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The Inquisition Reborn
The PC wakes up in bed, in an unfamiliar rustic cabin. A young elven woman walks in carrying supplies, and the PC sits up quickly, startling her.
Woman: Oh! I didn’t know you were awake, I swear!
Dialogue options:
1 - General: It’s all right.
PC: Don’t worry about it. I only—
2 - General: Why are you afraid?
PC: Why are you frightened? What happened?
Woman: That’s wrong isn’t it? I said the wrong thing.
PC: I don’t… think so.
3 - General: Where am I?
PC: Is this another prison?
Woman: I… no? I mean, I don’t think so.
PC: Then where am I? Tell me!
4 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.The woman falls to the floor in reverence.
Woman: I beg you forgiveness and your blessing. I am but a humble servant. You are back in Haven, my [Lord/Lady]. They say you saved us. The Breach stopped growing, just like the mark on your hand. It’s all anyone has talked about for the last three days.
Dialogue options:
5 - General: Then we’re safe.
PC: Then the danger is over.
Woman: The Breach is still in the sky, but that’s what they say.
6 - General: They’re… pleased?
PC: So you’re saying… they’re happy with me?
Woman: I’m only saying what I heard. I didn’t mean anything by it.
7 - General: What happens now?
PC: So a trial happens now, I suppose.
Woman: I don’t know anything about that.
8 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.The woman stands and begins backing away as the PC rises from the bed.
Woman: I’m certain Lady Cassandra would want to know you’ve wakened. She said, “At once.”
PC: And where is she?
Woman: In the Chantry, with the Lord Chancellor. “At once,” she said.
The woman leaves quickly and the PC follows, traversing through awed crowds. The PC enters the Chantry. It is empty. As they walk down the hall, they can overhear Cassandra and Chancellor Roderick arguing.
Roderick: Have you gone completely mad? [They] should be taken to Val Royeaux immediately, to be tried by whomever becomes Divine!
Cassandra: I do not believe [they are] guilty.
Roderick: The prisoner failed, Seeker. The Breach is still in the sky. For all you know, [they] intended it this way.
Cassandra: I do not believe that.
Roderick: That is not for you to decide. Your duty is to serve the Chantry. [Did this guy not get the whole ‘annulled the Nevarran Accords’ memo?]
Cassandra: My duty is to serve the principles on which the Chantry was founded, Chancellor. As is yours.
The PC opens the door. Two templar knights stand guard, and Leliana, Chancellor Roderick, and Cassandra stand around the war table.
Roderick: Chain him. I want him prepared for travel to the capital for trial.
Cassandra: Disregard that, and leave us.
The templars salute and take their leave.
Roderick: You walk a dangerous line, Seeker.
Cassandra: The Breach is stable, but it is still a threat. I will not ignore it.
Dialogue options:
- General: I did what I could. [9]
+ Cassandra Slightly Approves - General: I’m still a suspect? [10]
- General: You want my help. Again. [11]
9 - General: I did what I could.
PC: I did everything I could to close the breach. It almost killed me.
Roderick. Yet you live. A convenient result, insofar as you’re concerned.
Cassandra: Have a care, Chancellor. The Breach is not the only threat we face.
10 - General: I’m still a suspect?
PC: So I’m still a suspect, even after what we just did?
Roderick: You absolutely are.
Cassandra: No, [they are] not.
11 - General: You want my help. Again.
PC: Let me guess: you need my help.
Roderick: You have done plenty. Your actions will be taken into account by the new Divine.
Cassandra: Have a care, Chancellor. The Breach is not the only threat we face.
12 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Leliana: Someone was behind the explosion at at the Conclave. Someone Most Holy did not expect. Perhaps they died with the others — or have allies who yet live.
Roderick: I am a suspect?
Leliana: You, and many others.
Roderick: But not the prisoner.
Cassandra: I heard the voices in the temple. The Divine called to [them] for help.
Roderick: So [their] survival, that thing on [their] hand—all a coincidence?
Cassandra: Providence. The Maker sent [them] to us in our darkest hour.
Dialogue options:
- Pleased (non-human PC): Are you sure? (claim to be chosen) [13]
+ Cassandra Slightly Approves - Pleased (human PC): Blessed be the maker. (claim to be chosen) [14]
+ Cassandra Approves - Stoic: What more do you want? [15]
- Angry: Are you serious? (non-Andrastian PC) [16]
- Cassandra Slightly Disapproves - Surprised: You believe I’m innocent. [17]
- Confused: I am not a “chosen one” (non-Andrastian PC) [18]
- Cassandra Slightly Disapproves
13 - Pleased: Are you sure?
