He would not be happy remaining in the world as it is when the world he knew before was so much better in his eyes. Solas is too old and overcome with feelings of remorse for killing his people. Redeeming Solas, at least in my opinion, is not going to mean convincing him to drop everything and return to the Inquisitor or whatever. Stopping Solas entails hunting him and his followers down, stopping them at all costs. I think that by choosing whether to redeem or stop Solas we are choosing between an option similar to a & c. Like Zathrian, he questions his thoughts when an empathetic person questions him, but he still does not waiver.ДЇor Zathrian we are given the choice to a.) kill the werewolves (what Zathrian wants), b.) kill the elves (what the werewolves want) or c.) convince Zathrian to sacrifice himself for the sake of his clan - those he cares about. Like Zathrian, Solas is very attached to his decision, believing he is doing the right thing in the end. I am going to break some hearts here, but I have thought about this a lot, too, and I think that ZathrianвЂ™s fate foreshadows SolasвЂ™ too.

Just do it.вЂќ GUYS! ITвЂ™S ZATHRIANS FUCKING STAFF! Why would the devs to that? Like, вЂњWe need him to have this staff in this scene. You know that scene in Inquisition where Solas leads you to Skyhold and he always has the same staff no matter what you have him equipped with?ДЄnd IвЂ™ve always thought that was strange. And then IвЂ™m watching the cutscene between Zathrian and The Lady and I notice something else. Solas: How small the pain of one man seems when weighedДЄgainst the endless depths of memory, of feeling, of existence.ДЄnd thatвЂ™s just really interesting to me, personally.Your song is softer, subtler, not silent but still. Zathrian talks about the pain he carries, how heвЂ™s lived for so long that pain has become ingrained in him, and heвЂ™s not certain heвЂ™s even capable of letting it go anymore.ДЄnd thereвЂ™s a conversation between Solas and Cole to similar effect:

Yes, they are both bald elven mages who lived a long time. IвЂ™m replaying Origins because itвЂ™s been a while, and I got to the part with the Dalish, and IвЂ™ve been noticing the similarities between Solas and Zathrian.

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