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In Your Heart Shall Burn
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This Bodes Poorly
The PC and advisors are gathered in the war room.
Cullen: The elite of the templars are ready, Herald. Be certain you are prepared for the assault on the Breach. We cannot know how you will be affected.
The scene changes to the Temple of Scared Ashes, where the PC faces the rift. Templars/mages stand along nearby ledges.
| Recruited mages | Recruited templars |
|---|---|
| Cassandra: Mages! | Cassandra: Templars! |
Solas: Focus past the Herald! Let [their] will draw from you!
The templars/mages begin channeling their power. The PC closes the rift in an explosion. Candra rises and approaches the PC, placing a hand on their shoulder.
Cassandra: You did it.
Back at Haven, the people are celebrating and dancing. The PC watches from afar, and Cassandra approaches.
Cassandra: Solas confirms the heavens are scarred but calm. The Breach is sealed. We’ve received reports of lingering rifts, and many questions remain, but this was a victory. Word of your heroism has spread.
Dialogue options:
- General: We all did this. [1]
- General: It wasn’t me, it was the mark. [2]
- General: It’s too soon to celebrate. [3]
1 - General: We all did this.
PC: You know how many were involved. Luck put me at the center.
Cassandra: A strange kind of luck. I’m not sure if we need more or less. But you’re right. This was a victory of alliance. One of the few in recent memory. With the Breach closed, that alliance will need new focus. [4]
2 - General: It wasn’t me, it was the mark.
PC: Don’t they know I fell into this? Almost literally.
Cassandra: Perhaps you’re too close to judge. We needed you. We still do. We have yet to discover how the Breach came to be, and that is only the most conspicuous of our troubles. Strange days, and more to come. [4]
3 - General: It’s too soon to celebrate.
PC: We don’t know what caused this. We can’t rest easy.
Cassandra: I agree. One success does not guarantee peace. The immediate danger is gone. For some, so is the necessity of this alliance. We will be weary. The Inquisition will need new focus. [4]
4 - Scene continues.
A warning bell begins to ring, and soldiers and townspeople begin to scatter.
Cullen: Forces approaching! To arms!
Cassandra: What the…? We must get to the gates!
- Blackwall: Perhaps assaulting the sky drew some attention.
- Cole: They’re afraid. Something’s coming.
- Iron Bull: So.. Celebratory drinks are on hold.
- Sera: This isn’t good, and it was never good!
- Solas: This bodes poorly.
- Varric: I knew it was too easy.
- Vivienne: What threat could the ground hold? You already conquered the sky.
The party moves to reach Cullen. They overhear residents of Haven as they pass by.
- Adan: What’s going on? We’re under attack? From who?
- Flissa: What’s happening? You’ll take care of it, right? That’s why she blessed you.
- Lysette: I’ll help here. You get to Cullen. He’ll know what to do, Maker willing.
- Minaeve: Must prepare. Who would attack us? You just saved us all.
- Seggrit: Always something! You’re “important”—go protect us!
- Threnn: We have to put up barricades or something. This will be bad. Real bad.
The party approaches the gates.
Cassandra: Cullen?
Cullen: One watchguard reporting. It’s a massive force, the bulk over the mountain.
Josephine: Under what banner?
Cullen: None.
Josephine: None?
There is banging at the gates.
Choice dependent dialogue:
Cole: I can’t come in unless you open!
A soldier opens the door, where an enemy is stabbed from behind and falls, revealing Cole.
Cole: I’m Cole, I came to warn you. To help. People are coming to hurt you. You probably already know.
PC: What is this? What’s going on?
Cole: The templars come to kill you.
Cullen: Templars? Is this the Order’s response to our talks with the mages? Attacking blindly?
Cole: The red templars went to the Elder One. You know him? He knows you. You took his mages.
The scene pans to the marching forces, and shows Corypheus and Samson in the midst of it all.
Cullen: I know that man… but this Elder One…
Cole: He’s very angry that you took his mages.
PC: Cullen! Give me a plan! Anything!
Cullen: Haven is no fortress. If we are to withstand this monster, we must control the battle.
He looks out at the approaching enemy, then back at the PC.
Cullen: Get out there and hit that force. Use everything you can!
Cullen draws his sword.
Cullen: Mages! You—you have sanction to engage them! That is Samson. He will not make it easy! Inquisition! With the Herald! For your lives! For all of us!
Dorian: If someone could open this, I’d appreciate it!
A soldier opens the door to reveal Dorian amongst a cluster of corpses.
Dorian: Ah! I’m here to warn you. Fashionably late, of course.
Dorian stumbles into Cullen.
Dorian: Mite exhausted. Don’t mind me.
| Met Dorian in Redcliffe | Did not meet Dorian |
|---|---|
| Dorian: There you are! I came to tell you happened with the mages at Redcliffe. You’re not going to like it. | Dorian: My name is Dorian Pavus, and I bring grave news from Redcliffe—an army of rebel mages, right behind me. |
The scene pans to the marching forces, and shows Corypheus and Calpernia in the midst of it all.
Dorian: They are under the command of the Venatori, in service to something called the “Elder One.” The woman is Calpernia. She commands the Venatori. For that… the Elder One. They were already marching on Haven. I risked my life to get here first!
PC: Cullen! Give me a plan! Anything!
Cullen: Haven is no fortress. If we are to withstand this monster, we must control the battle.
He looks out at the approaching enemy, then back at the PC.
Cullen: Get out there and hit that force. Use everything you can!
Cullen draws his sword.
Cullen: Soldiers! Gather the villagers! Fortify and watch for advance forces! Inquisition! With the Herald! For your lives! For all of us!
Saving Haven
The party makes their way to the trebuchet outside Haven’s gates, where the enemy has started attacking.
- Soldier: Herald! Over here! Keep them off us!
- Soldier: Almost ready! Keep them off us!
- Soldier: Keep them back, we’re ready to fire!
- Soldier: Centered and clear! Firing!
- Soldier: They felt that! We’ll reload—you get to the other trebuchet! It isn’t firing!
The party heads to the second trebuchet, where they are also under attack.
- Soldier: This way! We must get this trebuchet firing!
- Soldier: More incoming! Keep them off the trebuchet!
- Soldier: We’ve got the time! Crew the trebuchet! Start firing!
The PC mans the trebuchet, and fires it. A huge avalanche takes out most of the approaching army the everyone celebrates. Suddenly, fire is blasted, destroying the trebuchet, and a dragon flies over Haven.
