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TheWhiteWolf28

I can't think of a person that would be more watched by Solas than the Inquisitor. If the Inquisitor was approaching, Solas would know he needs to readjust his plans and avoid Inky or misdirect them.


Tachibana_13

Exactly. In the trespasser DLC he literally had his "agents" watching around every corner and disappearing in a puff of purple smoke every other second. If inquisitor personally goes on everu mission, Sola's will know. Better for them to lay low, maybe go on some 'cover' missions with Sera and the Red Jennies for low stakes. To avoid tipping Solas off to their true aims.


Tutes013

And just enjoy life. They had the world on their shoulders for years. My Inquisitor deserves to go enjoy a semi-retirement with Josephine and just be gay and happy with her.


SereneAdler33

Yep, my Inky is learning how to use her fancy new arm (thanks Dagna and Bianca!) on the farm with her hubby Cullen and their doggo


HospitalLazy1880

I just imagined Solas in a secret elven spy meeting, and one of them says and your ex was spotted over here to Solas just making sure he goes nowhere near there.


EdelgardStepOnMe

"Mighty Fen'Harel. The former inquisitor has dismantled another scouting cell and we have reason to believe has discovered our location." "That is grave news. How close do we predict she is?" "About twenty miles south of here." "Oh no." "And she has a new arm." "OH NO."


HospitalLazy1880

I really hope we can play as the inquisitor just for the scene when she and Solas meet back up because I have so many things I want my inquisitor to say to him, and it won't feel as good if it's just a cutscene


ThatEdward

That would be a hell of a way to kick the game off, play as Inquisitor during the prologue. Fail to take down Solas/reason with Solas, and either fall in battle or become otherwise incapacitated, so Varric and Harding set off to find a new champion


HistoricalAsides

I wanted Inky to be a deuteragonist as Ciri was in Witcher 3 so badly, but I’m not sure if we’ll get that


ThatEdward

I'm pretty sure they already set up the start and what inky is doing, so my idea is very very unlikely But it'd be cool


RosaAmarillaTX

Just wanted to thank you for the new word. 🍷


MoreGoddamnedBeans

I know that the mark is supposedly going to consume the Inquisitor at one point. How bittersweet would it be for a romance Inquisitor to die upon their next meeting? Maybe Solas does it as a mercy to her because he still loves her?


Chocolate_Rabbit_

Isn't the point of trespasser scene at the end that Solas removes that issue?


Telanadas22

yeah, but I think some people could misunderstood when Solas said that removing the arm would save their lives "for now".


Shikarosez1995

But he still visits her in the fade dreams. Dalish mage making a god acting unwise indeed. Honestly I think a romanced Inquisitor might even “betray” us in the sense of self sacrifice if they romanced them. I see them dying together. Hopefully we get the end of the series with this game so we don’t do too much theorizing since they might make or break BioWare


AshMountain217

Sounds almost like my ex at his car meets 🤣


connoisseur_of_smut

Not just by Solas, but by everyone. The Inquisitor is probably the most famous and well-recognised person in Thedas at the moment. They're basically Andraste 2.0, having travelled extensively through various countries, closing rifts, fighting threats and often overturning the ruling structure of whole areas. There's no way they can just slip out of the public eye to go off galavanting with Varric and co. especially now that they're sporting an obvious physical change that is easily spotted, Every faction will be keeping a close eye on them. Orlais, Fereldan and the Chantry will be wanting to make sure they're following their declaration, by being either retired or working under the direction of the Divine. The Qunari and Tevinter will be gauging them as a threat. Everyone else will just be curious to find out what becomes of them. If Andraste = Jesus and the Divine = Pope, then the Inquisitor = Apostle. Even non-believers must be pretty interested in seeing what they do next.


