After finishing Dragon Age The Missing I realized how important the book Tevinter Nights would be to the upcoming Dragon Age The Veilguard game. So for the last two months we have been reading Dragon Age Tevinter Nights and after playing Veilguard I can say that this feels like required reading. Of course it is not necessary, you could enjoy Veilguard without it but I don’t like feeling left out so for me it feels required. Most companions come from this novel as well as almost all the new NPCs.
Its a collection of fifteen short stories between the events Dragon Age Inquisition and Dragon Age Veilguard. Some are more related to Inquisition others Veilguard but this book should be read after finishing Inquisition and its DLC Trespasser to avoid spoilers. As with all short story collections there are winners and losers. Some has juicy new lore while other are more throwbacks. I think these are good stories but they are a little dense and unfriendly to those not familiar to the world. Playing just one Dragon Age should be fine but I do recommend playing Inquisition (maybe a little of DA 2 because Da 2 is just so good).
According to Video Game Book Club podcast host Elise
I wish we could give half stars because this would have been 3.5, mostly because I am not well versed in the Dragon Age lore and that would have been helpful for this book. Tevinter Nights is a 15 short story collection with different characters in each story, also written by different authors.
Some of the stories were better than others but as a short story collection it was pretty good. While it is not 100% necessary to be familiar with Dragon Age, it definitely helps. The stories are well written but some of them were confusing as to what actually happened because as stated in the story, some stories are narratives that are meant to be deceptive. This lead me to ask what was the point of the story if it was convoluted as to what actually happened?
The 2 stories that stood out to me were An Old Crow’s Old Tricks and 8 Little Talons. The Wigmaker Job was the most disturbing one. The first and last story were written by the now head writer for Dragon Age Trick Weekes. The last meaning to be a segue into Dragon Age: Veilguard video game.
If you are into and have played several of the Dragon Age games, I would recommend this book but if you do not know anything about Dragon Age I would suggest getting familiar with the world first before reading.
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