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In Hushed Whispers

Conversation: Southern Mages

The PC approaches Dorian at Haven.

Choice related dialogue:

Mages conscripted [1]
Mages made allies [2]

1 - Mages conscripted:

Dorian: Put a leash on the rebel mages, I see. Interesting how they seem to like the idea. As if it’s a relief to be penned in again.

Dialogue options:

General: You disagree? [3]
General: Life as a rebel is hard. [4]
General: It had to be done. [5]

3 - General: You disagree?
PC: I take it you don’t agree?
Dorian: Not my place to disagree, is it? It just seems like you’re repeating history. [6]

4 - General: Life as a rebel is hard.
PC: It can’t have been easy: Life on the run. Hunted all the time.
Dorian: Better to be in the fold than out in the wilds? For a sheep, that is. [6]

5 - General: It had to be done.
PC: There was no other choice.
Dorian: Oh, I’m not arguing. Just pointing out the ridiculously obvious. [6]

6 - Scene continues.

Dorian: It all depends on what you do with these mages later. No guarantee you’ll throw them back into Circles again, I suppose.

Dorian (med/high approval): I mean, unless you’re the dull sort. I suspect that’s not the case.
Dorian: (neutral/low approval): I mean, unless you’re as thick as you seem. Which would be sad, really.

Scene ends.

2 - Mages made allies:

Dorian: The Inquisition supports free mages. What’s next? Elves running Halamshiral? Cows milking farmers?

Dialogue options:

General: You disagree? [7]
General: I’ll think of something. [8]
General: It had to be done. [9]

7 - General: You disagree?
PC: I take it you don’t agree?
Dorian: On the contrary, I approve. Heartily. [10]

8 - General: I’ll think of something.
PC: Give me time, I’m sure I’ll surprise you.
Dorian: I suspect that’s untrue… unless you strip yourself naked and allow the Chantry to flog you into repentance. Now that would surprise me. [10]

9 - General: It had to be done.
PC: There was no other choice.
Dorian: Oh, there were definitely other choices. You picked the one that’ll shock the children. [10]

10 - Scene continues.

Dorian: I do wonder if you’ve considered what this support of yours will do. For mages in general, I mean. The Inquisition is seen as an authority. You’ve given southern mages license to… well, be like mages back home.

Dialogue options:

Flirt: So long as they’re like you. [11]
- Dorian slightly approves
General: Is that so terrible? [12]
General: So they’ll rule us next? [13]
General: I doubt that. [14]

11 - Flirt: So long as they’re like you.
PC: If that means they’re anything like you, I approve.
Dorian: Ha! There aren’t many mages back home like me.
PC: I’d believe that.
Dorian: I never fit in. Bloodstains are so difficult to clean, you see.
PC: So we’re doomed to a future of blood magic, then? [15]

12 - General: Is that so terrible?
PC: What would be wrong with that, exactly?
Dorian: Nothing… at first. [15]

13 - General: So they’ll rule us next?
PC: So what? They all turn into blood mages, worship dragons, and then take over?
Dorian: Not at first, but you’d be a fool to not see where this could lead. [15]

14 - General: I doubt that.
PC: I don’t believe that.
Dorian: It’s true, the conditions here are different. Southern mages aren’t used to ruling. [15]

15 - Scene continues.

Dorian: Thing is, the Imperium was once just like the South. Templars, proper Circles, all that rot. Then it changed. By inches. Not that this is reason to oppress us. Still, my homeland should be a cautionary tale, not a source of inspiration.

Scene ends.

Recruitment

Cutscene: Idiot Countrymen

Dorian is looking through the books in Skyhold as the PC approaches.

Dorian: Brilliant, isn’t it? One moment you’re trying to restore order in a world gone mad. That should be enough for anyone to handle, yes? Then, out of nowhere, an Archdemon appears and kicks you in the head. “What? You thought this would be easy?” “No, I was just hoping you wouldn’t crush our village like an anthill.” “Sorry about that! Archdemons like to crush, you know. Can’t be helped.”

Choice specific dialogue:

Didn’t meet Dorian in Redcliffe [1]
Met Dorian in Redcliffe [2]

1 - Didn’t meet Dorian in Redcliffe

Dorian: I suppose a proper introduction is called for, now that we’re not running for our lives. Dorian of House Pavus, most recently of the Tevinter Imperium. I was at Redcliffe when the Venatori assumed command of your southern mages. I only wish I could have given more warning.

