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Minrathous

Varric: In his final fight with the elven gods, Solas imprisoned them and created a Veil that split our world from the raw magic of the Fade. But now he wanted to tear down that Veil and destroy the world… and some poor suckers had to stop him.

Bartender: Not that you’ll ever see it.

Civilian: Nice to see those Venatori cultists eat dirt for a change. Just watch your back. They own half the guards in this city.

Merchant: Don’t worry. Anyone asks, we didn’t see nothing.

Merchant: Appreciate it.

Merchant: Stay safe out there. The Venatori are out for blood tonight.

Dwarf: Get inside if you can! There are demons pouring from the sky!

Varric: I’ll have the Venatori wipe their feet next time.

Varric: Take the win and get home, ma’am.

Rook: Why are they still firing?

Varric: Run!

Varric: More of them?

(Amplifier) Looters will be subject to the full martial power of the Imperium!
(Amplifier) All citizens must stay in their homes. Anyone suspected of looting will be subject to martial authority.

Rook: Let’s hope they’re done firing at us.

Varric: Who are they firing at now?

Harding: Hope they’re back to firing at demons instead of innocent people.

Harding: There! If you can bring down that crate, we can climb over.

Rook: See? That way would have been blocked without me clearing a path with those barrels.

Harding: I stand corrected.

Harding: There is where we need to go. Looks like the Venatori walled off the path.

Harding: This is where we need to go. Looks like the Venatori closed the gate.

Varric: Right. Let’s see if we can find some way through.

Rook: This way’s blocked. is there some other route?

Harding: Sure, if you want to be in the open for the Archon’s Palace to fire at.

Rook: Hang on. If I’m right about what’s in those barrels, this could be helpful.

Rook: Knew it!

Harding: That’s one way to clear a path.

Harding: I’m sure that will come in handy somehow.

Varric: Can’t get it from this side. Let’s see if we can find someplace with a better angle?

Varric: Just hit that big crystal in the middle to bring that barrier down.

Varric: There’s the crystal. Still can’t reach it, but I bet you can hit it from range.

Harding: There. The barrier’s down.

Venatori: Destroy the interlopers!
Venatori: Kill them, you fools!
Venatori: Death to all who oppose us!

Venatori: Just hit them!

Venatori: It’s three dwarves! How hard can it be?
Venatori: It’s two dwarves and lumbering Qunari! How hard can it be?
Venatori: It’s two dwarves and knife-ear! How hard can it be?
Venatori: Two of them are dwarves! How hard can it be?

Venatori: For Tevinter reborn!
Venatori: The glory of the Imperium runs in our veins!
Venatori: You will learn the power of the Venatori!
Venatori: Let their blood anoint a new Tevinter!
Venatori: We cannot falter! This is our destiny!

Venatori: Shadow Dragon Scum!
Venatori: Grey Warden fool!
Venatori: The Crows hold no power here!
Venatori: We do not fear your necromancy, Nevarran!
Venatori: We do not fear your magic!

Harding: There’s Dumat Plaza! Come on! Let’s get to Neve!

Harding: There! That’s Neve!

Varric: And lot of Venatori. Come on!

Neve: Nice of you to drop by!

Venatori: Strike down any who oppose us!
Venatori: Let nothing stop us!
Venatori: You’re the ones who destroyed our bar!
Venatori: The Venatori will rise again!
Venatori: You will pay for what you did!

Rook: How did the Dread Wolf handle the Venatori?

Neve: From what I saw? He turned them to stone.

Rook: Oh. Great. That’s a thing he can do?

Varric: Yep.

Rook: Right. Good.

Harding: The Venatori were everywhere before we got to you.

Neve: Of course they were. Lucky for us, they shouldn’t be a problem from here on. I put up a barrier because this district was full of demons. Any Venatori around will have plenty to worry about.

Harding: So will we.

Neve: Of the two, I’d take demons any day.

Harding: Why are there so many Venatori out here?

Neve: The Venatori feel powerful when people fear them. Demons running free in the streets the Venatori claim to control? That makes them look weak.

Neve: Not many people out. Avoiding the demons?

Varric: The Archon’s Palace is helpfully firing at anyone out in the streets.

Neve: Of course they are. Just like the Venatori. Can’t let the demons make them look weak.

Neve: Venatori. They must have tracked the magic to this building as well.

Harding: And then the demons found them.

Varric: So they were having a pissing match with chaos. Wonderful.

Varric: Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch.

Harding: Watch out. Lots of demons between here and there.

Harding: Another barrier. It looks different from the last one.

Neve: Venatori sometimes augment their barriers with supporting crystals. Let’s look around. We need to destroy those crystals before we can take down the barrier.

Neve: That’s a Venatori barrier. We’ll find more of them inside.

Varric: They’ve got no idea what they’re walking into.

Neve: That barrier’s simple enough. Hit it right, and you’ll bring it down.

Neve: Good. The main barrier crystal should be vulnerable now.

Neve: Right. Now let’s see what the Venatori were trying to seal away.

Harding: Maybe they found Solas and tried to trap him.

Harding: Looks like the entrance is through here. We’ll need to break through.