- Blackwall: It can’t be! Can it?
- Cassandra: We can’t face it here! We have to…do something!
- Cole: It hurts! It’s breaking, and it wants to break us!
- Dorian: Today is now well beyond making sense!
- Iron Bull: Oh, that’s just messed up!
- Sera: No, no, no, shite damned piss no!
- Solas: That is not possible!
- Varric: Shit! Who ordered the end of the damned world?
- Vivienne: A hasty retreat would be in order!
PC: Everyone to the gates!
The party begins making their way to the gates, when they find Harriet trying to get into the smithy.
Harritt: Blasted shoulder! Herald! Help me with this door!
| If Helped | If not helped |
|---|---|
| Harritt: Good one! Just grabbing the essentials! Won’t die for the forge! | Harritt: Forget it! Shit’s not worth dying for! |
They get to the gates, where Cullen is ushering everyone inside.
- Cullen: Come on, through here!
- Cullen: Everyone inside!
- Cullen: Pull back now!
- Cullen: Move it. Move it!
The Cullen pulls the doors shut with the help of a soldier.
Cullen: We need everyone back to the chantry! It’s the only building that might hold against… that beast! At this point… just make them work for it.
Cullen leaves, and the party starts through Haven when they hear fighting.
- Blackwall: Come on! We have to help!
- Cassandra: Haven must evacuate to the chantry!
- Cole: A village of the dead who don’t know it. Unless you help.
- Dorian: The villagers will need help if they are to survive this.
- Iron Bull: Let’s grab people on the way!
- Sera: People need to move! Round them up!
- Solas: The people of Haven will not survive on their own.
- Varric: Let’s get people to safety!
- Vivienne: Best run, dear. The villagers will slow you down.
The party comments as they find towspeople.
- Blackwall: I hear someone!
- Cassandra: A survivor!
- Cole: Someone hurts.
- Dorian: I hear a voice!
- Iron Bull: You hear that? Survivors!
- Sera: Someone’s yelling!
- Solas: I hear a survivor!
- Varric: Hear that?
- Vivienne: A voice, Herald.
The party heads toward the sound of combat, where Lysette is fighting.
- Lysette: I defy you! Rrragh!
- Lysette: Anyone, here! Fight them back!
- Lysette: Here! Help me!
| Rescued | Rescue failed |
|---|---|
| Lysette: Good work, Herald! Protect the chantry! | Lysette: (Screams.) |
The party continues into Haven.
Soldier: This way! Someone needs help!
Soldier runs to nearby building with the door obstructed.
Soldier: Here! I can’t get to them!
- Seggrit: Help! Someone help!
- Seggrit: Where is everyone? Help?
- Seggrit: I can’t…! Someone help me!
Segritt is inside, the PC drops in through the hole in the roof and destroys the debris blocking the door.
| Rescued | Rescue failed |
|---|---|
| Seggrit: About time! Let me out of here! | Seggrit: (Screams.) |
Another soldier runs by.
Soldier: I think someone is over here!
Soldier runs to the tavern, where there is more combat outside.
Soldier: Here! I need you here!
- Flissa: Get it… get it off! It’s coming down!
- Flissa: I can’t get up… help me… it hurts.
- Flissa: The Herald will save us! [They] will!
Flissa is inside, caught under debris.
| Rescued | Rescue failed |
|---|---|
| Flissa: I knew you’d come! We are all blessed! | Flissa: (Screams.) |
The party continues.
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Adan: Watch out—the flames will reach the pots!
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Adan: It’s too hot! The pots—the pots will burn!
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Adan: I can’t get out! I’m trapped!
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Minaeve: Help me! The fire will explode the pots!
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Minaeve: Can anyone hear me? Help!
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Minaeve: It’s going to explode! Help!
Adan and Minaeve are trapped under carts of oil [?] pots.
| Rescued | Rescue failed |
|---|---|
| Adan: Our Lady is with you, Herald! Thank you! | Adan: (Screams.) |
| Rescued | Rescue failed |
|---|---|
| Minaeve: Herald? What’s happening? Maker, thank you! Thank you! | Minaeve: (Screams.) |
The party reaches just outside the chantry, where Threnn is fighting.
- Threnn: Back, you bastards!
- Threnn: Need some help here!
- Threnn (recruited mages): Come on, monsters!
- Threnn (recruited templars): Let’s have it, Tevinter!
The PC joins combat.
| Rescued | Rescue failed |
|---|---|
| Human PC:Threnn: Thank you! These shits almost had me. Let’s go! Non-human PC:Threnn: Didn’t expect this from you. Thanks. Let’s go! | Threnn: (Screams.) |
The party comments after failing a rescue.
- Blackwall: Another one down!
- Cassandra: Another dead!
- Cole: One more has stopped hurting.
- Dorian: We’re losing people!
- Iron Bull: Another dead one!
- Sera: Lost one! Piss!
- Solas: Another death, I fear.
- Varric: We’re losing people!
- Vivienne: Another death, dear.
| Everyone rescued | Some rescued | No one rescued |
|---|---|---|
+ Varric Greatly Approves+ Vivienne Approves
| + Varric Slightly Approves+ Vivienne Slightly Approves
| - Varric greatly disapproves
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The party makes their way into the chantry.
Let That Thing Hear You
The party enters the Chantry and see Chancellor Roderick limping.
Roderick: Move! Keep going! The chantry is your shelter!
Choice dependent dialogue:
Roderick falls. Cole catches him and helps him move into a chair off to the side.
Cole: He tried to stop a templar. The blade went deep. He’s going to die.
Roderick: What a charming boy.
Cullen runs to the PC.
Cullen: Herald! Our position is not good. That dragon stole back any time you might have earned us.
Cole: I’ve seen an Archdemon. I was in the Fade, but it looked like that.
Cullen: I don’t care what it looks like. It has cut a path for that army. They’ll kill everyone in Haven!
Cole: The Elder One doesn’t care about the village. He only wants the Herald.
Dialogue options:
- General: I’d give myself to save Haven. [1]
+ Varric Approves
+ Blackwall Slightly Approves
- Sera Slightly Disapproves
- Solas Disapproves - General: Why? Why does he want me? [2]
+ Solas Slightly Approves - General: How do I stop him? [3]
+ Iron Bull Slightly Approves
1 - General: I’d give myself to save Haven.
PC: If it will save these people, he can have me.
Cole: It won’t. He wants to kill you. No one else matters, but he’ll crush them, kill them anyway. I don’t like him.