3 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: You’re a magister? [4]
Investigate: Tell me about these Venatori. [5]
Flirt: What you did was brave. [6]
- Dorian approves
General: I appreciate your help. [7]
- Dorian approves
General: Why did you warn us? [8]
General: Why are you still here? [9]
- Dorian disapproves

4 - Investigate: You’re a magister?
PC: Then you’re a magister.
Dorian sighs.
Dorian: I know it’s all the same to southerners, but no… I’m not. All members of the Magisterium—and thus all magisters—are mages, but not all mages are part of the Magisterium. Not to imply I’m just any mage, of course, but let’s not start with incorrect assumptions.
[Back to 3]

5 - Investigate: Tell me about these Venatori.
PC: You mentioned these Venatori when you arrived. They’re a cult?
Dorian: The Venatori are fools, so desperate to restore the Imperium’s “glory days,” they’d sacrifice our nation’s soul. They made an offer to your mage rebels to join forces, but I’d bet they didn’t leave the outcome to chance. The result is the army you saw at Haven. This “Elder One” has more magic than you can shake a stick at.
[Back to 3]

6 - Flirt: What you did was brave.
PC: What you did for us at Haven was very brave.
Dorian: It was, wasn’t it? Throwing in my lot with the underdogs, that’s me. [17]

7 - General: Why did you warn us?
PC: Why try to warn us at all? Aren’t these “Venatori” your countrymen?
Dorian: Only technically. The Imperium they serve no longer exists. [17]

8 - General: I appreciate your help.
PC: I appreciate what you tried to do at Haven.
Dorian: For all the good it did. I had an image in my head of rushing in, saving the day. [17]

9 - General: Why are you still here?
PC: So you warned us. What are you still doing here?
Dorian: The danger’s not exactly done yet, is it? [17]

2 - Met Dorian in Redcliffe

Dorian: Am I speaking too quickly for you?

Dialogue options:

Flirt: I was enjoying the show.
General: We’re all frightened.
General: Not at all.
- Dorian slightly approves
General: You’re boring me.
- Dorian disapproves

10 - Flirt: I was enjoying the show.
PC: I was distracted, that’s all.
Dorian: Distracted? By my wit and charm? I have plenty of both.

Dialogue options:

General: You’re very confident. [11]

Dorian slightly approves

General: Perhaps. [12]

General: Are you so sure? [13]

11 - General: You’re very confident.
PC: How interesting to find someone so aware of his strengths.
Dorian: I’m a man of many talents. What can I say? [17]

12 - General: Perhaps.
PC: Today, at least.
Dorian: Oh! You wound me. [17]

13 - General: Are you so sure?
PC: I’ll be the judge of that.
Dorian: I am here on approval. I’ll do my best to be brilliant under scrutiny. [17]

14 - General: We’re all frightened.
PC: The attacked was unexpected. We’re all rattled.
Dorian: I’m not rattled. I’m the hero of this tale.
PC: Then why isn’t Corypheus after you?
Dorian: Hmm. Good point. Does that make me a lackey? That’s dangerous work… [17]

15 - General: Not at all.
PC: You don’t need to worry about me. I can keep up.
Dorian: Yes, I noticed that.
PC: Did you now?
Dorian: Certainly. If you were a slack-jawed yokel, you’d already be dead. [17]

16 - General: You’re boring me.
PC: I was waiting for you to say something worth listening to.
Dorian chuckles.
Dorian: If I did that, we’d be here all day.
PC: There are things worse than silence.
Dorian: You’ve clearly never been to the Magisterium’s archive. That silence will eat you alive. [17]

17 - End choice specific dialogue.

Scene continues.

Dorian: I always assumed the “Elder One” behind the Venatori was a magister, but this… is something else completely. In Tevinter, they say the Chantry’s tales of magisters starting the Blight are just that: tales. But here we are. One of those very magisters. A darkspawn.

18 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: They say the Chantry is lying?
General: You seem upset.
General: He could be lying.
General: You were deceived.

19 - Investigate: They say the Chantry is lying?
PC: Who does the Imperium say started the Blight?
Dorian: You know how it is. “Not us.” They say darkspawn were always there: magisters and the Blight aren’t even related. Is that a surprise? No one wants to admit they shit the bed. But if Corypheus is one of the magisters who entered the Black City and he’s darkspawn… what other explanation is there?
[Back to 18]

20 - General: You seem upset.
PC: Why does that make you angry?
Dorian: Because the Imperium is my home. [23]

21 - General: He could be lying.
PC: We only know what Corypheus claims to be.
Dorian: True. He might be a convincing liar. Or delusional. Or insane. But how many delusional maniacs are going to have that knowledge? He broke open the Fade. [23]

22 - General: You were deceived.
PC: Clearly the Imperium has no idea.
Dorian: The Imperium is a land of lies built upon secrets built upon falsehoods. [23]

23 - Scene continues.

