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Josephine Prompted Conversations

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Origin Conversation

Dalish Origin

The PC walks into Josephine’s office.

Josephine: [Master/Mistress] Lavellan. Do you have a moment?

PC: Do you need something, Ambassador?

Josephine: Yes. Well, not precisely, but— I should like to know if anyone here has treated you unkindly, Herald. For being an elf.

Dialogue options:

General: Nothing I can’t handle. [1]
General: Not that I’ve noticed. [2]
General: Why? [3]

1 - General: Nothing I can’t handle.
PC: I can deal with a few whispers and sideways looks.
Josephine: Tsk. I shall speak with the staff regarding such conduct. [4]

2 - General: Not that I’ve noticed.
PC: If they have they’ve been stealthy.
Josephine: Good. Please let me know if that changes. [4]

3 - General: Why?
PC: Is something happening?
Josephine: Not at the moment. I only wanted to make sure. [4]

4 - Scene continues.

Josephine: If we are to convince the world that Andraste’s Herald is an elf, the Inquisition must give you its utmost support. Stories of “wild Dalish elves” have grown even more outrageous as people learn of you.

5 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Give me an example. [6]
General (mage PC): Not because I’m a mage? [7]
General: Those stories are dangerous. [8]
General: Those stories are nonsense. [9]
General: That’s not my concern. [10]

6 - Investigate: Give me an example.
PC: How have the rumors gotten worse?
Josephine: I would prefer not to repeat them.
PC: Give me something.
Josephine: Stealing children, selling peasants to slavers, burning down villages. Using infants for blood magic… Those are the stories about your fellow Dalish. I won’t repeat what they’ve said about you.
[Back to 5]

7 - General: Not because I’m a mage?
PC: Isn’t magic just as much of a problem as my ears?
Josephine: It depends which way the wind is blowing. “Magic is meant to serve man,” the Chant teaches. Close the Breach, and we can claim that is why Andraste chose you. Hopefully it will be enough to replace this gossip about the Dalish. [11]

8 - General: Those stories are dangerous.
PC: The humans telling those tales are the first to take a knife to someone with pointed ears. My clan’s defended ourselves against them more times than I can count.
Josephine: Really? I… had no idea. I will do what I can to end the slander, Herald. [11]

9 - General: Those stories are nonsense.
PC: Why not claim the Dalish can steal your breath or turn into dragons, while they’re at it. Now that I’ve said that out loud, someone probably has.
Josephine: Very likely. I will see what the Inquisition can do to contain the slander. [11]

10 - General: That’s not my concern.
PC: I’m not interested in the nonsense humans spout. Ever since I was a child, I’ve heard terrible stories about the Dalish.
Josephine: We should still curtail the slander, Herald. [11]

11 - Scene continues.

Josephine: It may help if I know more about how your clan lived.

Dialogue options:

General: Not so different from humans. [12]
General: Poorly. I always wanted more. [13]
General: That’s not for outsiders. [14]
General: Through hard work. [15]
General: I was happiest in the forest. [16]

12 - General: Not so different from humans.
PC: The human towns we traded with ate the same food and suffered the weather we did. The main difference was that they had homes, while we wandered.
Josephine: That… must have been difficult. [17]

13 - General: Poorly. I always wanted more.
PC: We were at the mercy of everything. Foul weather, disease, village mobs. I always wanted more from life.
Josephine: You found it. In a spectacular fashion, I might add. Still, you must miss your clan. [17]

14 - General: That’s not for outsiders.
PC: I’d rather not discuss it. In the past, Dalish have suffered from revealing too much.
Josephine: Forgive me. You must feel isolated, so far from your clan. [17]

15 - General: Through hard work.
PC: Getting up before dawn to fish, constantly mending wagons and tents, spending days on the hunt… I can’t believe city dwellers have food delivered straight to their doorsteps.
Josephine: Really? I never considered it extraordinary. Haven is so far away from home. You must miss the people of your clan. [17]

16 - General: I was happiest in the forest.
PC: The best part was when the aravel—our wagons—turned from the plains to the woods. I used to spend weeks exploring the forest. Haven is so far away from home. You must miss the people of your clan. [17]

17 - Scene continues.

Dialogue options:

Flirt: I’d miss knowing you more. [18]
General: Very much so. [19]
General: I kept to myself. [20]
General: It’s time I made my own name. [21]
General: I don’t think about it. [22]

18 - Flirt: I’d miss knowing you more.
PC: If I’d never left home, Josephine, I never would have met you. That would be the greater tragedy.
Josephine: What? Really, there is more to this [Master/Mistress] Lavellan. Whatever comes, your role as Andraste’s Herald will mark your clan in history. [23]

19 - General: Very much so.
PC: All my friends are there. Before I came to the Conclave, the clan was my whole world. I’d like to see them after everything is done.
Josephine: I hope you get the chance. Whether you’re with them or not, being the clan of the Herald of Andraste will mark them in history. [23]

20 - General: I kept to myself.
PC: I was a solitary child. I spent much of my time alone. The Dalish won’t weep for me. If they even notice I’m gone.
Josephine: Believe me. They’ll have noticed. Whether you’re with them or not, being the clan of the Herald of Andraste will mark them in history. [23]

21 - General: It’s time I made my own name.
PC: If I had stayed, I’d be traveling with the clan for the rest of my days. I wanted my own life.
Josephine: If I have learned one thing, it’s that our lives are never entirely our own. Whether you’re with them or not, being the clan of the Herald of Andraste will mark them in history. [23]

22 - General: I don’t think about it.
PC: I haven’t given it much thought. There’s too much happening here.
Josephine: I wouldn’t discount your effect on them. Whatever comes, your role as Andraste’s Herald will mark your clan in history. [23]

23 - Scene continues.

Dialogue options:

History Knowledge: I’m not the first famous elf. [24]
General: They won’t want a “Herald.” [25]
General: They would be jealous. [26]
General: I worry about that. [27]
General: About time elves were noticed. [28]

24 - History Knowledge: I’m not the first famous elf.
PC: There have been other elves close to Andraste. Shartan led an army of them in her name.
Josephine: This is true. I’d forgotten. The Chantry’s not fond of Shartan. Perhaps we should draw parallels. Hint that Andraste’s favor has returned to an elf in our time of need… Thank you, Herald. There are some letters I should write. [29]

25 - General: They won’t want a “Herald.”
PC: Dalish still worship the gods of our ancestors. When they hear me called the Herald of Andraste… it may stir up anger.
Josephine: They must see that you move in different circles now. The moment of understanding can be painful. [29]

26 - General: They would be jealous.
PC: If I went back now, they’d already be envious. By the end of this, I’ll hold more power than all my clan’s Keepers put together.
Josephine: I’ll advise you not to tell your clan that, Herald. No one enjoys a poor winner. [29]

27 - General: I worry about that.
PC: Elves and fame tend to go poorly together. I hope my clan doesn’t suffer for it.
Josephine: Perhaps the Inquisition could lend a hand. [29]

28 - General: About time elves were noticed.
PC: Elves have been swept under the rug or worse, rarely acknowledged as a part of this world. This is our chance to be a force no one can ignore.
Josephine: History should look out. I believe you will succeed. Thank you for your time, Herald. [29]

29 - Scene ends.

Dwarf Origin

The PC walks into Josephine’s office.

Josephine: That can’t be it. Perhaps Leliana was… no, that seems unlikely. How can—oh. Hello, [Master/Mistress] Cadash.

PC: Something on your mind, Ambassador?

Josephine: You could say that. I was speaking with Leliana and—well, we discussed how to make people understand how a dwarf can be Herald of Andraste.

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Is the idea shocking? [2]
General: Good luck with them. [3]
General: Try quoting the Chant. [4]
General: It’s nothing to do with me. [5]

2 - Investigate: Is the idea shocking?
PC: Is being a dwarf so controversial?
Josephine: Everything about you promises to be controversial. Dwarves rarely join the Chantry. Why would the Maker’s chosen one, they wonder? Few realize dwarves even have a religion, in their philosophy of the Stone.

