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In Peace, Vigilance

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First Warden Jowin

Rook heads to the Cobbled Swan at Maevaris’s request, where they are greeted by a Grey Warden

First Warden: I am Jowin Glastrum, First Warden and Supreme Commander of Weisshaupt. I received word of your team’s request for Grey Warden assistance after an incursion of the blight at D’Meta’s Crossing.

Origin dependent dialogue:

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Antivan Crow

First Warden: I looked into you. An upstart assassin whose grandstanding against the Antaam attracted too much attention. Sounds brazen, even for an Antivan Crow.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: I had to save those people.
  Rook: Do you know what the Antaam do to prisoners? Those people needed saving and I didn’t have time to ask for permission.

• Sarcastic: Thanks!
  Rook: I’ll take that as a compliment.

• Stoic: Should’ve told me the plan.
  Rook: I saw a perfect opportunity to ambush the Antaam. If the Talons wanted me to stick to their plan, they should’ve told me about it.

First Warden: So, I’m interested in hearing how an Antivan killer-for-hire unleashed the blight.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: Let me explain. [1]
• Sarcastic: “Unleashed?” [2]
• Stoic: I saved the world from Solas. [3]

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1 - Affable: Let me explain.

Rook: We’ve been tracking a mage named Solas. He’s actually several thousand years old. In elven mythology, he’s known as Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf, god of lies.

First Warden: That is a number of titles.

Rook: Well, Fen’Harel is elven for “Dread Wolf,” so that only counts as one. But yeah, you’re not wrong. Anyway, he wanted to tear down the Veil and restore the ancient elven empire. We stopped his ritual.

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2 - Sarcastic: “Unleashed?”

Rook: I think “unleashed” is a little strong. It was an unfortunate side effect.

First Warden: The blight was a side effect?

Rook: Yes, of stopping the Dread Wolf, elven god of lies, from destroying the Veil. We did stop him, by the way. You’re welcome.

Scene continues. [5]

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3 - Stoic: I saved the world from Solas.

Rook: I was stopping an elven god from bringing down the Veil and destroying the world.

First Warden: An elven god?

Rook: Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf. He goes by Solas. He’s got a lot of names.

Scene continues. [5]

Grey Warden

First Warden: Explain yourself, Warden, and bear in mind that the Order remembers your past recklessness.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: Of course, ser. [1]
• Sarcastic: Funny you should say that… [2]
• Stoic: I saved those villagers! [3]

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1 - Affable: Of course, ser.

Rook: Sure, I disobeyed orders. I acted on my own choices, without authority. I admit it. But I took an oath to defend people from the blight. I uphold that oath any way I can.

First Warden: Your report, Warden.

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2 - Sarcastic: Funny you should say that…

Rook: My past… right. When I disobeyed orders and dropped a building on a darkspawn horde. I see you haven’t forgotten.

First Warden: Your report, Junior Warden.

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3 - Stoic: I saved those villagers!

Rook: Many lives would’ve been lost if not for my recklessness.

First Warden: You destroyed a building.

Rook: To seal off a darkspawn tunnel to the surface.

First Warden: In defiance of orders.

Rook: Those orders were wrong. Ser.

First Warden: Your report, Junior Warden.

Scene continues. [4]

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4 - Scene continues.

Rook: I was part of a team trying to stop an elven mage named Solas from destroying the Veil. When we disrupted his ritual, something escaped from the Fade, and I clearly sensed the corruption of the blight.

First Warden: From this mage, Solas?

Rook: No, ser. Solas opposes the blight. He’s actually an elven god, Fen’Harel. The Dread Wolf.

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Lord of Fortune

First Warden: Treasure hunters are common as flies, but I’ve never met one ostracized for killing a Rivaini noble. Your Lords of Fortune leaders apparently didn’t appreciate the subsequent political attention.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: The man was corrupt.
  Rook: The man cut a secret deal with the Venatori. He was about to hand them a dangerous relic. I couldn’t let that happen. The reports you received from Rivaini diplomats probably left that part out.

• Sarcastic: Oh. Maybe I shouldn’t have?
  Rook: Right. I should’ve considered the political nightmare before all else. Just let the man unleash an ancient evil and kill my crew.

• Stoic: He deserved it.
  Rook: That rich man deserved what he got. Think what you will, but I don’t have to defend my actions to you.

First Warden: Fine. I’ve little time to waste on the unruly antics of treasure hunters. Tell me how you unleashed the blight.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: Let me explain. [1]
• Sarcastic: “Unleashed?” [2]
• Stoic: I saved the world from Solas. [3]

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1 - Affable: Let me explain.