Dorian: I knew what I was taught couldn’t be the whole truth, but I assumed there had to be a kernel of it. Somewhere. But no. It was us all along. We destroyed the world.

Choice specific dialogue:

Mages allied [24]
Templars allied [33]

24 - Mages allied:

Dialogue options:

General: You’re not responsible. [25]
- Dorian slightly approves
General: It’s not destroyed yet. [26]
General: Why whine about it? [27]
- Dorian disapproves

25 - General: You’re not responsible.
PC: You didn’t do anything. Those men did. A thousand years ago.
Dorian: True, except that one of them is up and walking around right now. Not to mention I have idiot countrymen who would happily follow him down that path again. [28]

26 - General: It’s not destroyed yet.
PC: Last I checked, the Blights hadn’t actually destroyed the world.
Dorian: Not for lack of trying. If they were more clever, they’d have unleashed something that would really do the job. (Laughs.) [28]

27 - General: Why whine about it?
PC: So you’ll just stand here and whine about it, then?
Dorian: I know! Maybe I’ll personally go south and stop Alexius before his plan succeeds! Wait. I already did that. [28]

28 - Scene continues.

Dorian: No one will thank me, whatever happens. No one will thank you either. You know that, yes?

Dialogue options:

General: Nobody knows that. [29]
General: No one likes a pessimist. [30]
General: I don’t need their thanks. [31]
- Dorian slightly approves

29 - General: Nobody knows that.
PC: We don’t know what will happen. Nobody does.
Dorian: An optimist! Such a rare breed. I’ve stumbled upon a unicorn! [32]

31 - General: No one likes a pessimist.
PC: That attitude must be why they kicked you out of the Imperium.
Dorian: (Laughs.) They didn’t kick me out! Well, only because they never got around to it. Eventually they might have. [32]

31 - General: I don’t need their thanks.
PC: That’s not why I’m doing this.
Dorian: I knew there was something clever about you. [32]

32 - Scene continues.

Dorian: All I know is this: Corypheus needs to be stopped. Men like him ruined my homeland. I won’t stand by and let him ruin the world.

Dorian pauses as he walks away.

Dorian: Oh. And congratulations on that whole leading-the-Inquisition thing, by the way.

Scene ends.

33 - Templars allied:

Dialogue options:

General: You’re not responsible. [34]
- Dorian slightly approves
General: It’s not destroyed yet. [35]
General: Why whine about it? [36]
- Dorian disapproves

34 - General: You’re not responsible.
PC: You didn’t do anything. Those men did. A thousand years ago.
Dorian: True, except that one of them is up and walking around right now. Not to mention I have idiot countrymen who would happily follow him down that path again. [37]

35 - General: It’s not destroyed yet.
PC: Last I checked, the Blights hadn’t actually destroyed the world.
Dorian: Not for lack of trying. If they were more clever, they’d have unleashed something that would really do the job. (Laughs.) [37]

36 - General: Why whine about it?
PC: So you’ll just stand here and whine about it, then?
Dorian: I could head south, try to stop the Venatori myself. Spread a warning when they march. Wait. I already did that. [37]

37 - Scene continues.

Dorian: I have no intention of letting Corypheus win. Not without someone from Tevinter standing against him.

Dorian (if met in Redcliffe and sided templars): It would have been nice if you’d helped stop Alexius, but that’s not how things went. So be it. (Dorian disapproves in this situation.)

Dorian: If it’s all the same to you, I’d like to stay and help the inquisition.

38 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: You’d fight your own people? [39]
Investigate: You could be a spy. [40]
You’re welcome here. (Allow Dorian to join the Inquisition.) [41]
You need to go. (Tell Dorian to leave for good.) [42]

39 - Investigate: You’d fight your own people?
PC: You’d really fight your own countrymen?
Dorian: Southerners like to think of the Imperium as nothing but slavers and cultists. Why not? That’s all you see. But it’s not true. Some Tevinters are not only handsome and well-dressed but, rather put of by all that rot. So, I’ll happily kill cultists, or anyone who thinks a darkspawn god is the way of the future.
[Back to 38]

40 - Investigate: You could be a spy.
PC: What if this is a ruse? The Venatori could have captured you, sent you here…
Dorian: Rather elaborate, considering they’d need to have assumed you’d escape Haven. But I am the ideal spy: charming, clever, perfect teeth and hair. It all fits. How about this: let me help and you can hang me later, if you wish. I look good in rope.
[Back to 38]

41 - You’re welcome here.
PC: We can use all the help we can get.
Dorian: No one will thank me, whatever happens. No one will thank you either. You know that, yes?

