#first inquisition

(Previous quest - Ameridan's End: Assault the Jaws of Hakkon)

Main questline: Ameridan’s End: Talk to Ameridan

Characters involved: Ameridan

This is the second part of “Ameridan’s End” questline.

Gurd Harofsen is defeated. The time magic surrounding the dragon begins to falter. Inquisitor Ameridan is revealed.

PC: Inquisitor. (Bows their head.)

Ameridan: Inquisitor.

(If the Inquisitor is a human.) Ameridan: How fares Drakon? Has he brought the Chant to the whole world yet? [1]

(If the Inquisitor is an elf.) Ameridan: Andaran atish'an. I am glad Drakon's friendship with our people has remained strong. [1]

(If the Inquisitor is a dwarf.) Ameridan: Has Drakon's empire brought in even the children of the stone? [1]

(If the Inquisitor is a Qunari.) Ameridan: Drakon's empire has spread far while I slept. [1]

[1] Dialogue options:

History: You've been gone a long time. [2]

Elf: No. The humans betrayed us. [3]

General: I am sorry. I have news. [4]

General: You're a little out of date. [5]

General: Drakon is dead. [6]

[2] History: You've been gone a long time.

PC: Inquisitor Ameridan, you disappeared in 1:20 Divine, around the time of the signing of the Nevarran Accord.

Ameridan: You say it as though it was… [7]

[3] Elf: No. The humans betrayed us.

PC: It has not. Drakon's son, Kordillus the Second, destroyed the Dales.

Ameridan: Drakon's son… [7]

[2] General: I am sorry. I have news.

PC: Inquisitor Ameridan, you have slept longer than you perhaps understand. [7]

[3] General: You're a little out of date.

PC: How long do you think you've been here?

Ameridan: You say it as though it was… [7]

[4] General: Drakon is dead.

PC: Emperor Drakon died a long time ago. [7]

[7] Ameridan: How long?

Party comments:

Cassandra: You were the last Inquisitor. There has not been another since you disappeared 800 years ago.

(If no companion makes a comment.) PC: There has not been an Inquisitor since you disappeared... 800 years ago.

Ameridan: Drakon was my oldest friend. He would have sent someone to find me.

Party comments:

Vivienne: He would have, had the Second Blight not swept across Orlais, demanding his full attention.

Solas: He never had the chance. The darkspawn that rose in the Anderfels threatened all of Orlais.

Dorian: I'm afraid Drakon was a little busy with the darkspawn pouring down from the Anderfels.

Ameridan: I see. [Go to 7a]

(If no companion makes a comment.) Ameridan: But evidently he was occupied elsewhere. The darkspawn, perhaps, or… [Go to 7a]

[7a] Telana escaped the battle. Did she... do the records say what became of her? [8]

[8] Dialogue options:

General: She lived well. [9]

General: She died trying to reach you. [10]

[9] General: She lived well.

PC: Telana died of old age many years later. She never forgot you.

Ameridan: You lie well, but I hunted demons and maleficarum long before I was Inquisitor. (Sighs.) [11]

[10] General: She died trying to reach you.

PC: She returned to the island. From what we can tell, she died trying to reach you through dreams.

Ameridan: I asked her not to. She was a good hunter and the love of my life, but she never... (Sighs.) [11]

[11] Ameridan: I never wanted this job. Hunting demons was so much simpler than politics. [Go to 12 or 13, depending on whether Cassandra is in the party]

[12] (If Cassandra is not in the party.) -> [Go straight to 23]

[13] (If Cassandra is in the party.) Cassandra: Inquisitor Ameridan, how could the leader of the Seekers be a mage?

Ameridan: Has history forgotten so much? I was not a Seeker myself, as most Inquisitors were. I used my magical gifts in the hunting of demons and maleficarum. Do the Seekers no longer welcome the aid of mages?

Cassandra: No. That was forgotten... among many other things. [14]

[14] Dialogue options:

Special: We know the Seekers' secrets. [15] (If Cassandra’s personal quest “Promise of Destruction” was completed and the truth about the rite of Tranquility was uncovered.)

General: Cassandra is a Seeker. [16]

General: Not the time, Cassandra. [17]

[15] Special: We know the Seekers' secrets.

PC: Cassandra is a Seeker... and after the Seekers went rogue, she discovered the truth about them.

Cassandra: We learned they developed the Rite of Tranquility.

Ameridan: You mean sundering one from the Fade? The Seekers do it briefly when granting an initiate their abilities.

Cassandra: It has become a way to control mages deemed dangerous. They are left Tranquil. Permanently.

Ameridan: (Sighs.) Killing a man is ugly work. You learn not to look to it as your first recourse. But sundering them from the Fade is easy. Bloodless. I told them spreading such a "solution" would lead to abuse. They swore that would never happen. They promised. I am so sorry. [18]

[18] Subsequent dialogue options:

Special: Cassandra is rebuilding them. [19] (If Cassandra was encouraged to rebuild the Seekers after completing her personal quest “Promise of Destruction”.)

