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Shades of the Blight
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Word from the South
Rook and Harding enter the Cobbled Swan. It seems empty.
Harding: Why did Morrigan want to meet in Minrathous? Isn’t she helping the Veil Jumpers in Arlathan?
Morrigan walks up.
Morrigan: Indeed, although she requires a few days to set events in motion.
Morrigan: Indeed. But today, we have a guest, and [they] needed the anonymity that only a city provides.
The Inquisitor joins them.
Harding: Well, look who it is!
Inquisitor: Good to see you, Lace.
Harding: Rook, you remember how Varric and I served the Inquisition?
Worldstate dependent dialogue:
Harding: Well, this is Inquisitor Adaar. The [person] who led us all.
Dialogue options:
- Affable: “Adaar”? Like adaari? [1]
- Sarcastic: Harding knows everyone. [2]
+ Harding Approves - Stoic: Why are you here? [3]
1 - Affable: “Adaar”? Like adaari?
Rook: Your surname is “Adaar.” We have a Qunari on the team who breathes fire, and the Qunari call her an adaari.
Inquisitor: I’ve earned my share of rumors, but no one has ever said I breathed fire. Harding mentioned Taash, though. I’d love to meet her when matters are less pressing.
Morrigan: When matters are less pressing, indeed.
2 - Sarcastic: Harding knows everyone.
Rook: How many famous people do you know, Harding? Should I expect the Divine to show up?
Harding: She also served in the Inquisition, but we didn’t talk much.
3 - Stoic: Why are you here?
Rook: You here to help? Or are you taking over?
Inquisitor: I’m not taking over. Solas fooled the Inquisition. He fooled me. Your team stopped him… and your team is dealing with the gods that escaped.
Rook: So you’ve heard about them?
Harding: Well, this is Inquisitor Cadash. The [person] who led us all.
Dialogue options:
- Affable: Pleased to meet you. [1]
- Sarcastic: Harding knows everyone. [2]
+ Harding Approves - Stoic: Why are you here? [3]
- Dwarf Rook: This is a lot of dwarves. [4]
+ Harding Approves
1 - Affable: Pleased to meet you.
Rook: It’s an honor to meet you.
Inquisitor: Relax. I won’t be trying to arrest you like the First Warden.
Rook: You heard about that?
Inquisitor: Dorian Pavus is an old friend. He filled me in.
Morrigan: Indeed. You have had many eyes upon you, Rook. [8]
2 - Sarcastic: Harding knows everyone.
Rook: How many famous people do you know, Harding? Should I expect the Divine to show up?
Harding: She also served in the Inquisition, but we didn’t talk much. [8]
3 - Stoic: Why are you here?
Rook: You here to help? Or are you taking over?
Inquisitor: I’m not taking over. Solas fooled the Inquisition. He fooled me. Your team stopped him… and your team is dealing with the gods that escaped.
Rook: So you’ve heard about them?
4 - Dwarf Rook: This is a lot of dwarves.
Rook: So mages break the world, and it’s up to a bunch of dwarves to fix it, huh?
Inquisitor: (Laughs) It’s enough to make you wish our ancestors never came up to the surface. Speaking of which, Harding, when matters are less pressing, I’d love to see this new magic of yours.
Morrigan: When matters are less pressing, indeed.
Harding: Well, this is Inquisitor Lavellan. The [person] who led us all.
Dialogue options:
- Affable: Pleased to meet you. [1]
- Sarcastic: Harding knows everyone. [2]
+ Harding Approves - Stoic: Why are you here? [3]
- Elf Rook: I greet you. [4]
+ Harding Approves
1 - Affable: Pleased to meet you.
Rook: It’s an honor to meet you.
Inquisitor: Relax. I won’t be trying to arrest you like the First Warden.
Rook: You heard about that?
Inquisitor: Dorian Pavus is an old friend. He filled me in.
Morrigan: Indeed. You have had many eyes upon you, Rook.
2 - Sarcastic: Harding knows everyone.
Rook: How many famous people do you know, Harding? Should I expect the Divine to show up?
Harding: She also served in the Inquisition, but we didn’t talk much.
3 - Stoic: Why are you here?