Cullen: You don’t like…? [6]
2 - General: Why? Why does he want me?
PC: If you know why he wants me, just say it.
Cole: I don’t. He’s too loud. It hurts to hear him. He wants to kill you. No one else matters, but he’ll crush them, kill them anyway. I don’t like him.
Cullen: You don’t like…? [6]
3 - General: How do I stop him?
PC: I don’t care what he wants. How do I stop him?
Cole: It won’t be easy. He has a dragon.
Cullen: We know what he…! [6]
4 - Scene continues.
Cullen: Herald, there are no tactics to make this survivable. The only thing that slowed them was the avalanche. We could turn the remaining trebuchets, cause one last slide.
PC: We’re overrun. To hit the enemy, we’d bury Haven.
Cullen: We’re dying, but we can decide how. Many don’t get that choice.
Cole: Yes, that. Chancellor Roderick can help. He wants to say it before he dies.
Roderick falls. Dorian catches him and helps him move into a chair off to the side.
Dorian: A brave man. He stood against a Venatori.
Roderick: Briefly. I am no templar.
Cullen runs to the PC.
Cullen: Herald! Our position is not good. That dragon stole back any time you might have earned us. There has been no communication, no demands. Only advance after advance.
Dorian: There was no bargaining with the mages, either. This Elder One takes what it wants. From what I gathered in Redcliffe, it marched all of this way to take your Herald.
Dialogue options:
- General: I’d give myself to save Haven. [1]
+ Varric Approves
+ Blackwall Slightly Approves
- Sera Slightly Disapproves
- Solas Disapproves - General: Why? Why does he want me? [2]
+ Solas Slightly Approves - General: How do I stop him? [3]
+ Iron Bull Slightly Approves
1 - General: I’d give myself to save Haven.
PC: If it will save these people, he can have me.
Dorian: An assassin might take you up on that. But this force has not seemed concerned about specifics.
2 - General: Why? Why does he want me?
PC: If you have any ides why he’s after me, I’m all ears.
Dorian: Besides taking the templars, I’ve no idea what would incur this much wrath.
3 - General: How do I stop him?
PC: I don’t care what he wants. How do I stop him?
Dorian: Trust me, that is not information I would keep to myself.
4 - Scene continues.
Dorian: And such a promising start with the landslide. (Chuckles.) If only trebuchets remained an option.
Cullen: They are, if we turn the last of them to the mountains above us.
PC: We’re overrun. To hit the enemy, we’d bury Haven.
Cullen: This is not survivable now. The only choice left is how spitefully we end this.
Dorian: Well, that’s not acceptable. I didn’t race here only to have you drop rocks on my head.
Cullen: Should we submit? Let him kill us?
Dorian: Dying is typically a last resort, not first! For a templar, you think like a blood mage! [11]
Roderick: There is a path. You wouldn’t know it unless you’d made the summer pilgrimage. As I have.
Roderick attempts to stand.
Roderick: The people can escape. She must have shown me. Andraste must have shown me so I could… tell you.
Dialogue options:
- Investigate: What do you mean? [5]
- General: Cullen, can you get them out? [6]
- General: Rocks won’t stop a dragon. [7]
+ Sera Slightly Approves
+ Varric Slightly Approves - General: Go. I’ll distract him. [8]
5 - Investigate: What do you mean?
PC: What are you on about, Roderick?
Roderick: It was whim that I walked the path. I did not meant to start—it was overgrown. Now, with so many in the Conclave dead, to be the only one who remembers… I don’t know, Herald. If this simple memory can save us, this could be more than mere accident. You could be more.
[Return to dialogue tree.]
6 - General: Cullen, can you get them out?
PC: What about it, Cullen? Will it work?
Cullen: Possibly_. If_ he shows us the path. But what of your escape?
Scene continues.[9]
7 - General: Rocks won’t stop a dragon.
PC: I can bury an army, stop them from following, but that thing is flying.
| Recruited mages | Recruited templars |
|---|---|
| Cole: It won’t stray from the Elder One. He’s here for you. | Dorian: You have been his target since you took the templars. So long as you’re here, the rest may be beneath his notice. |
Cullen: Leaving you no escape.
8 - General: Go. I’ll distract him.
PC: If that thing is here for me, I’ll make him fight for it.
Cullen: And when the mountain falls? What about you?
9 - Scene continues.
The PC remains silent and frowns.
| Recruited mages | Recruited templars |
|---|---|
| Cullen: Perhaps you will surprise it, find a way… | Dorian: Perhaps you can surprise the Elder One. |
Cullen: Inquisition! Follow Chancellor Roderick through the chantry! Move!
Roderick: Herald… if you are meant for this, if the Inquisition is meant for this, I pray for you.
Cullen: They’ll load the trebuchets. Keep the Elder One’s attention until we’re above the tree line. If we are to have a chance—if you are to have a chance—let that thing hear you.
Cullen leaves.
Beg That I Succeed
The party leaves the chantry directly into combat.
- Blackwall: Here we go! I hope this plan of yours works!
- Cassandra: We will exact a heavy price. They will not take us easily.
- Cole: Can you see me? You will see me!
- Dorian: We need to be noticed? Happens to be a specialty of mine.
- Iron Bull: All right, time to get loud!
- Sera: Right! Let’s make some frigging noise!
- Solas: I understand the strategy, but I usually avoid drawing this much attention.
- Varric: If there’s one thing I know, it’s how to get an asshole’s attention!
- Vivienne: You want spectacle? You shall have it!
If PC has no party members:
PC: Come on, you monsters! I’m here!
The party fights their way to the trebuchet.
- Blackwall: Turn the machine. It must be aimed!
- Cassandra: The trebuchet must be aimed. Quickly.
- Cole: Should we throw the rocks now?
- Dorian: There’s our glorious end. All it needs is aiming!
- Iron Bull: There’s the trebuchet! Let’s toss some rocks!
- Sera: If we’re doing this, let’s get the stupid thing aimed!
- Solas: I suggest we aim this machine as quickly as possible.
- Varric: There’s your trebuchet. Let’s get it aimed!
- Vivienne: If you are committed to this action, we must aim the siege enemy!
At the trebuchet, the party fights multiple waves of enemies, and then either Fiona or Knight-Captain Denam,
Wave 1:
Cole: They’re here!
PC: Reinforcements!
Wave 2:
Sera: Toughies coming!
Solas: Be ready! More coming our way!
Varric: These will put up a fight!
PC: More coming!