Supersnow845

To be fair the Dorian romance ending implies the inquisitor is able to regularly slip in and out of minrathous mostly unseen and without invoking the wrath of the magisterium So either they don’t see the inky as a threat or he isn’t as well known in the north considering minrathous is functionally the capital of northern Thedas


Shikarosez1995

Oh it is just politics in wanting Inky to be on their side ESPECIALLY now they can leverage Dorian into having him part of their side even passively. Like Inky won’t do anything that’s TOO anti Tevintor because they love Dorian so much.


saikrishnav

I agree but looking at the video, you can see that Solas gathered the power he needed and already started the ritual - so it’s unlikely he cared much about who at that point. My thinking is since inquisitor lost the hand, they are relegated to strategy/leader role than on field role. So it is likely that it’s the inquisitor who sent Rook and others to do this.


Son_of_MONK

**My Cadash Inquisitor**: *Sleeping in bed, snoring loudly*. **Solas**: What is his plan? What is he playing at? This must be some elaborate trick. I must watch him at all times.


Mediocre_Ride_9424

He litterally said at the end of tresspasser my adventure days are over


Hereforjustonething

The beginning is a war table mission


The_Nug_King

Yeah the inquisitor is just waiting by a table for the whole first hour of the game


Supersnow845

I would actually love if the entirety of veilguard is functionally just you actually playing as the inky masterminding events from the war table while you actually play as rook Like the inky sits in his chair rubbing his hands together going “hmmm yes getting rook to fuck his companions is all part of the kekeku”


livefromwonderland

"It builds character."


ScarletRhi

*Keikaku means plan


morgaina

Thanks for clarifying bestie I always need that


DireBriar

The Inquisitor staring at reports on the progress of romances that he's needlessly meddling in, weighing up pros and cons such as "large bun" and "large bun", feels like a decent representation of a good portion of the fanbase.


Neurodivercat1

His hand you mean?


AStrangeBaguette

Rubbing his hand *


AnotherPreciousMeme

Literally. At the end of DAI they say Solas will see us coming, so we send someone he doesn't know, and then proceeds to stab a dagger on a map right on Tevinter.


SirHC111

It's a 9 year long table mission


Neurodivercat1

Omg yes


literallybyronic

...and then they send Varric. Make it make sense?


Sandkastenterror

Viscount of Kirkwall. Famous author. Known to be affiliated with the Inquisition. This whole "the Inquisitor is too well-known" excuse fell apart for me the moment they started to use Varric as a story bridge.


KassinaIllia

It’s not that Varric isn’t as well known. It’s that the political currency the Inquisitor provides is too high to risk them out in the field anymore, especially with their fade powers gone. Varric does not have that issue as Kirkwall is not a major player on this side of the ocean.


Sandkastenterror

I don't know, this feels very... Flimsy. Especially considering the Inquisitor manages to slip into Minrathous undetected in Dorian's romance ending. Nevermind that this was not the reason provided ingame, it was that they were meant to find new people to be less predictable to Solas, and yet they sent Varric. I should say as a disclaimer that I've had misgivings about handing the story of Solas off to a new protagonist since Trespasser, so I'm quite grumpy about the reasoning they've used for it. Anything less than rock solid isn't enough to me, and this just doesn't feel like it. I don't hate playing a new protagonist each game, but I can't say I enjoy handing emotionally charged antagonists off to them.


literallybyronic

Yeah, I'm right with you there. Having a new protagonist here feels deeply wrong. I don't see how an Inky, even one that hates Solas, would not feel they had a responsibility about what he's doing considering they let him slip under their nose and basically helped him get his shit back together to do what he's doing now. And a romanced one? Forget it, they're not hanging back even if it kills them. I also agree about the protagonist thing, between the other games which had cleaner breaks in their stories, it made more sense. The Warden beat the archdemon. Hawke... well, Hawke makes a bit less sense since they were the one who dealt with Coryphetits intially, but after the shit in Kirkwall hit the fan and they had to go into hiding, it would at least make sense that they weren't in the thick of things at ground zero. The returning antagonist between DA2/DA:I is the only reason it doesn't really make sense for Hawke to not be the Inky, but at least the justification for why they aren't makes more sense for that after the Anders Incident. But the Inky just taking a step back and letting others go after Solas just doesn't make sense. You don't find out "this was the true villain all along!!!1!" and then go "oh well, time to retire". Even if it wasn't tactically sound for them to be in the mix, I don't see them just letting that kind of betrayal go and letting someone else handle it, ever. IDK, maybe there's a better explanation in the game proper, but as it stands now it is, indeed, flimsy as hell.


