Sweet Maker, have we got ourselves a small update on Dragon Age 4, dare I say our first unofficial look at the game in-production?
Jumping straight into this, with no time to waste! A TV screen with this saucy shot of Solas has been spotted at BioWare's new offices. In case you didn't know, towards the end of last August, BioWare made a huge move to new offices located in Downtown Edmonton.
And with that, as a press release move; the Edmonton Mayor greeted BioWare for a housewarming event, showing off the office with a few photos shared on Twitter.
I don't know if it's unbeknownst to the Mayor of Edmonton, that he potentially grabbed a huge Dragon Age 4 tease... But low and behold, we have this shot of Solas looking remorseful as heck struck in BioWare's studio. Is this Dragon Age 4's character model for Solas? Our first actual reveal of the game?
Let's take a gander and see what secrets we can uncover in this scene!
it's certainly a shot I've never seen before in Dragon Age: Inquisition! As we can see Solas is wearing the same robes as seen in Trespasser and he looks like he's crouching down, or on his knees.
Again, he's looking rather sad and perplexed. Is he looking at someone, speaking to them? Could he be reaching out for something, like trying to pick up an orb for example?
He does look like he's grabbing something that's painful to touch, and there's a hint of red across his face, this could just be the screen, or the office's colours. But if we go along with it, could he be reaching out for red lyrium? That is therefore hurting him?
Judging the environment around him, it seems like he's inside somewhere, look at the surrounding walls next to the window. He's inside a structure, in front of a window that encompasses plenty of greenery from the inside.
The location almost offers prison vibes with him crouching down, like he's chained to the ground, or being held captive.
Or, he could've found what he's looking for in some remote location, whether that's a person of interest or an object, like the red lyrium idol.
It's all complete speculation at this point, with Solas wearing the same equipment as Trespasser, perhaps not much time has past since those events. If this shot is reflective of Dragon Age 4, then we could picking up the narrative straight after the ending of Inquisition, with not much time having past since.
Solas would still be in the early stages of his next scheme to destroy the veil since the orb's destruction and the climax of Trespasser, explaining why he's potentially lurking in shady places.
In any case, what are your thoughts to this shot of Solas, is this his character model for Dragon Age 4 and is there anything that I may have missed in my full-investigation of this scene.
In relating news, over the weekend the Edmonton Expo occurred and plenty of BioWare peeps made an appearance including Patick and Karen Weekes. There was a BioWare photo booth, with huge cardboard cut-outs of our favourite characters, which sounds dope right, hit me up with a Miranda Lawson please.
But, when Patrick Weekes got a photo with his two Solus boys, (mad respect), there was something up with the Solas cut-out, like, he just looked very different. I'm going to say 'remorseful' once more. Is this just a coincidence, or does it refer to Solas's new character design for Dragon Age 4?
Or am I just grasping at straws with this one? He just looks tragic, especially for a photo booth, I mean who wants to take a photo with that sad boy?