Rook: You here to help? Or are you taking over?
Inquisitor: I’m not taking over. Solas fooled the Inquisition. He fooled me. Your team stopped him… and your team is dealing with the gods that escaped.
Rook: So you’ve heard about them?
4 - Elf Rook: I greet you.
Rook: Andaran atish’an.
| Veil Jumper Rook | Non-Veil Jumper Rook |
|---|---|
| Inquisitor: Aneth ara. Harding told me you’re with the Veil Jumpers.Morrigan: As did I. | Inquisitor: Aneth ara. I wish we could be meeting without our gods threatening to blight the world.Morrigan: A blight that spreads wider with each passing heartbeat. |
Harding: Well, this is Inquisitor Trevelyan. The [person] who led us all.
Dialogue options:
- Affable: Trevelyan is a noble name. [1]
- Sarcastic: Harding knows everyone. [2]
+ Harding Approves - Stoic: Why are you here? [3]
1 - Affable: Trevelyan is a noble name.
Rook: Trevelyan. Isn’t that the name of a noble family down in the South?
Inquisitor: Yes. I remember the days before the Inquisition, when Trevelyan family politics were the most complicated part of my life. Simpler times.
Morrigan: I fear that simpler times are like to remain a memory for now.
2 - Sarcastic: Harding knows everyone.
Rook: How many famous people do you know, Harding? Should I expect the Divine to show up?
Harding: She also served in the Inquisition, but we didn’t talk much.
3 - Stoic: Why are you here?
Rook: You here to help? Or are you taking over?
Inquisitor: I’m not taking over. Solas fooled the Inquisition. He fooled me. Your team stopped him… and your team is dealing with the gods that escaped.
Rook: So you’ve heard about them?
5 - Scene continues.
Inquisitor: Morrigan and Harding have told me about what you’ve accomplished since taking over for Varric. You’ve put together an impressive team, and you’ve got the best chance—maybe the only chance—to stop Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain.
Dialogue options:
- Affable: You can count on me. [6]
+ Harding Approves - Stoic: This is on you. [7]
- Harding Disapproves - Afraid: I don’t know if I can. [8]
6 - Affable: You can count on me.
Rook: I won’t let you down.
Inquisitor: Don’t worry about me. Worry about the people you’ve recruited, and about the people depending on you.
Worldstate dependent dialogue:
Inquisitor: I’m asking you to take down a pair of gods. You’re not going to be able to do that if you’re worried about my approval. But if you listen to your friends and remember the people you’re fighting for, you’ll get through this.
Inquisitor: I only sealed the Breach because I had people like Cassandra, Leliana, and Cullen with me from the start. Without Dorian’s magic and Josephine’s diplomacy, we never would’ve come together to stop Corypheus.
| Inquisition disbanded | Inquisition turned into arm of the Chantry |
|---|---|
| Inquisitor: Years later, I had to disband the Inquisition… but I never lost the friends who had gotten me through it all. | Inquisitor: Years later, I had to turn the Inquisition over to Chantry control… but I never lost the friends who had gotten me through it all. |
Inquisitor: Ultimately, they’re the only ones you can really count on. Do right by them, and you’ll find your way.
Rook: We’ve got the makings of a good team, I think. We’ll do our best.
7 - Stoic: This is on you.
Rook: Sounds like I’m cleaning up your mess.
Harding: Rook.
Inquisitor: No, Harding. This is my mess.
Worldstate dependent dialogue:
Harding: The Inquisition saved the world!
Inquisitor: We solved a problem… and in doing so, accidentally created several new problems.
Harding: The Inquisition sealed the Breach and stopped Corypheus! We saved the world!
Inquisitor: We also left southern Thedas vulnerable to Qunari invasion, as the Exalted Council showed.
Harding: But the Inquisition didn’t start the mage rebellion. We didn’t start any of this.
Inquisitor: We did our best, but our best had consequences.
| Inquisition disbanded | Inquisition turned into arm of the Chantry |
|---|---|
| Inquisitor: When those consequences became apparent, I disbanded the Inquisition rather than let it turn into something someone else had to stop. | Inquisitor: When those consequences became apparent, I turned the Inquisition over to the Chantry rather than create even bigger political problems. |
Inquisitor: Too many leaders claim credit while avoiding responsibility. I won’t be one of them. So, Rook… I am asking you to help me clean up my mess.