PC: You really think your maker would send someone like me?
Cassandra: The maker does as He wills. It is not for me to say.
PC: Even if that means a [Dalish elf/Dwarf/Qunari] is His chosen?
Cassandra: Humans are not the only people with an interest in the fate of the world.
14 - Pleased: Blessed be the maker.
PC: (quoting the Chant) “Though all before me is shadow, yet shall the Maker be my guide.”
Cassandra: We lost everything… then, out of nowhere, you came.
15 - Stoic: What more do you want?
PC: The Breach is stable now—what more do you want from me?
Cassandra: We must try again.
16 - Angry: Are you serious?
PC: Five minutes ago you wanted me dead, and now I’m your savior?
Cassandra: I was wrong. Perhaps I still am. I will not, however, pretend you were not exactly what we needed when we needed it.
17 - Surprised: You believe I’m innocent.
PC: So you’ve changed your mind about me.
Cassandra: I was wrong. Perhaps I still am. I will not, however, pretend you were not exactly what we needed when we needed it.
18 - Confused: I am not a “chosen one”
| Dalish PC | Dwarf PC | Human Mage PC | Human Non-Mage PC | Qunari PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC: You realize I’m an elf. A Dalish elf. | PC: You realize I’m a dwarf, right? | PC: You realize I’m a mage. | PC: You can’t honestly believe I’m any kind of “chosen one.” | PC: You realize I’m Qunari. |
| Non-Human/Mage PC | Human Non-Mage PC |
|---|---|
| Cassandra: I have not forgotten. | Cassandra: We are all subject to the will of the Maker, whether we wish it or not. |
Cassandra: No matter what you are, or what you believe, you are exactly what we needed when we needed it.
19 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Leliana: The breach remains, and your mark is still our only hope of closing it.
Roderick: This is not for you to decide.
Cassandra slams a large tome on the table. It is embellished with an eye insignia.
Cassandra: Do you know what this is, Chancellor. A writ from the Divine, granting us the authority to act. As of this moment, I declare the Inquisition reborn. We will close the breach, we will find those responsible, and we will restore order. With or without your approval.
She jabs an accusing finger at the Chancellor, who leaves.
Leliana: This is the Divine’s directive: rebuild the Inquisition of old. Find those who will stand against the chaos. We aren’t ready. We have no leader, no numbers, and now no Chantry support.
Cassandra: But we have no choice: we must act now.
Cassandra: (to PC) With you at our side.
Dialogue options:
- Investigate: “The Inquisition of old”? [20]
- Investigate: You want a holy war. [21]
- Investigate: And if I refuse? [22]
- General: I want to help. [23]
+ Cassandra Slightly Approves - General: This is rather strange. [24]
- General: I agree. For now. [25]
20 - Investigate: “The Inquisition of old”?
PC: What is “the Inquisition of old,” exactly?
Leliana: It preceded the Chantry: people who banded together to restore order in a world gone mad.
Cassandra: After, they laid down their banner and formed the Templar Order. But the Templars have lost their way. We need those who can do what must be done united under a single banner once more.
Dialogue options:
26 - Special: What about the Chantry?
PC: But aren’t you still part of the Chantry?
Cassandra: (Snorts.) Is that what you see?
Leliana: The Chantry will take time to find a new divine, and then it will wait for her direction.
Cassandra: But we cannot wait. So many Grand Clerics died at the Conclave… no, we are on our own. Perhaps forever.
21 - Investigate: You want a holy war.
PC: You’re trying to start a holy war.
Cassandra: We are already at war. You are already involved. Its mark is upon you. As to whether or not the war is holy… that depends on what we discover.
22 - Investigate: And if I refuse?
PC: What if I refuse?
Leliana: You can go, if you wish.
Cassandra: You should know that while some believe you chosen, many still think you guilty. The Inquisition can only protect you if you are with us.
Leliana: We can also help you.
Cassandra: It will not be easy if you stay, but you cannot pretend this has not changed you.
23 - General: I want to help.
PC: If you’re truly trying to restore order…
Leliana: That is the plan.
24 - General: This is rather strange.
PC: When I woke up, I certainly didn’t picture this outcome.
Leliana: Neither did we.
25 - General: I agree. For now.
PC: We’ll see how this goes.
Leliana: that is all we ask.
27 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Cassandra: Help us fix this before it’s too late.
The PC and Cassandra shake hands. The screen fades to black.
[There’s a purely cinematic cutscene of the beginning of the Inquisition that I don’t really want to describe.]