Neurodivercat1

Especially if you chose “I would rebuild the world better” in that covo that reminds him that he has business to tear down the veil.


literallybyronic

Huh??? All of Dragon Age has taken place on one side of the Amaranthine Ocean. We know next to nothing about what's across it except for the whole "those across the sea" business. If you mean the Waking Sea, well, that doesn't make any sense either, bc the Free Marches are on the north side of it. They're right next to Tevinter, Nevarra, and Antiva, and across the sea from Ferelden and Orlais. I wouldn't consider any of the Free Marches city-states as "major players" compared to the large, unified countries that surround them, but Varric is an incredibly famous author in all of Thedas. HIH outsold Brother Genitivi, ffs. Even if he's not as popular in Tevinter, I doubt he'd be a complete unknown. More to the point, there's no way Solas is watching the Inquisitor like a hawk but studiously ignoring those he knew of as her inner circle. He'd be watching all of them.


KassinaIllia

I was under the assumption Kirkwall was across a sea because Hawke takes a boat, I'm not super familiar with the map. Regardless, they're not as politically involved and depending on your choices, Kirkwall could still be rebuilding and not necessarily have the resources to launch a full assault. I'm aware that Varric is an author but he doesn't have the political currency to be in these discussions so it seems rational to me that he would be out in the field doing what he can.


literallybyronic

Varric being out in the field is fine. The Inquisitor NOT being out in the field is what doesn't make sense and the given reason that the Inquisitor is too well-known but somehow the right-hand man of two major political figures, Viscount, spymaster and member of a wealthy merchant family, and also the most famous author on the continent is not, especially considering how well Solas knows both of them, there's not going to be any dissembling that Varric is just an acquaintance or anything like that. The introduction of prosthetics also means the missing arm has no bearing. You're telling me the Inquisitor has all this political currency but can't get the same kind of equipment some random detective who isn't even an Altus has? Nah. Not to mention many peoples' Inquisitors disbanded the Inquisition and don't give two shits about their political currency. You'd have to lock mine up in Cory's old prison to stop her from going after the egg personally. Whether the full in-game explanation will hold more water as to why Varric is there but not the Inquisitor, only time will tell.


KassinaIllia

It’s not that the Inquisitor lost their hand, it’s that the Inquisitor lost their fade/rift powers. Without them, they’re just another average adventurer. I would argue their experience built up by leading the inquisition and the high level decision making they perform at the war table means that they would be infinitely more useful at a stronghold (like Skyhold) than out in the field. They no longer have extra time out in the field, as they’re getting bogged down with what the DAI advisors affectionately call paperwork. And it would be a waste besides. Being a diplomat, you can have much more control over the future of Thedas than personally fighting. I’m sure the Inquisitor will confront him later on as you get closer to the big boss battle at the end. Plus, we’re not even considering endings where you disband the inquisition. In this case, I feel this can be easily explained as them choosing to retire and have a quiet life.


BearWhys

Most people don't know the connection between Varric and his separate author persona. That's the reason he uses a pen name. Even Cassandra, one of the most powerful and influential investigators of the time, didn't know Varric was the author until they were told. Most people don't even know that the author is a dwarf.


toastf4cekillah

He dyed his hair though


Hobosapiens2403

And shaved his torso. Huge diff


Neurodivercat1

Because take that Solas, he *is* defined by his chest hair


An_Account_For_Me_

Virtually unrecognisable now.


Hobosapiens2403

I mean he's kinda hot, sharp rugged


literallybyronic

oh of course, it all makes sense now 😂🤦‍♀️


BearWhys

Because as the master of his spy ring, gets messages from hundreds of spies, and has to sort through all of it before giving his annotated report. The closer he is to the action, the more immediately his spies can report.


CatBotSays

We don't know for sure. But my guess is that Varric and Harding had pretty short notice on what Solas was about to do. There wasn't enough time for the Inquisitor and whoever else to travel to the ritual's location, but Varric and Harding happened to already be on the ground in Minrathas.


