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High Approval

Who You Follow

The PC approaches Blackwall at the stables, where he’s working on a small rocking horse/griffon.

Blackwall: This? This is just… it’s something to keep the hands busy.

Race dependent dialogue:

Dwarf PC [1]
Non-dwarf PC [2]

1 - Dwarf PC Blackwall: You were quite the outlaw, I hear. The Carta. You must have some past.

3 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: How do you know? [4]
General: I didn’t have a choice. [5]
General: It wasn’t my fault. [6]
General: My past isn’t your concern. [7]
General (after investigate): Yes I have a past. [7]
Flirt: Don’t think less of me. [8]

4 - Investigate: How do you know? PC: Who told you that? Blackwall: No one had to tell me. It’s amazing the things you learn, waiting for someone to crack a keg. Or while sparring. Or just walking past the barracks. The men do enjoy their idle talk. [13]

5 - General: I didn’t have a choice. PC: It was the only way to survive for someone like me. Blackwall: I’m not judging. I know what it’s like to be so desperate. I don’t care who you were. I know who you are now, and that’s the person I signed on for. [13]

6 - General: It wasn’t my fault. PC: Whatever you heard, I didn’t do it. Blackwall: So you didn’t kill an Antivan count with a wheel of cheese Shame. I was hoping that rumor was true. I don’t care who you were. I know who you are now, and that’s the person I signed on for. [13]

7 - General: My past isn’t your concern. PC: So I have a past. I don’t see how it’s your business. Blackwall: You’re right. I was prying. I don’t care who you were. I know who you are now, and that’s the person I signed on for. [13]

8 - Flirt: Don’t think less of me. PC: Tell me you don’t think less of me for it. Blackwall: I don’t. Whoever you were doesn’t matter to me, and it shouldn’t matter to you. The woman I see now is a remarkable person. I’m honored to be here. [13]

2 - Non-dwarf PC Blackwall: I’m grateful you tracked me down when you did. As exciting as wandering the woodlands was, this is better. It’s good to be part of something so important, something that could change things.

Dialogue options:

Flirt: It’s only about the work? [9]
General: I’m glad. [10] +Blackwall slightly approves
General: What about the Wardens? [11]
General: So we have your loyalty? [12]

9 - Flirt: It’s only about the work? PC: I hope there’s more than just the work keeping you here. Blackwall: Well, there’s you, of course. The Inquisition is nothing without its Herald. [13]

10 - General: I’m glad. PC: I’m pleased that you feel that way. Blackwall: Makes me sound like a Chantry sister, doesn’t it? Some giddy new initiate. But so be it. I suppose you’ve earned my loyalty… and girlish enthusiasm. [13]

11 - General: What about the Wardens? PC: The Grey Wardens are huge and important. You’re part of that. Blackwall: True. But without a Blight on the horizon, everything the Wardens do feels like… waiting. This, the Inquisition, is what matters now. And I’m grateful to be a part of it. [13]

12 - General: So we have your loyalty? PC: Does this mean we have your full support? Blackwall: If that’s what’s important to you, then yes. You’ve earned my loyalty. [13]

13 - Scene continues.

Blackwall drops his tools and walks to the fire.

Blackwall: “You are who you choose to follow.” Someone told me that once. Took me years to understand what he meant.

Dialogue options:

General: Wise words. [14] +Blackwall slightly approves
General: Isn’t it obvious? [15] -Blackwall slightly disapproves
General: Why follow at all? [16] -Blackwall slightly disapproves

14 - General: Wise words. PC: There’s wisdom in that.

15 - General: Isn’t it obvious? PC: Certainly, who you follow defines who you are. It’s not that complicated. Blackwall: We’re not all blessed with your quick wit. Personally, I’m glad I have any wit at all.

16 - General: Why follow at all? PC: And some of us choose not to follow at all. Blackwall: We can’t all be born leaders.

17 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: It was a chevalier who said those words to me. A powerful man, but never without honor. A true knight. We met as competitors in the Grand Tourney. He left me with that advice before we parted. Put aside his own ambitions to help me win the melee. I don’t think I ever thanked him.