Rook: We’ve been tracking a mage named Solas. He’s actually several thousand years old. In elven mythology, he’s known as Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf, god of lies.

First Warden: That is a number of titles.

Rook: Well, Fen’Harel is elven for “Dread Wolf,” so that only counts as one. But yeah, you’re not wrong. Anyway, he wanted to tear down the Veil and restore the ancient elven empire. We stopped his ritual.

Scene continues. [5]

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2 - Sarcastic: “Unleashed?”

Rook: I think “unleashed” is a little strong. It was an unfortunate side effect.

First Warden: The blight was a side effect?

Rook: Yes, of stopping the Dread Wolf, elven god of lies, from destroying the Veil. We did stop him, by the way. You’re welcome.

Scene continues. [5]

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3 - Stoic: I saved the world from Solas.

Rook: I was stopping an elven god from bringing down the Veil and destroying the world.

First Warden: An elven god?

Rook: Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf. He goes by Solas. He’s got a lot of names.

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Mourn Watch

First Warden: How does a Mourn Watcher come to be involved with the blight in Arlathan? And not just any Watcher, but a controversial figure after what you pulled during that undead rebellion.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: I can explain.
  Rook: I stopped that rebellion my way to protect the living. Didn’t make me popular, but surely a Grey Warden sworn to defend others would understand.

• Sarcastic: My past? Controversial?
  Rook: Right. Talk to the people I saved. They don’t call my actions controversial. Some traditional Watchers called my actions “casual destruction of the dead,” but they weren’t there.

• Stoic: Is this relevant?
  Rook: My decisions regarding our noble dead are hardly relevant here.

Mage Rook	Non-mage Rook
First Warden: Very well. Then I’d like to hear how a Nevarran necromancer unleashed the blight.	First Warden: Very well. Then tell me how a Nevarran necromancer-apologist unleashed the blight.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: Let me explain. [1]
• Sarcastic: “Unleashed?” [2]
• Stoic: I saved the world from Solas. [3]

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1 - Affable: Let me explain.

Rook: We’ve been tracking a mage named Solas. He’s actually several thousand years old. In elven mythology, he’s known as Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf, god of lies.

First Warden: That is a number of titles.

Rook: Well, Fen’Harel is elven for “Dread Wolf,” so that only counts as one. But yeah, you’re not wrong. Anyway, he wanted to tear down the Veil and restore the ancient elven empire. We stopped his ritual.

Scene continues. [5]

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2 - Sarcastic: “Unleashed?”

Rook: I think “unleashed” is a little strong. It was an unfortunate side effect.

First Warden: The blight was a side effect?

Rook: Yes, of stopping the Dread Wolf, elven god of lies, from destroying the Veil. We did stop him, by the way. You’re welcome.

Scene continues. [5]

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3 - Stoic: I saved the world from Solas.

Rook: I was stopping an elven god from bringing down the Veil and destroying the world.

First Warden: An elven god?

Rook: Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf. He goes by Solas. He’s got a lot of names.

Scene continues. [5]

Shadow Dragon

First Warden: You’re a Shadow Dragon, I hear. A criminal organization of Tevinter insurgents. I was not surprised to learn that you are wanted for numerous offences, including theft, murder, and wanton destruction of property.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: Criminal? Probably.
  Rook: When laws are written by the corrupt, it makes criminals of all who fight back.

• Sarcastic: Some Wardens are Criminals.
  Rook: I hear the Grey Wardens take in criminals. Thieves, murderers, and… oh, probably vandals, too. I’d wager I’m in good company.

• Stoic: I wrecked a slaver ring.
  Rook: Theft? You mean rescuing enslaved people. Murder? You mean the Venatori cultists who enslaved those people.
  First Warden: And destruction of property?
  Rook: Just felt like it.

First Warden: Fine. All I want to know is how a Minrathous crook unleashed the blight.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: Let me explain. [1]
• Sarcastic: “Unleashed?” [2]
• Stoic: I saved the world from Solas. [3]

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1 - Affable: Let me explain.

Rook: We’ve been tracking a mage named Solas. He’s actually several thousand years old. In elven mythology, he’s known as Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf, god of lies.

First Warden: That is a number of titles.

Rook: Well, Fen’Harel is elven for “Dread Wolf,” so that only counts as one. But yeah, you’re not wrong. Anyway, he wanted to tear down the Veil and restore the ancient elven empire. We stopped his ritual.

