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Solas' lyrium dagger, also known as the wolf's fang, is a powerful ritual dagger created by Solas with the ability to pierce the Veil. It is made of pure lyrium.
Background[]
When the Evanuris were still primeval spirits who wanted to become corporeal, they used raw lyrium to craft physical bodies for themselves, thus becoming the first Elves. In the process, however, they angered the Titans and entered into a war with them. When the elves were losing the war, Mythal had Solas craft a Lyrium Dagger which Fen'Harel used to sever the Titans' connection to the Fade, rendering them Tranquil. The Titans' dreams, now severed from their hosts and locked away inside the Fade, mutated into the Taint and Blight out of anger, fear, and confusion. Solas banished these corrupted dreams which would become the Blight to a prison which would be known to contemporaries as the Black City.
The Evanuris weaponized the Blight in their wars of supremacy, especially during Solas' rebellion against them. Solas told Mythal of the other elven gods' abuse of the Blight and she sought to convince them to cease its use on behalf of Solas. The other elven gods had somehow acquired Solas' lyrium dagger and murdered Mythal with it when she confronted them. Solas recovered the Lyrium Dagger from Elgar'nan and from it extracted a fragment of Mythal that had lain hidden within its depths.[1] For unleashing the Blight onto the world and murdering Mythal, Solas imprisoned the Evanuris in the Fade and used their lives to sustain the Veil by connecting their blood to his Lyrium Dagger. Yet Solas did not anticipate that the Elven pantheon that he had imprisoned would speak through the Old Gods and manipulate the Magisters Sidereal into breaching the Black City and releasing a portion of the Blight onto Thedas.[2][3]
Somehow the Lyrium Dagger was transformed into a Lyrium idol and kept in a Primeval Thaig. The Lyrium idol changed hands several times in the Dragon Age, bringing madness wherever it went.
Lace Harding claims that The idol remained lodged in Meredith Stannard's petrified remains until it was removed some years ago, presumably by Solas, and restored to its original form. Now Solas intends to use the Lyrium Dagger to bring down the Veil.[4]
The dagger's wielder can equip Runes, which grant the Lyrium Dagger new combat powers. Runes give the wielder special combat powers, but must recharge if overused. The Lyrium Dagger has 3 rune slots.
Companions can be called upon to use their companion abilities via the Lyrium Dagger—even when they're not present in the party.
Involvement[]
References[]
- ↑ According to Morrigan's dialogue with Rook in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- ↑ Solas' memories from Regrets of the Dread Wolf.
- ↑ According to Solas' dialogue in Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- ↑ Codex entry: Harding's Notes: Lyrium Dagger