6 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: How do you know about that? [7]
General: It’s all bunk. [8]
General: I believe in the Stone. [9]
General: I never learned much about it. [10]

7 - Investigate: How do you know about that?
PC: Most humans don’t know about the Stone.
Josephine: I’ve dined with merchants from Orzammar. Those few at court are happy to enlighten us. They explained that dwarves believe stone is “alive”, that good dwarven souls return to it in death. It was interesting, even if the Chantry mothers found it less than amusing.
[Back to 6]

8 - General: It’s all bunk.
PC: Some dwarves thinks rocks have feelings and their ancestors become ghosts. I don’t buy it.
Josephine: That’s fortunate. The Chantry is already worried about the mark on your hand.
[Back to 1]

9 - General: I believe in the Stone.
PC: I may be casteless, but underground, I feel a connection with the Stone.
Josephine: We should be discreet about that. You are already an anomaly to the Chantry.
[Back to 1]

10 - General: I never learned much about it.
PC: I never paid much attention to any of that Stone stuff.
Josephine: That’s fortunate. The Chantry is already worried about the mark on your hand.
[Back to 1]

3 - General: Good luck with them
PC: I wish I could help convince them I’m not a threat.
Josephine: There are stories—about your past—that may make it difficult. [11]

4 - General: Try quoting the Chant.
PC: Tell them stranger things have happened. “The Maker moves in mysterious ways,” and all that.
Josephine: Yes, he certainly does. [11]

5 - General: It’s nothing to do with me.
PC: That’s out of my hands. I can’t help what people think.
Josephine: I have concerns about more than your position as Andraste’s Herald. [11]

11 - Scene continues.

Josephine: Leliana was telling me rumors that… it sounds preposterous, but… There are stories circulating that you were part of a criminal organization. The dwarven Carta.

Dialogue options:

General: I’m sorry, she was right. [12]
General: I was dreading this. [13]
General: I was. [14]

12 - General: I’m sorry, she was right.
PC: I am. Or I was, until the Conclave.
Josephine: I was hoping… oh, dear. [15]

13 - General: I was dreading this.
PC: I was hoping that secret would keep a little longer.
Josephine: You mean… well. This complicates things. [15]

14 - General: I was.
PC: I used to be. The Carta doesn’t like their own to get too famous.
Josephine: So it’s true? Oh, my. [15]

15 - Scene continues.

Josephine: Were you only smuggling, at least? Exchanging a few goods on the surface?

16 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Why the surface? [17]
General: That’s about right./Smuggling, nothing dangerous. (after “Why the surface?”) [18]
General: That’s not your business. [19]
General: Don’t get judgmental. [20]
General: It was more violent at that. [21]

17 - Investigate: Why the surface?
PC: What makes you think I’ve never been to Orzammar?
Josephine: I thought you were without a caste? It was my understanding dwarves born on the surface are casteless, and barred from Orzammar.

Dialogue options:

**General: I’ve never seen it.
**PC: That’s what the noble houses say. Some dwarves sneak in anyhow. I never did. The Carta kept me busy.

**General: I’ve been there many times.
**PC: Only officially. I’ve been to Orzammar hundreds of times. The Carta knows how to ask people to look the other way.

**General: I’ve only visited a few times.
**PC: There’s ways to get inside Orzammar, if you know who to bribe. The Carta always knows. I’ve slipped in a handful of times.

22 - Scene continues.

Josephine: Yes, about that. I do need to know the extent of your involvement in the Carta’s activities.
[Back to 16]

18 - General: That’s about right./Smuggling, nothing dangerous.
PC: I was the buyer for fancy surface goods we sold to rich dwarven houses. Long hours, but peaceful compared to most Carta work.
Josephine: That’s a relief. Perhaps we can make your former occupation sound less unsavory. [23]

19 - General: That’s not your business.
PC: My past life is private. Let’s leave it at that.
Josephine: We will bury as much as possible, but rumormongers will latch onto something. [23]

20 - General: Don’t get judgmental.
PC: The casteless don’t have many opportunities. I did what I had to. Not everyone grew up with a title and three square meals a day.
Josephine: No, of course not. I only—I would dearly like to avoid rumors growing out of hand. [23]

21 - General: It was more violent at that.
PC: I guarded caravans of smuggled goods. Rivals often ambushed us. There were protection racket, blood feuds, targeted—
Josephine: That’s quite enough! I have a clear picture. [23]

23 - Scene continues.

Josephine: I’ll handle the subject of your past carefully, Herald. I’m sure you can’t miss that life.

Dialogue options:

Flirt: I’m hoping you like bad [boys/girls]. [24]
General: I miss my comrades. [25]
General: The Carta was a dead end. [26]
General: I miss the routine. [27]
General: Sure I do. I was good at it. [28]
General: I won’t miss the brutality. [29]

24 - Flirt: I’m hoping you like bad [boys/girls].
PC: You’re not interested in dashing dwarven rogue who lived at the edge of the law?
Josephine: A “dashing rogue.” Hmm.
PC: What?
Josephine: We can’t quash rumors you were with the Carta, but if a more interesting one comes along… Thank you for the talk. I must ask Varric to draft something. [30]

25 - General: I miss my comrades.
PC: The Carta could be rough, but I knew who had my back. Here, I have to learn all over again.
Josephine: I will not lie. The selfish and the power hungry will walk among us before this fight is over. But the Inquisition also attracts those who dream of peace. You’ll find new companions among them. [30]

26 - General: The Carta was a dead end.
PC: Carta life is as short as it is hard. You don’t make long-range plans. I have a chance at a future with the Inquisition.
Josephine: If things go well, I’m sure you’ll find it rewarding. Thank you for your time, Herald. I hope you find life more peaceful here. [30]

27 - General: I miss the routine.
PC: Say what you will about Carta business, it was regular work. I don’t always know what people here expect from me.
Josephine: Organizations are rarely clear-cut at the start. Your role will become evident in time. Until then, anything you do to aid the Inquisition is enough. No contribution will be wasted. [30]

28 - General: Sure I do. I was good at it.
PC: Why wouldn’t I? I was the best at what I did. My old bosses are probably tearing their hair out trying to replace me.
Josephine: I will take your word for it, so long as they won’t be able to win you back. That sort of competition is the last thing we require. [30]

29 - General: I won’t miss the brutality.
PC: The last time I saw my boss, he was breaking someone’s leg for heating him of five coppers. I’m ready to put those days behind me.
Josephine: I… I imagine so. Thank you for your time, Herald. I hope you find a more peaceful life here. [30]

30 - Scene ends.

Human Origin

The PC walks into Josephine’s office.

Josephine: Ah, [Lord/Lady] Trevelyan. May I have a moment?

PC: Yes, Ambassador?

Josephine: I’d like to discuss your parents.

Dialogue options:

Flirt: Well, that was quick. [1]
General: Certainly. [2]
General: Curious about the Trevelyans? [3]
General: To what purpose? [4]

1 - Flirt: Well, that was quick.
PC: A little sudden, but it’s time someone made an honest [person] out of me.
Josephine: What? Very amusing. This is serious. [5]

2 - General: Certainly.
PC: What would you like to know?
Josephine: I’d like to dispatch a courier asking the banns of House Trevelyan to align themselves with us. [5]

3 - General: Curious about the Trevelyans?
PC: You must want to know about the seventh most illustrious family in all Ostwick. Or is it eighth?
Josephine: Whatever the rank, it would be helpful to claim your kinsmen as friends. [5]

4 - General: To what purpose?
PC: Why are you interested in my parents?
Josephine: As people have noted your station, it would be helpful to call on the resources of your noble kinsmen. [5]

5 - Scene continues.

Josephine: What are your thoughts? Should we approach your family for their formal support of the Inquisition?

Dialogue options:

General: I’ll do it, they trust me. [6]
General: I’m not in their god graces. [7]
General: Yes, they’re very religious. [8]
General: Not if it puts them in danger. [9]
General: They adore politics, sadly. [10]

6 - General: I’ll do it, they trust me.
PC: If that’s what you want, I’ll send a letter to my family. They’ll respect the request if it comes from me.
Josephine: Wonderful. That will save time. [11]

7 - General: I’m not in their good graces.
PC: With the Trevelyans, my presence may close more doors than it opens. My family and I… are not on the est of terms.
Josephine: I’m sorry to hear that. I shall not press the matter, but others will. [11]

8 - General: Yes, they’re very religious.
PC: My parents are on a first-name basis with most priests in Ostwick, and I have dozens of cousins in the Chantry. When they hear I’ve been “touched by Andraste,” you’ll have to stop them from giving you money.
Josephine: I’ll take that as a yes. [11]

9 - General: Not if it puts them in danger.
PC: We already have enemies. I don’t want my family caught up in this mess.
Josephine: They may be drawn in regardless. [11]

10 - General: They adore politics, sadly.
PC: The banns of Trevelyan never turn down a partner if there’s something in it for them. From the way my relatives scramble for status, you’d think we were Orlesian.
Josephine: That depends: how much do they like gold brocade? [11]

11 - Scene continues.

Josephine: Val Royeaux has noted your lineage. It gives the Inquisition some legitimacy, although not as much as we’d hoped.

PC: Why not?

Josephine: You are from Ostwick. Orlesian nobles consider the Free Marches somewhat… quaint.

