Also I just find it really funny that both Zevran and Nathaniel were in the final battle with Meredith. Like one of them had to have told the Warden about Anders, right?
You know how many times is Fen'Harel the Dread Wolf called “The god of lies” before Veilguard?
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He is defined as God of betrayal, most of times as the TRICKSTER God.
The Roamer of the Beyond.
He who hunts alone.
Even as God of misfortune and deception.
And in Inquisition/ Trespasser we meet of course the side of Fen'Harel as the God of Rebellion.
“God of Lies” as pure definition in codex entries? In dialogue options? In overall lore and The World Of Thedas?
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That’s something that was completely added up in Veilguard. Not only added up, but used as the most common, the first definition that everyone uses when describing him and that wasn’t used before.
Some lore from the world of thedas and codex entries.
I ran every test I could imagine, search the Fade, yet found nothing! If I am wrong please tell me if you found somewhere the definition “God Of Lies” because I really didn’t and it’s possible I may have missed something.
Let’s see:
“Trickster”
“Betrayal”
“Deception” and “rebellion”
“Betrayal”
“Misfortune”
…continues
Great Wolf:
This one is of course the informations about him not being a God that we find in Trespasser.
“Treason”
“Betrayer”
Trickster again
Old Wolf
Lord of tricksters and bringer of nightmares.
Then Veilguard begins, and the first definition we use is “God of Lies”. (Treachery and rebellion, depending on the story).
Reblogging again and pinning because of relevance.
I think I love Anders so much as a character because there’s this honestly hilarious disconnect between how the writers felt about him versus how he and his actions function within the world he was created for.
Because by Inquisition we have everyone and their mother telling us how much they dislike him, how much they don’t support what he did. The only exceptions being a serial killer whose only characterization happens within his madman scribblings on a copy of Anders’ manifesto and Solas, who wouldn’t go to bat for Anders by any degree, but he at least understood why he chose to do what he did.
And that’s well and good at telling us that Anders is a bad person who did bad things, but when you look past what characters are saying about him and at the actual world building and lore, the games are positively screaming that he was correct. None of that is more obvious than how he mirrors Andraste in some very concrete ways.
It’s kinda funny to me, you know? Just how obvious the comparisons are, while the game itself is like “IGNORE THE CHRISTLIKE FIGURE BEHIND THE CURTAIN”.