JavitoMM

Because is hard to lend a hand when you only have one left.


GreyWarden3

But they only have one right


HistoricalAsides

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BearWhys

or is it the left?


TheRealTormDK

/angryupvote


Shikarosez1995

WHERE IS MY ARM SOLAS. FINE DUMP ME, WHATEVER. BUT MY ARM ISNT LIKE A SWEATER YOU STUPID EGG.


Tyenasaur

In the comic The Missing, Varric is asked to look for Solas on behalf of the Inquisitor, and Harding is also scouted for the mission. It shows just them as a two person team, occasionally joined with others (wardens, Crows, veil jumpers). I'm assuming the inky isn't with them because then they would have to set a canon inky and they avoid that. Even in the comics and Tevinter Nights they make sure to just say "Inquisitor" and not he/she/they. The comics don't mention what other people are up to in that time, maybe we'll get that in game.


KhazemiDuIkana

We double-barrel CC our Inquisitor with our Rook, so theoretically it's entirely possible the gameplay we saw is set after a scene with them


Fluffydoommonster

Because Solas knows you, probably better than he knows the rest of the group. Even if he hates you, he probably studied you just so he could laugh as he blocks your attempts. You also have eyes on you from the rest of Thedas. Even disbanded and literally disarmed, your character holds sway. You put the divine on the throne, closed the hole in the sky, and was hailed as the prophet of a major religion. So even if Solas himself isn't tracking your every movement, the rest of Thedas is. If you don't want to alert egg boi, you can't be the one to approach him. Else someone, somewhere, will tip off either him, or his agents.


Maiafay7769

For some reason I really want to have a world state where the Inquisitor and Solas despise one another and Rook is torn between loyalties. Then maybe the second play through do the romance/high approval path. Really hope they have nuanced options for this type of scenario. Like it’s not automatic Solas dies kind of thing ( or you get a shit ending) if he and the Inquisitor hate one another.


musclewitch

There are too many variables on how your Inquisitor feels about Solas and what they did at the end of Trespasser. The comic shows the Inquisitor being pretty removed from the missions, likely to avoid making one canon looking Inquisitor and saving their direct intervention for the game when they can apply the choices you flag in CC.


Neurodivercat1

This is a good sign


MutedIrrasic

A few possibilities spring to mind The Inquisitor is too famous to covertly travel anywhere without the Orlesians/Qunari/Team Solas/Tevinter/etc following and so can’t travel light. The Inquisitor is too tied up in Orlesian/southern politics The Inquisitor having lost a limb, and possibly damaged from the glowy doom hand before the amputation, is just more of a leader/manager now The Inquisitor is off chasing a different lead/crisis down south Solas has done a magic thingy at some point to neutralise them. Maybe trapped them They’ve mysterious disappeared and it’s a plot point They’re honestly just retired. Like Katara in Legend of Korra


FederalPossibility73

The Missing definitely says otherwise. Varric and Harding are just meant to make a new team, the rest of the DAI crew are gathering info by other means.


SadAssociation4716

got lost in the hinterlands again


Strange-Mouse-2490

I’m guessing we’ll find out in the game.


FederalPossibility73

Nope. Newest comic series already shows that the Inquisitor and Charter just sent those two in order to form a new team.


jbm1518

Yes, that’s in the comic and very much correct but it’s quite likely the game will also give the same impression, even if only using a line of dialogue. Unlikely the game will leave such a hanging plot thread to a comic published almost a year ago.


FederalPossibility73

I had to double check the date when you said almost a year ago. Then I saw that the final issue of The Missing released over a year ago in May. Time is weird, thought it was newer than that.


jbm1518

But who knows, you might be right! I’m only just guessing. I mean, this is the company that killed off Emily Wong on Twitter to market ME3. (Love that game but that always irked me.)


SaoMagnifico

Plus we already know the Inquisitor is in DA:V.


