The Veilguard, Rook, and Where the Eluvian Took Me
I found Dragon Age: Inquisition by accident. Or perhaps, as all good stories insist, there are accidents that reveal themselves as beginnings only in hindsight. It sat on a clearance rack in EB Games, among pre-owned titles waiting for someone to give them a second life. I knew almost nothing about Dragon Age . Fantasy was hardly unfamiliar to me, but Thedas was simply another world whose name I had yet to learn. As the cashier scanned the case, he smiled. "I hope you’re ready.” I smiled back, assuming he meant that the game would be difficult. Perhaps there would be impossible bosses, labyrinthine quests, or the sort of unforgiving combat that demands patience from the player. He was right. Just not in the way either of us imagined. He had not sold me a game. He had unknowingly handed me a decade-long conversation with myself. Before I continue, I must introduce the Eluvian. In Thedas, Eluvians are ancient elven mirrors that do more than reflect. They open pathways thro...