Hideout and Arlathan

Rook: I don’t hear fighting. Are we sure Solas went in here?

Harding: The Venatori were sure.

Varric: Those paintings. Solas did those. I’d know his style anywhere.

Rook: Where is everyone? Does this place have a back door we don’t know about?

Neve: Not that I saw. But this place is full of surprises.

Rook: What is this? Those statues look like…

Neve: The Venatori that came in after Solas. He turned them to stone.

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Varric: Yep. he does that.	Varric: He did this to half a Qunari invasion force a few years ago.

Mage Rook: I’ve studied magic a fair amount, but… the sheer power involved… Neve, did your training include a counter-spell for this?
Neve: I’m not sure there is a counter-spell for this.

Non-Mage Rook: I’ve never seen anyone petrified by magic before. Neve, how do you counter something like this?
Neve: I’m not sure you can.

Varric: I told you he was too powerful to just punch in the face.

Rook: Judging by the way Solas painted these elves, I think they’re binding the dragon.

Non-Veil Jumper Mage Rook: Neve, I’m so-so on elven magic, but… does that look like binding to you, maybe?

Veil Jumper Rook: I recognize this iconography from the Veil Jumpers. These are servants of the elven gods. They’re doing something to… is that a dragon?

Rook: Might be some useful gear here.

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Varric: Help yourself. Solas won’t mind.	Varric: Grab whatever you like. Solas left the Inquisition with some of out best gear. Far as I’m concerned, he owes us.

Neve: That’s some magic. Definitely not from Tevinter. Any guesses what it is?

Neve: Watch yourself. All the magic attracted demons!

Neve: This barrier will take a little finesse to disable. Want me to take a look?

Neve: Nothing to it.

Harding: There. Gate’s open.

Harding: These rocks. The demons left us a path to follow!

Varric: I’ll have to send them a thank-you note.

Varric: Rage demon! Watch out, they run hot!

Neve: I can cool it off.

Neve: Got more friends!

Neve: Oh! Charming!

Neve: There we go.

Harding: Please. Not more earthquakes. We don’t have the time!

Harding: That looks like a pride demon!

Varric: Like we didn’t have enough lightning crashing down already.

Varric: It’s all yours, Rook. Finish it off!

Harding: Would Solas summon demons to protect himself?

Varric: My guess is the Veil’s damaged enough for the demons to come through.

Harding: I can’t believe he’s trying to talk Solas down. I hope you were right to back him on it.

Harding: I can’t believe he thinks he can talk Solas down. Why didn’t he listen to us?

Rook: You think Varric’s having any luck getting through to Solas?

Harding: I hope so.

Neve: Judging by the sky, I wouldn’t count on it.

Neve: Looks like we’re clear for the moment.

Rook: Come on---let’s see how Varric’s doing.

Dialogue options:

Affable: Varric’s in trouble. Rook: Varric needs our help.
Sarcastic: I’m adjusting the plan. Rook: I’m thinking it’s time for a change of plans.
Stoic: I’ve had enough of Solas. Time to shut Solas up. We move to plan B.
Afraid: Shit. We have to do something! Rook: Shit! We need a better plan.

Rook: Agreed. But maybe we can disrupt his ritual.

Harding: These pillars? They’re part of the ritual, and that one’s not lit up yet.

Neve: Good eye. If we disable the pillar, it might throw off the enchantments.

Rook: That’s a lot of raw magic between us and the pillars.

Harding: I’ve scouted around magical hazards before. I can find us a safe route.

Neve: Are you sure? I know ritual magic. I might have a better shot at getting us through.

Dialogue options:

Harding, get us there. (Harding will lead the way and could be risking injury.)
Neve, lead the way. (Neve will lead the way and could be risking injury.)

Harding, get us there.
Rook: Lead the way, Harding.
Harding: I’m on it. Follow me.

Neve, lead the way.
Rook: Get us over there, Neve.
Neve: You got it. Let’s go.

Varric: Me? Take down the Dread Wolf? I’m flattered. No, I just came to ask you a question. So, you rebelled against the other gods, and it was a disaster. Then you imprisoned them and created the Veil, and that was a disaster. So how is this time gonna work out any better? Can you tell me that?

Solas: I understand your hesitance, but what I do now must be done, despite it being past your comprehension.

Varric: No mistake is worth killing innocent people over.

Solas: The question is what lives, and how. My ritual will heal the world, and restore what was driven out of balance.

Varric: C’mon, Chuckles. Who are you trying to convince here? Me, or yourself?

Solas: Varric…

Varric: You’re not the first good man I’ve seen talk himself into a bad decision. The question is whether you can admit it.

Solas and The Lighthouse

Rook: What is this?

Rook: Uh-huh. So what is this? Your final revenge?

Solas: Hardly. Had I the power to hurt you here, you would already be dead.

Dialogue options:

Oh crap. (Dive for cover.)
Die, you bastard! (Attack Solas.)
What happened?

Oh crap.
Solas: If I were capable of harming you, you would already be dead.
Rook: Thanks?