Dialogue options:

General: How dare they? [12]
General: I’d call us disorganized. [13]
General: Our independence puzzles them. [14]
General: I don’t care. [15]
Mage: They’re not scared I’m a mage? [17]

12 - General: How dare they?
PC: The blood of our nobility is just as old as theirs, if not older.
Josephine: Orlais lives by it’s own standards, Herald. I meant no offense to the virtue of your family. Speaking of which, I should thank you for your patience with the simple quarters. [16]

13 - General: I’d call us disorganized.
PC: Orlais has a proper empire. Free Marchers never unite until darkspawn knock at their door.
Josephine: No one doubts their ferocity when it happens. Free Marchers are renowned for their tenacity. Speaking of which, I should thank you for your patience with the simple quarters. [16]

14 - General: Our independence puzzles them.
PC: Orlesians are just baffled by Free Marchers governing themselves without an empress to hold their hands.
Josephine: A peasant might be able to get away with that insult, but not someone of your stature. Speaking of which, I should thank you for your patience with the simple quarters. [16]

15 - General: I don’t care.
PC: It’s no concern of mine what Val Royeaux’s court thinks.
Josephine: Do not take this lightly. Their displeasure could do more harm than the Breach. Speaking of displeasure, I hope you don’t find this place too rustic. [16]

16 - Scene continues.

Josephine: The accommodations in Haven are surely rough for someone of your birth. [30]

17 - Mage: They’re not scared I’m a mage?
PC: Even though I’m a mage? That doesn’t give them pause?
Josephine: You’re not an unfamiliar sight. Mages from noble families are given more leeway. Besides, Ostwick’s Circle had a reputation for being rather sedate.

Dialogue options:

General: You mean dull. [18]

General: I liked the quiet. [19]

General: I hated the confinement. [20]

General: I miss my friends. [21]

General: I went home now and then. [22]

18 - General: You mean dull.
PC: You’ve never been bored until you’ve lived in a tower of studious, well-behaved mages. Even our Circle’s fall was quiet. Everyone just… left.
Josephine: No wonder the people’s faith in templars has been shaken. [23]

19 - General: I liked the quiet.
PC: You could do as you pleased if it didn’t bother anyone. Rest, study, find a hobby… The worst fight I saw was two templars scuffling over a tavern bill.
Josephine: You didn’t encounter any difficulty with the templars? [23]

20 - General: I hated the confinement.
PC: Only if you weren’t the one always being watched. It’s good to be able to move without people scanning my back.
Josephine: You mean the templars?

21 - General: I miss my friends.
PC: All my friends were in the Circle; I miss some of them terribly.
Josephine: I understand. I suppose the templars weren’t much company. [23]

22 - General: I went home now and then.
PC: My parents made arrangements. I visited home from time to time.
Josephine: What parent wouldn’t want to prevent their child from growing into a stranger? It must have soured your relations with the templars. [23]

23 - Scene continues.

Dialogue options:

General: The money helped. [24]

General: I didn’t mind the templars. [25]

General: You couldn’t trust them. [26]

General: I stayed out of their way. [27]

General: I fancied one of the templars. [28]

24 - General: The money helped.
PC: Templars in Ostwick’s Circle were as discreet as they were well payed.
Josephine: They’re fortunate they did not receive a Seeker. Lady Cassandra would not ignore an extra payroll. (Sighs.) There must be some things you miss about the Circle, here in the mountains.

25 - General: I didn’t mind the templars.
PC: Templars at Ostwick were evenhanded enough. A few were almost friendly.
Josephine: Commander Cullen will be pleased. For a man no longer with the Order, he takes its faults quite personally.

26 - General: You couldn’t trust them.
PC: Some seemed all right a first. A smile here, a nod there. Yet when a mage was punished harshly, they all turned to stone and watched.
Josephine: That… must have been hard. (Sighs.) It’s a shame we could not establish ourselves somewhere more peaceful.

27 - General: I stayed out of their way.
PC: The templars left me alone. I extended them the same courtesy.
Josephine: I’m sure it was for the best. (Sighs.) This place is no bastion of civilization, not like the Circle.

28 - General: I fancied one of the templars.
PC: I was completely infatuated with one of the templars in our tower.
Josephine: No! What came of it?
PC: Nothing. I was so shy, I didn’t say a word.
Josephine: Oh. I’m sure it was for the best. (Sighs.) This place is no bastion of civilization, not like the Circle.

29 - Scene continues.

Josephine: I hope you don’t find the living conditions in Haven too rustic for someone of your station. [30]

30 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: How do you find it? [31]
General: I’m fine, thank you. [32]
General: At least the isolation’s safe. [33]
General: Haven is a freezing dump. [34]

31 - Investigate: How do you find it?
PC: This can’t be what you’re accustomed to, Ambassador.
Josephine: One adjusts. I stay busy. It helps take my mind from our surroundings. And the cold. And the wildlife. And the lack of civilization for miles around. (Sighs.) Why anyone lived here before we found Andraste’s ashes, I cannot imagine.
[Back to 30]

32 - General: I’m fine, thank you.
PC: Don’t worry about me. Haven’s more than livable.
Josephine: Really? If that’s how you feel, I’m please to hear it.

33 - General: At least the isolation’s safe.
PC: Having a few leagues of ice between me and whoever wishes me ill can’t hurt.
Josephine: Do not say that too loudly. Chancellor Roderick is still here.

34 - General: Haven is a freezing dump.
PC: I can’t wait until we find a better place.
Josephine: Oh, it’s such a relief to hear someone else say that out loud! If it were up to me, the moment it was safe we’d relocate to Val Royeaux. Our enemies know where we are. We might live somewhere more civilized when they come.

35 - Scene continues.

Josephine: Until next time, my [lord/lady].

Scene ends.

Qunari Origin

The PC walks into Josephine’s office.

Josephine: Has anyone dared ask? No, I do not think— Ah. [Master/Mistress Adaar]. My I have a word?

PC: What did you need?

Josephine: Well, as Tal-Vashoth, people have asked… you grew up outside the Qunari homeland, but… (Sighs.) There is no easy way to ask your thoughts on the Qun.

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: What do you know about it? [2]
Mage: They’re not mage-friendly. [3]
General: It’s too controlling. [4]
General: It’s interesting. [5]
General: I don’t have any. [6]
General: I’ve thought of joining. [7]

2 - Investigate: What do you know about it?
PC: Have you studied the Qun?
Josephine: It is a decided gap in my education. I know the Qun is a philosophy, a set of laws, a legislative guide, and a social architecture governing the Qunari. Those who appeared at court, however, insisted the Qun is too complex for an outsider.

Dialogue options:

General: I’ve gotten that answer too. [8]

General: Maybe it is. [9]

General: I could learn the Qun. [10]

8 - General: I’ve gotten that answer too.
PC: It’s not because you’re human. “Real” Qunari tell me I’ll never understand the Qun.
Josephine: Yet they take converts. Their criteria is beyond my grasp. [11]

9 - General: Maybe it is.
PC: They grew up living the Qun. What could we know?
Josephine: I should like to be given the opportunity. [11]

10 - General: I could learn the Qun.
PC: I’m a quick study. I could learn the Qun if I put my mind to it.
Josephine: Perhaps. If they let you. [11]

11 - Scene continues.

Josephine: Do you believe any of the Qun’s philosophies?
[Back to 1]

3 - Mage: They’re not mage-friendly.
PC: I’ve met mages living under the Qun. Believe it or not, they trust mages even less than the Chantry.
Josephine: Which indicates you have no reason to join them, and yet. [12]

4 - General: It’s too controlling.
PC: You can’t take a breath in the Qun without someone deciding how long you should hold it. That’s not the life for me.
Josephine: Many won’t accept your word, by virtue of your birth. [12]

5 - General: It’s interesting.
PC: The Qun runs things differently. I’ve wondered what it’s like to grow up with it.
Josephine: Please, be careful not to praise it out loud. [12]

6 - General: I don’t have any.
PC: I don’t think about it.
Josephine: You must, if these rumors—that you would convert us all to the Qun—continue. [12]

7 - General: I’ve thought of joining.
PC: I’ve considered joining the Qun.
Josephine: Please, please keep that between us. [12]

12 - Scene continues.

Josephine: People ask how a Qunari could be Andraste’s Herald. It worries them if they believe is, and angers them if they do not. Convincing them of your good intentions will be tasking.