Rook: Okay.
8 - Afraid: I don’t know if I can.
Rook: We’ve been doing what we can, but I’ll be honest: Right now, it feels like we’re in over our heads.
Inquisitor: You’ve already faced setbacks. You’ll face more. Your actions will have consequences.
| Saved Treviso | Saved Minrathous |
|---|---|
| Harding: Did you see what happened to the Viper? We know all about consequences.Morrigan: Such thinking is a trap you can ill afford. The Viper was blighted because of Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain. But the city of Treviso was saved because of you. | Harding: Have you seen the blight all over Treviso? We know all about consequences.Morrigan: Such thinking is a trap you can ill afford. Treviso was blighted because of Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain. But Minrathous was saved because of you. |
Worldstate dependent dialogue:
Inquisitor: I can’t tell you that it’s going to be easy, or that you’ll look back at every choice you made and be satisfied.
Inquisitor: I wasn’t ready to become the Inquisitor. I wasn’t ready to have to choose between helping templars or mages, or decide the fate of every Grey Warden in southern Thedas.
| Inquisition disbanded | Inquisition turned into arm of the Chantry |
|---|---|
| Inquisitor: Eventually, when the choices I made caught up with me, I disbanded the Inquisition rather than let it turn into another problem. | Inquisitor: Eventually, when the choices I made caught up with me, I turned the Inquisition over to the Chantry rather than create even bigger problems. |
Inquisitor: Maybe someday you’ll face the same situation. But I’m asking you not to worry about that future until we have one. Right now, we need you to stop the gods.
Rook: All right. I’ll do my best.
9 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Morrigan: And while you do so, Rook, the Inquisitor will do[their] best to ensure that the rest of the world remains intact. A daunting prospect, given that most of the South is under siege by darkspawn.
Harding: It’s that bad?
Morrigan: If not for the Inquisitor, the South would have collapsed completely. [They have] not been idle while you assembled your team.
Dialogue options:
- Investigate: Tell me more about the South. [10]
- Investigate: How are you here? [11]
- I need your connections. [12]
- I need your spies. [13]
- I need an army. [14]
10 - Investigate: Tell me more about the South.
Rook: I thought the gods were mostly active up here. It’s really that bad in the South?
Morrigan: Elgar’nan and Ghilan’nain have indeed restricted their activities to the North. But the forces they deployed to the South—the strange new darkspawn—have spread fear and corruption greater than any Blight in history.
Worldstate dependent dialogue:
Inquisitor: We think their goals is to prevent the South from rallying to aid any war effort up here. It’s working. The armies of the South have their hands full protecting their own cities. But some friends and I are doing what we can to rally them together,
Inquisitor: Darkspawn have cut through the center of Orlais. Val Royeaux and Halamshiral are barely holding out. Ferelden would have fallen already if not for help from Orzammar. With Denerim lost, the Fereldans are holding the line at Redcliffe. The Free Marches have the worst of it. Acting Viscount Aveline Vallen led the evacuation of Kirkwall. She’s taking her people and what’s left of her army to help Prince Vael keep Starkhaven.
Harding: Maker. We didn’t know. My ma…
| Inquisition disbanded | Inquisition turned into arm of the Chantry |
|---|---|
| Inquisitor: Don’t worry. I called in a favor with the Divine. Your mother’s safe with some old friends. | Inquisitor: Don’t worry. I talked to the Divine, and your mother’s safe with the Inquisition. |
Harding: Thank you.
| Inquisition disbanded | Inquisition turned into arm of the Chantry |
|---|---|
| Inquisitor: The Inquisition might be gone, but my name still carries some weight. I’ve used it to get people working together where they can. | Inquisitor: The Inquisition might just be an arm of the Chantry now, but we’ve still done our part to get people to fight this threat together. |
Inquisitor: Again, the South is my problem, not yours, Rook. You stop the gods, and I’ll make sure the rest of Thedas doesn’t fall to the blight.
11 - Investigate: How are you here?
