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Some new work in progress. I fell in love with the sketch so much, i just needed to share. Enjoy! ✨

(also for fellow artists interested in the pose, search for bonniealex on that one big website for the more mature themed motion pictures.)

weighing in on the mythal design discussion, in response to @broodwoof's two posts here and here, and @idontevenlikedragonage's post here

as has already been said, i also 100% believe the design choice was deliberate. it's very obvious that the dev team put a lot of thought into the designs of everything in this game, it is visually stunning and contains so much unique design for environments, characters, cultures, factions etc. if i had the link to the post about neve & dorian's colour palette and how it contrasts the venatori handy, i'd link that too. everything in this game is purposeful and meaningful.

so with mythal, the design makes complete sense to me based on how i've interpreted her character, and i believe the devs put plenty of thought into it. lord do i know that there are many people who didn't interpret mythal the same way as i did, even among the people who like her, so i can see how some expected "more", but for the character i see mythal as, the design is perfect.

as i see it:

  • again, as others have said, mythal is not truly a goddess. none of the evanuris are gods. solas isn't a god. solas actively chafes against being called a god. they're spirits who took mortal form and became powerful leaders; being gods was a narrative, not reality, and then a dalish legend
  • mythal wanted to be a ruler, yes, but not for power. she wanted to be a ruler so that she could guide the elvhen. she doesn't care about being above others, she cares about protecting others
  • crossroads mythal is a single fragment of who she once was
  • crossroads mythal has been there alone, observing, for millennia
  • mythal is intimidating in how she carries herself and how she speaks, she is testing you and assessing you the entire time you're talking to her. regardless of how she looks, her writing and framing is plenty formidable
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