Dialogue options:

General: You’ll find a way. [13]
General: Good luck endorsing me. [14]
General: We need actions, not words. [15]

13 - General: You’ll find a way.
PC: You’ll think of something, Ambassador.
Josephine: I hope so. It will be interesting. [16]

14 - General: Good luck endorsing me.
PC: Maybe they’d go easier on the Qunari Herald if they knew of my winsome smile.
Josephine: I’ll be sure to add a postscript to my letters. [16]

15 - General: We need actions, not words.
PC: The people will only trust me with the Inquisition after we impress them.
Josephine: Very true. Let us hope sealing the Breach, brings us some goodwill. [16]

16 - Scene continues.

Josephine: Strangely, your mercenary work is not so inflammatory. People are fabricating extravagant tales of your heroics.

Dialogue options:

General: They can’t beat reality. [17]
General: I’m done with that life. [18]
General: I was pretty good. [19]
General: It was grunt work. [20]

17 - General: They can’t beat reality.
PC: They don’t know how we held Kelgor’s Pass, or tricked an army into surrendering at Val Falaise. These people don’t know the half of what I’ve done.
Josephine: I noticed. Leliana found a letter from the captain of your last company. He had nothing but praise for your skill in battle, but doesn’t mention what part you played. [21]

18 - General: I’m done with that life.
PC: I’ve been a sword-for-hire long enough. Let’s put those days behind me. The faster you bury my old life, the better.
Josephine: May I ask you one more question, Herald? For myself? Leliana found a letter from the captain of your last company, praising your skill in a particularly terrible battle. The letter doesn’t mention what your part in the fight was. [21]

19 - General: I was pretty good.
PC: There wasn’t a group around that didn’t want my help when a tough assignment came up. If you needed it done, Adaar was at the top of the list.
Josephine: I noticed. Leliana found a letter from the captain of your last company. He had nothing but praise for your skill in battle, but doesn’t mention what part you played. [21]

20 - General: It was grunt work.
PC: It’s not the exciting adventure they dream of. We were hired to guard carts, kill people, and watch our friends die in the cold.
Josephine: It sounds like a grueling life. Leliana found a letter from the captain of your last company, praising your skill in a particularly terrible battle. The letter doesn’t mention what your part in the fight was. [21]

21 - Scene continues.

22 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Tully complimented me? [23]
General (mage PC): I got the enemy to surrender. [24]
General: I led an ambush. [25]
General: I commanded a squad. [26]
General: I blew up a bridge. [27]
General: I don’t want to talk about it. [28]

23 - Investigate: Tully complimented me?
PC: Captain Tully praised me? William “Iron-Ass” Tully?
Josephine: That’s quite the moniker. But yes. Your captain went so far as to say he’d have lost entire battles without you.

Dialogue options:

General: I wish he’d told me. [29]

General: But he underpaid me! [30]

General: Just like him to hide it. [31]

29 - General: I wish he’d told me.
PC: I thought Captain Tully didn’t even notice me.
Josephine: It would be difficult to miss someone of your stature, Herald. Perhaps your captain felt it improper to play favorites. He certainly valued your skills in your last engagement.
[Back to 22]
**
30 - General: But he underpaid me!**
PC: That miser deducted five gold from my pay the day I left!
Josephine: Whatever for?
PC: “Poor morale.”
Josephine: Well, your captain still held your skills in high regard. Especially after your last engagement.
[Back to 22]

31 - General: Just like him to hide it.
PC: Just like the old man to not admit that to my face.
Josephine: Some people find it difficult to give praise. Or find it in their interests to withhold it. Your captain did sincerely admire your skill in battle. He especially praises your last engagement.
[Back to 22]

24 - General: I got the enemy to surrender.
PC: I cornered bandits we were chasing, and convinced them to give themselves up or be devoured by “pet demons.” I conjured up a few wisps, and they practically threw their weapons away.
Josephine: If the Chantry had heard and mistook you for a maleficarum… how daring! I hope life in Haven doesn’t bore you compared to such exploits. [29]

25 - General: I led an ambush.
PC: Our employer wanted the head of a bandit chief plaguing her land. The captain asked me to deliver. We waited twenty hours in freezing rain before the chief rode by, but he never saw it coming.
Josephine: Twenty hours? At the least the conclusion was satisfactory. I hope life in Haven doesn’t bore you compared to such exploits. [29]

26 - General: I commanded a squad.
PC: I was in charge of mercenaries storming the headquarters of the bandits we were to dispatch. We caught them by surprise. It was over before the sentries even blew their horns.
Josephine: Impressive. I hope life in Haven doesn’t bore you compared to such exploits. [29]

27 - General: I blew up a bridge.
PC: A friend of a friend got us a barrel of gaatlok powder. Explosive stuff. The bandits we were fighting found that out when their reinforcements tried to cross over the bridge.
Josephine: How… exciting? I hope life in Haven doesn’t bore you compared to such exploits. [29]

28 - General: I don’t want to talk about it.
PC: That’s a day I don’t want to relive. That’s all I have to say.
Josephine: Of course. My apologies. I only wanted to know if Haven was perhaps more peaceful than you are used to. [29]

29 - Scene continues.

Dialogue options:

Flirt: Not with you around. [32]
General: It’s the nicest home I’ve had. [33]
General: I’m not a fan of the demons. [34]
General: Nothing here is boring. [35]
General: Staying in one place is dull. [36]

32 - Flirt: Not with you around.
PC: There are some people who’ve made staying worthwhile.
Josephine: How wonderful. You must tell me who they are.
PC: (Sighs.) [37]

33 - General: It’s the nicest home I’ve had.
PC: Clean sheets, warm food, sturdy walls… I even have a cot instead of a bedroll. Compared to life on the road, this place is luxury.
Josephine: I would never have described it that way. I mean, I’m glad you’ve acclimated to this place, Herald. Truly. [37]

34 - General: I’m not a fan of the demons.
PC: I was paid to hunt bandits, slavers, nobles… not demons falling out of Fade tears when I walk by.
Josephine: That is true, but do consider the advantages. Unlike people, upon their death demons leave no grudges behind. [37]

35 - General: Nothing here is boring.
PC: The giant pulsing tear in the sky does keep keep things lively. So do the arguments in the war room.
Josephine: Ah. Our voices carry that far, do they? I must bring that up at the next meeting… [37]

36 - General: Staying in one place is dull.
PC: I’m used to being on the move. A new job, a new town, new faces…
Josephine: You’ll see new faces as word spreads, Herald. Things will become more lively here. I promise. [37]

37 - Scene ends.

Investigate

Early Game Questions

Available before a warm chat

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: How did you meet Leliana? [2]
Investigate: What are your duties? [3]
Investigate: What brought you here? [4]
General: Goodbye. [5]

2 - Investigate: How did you meet Leliana? PC: How do you and Leliana know each other? Josephine: We moved through similar circles in Orlais. I believe we actually met in Val Royeaux. Leliana was quite an accomplished player of the Game by then.

Dialogue options:

Special: What’s “the Game”? [6]
[Back to 1]

6 - Special: What’s “the Game”? PC: What exactly do you mean when you say “the Game”? Josephine: Ah. Forgive me. “The Game” refers to the slow duels of influence among the noble and powerful of Orlais. It’s a rather lighthearted name for the matter, but Orlesians are fond of playful touches. [back to 1]

3 - Investigate: What are your duties? PC: What exactly does your job entail? Josephine: I meet with ambassadors from various factions and countries and cement alliances with them. We are a young cause. Diplomacy is essential to our credibility.

Dialogue options:

Special: So you’re a representative? [7]
[Back to 1]

7 - Special: So you’re a representative? PC: Then you speak for the Inquisition with these nobles?

Josephine (at Haven): I do. Someone must foster goodwill on our behalf. Josephine (at Skyhold): Vital decisions are yours, Inquisitor, bit someone must foster goodwill on your behalf.

Josephine: As well as prevent controversy as news of us spreads.

Dialogue options:

Special: Are we that controversial? [8]
[Back to 1]

8 - Special: Are we that controversial? PC: How heavily are our actions scrutinized? Josephine: Make no mistake: every noble house, every throne, is waiting to see what the Inquisition does next. Many are willing to pledge support, if offers are made in just the right fashion. I intend to see that they are. [back to 1]

4 - Investigate: What brought you here? PC: Why did you join the Inquisition? PC: Tell me how you came to work for the Inquisition again. Josephine: I’d been considering leaving my post in Antiva for a new challenge when Leliana recruited me. There’s such unrest in Thedas, and the Inquisition seems a promising method to stop it. It’s to everyone’s benefit if we prevent the mage-templar conflict from spreading further.

Dialogue options:

Special: Is “order” why you signed on? [9]
[Back to 1]

9 - Special: Is “order” why you signed on? PC: So was it the prospect of stability that drew you here? Josephine: The full impact of the mage rebellion has yet to be felt. And that was before the death of the Divine. The violence must be curbed before we see it turn to full-scale war.