Dialogue options:

General: Nobody knows that. [43]

General: No one likes a pessimist. [44]

General: I don’t need their thanks. [45]

Dorian slightly approves

43 - General: Nobody knows that.
PC: We don’t know what will happen. Nobody does.
Dorian: An optimist! Such a rare breed. I’ve stumbled upon a unicorn! [46]

44 - General: No one likes a pessimist.
PC: That attitude must be why they kicked you out of the Imperium.
Dorian: (Laughs.) They didn’t kick me out! Well, only because they never got around to it. Eventually they might have. [46]

45 - General: I don’t need their thanks.
PC: That’s not why I’m doing this.
Dorian: I knew there was something clever about you. [46]

46 - Scene continues.

Dorian: All I know is this: Corypheus needs to be stopped. Men like him ruined my homeland. I won’t stand by and let him ruin the world.

Dorian pauses as he walks away.

Dorian: Oh. And congratulations on that whole leading-the-Inquisition thing, by the way.

Scene ends.

42 - You need to go.
PC: No. I can’t allow you to join us.
Dorian: Ah, I suppose it was too much to hope for. Have it your way, friend. Good luck to your… inquisiting and such.
Dorian bows and leaves.

Scene ends.

From the Ashes

Cutscene: You Inspire Faith

The PC approaches Dorian in Skyhold.

Dorian: Roderick, that Chantry fellow who led us through the mountain from Haven? You know he died, I assume. Got us as far as the camp, and then… that was it.

Dialogue options:

General: That’s too bad. [1]
General: I’m surprised he helped. [2]
General: I never liked him. [3]
- Dorian slightly disapproves

1 - General: That’s too bad.
PC: Oh, that’s too bad. [4]

2 - General: I’m surprised he helped.
PC: I’m shocked he helped us instead of running off.
Dorian: I imagine being attacked by something undeniably evil changes one’s perspective a bit. [4]

3 - General: I never liked him.
PC: I can’t say I feel sad about that. He was…
Dorian: I’ve heard. [4]

4 - Scene continues.

I helped him walk. He… talked about you quite a bit. He just needed to be sure you were Andraste’s chosen. He was terrified of what it meant, if it were true. But in the end, he believed. He asked me to tell you he was sorry.

Dialogue options:

General: He was a good man. [5]
- Dorian slightly approves
General: Thanks for telling me. [6]
- Dorian slightly approves
General: He judged me too quickly. [7]
- Dorian slightly disapproves
General (non-Andrastian PC: But I don’t believe. [8]
General (claimed chosen): I’m glad he saw the light. [9]

5 - General: He was a good man.
PC: It seems he was a good man, after all.
Dorian: Sometimes you discover things where you least expect. [10]

6 - General: Thanks for telling me.
PC: Thank you for telling me about that.
Dorian: I thought it was important. [10]

7 - General: He judged me too quickly.
PC: He shouldn’t have judged me so quickly.
Dorian: Even the best of us have been guilty of that, no? [10]

8 - General: But I don’t believe.
PC: He believed, even if I don’t?
Dorian: You inspire faith, Inquisitor, even if you don’t mean to. [10]

9 - General: I’m glad he saw the light.
PC: It’s good he saw the truth, even if it came late.
Dorian: Not too late for him to help. [10]

10 - Scene continues.

Dorian: Anyway, we can talk about something else, if you’d rather.

Scene ends.

Here Lies the Abyss

Cutscene: Trite Propaganda

The PC approaches Dorian as he goes through the bookshelves.

Dorian: You have remarkably little here on early Tevinter history. All these “gifts” to the Inquisition, and the best they can do is the Malefica Imperio? Trite propaganda. But if you want twenty volumes on whether Divine Galatea took a shit on Sunday, this is evidently the place to find it.

Dorian tosses a book.