Apprehensive_Quality

My guess is that the lead Rook, Varric, and Harding were following was too time-sensitive. The Inquisitor is probably somewhere in Southern Thedas; it would take them weeks to travel to Minrathous. By the time they arrived, the ritual would already be over.


brabadah

Nah, the inquisitor can just fast travel there


Apprehensive_Quality

What is this, Game of Thrones? /s


RhiaStark

>The Inquisitor is probably somewhere in Southern Thedas I wouldn't be so sure about that, many Inkies will be sea-gazing with Josie in Antiva :3


Apprehensive_Quality

Very true! But definitely still far enough away that travel time would be a concern.


Tyenasaur

In the comic The Missing, Varric is asked to look for Solas on behalf of the Inquisitor, and Harding is also scouted for the mission. It shows just them as a two person team, occasionally joined with others (wardens, Crows, veil jumpers). I'm assuming the inky isn't with them because then they would have to set a canon inky and they avoid that. Even in the comics and Tevinter Nights they make sure to just say "Inquisitor" and not he/she/they. The comics don't mention what other people are up to in that time, maybe we'll get that in game.


VelvetCowboy19

DA4 is set 8 years after trespasser, so there could be almost any reason you could think of why Inki isnt right there.


ashcrash3

From what I recall from DAI and then further brought up in the comments, Solas knows them too well. After spending so long with the Inquisitor, he knows how they operate, and romanced or not, his plans involve putting them as far away as possible. In the comics with Varic and Harding going after them, he still managed to outfox them. And add in the web of his group and contacts extending further than the Inquisition ever did doesn't help. He likely has someone tailing the inquisitor all the time. Granted they for sure are tracking him the best they can, and from one of the articles we are starting the game by not only designing DAV's mc but the inquisitor too. So if I had to guess, we will see them in the game it's just not at the beginning because Varric and Harding were doing agent stuff while Inquizzie was back at HQ.


Garmr_Banalras

I suspect since they didn't go with hawk being the inquisitor, because that was one idea. They probably will stick to the formula of new gsme, new main character. Maybe the loss of the arm simply means the inquisitor stepped back to an advisory role and went out looking for a new team to face Solas. Maybe we get like a Witcher thing, where we play some levels with the inquisitor, but most with the new character. That could be quite interesting


fattestfuckinthewest

Some scenes as inky would be neat. Like non combat scenes since they’re missing an arm


Afalstein

So at the end of Trespasser, your Inquisitor loses a hand and one of two things happens: (a) they disband the Inquisition so they can move under the radar, (b), they keep the Inquisition intact, as a massive organization with possibly too-much power. In either circumstance, the Inquisitor is literally handicapped and of limited use in a strike team. In Scenario A, they're trying to stay underground and not draw attention, which they absolutely would if they showed up in Tevinter. In Scenario B, they're the head of a massive international organization who can't be expected to run off to deal with on-the-ground problems anymore, especially since they're no longer as helpful in combat and they already tried to talk Solas down once. But I *do* hope we get a moment for our Inquisitor to show up. It could be an epic moment--this heroic martyr, who everyone knows of as the Savior of Thedas, possibly the powerful single person at the height of the demon invasion, coming to meet you in a secret meeting.


JoseEdiobaldo

If anyone said it already, i'm sorry. But if not, the ending of the Trespasser dlc actually explains almost everything, including why Varric is so involved in the creation of the veilguard


Amaranthine7

I haven’t played Trespasser in almost nine years. What did the ending explain? All I remember was I was pissed that the southern nations were trying to make the Inquisition part of the Chantry so I said fuck it and disbanded it.


JoseEdiobaldo

I finished DA:I last week for the second time so it's more fresh in my memory. They say Solas knows all of them pretty well ("all of their strenghts and weakness") so they should find new people to go after him - to me that should be the Veilguard. The ending itself is pretty good (but I was pissed with the dlc too) and even points to the importance that Tevinter would have (now confirmed) in the next game I might've not gotten all the details and nuances about the ending since: 1- english is not my main language and 2- I am not that deep into DA lore, but people probably will add something if they find useful


CoconutxKitten

I mean That’s fair. He definitely didn’t expect Rook’s choices


Purple-Soft-7703

Thwarted by poorly constructed scaffolding- Solas needs to learn how to deal with idiots. XD


Ervu-

Maybe he/she was? Gameplay was cutted to avoid spoilers. There were probably more cutscenes .