General: It was not your doing. [20]

General: That doesn't matter now. [21]

General: Sorry doesn't solve it. [22]

[19] Special: Cassandra is rebuilding them.

PC: Cassandra will rebuild the Seekers into an organization to be proud of again... with the Inquisition's help.

Ameridan: Then you both have my thanks.

Ameridan: I was a good hunter. I did not want to lead an organization. [Go to 23]

[20] General: It was not your doing.

PC: You could not have known.

Ameridan: The Inquisition was a vital force, but feared. We fought so many dangers... with so many terrible weapons. I had no wish to chase a dragon to the far reaches of nowhere. I had my people to deal with... and the Nevarran Accord. [Go to 23]

[21] General: That doesn't matter now.

PC: What matters now is the dragon you hunted. [Go straight to 29]

[22] General: Sorry doesn't solve it.

PC: The Inquisition created the templars and the Circle as we know it. Do you know how many mages died when templars abused their power? How many people died when the mages rebelled?

Ameridan: I can guess. The Inquisition hunted evil. It was too easy to see threats wherever we looked. I did everything I could to transform them into a force for peace. I had no wish to chase a dragon to the far reaches of nowhere. I had my people to deal with... and the Nevarran Accord. [Go to 23]

[16] General: Cassandra is a Seeker.

PC: This is Cassandra Pentaghast. She is a member of the Order of Seekers.

Cassandra: I am honored, Inquisitor.

Ameridan: As am I. Your predecessors were good men and women in difficult times. As the Inquisition joined the Chantry, we required a leader who inspired loyalty, not fear. [23]

[17] General: Not the time, Cassandra.

PC: Cassandra, we have more pressing concerns.

Ameridan: You do indeed. [Go straight to 29]

[23] Ameridan: But Drakon told me I was needed... as I suspect you were needed. [24]

[24] Dialogue options:

Sad: It takes everything from you. [25]

Mad: I didn't want this. [26]

Pleased: I’m all right. [27]

Stoic: Let's focus on the present. [28]

[25] Sad: It takes everything from you.

PC: I wasn't Inquisitor by choice. Whatever my life was before…

Ameridan: Take moments of happiness where you find them. The world will take the rest. [29]

[26] Mad: I didn't want this.

PC: I had goals for my life. I had plans and dreams.

Ameridan: And now you have responsibility... including that which I was unable to fulfill myself. [29]

[27] Pleased: I’m all right.

PC: It hasn't been all bad.

Ameridan: I am glad to hear it... and sorry to burden you with my unfinished business. [29]

[28] Stoic: Let's focus on the present.

PC: What matters now is the dragon you hunted. [29]

[29] Ameridan: The dragon carries the spirit of an Avvar god. I lacked the strength to kill it. My own magic was able to bind us all, locked in time. But when the cultists drew that spirit into another vessel, it disrupted my bindings. It is breaking free. [30]

[30] Dialogue options:

General: I will carry on for you. [31]

General: Fighting gods is old news. [32] (If the main game wasn’t completed.)

General: I've killed gods before. [33] (If the main game was completed.)

General: We will kill it together. [34]

[31] General: I will carry on for you.

PC: I'd be honored to finish what you started.

Ameridan: Thank you. [35]

[32] General: Fighting gods is old news.

PC: I'm already fighting one would-be god. I can make time for one more.

Ameridan: Then I leave the world in good hands. [35]

[33] General: I've killed gods before.

PC: I killed the would-be god who unleashed the Blight upon the world. He had a dragon, too.

Ameridan: Then I leave the world in good hands. [35]

[34] General: We will kill it together.

PC: You won't be fighting it alone this time.

Ameridan: No. You will. [35]

[35] Ameridan: The passage of years can be delayed, but not ignored. I will soon join Telana at Andraste's side. Take this. It holds the last few memories of an old hunter who was neither as wise nor as strong as he thought. Fight well, Inquisitor. I am honored to have met you.

(Ameridan dies. The dragon escapes the time-freezing spell.)

Party comments:

Blackwall: We'll have to deal with that dragon, especially if it's possessed again.

Cole: She still has Hakkon inside her. We have to stop her before she hurts people.

Cassandra: We need to stop the dragon. It still carries the spirit of Hakkon.

Iron Bull: (Grunts.) Still need to deal with the dragon at some point. Probably has the Avvar god back inside it.

Each character with a speaking role (no matter how small) has a "bio" - a summary intended mainly for the voice acting crew. These notes include some details that a director should have in mind when choosing an actor for the role. The "age range" does not reflect the actual age of a character, but rather how young or old their voice should sound. It’s also originally given in hexadecimal system, so I added the conversion to decimal. 

Without further ado, here are all the character profiles from the Jaws of Hakkon DLC, sorted by factions they belong to.