Dialogue options:

General: What are you looking for? [1]
General: Not to your standards? [2]
General: Stop whining. [3]
- Dorian slightly disapproves
Romance: Such a critic. [4]

1 - General: What are you looking for?
PC: If I knew what you were looking for, I could help you.
Dorian (mage PC): Because you’re a mage? Considering education standards in the South, that’s hardly a recommendation.
Dorian (non-mage PC): You? I rather doubt that.
The PC gives a look.
Dorian: (Sighs.) I apologize. That was unworthy. [5]

2 - General: Not to your standards?
PC: I see. My library isn’t up to your exacting standards?
Dorian: It’s alarmingly chaotic. I found a copy of the Aureballian in what seemed to be the Antivan Classics section.
PC: How scandalous. Someone alert the Magisterium.
Dorian: You laugh, but in some places there are punishments for that. [5]

3 - General: Stop whining.
PC: Then find another library. Don’t whine to me about it.
Dorian: I’m not whining!
PC: Yes, you are.
Dorian: Fine, perhaps a little. I’ve good cause. [5]

4 - Romance: Such a critic.
PC: That’s the Dorian I know: critiquing every book in my library.
Dorian: I wouldn’t have to if you could find some rebellious heretic archivist to join the cause.
PC: Are there rebellious archivists? Other than you, that is?
Dorian: If Corypheus ever starts burning masterworks of literature, I’m sure a few will pop up. [5]

5 - Scene continues.

Dorian: Did I see something by Genitivi here? I could have sworn…

PC: What is this about, Dorian?

Choice dependent dialogue:

Dorian low/neutral approval, not in party at Adamant [6]
Dorian in party, or med/high approval not in party [7]
Dorian in party, romanced [8]

6 - Dorian low/neutral approval, not in party at Adamant:
Dorian: When everyone returned, they told us bout your tumble into the Abyssal Rift. [You] went into the Fade. Physically went in. [13]

7 - Dorian in party, or med/high approval not in party:
Dorian: What else could it be about? What happened at Adamant, of course. [You/we] went into the Fade. Physically went in. [13]

8 - Dorian in party, romanced:
Dorian: When we fell into the chasm, into the Fade… I thought you were done for. I don’t know if I can forgive you for that moment. [13]

Dialogue options:

General: I’m sorry. [9]

Dorian slightly approves

General: It wasn’t on purpose. [10]

General: You were with me! [11]

9 - General: I’m sorry.
PC: I’m sorry you had to go through it with me.
Dorian: I’m not sorry I was there with you. I thought I’d lost you. [12]

10 - General: It wasn’t on purpose.
PC: I didn’t open that rift on purpose, you know. Might be handy if I could.
Dorian: Certainly! Let’s tear holes in the Fade willy-nilly. Historically, that has worked out well.
PC: I’m here… and alive, aren’t I? [12]

11 - General: You were with me!
PC: Forgive me? You were right there with me the entire time!
Dorian: For making me think you were dead! [12]

12 - Scene continues.

Dorian: You sent me ahead and then didn’t follow. For just a moment, I was certain you wouldn’t. I thought: “This is it. This is where I finally lose him forever.” [13]

13 - Scene continues.

Choice dependent dialogue:

Dorian medium/high approval [14]
Dorian neutral/low approval [15]

14 - Dorian medium/high approval:

Dorian: Are you… all right?

Choice dependent dialogue:

Not in party [16]
In party [17]

16 - Not in party:

Dialogue options:

Sad: We lost [Alistair/Loghain/Stroud/Hawke].

Anxious: It was horrible.

Pleased: I learned so much.

Stoic: I don’t want to talk about it.

Dorian slightly disapproves

Sad: We lost [Alistair/Loghain/Stroud/Hawke].
PC: [Alistair/Loghain/Stroud/Hawke]… is gone.
Dorian (not romanced): The Fade is an ordeal under normal circumstances. To be the only real thing there… beyond description. That you made it out at all is a miracle.
Dorian (romanced): Ah, it’s as I thought. The Fade is an ordeal under normal circumstances. To be the only real thing there… beyond description. That you made it out at all is a miracle for which I’m profoundly grateful. [15]

Anxious: It was horrible.
PC: It was like walking in a nightmare, but everything was real. I couldn’t…
Dorian (not romanced): The Fade is an ordeal under normal circumstances. To be the only real thing there… beyond description. That you made it out at all is a miracle.
Dorian (romanced): Ah, it’s as I thought. The Fade is an ordeal under normal circumstances. To be the only real thing there… beyond description. That you made it out at all is a miracle for which I’m profoundly grateful. [15]

Pleased: I learned so much.
PC: I learned a surprising amount. What happened at the Temple of Sacred Ashes, for one.
Dorian: Regained your memories. That’s good, then?
PC: I think so. [15]

Stoic: I don’t want to talk about it.
PC: I’m fine.
Dorian: You walked into the Fade, lived to tell the tale… and you’re fine?
PC: Yes.
Dorian: Well, bravo. [15]

17 - In party:

Dialogue options:

Sad: We lost [Alistair/Loghain/Stroud/Hawke].

