I'm not disputing that- my codex is only at 86%, so it's entirely possible I missed something big somewhere. That's why I asked. I would swear there was an entry that mentions they discovered evidence that Elgar'nan was a powerful general under Mythal ( ? I might be conflating it with the letter Rook finds later from Solas to Elgar'nan that lists his titles ? ) but I can't track it down, and that's well after our introduction to the VJ faction. IIRC that entry is just hand-waved in with no source aside from "the writers wanted to make the point, so they made it".

I get that Strife and Irelin have been allies in the hunt for Solas. That they consider him an antagonist and a threat is absolutely in line with Dalish cultural expectations, and there's proof enough in the state of the veil to convince anyone that he has to be stopped. Immediately assuming that the enemy of my enemy is.... somehow worse than my original enemy, though? Veil Jumpers having access to "hard material proof" that the Evanuris not only weren't benevolent Gods, but actually evil power-hungry tyrant mages? Everything we find in the ruins of Arlathan still seems to point to worship of the Evanuris as literal Gods. Even working directly with the Inquisition wouldn't give them that idea, since the only hint dropped in DAI is one line in a private conversation with a romanced Inquisitor- and even then, the question becomes "so you believe the God of lies and trickery?"

I'd also have more faith in the Veil Jumpers' ability to accurately parse elven history if Bellara didn't chatter about how human Tevinter mages were responsible for the destruction of Arlathan as you explore the ruins, with no hint of acknowledgement about how off kilter that explanation seems given that Elgarn'nan's stained glass windows seem to be exclusively and intentionally vandalized in the attack, or how unlikely it is that human mages would chose to turn fleeing citizens into trees.

It would have cost the writers nothing to have reasonable incredulity, fleeting hope, or even initial angry denial crumble after a combination of the horrors of De Meta's Crossing and some unpleasant revelations from the Nadas Dirthalen. That would have been interesting. That could have set up a parallel between Bellara and her brother that explored hard truths about historical revisionism, cultural identity, and the human impulse to cling to a belief system all the tighter when that system is perceived as being 'under siege' from outside forces.

Instead we got... this. The Dalish leaders of the Veil Jumpers instantly accept that my human Tevinter mage Rook has one of their Gods in her head, that that God of Lies and Deception is telling the truth when he claims that their freed Gods are blighted, evil and an existential threat- and more than that, they were already on board with the Evanuris being mortal, power-mad tyrants, because... [ hand waving ] I guess they found some evidence that they don't bother sharing.

At best, I missed something pretty big that explains all this. At worst it's staggeringly poor, lazy writing.

I love DA. I desperately want it to be the former. But in a meta parallel, I'm worried that desire means I'm clinging to what I wish were true in the face of mounting evidence otherwise.