I’m really bad at writing bad guys. If you give me, “Hey write a villain,” I will turn in a serviceable villain and he will probably say snarky things about you.

But if you tell me to write someone who is morally conflicted or someone who is doing something awful for what he thinks is a fully moral reason, that’s where I can really dig my teeth into it.

[Solas] doesn’t kick puppies. He very rarely, in fact, will even suggest something morally questionable. He might approve of it, but what he really approves of is intelligence and thoughtfulness, even if that intelligence and thoughtfulness is coupled with something that is ruthless or something that is not what you would think of as the Nice Guy Route. It’s just: “You’ve thought this through, the most important thing to do right now is eliminate these bad guys – okay, good!”  That’s the kind of thing he will approve of. But yeah, he is always the person who’s going to look for more thoughtful solutions.

If you look at his banters…. One of the things I’ve tossed out to people, since I can’t give any hard answers, is if you want to understand Solas, listen to the things that he brings up on his own.

He is one of the strongest believers in freedom of personal thought. And yeah, the Qun is one of the things that I’d say gets him angriest in the game. If you look at the few places he gets really, really angry in the game, it’s:

1)  when talking to Iron Bull [about the Qun], especially if you sacrifice the Chargers. Solas and Bull have one last banter, and Solas cuts him to the bone.
2)  it’s watching the idiot mages bind his buddy and turn his buddy into a demon.
3) and he does not like what the Wardens are doing. He does not like their plan. He thinks their plan is bad.