Every Cameo in Dragon Age: The Veilguard Explained

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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As the fourth match in Dragon Age, Dragon Age: The Veilguard features a cast of new characters as well as some familiar faces from previous entries in the series. Some of these characters play major roles Dragon Age: The Veilguardlike Solas and Varric, but others are cameos that provide exposition and bridge the gap in certain narrative sections.

Like the world Dragon Age has expanded into media outside of video games such as comics and novels, some cameos Dragon Age: The Veilguard to include characters previously featured only in these other media. This is not a problem Dragon Age: The Veilguardbecause these characters only play a small role, but their fans can see them in context and Dragon Age video game. Characters such as Emmrich, Neve and Lucanis also appear Tevinter Nights and other media, but they play a much more extensive role in them Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Cameos from Dragon Age: Inquisition

Solas

The first of several characters you will return from Dragon Age: InquisitionSolas' role has changed significantly since his humble renegade days, and his demeanor and appearance match it.

Varric

Varric plays a key role Dragon Age: The Veilguard as a friend and mentor to Rook, as well as the reason they are involved in stopping Solas' plans. As the connection between Solas and Rook, Varric becomes a sort of go-between.

Inquisitor

The Inquisitor meets Rook several times throughout the course Dragon Age: The Veilguardand Rook's influence could change the Inquisitor's mind about Solas. The Inquisitor's reason for not playing a bigger role in the story is the Blight taking hold in southern Thedas.

Morrigan

Morrigan appears Dragon Age: The Veilguard with a new look that hints at her role in the story. Although she appears fairly early on, her purpose becomes clearer as events unfold, and Morrigan plays a critical role in contextualizing Solas' story while also bridging the gap between Dragon Age: Inquisition and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Dorian

Like when the players last saw him An intruderDorian is a magister and can be found in Minrathous. He works undercover for the Shadow Dragons and can be encountered during Dragon Age: The Veilguardmain quest line.

Scout Lace Harding

Harding returns from Dragon Age: Inquisition and is now a full companion in Rook's party. It gives some insight into her years working for the Inquisition, including comments on some of its members.

Heir

Perhaps the most obscure cameo Dragon Age: The VeilguardThe Heir appeared as an assassin specialization trainer for the Rogue Inquisitor in Dragon Age: Inquisition. It appears in Dragon Age: The Veilguard at the Cantori Diamond in Treviso as a coach for the Antivan Crows.

Valta

Shaper Valta is a dwarf from Orzammar who first appeared in Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC Descentwhere she gained magic from the Titan. Valta is indirectly present in Dragon Age: The Veilguardwhere her consciousness is present inside the stone figure she uses to communicate with Harding and the dwarves of Kal-Sharok.

Cameos from the Dragon Age books and comics

Fellassan

Solas' most trusted general finally makes a visual appearance Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Felassan debuted in Dragon Age: The Masked Empire as Bria's mentor where he was killed at the end of the book by a mysterious figure who was revealed to be Solas. Felassan's depiction in Dragon Age: The Veilguard shows him as Solas' most trusted general during the rebellion against the Evanuris.

Valya

Valya first appeared in the book The last flight as a mage from Hossberg's circle of spells. During the Mage Rebellion, she defected to the Guardians and fled to Weisshaupt, where she discovered the journal of Issei's caretaker documenting her keeping a clutch of griffon eggs. Valya appears Dragon Age: The Veilguard during the Gloom Howler questline.

Issei

The main character The last flightIsseya makes an unexpected cameo during it Dragon Age: The Veilguardespecially since she lived four hundred years before the events of the game. Her portrait is linked to the reappearance of gryphons in Thedas.

Maevaris

Maevaris Tilani first appeared in the comic book series Dragon Age: Those Who Speak. Formerly a magister, she is now one of the leaders of the Shadow Dragons and Dorian's friend.

Isabela is one of the faction leaders for Lords of Fortune and can be found in Rivain. Isabela previously appeared in Dragon Age Originsappeared in several comics and was a companion in Dragon Age 2.

It serves a more prominent role in Dragon Age: The Veilguard as the faction leader is Myrna, one of the faction leaders for the Mourn Watch. Her first appearance in Dragon Age was in Tevinter Nights story Down among the dead men.

Teia and Viago also appear Tevinter Nights' short story Eight small clawsand reappear as faction representatives for the Antivan Crows.

Strife and Irelin, faction representatives for the Veil Jumpers, appeared in the game Tevinter Nights story Three trees to midnight and a comic Dragon Age: The Missing.

Evka and Antoine, faction representatives for the Gray Guardians, also appeared Tevinter Nights, Dragon Age: The Missing comic and short story I don't know when.

Other characters that appear in Dragon Age: The Veilguardor are mentioned:

• Forbidden (including Imshael)
• Zara Renata (Tevinter Nights: The Wigmaker Job)
• Illario Dellamorte (Tevinter Nights: The Wigmaker Job)
• Caterina Dellamorte: (Tevinter Nights; Eight small claws)
• Johanna Hezennkoss (Eternal flame)
• Xenon Antiques (Black Emporium)
• Cullen (mentioned by Harding and in the codex if he fell in love with him Dragon Age: Inquisition)
• Sera (mentioned by Harding and in the codex if the romance is in Dragon Age: Inquisition)
• Blackwall (mentioned by Harding and in the codex if romanced in Dragon Age: Inquisition)
• Josephine (mentioned by Harding and in the codex if he fell in love with her Dragon Age: Inquisition)
• Cassandra (mentioned in the codex if romanced in Dragon Age: Inquisition)
• Iron Bull (mentioned in the codex if in love with Dragon Age: Inquisition)
• Cole (mentioned by Harding)
• Leliana (mentioned by Harding)
• Charter (mentioned by Harding)