Report to Haven’s Chantry
Cassandra and the PC walk through the Chantry. The PC looks at their hand.
Cassandra: Does it trouble you?
Dialogue options:
- Pleased: Not anymore. [1]
- Angry: I want it gone. [2]
- Stoic: It’s fine. [3]
- Confused: Where does it come from? [4]
- Sad: It didn’t close the Breach. [5]
1 - Pleased: Not anymore.
PC: It’s stopped spreading, and it doesn’t hurt.
Cassandra: We take our victories where we can.
2 - Angry: I want it gone.
PC: I wish I could get rid of it.
Cassandra: We have need of it yet.
PC: So you’ve mentioned.
3 - Stoic: It’s fine.
PC: Not really.
4 - Confused: Where does it come from?
PC: I just wish I knew what it was. Or how I got it.
Cassandra: We will find out.
5 - Sad: It didn’t close the Breach.
PC: If it wasn’t enough to close the Breach, what use is it?
Cassandra: You did everything we asked of you.
PC: And it still didn’t work.
6 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Cassandra: What’s important is that your mark is now stable, as is the Breach. You’ve given us time, and Solas believes a second attempt might succeed— provided the mark has more power. The same level of power used to open the Breach in the first place. That is not easy to come by.
Dialogue options:
- General: That sounds dangerous. [7]
- General: Sounds like fun. [8]
- General: You have an idea. [9]
7 - General: That sounds dangerous.
PC: Couldn’t that kind of power just make things worse?
Cassandra: And people call me a pessimist.
8 - General: Sounds like fun.
PC: What harm could there be in powering up something we barely understand?
Cassandra: Hold on to that sense of humor.
9 - General: You have an idea.
PC: Clearly you have something in mind.
Cassandra: we do.
10 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.They walk into the war room where Leliana, Cullen, and Josephine stand around the table.
| Took the mountain path | Charged with the soldiers |
|---|---|
| Cassandra: May I present Commander Cullen, leader if the Inquisition’s forces. Cullen: Such as they are. We lost many soldiers in the valley, and I fear many more before this is through. | Cassandra: You’ve met Commander Cullen, leader of the Inquisition’s forces. Cullen: It was only for a moment on the field. I’m pleased to see you survived. |
Cassandra: This is Lady Josephine Montilyet, our ambassador and chief diplomat.
| Dalish PC | Dwarf/Human PC | Qunari PC |
|---|---|---|
| Josephine: Andaran Atish’an. PC: You speak elven?Josephine: You just heard the entirely of it I’m afraid. | Josephine: I have heard much. A pleasure to meet you at last. | Josephine: You’re… even taller than I’d heard. |
Cassandra: And of course you know sister Leliana.
Leliana: My position here involves a degree of…
Cassandra: She is our spymaster.
Leliana: Yes. Tactfully put, Cassandra.
Dialogue options:
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General: A pleasure.
PC: Pleased to meet you all. -
General: Impressive titles.
PC: That’s an impressive bunch of titles. -
General: Why am I here?
PC: Cassandra tells me you have a plan.
Cassandra: I mentioned that your mark needs more power to close the Breach for good.
Leliana: Which means we must approach the rebel mages for help.
Cullen: I still disagree. The templars could serve just as well.
Cassandra: We need power, Commander. Enough magic poured into that mark—
Cullen: Might destroy us all. Templars could suppress the Breach, weaken it so—
Leliana: Pure speculation.
Cullen: I was a templar. I know what they’re capable of.
Josephine: Unfortunately, neither group will speak to us yet. The Chantry has denounced the Inquisition—
Josephine: (to PC) And you, specifically.
Dialogue options:
- General: They still think I did it. [11]
- General: That was quick. [12]
- General: does it matter? [13]
11 - General: They still think I did it.
PC: They still think I’m guilty.
Josephine: That is not the entirety of it any longer.
12 - General: That was quick.
PC: That didn’t take long.
Cullen: Shouldn’t they be busy arguing over who’s going to become Divine?
13 - General: does it matter?
PC: Can’t you simply ignore them?
Leliana: Of only that were possible.
14 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.| Dalish PC | Dwarf PC | Human PC | Qunari PC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josephine: Some are calling you—a Dalish elf—the “Herald of Andraste.” That frightens the Chantry. | Josephine: Some are calling you—a dwarf—the “Herald of Andraste.” That frightens the Chantry. | Josephine: Some are calling you the “Herald of Andraste,” and that frightens the Chantry. | Josephine: Some are calling you—a Qunari—the “Herald of Andraste.” That frightens the Chantry. |
Josephine: The remaining Clerics have declared it blasphemy, and we heretics for harboring you.
