Dragon Age followers have been ready a decade for The Veilguard. The fourth sport in BioWare’s fantasy RPG sequence will proceed the story arrange by the ending of Dragon Age: Inquisition in 2014, and it’s bringing again a number of acquainted faces from earlier video games, comics, and books. Nevertheless, one returning character has gotten extra display screen time than most within the new cinematic trailer and gameplay reveal: Varric Tethras. However is he OK?
The dwarven archer has been a companion for the previous two video games, however is notably not going to be becoming a member of your occasion this time round. After seeing a few of the sport’s early hour, followers are terrified they might have found why: individuals assume Varric is gonna die in The Veilguard.
The speculation is generally based mostly off the final phase proven within the 20-minute gameplay reveal BioWare put out on June 11. In it, Varric is proven speaking to Solas, the Inquisition party-member-turned-villain on the heart of The Veilguard. Varric makes an attempt to speak Solas down from his plan to save lots of the elves by destroying every little thing else. The speak doesn’t appear to be going effectively, and Solas even destroys Varric’s iconic crossbow Bianca. The ultimate pictures of this complete scene appear to be edited fairly closely, so it’s not fully clear how Varric and Solas’ speak ends, however the dwarf is unquestionably in peril.
Even earlier than Varric goes to speak to Solas, the person is elevating loss of life flags left and proper. He tells Rook, the brand new protagonist in The Veilguard, to “care for the workforce” for him. That’s the sort of shit you solely say if you happen to don’t assume you’re coming again. Followers are, to place it evenly, burdened.
BioWare is not any stranger to traumatic character deaths. Simply have a look at Mass Impact 3 and you may checklist a dozen scenes wherein the studio snuffed out a beloved occasion member in probably the most vicious means attainable. Dragon Age, in the meantime, has had some fairly heinous occasion member fatalities. The Iron Bull betrayal scene in Trespasser continues to be a intestine punch. However plenty of these have been penalties of choices and relationships. We’d like terrible shit you’ll be able to’t cease in The Veilguard that hurts so good it devastates us for years to come back, and if BioWare needs to place the homicide knife at the back of its longtime followers, there’s not a greater character to try this with than Varric.
BioWare please go away Dorian Pavus alone. Don’t even have a look at him.
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