Anxious: It was horrible.

Pleased: I learned so much.

Stoic: I don’t want to talk about it.

Dorian slightly disapproves

Sad: We lost [Alistair/Loghain/Stroud/Hawke].
PC: [Alistair/Loghain/Stroud/Hawke]… is gone.
Dorian: The Fade is an ordeal under normal circumstances. To be the only real thing there… beyond description. That any of us made it out alive is difficult to believe.
Dorian: The Fade is an ordeal under normal circumstances. To be the only real thing there… beyond description. That any of us made it out alive is difficult to believe. That you made it out? A miracle. [15]

Anxious: It was horrible.
PC: It was like walking in a nightmare, but everything was real. I couldn’t…
Dorian: The Fade is an ordeal under normal circumstances. To be the only real thing there… beyond description. That any of us made it out alive is difficult to believe.
Dorian: The Fade is an ordeal under normal circumstances. To be the only real thing there… beyond description. That any of us made it out alive is difficult to believe. That you made it out? A miracle. [15]

Pleased: I learned so much.
PC: I learned a surprising amount. What happened at the Temple of Sacred Ashes, for one.
Dorian: Regained your memories. That’s good, then?
PC: I think so. [15]

Stoic: I don’t want to talk about it.
PC: I’m fine.
Dorian: I was there. I saw it. You’re just… fine?
PC: Yes.
Dorian: Well, bravo. [15]

15 - Scene continues.

Dorian: You do realize this feat hasn’t been performed in over a thousand years? Corypheus and his contemporaries entered the Fade and began the Blights. In comparison…

Dialogue options:

Romance (in party): I’m glad you were there. [16]
- Dorian slightly approves
Romance (not in party): I wish you’d been there. [17]
- Dorian slightly approves
General: That’s poor consolation. [18]
General: I should be proud? [19]
General: I was lucky. [20]

16 - Romance (in party): I’m glad you were there.
PC: At least you were at my side.
Dorian: (Chuckles.) No offense, but I’d almost rather I hadn’t been.
PC: No sense of adventure? That’s surprising.
Dorian: I’ve not your talent for survival, and not everyone is as discerning as I. [21]

17 - Romance (not in party): I wish you’d been there.
PC: It would have been easier if you’d been with me.
Dorian: Without question, but I’m rather glad I wasn’t.
PC: No sense of adventure? That’s surprising.
Dorian: I’ve not your talent for survival, and not everyone is as discerning as I. [21]

18 - General: That’s poor consolation.
PC: That’s not exactly comforting, Dorian.
Dorian: Nor should it be. [21]

19 - General: I should be proud?
PC: So… I should be happy I accomplished something so grand?
Dorian: Concerned, more like. [21]

20 - General: I was lucky.
PC: You’re right. I was fortunate.
Dorian: Indeed, although there is cause for concern. [21]

21 - Scene continues.

Dorian: If you can walk in the Fade, others will try to follow. Who knows what secrets Corypheus has revealed? Not all of them will be so lucky as you. What they could unleash… My advice? Keep this quiet. Let them speculate. Too many will see this as a challenge.

Dialogue options:

General: I agree. [22]
- Dorian approves
General: Not my problem. [23]
- Dorian disapproves
General: You don’t? [24]

22 - General: I agree.
PC: That’s a good idea. [25]

23 - General: Not my problem.
PC: Why should that be my concern?
Dorian: Because if it’s not just part of your legend, if they think it’s real, they will come for you. Fear them or not, as you choose, but you’ve enough problems. [25]

24 - General: You don’t?
PC: You don’t number among them?
Dorian: It’s… tempting, but I am no fool. [25]

25 - Scene continues.

Dorian: There are enough idiots in the world who think if they just use enough blood magic, their problems will vanish. It’s exactly the sort of thing I want to stop back home. This… this I don’t need.

Dorian turns back to the bookshelf.

Dorian: What I do need is a copy of the Liberalum. I’ll wager I can find Corypheus’s real name. If I can prove he was a gasping ankle-biter with no family to speak of? The luster would come right off. Wish me luck.