Scene continues. [5]

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2 - Sarcastic: “Unleashed?”

Rook: I think “unleashed” is a little strong. It was an unfortunate side effect.

First Warden: The blight was a side effect?

Rook: Yes, of stopping the Dread Wolf, elven god of lies, from destroying the Veil. We did stop him, by the way. You’re welcome.

Scene continues. [5]

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3 - Stoic: I saved the world from Solas.

Rook: I was stopping an elven god from bringing down the Veil and destroying the world.

First Warden: An elven god?

Rook: Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf. He goes by Solas. He’s got a lot of names.

Scene continues. [5]

Veil Jumper

First Warden: I looked into you. An adventurous Veil Jumper best known for discovering, then losing, an invaluable map. I’d imagine that caused a certain resentment among your Veil Jumper superiors.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: I saved lives.
  Rook: The expedition was in trouble. I knew going back to help my fellow Jumpers likely meant losing that map. I wanted that ancient knowledge, but I wouldn’t risk lives for it.

• Sarcastic: Probably for the best.
  Rook: It’s probably for the best, despite what some senior Veil Jumpers think. What we encountered in those ruins almost killed us all.

• Stoic: You’re here about the blight.
  Rook: That’s Veil Jumper business. You’re here to talk about Grey Warden business. The blight.

First Warden: Explain to me how a Veil Jumper poking around in elven ruins unleashed the blight.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: Let me explain. [1]
• Sarcastic: “Unleashed?” [2]
• Stoic: I saved the world from Solas. [3]

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1 - Affable: Let me explain.

Rook: We’ve been tracking a mage named Solas. He’s actually several thousand years old. In elven mythology, he’s known as Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf, god of lies.

First Warden: That is a number of titles.

Rook: Well, Fen’Harel is elven for “Dread Wolf,” so that only counts as one. But yeah, you’re not wrong. Anyway, he wanted to tear down the Veil and restore the ancient elven empire. We stopped his ritual.

Scene continues. [5]

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2 - Sarcastic: “Unleashed?”

Rook: I think “unleashed” is a little strong. It was an unfortunate side effect.

First Warden: The blight was a side effect?

Rook: Yes, of stopping the Dread Wolf, elven god of lies, from destroying the Veil. We did stop him, by the way. You’re welcome.

Scene continues. [5]

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3 - Stoic: I saved the world from Solas.

Rook: I was stopping an elven god from bringing down the Veil and destroying the world.

First Warden: An elven god?

Rook: Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf. He goes by Solas. He’s got a lot of names.

Scene continues. [5]

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5 - Scene continues.

Return to origin choice.

First Warden: I did not come here to listen to fairy tales. I am here because of the blight.

Dialogue options:

• Affable: This is all one problem.
  Rook: Right, but it all ties together! See, when we disrupted the ritual, Solas got trapped in the Fade. But two of the elven gods got out. Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain, we think. And they’re blighted.

• Sarcastic: Hang on, it gets worse.
  Rook: We haven’t even gotten to the real fairy-tale parts yet. When we stopped Solas, two elven gods escaped from where he’d imprisoned them. Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain. And they’re not just evil. They’re blighted.

• Stoic: This is real.
  Rook: It’s no fairy tale. When we stopped Solas, something got out. According to the Veil Jumpers, it was the elven gods Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain. And they’re not just evil. They’re blighted.

First Warden: Why would elven gods be blighted?

Rook: The ancient elven gods used the blight. That’s why Solas imprisoned them. The point is that the gods are making the blight worse. D’Meta’s Crossing was just the start. That’s why we need the Grey Wardens.

First Warden: I suspected more politicking from the remnants of the Inquisition. I see now that I was wrong.

Rook: I’m really glad to hear that.

First Warden: It is clear that whatever you did to unleash the blight has corrupted your already-weak mind.

Rook: Okay, wait.

First Warden: You will be taken to Weisshaupt and placed under heavy guard until the danger you caused by unleashing the blight passes.

Dialogue options:

• Stoic: Think again. [6]
• Afraid: Please listen to me! [7]
• Angry: Just listen, you idiot! [8]

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6 - Stoic: Think again.

Rook: That’s not gonna happen.

First Warden: I assure you, it will.

Rook: We don’t have time to fight. I need Grey Wardens marching with me, not at me. That’s the only way we have a chance to stop the gods and the blight.

Scene continues. [9]

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7 - Afraid: Please listen to me!

Rook: No, please, you can’t do that.

First Warden: I assure you, I can.