Wave 3:
Sera: (Frustrated growl.) Watch them!
Varric: They brought big reinforcements.
Varric: Everyone ready?
PC: Here they come. Get ready!
The trebuchet is finally aimed as the dragon swoops down. The party begins backing up.
PC: Move! Now!
A huge blast erupts as the party runs. The PC is knocked to the ground, and a figure emerges from the flames. The PC rises to face them, but the dragon approaches from behind.
Corypheus: Enough!
Corypheus sends out a blast of energy.
Corypheus: Pretender. You toy with forces beyond your ken. No more.
Dialogue options:
- Angry: I don’t fear you, creature! [1]
- Anxious: Just stop so we can talk! [2]
- Confused: Why are you doing this? [3]
1 - Angry: I don’t fear you, creature!
PC: Whatever you are, I am not afraid!
Corypheus: Words mortals often hurl at the darkness. Once they were mine. They are always lies.
2 - Anxious: Just stop so we can talk!
PC: No more! Why are you doing this? What purpose could this serve?
Corypheus: Because you are my enemy. Because you stand in the way of destined power. Because I can.
3 - Confused: Why are you doing this?
PC: What are you? Why are you doing this?
Corypheus: Mortals beg for truth they cannot have. It is beyond what you are, what I was.
4 - Scene continues.
Corypheus: Know me, know what you have pretended to be. Exalt the Elder One! The will that is Corypheus! You will kneel.
Dialogue options:
- General: I want to understand you. [5]
- General: What do you want from me? [6]
- General: I will not yield! [7]
5- General: I want to understand you.
| Angry | Anxious | Confused |
|---|---|---|
| PC: Tell me why you’ve done this! Make me understand! | PC: If you’ve answers, give them! Make me understand! | PC: This doesn’t make sense! Let me understand! |
Corypheus: Your understanding is not required. If you gain it, consider yourself blessed. [8]
6 - General: What do you want from me?
| Angry | Anxious | Confused |
|---|---|---|
| PC: Why are you here? What do you want from us? | PC: You must want something. Say it, and you’ll have it! | PC: Why are you here? You haven’t even asked for anything! |
Corypheus: I ask for nothing, because it is not in your power to give. But that will not stop me. [8]
7 - General: I will not yield!
| Angry | Anxious | Confused |
|---|---|---|
| PC: You’ll…you’ll get nothing out of me! | PC: I can’t… I won’t just let you do this! | PC: You’re forcing this fight for no reason! |
Corypheus: You will resist. You will always resist. It matters not. [8]
8 - Scene continues.
Corypheus: I am here for the Anchor. The process of removing it begins now.
Corypheus conjures up a red glow using an orb. The Anchor begins to glow in response.
Corypheus: It is your fault, “Herald.” You interrupted a ritual years in the planning, and instead of dying, you stole its purpose.
The PC grasps their hand in pain
Corypheus: I do not know how you survived, but what marks you as “touched,” what you flail at rifts, I crafted the assault the very heavens.
The PC falls to their knees in pain as the Anchor flares.
Corypheus: And you used the Anchor to undo my work! The gall!
Dialogue options:
- General (claimed chosen): This was granted by Andraste! [9]
- General (undecided/non-Andrastian): The Divine died for this. Why! [10]
- General: I never wanted this! Take it! [11]
- General: Tell me what the Anchor does! [12]
9 - General This was granted by Andraste!
PC: It’s a boon from Andraste! She saved my life!
Corypheus: Then your Lady wished me to kill you, for her “boon” is a beacon I cannot let escape.
10 - General: The Divine died for this. Why!
PC: Why did the Divine die? For this chaos?
Corypheus: The “chaos” will empower me, and ensure we no longer beg at the feet of the invisible.
11 - General: I never wanted this! Take it!
PC: Take it! I didn’t ask you for this!
Corypheus: Mortals have always cried thus. Praise me, for I would end the silence that answers!
12 - General: Tell me what the Anchor does!
PC: What is this thing meant to do?
Corypheus: It is meant to bring certainty where there is none. For you, the certainty that I would always come for it.
13 - Scene continues.
Corypheus walks forward and picks up the PC by the arm, holding them in the air.
Corypheus: I once breached the Fade in the name of another, to serve the Old Gods of the empire in person. I found only chaos and corruption. Dead whispers. For a thousand years I was confused. No more. I have gathered the will to return under no name but my own, to champion withered Tevinter and correct this blighted world. Beg that I succeed, for I have seen the throne of the gods, and it was empty.
The PC is flung aside, slamming into the trebuchet.
Corypheus: The Anchor is permanent. You have spoiled it with your stumbling.
The PC picks up a nearby sword. The dragon moves forward.
Corypheus: So be it. I will begin again, find another way to give this world the nation—and god—it requires.
A flare goes off in the distance.
Corypheus: And you. I will not suffer even an unknowing rival. You must die.
Dialogue options:
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General: It doesn’t end here.
PC: You expect us to surrender and kneel. We will not. You’ll face us all. When we choose! -
General: You’ve talked long enough.
PC: You expect me to fight, but that’s not why I kept you talking. Enjoy your victory. Here’s your prize! -
General: You’re an arrogant fool.
PC: Your arrogance blinds you. Good to know. If I’m dying…it’s not today!
The PC kicks the trebuchet lever, firing a boulder and causing another massive avalanche that sweeps through Haven. Corypheus leaves with the dragon, and the PC attempts to run before falling though an uncovered mine shaft.
The scene fades to black.
The Dawn Will Come
The Anchor flares, and the PC wakes up at the bottom of the mine shaft in pain.
PC: (Gasps.)
The PC begins to make their way through the tunnels, moving slowly at first but picking up speed. They see an exit.
PC: There!
The PC moves towards it and into a larger cavern.
PC: Who’s there?
Two despair demons and some wraiths appear. The PC defeats them with a new ability to open small rifts.
PC: (Exhausted breath.)
The exit of the tunnels leads to an open expanse with a brutal snowstorm.
PC: (Shivers.)
Wolves howl in the distance as the blizzard obscures the PC’s vision. They push forward.
PC: (Weary sigh.)
The PC continues forward and spots an abandoned campfire. They move towards it.
PC: It’s cold. Nothing.
They continue.
PC: (Shivers.)
The storm calms down, and the PC is struggling in the deep snow. They stumble, but find another campfire.
PC: Embers? Recent?
The PC continues and spots a camp in the distance when they collapse.
Cullen: There! It’s [them]!
Cullen and Cassandra run to the PC.