Dialogue options:

General: Perhaps it’s necessary. [10]
General: I absolutely agree. [11]
General: It isn’t our fight. [12]

10 - General: Perhaps it’s necessary. PC: Bringing the mage-templar conflict to a head could be the only way to resolve it. Josephine: Surely we can find a solution that doesn’t leave all of Thedas in ruins. [back to 1]

11 - General: I absolutely agree. PC: I can only imagine the bloodshed if it escalates further. Josephine: I’m afraid history holds many examples of what will happen if it does. [back to 1]

12 - General: It isn’t our fight. PC: The Inquisition’s primary goal is still closing the rift in the Fade. Josephine: Which likely means finding the Divine’s murderer. That will make the Inquisition a rallying point, regardless of what tack we take. I fear these conflicts will not leave us untouched. [back to 1]

5- General: Goodbye. PC: Let’s speak later.

Tell Me About Yourself

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: What does your family do? [2]
Human PC (non-mage): “Montilyet” sounds familiar. [3]
Investigate: Tell me about your work. [4]
Investigate: Do you believe I’m holy? [5]

2 - Investigate: What does your family do? PC: What business are the Montilyets in, exactly? Josephine: We began as merchants. My ancestors founded the first trade routes to Rivain. We once sent entire fleets across the Waking Sea.

Dialogue options:

Special: Once? [7]
[Back to 1]

7 - Special: Once? PC: But not anymore? Josephine: Ah… no. These days, our vessels are a touch more modest. [back to 1]

3 - Human PC: “Montilyet” sounds familiar. PC: I’d swear our families have met before. Josephine: Perhaps. Everyone of distinction in the Free Marches attends Lady Trevelyan’s summer balls. PC: Great-Aunt Lucille always did love a party. Josephine: I don’t recall seeing you at any of them.

Dialogue options:

General: I was too awkward. [8]
General: I hated the scheming. [9]
General: I enjoyed my freedom. [10]

8 - General: I was too awkward. PC: I was less than sterling company when I was younger. Josephine: “Modest in temper, bold in deed.” PC: You know the Trevelyan family motto? Josephine: Heraldry is a passion of mine. [back to 1] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 9 - General: I hated the scheming. PC: The food was peppered with too many attempts at matchmaking for my tastes. Josephine: A common peril among nobility no matter where one goes. [back to 1] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 10 - General: I enjoyed my freedom. PC: Attend one ball, and you’ll fend off invites for a dozen more. Josephine: That reminds me. The “Herald of Andraste” has received several invitations from the curious. PC: To parties? How many am I getting?
Josephine: Only seventeen this month, I’m afraid. [back to 1]

4 - Investigate: Tell me about your work. PC: What did you do before coming here? Josephine: I had the great honor of serving Antiva’s Crown as an ambassador to Orlais. I’m also first in line to become the head of House Montilyet, though my siblings attend to our mercantile affairs.

Dialogue options:

Special: Are you doing this for Antiva?
[Back to 1]

5 - Special: Are you doing this for Antiva? PC: How strong are your past loyalties? Josephine: I would never have given up my position if I did not intend to fully commit to the Inquisition. We cannot fall back on borders.

Josephine (at Haven): Antiva is as threatened as any country by the rebellions. Josephine (at Skyhold): Antiva is as threatened as any country by Corypheus.

Josephine: If anything, the alliances I forged there may help our current cause.

Dialogue options (Haven only):

Special: Will we have other causes?
[Back to 1]

15 - Special: Will we have other causes? PC: Do you think the Inquisition will continue after we seal the Breach? Josephine: If we prove ourselves by healing the Breach, people may turn to us for other things. Protection, counsel, justice… the Inquisition offered these once, to those in need. [back to 1]

6 - Investigate: Do you believe I’m holy? PC: Tell me. Do you believe I was saved by Andraste at the Temple of Sacred Ashes? Josephine: I should much like to believe so, Your Worship. The miracles Andraste performed were so long ago, they’re difficult to picture. If it were truly her in the Fade who saved you… Well. In any case, many already believe you walk in the Maker’s light. [back to 1]

I Had More Personal Questions

Available after a warm chat

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: What’s your family like? [2]
Investigate: Where did you grow up? [3]
Investigate (if asked about the Montilyets before): What of your family fortune? [4]
Investigate: What’s your past with Leliana? [5]
General: Goodbye. [6]

2 - Investigate: What’s your family like? PC: Tell me about the Montilyets. Josephine: Well. My parents are alive, and in good health. They live in our estate in Antiva City. Of my four siblings, most attend to the running of the family vineyards—Oh, that reminds me, I must ask someone to make sure Yvette attends the spring reception at the palace! My youngest sister has no head for social engagements.

Dialogue options:

Special: Why are you arranging it? [7]
[Back to 1]

7 - Special: Why are you arranging it? PC: Why are you overseeing your siblings’ social lives? Josephine: It’s Antivan custom. After a certain age, the heir apparent runs the family’s estate to prove they’re worthy of succession. If you’re unfit for the task, the heads of the house—usually one’s parents—may decree a new heir.

8 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Then what do the heads do? [9]

General: That sounds exhausting. [10]

General: That must require compromise. [11]

General: Where do you find time? [12]

9 - Investigate: Then what do the heads do? PC: What do these Antivan “heads of the household” do if they don’t run it? Josephine: They work and provide guidance. I’ve taken advice from my parents. Well, mostly Mother. Father’s more of an artist. It’s rather gauche, but we never can dissuade him from running his own salons. Between him and my siblings, Mother’s looking forward to my taking over the estate. [back to 8] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 10 - General: That sounds exhausting. PC: Between that and the Inquisition, when do you ever rest? Josephine: Delegation helps a great deal. [13] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 11 - General: That must require compromise. PC: I imagine there must be give and take between a family heir and their parents. Josephine: There’s a fair amount of arbitration. “Bickering,” if one is less polite. [13] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 12 - General: Where do you find time? PC: Can you run your family’s business and be the Inquisition’s ambassador? Josephine: I won’t let it interfere with the quality of my work for the Inquisition. I assure you. [13]

13 - Scene continues.

Josephine: But managing the estate is my duty. As much work as it is, I will not shirk it.

Dialogue options:

Special: You sound determined. [14]
[Back to 1]

14 - Special: You sound determined. PC: Is running your family’s estate that important to you? Josephine: I’m responsible for their welfare. A Montilyet never shuns their familial duty. Taxing as those duties can sometimes be.

Dialogue options:

General: Maybe your family can help. PC: Maybe your siblings could help lighten your burden. ㅤㅤ ㅤ
General: You’d never let go of them. PC: I think you’re too finicky to give those responsibilities to the rest of your family. ㅤㅤ ㅤ
General: Then drop them. PC: You have enough siblings. Let one of them take over.

Josephine: You don’t know them! Put Laurien in charge? Or Antoine? Or Yvette? No, truly—it must be me. [back to 1]

3 - Investigate: Where did you grow up? PC: Where were you raised, Josephine? Josephine: I was born in Antiva City, but when I turned fifteen, Mother declared I’d attend finishing school in Val Royeaux. Oh, but I bawled into her skirts the day I had to leave.

Dialogue options:

General: How sad you must’ve been. [15]
General: That’s too funny. [16]
General: I’m not surprised. [17]

15 - General: How sad you must’ve been. PC: You must have missed her terribly. Josephine: (Sighs.) I did. And she was most unsympathetic to my wailing. [18] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 16 - General: That’s too funny. PC: Did they have to pry your fingers off the door frame as well? Josephine: Admittedly, I may have been a trifle sheltered. [18] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 17 - General: I’m not surprised. PC: I can see that somehow. [18]

18 - Scene continues.

Josephine: But my mother only wanted the best for me. Living in Orlais was an education in itself.

Dialogue options:

Special: What was the school like? [19]
[Back to 1]

19 - Special: What was the school like? PC: What did you learn at this finishing school in Val Royeaux? Josephine: Among other things, mathematics, rhetoric, poetry, history, logic, and a great deal of etiquette. I still remember Madame Beventir’s switch on my knuckles when I forgot the basics tenants of Nevarran dining customs. For a dowager approaching her eightieth year, she had quite the arm.

Dialogue options:

Special: What did you think of Orlais? [20]
[Back to 1]

20 - Special: What did you think of Orlais? PC: How did the younger you like Val Royeaux when you arrived? Josephine: Have you ever stepped into a new city and felt the buildings couldn’t possibly be real? That was Val Royeaux to me. So beautifully foreign. I gaped at its spires for months.