18 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Grand Tourney? [19]
Investigate: What happened? [20]
General: A generous act. [21]
General: Why’d he help you? [22]
General: You couldn’t win on your own? [23] -Blackwall slightly disapproves

19 - Investigate: Grand Tourney? PC: What is this Grand Tourney? Blackwall: You’ve never heard of it? The Grand Tourney of the Free Marches? It’s a spectacle. Song, dance, wine. Every amusement you can imagine. But the greatest part is the contest of arms. Prove yourself in the Grand Tourney, and you can make your fortune. [back to 18]

20 - Investigate: What happened? PC: How did he help you? Blackwall: There were a hundred men on the field. Each one fighting for himself. The knight and I had forged an alliance. It was just the two of us, and we took all comers. The goal? Down as many opponents as possible. He always let me deliver the final blow. [back to 18]

21 - General: A generous act. PC: That was generous of him. Blackwall: He said I stood to gain everything… while he’d lose nothing. [24]

22 - General: Why’d he help you? PC: He must have wanted something from you to help like that. Blackwall: A pupil. A squire. Someone to teach and to mold. He saw my potential. [24]

23 - General: You couldn’t win on your own? PC: So without his help, you would’ve lost. Blackwall: Without a doubt. I was young, I had strength and enthusiasm but no experience. [24]

24 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: When it was over, he offered to mentor me, to teach me to become a chevalier like him. And I, young and stupid, turned him down flat. I’d just won the melee at the Grand Tourney. I didn’t need him.

He walks back towards the PC.

Choice dependent dialogue:

Romanced [25]
Not Romanced [26]

25 - Romanced Blackwall: My life would’ve been very different if I’d followed him. I regret that. But now I believe I made the right decision after all.

Dialogue options:

General: What changed? [27] +Blackwall slightly approves
Flirt: Because of me? [28] +Blackwall slightly approves
General: Self-doubt is dangerous. [29] +Blackwall slightly approves

27 - General: What changed? PC: What changed your mind? Blackwall: You did. [30]

28 - Flirt: Because of me? PC: If your life had been different, we wouldn’t have met? Blackwall: Nothing escapes your notice. [30]

29 - General: Self-doubt is dangerous. PC: It’s best not to second-guess yourself. Blackwall: No. It’s this Inquisition. It’s you. [30]

30 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: Our paths may never have crossed if I’d gone with the old chevalier. I could never regret this life, not with you in it.

Scene ends.

26 - Not Romanced Blackwall: I should’ve gone with him. Perhaps things could’ve been different.

Dialogue options:

General: It all turned out. [31]
General: Not necessarily better. [32]
General: Regret is useless. [33] -Blackwall slightly disapproves

31 - General: It all turned out. PC: You’re here now. A Grey Warden. It worked out. Blackwall: I suppose it did, didn’t it? [34]

32 - General: Not necessarily better. PC: Different doesn’t always mean better. Blackwall: (Chuckles.) In this case, I think it would’ve been better. [34]

33 - General: Regret is useless. PC: Don’t waste your time on regret. Blackwall: Regret has its uses. It comes from reflection, and stops you from making the same mistakes twice. [34]

34 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: But I’m older, hopefully wiser, and I think I’ve chosen the right person to walk with.

Scene ends.

Low Approval

Are You Proud

*The PC walks up to Blackwall, who is hacking away at a training dummy.

Choice dependent dialogue:*

Non-romance [1]
Romanced [2]

1 - Non-romance Blackwall: Are you proud of yourself, of what you’ve built here? How about the lives you’ve destroyed along the way? Given much thought to those lately?

Blackwall (if Celene died): Celene, the one monarch who could’ve stabilized Orlais, and you went against her.

Blackwall (if Wardens exiled): The Wardens at Adamant, banished when they could have helped you.

Blackwall: Is this Inquisition all you wanted it to be? Because I’m disappointed. All I see is a gang of thugs led by a self-serving tyrant.