Stone-Bear Hold

Avvar Augur

Gender: Male

Character description: The Augur is an important figure in a village of people called the Avvar “barbarians” in the wilderness. He’s a magic-worker, a councilor, and an intermediary between the real world and the spirits. He can be a bit “otherworldly” as a result. He’s a smart man, unexpectedly jolly for his solemn position.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)28 = (dec)40

~

Thane Svarah Sun-Hair

Gender: Female

Character description: Thane (leader) of a hold of “barbarians” called the Avvar, a proud, independent people who live by hunting and trading in the wild. Tall and wiry, she is still strong despite her age. She’s a fair and observant woman who can judge the moods of her hold and the other hold they trade with in the blink of an eye. Smart, pragmatic, and not afraid to hit things or make hard decisions.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)2D = (dec)45

~

Storvacker

Gender: Female

Character description: This is a bear. Like literally a bear. I’m adding this because I need lines in the conversations where people talk to the bear, and the bear grunts or growls, but unless there is an actor who does like an AWESOME impression of a bear, I’m assuming we are using existing bear-audio.

Accent: Grizzly or Northern Brown

Race: Bear

Age range: (hex)14 = (dec)20

~

Arena Master = Arrken Feldsen

Gender: Male

Character description: An Avvar man in charge of an arena where his people train and fight in rituals. Brisk, Loves fighting - loves the theory, the practice, the philosophical arguments about honor and when to fight - loves it all. Gets a bit bloodthirsty when cheering on the fights.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age Range: (hex)23 = (dec)35

~

Skald = Fullna Hethsdotten

Gender: Female

Character description: A skald (a bard and a keeper of oral histories) among the Avvar, a tribe of “barbarians” in the mountains. Proud of her people’s history, protective of her clan’s reputation. Aware she’s a bit young for a bard, so takes the role seriously and a bit self-conciously.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

~

Parve

Gender: Male

Character description: An Avvar villager. Finds himself in a climbing race to settle a dispute with another villager.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Hask

Gender: Male

Character description: An Avvar villager. Finds himself in a climbing race to settle a dispute with another villager.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Mountain climber = Runa Lyrsdotten

Gender: Female

Character description: A young Avvar with a passion for climbing the highest slopes around your mountain home. Cheery, energetic, and absolutely fearless.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)14 = (dec)20

~

Linna

Gender: Female

Character description: A fisherwoman wondering about her cousin.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Conspiracy Guy = Helsdim Rolfsen

Gender: Male

Character description: Helsdim Rolfsen is an Avvar trader. His work takes him outside his small mountainside village and he has an appreciation for the greater world as a result. He takes pride in the fact that he’s literate, a rarity among the Avvar, and is very into “alternate history”. (He’s a bit of a conspiracy nut, in other words, but a harmless one.) Helsdim longs to see more of the world, but he’s stuck in his little hometown village.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

The Exile = Sigrid Gulsdotten

Gender: Female

Character description: An Avvar = a clan of tough mountain-dwelling people who the rest of the countries consider barbarians. She exiled herself to the woods outside her village because she thinks she’s made a mistake who brought shame on her clan. A bit dour but fiercely loyal to her people.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

~

Master of the Hunt

Gender: Male

Character description: Avvar Master of the Hunt, Old, seasoned, and blunt. Slow to give out praise, but sincere when he does.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)3C = (dec)60

~

Gyda Myrdotten

Gender: Female

Character description: Woman in charge of burying the dead. Sly, clever. Can seem unsympathetic, but is truly dedicated to her work and following traditions properly.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Finn = Finn Caldansen

Gender: Male

Character description: A kind young man who was injured while helping a friend. Sad over the death of his father.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)12 = (dec)18

~

Arvid Rolfsen

Gender: Male

Character description: An Avvar fisherman, old enough to be past most posturing and bragging, proud to be part of Stone-Bear Hold and unimpressed with the evil Hakkon worshippers.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Friendly Avvar Male = Einar, fisherman working with Arvid

Gender: Male

Character description: Friendly Avvar talking to his friends.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)14 = (dec)20

~

Friendly Avvar Female = unnamed fisherwoman working with Arvid

Gender: Female

Character description: Friendly Avvar talking to her friends.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Avvar Guardsman 01

Gender: Male

Character description: A guard for a small village. Strong, watchful.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)28 = (dec)40

~

Avvar Guardsman 02

Gender: Male

Character description: A guard for a small village. Easygoing.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)28 = (dec)40

~

Avvar Crafter 01

Gender: Male

Character description: An Avvar villager. You craft goods and mend things.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Avvar Hunter 01

Gender: Female

Character description: A hunter who provides for her small village. Sharp-eyed, capable.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)28 = (dec)40

~

Avvar Hunter 02

Gender: Female

Character description: A hunter who provides for her small village. Experienced, capable.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)28 = (dec)40

~

Scout 01

Gender: Male

Character description: An Avvar scout. Good at his job. Cares for his clan of close-knit people.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Scout 02

Gender: Female

Character description: An Avvar scout. Good at her job. Cares for his clan of close-knit people.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Avvar Villager 01

Gender: Female

Character description: A hard-working Avvar villager.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

~

Avvar Villager 02

Gender: Male

Character description: A hard-working Avvar villager.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

~

Jaws of Hakkon

Gurd Harofsen

Gender: Male

Character description: Powerful, proud, menacing Avvar warrior. Heads a group calling themselves the Jaws of Hakkon. He serves a powerful warrior-god, and plans to voluntarily give up his own life in order to be a vessel for this god. A thug and a bully.