Cassandra: Thank the Maker!
The remaining residents of Haven have set up a camp. The PC comes to in a cot, listening to the advisors arguing.
Cullen: What would you have me tell them? This isn’t what we asked them to do!
Cassandra: We cannot simply ignore this! We must find a way!
Cullen: And who put you in charge? We need a consensus, or we have nothing!
Josephine: Please, we must use reason! Without the infrastructure of the Inquisition, we’re hobbled!
Cullen: That can’t come from nowhere!
Leliana: She didn’t say it could!
Cassandra: Enough! This is getting us nowhere!
Cullen: Well, we’re agreed on that much!
The PC props themselves up on their elbows. Mother Giselle sits next to them.
Giselle: Shh. You need rest.
PC: They’ve been at it for hours.
Giselle: They have that luxury, thanks to you. The enemy could not follow, and with time to doubt, we turn to blame. Infighting may threaten as much as this Corypheus.
Dialogue options:
- Investigate: Where is Corypheus now? [1]
- General: I should help plan. [2]
- General: Yelling won’t help. [3]
- General: We can’t let him find us. [4]
1 - Investigate: Where is Corypheus now?
PC: Do we know where Corypheus and his forces are?
Giselle: We are not sure where we are. Which may be why, despite the numbers he still commands, there is no sign of him. That, or you are believed dead. Or without Haven, we are thought helpless. Or he girds for another attack. I cannot claim to know the mind of that creature, only his effect on us.
[Return to dialogue tree.]
2 - General: I should help plan.
PC: If they’re arguing about what we do next, I need to be there.
Giselle: Another heated voice won’t help. Even yours. Perhaps especially yours. [6]
3 - General: Yelling won’t help.
PC: The only thing yelling gets us is a headache. Another headache.
Giselle: They know. But our situation—your situation—is complicated. [6]
4 - General: We can’t let him find us.
PC: If that thing is still out there, we need to move.
Giselle: They are uncertain where. And there are other questions. About you. [6]
5 - Scene continues.
PC: Our leaders struggle because of what we survivors witnessed. We saw our defender stand… and fall. And now, we have seen [them] return.
The PC sits up fully.
Giselle: The more the enemy is beyond us, the more miraculous your actions appear. And the more our trials seem ordained. That is hard to accept, no? What “we” have been called to endure? What “we,” perhaps, must come to believe?
Dialogue options:
- Investigate: I didn’t die and come back. [6]
- Investigate: Should we believe Corypheus? [7]
- General: We need more than faith. [8]
- General: Fanatical belief is to blame. [9]
- General (Andrastian PC): I believe, but it didn’t help. [10]
- General (Andrastian PC): I’ve lost faith. [11]
- General (unsure/non-Andrastian PC): I believe, but is that enough? [12]
- General (non-Andrastian PC): I still don’t believe. [13]
- General: This is a waste of time. [14]
6 - Investigate: I didn’t die and come back.
PC: I escaped the avalanche. Barely, perhaps, but I didn’t die.
Giselle: Of course, and the dead cannot return from across the Veil. But the people know what they saw. Or perhaps, what they needed to see. The Maker works both in the moment, and in how it is remembered. Can we truly know the heavens are not with us?
[Back to 7]
7 - Investigate: Should we believe Corypheus?
PC: You saw Corypheus. What do you think of his claims of assaulting the heavens?
Giselle: Scripture says magisters, Tevinter servants of the false Old Gods, entered the Fade to reach the Golden City, seat of the Maker. For their crime, they were cast out as darkspawn. Their hubris is why we suffer Blight, and why the Maker turned from us. If such is the claim of this Corypheus, he is a monster beyond imagining. All mankind continues to suffer for that sin. If even a shred of it is true, all the more reason Andraste would choose someone to rise against him.
Dialogue options:
- Investigate: He said the heavens are empty. [15]
- [Return to previous tree.]
15 - Investigate: He said the heavens are empty.
PC: Corypheus said he found only corruption and emptiness. Nothing golden.
Giselle: If he entered that place, it has changed him without and within. The living are not meant to make that journey. Perhaps these are lies he must tell himself, rather than accept that he earned the scorn of the Maker. I know I could not bear such.
[Return to main dialogue tree.]
8 - General: We need more than faith.
PC: Mother Giselle, I just don’t see how what I believe matters. Lies or not, Corypheus is a real, physical threat. We can’t match that with hope alone.
The PC stands and walks away a short distance in contemplation. The advisors seem distressed. Giselle stands and begins singing. Starting with the advisors. the entire camp joins in and they gather around the PC, and kneel/bow in reverence. Chancellor Roderick finally passes during this, and Cole/Dorian leaves his side.
9 - General: Fanatical belief is to blame.
PC: All of this happened because of fanatics, and arguments about the next world. It’s time we start believing in this one.
The PC stands and walks away a short distance in contemplation. The advisors seem distressed. Giselle stands and begins singing. Starting with the advisors. the entire camp joins in and they gather around the PC, and kneel/bow in reverence. Chancellor Roderick finally passes during this, and Cole/Dorian leaves his side.
10 - General: I believe, but it didn’t help.
PC: I know in my heart that I was meant for this, but that didn’t help at Haven. I want to believe Andraste is with me, but doubt is everywhere.
The PC stands and walks away a short distance in contemplation. The advisors seem distressed. Giselle stands and begins singing. Starting with the advisors. the entire camp joins in and they gather around the PC, and kneel/bow in reverence. Chancellor Roderick finally passes during this, and Cole/Dorian leaves his side.
11 - General: I’ve lost faith.
PC: Whatever I may have believed, I felt no divine aid while Haven was destroyed. I want to believe Andraste is with me, but doubt is everywhere.
The PC stands and walks away a short distance in contemplation. The advisors seem distressed. Giselle stands and begins singing. Starting with the advisors. the entire camp joins in and they gather around the PC, and kneel/bow in reverence. Chancellor Roderick finally passes during this, and Cole/Dorian leaves his side.
12 - General: I believe, but is that enough?
PC: Perhaps I was meant for this, but that didn’t help at Haven. I want to believe Andraste is with me, but doubt is everywhere.
The PC stands and walks away a short distance in contemplation. The advisors seem distressed. Giselle stands and begins singing. Starting with the advisors. the entire camp joins in and they gather around the PC, and kneel/bow in reverence. Chancellor Roderick finally passes during this, and Cole/Dorian leaves his side.
13 - General: I still don’t believe.
