Although Dragon Age: The Veilguard is at its heart a fantasy story, but it pulls from many other genres as well. Blighted wastelands bring to mind horror movies, while some of the game's romance scenes could be pulled straight from the pages of a Harlequin classic. One of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's companions, Shadow Dragon detective Neve Gallus, brings mystery genre flair to the story with the structure of her quests and her investigative approach to the game's larger plot.