Speech pattern: He is chanting with a specific rhythm in his main conversation. See conversation-file notes.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Hakkon Beastmaster

Gender: Male

Character description: An evil member of a warrior cult who has kidnapped a bear for nefarious purposes. Your basic loud yelling bad guy.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Hakkonite Bully

Gender: Female

Character description: An angry thug who fights for the Jaws of Hakkon. She is trying to bully some non-warriors from a different hold, and reacts angrily as soon as she sees the Inquisitor.

Accent: North British

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

~

Hakkon Warrior 01

Gender: Male

Character description: A barbarian warrior.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

~

Hakkon Warrior 02

Gender: Female

Character description: A barbarian warrior.

Accent: Light North Country

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

~

First Inquisition

Inquisitor Ameridan

Gender: Male

Character description: A man in early middle age, an intelligent and seasoned warrior. He is somber and serious, driven by a duty he never asked for.

Accent: Welsh

Race: Elf

Age range: (hex)28 = (dec)40

~

Telana

Gender: Female

Character description: This is a spirit that touched Inquisitor Ameridan’s wife, Telana, and speaks with her memories. She is a spirit of compassion, just like Cole, and has much of the same empathy and “talking as though in someone else’s head” that Cole does. Unlike Cole, she is clearly and obviously a spirit, tired and worn away from centuries of waiting for someone to tell her story to.

In life, Telana was a Dalish elf (hence request for Welsh accent).

Accent: Welsh

Race: Elf (Spirit)

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Second Inquisition and associates

Professor Bram Kenric

Gender: Male

Character description: A professor from Starkhaven who is bright, enthusiastic, and a little absent-minded. He’s the one whose theories pulled the Inquisition out here on the hunt for the Last Inquisitor, Ameridan (who vanished 800 years ago), and while he’s a little out of his element here in the wild, he is determined to see this through.

He’s innocent and naive, generally speaking, and may have a slight crush on Scout Harding (who he calls “Lady Harding”).

Accent: Scottish

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

~

Colette

Gender: Female

Character description: An eager research assistant for Professor Kenric. She has a driven, A-type personality. As an elf, she’s faced some prejudice at the University.

Accent: French

Race: Elf

Age range: (hex)14 = (dec)20

~

Lieutenant Farrow

Gender: Male

Character description: Professional Inquisition soldier. Very good at his job.

Accent: British

Race: Elf

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

~

Camp Researcher Male

Gender: Male

Character description: Man at research camp.

Accent: British

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Camp Researcher Female

Gender: Female

Character description: Woman at research camp.

Accent: British

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

~

Havard-Pierre d’Amortisan

Gender: Male

Character description: A baron who researches dangerous animals. Intrigued by a mysterious animal that no one has ever seen. Speaks in a Lovecraft/Edwaridan-Horror-Story type manner.

Accent: French

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)2D = (dec)45

~

Dunwich

Gender: Male

Character description: Long-suffering assistant to Havard-Pierre d’Amortisan (a baron who studies dangerous creatures.) Dry, butler-like. Think Alfred from Batman.

Accent: British

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

~

Grandin

Gender: Male

Character description: Young soldier whose friend has been murdered. Now possessed by a spirit//demon

Accent: British

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)19 = (dec)25

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Forward Camp Soldier 2

Gender: Male

Character description: An Inquisition soldier.

Accent: British

Race: Human

Age range: (hex)1E = (dec)30

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Forward Camp Soldier 3

Gender: Male

Character description: An Inquisition soldier.

Accent: British

Race: Human

(Previous quest - What Yet Lingers: Look for information on Inquisitor Ameridan)

Main questline: What Yet Lingers: Return to Kenric

This is the third part of "What Yet Lingers" questline.

Speak with Professor Kenric about the information on Telana and Ameridan.

Characters involved: Bram Kenric

[1] Dialogue options:

General: We’ve been to the island. [2]

General: What's our next step? [3]

General: Ameridan and Hakkon connect. [4] (If both “What Yet Lingers” and “Storvacker Caged” have been completed.)

[2] General: We’ve been to the island.

PC: A spirit on the island held the memories and possessions of Ameridan's lover, a woman named Telana. It told us that Ameridan was here on orders from Emperor Drakon himself... and where he went next.

Kenric: Andraste's dimples, I may have received tenure from that sentence alone. Ameridan had a lover. Telana, you said? The Inquisitor's lady mage! There was such debate over whether she existed! And there were orders? This was a request from Drakon? This changes everything! [5]

[5] Subsequent dialogue options:

Investigate: Spirits don't bother you? [6]

Investigate: Why do the orders matter? [7]

Investigate: What does Telana change? [8]

General: I like uncovering history. [9] (Becomes unavailable after choosing one of the Investigate options.)