Dialogue options:

Special: Are there none in Antiva? [21]
[Back to 1]

21 - Special: Are there none in Antiva? PC: Does Antiva City have nothing that compares to Val Royeaux? Josephine: Antiva City is a jewel among the capitals! (Sighs.) But I did not appreciate that before I traveled. There are multitudes of places I’d like to see. Seheron, the Anderfels, whatever lies past the Amaranthine Ocean… [back to 1]

3 - Investigate: What of your family fortune? PC: You said the Montilyets used to run an entire trading fleet. What happened? Josephine: There was a scandal in Val Royeaux, more than an age ago. The Montilyets were forbidden from trading with Orlais. Our personal fortunes never quite rebounded.

Dialogue options:

Special: A whole age ago? [22]
[Back to 1]

22 - Special: A whole age ago? PC: Does anyone in Orlais even remember what that scandal was? Josephine: I doubt it, but the injunction persists. PC: What exactly happened? Josephine: An affair with a minor lord. Perhaps. Most other details are lost.

Dialogue options:

Special: Wait, you don’t even know? [23]
[Back to 1]

23 - Special: Wait, you don’t even know? PC: Are you saying your family’s livelihood was ruined because of a love affair no one even remembers? Josephine: Essentially. Orlesian politics are full of these unhappy little missteps, Inquisitor. [back to 1]

5 - Investigate: What’s your past with Leliana? PC (If not asked about Leliana before): You and Leliana appear to know each other. PC (If asked about Leliana before): You haven’t really gone into detail about how you know Leliana.

Josephine: We met… let me think… we met the last few years of my schooling, but we became friends after I became ambassador to Orlais. It seems terrifyingly long ago now.

Dialogue options:

Special: What prompted the reunion? [24]
[Back to 1]

24 - Special: What prompted the reunion? PC: How exactly did you and Leliana reconnect in the Inquisition? Josephine: I discovered my family had been overcharging a merchant we traded with for months. Our name carries a great deal of trust in Antiva. I spent weeks arranging a string of favors as suitable recompense. Apparently satisfied, the merchant extended me an invitation to her estate. Leliana greeted me in place of the merchant.

Dialogue options:

General: That sounds like her. [25]
General: A clever way to test you. [26]
General: She overcomplicates things. [27]

25 - General: That sounds like her. PC: I assume there was more to it than a strange way to say hello. [28] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 26 - General: A clever way to test you. PC: I assume the entire problem was some form of trial. Josephine: You assume correctly. [28] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 27 - General: She overcomplicates things. PC: Why didn’t she send a message instead of playing all these games? [28]

28 - Scene continues.

Josephine: It was a test, of sorts. Leliana claimed she needed someone of “painful integrity” for the Inquisition. I accepted, once she finally explained what it was.

Dialogue options:

Special: Are you still friends? [29]
[Back to 1]

29 - Special: Are you still friends? PC: Do you remain close? Josephine: Yes, but she’s grown so much more distant than the outgoing woman I met in Val Royeaux. Leliana used to wander the Orlesian courts singing the sweetest songs, charming the greatest wits. Now she collects secrets and takes risks that would make empires tremble. I worry, but she will not hear it.

Dialogue options:

Special: You talk often then? [30]
[Back to 1]

30 - Special: You talk often then? PC: Does Leliana confide in you? Josephine: She enjoys revisiting our more disastrous adventures. Leliana used to concoct the most ridiculous plans. Run if you ever see her with a twine ball, a measuring stick, and a handkerchief. [back to 1]

6 - General: Goodbye. PC: Let’s speak later.

Tell Me About Antiva

Available after a warm chat

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Who’s in charge of Antiva? [2]
Investigate: What’s living in Antiva like? [3]
General: Goodbye. [4]

2 - Investigate: Who’s in charge of Antiva? PC: Who rules Antiva? Josephine: Officially, the principality of Antiva is governed by His Majesty King Fulgeno the Second. In reality, Antiva’s merchant princes rule the country in everything but name. Quite loudly, I might add.

Dialogue options:

Special: Is that firsthand experience? [5]
[Back to 1]

5 - Special: Is that firsthand experience? PC: What sort of dealings did you have with these merchant families? Josephine: As ambassador, I attended privy council meetings in a mediatory capacity. May I just say, one has never heard an argument until they’ve sat in on fifteen princes howling down each other’s tariff suggestions.

Dialogue options:

General: How does anything get done? [6]
General: Well, it doesn’t sound dull. [7]
General: That sounds infuriating. [8]

6 - General: How does anything get done? PC: That sounds more like a mob than a meeting. [9] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 7 - General: Well, it doesn’t sound dull. PC: If you must deal with legislation, at least it’s lively. [9] ㅤㅤ ㅤ 8 - General: That sounds infuriating. PC: I’d storm out of any meeting that came to that. Josephine: It would be fitting. Dramatic exits are always a favorite. [9]

9 - Scene continues.

Josephine: It’s all part of life in Antiva. Our traditions value passion, and romance. A certain exuberance of style.

Dialogue options:

Special: You’re not very… exuberant. [10]
[Back to 1]

10 - Special: You’re not very… exuberant. PC: Are you positive you’re Antivan? Josephine: I can be most exuberant, when it’s called for! Just… at the right moments. And in a proper fashion. Might we speak of something else? [back to 1]

3 - Investigate: What’s living in Antiva like? PC: What’s the land like in Antiva? Josephine: The settled areas are quite lush. The vineyards run as far as the eye can see in some places. Antiva City, however, perches right up against the Rialto Bay. That’s what I miss most. The sea crashing against the maze of the docks.

Dialogue options:

Special: You spent time there? [11]
[Back to 1]

11 - Special: You spent time there? PC: I have difficulty seeing you wandering around a trading port. Josephine: Everyone in Antiva City spends times by the ships, my [lord/lady]. The finest restaurants and poets all make their habitation by the sea. The waterfront’s never still. Lanterns are lit along the promenade no matter what the weather.

If not romanced [15]

If romanced Josephine: Oh, and the theater! If we’re ever in Antiva City, I must take you there one day.

Dialogue options:

General: I’d love to go. [12]
General: Are there private booths? [13]
General: I’m not one for theater. [14]

12 - General: I’d love to go. PC: It’d be my honor to attend with such a lovely guide. Josephine: I shall hold you to it. Oh, dear. Should I send ahead for tickets? They always sell out before mid-season… [15]

13 - General: Are there private booths? PC: I suppose you could get us a pair of secluded seats, far from prying eyes… Josephine: You’ll keep your mind on the show, I should hope! At least until the curtain falls. [15]

14 - General: I’m not one for theater. PC: Will there be a lot of singing? Josephine: Perhaps? We could see an opera! PC: (Groans.) [15]

15 - Dialogue options:

Special: Do you miss Antiva? [16]

[Back to 1]

16 - Special: Do you miss Antiva? PC: Are you ever homesick? Josephine: Occasionally. When a breeze stirs the trees in the garden, I sometimes pretend it’s the sound of the surf. (Sighs.) Do you know, I even miss those terrible squawking birds infesting the harbor. My younger sister used to throw whole loaves of bread to the gulls. Silly thing. [back to 1]

4 - General: Goodbye. PC: Let’s speak later.

How Are You Always So Polite?

after WEWH or HLTA

PC: How do you stay so civil with everyone, Josephine?

Josephine: Bonds of circumstance among the nobility are fickle. Civility is the only constant everyone admires. And I do deplore rudeness in those who know better.

Special: But doesn’t it get tiresome?

PC: Does it even become a strain sometimes?

Josephine: Well… it can be trying. There is no shortage of self-regard among the nobility. The Game can be wearying, discouraging, and extremely baneful. But, honestly, I’d miss meeting people. I’ve made the most fascinating friends.

Dialogue options:

General: I’ve liked meeting all of you. [1]
General: I’m glad you have. [2]
General: The Game isn’t worth it. [3]

1 - General: I’ve liked meeting all of you. PC: One good thing about becoming Inquisitor has been meeting so many different people. Josephine: I’m pleased. I imagine we appear a strange bunch to those outside our circle. Mages, templars, Seekers, and an apostate elf are not often found working in harmony. Or at all. Scene ends.

2 - General: I’m glad you have. PC: Better than making piles of interesting enemies. Josephine: I’ve had both, sometimes depending on which way the wind has been blowing at the time. But worth it all in all, I think. Scene ends.

3 - General: The Game isn’t worth it. PC: I’d never put up with treachery just for the chance to shake someone’s hand. Josephine: A betrayed confidence is a painful thing. I try not to think about it often. A trick one learns, to keep their wits about them in Orlais. Scene ends.

Anything to Report?

Inquisition rank below 5 Josephine: Despite our fame, we’re low on steadfast allies. We must aim for more.

Inquisition rank 5 Josephine: We’ve gathered many favors among the nobility. They will be gently reminded of this.

