Dragon Age: The Veilguard Spoiler Deep-Dive: Directors Answer All Our Questions on the Endings, the Gods, Solas, and More

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Spoiler warning: The below interview contains FULL SPOILERS for Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard finally debuted this Halloween, concluding with an intense final act full of shocking twists and devastating consequences. Unsurprisingly, choice and consequence both ended up being integral threads in the fabric of the game. Whether it’s sacrificing one city to save another, deciding the future of the griffins, or, yes, choosing just what happens to our bald elven antagonist Solas, you’re making some pretty big moves on the continent of Thedas.

Fans have been quick to theorize what we might expect in a potential Dragon Age 5, especially after the massive reveals we got in this installment of the series. While DA5 remains unconfirmed and Bioware currently has no plans to release DLC for The Veilguard, questions linger about the future of Thedas now that the war with the elven gods has seemingly come to an end.

With the dust settled, IGN sat down with Dragon Age Creative Director John Epler and Game Director Corinne Busche in a 45-minute conversation to dissect lore and talk spoilers for the conclusion of the game. This includes the chilling secret post-credit scene which features a group of sinister voices whispering their plans for the future of Thedas and, potentially, a future installment of the franchise.

Before we get started, I actually just got the secret post credit scene . Ominous! What’s the role or the aim of these mysterious voices in influencing the events of Thedas?

Epler: These voices have been influencing events in very subtle, very light touch ways to get towards a specific outcome. As to what their ultimate goal is, we're not going to get into that quite yet. But the idea is that they've always been kind of in the background. They know how to say the right thing at the right time to nudge towards an outcome that they want.

It doesn't mean that any of these characters, any of the people shown in that ending don't have free will.