saltybiowarefantears:

I have to wonder about the design process for Solas. Like the group of designers and concept artists got together and were like “So… we’ve got this elf character. What should we do with him?”

And they thought and thought, drinking much coffee for some brainstorming power. Until someone said “Why don’t we take Fenris and just do the opposite of that?”

“Brilliant! Brilliant!” the team shouted as they created a checklist.

• White emo/anime hair? Bald. 
• Spiky fuck-off armor? Hobo long-johns and a sweater.
• Two-wielder rampaging through the battlefield? Support mage.
• Thinks everything magic touches it spoils? Lives and breathes magic.
• Angsty and perpetually angry? Calm, cool, and collected.
• Looks like he can woo any person off their feet but can’t successfully flirt his way out of a box? Unexpectedly smooth as fuck mofo.

And thus Solas was born.