Rook: If the South is in such turmoil, why come up here just to talk? And how did you get here so fast?
Morrigan: Did you think you were the only one to unlock the secrets of the eluvians?
Harding: Morrigan helped the Inquisition use the eluvians to travel.
Morrigan: While I lack the Dread Wolf’s Vi’Revas, I may still scurry between the walls of this world to be where I might do the most good. The Inquisitor asked to meet you, and I thought it might help you to meet [them].
12 - I need your connections.
Rook: I’ve been having trouble getting people in authority to listen to us. If you help with some of your political strength…
Inquisitor: My political strength? Tevinter hates me. The Venatori helped make sure of that. And while I have a few friends in the Wardens, their leadership hasn’t much cared for me since we clashed at Adamant Fortress.
13 - I need your spies.
Rook: What I really need right now is information. If you have anyone who can help…
| Dorian romanced | Dorian not romanced |
|---|---|
| Inquisitor: I’m sorry. I’ll be needed elsewhere. | Inquisitor: I’m sorry. The only reliable sources of information I have up here are Morrigan, Dorian, and Harding.Rook: All of whom are already helping us. I understand. |
14 - I need an army.
Rook: I have a team, but not much in the way of forces. If there’s any military support you can spare…
Inquisitor: I’m sorry. Our forces in the South are stretched thin already. And I’m afraid the Grey Warden leadership doesn’t think much more highly of me than they do of you.
15 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Morrigan: The Inquisitor did not come all this way to leave you with empty words, however. [They] brought something no one else could.
Morrigan gestures to a wolf statuette on the counter.
| Have not found any statuettes | Have found statuettes |
|---|---|
| Harding: A wolf statuette. Something to do with Solas? | Harding: A wolf statuette. We’ve found others like it in the Crossroads. Where’d you find yours? |
Inquisitor: I found it right around the time Solas’s ritual failed, when he was pulled into the Fade. We’ve examined the magic, and it’s tied to the Veil. To him. Somehow.
Morrigan: Solas is ancient, and his magic is part of him in a way far beyond that of mortals. I suggest you take it to the Crossroads and see if something in the Lighthouse calls to it. Perhaps it will yield some insight into your new “ally.”
Dialogue options:
16 - Solas is trapped.
Rook: Solas is trapped in the Fade. He’s not my biggest concern at the moment.
Morrigan: Solas is trapped in your dreams, and while he cannot match Elgar’nan or Ghilan’nain in strength, he is far more cunning. He is the Dread Wolf. He led a rebellion that lasted centuries. How many times do you think the gods thought him trapped and helpless?
17 - Solas is helping.
Rook: Right now, Solas is giving us the information we need to track down the gods.
Morrigan: Yes. He is a vital source of information and advice, just as he was to the Inquisition before. He is the Dread Wolf. He led a rebellion that lasted centuries. How many alliances do you think he has made and broken?
18 - Good. I don’t trust him.
Rook: I appreciate it. Solas has been helpful while he’s trapped in the Fade… But anything that can help me get inside his head will help counter him getting inside mine.
Morrigan: Wisely spoken. Solas rarely lies directly, but he finds ways to weave the truth into a noose you find yourself wearing.
19 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.| Romanced Solas/Default Worldstate | Vowed to save Solas | Vowed to stop Solas |
|---|---|---|
| Inquisitor: Solas was… important to me. If this statuette helps you understand him, if it uncovers something that… Honestly, I don’t know. I wish I did. But this feels like a part of him, and whatever he and I once were… I think… I hope… it might help you. | Inquisitor: I considered Solas a friend. I’d hoped convince him to see reason. It’s too late for that now, but still… if this can give you some insight, help you understand him… Whatever it turns out to be, I hope that it helps. | Inquisitor: Morrigan is right: Solas is dangerous. Anything that gives us some insight into his plans… He fooled us all before, and the whole world very nearly paid the price for it. |
Morrigan: We should go, Inquisitor. The armies in the South need you.
Inquisitor: Right. Harding, stay sharp. You’re my eyes in the North.
Harding: Always, Inquisitor.
Inquisitor: Rook, good luck. If I come across anything else that can help, you’ll be the first to know.
Rook: Thank you.
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