Turlum
A Warden’s Best Friend
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Limited Conversation
Rook finds Davrin in his room.
Assan: (Unhappy squawk)
Davrin: What? You’re hungry? I found a yam in the kitchen.
Assan: (Squawk)
Davrin: Stubborn just means you’ll starve.
Rook: Trouble settling in?
Davrin: Doing the best I can. My job was to keep the griffons safe, not fix their dinner.
Rook: I meant Assan.
Davrin: Oh. I guess we’re both adjusting.
Dialogue options:
- Investigate: What’s the griffons’ history? [1]
- Investigate: Where does Assan come from? [2]
- He’s welcome here. [3]
+ Davrin Approves - He’s had it rough. [4]
- Make sure he behaves. [5]
1 - Investigate: What’s the griffons’ history?
Rook: I’ve always wondered about our history with griffons. Their emblem is everywhere.
Davrin: I could swear Assan knows it, too. Gives him a big head.
Assan: (Squawk)
Rook: What’s the history between Grey Wardens and griffons?
Davrin: Back in the day, Grey Wardens raised them as aerial cavalry. When a Blight got going, Wardens rode them into battle. Eventually, war took its toll. They died out.
2 - Investigate: Where does Assan come from?
| Grey Warden Rook | Non-Grey Warden Rook |
|---|---|
| Rook: How did Weisshaupt find Assan and the others?Davrin: I only got involved in this a little while ago. Most Wardens are still in the dark. | Rook: Then where did Assan and the others come from? |
Davrin: Way I heard it, someone found a journal a few years back that mentioned a secret clutch of eggs. They’d been hidden for centuries, protected by a ward. Started hatching, and out came thirteen talkative griffons. Now down to just one.
3 - He’s welcome here.
Rook: Well, a confused griffon should fit right in around here.
Davrin: Appreciate it. There’s no training manual for them anymore.
Rook: I guess we’ll figure it out together.
Assan: (Happy squawk)
Davrin: Griffons don’t trust easily. Lancit and Remi had to work to win them over.
4 - He’s had it rough.
Rook: Even for a griffon, it has to be hard losing your brothers and sisters.
Davrin: They’re a talkative bunch. Always squawking at each other. Maybe it means something?
Assan: (Squawk)
Davrin: Lancit and Remi would know what to do.
5 - Make sure he behaves.
Rook: As long he doesn’t get out of hand.
Davrin: No promises.
Assan: (Squawk)
Davrin: Griffons are a stubborn bunch. Lancit and Remi were the real experts.
6 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Davrin: They said a Warden and griffon have to move as one, think as one. They called it “turlum.” A sort of unity. But now they’re both dead.
Rook: Why’d the Gloom Howler attack the aerie?
Davrin: I intend to find out. First it stalks Wardens, now it’s after the griffons.
Dialogue options:
- Affable: We’ll find them. [7]
- Sarcastic: We understand trouble. [8]
- Stoic: We’ve seen worse. [9]
- Sad: They deserve better. [10]
7 - Affable: We’ll find them.
Rook: Don’t worry—you and I have a deal. We’ll find them.
Davrin: Appreciate that. Though it sounds like you’ve got your hands full ‘round here.
Rook: Just a tad.
8 - Sarcastic: We understand trouble.
Rook: Trouble’s our specialty. No shortage of it around here.
Davrin: I’m getting that.
9 - Stoic: We’ve seen worse.
Rook: It’s not the worst thing we’ve fought.
10 - Sad: They deserve better.
Rook: Doesn’t seem right that they’d go extinct twice.
Davrin: Not if I have anything to say about it. You sure you’ll have time to help? You’ve got a lot on your plate.
11 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Davrin: Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain. Hard to believe.
| Elf Rook | Non-Elf Rook: |
|---|---|
| Rook: Our very own elven gods are ending the world.Davrin: That’ll endear us to the rest of Thedas. | Rook: Can’t be easy hearing that your own gods are ending the world.Davrin: Elves have enough trouble. Don’t need this on our heads, too. |
Davrin: But I have to say—killing a monster is one thing… Taking down the goddess of all monsters… and the god of vengeance while you’re at it…?
Dialogue options:
- Sarcastic: It isn’t so bad. [12]
- Stoic: It’s us or them. [13]
+ Davrin Approves - Afraid: It scares me. [14]
12 - Sarcastic: It isn’t so bad.
Rook: I know. Our problem around here is we think too small.
Davrin: Okay, then. Good to know the boss can laugh about it.
Rook: Not really. But dwelling on things won’t help.
13 - Stoic: It’s us or them.
Rook: Every life in Thedas depends on it.
Davrin: Fair enough. Always good to know where the boss stands.
Rook: Pretty much at the world not ending.
Davrin: I can get behind that.
14 - Afraid: It scares me.
Rook: I’m not blind. It keeps me awake at night.
Davrin: Just making sure you know what you’re in for.
Rook: We’re all in for it.
Davrin: Well, I’ve been in a staring contest with death most my life. Haven’t blinked yet.
15 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Assan: (Hungry squawk)
Davrin: What? I told you—it’s yams or nothing.
Assan: (Unhappy squawk)
Rook: Or maybe you need a new menu?