All through Dragon Age, the land of the Tevinter Imperium has been virtually completely framed as a culturally homogenous, villainous place the place mages rule with out opposition, slavery is commonplace, and unspeakable evils made it the origin level of one of many Blight, probably the most ruinous phenomenon within the universe. Most of our body of reference is from characters who have been struggling on the floor stage, a minimum of till Dorian Pavus struts into view in Inquisition. By all accounts, Dorian must be thrilled along with his setup in Tevinter. He’s the son of a robust household, has been given each useful resource to nurture his magical skills, and is just about assured a spot on the high of the nation’s politics. However he’s additionally his personal man, and doesn’t want to cave to the life his household envisions for him. That features standing proud as a homosexual man unwilling to proceed his household’s bloodline, whilst he’s threatened with a magical tackle conversion remedy by the hands of his personal father.
Dorian escapes his house in Tevinter and is clearly jaded by the point he meets the Inquisitor. However as he watches the world change earlier than him, how can he view his house nation that, regardless of all the pieces, he nonetheless loves? The Dragon Age collection has typically fallen into cynical cycles of scorching the earth, as if it will possibly’t conceive of a greater choice. Dorian Pavus has been put by means of hell and again in Tevinter. He might have simply been a cautionary story for a way his house nation is simply as horrible as everybody within the collection has ever advised us. However as a substitute, he’s a shining beacon proclaiming that it doesn’t need to be this manner. Whether or not or not Dorian exhibits up in The Veilguard, which takes place partially in Tevinter, stays to be seen, however in Inquistion, he’s radical hope personified. He’s dwelling, respiration proof that historical past is outlined by those that consider that a greater world is feasible.