Scene ends.

Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts

Conversation: Marvelous Business

Dorian: Marvelous business, the Winter Palace.

Dorian: Saving the day, reconciling lovers, mediating a civil war… so sugary, it’s nauseating. Dorian: You saved an empress, and now she’s eating out of your hand. Perfect mental image. Dorian: An empress dead, her replacement in your pocket… a charming fellow, though still a bit of a thug. Dorian: An empress dead, an emperor under your spell, and the elven harpy eating out of your hand—if she doesn’t bite it off.

Dorian: All this dancing, politics, and murder makes me a bit homesick.

Dialogue options:

Flirt: I enjoyed our dance. [1]
General: Should we do that more often? [2]
General: You miss that? [3]
General: Happy I could help. [4] +Dorian slightly approves
General: Don’t be ridiculous. [5] -Dorian slightly disapproves

1 - Flirt: I enjoyed our dance. PC: Personally, I’ll remember our dance. Dorian: There could have been more corpses about, although I suppose we might have tripped over them. PC: You’re a grim young man, Dorian. Dorian: Nonsense. I simply enjoy the drama. [6]

2 - General: Should we do that more often? PC: That’s something you’d like to do more often, then? Dorian: Watch you twist an entire empire around your little finger? Yes, please! Or course, that only leaves Tevinter, and it wouldn’t work as well there. PC: No? Why not? Dorian: Our dances are so much more intense. If an evening lacks a murder, we sniff and call it a bore. [6]

3 - General: You miss that? PC: That’s… something you actually miss? Dorian: Who wouldn’t? All the drama, the scandal, the petty maneuverings. Back home, we engage in social affairs with the grim intensity of war. When blood is spilled, the battle is won. Less fun when you’re the target, but to watch? My, yes. [6]

4 - General: Happy I could help. PC: Happy to oblige. A taste of home, just for you. Dorian: Not just for me. Fun for the whole family. PC: Perhaps I should have invited some. Dorian: We were there. That’s what counts. [6]

5 - General: Don’t be ridiculous. PC: It’s not something anyone should enjoy. Dorian: If you don’t enjoy this sort of thing, perhaps you should rethink this whole Inquisition business. [6]

6 - Scene continues.

Dorian: I hope you tried the ham they were serving, by the way. Tasted of despair. Fascinating.

Scene ends.

What Pride Had Wrought

Cutscene: Once This is Done

Dorian: What happened at the elven temple… it’s got me thinking. I should go back, shouldn’t I? To Tevinter. Once this is done… if we’re still alive.

Dorian: All my talk of how terribly wrong things are back home, but what do I do about it? Nothing.

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: What brought this on? [2]
Special (low approval): Doing nothing as usual. [3]
Romance (relationship not locked-in): I was hoping you’d stay. [4]
Romance (relations ship locked-in): What about us? [5]
General: You came here to help. [6] +Dorian slightly approves (low/neutral approval) +Dorian approves (high approval)
General: You could do great things. [7] +Dorian slightly approves (low/neutral approval) +Dorian approves (high approval)
General: Just go, then. [8] -Dorian slightly disapproves

2 - Investigate: What brought this on?

Dorian (Dorian went to the temple, PC asked about asked about ancient elves): That elf, Abelas. He said the Imperium wasn’t what destroyed the elves. My people would never accept that. It would reduce us to scavengers, destroy our legacy no matter how terrible. But we should accept it, take our history down a peg, confront the legacy hanging over us like a shroud. Maybe not all of us want to, but that could be altered. If you can change minds, so can I. [back to 1]

Dorian (Dorian went to temple, PC did not ask about ancient elves): It was history, right there, staring us in the face. Maybe my people can atone for what we’ve done. There is something still left to restore. Maybe not all of us want to, but that could be altered. If you can change minds, so can I. [back to 1]

Dorian (Dorian did not go to the temple): You encountered ancient elves. A piece of history, something the Imperium didn’t destroy. Maybe my people can atone for what we’ve done. There is something still left to restore. Maybe not all of us want to, but that could be altered. If you can change minds, so can I. [back to 1]

3 - Special: Doing nothing as usual. PC: Of course you do nothing. That’s typical, isn’t it? Dorian: That’s what I intend to change.

4 - Romance: I was hoping you’d stay. PC: You wouldn’t consider staying? With me? Dorian: Of course I would consider it. [9]

5 - Romance: What about us? Dorian: Us? Trust me, amatus, it would give me no pleasure to leave your side. You make monumental decisions affecting the entire world. How can I not consider some of my own?