Cassandra: Chancellor Roderick’s doing, no doubt.
Josephine: It limits our options. Approaching the mages or templars for help is currently out of the question.
Dialogue options:
- Investigate: The Herald of Andraste? [15]
- General: Could we be attacked? [16]
- General: So I’m the problem. [17]
- General: the Breach doesn’t worry them? [18]
15 - Investigate: The Herald of Andraste?
PC: Just how am I the “Herald of Andraste”?
Cassandra: People saw what you did at the temple, how you stopped the Breach from growing. They have also heard about the woman seen in the rift when we first found you. They believe that was Andraste.
Leliana: Even if we tried to stop that view from spreading—
Cassandra: Which we have not.
Leliana: The point is, everyone is talking about you.
Cullen: It’s quite the title, isn’t it? How do you feel about that?
Dialogue options:
Return to previous tree.
- General: I like it. [19]
- General: I don’t know. [20]
- General: It’s unnerving. [21]
- General: They’re wrong. [22]
- Cassandra Disapproves
17 - General: I like it.
PC: I don’t mind it at all.
18 - General: I don’t know.
PC: I’m not sure how I should feel.
Cullen: The Chantry has decided that for you, it seems.
19: General: It’s unnerving.
PC: It’s… a little unsettling.
Cullen: I’m sure the Chantry would agree.
20: General: They’re wrong.
PC: I’m no herald of anything. Particularly Andraste.
Cullen: I’m sure the Chantry would agree.
23 - Scene continues.
Leliana: People are desperate for a sign of hope. For some, you’re that sign.
Josephine: And to others, a symbol of everything that’s gone wrong.
16 - General: Could we be attacked?
PC: Will the Chantry attack us?
Cullen: With what? They only have words at their disposal.
Josephine: And yet, they may bury us with them.
17 - General: So I’m the problem.
PC: So if I wasn’t with the Inquisition…
Cullen: Let’s be honest: They would have censured us no matter what.
Cassandra: And you not being here isn’t an option.
18 - General: the Breach doesn’t worry them?
PC: They aren’t more concerned about the Breach? The real threat?
Cullen: They do know that it is a threat, they just don’t think we can stop it.
Josephine: The Chantry is telling everyone that you’ll make it worse.
24 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Leliana: There is something you can do. A Chantry Cleric by the name Mother Giselle has asked to speak to you. She is not far, and knows those involved far better than I. Her assistance could be invaluable.
Dialogue options:
- General: I’ll talk to her. [25]
- General: Why would she help us? [26]
- General: That could be trouble. [27]
25 - General: I’ll talk to her.
PC: I’ll see what she has to say.
26: General: Why would she help us?
PC: Why would someone from the Chantry help a declared heretic?
Leliana: I understand she is a reasonable sort. Perhaps she doesn’t agree with her sisters?
27: General: That could be trouble.
PC: She’s asked for me? You don’t think that could be an ambush?
Leliana: I doubt it. From what I know her, she is a kind soul and not the sort to involve herself in violence.
28: Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Leliana: You’ll find Mother Giselle tending to the wounded in the Hinterlands near Redcliffe.
Cullen: Look for other opportunities to expand the Inquisition’s influence while you’re there.
Josephine: We need agents to extend our reach beyond this valley, and you’re better suited than anyone to recruit them.
Cassandra: In the meantime, let’s think of other options. I won’t leave this all to the Herald.
The scene fades to black. The war table is unlocked. A cutscene plays upon completing the Scout the Hinterlands operation: Inquisition scouts clear out hostile enemies near the crossroads. Scout Harding sends a crow back to Leliana, informing her that they are doing their best to protect Mother Giselle while she tend to refugees.
Quest Related Content
Ambient Dialogue:
[Val Royeaux]
Conversations:
[Val Royeaux - Chantry Mourner]
[Val Royeaux - Merchant Belle]
Companion Cutscenes:
[Blackwall: Look At It]
[Cassandra: The Right Thing]
[Sera: I Thought It’d Be Bigger]
[Solas: A Blessed Hero]
[Varric: Are You Holding Up Alright?]
[Vivienne: Addressing the War]
[Cullen: I Doubt You Came Here For A Lecture]
[Josephine: Marquise DuRellion]
[Leliana: The Maker’s Plan]
Companion Conversations:
[Iron Bull: It’s At The Top]
[Cullen: Why Did the Templars Leave?]