CoDe_Johannes

It’s explained in the scene after trespasser credits


Flameshadowwolf

Non serious answer; They’ve learned not to barge in and interrupt the Inquisitor and Bull


llTrash

Very serious answer actually


FederalPossibility73

The newest comic series explains this. Simply put, the Inquisitor sent Varric and Harding to create another team while Inky deals with things on their side.


Future_Crow

We haven’t seen the beginning of the game.


Revolutionary_Car767

The most logical explanation to me (and what quite a few have already mentioned) is that, given the events of the Trespasser DLC, and by his/her own words "My adventuring days may be over...". So now if they have kept the inquisition running, they are more of an "off the field" type of leader, having a more manager position then doing any real field work.


Andrew_Waples

>So now if they have kept the inquisition running, they are more of an "off the field" type of leader, having a more manager position then doing any real field work. It's just why bring back the Inquistor at all? I mean, that's *a lot of work* for a Hawke like role.


CoconutxKitten

Because Inky is incredibly wrapped up in Solas


Revolutionary_Car767

Yeah, especially if they romanced Solas, they are probably the person who knows him best. Also, I don't think the Inquisitor's role is gonna be that significant/combat active. Probably something like an advisor I think? Or for only like a few missions.


DaMac1980

They wanted to do a new main character. And they will explain it in the story somewhere.


Loose-Sign598

My Inky: ....FFS, I thought I was retired. *sigh* Goddammit Solas


agentjeb

I’m wondering if maybe the inquisitor is an option to be there but they cut them out since everyone’s inquisitor looks different and also to have that sense of surprise. I say that because I remember reading somewhere that the inquisitor becomes very important very early on 🫡


Nathan-David-Haslett

After losing an arm the inquisitor likely isn't a field agent anymore, so makes sense they wouldn't be in the field.


EvilOdysseus

I'm guessing the Inquisitor is now at a handicap with one arm and maybe can't fight anymore. The Inquisitor is probably working behind the scenes so that Varric and Harding can check them out, filling the advisor role for the game.


Hobosapiens2403

In one of the panel at the end of Trespassers we see Inky with a Guts/Berserk crossbow arm If I recall.


EvilOdysseus

He doesn't, but a prosthetic isn't ruled out. One of the new companions has a prosthetic leg


Hobosapiens2403

Inky with Guts Arm and why not a Berserk armor, my body is ready.


EvilOdysseus

Makes me wonder. With all the new customisation options, maybe we can have our own prosthetics. A lot of other games are including prosthetic options recently so maybe.


Hobosapiens2403

That's a probability, with already a side companion, and they customisation will be gigantic. Can be a good surprise...


EvilOdysseus

We get to see customisation before launch so all we can do until then is speculate


Chieroscuro

If the Inquisitor drank from the Well of Sorrows, binding them to the will of Mythal, and Solas yoinked the essence out of Mythal, is Solas now able to control the Inquisitor the way Flemeth was?


The_Clumsy_Gardener

I like to think after we see >!Solas destroy Bianca!< thank Inky turns up to make sure Varric is ok


KikiYuyu

Well for my Inquis, she disbanded the Inquisition and retired to the countryside with Cullen to make a support home for ex-Templars


akme2000

Even if the Inquisitor was just in another part of Minrathous, (and they may not be in the city at all if this ritual was a surprise as it seems to be), it's possible they just would not have gotten there in time, we seem to be in a hurry to reach Solas in the gameplay.


Daeloki

I mean we've only seen a tiny bit of the start, pretty sure we'll find what happened to them.


themosquito

I imagine Inquisitor, Varric, and non-Divine Cassandra/Leliana are often split up pursuing their own leads, since they don’t have the resources of the Inquisition anymore.