Rook: I don’t know how much time we have! The gods are doing something with the blight—we need to stop them!

Scene continues. [9]

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8 - Angry: Just listen, you idiot!

Rook: Are you kidding me?

First Warden: I assure you, I am deadly serious.

Grey Warden Rook	Non-Grey Warden Rook
Rook: We don’t have time to play “Who’s the Greyest Warden”!	Rook: I don’t have time to sit here and stroke your—ego.

Rook: You need to shut up and listen! The threat is real. The gods are coming, and they’re bringing the blight with them.

Scene continues. [9]

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9 - Scene continues.

Return to previous tree.

First Warden: Let me tell you something about the blight. It is evil, it is implacable, and above all, it is predictable. The blight has not changed in over a thousand years. The Grey Wardens will defeat it, as they always do.

Grey Warden Rook	Non-Grey Warden Rook
First Warden: And we will do so without a disgraced junior Warden causing needless confusion.	First Warden: And we will do so without you causing confusion with your deranged conspiracy theories.

First Warden: I suggest you come along quietly.

Their conversation is suddenly interrupted.

Dorian: Adamant Fortress. 9:41 Dragon. The Grey Wardens attempted to raise an army of demons. Hardly the models of good judgment yourselves, are you?

First Warden: Everyone knows Warden-Commander Clarel acted alone at Adamant Fortress.

Dorian: Acted alone, you say? Imagine if everyone were to see the letter I discovered where you authorize her actions. I wonder how that might complicate the narrative.

• First Warden: Are you prepared to risk the security of the Grey Wardens for this deluded boy?
• First Warden: Are you prepared to risk the security of the Grey Wardens for this deluded girl?
• First Warden: Are you prepared to risk the security of the Grey Wardens over this?

Dorian: You may be surprised to learn that I care very little about the security of the Grey Wardens.

First Warden: Stay away from the blight, and do not pester the Grey Wardens with any more of your nonsense.

The First Warden leaves.

Dorian: He seems upset. Was it something I said?

Dialogue options:

• Affable: Thanks for the assist. [10]
• Sarcastic: You just blackmailed him! [11]
• Stoic: Who are you? [12]
• Shadow Dragon: Magister Pavus? [13]

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10 - Affable: Thanks for the assist.

Rook: That was close. Wasn’t looking forward to being dragged off to a Grey Warden dungeon. Who should I be thanking for the assist?

Dorian: Magister Dorian Pavus. At your service.

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11 - Sarcastic: You just blackmailed him!

Rook: You have blackmail material on the leader of the Grey Wardens just lying around?

Dorian: Of course not. Where would I obtain something like that?

Rook: Oh, you were bluffing. That’s actually scarier.

Dorian: Magister Dorian Pavus. At your service.

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12 - Stoic: Who are you?

Grey Warden Rook	Non-Grey Warden Rook
Rook: Who are you? How do you know about Adamant? And Clarel? Dorian: I was there.	Rook: Who are you? Why do you have dirt on the Grey Wardens? Dorian: I was at Adamant.

Dorian: Magister Dorian Pavus. At your service.

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13 - Shadow Dragon: Magister Pavus?

Rook: Magister Pavus? Your timing is impeccable.

Dorian: A flawless entrance, I’d say.

Rook: Thanks for the rescue. I don’t think I could’ve survived a Grey Warden prison.

Scene continues. [14]

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14 - Scene continues.

Return to previous tree.

Dorian: A mutual friend thought you might require some support.

Rook: Maevaris Tilani? Of the Shadow Dragons?

Dorian: The very same.

Dialogue options:

• Investigate: You’re a Shadow Dragon agent? [15]
• Sarcastic: I think we made an enemy. [16]
• Stoic: The First Warden’s a problem. [17]
• Afraid: I need the First Warden. [18]

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15 - Investigate: You’re a Shadow Dragon agent?

Shadow Dragon Rook

Non-Shadow Dragon Rook

Rook: I’ve heard other Shadows talk about you, but your relation to us was never entirely clear to me. You one of us? Or just a powerful ally? Dorian: Ah, that depends on your point of view. Perhaps you’ve heard of the Lucerni? Rook: Lightbringers. A political faction pushing for change in Tevinter. Dorian: Started by Maevaris and I, yes. After she was framed for treason, the faction was dissolved. Ostensibly. Maevaris Tilani is not a woman who surrenders easily. She just took the Lucerni underground. Rook: Oh. Bring the light. Dorian: She protected me. Kept my name spotless so I could remain in the Magisterium as her eyes and ears. So! One of you? Or just an ally? Which do you think?

