Should you bring Harding or Neve to fight Solas in Dragon Age The Veilguard?

Should you bring Harding or Neve to fight Solas in Dragon Age: The Veilguard? From the start, Bioware’s RPG presents you with tough, meaningful choices. While Harding’s keen eye and heavy single-target damage are great at thinning out the crowd from a distance, Neve’s AoE magic and protection spells come into clutch situations when the health bars start flashing.

You’ll be thrust into the heart of Minrathous, the magic-infused capital of the infamous Tevinter Empire. After the ever iconic cinematic bar brawl, look for Neve Gallas, Minrathous’s main detective, who wears a very snazzy hat in the RPG game. Everything seems to be going well inside Dragon Age: The Veil GuardThen Solas tears open The Veil and unleashes hordes of demons. There is never a dull day in Thedas.

Choosing one over the other has its consequences, so here’s what happens in each case. Please note that there are some major spoilers.

After recruiting Neve, you finally find Solas in Arlathan Forest, where his ritual takes place. Varric, the beloved story-telling dwarf, tries to talk Solas down, leaning on their adventures during Dragon Age: Inquisition in an attempt to appeal to his humanity. Unfortunately, things don’t go exactly as planned, and Rook, Harding and Neve have to intervene.

Should you bring Harding or Neve to fight Solas in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?

It’s pretty clear that Varric, despite his silver tongue, can’t get through to Solas, so our trio comes up with a backup plan: drop the statues Solas uses for the ritual. Harding will offer to come with you, but Neve will then interrupt you and emphasize her magical prowess. Either way, one of them must stay behind to fend off the demon attack, and one of them must come with you.

The outcome is initially very similar: you take down the statue to spoil Solas’ ritual. Whichever character you choose will greatly approve of the decision, opening the romance door very early on.

With Solas’ plan seemingly disrupted, the area begins to fall apart. As you escape, the companion you took with you to destroy the tower will be badly injured, and the next time you see them they will look a little worse for wear. This changes the dialogue slightly, but the important thing is that the prompt ‘mostly approves’. They will also not be able to participate in the next major quest, In Entropy’s Grasp, which follows directly from the events of the prologue.

Should you stop Varric in Dragon Age: The Veilguard?

Just before the action mentioned above, you must decide whether you want to convince Varric not to talk to Solas. Either way, the outcome is the same: Varric will always confront Solas.

As a result, Varric will always be stabbed with the Lyrium blade and his beloved Bianca will always be broken. This is an integral part of the game’s plot and therefore does not change no matter what decision you make. Veilguard hits hard, folks.

Neve and Harding are just two of you Dragon Age: The Veilguard Companionsalthough; there are a whole host of characters you can recruit along your journey. If you’re wondering who to settle for, find out how here Dragon Age: The Veilguard Romance system works – I will use that guide to help me take a moonlit walk through Treviso with Lucanis.