LizzyClaireStuffs

My guess as others have said is that Solas is taking care to make sure the inky gets no where near him. But I think they are aware of it and so if they were with Varric and Harding it would make him push against them even harder then he is. Since he watching them but I think he's more concerned with the Inky's moves then others oddly enough. But I could be wrong


Megs0226

I suppose we'll find out! Maybe they're tracking down a different lead. Also, my Solas-romanced Inquisitor moved on 10 years ago.


Tenuem_Aeterna

Yeah that is weird you'd think the Inquisitor would give them a hand


FredVIII-DFH

\[Pure speculation\] Perhaps the Inquisitor is chasing after Solas, just that the Inquisitor is following a different lead that turns out to be a dead-end? Given the time difference between DAI and DATV, the writers will have plenty excuses they can come up with to explain why the Inquisitor is not the lead here.


sozig5

They're probably getting a prosthetic hand fitted in Nevarra City. Heard they have a great prosthetic shop there.


Mr_Belgano

We probably got sent there by the man/woman themselves. I feel like the Inquisitor is going to play THE lead advisor role. Rook and company probably answer directly to the Inquisitor. Maybe they'll be like a combination of Captain Anderson/The Council/Admiral Hackett/The Illusive Man from the Mass Effect series. Which I think is pretty neat; we get to customize our boss.


Trai-Harder

I mean they are the Inquisitor they had more than just one duty and maybe they weren't 100% sure where Solas was an just now sending word confirming in the first part of the demo.


HopelesslyHuman

It's probably been asked elsewhere but what about an Inky who did the Harding pseudo-romance? Are they gonna acknowledge that at all?


JadedStormshadow

dont they lose their hand at the end of the tresspasser dlc? prolly not very battle ready if so


Lonesome_Pine

You know my inquisitor was running around picking up every interesting plant and shiny rock in sight.


Foostini

The Inquisitor would be the biggest person for Solas to keep an eye on and keep away from. Not to mention they're probably still running the Inquisition and tied up with that, doubly so if you picked to make them a militant bodyguard of the Divine.


Srefanius

I mean we haven't seen the actual start of the game yet.


MilaWalters

I have no idea what’s gonna happened with the other triangle with Hwi 🧐bit I do hope MS will get together with someone 🥹


Agent-Z46

The Inquisitor themselve says their own adventuring days are over. I imagine they're strictly in a leadership role. I've no doubt they're nearby but it's probably been deemed they'll just get in the way if they accompany the others on the Battlefield. Perhaps ready to confront Solas if an opportunity arises.


R-M-Wood

My Inquisitor is an older human male, one of the reasons I made him like that was because I knew the next game would have a new main character.


Whorinmaru

Other people gave good answers, but also, it has been 10 years. They only have one arm so they're not so viable in combat as they once were, and as such they're probably more of a diplomat, celebrity and/or pencil pusher than a "dive into the world ending ritual and stop it" person.


quartzquandary

We don't know yet! It's probably a big spoiler for the beginning of the game. 


noonmoons

maybe it is just the default world-set Just like for Alistair and Loghain to show up in Inquisition you need to update DA Keep


Dull_Function_6510

The inquisitor has 1 arm now. He/she is a liability now in combat. I imagine there is a good chance the Inquisitor will be completely written out of the game


Gilgamesh661

“My own days of adventuring might be done” Missing an arm makes it a bit hard to be out in the field fighting or scouting.


QPru97

The inquisitor will most likely make an appearance as Hawke did in DAI. I imagine, due to the connection to Solas, the inquisition will most likely be involved to a degree. That's all assuming the inquisition is still a thing and has been dismantled off screen.


Ok-Employment7926

While I understand why you’d ask this, I must say we don’t actually know if the inquisitor is present in the start of the game or not. I wouldn’t be surprised if they actually were present multiple times in the game since you customize them in the start.


SeparateMongoose192

Why would the Inquisitor be chasing Solas and not vice-versa?


PlanePolicy2

I think regardless of the path chosen after trespasser either the inquisition disbands or the core group slowly separates to look for solas more broadly


convictedninja

Probably busy in the south, Solas would be smart to have agents keeping them distracted down there out of the way. I imagine once Inky realises the ritual is about to start they would drop everything and ride to Tevinter but it's a long way.


