Ever played a game or watched a show and thought, “Wait, didn’t they say something totally different before?” Yeah, that’s exactly some of us feels like with Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s companion podcast, Vows & Vengeance.
So far, Vows & Vengeance has dropped four episodes. The writers, Will Melton and Jeremy Novick, are doing their best to pull us into Thedas, and BioWare’s Mary DeMarle and John Epler are overseeing the whole thing.
But, here’s the thing—this podcast is kind of all over the place.
Some fans love it; others are about as excited as they would be on their hundredth fetch quest.
For example the storytelling is a little too predictable.
The characters? Well, they could use a bit more depth.
But hey, it’s not all bad—the writing does a great job setting the scene. You can almost smell the Hissing Wastes through your speakers.
But… and it’s a big “but,” fans have started spotting some glaring lore inconsistencies, and they aren’t letting BioWare off the hook that easily.
Lore Inconsistencies in The Veilguard Podcast
People over on Reddit, a user called pointed out a potential retcon in one of the latest episodes.
Here’s what happened: Taash, The Veilguard’s dragon-hunting Qunari, spots a dragon’s lair and casually refers to the dragon as “she.” Another character, Drayden, asks how she knows it’s female, and Taash goes on about “the ridges and the color of her spine.”
While this simple exchange doesn’t mean much to you if you are not in deep in Dragon age lore but if you have at least basic knowledge of this world you easily identify mistake in Taash comment.
Why? Because all flying dragons in the series are female. And Male dragons? They’re drakes and never grow wings.
It’s extremely hard to swallow that Taash, who is supposed to be professional dragon hunter don’t know this.
But the real question is, is this a retcon? Did BioWare really change something fundamental about the lore, or did they just… forget?
Also, In an earlier episode, Harding, a surface dwarf, prays to “the Stone.” If you’re a Dragon Age nerd like me, you know the Stone is a religious figure that dwarves from Orzammar worship. But Harding’s from the surface—her ancestors left Orzammar generations ago, and she’s probably more of an Andrastian at this point.
So why is she throwing around prayers to the Stone? It’d be like someone raised in a city suddenly adopting the old-timey traditions of their distant relatives without any explanation.
Weird, right?
Retcons, or Just Mistakes?
These lore inconsistencies are giving some fans flashbacks to Last Flight, the 2014 Dragon Age novel that had its own share of lore Inconsistencies.
Like when a character held the title of “Champion of Kirkwall” in the book, but according to Dragon Age II, Hawke was the first person to ever earn that title.
So, all of these mistakes does feels like slip-ups that slipped through the cracks.
What do you think? Are these lore inconsistencies a big deal, or just little mistakes that come with the territory?