General: This is a useful step. [10] (Becomes unavailable after choosing one of the Investigate options.)

General: Where do we go now? [11]

[6] Investigate: Spirits don't bother you?

PC: You don't have a problem receiving information from spirits?

Kenric: It's not ideal, but since you've found corroborating physical evidence, I see no serious issues. Any study of great wars and battlefields carries an inherent risk of contact with demons or spirits. When spirits are willing to talk, most historians love the chance of a firsthand report. [Back to 5]

[7] Investigate: Why do the orders matter?

PC: What does it change, knowing that Ameridan was on a mission from Emperor Drakon?

Kenric: Everything. One current theory holds that Ameridan was selfishly throwing off his responsibilities to go hunting. Another suggests Drakon had him removed or even killed, because Ameridan opposed the Nevarran Accord. But if this is true, then Ameridan was a loyal servant of Orlais! He was not an embarrassment. He was a patriot protecting Orlais while Drakon fought in the Second Blight. [Back to 5]

[8] Investigate: What does Telana change?

PC: You were surprised to hear that Ameridan had a lover?

Kenric: Yes, this Telana you mentioned. Her existence has been hotly debated. Some scholars took Inquisitor Ameridan's respect for the Chantry to imply that he remained celibate. In ages past, there were stories about him and his lover, a mage. They made it out to be a star-crossed romance. The Chantry silenced the stories strenuously. [Back to 5]

[9] General: I like uncovering history.

PC: It's fascinating to find new evidence about these things. [Go to 12]

[10] General: This is a useful step.

PC: What matters is that we've got useful information. [Go to 12]

[11] General: Where do we go now?

PC: At the very least, we've found something to work with. [Go to 12]

[12] PC: The spirit said to follow the river to the north, and something about spires or spikes.

Kenric: Hmm. Up the river. The scouts have had trouble with the Hakkonites up there… I'll continue my research, but for now, your guess is as good as mine. [Back to 1]

[3] General: What's our next step?

PC: What do you need me to do next, Professor?

Kenric: That spirit on the island said something about Ameridan going upriver to... someplace with spires? While you search upriver, I'll continue studying these buckles. That, uh, sounded better in my head. [Back to 1]

[4] General: Ameridan and Hakkon connect.

PC: When I helped the Avvar at Stone-Bear Hold, we learned that the Jaws of Hakkon once bound their god's soul to a beast. According to the spirit, the dragon Ameridan faced was powerful... and accompanied by hostile Avvar.

Kenric: You believe they could be one and the same? That would mean... of course, of course! Brilliant! 800 years ago, the Second Blight threatened a weak Orlais. A perfect time for the Avvar to attack. This "Avvar-god dragon" could have endangered the Orlesian empire, had Ameridan not stopped it. That explains why he would accept such a dangerous mission... and likely how he died. [13]

[13] Subsequent dialogue options:

Investigate: What if the dragon rose again? [14]

Investigate: Does an Avvar god bother you? [15]

General: Ameridan was a hero. [16]

General: How was this overlooked? [17]

General: Hakkon will not rise again. [18]

(Options [16], [17] and [18] are only available if the dialogue branch [2] “We’ve been to the island.” has not been used beforehand.)

[14] Investigate: What if the dragon rose again?

PC: How bad would it be if the contemporary Jaws of Hakkon bound their god to a dragon again? [Go to 14a or 14b depending on the completion status of “Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts”]

[14a] (If “Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts” wasn’t completed.)

Kenric: With Orlais still involved in civil war and recovering from the mage-templar conflict… [Go to 14c or 14d depending on the completion status of the main game]

[14b] (If “Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts” was completed.)

Kenric: With Orlais still recovering from the civil war and the mage-templar conflict… [Go to 14c or 14d depending on the completion status of the main game]

[14c] (If the main game wasn’t completed.)

Kenric Not to mention the remaining demon-rifts, and Corypheus himself… [Go to 14e]

[14d] (If the main game wasn’t completed.)

Kenric Not to mention the scattered rifts, and remnants of Corypheus's forces still causing trouble… [Go to 14e]

[14e] Kenric: A high dragon given malice and magic by an Avvar god-spirit could hypothetically destroy much of Orlais. At least, I hope that was hypothetically. [Back to 13]

[15] Investigate: Does an Avvar god bother you?

PC: You're not concerned about the literal existence of an Avvar god?

Kenric: Not particularly. If the Jaws of Hakkon once bound their god to a dragon, it is likely just a powerful spirit. That isn't to downplay the important cultural significance to the Avvar. But magic does not equate godhood. Every Blight comes from the "Old Gods," which are also dragons corrupted by some outside influence. Sometimes, I wonder if we really know what we mean by "gods." [Back to 13]

[16] General: Ameridan was a hero.

PC: It seems Inquisitor Ameridan saved Orlais 800 years ago. It's time to honor his legacy. [19]

[17] General: How was this overlooked?