PC: Whatever the rest of you say, I felt no divine aid at the Conclave or Haven. The struggle ahead seems mine alone.
The PC stands and walks away a short distance in contemplation. The advisors seem distressed. Giselle stands and begins singing. Starting with the advisors. the entire camp joins in and they gather around the PC, and kneel/bow in reverence. Chancellor Roderick finally passes during this, and Cole/Dorian leaves his side.
14 - General: This is a waste of time.
PC: If the enemy is still out there, these questions don’t matter. We need soldiers, weapons. Corypheus doesn’t care what we believe. [18]
Giselle (We need more than faith.”): An army needs more than an enemy. It needs a cause.
Giselle (“Fanatical belief is to blame.”): It’s all one world, Herald. All that changes is our place in it.
Giselle (“I believe, but it didn’t help.” or “I believe, but is that enough?”): Faith is made stronger by facing doubt. Untested, it is nothing.
Giselle (“I’ve lost faith.”): You may have lost faith, but they haven’t. They have found it.
Giselle (“I still don’t believe.”): Faith may have yet to find you, but it has already found them.
Giselle (“This is a waste of time.”): Corypheus will care. The best answer to powerful lies are certain truths.
Mother Giselle walks away.
Skyhold
Solas walks up to the PC.
Solas: A word?
He leads the PC to the edge of camp and lights a blue-flamed lantern with magic.
Race specific dialogue:
- Dalish PC [1]
- Non-Dalish PC [2]
1 - Dalish PC:
Solas: The humans have not raised one of our people so high for ages beyond counting. Her faith is hard-won, [lethallan/lethallin], worthy of pride…save one detail. The threat Corypheus wields? The orb he carried? It is ours. Corypheus used the orb to open the Breach. Unlocking it must have caused the explosion that destroyed the Conclave. We must find out how he survived…and we must prepare for their reaction, when they learn the orb is of our people.
3 - Dialogue options:
- Investigate: How do you know this? [4]
- Solas slightly approves
- General: I won’t worry. They trust me. [5]
- General: Lost here, it won’t matter. [6]
- General: They’ll blame us eventually. [7]
- Solas slightly approves
4 - Investigate: How do you know this?
PC: All right, what is it, and how do you know about it?
Solas: Such things were foci, said to channel power from our gods. Some were dedicated to specific members of our pantheon. All that remain are references in ruins, and faint visions of memory in the Fade, echoes of a dead empire. But however Corypheus came to it, the orb is elven, and with it, he threatens the heart of human faith.
[Back to 3]
5 - General: I won’t worry. They trust me.
PC: Didn’t you see? The people trust me implicitly.
Solas: Faith tends to make martyrs of its champions. Whatever the case, that trust cannot grow in the wilderness. You will need every advantage. [13]
6 - General: Lost here, it won’t matter.
PC: Their blame won’t matter if we can’t get out of this wilderness.
Solas: That is the immediate problem…and it offers a solution that may secure your place in their hearts. You saved them at Haven. Perhaps you can again. [13]
7 - General: They’ll blame us eventually.
PC: Even if we defeat Corypheus, eventually they’ll find a way to blame elves.
Solas: I suspect you are correct. It is unfortunate, but we must be above suspicion to be seen as valued allies. Faith in you is shaping the moment, but it needs room to grow. [13]
2 - Non-Dalish PC:
Solas: A wise woman, worth heeding. Her kind understand the moments that unify a cause. Or fracture it. The orb Corypheus carried, the power he used against you. It is elven. Corypheus used the orb to open the Breach. Unlocking it must have caused the explosion that destroyed the Conclave. I do not yet know how Corypheus survived… nor am I certain how people will react when they learn of the orb’s origin.
8 - Dialogue options:
- Investigate: How do you know this? [9]
- Solas slightly approves
- General: You’re right to be worried. [10]
- Solas slightly approves
- General: Lost here, it won’t matter. [11]
- General: So prove yourself. [12]
9 - Investigate: How do you know this?
PC: All right, what is it, and how do you know about it?
Solas: They were foci, used to channel ancient magicks. I have seen such things in the Fade, old memories of older magic. Corypheus may think it Tevinter. His empire’s magic was built on the bones of my people. Knowing or not, he risks our alliance. I cannot allow it.
[Back to 8]
10 - General: You’re right to be worried.
PC: This whole mess is confusing. I can see how elves might be an easy target.
Solas: History would agree. But there are steps we can take to prevent such a distraction. [13]
11 - General: Lost here, it won’t matter.
PC: They’ll have to set aside blame while freezing is their first concern.
Solas: We are agreed on that, and I may have a solution. [13]
12 - General: So prove yourself.
PC: If you’ve something that will help us, now’s the time.
Solas: Yes, judging by the faithful, now is the time. [13]
13 - End race specific dialogue.
The scene changes to show the Inquisition traveling through the snow, led by the PC, Solas, and the Advisors.
Solas: By attacking the Inquisition, Corypheus has changed it. Changed you.
The PC scouts ahead on come crags, and sees the huge expanse of mountains ahead of them. The Inquisition continues to caravan through the mountains.
Solas: Scout to the north. Be their guide. There is a place that waits for a force to hold it. There is a place where the Inquisition can build… grow…
Solas joins the PC on an overlook, who looks dumbstruck as a huge fortress stands in the distance.
Solas: Skyhold.
The PC moves toward the new home of the Inquisition.
Wherever You Lead Us
Soldiers and civilians move their belongings into Skyhold. The PC emerges from a nearby doorways. Cassandra gestures for them to comes over, and the advisors leave the PC with Cassandra.
Cassandra: They arrive daily from every settlement in the region. Skyhold is becoming a pilgrimage.
The two begin to ascend some stairs.
Cassandra: If word has reached these people, it will have reached the Elder One. We have the walls and numbers to put up a fight here, but this threat is far beyond the war we anticipated. But we now know what allowed you to stand against Corypheus, what drew him to you.
Dialogue options:
- General: It was Andraste’s blessing. [1]
- General: Not more “chosen” nonsense. [2]
- General: He’s insane. Who cares? [3]
- General: My effort for the Inquisition. [4]
- General: He wanted the Anchor. [5]
1 - General: It was Andraste’s blessing.
PC: This all began with Andraste’s blessing. It was that simple.
Cassandra: Yet did her blessing grant you worthiness, or was it given because you were already worthy?
2 - General: Not more “chosen” nonsense.
PC: This isn’t more about me being divinely touched, is it?