Dialogue options:

General: Is that what you think? [3]
General: Do go on. [4]
General (post-Revelations): Must feel familiar. [5]
General (post-Revelations, imprisoned): You’re one of those thugs. [6]
General (not imprisoned): If you don’t like it, leave. [7]

3 - General: Is that what you think? PC: This is what you truly think of my Inquisition? Blackwall: You expected me to see things differently? Perhaps I would think your actions were noble? Let’s just say we’re both disappointed, and leave it there. [8]

4 - General: Do go on. PC: Why don’t you tell me how you really feel. Blackwall: (Snorts.) Of course. I shouldn’t have expected you to take this seriously. What’s done is done. Further talk will accomplish nothing. [8]

5 - General: Must feel familiar. PC: You’ve been both a thug and a self-serving tyrant. I would’ve thought you’d approve. [8]

6 - General: You’re one of those thugs. PC: You belong to the Inquisition, like it or not. [8]

7 - General: If you don’t like it, leave. PC: If the Inquisition doesn’t live up to your lofty expectations, I can have one of my thugs show you the gate. Blackwall: Don’t trouble yourself. I know where it is. Blackwall leaves the Inquisition.

8 - Scene continues.

Blackwall (pre-Revelations): I do not control your course, nor the Inquisition’s. Only my own. So do as you wish. I will not be a party to this any longer. Blackwall leaves the Inquisition.

Blackwall (post-Revelations, freed or given to Wardens): I was those things. You know I’m not proud of it. I do not control your course, nor the Inquisition’s. Only my own. So do as you wish. I will not be a party to this any longer. Blackwall leaves the Inquisition.

Blackwall (post-Revelations, imprisoned): I don’t have the right to demand change, not leave, but others do. Take care you don’t offend them. Scene ends.

2 - Romanced Blackwall: This can’t continue. There was a time when I couldn’t stay away from you. That’s changed.

Choice dependent dialogue:

Post-Revelations [9]
Pre-Revelations [10]

9 - Post-Revelations Blackwall: I’m just not sure about any of this anymore.

Blackwall (freed): After all I’ve done to free myself from the past and to make up for it, I can’t… [18]

Blackwall (given to Wardens): I will stay to finish the fight with Corypheus, but I cannot stay close while you walk this path.

Dialogue options:

General: Don’t give up. [11] General: Just like that? [12] General: Just say it. [13]

11 - General: Don’t give up. PC: It doesn’t have to be this way. We can salvage this. Blackwall: No, not this time. Blackwall: We’re done. [14]

12 - General: Just like that? PC: So you and I are finished? It’s all work from now on? Blackwall: I can always count on you to cut to the heart of it. Yes. [14]

13 - General: Just say it. PC: Speak plainly. Blackwall: We’re done. [14]

14 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: I’m sorry, for what it’s worth. Scene ends.

10 - Pre-Revelations Blackwall: I shouldn’t have let it drag on for this long.

Dialogue options:

General: I tried to make it work. [15]
General: I should have expected this. [16]
General: So be it. [17]

15 - General: I tried to make it work. PC: I did my best. I’m sorry to disappoint you. Blackwall: I know. I know you tried. I can’t remain a part of this Inquisition. Your actions, the things you’ve been doing? They terrify me.

16 - General: I should have expected this. PC: How did I not see this coming? I tried my best, you know. Blackwall: I know. I know you tried. I can’t remain a part of this Inquisition. Your actions, the things you’ve been doing? They terrify me.

17 - General: So be it. PC: If this is how it has to be. Blackwall: This is how it has to be. I can’t remain a part of this Inquisition. Your actions, the things you’ve been doing? They terrify me.

18 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: I can’t let you lead me down this path, and I can’t watch you take it.

Dialogue options:

General: We can fix this. [19]
General: What about the Inquisition? [20]
General: Then go. [21]

19 - General: We can fix this. PC: No. We’ll think of something. We’ll fix it. Blackwall: Some things cannot be fixed. [22]

20 - General: What about the Inquisition? PC: So you’re leaving me and the Inquisition? We need you. Blackwall: Call me selfish. Call me cowardly, if you wish. Hit me if it makes you feel better. [22]

21 - General: Then go. PC: Fine, do as you wish. I no longer care. [22]

22 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: I’m sorry, for what it’s worth.

Blackwall leaves the Inquisition.