PC: History forgot about an attack by a giant magic dragon? If you want something done right… [19]

[18] General: Hakkon will not rise again.

PC: Let's make sure Hakkon stays dead. [19]

[19] PC: The spirit said to follow the river to the north, and something about spires or spikes.

Kenric: Hmm. Up the river. The scouts have had trouble with the Hakkonites up there… I'll continue my research, but for now, your guess is as good as mine.

(Previous quest - Storvacker Caged)

Main questline: What Yet Lingers: Look for information on Inquisitor Ameridan

This is the second part of "What Yet Lingers" questline.

A mysterious island in Frostback Basin may yield clues to the region’s past.

Characters involved: Telana’s spirit

(After receiving permission to borrow the boat, you may sail to the Lady’s Rest island and investigate the area.)

Upon entering, one of the following party members might remark on the strangeness of the island:

Sera: I hate this island. Stinks of dog, and blight, and just… sad! How does it smell sad?

Blackwall: For a moment, I almost felt like I was walking down a street back in Markham. Strange.

Iron Bull: Anybody else smell sea-air and spice? That's... that isn't right.

Possible replies:

Dorian: Your mind is being influenced by the spirits here. They're drawing sorrow from you like you'd draw water from a well.

Vivienne: It's the spirits, darling. They're projecting sorrow and eliciting your most tragic memories in return

Solas: The spirits gathered here were drawn to tragedy. They radiate it, as a fire does heat.

Cole: You feel sad because they do, watching, waiting. They want to help you hear it.

Response from the person who made the first remark:

Sera: Make them stop. It's my head, demons. You're not invited!

Blackwall: Right. That didn't help.

Iron Bull: Glad I asked.

(While you explore the Lady’s Rest, you can hear a disoriented female voice, which is revealed to belong to a spirit who found Telana as she was dying and preserved her memories.)

I can't... not without…

Sleep. I need to... I must find you...

No, no, no.

This blood... my blood? No, I can't…

Vhenan... I'm... dreaming…

Ameridan... Ameridan, why?

Party comments when you explore deeper into the island:

Sera: Eugh, shivers right up in there. Not living and not right!

Iron Bull: I could do without all the demons, Boss. Any time you want to leave is fine by me.

Solas: Interesting. What drew so many spirits to this place, I wonder?

Cole: They watched the dead and dying, pressing close, clustered to hear, and forgot how to go back.

(Approach an unstable rift in a fallen shack. The Anchor starts behaving strangely.)

Party comments:

Cassandra: We should deal with the rift. This area will not be stable until it is gone.

Varric: We're not going to leave that rift here, right?

Solas: This rift is ancient. It may have formed from the battle that took place here, not the Breach.

(If no companion makes a comment.) PC: We've looked everywhere else on this island. Shall we see what's inside the rift?

(When you fully open the rift, the spirit can communicate more clearly.)

Telana’s spirit: Telana slept... I slept. To find him in dreaming... but I... the blood... I'm... she's... gone. Telana wanted to reach Ameridan again, one more time, but she couldn't. I couldn't. I died. I tried to stay but only pieces came through. You opened the sky for the rest of me.

Dialogue options:

General: You knew Ameridan. [1]

General: Ah. Another Fade... thing. [2]

General: What is this? [3]

Special: Cole? [4]

Special: Solas? [5]

[1] General: You knew Ameridan.

PC: You... or she... wanted to reach Ameridan again? We're also trying to find him. [6]

[2] General: Ah. Another Fade... thing.

PC: This is going to be the Fade all over again. Do you know where Ameridan is? [6]

[3] General: What is this?

PC: What are you talking about? Where is Ameridan? [6]

[4] Special: Cole?

PC: Cole, can you help make sense of this?

Cole: It hurts. She hurt. The wraiths knew only the pain, but she knew why, daring, dreaming into darkness, for Ameridan. [6]

[5] Special: Solas?

PC: Solas, this seems like something you might be able to help with.

Solas: Pain drew the wraiths, but this spirit touched the mind of someone who cared for Inquisitor Ameridan. [6]

[6] Telana’s spirit: Ameridan. Yes. Inquisitor. Beloved. I... she... came with Ameridan to hunt the dragon.

PC: The dragon?

Telana’s spirit: Huge... power like none had seen. It came from the mountains with the Avvar. Towns fell, all dead. One last favor for Emperor Drakon. Slay the Avvar-dragon, save Orlais. [7]

[7] Dialogue options:

Mad: Why was this covered up? [8]

Confused: He was on a mission? [9]

Stoic: Where did he go? [10]

Sad: He died here, then. [11]

[8] Mad: Why was this covered up?

PC: Inquisitor Ameridan died saving Orlais from a dragon? How could history just forget that?

Telana’s spirit: Not forgotten. Forbidden. Darkspawn in the north, all of Orlais afraid. No one could know. Orlais must stand unstained, no fear to falter. "Please, my friend. For both our peoples." [12]

[9] Confused: He was on a mission?