Cassandra: I won’t ask you to believe. Whether it’s true or not, that’s not why you’re here now.
3 - General: He’s insane. Who cares?
PC: Why should I care why he’s after me? He’s a monster. Mad.
Cassandra: You should care because he sees in you what we all see, and it has nothing to do with the mark on your hand.
4 - General: My effort for the Inquisition.
PC: He came after me because my efforts put the Inquisition in his way.
Cassandra: Perhaps in more ways than you’ve considered.
5 - General: He wanted the Anchor.
PC: He came for this, and now it’s useless to him, so he wants me dead. That’s it.
Cassandra: The Anchor has power, but it’s not why you’re still standing here.
6 - Scene continues.
They continue to ascend.
Cassandra: Your decisions let us heal the sky. Your determination brought us out of Haven. You are that creature’s rival because of what you did. And we know it. All of us.
They approach Leliana, who ceremoniously holds an intricately decorated sword.
Cassandra: The Inquisition requires a leader: the one who has already been leading it.
A crowd begins to form, looking up at the PC.
Cassandra: You.
Dialogue options:
- Pleased (Andrastian): My faith is rewarded. [7]
- Cassandra slightly approves
- Pleased: I’m honored. [8]
- Cassandra slightly approves
- Surprised (claimed not-chosen): But I’m not your chosen one! [9]
- Vivienne slightly disapproves
- Angry: I don’t want this! [10]
- Blackwall disapproves
- Confused: Everyone agreed to this? [11]
- Confused (mage PC): You trust this to a mage? [12]
- Confused (non-human PC): But I’m not human. [13]
7 - Pleased: My faith is rewarded.
PC: I have tried to serve faithfully, to understand the burden I was meant to carry.
Cassandra: That is always a struggle.
PC: You’re not sure about this?
Cassandra: There is no faith without doubt, yet I believe this is the only path before us. There would be no Inquisition without you. How it will serve, how you lead: that must be yours to decide. [17]
8 - Pleased: I’m honored.
PC: I…don’t know what to say.
Cassandra: Say that you will not make me regret this.
PC: If you’re not sure, why do it?
Cassandra: Because I believe this is what was meant to be, that without you there would be no Inquisition. What it means for the future, how you lead us, that is entirely up to you. [17]
9 - Surprised: But I’m not your chosen one!
PC: Are you insane? They expect a savior, someone with divine power!
Cassandra: They want you.
PC: Because they think I’m chosen!
Cassandra: They believe you are chosen because of what you have done. What you have inspired. In all of us. Without you, there would be no Inquisition. Where you lead us, what kind of leader you are…that is up to you. [17]
10 - Angry: I don’t want this!
PC: And just what are you going to do if I don’t want this? I did my part at the Breach and in Haven. That should be enough!
Cassandra: We’ve all sacrificed, but we’re not done. You’re not done! If nothing else, Corypheus still wants you dead. If the Inquisition disappears—and it will, without you—you will be alone. I believe the Maker intended you for this. We need each other. But how you lead us, that is for you alone to determine. [17]
11 - Confused: Everyone agreed to this?
PC: It’s unanimous? You all have that much confidence in me?
Cassandra: All of these people have their lives because of you. They will follow.
PC: That wasn’t the question.
Cassandra: I will not lie, handing this power to anyone is troubling. But I have to believe this is meant to be. There would be no Inquisition without you. How it will serve, how you lead: that must be yours to decide. [17]
12 - Confused: You trust this to a mage?
PC: Perhaps I didn’t hear you correctly. A mage at the head of the Inquisitor?
Cassandra: Not a mage. You.
PC: I happen to be a mage.
Cassandra: I will not pretend no one will object, but times are changing. Perhaps this is what the Maker intended. There would be no Inquisition without you. How it will serve, how you lead: that must be yours to decide. [17]
13 - Confused: But I’m not human.
Race dependent dialogue:
- Dalish PC [14]
- Dwarf PC [15]
- Qunari PC [16]
14 - Dalish PC:
PC: You’re offering this to an elf? Are you quite sure you know what you’re doing?
Cassandra: I would be terrified handing this power to anyone, but I believe it is the only way. They’ll follow you. To them, being an elf shows how far you’ve risen, how it must have been by Andraste’s hand. What it means to you, how you lead us: that is for you alone to determine. [17]15 - Dwarf PC:
PC: You sure the mountain air hasn’t made you light-headed? They’ll accept a dwarf?
Cassandra: They already have.
PC: Not as their leader.
Cassandra: They’ll follow you. To them, being a dwarf shows how special you are, how Andraste must favor you above all. What it means to you, how you lead us: that is for you alone to determine. [17]16 - Qunari PC:
PC: I don’t think I heard you right. You want a Qunari as your leader?
Cassandra: We want to make official what is already the case.
PC: But our history…?
Cassandra: I am aware of how this looks. Yet you are not your people, you are an individual. Perhaps that is part of your strength. Without you, there is no Inquisition. We all must accept that. But how you lead us, that is entirely up to you. [17]
17 - Scene continues.
The PC tentatively takes the sword from Leliana.
Dialogue options:
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Dalish: An elf will stand for us all.
PC: I will lead us against Corypheus, and I will be an ambassador. I’m an elf standing for Thedas. The Inquisition is for all. [18]- Solas slightly approves
- Sera disapproves
Divine: Leliana +1, Cassandra -1, Vivienne -1
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Dwarf: A dwarf will stand for us all.
PC: I will lead us against Corypheus, and I will be an ambassador. I’m a dwarf standing for Thedas. The Inquisition is for all. [18]- Sera approves
Divine: Leliana +1, Cassandra -1, Vivienne -1
- Sera approves
-
Qunari: A Qunari will stand for us all.
PC: I will lead us against Corypheus, and I will be an ambassador. I’m a Qunari standing for Thedas. The Inquisition is for all. [18]- Sera approves
- Iron Bull approves
Divine: Leliana +1, Cassandra -1, Vivienne -1
-
Mage: I’ll set an example as a mage.
PC: With fear running rampant, they need to see a mage standing for what is right. I’ll defeat Corypheus standing with them, not over them. [18]- Vivienne greatly approves
- Dorian approves
- Sera slightly approves
Divine: Leliana +1, Vivienne +5
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General (faithful PC): I’ll be a servant of faith.
PC: I will restore what Corypheus could never destroy. I am but a servant of the Light. The Inquisition belongs to the faithful. [18]- Cassandra greatly approves
- Vivienne approves
- Dorian slightly disapproves
- Sera disapproves
- Solas disapproves
Divine: Cassandra +5, Vivienne +1
-
General (non-faithful PC, claimed not chosen): I fight for order, not faith.
