Romance

Blackwall Romance Scenes

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Flirt: You’re Strangely Charming

PC: You’re oddly charming for a man I found wandering the forest.

Blackwall: I always thought myself more odd than charming, but I’ll take a compliment from a lady. They’re hard to come by these days.

Dialogue options:

General: I like your modesty. [1] +Blackwall slightly approves
General: What’s hard to come by? [2]
General: There’s more in my quarters. [3] +Blackwall approves

1 - General: I like your modesty. PC: I also find your modesty endearing. Blackwall: And the praise keeps coming. [4]

2 - General: What’s hard to come by? PC: Compliments or ladies? Blackwall: (Laughs.) Both. [4]

4 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: So is there something large and heavy you need moved?

Dialogue options:

General: I just wanted to talk. [5] +Blackwall approves
General: I’m sure you’ve better uses. [6] +Blackwall approves
General: Possibly. [7] +Blackwall approves

5 - General: I just wanted to talk. PC: I was just looking to chat. No ulterior motive. Blackwall: Well, I do enjoy our chats. [8]

6 - General: I’m sure you’ve better uses. PC: That would be a waste of your particular talents. Blackwall: Oh, really? PC: You’re much better suited to standing in front of dragons while they try to eat you. [8]

7 - General: Possibly. PC: Manual labor in exchange for compliments? Useful. Blackwall: Well, I aim to please. [8]

8 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: I have to say, my lady, you’re unlike any woman I’ve ever met. I’m flattered you’d spend any time with me. I… enjoy your company. Scene ends.

3 - General: There’s more in my quarters. PC: You can have more if you like. I store them in my private quarters. Blackwall: Wow, I… uh. Well. (Coughs.) I was not expecting that. Thanks for the temping offer, my lady. I’ll have to consider it. Carefully. Scene ends.

Flirt: Let’s Talk About Us

PC: We need to discuss our relationship.

Blackwall (once per game): That’s never a good sign. What did I do? Blackwall: Of course. Blackwall: Is something the matter? Blackwall: As you wish.

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate (post-revelations): What does the future hold? [2]
General: [Kiss him.] [3]
End relationship: This isn’t working. [4]
General: Never mind. [5]

2 - Investigate: What does the future hold? PC: What do you think will happen to us after all this?

Blackwall (given to Wardens): Once this is done, I’ll be escorted to Weisshaupt. At your discretion, of course. And then… I suppose it depends on you, and the Inquisition. Whatever happens, I will always remember you. [back to 1]

Blackwall (free to atone): A house? A dog? Do you think that mark of yours can be used for cooking eggs? Or we could just continue as we are. No eggs necessary. As long as you’re by my side, I don’t care what happens. [back to 1]

3 - General: [Kiss him.] They kiss.

Blackwall (after the first time): Evidently the beard does not bother you as much as I feared. +Blackwall slightly approves

Blackwall (after a second time): If you keep on like this, I might get used to it. +Blackwall slightly approves

[He does not comment again on repeated kiss.] Scene ends.

4 - End relationship: This isn’t working. PC: I don’t know if you and me together is a good idea. Blackwall: It… it probably isn’t. Would just be too complicated, in the end. Let’s say no more of this. Scene ends.

5 - General: Never mind. PC: Perhaps another time. Scene ends.

Low Approval: Not Right For Each Other

The PC speaks to Blackwall if in a relationship with low approval (but not crisis levels).

Blackwall: My lady, your actions as of late have been troubling. I find myself wondering if you’re truly the woman I thought you were.

Dialogue options:

General: There were missteps. [1]
General: Maybe you thought wrong. [2]
General: Don’t question me. [3]

1 - General: There were missteps. PC: I’ve made some mistakes. Everyone does. PC (post-Revelations): You of all people should understand that.

Blackwall: Are they mistakes or the first few steps down a treacherous path? Blackwall (post-Revelations): You know I’ve walked it. You’ve seen where it leads, but you don’t seem to care. [4]

2 - General: Maybe you thought wrong. PC: Or maybe you were wrong about who I am. Maybe you never knew me at all. Blackwall: What I know is that you’re headed down a troubling path. Blackwall (post-Revelations): You know I’ve walked it. You’ve seen where it leads, but you don’t seem to care. [4]

3 - General: Don’t question me. PC: It’s not your place to ask me that. Blackwall: If those who love you best cannot question you, then who can? [4]

4 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: I’m not sure we’re right for each other.

Dialogue options:

General: So be it. [5]
General: Things can change. [6] +Blackwall Greatly approves.

5 - General: So be it. PC: If you can’t or won’t stand by me, then this is over. Blackwall: You’re right. Whatever this was, whatever we were, was a fantasy. Best to end it here. Relationship ends.

6 - General: Things can change. PC: Things will be better, but I need your support. Blackwall: All right. I’m here. I’ll stand by you as long as I can. Scene ends.

Explanations

The PC approaches Blackwall in the barn.

Blackwall: I hope you can forgive me for pushing you away.

Dialogue options:

General: I understand. [1] +Blackwall slightly approves
General: You’re the one suffering. [2]
General: I’m not giving up. [3]

1 - General: I understand. PC: I’m sure you had your reasons. Blackwall: But I can’t just ask you to trust my reasons blindly. [4]

2 - General: You’re the one suffering. PC: You’re the one beating yourself up over… something. Blackwall: I can’t hide anything from you. I.. Owe you an explanation for what I did. But not here. [4]

3 - General: I’m not giving up. PC: If you think I’m just going to let it go, you’re wrong. Blackwall: Still, I owe you an explanation. Who I am. What I am. Please, just meet me there. [4]

4 - Dialogue options:

General: We’ll go as soon as possible. [5] +Blackwall slightly approves
General: This sounds ominous. [6]
General: Explain now. [7]

5 - General: We’ll go as soon as possible. PC: If it’s important to you, then it’s important to me. Blackwall: Thank you. [8]

6 - General: This sounds ominous. PC: This is all sounding very suspicious. Blackwall: Don’t make up your mind until we get there. [8]

7 - General: Explain now. PC: Can’t you just tell me here? Blackwall: No, it has to be there. You have to see. [8]

8 - Scene ends.