PC: This wasn't just a hunt? Inquisitor Ameridan was here on orders from Emperor Drakon?

Telana’s spirit: Yes. A secret. Drawn by the dragon. Telana... I didn't want to, but where Ameridan goes, I go. [12]

[10] Stoic: Where did he go?

PC: Can you tell me what happened to Inquisitor Ameridan? [12]

[11] Sad: He died here, then.

PC: There are no records of a dragon, so he must have killed it... and died doing so.

Telana’s spirit: Yes. If he had lived, he would have found her. Me. But he didn't. And no one ever knew. [12]

[12] They fought at the shore. Spirits and magic, cold, so cold. How I found her, how she found us. They rested here, then up the river. Metal spires. A way to stop the dragon. Then Telana returned here alone to wait for him. Forever waiting. Dreaming... then dead. [13]

[13] Dialogue options:

General: You can rest now. [14]

General: Leave, or be destroyed. [15]

General: Goodbye. [16]

[14] General: You can rest now.

PC: We'll find Ameridan. You don't have to wait here anymore.

Party comments:

Solas: You have done all that she asked of you. Be free.

Cole: You did what she wanted you to. You can let go of her now.

Telana’s spirit: Thank you. It was hard. [17]

[15] General: Leave, or be destroyed.

PC: You're too dangerous to remain here.

Party comments:

Cassandra: I agree. It does not seem hostile, but it is safer for everyone if it returns to the Fade.

Vivienne: True. It is only prudent to banish the thing.

Cole: No, she's not angry! She wanted to help. She stayed when Telana couldn't.

Solas: That is hardly necessary. The spirit is no danger to anyone.

Telana’s spirit: I will not fight. I tried to remember. For Telana. [17]

[16] General: Goodbye.

PC: Farewell, spirit.

Telana’s spirit: I have shared her message. I will go. [17]

[17] I... she... went a long time ago. I stayed because she asked. Her things are there. She wanted them found. [Exits the conversation]

(Collect Ameridan’s orders.)

Codex entry: Ancient Document Protected in a Scroll Case

Whosoever reads this message,

Let it be known that the bearer, Inquisitor Ameridan, Commander of the Seekers of Truth, travels to the Frostback Basin on the official request of His Divine Majesty Kordillus Drakon, Emperor of Orlais, upon business vital to the safety and security of this most holy empire, and that he and those who travel with him are to be afforded every service, rendered every assistance, and extended every courtesy in their effort to protect Orlesian lives from threats both magical and mundane.

Maker watch over him,

Kordillus Drakon I

PC: Kenric will want a look at the orders.

(The Anchor erupts, bringing the Inquisitor to their knees.)

Party comments: (I’m pretty sure these reactions are reused from another spot in the game.)

Blackwall: Are you all right?

Varric: Hey, you all right?

Dorian: Everything all right down there?

Cassandra: Are you all right?

Iron Bull: You all right, boss?

Sera: (Laughs.) How'd that work out?

(New ability “Aegis of the Rift” is unlocked.)

(Go back to the boat. In the meantime, Hakkonites arrived at the shore.)

Male Hakkonite: There! It's the lowlanders!

Female Hakkonite: Kill the Inquisitor! Death to her/his hold, for Hakkon's glory!

(Defeat the Hakkonites and return to the mainland. Approach Arvid.)

Arvid: You lived. Thank you for bringing the boat back.

(Previous quest - Ameridan’s End: Talk to Ameridan)

Main questline: Hakkon Wintersbreath

Characters involved: Lace Harding, Svarah Sun-Hair, Hakkon Wintersbreath, Bram Kenric

The Jaws of Hakkon have released a dragon said to carry the spirit of an Avvar god. The dragon flew into the Frostback Basin and will wreak havoc unless stopped.

(If you decide to speak with Svarah before dealing with Hakkon.)

Svarah: That was a good fight. The Jaws of Hakkon are broken and holdless. Their stragglers yet wander the woods, but their foolish plan died with Gurd Harofsen. All that remains is the dragon. It has not yet attacked the lowlands. Without the Hakkonites to pull it to purpose, it is confused. Still, I would strike soon.

(Go to the lakeshore and fight the dragon.)

Hakkon: Lowlanders, I am the breath of winter, the cold wind of war! Join me in battle and die!

Hakkon’s battle cries:

We will soak the ground with lowlander blood!

Prove yourself in battle!

Fight me!

You gain glory in death!

I am cold! I am war!

(The dragon is at low health.)

Hakkon: You fight well! A worthy battle!

(The dragon dies.)

Hakkon: I am slain. Well fought, lowlanders. It was a good battle. I die... content.

(Harding arrives.)

Harding: I've never gotten to see you take down a dragon in person.

(If the main game has been completed.)

PC: Corypheus had a dragon. You were there when I killed him.

Harding: No, I was below when you killed him. Hard to get a good view with a floating mountain in my way. I must say… It's fun to see it up close.

(If the main game has not been completed.)

Harding: I must say… It's fun to see it up close.