Rook: What’s your relation to the Shadow Dragons? Dorian: About a decade ago, Maevaris and I started a political faction called the Lucerni. We were going to change Tevinter for the better. Everyone would recognize the common sense benefits of our approach and we’d all live happily ever after. Rook: I take it that… didn’t happen? Dorian: Maevaris was framed, kicked out of the Magisterium, and the Lucerni were dissolved. So she took the movement underground. Rook: The Shadow Dragons. Dorian: Since I still haunt the Magisterium, that makes me the Shadow Dragons’ man on the inside.

Return to dialogue tree.

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16 - Sarcastic: I think we made an enemy.

Rook: I think we made an enemy of the First Warden today. Well, more you than me. He just thinks I’m a dangerous idiot.

Dorian: (Scoffs) Enemy. I’ve ignored greater men.

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17 - Stoic: The First Warden’s a problem.

Rook: The First Warden’s a problem. If he won’t help, I need him to stay out of my way.

Dorian: I’m sure he’ll show up again, like an ulcer. For now, pay him no mind.

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19 - Afraid: I need the First Warden.

Rook: So now what? The First Warden tried to have me locked up. I need the Wardens on my side!

Dorian: (Scoffs) Jowin Glastrum is not the Order. He’s more politician than Warden.

Scene continues. [19]

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19 - Scene continues.

Return to previous tree.

Dorian: No Grey Warden worth the name sits in a Minrathous lounge, sipping wine. You need the Wardens? Look for the ones out there fighting the blight. In the meantime, the Shadow Dragons will keep a close watch on the Venatori. Good luck. I’m sure we’ll see each other again soon.

The scene fades, and one of Varric’s narratives cuts in.

Varric: Only the Veil stood between us and a world of blighted darkness. But on this side, the gods could only tap a trickle. They had to turn that trickle into a flood. They sure could’ve used Solas’s dagger to rip open the Fade… But some foolish mortal had taken it. So, they’d have to create a dagger of their own. Drowning the world in blight was just a matter of time.

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A Familiar Dagger

Rook leaves the Cobbled Swan.

Rook: I need to talk to Varric.

They return to the Lighthouse, and Rook finds Varric.

Varric: There you are! I haven’t seen much of you lately, and I was getting worried. Everything all right?

There’s a pause.

Varric: Wait… that dagger. I’ve seen it before.

Rook: Solas was using it at the ritual site.

Varric: No, before that. Shit. It can’t be. Look at it, Rook!

Dialogue options:

• Sarcastic: Of course I’ve looked at it. Rook: I’ve been fidgeting with this thing since I picked it up, Varric. I know what it looks like.

• Stoic: Get to the point. Rook: Just tell me already.

• Sad: It hurt Harding somehow. Rook: I have. Plenty. Ever since it hurt Harding.

Varric: Remember that story I told you about me and Hawke, Meredith and Orsino? How the trouble started in Kirkwall? On our expedition to the Deep Roads… that’s what we found. That’s what my brother tried to kill us for. An idol made of red lyrium. That sang a song which drove anyone who heard it mad.

Rook: Are you sure it’s the same thing?

Varric: Look at it. It’s changed, but it’s the same size. Same ring at the top. Not to mention: It’s pure lyrium. No one, not even the dwarves in Orzammar, work pure lyrium like that. It’s too dangerous.

Rook: If that’s true. If this dagger is the red lyrium idol from your story… how did Solas cleanse it of the blight?

Varric: I have no idea. I can’t believe you found it.

Harding walks in.

Harding: Oh! Hey, Rook. I’m… not interrupting anything, am I?

Dialogue options:

• Affable: You’re looking better. Rook: You seem a little more comfortable with your new abilities. How… are you feeling?

• Sarcastic: Which Harding am I talking to? Rook: That depends. Am I just talking to Lace Harding, or…?

• Stoic: No. Go ahead. Rook: No. Something wrong?

Harding: Things are… weird, but I’m adjusting. I think. That’s not what I came in here for, though.

Varric: All right, Harding. What’s on your mind?

Harding: So… the Wardens. I know some. A married couple Varric and I met while we were tracking Solas.

Varric: I’d almost forgot about that. I really am getting too old for this shit.

Rook: You think they’ll talk to us? After the First Warden, and everything?

Harding: It’s worth a try? I can write them and… hope.

Rook: Okay. Let’s see who’s in our corner.

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