A new trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard puts the spotlight on Qunari companion Taash, as well as the heroic Grey Warden faction. The Dragon Age: The Veilguard trailer was unveiled during Sony's State of Play broadcast on September 24, 2024.

Excitement is building for Dragon Age: The Veilguard as its October 31, 2024 release date draws closer.

With nearly a decade passing since the last major Dragon Age release, many potential players might have The V eilguard as their very first foray into BioWare's original fantasy setting. Veteran fans also have their own worries, such as how Dragon Age: The Veilguard carries over choices from the previous titles, since BioWare retired its original Dragon Age Keep subsystem.

But despite the concerns, attention is on Dragon Age again for the first time in a long while.

BioWare took that opportunity to further promote the game with a new combat trailer debuting at Sony's recent State of Play. The trailer shows off combat encounter between the Veilguard, led by player protagonist Rook, and a Blighted Dragon.

It also puts particular focus on Taash, one of the player's companions and a member of the unique Dragon Age faction known as the Qunari.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Blighted Dragon Trailer Shows off Rook and Taash's Skills

The trailer encounter shows a Mage Rook fighting alongside Taash and Lucanis to take on the Blighted Dragon Corius the Icetalon, in an attempt to draw out Icetalon's master, the corrupted elven goddess Ghilan'nain.

During the fight, the player uses various ability combos to harry the dragon and disable it, at one point slowing it in mid-air. As Taash is the sole Qunari companion in Dragon Age: The Veilguard and also a dragon hunter, she also plays a critical role, using her dragon-hunting skills in coordination with Rook's magic and Lucanis' assassination techniques.

The encounter's start also features the Grey Wardens in a supporting role.

The Grey Wardens were the focal point of Dragon Age: Origins, but were gradually sidelined in prominence next to factions like the mages and templars. However, the association of the resurgent elven gods with the Darkspawn also seems to put the Grey Wardens back into the picture as a major force, alongside the Dragon Age: The Veilguard companion Davrin, who's an active Warden himself.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is looking like a solid return to form for Dragon Age and possibly for BioWare, whose recent troubles (not least with The Veilguard's development) have been widely publicized.

Its success could help cement a new chapter for the studio and revive a classic franchise for a new era.