9 - Dialogue options:

General: I could go with you. [10] +Dorian approves
General: I need you here. [11]
General: I understand, if you must go. [12]

10 - General: I could go with you. PC: Why don’t I go with you? Dorian: Take you away from all this? I can’t ask that of you. PC: You don’t have to ask. I’m offering. Dorian: Tempting. We both know you would end up doing it all yourself. As much as watching my homeland beaten into submission would amuse me, this is something I need to do. [back to 9] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 11 - General: I need you here. PC (relationship locked-in): I need you at my side. Now more than ever. Dorian: Emotional blackmail is a fine thing to pull out of your arsenal. PC: But I didn’t… Dorian: (Laughs.) I’m joking. I’ll think about it. Closely. [13] ㅤㅤ ㅤ PC (relationship not locked-in): To face what’s coming next, I need people at my side I trust. I need you. Dorian: I’ll… consider it. Carefully, I promise. [13] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 12 - General: I understand, if you must go. PC: If… that’s what you have to do, I understand. Dorian (relationship locked-in): There you go, breaking my heart. [13] Dorian (relationship not locked-in): (Sighs.) That’s a relief. [13] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 13 - Scene continues. ㅤㅤ ㅤ Dorian: This is your fault, remember. You inspired me with your marvelous antics.

6 - General: You came here to help. PC: You’re not doing nothing, Dorian. You came here. You’re fighting with us. Dorian: Thank you for saying that. I want to do more than stop Corypheus, however. I want to save my home. It might surprise you to know that you’re the one who inspired me. [14]

7 - General: You could do great things. PC: Someone with your impeccable taste could transform Tevinter. Dorian: I hope you’re right. You usually are. It might surprise you to know that you’re the one who inspired me. It might surprise you to know that you’re the one who inspired me. [14]

8 - General: Just go, then. PC: If that’s what you want to do, then go.

Dorian (romanced): Hmm. I thought you’d care more, honestly. Dorian (high approval): It would bring me no pleasure to leave, but I must. Dorian: No, I didn’t think it mattered to you.

Dorian: It might surprise you to know that you’re the one who inspired me. [14]

14 - Scene continues.

Dorian: You’re shaping the world… for good or ill. How could I aspire to do any less? If it means proving that Tevinter can be better, that there’s hope even for my homeland? I would do anything.

Post-game Conversation

Dorian (Leliana Divine): Frightening thought, a Divine with enough spies to know how often you piss. Dorian (Cassandra Divine): It will be interesting, a Divine likely to punch heretics in the face. Dorian (Vivienne Divine): You can hear the collective gasps. A mage as Divine? It’s like home, but with less blood magic.

Choice dependent dialogue:

Encouraged to go back to Tevinter [1]
Asked to stay (romanced) [2]
Asked to stay (high approval) [3]
Asked to stay (positive approval) [4]
Asked to stay (neutral/low approval)/Did not discuss Tevinter [5]

1 - Encouraged to go back to Tevinter Dorian: It will be difficult to return to Tevinter after all this.

Dorian (romanced, met Dorian in PC’s quarters): And leaving you? Most difficult of all. I’d almost rather let the Imperium rot. Such is my lot. Just a little longer then. Dorian (romanced, did not meet with Dorian in PC’s quarters): You’ll be deprived of my company, and I know what a hardship that must be. Such is my lot. Just a little longer then. Dorian (high approval): I have a good friend here. You don’t find those just lying about. Such is my lot. Just a little longer then. Dorian (neutral/low approval): I imagine you’re eager to be rid of me, and fair enough. Just a little longer then. Scene ends.

2 - Asked to stay (romanced) Dorian: Staying in the South could prove interesting. One’s always warmest next to the fire. PC: That’s the only reason you stayed? Dorian: Not the only reason. Scene ends.

3 - Asked to stay (high approval) Dorian: It will be difficult to leave. You’ve been a good friend, and that’s rare. Scene ends.

4 - Asked to stay (positive approval) Dorian: I’ll miss all this at home. I’d say we should get our own Inquisition, but the uniforms would be tacky. There’s no rush to leave right now. You’ve a few adventures in you yet. Scene ends.

5 - Asked to stay (neutral/low approval)/Did not discuss Tevinter Dorian: I’ll be returning to Tevinter once things have settled down. If they settle down. Scene ends.

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Post-game greetings

Dorian: What’s to come, I wonder? My guess: a plague of bees.