The PC meets Blackwall at the Storm Coast.

Blackwall: It’s so quiet now. I remember when it wasn’t. I came here with another Warden. We were ambushed. I tried to save him, but he died.

Dialogue options:

General: I’m sorry. [9]
General: Life is dangerous. [10]
General: This is what I came to see? [11] -Blackwall slightly disapproves

9 - General: I’m sorry. PC: That must’ve been hard on you. Blackwall: His death was different. It changed me. Let’s go over there. [12]

10 - General: Life is dangerous. PC: Look, I understand that a Warden’s life is full of death and danger. But so’s mine. Blackwall: It’s not that. It’s not just about dying or danger. [12]

11 - General: This is what I came to see? PC: This is what you wanted to show me? The spot where some Warden died? Blackwall: His death was different. It changed me. [12]

12 - Scene continues.

They walk around the area a bit.

Blackwall: Let’s go over there.

Blackwall: Wait, there’s something here. Do you see that?

Blackwall: Here!

Blackwall stops to pick something up off the ground.

Blackwall: The Warden-Constable’s badge.

Dialogue options:

General: It’s your badge. [13]
General: Dropped it, did you? [14]
General: This is why we came here? [15] -Blackwall slightly disapproves

13 - General: It’s your badge. PC: You mean your badge. Blackwall: Yes, I suppose it must be. [16]

14 - General: Dropped it, did you? PC: You must’ve lost it in the battle. How careless. Blackwall: How careless, indeed. [16]

15 - General: This is why we came here? PC: You brought me here just to look for some trinket you dropped? Blackwall: I didn’t know I’d lost it. This… this is more to me than a trinket. It’s an idea. [16]

16 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: After all I did earn it. I shouldn’t have let it go so easily. This was my life before I met you. Crumbling ruins. Endless battles. Death.

Dialogue options:

General: You don’t have to be alone. [17]
General: That’s my life, too. [18]
General: We didn’t have to come here. [19] -Blackwall slightly disapproves

17 - General: You don’t have to be alone. PC: You don’t have to face those things alone. Blackwall: (Laughs.) Nothing frightens you, does it? [20]

18 - General: That’s my life, too. PC: You know, I see my fair share of ruins and death, too. Maybe that means we’re perfect for each other. Blackwall: You tease, but… [20]

19 - General: We didn’t have to come here. PC: You didn’t need to bring me here to tell me that. Blackwall: You’re right. I shouldn’t have. [20]

20 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: There’s nothing more for me here, but we can talk back at Skyhold, and I… I have to think.

What You Deserve

The PC is walking around their quarters. They turn to find Blackwall in the doorway to the balcony.

Dialogue options:

General: This is a nice surprise. [1]
General: I knew you’d come. [2]
General: Why are you here? [3]

1 - General: This is a nice surprise. PC: To what do I owe this pleasure? [4]

2 - General: I knew you’d come. PC: I knew you couldn’t stay away. Blackwall: (Sighs.) No, I couldn’t. If only you knew how confounding you are, how impossibly infuriating. [4]

3 - General: Why are you here? PC: What are you doing here? [4]

4 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: I wanted to thank you for accompanying me to that ruin, I wanted to—I just had to see you.

They kiss.

Blackwall: No. This is wrong. I shouldn’t even be here.

Dialogue options:

General: This isn’t wrong. [5]
General: Wrong how? [6]
General: No games. [7]

5 - General: This isn’t wrong. PC: It doesn’t feel wrong. Blackwall: I want to give in. Maker knows how much I wish I could. [8]

6 - General: Wrong how? PC: What’s the problem? A vow of celibacy? A dead wife? Blackwall: No. It’s nothing like that. [8]

7 - General: No games. PC: Don’t play games with me. I don’t like it. Blackwall: I thought I was strong enough to deny this. [8]

8 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: I’m not what you want. I could never be what you deserve.

Dialogue options:

General: Can’t you see your worth? [9]
General: It’s the Warden thing. [10]
General: You don’t decide that. [11]

9 - General: Can’t you see your worth? PC: You’re wrong. You’re a good man. Blackwall: Am I? PC: I see it. [12]

10 - General: It’s the Warden thing. PC: Is it because you’re a Warden? You’ve got this obligation to fulfill? Blackwall: All I am, all I have, I gave to the Wardens. [12]

11 - General: You don’t decide that. PC: I decide what I deserve, not you. [12]

12 - Scene continues.

Blackwall: There’s nothing I can offer you. You’d have no life with me. But I… I need you to end this, because I can’t.

Dialogue options:

No. [Kiss him.] (Commit to a relationship with Blackwall.) [13] +Blackwall greatly approves
You’ll have to do it. (End the relationship with Blackwall.) [14] +Blackwall slightly approves.

13 - No. PC: I’m not letting you go. Blackwall: We’ll regret this, my lady. They kiss agian. PC: Do you regret that? They continue to kiss, and the scene fades to black.

14 - You’ll have to do it. PC: It’s not right to put all this on me. Blackwall: It… it isn’t. It’s cowardly. This… this is what I am, don’t you see? And you’re right. This was always my burden to bear. Goodnight, my lady. Perhaps one day, you’ll forgive me for this. Blackwall leaves, and the scene ends.