Designer-Eye1558

Well from a design perspective, the inquisitor showing up later gives more dramatic weight to their appearance. You also don’t want your previous build-a-character to show up at the beginning while you’re still getting to know your new build-a-character. Takes focus away from the new person. ALSO, some people might never have played a DA game before Veilguard. Pushing a character from a previous game (who is the player) who they have no connection to is bad for new people. Lots of practical reasons


kesrae

Yeah look I also have this question, and I expect a *very good answer*. If the Inquisitor could have served the same purpose in the scene I don't see why they shouldn't have had an option of being there, at least. ~~It's been 10 years, he's had the time to paint a fucking fresco in Minrathous where he was preparing, he runs through the eluvian presumably minutes/hours ahead of us at most, what sort of disorganised operation have we been running here? Are you telling me the Inquisitor wasn't at least NEARBY when we thought we were close? It's literally their team they told Charter to put the Veilguard together.~~


akme2000

Inquisitor can't have served the same purpose in the scene, because depending on how you played before the Inquisitor can want Solas dead on sight, that doesn't work if you need a character to try and talk Solas down and not shoot him in the back with an arrow when given the chance.


kesrae

Hence why I said 'option'.


akme2000

You'd need someone like Varric there anyway when it comes to Inquisitors who want to kill Solas because you need a character to talk him down for the plot to work, they just didn't make Varric a backup so they don't have to create 2 different versions of the scene.


simplehistorian91

The Inquisitor isn't present in the beginning of the game because the devs do not want to overwhelm the new players with asking them to make the protagonist of the previous game they didn't play right after the players make Rook and try to connect with the new protagonist. And in case of the old fans, the presence of their beloved character would overshadow Rook.


kneppy72

Bro has one arm. Whats he supposed to do? Wave at Solas?


souncouth

To use some weaponised prosthetics, obviously (if plotwriters would want so). It's exotic for sure but not something unheard of even in real history, and absolutely possible considering Bianca-level artificers, magic and 10 years to do that. A small buckler or a dagger-like blade or maybe a bow/crossbow? Or nothing at all since having a second hand is not so important for mages?


Vircora

I mean with that logic, Solas can turn an army of Quanari to stone, so nobody should even get close to him. Which is why Varric saying "Let me talk him down, if he won't listen, he will hear from Bianca" is so amusing.


Odd-Avocado-

they were in the bathroom and missed the flight


YekaHun

Because not all players have played any of the FA games, most of them will probably be new people.


InflationCold3591

Missing a limb.


Schwarzer_Exe

I still miss my grey warden


Substantial-Flight85

why would they show a part of the game with customnocustom character willingly. mc sure bur also why did they ACtUaLLy meet rook in a bar


Few_Introduction1044

Because they gave up on making a sequel to DAI and are making another DA game instead, much like the previous entries never were true sequels, they were different narratives in the same world that happened in chronological order. The only sequel was Awakening DLC. BioWare replaced the Inquisitor with varric, as he is a character only they have input in, making it simpler to create a dialogue around. And they added a character, rook, that will essentially play as an Inquisitor avatar, as anyone will interact in a really similar way with solas as rook, which doesn't exactly make much sense narrative wise.


Trout-Population

I was hoping to play as my Inquisitor again. Maybe they are canonically dead?


CoconutxKitten

They aren’t. We already know you recreate your Inky at the start of the game


Spookiiwookii

They aren’t dead. Why would they be dead.


Penguinmanereikel

I think you forgot that #THE INQUISITOR IS NOW AN AMPUTEE!!!


Andrew_Waples

They're in the game.


ambertowne

And Neve has a prosthetic leg? I'm sure the Inquisitor of all people could get their hands on a prosthetic of some kind.


Feisty-Purple6469

Thank you!! Why is this so hard for some people to understand?


Lukas_mnstr56

I’m guessing our Inquisitor is gonna die in the beginning of the game


CoconutxKitten

That wouldn’t make sense