Inquisition rank 10 Josephine: There’s scarcely a noble house that hasn’t openly pledged its support to us.

Dialogue options:

General: How are our guests? [1]
General: What about our allies? [2]
General: Goodbye. [3]

1 - General: How are our guests? PC: Any visiting dignitaries I should watch out for?

At Haven Josephine: Ser Griffith of Denerim, a most distinguished knight of the realm. He’s defeated darkspawn, slain demons, chased down abominations… Just… don’t ask him about it over dinner. He spares no detail. Scene ends.

After CotJ/IHW Josephine: Lady Drummond promised a visit. She has useful resources, if we can get her to set aside her games PC: What are her politics? Josephine: Oh, no, I meant actual games. Chess, cards, dice, little boards with carved idols from Tevinter… She made me play that with her for eight hours once. Steer her towards cards if she insists on a match. Scene ends.

At Skyhold Josephine: You may see the Countess Lutetia in the halls. A lovely woman, but her conversations tend towards the unusual. She’s the patron of Orlais’ greatest naturalists. The countess’s particular passion is collecting butterflies. PC: That doesn’t sound unusual. Josephine: She goes into great detail about preserving them. It seems to involve large amounts of chemicals and pins. Scene ends.

After Josephine’s personal quest Josephine: Lord Nadovino of Antiva. A friend of my family not normally given to politics. PC: How did you get him to support the Inquisition? Josephine: Antivan are touched by worthy deeds, Inquisitor. I impressed him with the rightness of our cause. I also promised him forty bottles from our wine cellar. He’s had his eye on the Tevinter ports for years. Scene ends.

After WEWH Josephine: Marquise Hedinelle is here, but Her Grace sends her apologies for missing dinner. Allergies, I’m afraid. PC: Allergies to what? Josephine: Wheat, eggs, honey, mead, most fish, some poultry, Antivan peppers, Tevinter fruits, and every nut under the sun. PC: What does the marquise subsist on? Josephine: Spite, according to her siblings, as the marquise had the fortune to be firstborn of her family. Try to avoid invitations to any of their luncheons. Scene ends.

After HLTA Josephine: Bann Vigard of Ferelden is visiting. An honour, to be sure. Please show no alarm if you hear shouting in his quarters at night. PC: Shouting? Josephine: His lordship spent half a year with his lands under siege by darkspawn during the Fereldan Blight. His wife informs me the bann still sleeps rather… poorly. Scene ends.

Vivienne’s personal quest complete Josephine: You’ve already met Grand Cleric Marcelline. Lady Vivienne helped arrange the visit. The timing is most curious. PC: Why? Josephine: Word has circulated that Grand Cleric Marcelline will be instrumental in choosing our next Divine. What are Lady Vivienne’s intentions, I wonder? Scene ends.

After WPHW Josephine: The Nevarran minister was greatly impressed during his visit. Considering I’ve never seen him smile before, we should consider it a coup. PC: What brightened the minister’s spirits? Josephine: I believe he finds something… romantic about our attempt to slay Corypheus’s dragon.

Dialogue options:

General: But not Corypheus? [4]
General: He should join in, then. [5]
General: It was a nightmare. [6]

4 - General: But not Corypheus? PC: He’s more impressed by a dragon than the ancient darkspawn controlling it? Josephine: It holds a certain cachet for Nevarrans. Their legends are full of heroic dragonslayers. Cassandra’s family features heavily in them. Scene ends. ㅤㅤ ㅤ 5 - General: He should join in, then. PC: We could extend the minister an invitation the next time we root around for a high dragon. Josephine: Please, don’t. He might take you up on it. Scene ends. ㅤㅤ ㅤ 6 - General: It was a nightmare. PC: There was nothing romantic about what that dragon did to our camp. Josephine: Agreed. But I would prefer we did not relieve the Nevarrans of the notion just yet. Scene ends.

All exhausted Josephine: None in particular. Our guests are well pleased with what they’ve seen. Scene ends.

2 - General: What about our allies? PC: Any thoughts on the people here? Josephine: Who did you mean?

7 - Dialogue options:

General: What about our mages? [8]
General: Let’s talk about our warriors. [9]
General: How about our roguish friends? [10]
General: Goodbye. [11]

8 - General: What about our mages?

Solas PC: What’s your impression of Solas? Josephine: I suppose I should be wary of an apostate, but our elven mage has conducted himself with the utmost propriety. And he has the most fascinating stories. [back to 7]

Vivienne PC; What do you think of Vivienne? Josephine: We’ve met a few times before, at court. She remains a truly accomplished player of the Game. So long as her interests align with yours, Madame Vivienne will be a most valuable ally. Just do keep her on your good side, Inquisitor. [back to 7]

Dorian PC: You must have an opinion of Dorian. Josephine: Who hasn’t? The man could cause a scene standing quietly in the center of an empty room. Still, I do believe he has your best interests at heart. For all that he delights in mocking them from time to time. [back to 7]

9 - General: Let’s talk about our warriors.

Iron Bull PC: The Iron Bull has had to have made an impression. Josephine: He is a loud, unapologetic accident merely waiting to happen. I do wish he’d stop daring poor dignitaries to outdrink him. [back to 7]

Blackwall PC: What do you think of Ser Blackwall? Josephine (pre-Revelations): Ser Blackwall seems as loyal to the purpose of the Inquisition as he is to the Wardens. His travels must have taken him strange places. I wish he’d speak more about them. [back to 7] Josephine (post-Revelations): I never truly met “Ser Blackwall,” but “Thom Rainier” hardly sits better on the tongue. How could he have kept up this deception for so long? To what purpose? Really, Inquisitor, I’d rather not think of it. [back to 7]

Cassandra PC: I was thinking of Cassandra. Josephine: Seeker Pentaghast is a princess of the Kingdom of Nevarra, although that barely seems important to her. She was not interested, when I asked if we might make use of her royal relations. Still, the Inquisition would not have formed without Cassandra. She’s an extraordinarily driven woman. [back to 7]

Cullen PC: Commander Cullen came to mind. Josephine: The commander is an intelligent, cautious man. I’m grateful he’s in charge of our standing army. Still, he does sometimes resemble the man with a hammer to whom everything appears as a nail. [back to 7]

10 - General: How about our roguish friends?

Sera PC: I’d love to know how you and Sera get along. Josephine: I know she extracts gossip from the servants. And she keeps prying into things. Sera’s ability to vanish whenever her mischief’s discovered must come in handy, however, I’m sure. [back to 7]

Varric PC: I was thinking of Varric. Josephine: Oh, I could listen to his tales for hours. He actually let me read a chapter of his next book he’s writing. My friends would be sick with envy if they knew! It’s excellent, but a bit different from his past works. Only three beheadings so far. [back to 7]

Cole PC: Cole, actually. Josephine: Who? Oh, wait. You mean the quiet young man? How strange. I’m sure we must have talked, yet I can’t recall what we discussed. [back to 7]

11 - General: Goodbye. PC: Let’s speak later.

The Anchor

Inquisition rank 4

Josephine: Inquisitor, is it true? Is the mark on your hand magic cast by Corypheus?

PC: Corypheus claimed it’s a spell gone wrong.

Josephine: I wanted to think it a blessing. A sign the Maker was returning to His creation. How credulous of me.

Dialogue options:

General: I believed it was holy, too. [1]
General: It might be the Maker’s will. [2]
General: The Maker isn’t of this world. [3]
General: The Anchor’s magic, not holy. [4]

1 - General: I believed it was holy, too.
PC: I thought the same thing about the Anchor, Josephine.
Josephine: I suppose neither of us could have known what your mark was, until now. [5]

2 - General: It might be the Maker’s will.
PC: Perhaps the Maker set these events in motion so long ago, we can no longer see His hand in them.
Josephine: It would be fitting if that were true. [5]

3 - General: The Maker isn’t of this world.
PC: The Maker hasn’t shown Himself for some time. There’s no reason He’d start now.
Josephine: Perhaps you’re right. [5]

4 - General: The Anchor’s magic, not holy.
PC: The Anchor’s nothing more special thana misfired spell.
Josephine: At least you had the good fortune to take it from Corypheus. [5]

5 - Scene continues.

Josephine: Does it… hurt? The “Anchor,” that is?

Dialogue options:

General: I’ll be fine. [6]
General: I’ll cope. [7]
General: It feels strange. [8]

General: I’ll be fine.
PC: It looks strange, but it hasn’t done me harm.
Josephine: If it did come from Corypheus, that’s a small mercy. [9]

General: I’ll cope.
PC: Only when I laugh.
Josephine: (Sighs.) Very good, Inquisitor. [9]

General: It feels strange.
PC: It’s not pain. It’s more like my nerves do on fire.
Josephine: It sounds most unpleasant. [9]

9 - Scene ends.

