to the balcony of their quarters.

Solas: What were you like before the Anchor?

The PC looks at thir hand.

Solas: Has it affected you? Changed you in any way? Your mind, your morals, your… spirit?

Dialogue options:

General: No, not really. [1]
General: How should I know? [2]
General: Get to the point. [3]

1 - General: No, not really. PC: I don’t believe so. Solas: Ah. PC: Why do you ask?

2 - General: How should I know? PC: If it had, do you really think I’d have noticed? Solas: No. That’s an excellent point. PC: Why do you ask?

3 - General: Get to the point. PC: What do you think is going on here?

4 - Scene continues.

Solas: You show a wisdom I have not seen since… since my deepest journeys into the ancient memories of the Fade. You are not what I expected.

Dialogue options:

General: I’m just like everyone else. [5] -Solas slightly disapproves
General: You make that sound bad. [6]
General: What did you expect? [7]

5 - General: I’m just like everyone else. PC: I don’t think of myself as different from anyone. Solas: Perhaps not in the form of your body, no. [8]

6 - General: You make that sound bad. PC: Sorry to disappoint. Solas: It’s not disappointing, it’s… (Sighs.) Most people are predictable. [8]

7 - General: What did you expect? PC: What have I done that’s so surprising? [8]

8 - Choice dependent dialogue:

Dalish PC [9]
Dwarf/Qunari/human PC [10]

9 - Dalish PC Solas: You have shown subtlety in your actions, a wisdom that goes against everything I expected. If the Dalish could raise someone with a spirit like yours… have I misjudged them?

Dialogue options:

General: Yes. [11]
General: Honestly, not really. [12]
General: No. I am who I am. [13] +Solas slightly approves

10 - General: Yes. PC: I don’t hold the Dalish up as perfect, but we have something worth honoring. A memory of the ancient ways. [14]

11 - General: Honestly, not really. PC: Most of the Dalish care more about impressing other hunters with a good shot or talking about how awful humans are. There are only a few who seem to care about the old ways. [14]

12 - General: No. I am who I am. PC: The Dalish didn’t make me like this. The decisions were mine. Solas: Yes, you are wise to give yourself that due. Although the Dalish, in their fashion, may still have guided you. [14]

14 - Scene continues.

Solas: Perhaps that is it. I suppose it must be. Most people act with so little understanding of the world. But not you. [18]

10 - Dwarf/Qunari/human PC

dwarf PC Solas: Dwarves are practical. They do not dream. The cannot even imagine a world beyond the physical. But you have shown subtlety in your actions. A wisdom that goes against everything I know of your people.

Qunari PC Solas: Qunari are savage creatures, their ferocity held in check only by the rigid teachings of the Qun. But you have shown subtlety in your actions. A wisdom that goes against everything I know of your people.

human PC Solas: Humans are shortsighted, brutish. Blind to the beauty of the Fade, their minds cast in a duality of black and white. But you have shown subtlety in your actions. A wisdom that goes against everything I know of your people.

Dialogue options:

General: What about our friends? [15] General: I try. [16] General: You were misinformed. [17]

14 - General: What about our friends? PC: I’m just one part of this team, Solas. What about Cassandra or Leliana? Solas: Cassandra separates matters of faith from those of the world, and she above all should understand how limited that is. Leliana has a brilliant mind, but her faith was damaged. To her, it is all a game of tactics now. But not you. [18]

15 - General: I try. PC: I do what I can. Solas: You are modest. So many would use this Inquisition as a blunt instrument in their rise to power. But not you. [18]

16 - General: You were misinformed. PC: It seems everything you’ve been taught by your people has some holes in it. Solas: I have seen enough of the world to know I was not misinformed. Most people are small… petty. But not you. [18]

18 - Scene continues.

PC: So what does this mean, Solas?

non-romanced Solas: It means that I respect you deeply, Inquisitor. And I have disturbed you enough for one evening. Solas leaves. Scene ends.

romanced Solas: It means I have not forgotten the kiss.

Dialogue options:

End relationship: Let it go, Solas. [19]
Flirt: Neither have I. [20]

19 - End relationship: Let it go, Solas. PC: Perhaps you should. Solas: Perhaps you’re right. I will always respect you, Inquisitor. Solas leaves. Scene ends.

20 - Flirt: Neither have I. PC: Good. The PC moves closer, and Solas goes to leave. PC: Don’t go. The PC grabs his arm. Solas: It would be kinder in the long run. But losing you would… He turns, and they kiss. Solas: Ar lath ma, vhenan. Solas leaves, and the PC leans against the doorway. Scene ends.