Dialogue options:

General: Thanks for the help. [1]

General: I hope it worked. [2]

General: You're a dragon slayer! [3]

[1] General: Thanks for the help.

PC: I appreciate the assistance.

Harding: My pleasure. [4]

[2] General: I hope it worked.

PC: With any luck, this puts an end to Hakkon permanently.

Harding: Or as permanently as it gets for an Avvar god. [4]

[3] General: You're a dragon slayer!

PC: Perhaps this calls for a new title. Dragonslayer Harding, perhaps?

Harding: A fancy title goes against the point of being a scout. Nobody should see me coming. [4]

[4] Harding: Inquisitor Ameridan would have been proud that you finished what he started. It's strange. History forgot so much of who he was. They never knew he died saving everyone. Do you ever feel that way? [5]

[5] Dialogue options:

Investigate: How do you know about him? [6]

General: I feel that way sometimes. [7]

General: I don't feel forgotten. [8]

General: It doesn’t matter. [9]

[6] Investigate: How do you know about him?

PC: You weren't in the fortress. How'd you hear about Ameridan?

Harding: I'm a scout, remember? Who do you think writes the messages Leliana reads? [Back to 5]

[7] General: I feel that way sometimes.

PC: There are things they don't understand, things no one outside the Inquisition will ever know.

Harding: Some of the secrets are necessary, don't get me wrong. It's just… [10]

[8] General: I don't feel forgotten.

PC: Right now, half of Thedas would recognize me on sight.

Harding: Right. But they see the Inquisitor, this larger-than-life figure. [10]

[9] General: It doesn’t matter.

PC: It's not about what we feel. It's about doing what needs to be done.

Harding: I suppose you’re right. [Go straight to 15]

[10] Harding: Every time you're "more than just a person" to someone, you're also less than a person to them. They don't see that a real normal woman/man fought the Avvar and killed that dragon. And they certainly don't know about your strange fixation with elfroot. [11]

[11] Dialogue options:

General: Thanks. [12]

General: Easy on the elfroot! [13]

General: Being like that is necessary. [14]

[12] General: Thanks.

PC: It's nice to hear that someone remembers I'm just a person... elfroot notwithstanding.

Harding: Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me. Scout's honor. [15]

[13] General: Easy on the elfroot!

PC: My feelings for elfroot are classified, Scout Harding.

Harding: (Laughs.) I'll carry your secret to my pyre. [15]

[14] General: Being like that is necessary.

PC: That's the way it has to be. People would be terrified if they realized their leaders were just people.

Harding: I suppose you're right. [15]

[15] Harding: For what it's worth... nice work, Trevelyan/Lavellan/Adaar/Cadash. Anyway, I'll be at camp if there's anything here you want to finish up. Otherwise, see you at Skyhold! [Exits the conversation]

(The spirit of Hakkon is released from the dragon. He soars into the sky and vanishes.)

(Go back to Stone-Bear Hold and speak with the Thane.)

Svarah: My augur tells me you have slain the dragon. Hakkon has left this world. You have our thanks. Now we can sing him back to life where he belongs, in the land of dreams.

(Go back to the camp and speak with Kenric.)

Kenric: Inquisitor, I understand you located the final resting place of Inquisitor Ameridan!

Dialogue options:

General: We found more than that. [20]

General: Close, but not quite. [21]

General: He wasn't dead. [22]

[20] General: We found more than that.

PC: I was able to speak with the Inquisitor briefly before he died. [23]

[21] General: Close, but not quite.

PC: He wasn't resting when we found him. Waiting, maybe. [23]

[22] General: He wasn't dead.

PC: Ameridan was still alive. [23]

[23] Kenric: I'm sorry?

PC: A ritual kept Inquisitor Ameridan alive all these centuries, binding him and the dragon.

Kenric: Oh, did his... Telana cast some sort of spell before retreating? Or... you... you're not implying that Ameridan was a mage? I'm committed to the truth, but if such an important figure in Chantry history were revealed to have been a mage… [24]

[24] Subsequent dialogue options:

General: Ameridan was an elf. [25]

General: Ameridan was a noble. [26]

[25] General: Ameridan was an elf.

PC: Not just a mage, Kenric. An elven mage.

Kenric: An... oh. Oh, Andraste's dimples. This will be... I'll either be famous or beheaded. This upends centuries of history, not to mention families claiming descent from him. There may be... consternation. Nevertheless, what matters is the truth. If he was elven, then the Dalish... well, it will be... just brilliant. [27]

[26] General: Ameridan was a noble.

PC: Ameridan was a human warrior, of course. We believe Telana cast the spell that bound them.

Kenric: Excellent. I look forward to examining any relics that might be recovered. As I said, many noble families in Orlais claim some relation to the Inquisitor. They will be quite pleased. [27]

[27] Kenric: I will spread the word appropriately. Thank you again for this marvelous opportunity. [Exits the conversation]

100 Days of Dragon Age: Day 27

7/24: Pick a passage from a DA book, comic, game, or from the Wiki. Read, record, and post it.