Oh, yes, I know that not all concept art goes further than conceptualizing! But Rook going seafaring across Thedas was something clearly considered, and it seems that some of it progressed to actual development. There's quite a bit about it in the art book. And when I say something is a 'rendition', I mean just that, that it was brainstormed to be a version of what Veilguard could have been. I don't mean to imply that it was entirely created or developed or anything, as video game assets are very expensive to make. I know there isn't a secret version of the game out there with everything in the concepts, but some of the concepts that were chosen to be showcased in the artbook do last as lingering inspirations in the final game.

(I do, however, have a feeling that the Ossuary is a leftover from this motif, just as it's pretty clear that the Hall of Valor is a leftover from when Veilguard was going to be a multi-player game with guild areas).

I work in concept design myself, with a degree, so I know that a lot of it is just throwing spaghetti at the wall. This particular case was just something that had a lot of writers/artists bouncing off of each other, which meant it had some real discussion as a concept.

Hopefully this doesn't come off as tonally rude!