Die, you bastard!
Solas: You cannot hurt me either.
Rook: Can’t blame me for trying. Where are we, anyway?

What happened? Rook: We were at the ritual site, then you got pulled into that magical… thing…
Solas: Yes. The energy of the disrupted ritual pulled me into the Fade.
Rook: Did I get pulled in when I wasn’t looking?
Solas: No. You were knocked unconscious. In shedding blood at the ritual site, you created a connection I can access to speak with you.
Rook: I’m concerned by the phrase “shedding blood.”
Solas: You think I might dominate your mind with blood magic?
Rook: Well I do now.
Solas: Even were I so inclined, from here, I can do little more than to speak with you as your physical body dreams.

Solas: You cannot hut me here, nor I you.

Solas: You disrupted my ritual, and the magical energies pulled me here, into the Fade.

Rook: Oops.

Solas: But you shed blood at the ritual site, enough for me to connect with you while your physical body lies unconscious.

Rook: So, what… you brought me here to attack my mind with blood magic?

Solas: Firstly, I abhor the use of blood magic. Secondly, I can do little more than speak with you from where I am now.

Dialogue options:

Then what is this?
Maybe I can hurt you!
I bet that stings.

Then what is this?
Rook: Where are we? This looks…

Maybe I can hurt you!
Solas: You cannot hurt me either.
Rook: Can’t blame me for trying. Where are we, anyway?

I bet that stings.
Rook: So, you can’t hurt me. Must be frustrating, given that I just ruined your ritual.
Solas: You did far more than that.
Rook: Where are we, anyway?

Solas: The ancient elven mages, in their power-hungry arrogance, sought not to be obeyed, but to be worshipped. They claimed the magic of the blight, and their corrupted madness would have burned this world to ash, had I not trapped them.

Dialogue options:

So you’re the hero.
Are you done?
You talk to much.

So you’re the hero.
Rook: Varric says you always cast yourself in the role of the misunderstood hero.
Solas: Varric. Varric sees the world as a story. Sometimes I wish I could see the same.

Are you done?
Rook: Let me know when you’re finished, all right? Varric says you get pissy if you’re interrupted mid-monologue.
Solas: Varric. Varric has also been known to share his stories at length, on occasion.

You talk to much.
Rook: Varric says you love the sound of your own damn voice.
Solas: Varric. Varric is hardly one to talk.

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Solas: In any case, he must be pleased, as I imagine you are. He has won. My ritual failed, and I am trapped here. You saved your world… at least from me.

Rook: And those things that got out? You said they were gods?

Rook: So you’re just going to sit here in the Fade and do nothing?

Solas: What should I do? You stopped me. You imprisoned me here. This is your responsibility.

Rook: Varric!

Varric: Hey! Look who’s still with us.

Dialogue options:

Are you shitting me?
But we made things worse.
I’m sorry you won’t be there.

Are you shitting me?
Rook: So that’s it? Everything goes to shit and you’re leaving me in charge?
Varric: Come on, Rook, you knew this could happen when you signed on.
Rook: You neve said anything about being your second-in-command would mean you’d throw me to the wolves when things got worse!

But we made things worse.

I’m sorry you won’t be there.
Rook: It should be you leading the charge. It won’t be the same without you.
Varric: You’ll hardly even notice I’m gone. Even with Bianca’s help, I was never half as good a shot as Harding. Rook: It’s not Bianca we’ll be missing out there, Varric.

Varric: Well, of course it did. Nothing ever stays saved in this world, does it?

Rook: This isn’t the time for some sarcastic comment about danger. We need a plan! And a leader!

Varric: When I put this team together, what did l look for? A detective to find the Dread Wolf and a scout to get us a lay of the land. Exactly the people he’d expect me to recruit. Highly skilled. Disciplined. Predictable. And then there’s you. On the best day of his life, Solas wouldn’t see you coming, Rook.

Rook: Don’t. Don’t tell me what a great job I did when only one of us walked away from there.

Varric: Rook…

Dialogue options:

We have demons now?
Being in the Fade is bad.
This couldn’t get worse.

We have demons now?
Rook: So after everything we just did, we still have to fight demons.
Varric: Maybe not?

Being in the Fade is bad.

Mourn Watcher Rook: there are very few documented cases of people physically entering the Fade and surviving.
Non-Mourn Watcher Rook: People don’t, generally speaking, just go to the Fade while awake and live.
Varric: It can happen. I won’t say it isn’t always weird, though.

This couldn’t get worse.
Rook: Wow, there’s literally no was things could get worse, is there?
Varric: never say that, Rook. It’s asking for trouble.

Harding: There’s no sign of demons. At least so far. Whatever this place is, it seems safe.

Rook: I guess I really should go take a look.

Rook: Outside. Got it.

Neve: (Sighs) Whatever this place is, we’re secure enough. For now.

Rook: I guess I should have a look around.

Rook: She took a walk in the Fade.

Varric: Harding, should you be on your feet? Sit down already.

Harding: I just---I’ll only be a minute.

Varric: Slick, take a break already. You’re making me feel bad.

Neve: What I wouldn’t give for an all-night apothecary and some bad coffee right now.