PC: Our concern must be the order and safety of this world. Not the next. I’m not “chosen.” I have chosen, and I will lead us to victory. [18]- Cassandra approves
- Sera approves
- Varric slightly approves
Divine: Cassandra +1, Vivienne -1
-
General (non-faithful PC): I’ll do it because it’s right.
PC: This isn’t about a greater message. We have an enemy and we have to stand together. We’ll do what is right. The Inquisition will fight for all of us. [18]- Sera greatly approves
- Blackwall approves
- Solas slightly approves
- Iron Bull slightly approves
- Varric slightly approves
Divine: Leliana +5
-
General: Corypheus must be stopped.
PC: Corypheus will never let me live in peace. He made that clear. He intends to be a god, to rule over us all. Corypheus must be stopped. [18]- Dorian greatly approves
- Sera approves
- Solas slightly approves
-
General: I’ll do it for my own power.
PC: The Inquisition will be a force to rival any in Thedas. In my name. Together we will defeat Corypheus and shake the world.- Cassandra greatly disapproves
- Solas greatly disapproves
- Sera greatly disapproves
- Blackwall greatly disapproves
- Varric greatly disapproves
- Dorian disapproves
Divine: Leliana -5, Cassandra -1
-
General: I will lead them to vengeance.
PC: Vengeance is what I want. For the lives taken, and the lies spoken. I will not rest until Corypheus pays.- Sera approves
- Solas slightly disapproves
- Iron Bull slightly disapproves
- Cassandra slightly disapproves
- Varric dis approves
Divine: Leliana +1, Vivienne -5
18 - Scene continues.
Cassandra: Wherever you lead us.
Cassandra approaches the ledge.
Cassandra: Have our people been told?
Josephine: They have. And soon the world.
Cassandra: Commander, will they follow?
Cullen: Inquisition! Will you follow?
Cullen rallies the crowd.
Cullen: Will you fight? Will we triumph?
Cullen draws and raises his sword.
Cullen: Your leader! Your Herald! Your Inquisitor!
The PC raises the ceremonial sworn in response, and the crowd cheers wildly.
From the Ashes
The PC and advisors walk into the great hall, surveying the ruins.
Cullen: So this is where it begins.
Leliana: It began in the courtyard. This is where we turn that promise into action.
Josephine: But what do we do? We know nothing about this Corypheus except that he wanted your mark.
1 - Dialogue options:
- Investigate: Is he allied with Tevinter? [2]
- Investigate: Can he really become a god? [3]
- Investigate: Is his dragon an Archdemon? [4]
- General: Are we safe here? [5]
- General: We need more information. [6]
- General: Just find me a target.[7]
2 - Investigate: Is he allied with Tevinter?
PC: Corypheus wants to restore Tevinter. Is this a prelude to war with the Imperium?
Cullen: I get the feeling we’re dealing with extremists, not the vanguard of a true invasion.
Josephine: Tevinter is not the Imperium of a thousand years ago. What Corypheus yearns to “restore” no longer exists. Though they would shed no tears if the south fell to chaos, I’m certain.
[Back to 1]
3 - Investigate: Can he really become a god?
PC: Corypheus said he wanted to enter the Black City, that this would make him a god.
Leliana: He is willing to tear this world apart to reach the next. It won’t matter if he’s wrong.
Cullen: What if he’s not wrong? If he finds some other way into the Fade…
Leliana: Then he gains the power he seeks or unleashes catastrophe on us all.[Back to 1]
4 - Investigate: Is his dragon an Archdemon?
PC: Could his dragon really be an Archdemon? What would that mean?
Leliana: It would mean the beginning of another Blight.
Josephine: We’ve seen no darkspawn other than Corypheus himself. Perhaps it’s not an Archdemon at all, but something different?
Cullen: Whatever it is, it’s dangerous. Commanding such a creature gives Corypheus an advantage we can’t ignore.
[Back to 1]
5 - General: Are we safe here?
PC: Could he strike at us here? We can’t have a repeat of what happened at Haven.
Cullen: Skyhold has the bones to withstand Corypheus. After what you did with one trebuchet, I’d bet against direct attack. [8]
6 - General: We need more information.
PC: Someone out there must know something about Corypheus.
Cullen: Unless they saw him on the field, most will not believe he even exists. [8]
7 - General: Just find me a target.
Inquisitor: If you can’t find him, then finds his followers. We can go after them. [8]
8 - Scene continues:
Leliana: We do have one advantage: we know what Corypheus intends to do next.
Leliana (sided with mages): In that strange future you experienced, Empress Celene had been assassinated.
Leliana (sided with templars): When you were at Therinfal, you uncovered a plot to kill Empress Celene.
Josephine: Imagine the chaos her death would cause. With his army…
Cullen (sided with mages): An army he’ll bolster with a massive force of demons, or so the future tells us.
Cullen (sided with templars): An army he’s growing: the envy demon gloated about a massive force of demons.
Josephine: Corypheus could conquer the entire south of Thedas, god or no god.
Leliana: (Sighs.) I’d feel better if we knew more about what we were dealing with.
Varric: I know someone who can help with that.
Varrric walks up to them, joining the conversation.
Varric: Everyone acting all inspirational jogged my memory, so I sent a message to an old friend. [They’ve] crossed paths with Corypheus before, and may know more about what he’s doing. [They] can help.
Dialogue options:
- General: Introduce us. [9]
- General: Don’t make deals for me. [10]
- General: This better be good. [11]
9 - General: Introduce us.
PC: I’m always looking for new allies. Introduce me.
Varric: Parading around might cause a fuss. It’s better for you to meet privately. On the battlements. [12]
10 - General: Don’t make deals for me.
PC: I don’t want you promising things on my behalf, Varric.
Varric: It’s more like making good on promises I’ve already made. Point is, there’s help waiting on the battlements. [12]
11 - General: This better be good.
PC: I don’t have time for a meet-and-greet, Varric.
Varric: You’ll get a lot out of this. And it’s probably overdue. Just come up to the battlements. [12]
12 - Scene continues.
Varric: Trust me. It’s complicated.
Varric leaves.
Josephine: Well, then. We stand ready to move on both of these concerns.
Cullen: On your order, Inquisitor.
Leliana: I know one thing: if Varric has brought who I think he has, Cassandra is going to kill him.