Loyalists in Jader

Inquisition rank 5

Josephine: A situation requires your attention, Inquisitor. Noble Chantry loyalists in the city of Jader are spreading accusations that you’re responsible for the Divine’s death. They’re unusually organized. I recommend we send people to Jader, to deal with the matter.

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Can they be reasoned with? [2]
Investigate: Why are the nobles interested? [3]
General: Let’s send some diplomats. [4]
General: We need some propaganda. [5]
General: We need a show of force. [6]

2 - Investigate: Can they be reasoned with? PC: Will anyone even believe me if I claim I didn’t kill the Divine? Josephine: Perhaps if they learn about your heroics. We should emphasize how you stopped the Breach devouring the sky. Even in Jader, it may win you a few admirers. [back to 1]

3 - Investigate: Why are the nobles interested? PC: What does the nobility gain by saying I murdered Justinia? Josephine: A scapegoat, to begin with. But I wonder if the grand clerics are at work. Those immediately eligible to be Divine died at the Conclave. The ones remaining were… not as favored. They may look upon you as a rival for influence. [back to 1]

4 - General: Let’s send some diplomats. PC: Let’s send some ambassadors to convince Jader I’m not a monster in disguise. Josephine: Excellent. I believe there’s much to be gained by winning them over. Scene ends.

5 - General: We need some propaganda. PC: Why don’t we counter these falsehoods by starting rumours of our own? Josephine: A whisper campaign? It would show those in the know we have some subtlety at our command. Scene ends.

6 - General: We need a show of force. PC: Sending soldiers to “patrol” the area might make people think twice about slandering me. Josephine: A daring move. But one that will show the world we have military might behind us. Scene ends.

Tevinter and Nevarra

Only available after Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts. Requires Inquisition rank 9

Josephine: I was hoping you’d be by. We’ve received letters from Archon Radonis of Tevinter and King Markus of Nevarra. For both monarchs to come to us is nearly unheard of.

Dialogue options:

General: Then we’ve impressed them. [1]
General: I’m not sure I’m honored. [2]
General: Of course. We’re famous. [3]

1 - General: Then we’ve impressed them. PC: Then the Inquisition’s deeds have won their respect. Josephine: They’d never have contacted us otherwise. [4]

2 - General: I’m not sure I’m honored. PC: I assume that means they both want something very badly from us. Josephine: You’re quite correct. [4]

3 - General: Of course. We’re famous. PC: More proof the Inquisition’s fame has spread. Josephine: Fame is one thing. Asking for help is another. [4]

4 - Scene continues.

Josephine: Archon Radonis requests that the Inquisition, as a “neutral party,” destroy a Venatori cult on the Nevarran-Tevinter border. King Markus asks the same, but demands we pledge allegiance to Nevarra instead of Tevinter.

5 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: What would you do? [6]
Investigate: What’s King Markus like? [7]
Investigate: Why does Radonis need us? [8]
Human PC: My family lets us help both. [9]
General: We’ll aid Tevinter. [10]
General: We’ll help Nevarra. [11]

6 - Investigate: What would you do? PC: What course of action would you take, if you were in my place? Josephine: Strained as their relationship with Orlais is… I would assist the Imperium. Their friendship is difficult to win, and Markus is a fading power. Tevinter is the longer, richer gain.

7 - Investigate: What’s King Markus like? PC: What sort of man is the King of Nevarra? Josephine: At this point, elderly. Many fear his health will soon fail him. Still, he is a Pentaghast. Their dynasty is exceptionally strong in Nevarra.

Dialogue options:

Special: Does Cassandra support him? [12]
[Back to 5]

12 - Special: Does Cassandra support him? PC: As a Pentaghast, will Cassandra be upset if we don’t help her relatives? Josephine: With all respect to Seeker Pentaghast, her interest in politics is best described as “thin.” [back to 5]

8 - Investigate: Why does Radonis need us? PC: Why is the ruler of Tevinter turning on the Venatori? Josephine: He has little reason to love them. Archon Radonis has rightly identified Corypheus as competition. Few monarchs relish a self-styled god showing up to claim their throne.

Dialogue options:

Special: What’s the Archon like? [13]
[Back to 5]

13 - Special: What’s the Archon like? PC; Tell me about Radonis. Josephine: Like most Tevinter rulers, he’s heir to an ancient bloodline, politically shrewd, and a highly skilled mage. Rumour also claims he has an incredibly soft spot for cats. [back to 5]

9 - Human PC: My family lets us help both. PC: I actually have relatives in Nevarra. If you reason with the Archon, the Trevelyans can persuade King Markus we should help both countries. Josephine: Letting the Inquisition curry favor with both Tevinter and Nevarra? Most ideal. Scene ends.

10 - General: We’ll aid Tevinter. PC: Tell the Archon the Inquisition will do Tevinter the favor of wiping out the Venatori on its borders. Josephine: Very good, Inquisitor. We’ll inform him at once. Scene ends.

11 - General: We’ll help Nevarra. PC: Inform King Markus the Inquisition will wipe the Venatori from his borders. Josephine: Very well. It will be done. Scene ends.

Solas Romance

Available if the PC let Solas remove the vallaslin.

Josephine: Inquisitor Lavellan, I—oh! Forgive my surprise. Your face is… I thought those markings were permanent.

Dialogue options:

General: I wanted them gone. [1]
General: I don’t want to discuss it. [2]
General: Why don’t you ask Solas? [3]

1 - General: I wanted them gone. PC: I learned something about them, and it’s best they’re gone. Josephine: Of course. If you say so. Scene ends.

2 - General: I don’t want to discuss it. PC: I’d like to talk about something else, please. Josephine: If you wish. Scene ends.

3 - General: Why don’t you ask Solas? PC: Solas could tell you all about it. Josephine: I’m sure. Perhaps we could talk of other things, then. Scene ends.

Special: Blackwall Has a Crush on You

PC: I heard Blackwall has feelings for you.

Josephine: Leliana informed me. Blackwall is a gallant man, no matter what name he chooses.

Josephine (given to the Wardens): He will soon join the Wardens, however. There is no future there. Josephine: Alas, there are too many differences between us in station.

Josephine: (Sighs.) It must be “la splendeur des coeurs perdus.”

Special: It must be what?

PC: I’m not familiar with that phrase.

Josephine: It’s an Orlesian term: “the splendor of lost hearts.” It is when a passion is known, but cannot be consummated—even though the would-be lovers wish it with all their yearning. Looks may be exchanged. A small token may be left for one to find… But that is all that can ever be.

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: Like the flowers on your desk? [2]
General: That’s romantic. [3]
General: I’m still confused. [4]
General: That’s ridiculous. [5]

2 - Investigate: Like the flowers on your desk? PC: Are those flowers on your desk a gift, then? Josephine: A courier delivered them. A fresh batch comes every week. They’re only found on the steepest slopes above Skyhold. Leliana tells me every week, early in the morning, Blackwall slips out and hikes to where they grow.

3 - General: That’s romantic. PC: There’s some appeal to that yearning. Josephine: Not just appeal. An acknowledgement. [6]

4 - General: I’m still confused. PC: So it’s just romantic frustration? Josephine: The point is to acknowledge love’s power. [6]

5 - General: That’s ridiculous. PC: Why drag it out? What’s the point? Josephine: The point is to acknowledge love’s power. [6]

6 - Scene continues.

Josephine: In “la splendeur des coeurs perdus,” love is respected but known. The ardor is bittersweet but named. It lets many retain dignity that would otherwise be flung to the wind.

Specialization: Necromancer

Josephine: I’ve heard you’re training in the art of necromancy, Inquisitor. Is that… wise considering the Mortalitasi’s reputation?

Dialogue options:

General: It’s not as bad as it sounds. [1]
General: I’ll let you handle that. [2]
General: I can handle magic. [3]

1 - General: It’s not as bad as it sounds. PC: Necromancers don’t actually bring the dead back to life, Josephine. Josephine: Do the common people know that? Do most mages? [4]

2 - General: I’ll let you handle that. PC: I’m sure my chief diplomat can sweep a few new spells under the rug. Josephine: I am quite serious! [4]

3 - General: I can handle magic. PC: I know my way around magic. Josephine: It’s not your skills I’m worried about. [4]

4 - Scene continues.

Josephine: Outside Nevarra, most people think the Mortalitasi perform death rituals… and sacrifices… and Maker knows what else.

Josephine (Qunari PC): The public is already nervous about a Qunari mage. I will try to keep the necromancy quiet. Josephine (non-Qunari PC): I will try to keep the fact that you’re learning this as quiet as possible.