It didn’t have to be this way! Way back in 2014, BioWare art director Matt Rhodes drew up some concept art for what would eventually become this game. This was prior to the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition,

The Veilguard narrative sketches. Among these is a scrapped romance scene with Lucanis that is a lot raunchier than what we got in game. The two go skinny dipping in Tevinter, make out on a Gondala, and even face off against a sword-happy Spite.

The Veilguard's art book reveals some possible companions that ultimately never made it off the cutting room floor.