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The Gray Guardians are one of the most ancient orders, designed to protect all living things from dark forces - the creatures of darkness. There is a legend in which it is written in black and white: if you destroy the Archdemon, then the centuries-old invasions of evil spirits will stop, and the world will find peace and order. But, apparently, not everything in it was true, because after the grandiose victory, the creatures of darkness somehow incomprehensibly managed to survive and retain the remnants of their strength. The passage of Dragon Age: Awakening touches on the centuries-old history of the Gray Wardens, their traditions and customs. In this addition, the player is given the primary task - in the person of the head of the order, to restore the greatness of the order, once wasted and forgotten.

Not an easy task

The passage of Dragon Age: Awakening is based on one very large and long task - to study the creatures of darkness and determine their weak points. Of course, along the way, the player will have to make many important decisions, on which the further development of events and the ending of the main plot will depend. All responsibilities for creating an order, attracting recruits, and training them rest on the shoulders of the main character. An exciting and interesting journey through the lands of Amaranthine will introduce you to the world of the game, its history and features in even more detail.

Step by step

Now the interactive world of the game has become even more extensive due to the addition of a new region - Amaranthine. As in the first part, this addition retains the ability to move freely and complete quests in different sequences. The passage of Dragon Age: Awakening will gradually familiarize the user more and more with creatures called “spawn of darkness.” With each new quest completed, the main character will be closer to unraveling their secrets and mysteries. In addition to recruiting brothers in arms into his party, the head of the order will have to establish and equip a new base for the Gray Guardians - the Fortress of the Observers. As a matter of fact, the game will begin at this location. It is necessary to recapture the fortress from the hordes of creatures of darkness, clearing all its corridors and rooms from their unwanted presence. There are a total of 8 main missions in the game: Vigil Tower (arrival/after attack), the last of the Legion, The Righteous Path, Shadows of the Black Swamps, Battle for Amaranthine, Battle for Vigil Tower and The Last Dash. Each quest will take place in a separate location, which has its own atmosphere, visual environment and types of enemies. Of course, in addition to these 8 missions, there are many side missions scattered throughout the world. Your attitude towards your companions will determine their predisposition and, as a result, their combat effectiveness and willingness to tell some unforgettable stories from their past. As the game progresses, you can find and accept five completely new party members into your ranks. Many new abilities, skills and spells have been added to the hero leveling system.

Among other things, it is possible to transfer your hero from the previous part of the game with all the learned abilities, which will greatly facilitate the passage of the game Dragon Age: Awakening. This, by the way, provides a significant advantage compared to the usual option of creating a character from scratch. And yet, you will clearly like your own hero, who has been nurtured for many hours. The combat system has been slightly improved, but the enemies have become much deadlier and more dangerous. In this regard, it is recommended to use a tactical pause more often during battles. As you can see, a lot of interesting and new things have appeared in Dragon Age: Awakening. Walkthrough, companions, arsenal, battles, history, locations - everything has undergone changes, and for the better. In this world, the player is destined to manage his own affairs, make decisions and protect entire kingdoms from the impending horror. The passage of Dragon Age: Awakening can be considered as a separate offshoot, but it will inevitably immerse the player in that familiar world of magic, sorcery, swords and dragons.

VIGIL'S KEEP - ARRIVAL

Story quests

Attack on Vigil Keep

TO After briefly informing you that the Spawn of Darkness did not retreat to the Deep Roads, as they were supposed to after the death of the archdemon, and therefore you must deal with the situation as the current Guardian-Commander of Ferelden, you will be sent to the Vigil Fortress in Amaranthine. If you recall, this former domain of Arl Howe was given to the Gray Wardens by the monarch of Ferelden at the end of the previous game.

IN Accompanied by Mairi - a warrior with a shield and sword - you will arrive at the fortress and immediately notice that something is wrong. A second later, a frightened soldier will fly right at you, pursued by several Spawns of Darkness. After you deal with them, he will tell you that the fortress was captured by the Fiends of Darkness, who somehow managed to get inside without being noticed by the Gray Guardians.

P After reporting the situation, the soldier will go home - either, on your order, he will go to look for a safe place, or to look for reinforcements from possible patrols on the road. Now you have the opportunity to get to know your companion a little better - Mairi, who was previously a knight in Denerim and is now a recruit of the Gray Wardens. Mairi has not yet undergone the Fusion ritual, but is enthusiastic about the opportunity to be a Gray Warden. Together with Mairi, you will have to clear the fortress courtyard from the Spawns of Darkness. You'll encounter genlocks, harlocks, screamers, and even one ogre, but none of them are elite, so they're unlikely to pose a problem for you. In some places, surviving soldiers are fighting off the Spawn of Darkness, whom you can save. There are four of them in total (two in the outer courtyard, two in the inner one) plus a merchant, who, unfortunately, ended up in the fortress at the moment. You will receive nothing but moral satisfaction from saving soldiers, but the rescued merchant will later sell his goods to the fortress merchant at a discount, and he, in turn, will extend this discount to you.

ABOUT Explore every corner - sometimes opponents appear only when you cross a certain point. In addition, there are many unlocked chests scattered around the fortress. If you exported your old GG to Awakening, then their contents may not be something significant for you, but if you started the game as a Guardian from Orlais, his equipment and cash supply are very limited, and considerable expenses lie ahead - so that every little bit will help the cause.

TO When you approach the inner gates of the fortress, you will be greeted with a knock-down fireworks by a Genlock emissary - an ordinary one, though, not an elite one. After dealing with him and the rest of the Fiends in the courtyard, look around just in case to be sure that you didn't miss anything, and go into the building.

P After a short dialogue with Mairi upon entering the fortress (where you can lose or gain influence with her), you will immediately be attacked by several screamers. Having dealt with them, inspect the area. You will see that the northern corridor is closed with bars, and the western door is locked with a lock that cannot be picked. There is only one thing left for you to do - follow the eastern corridor.

E After two steps, you will take a step through the door into the eastern corridor, when you will meet another survivor of the attack - the magician Anders. If you yourself play as a magician (it doesn’t matter whether you are a GG from the Beginning or an Orlesian), then Anders may notice that he remembers you from the Tower, but, in principle, this does not matter much. Anders openly admits that he is a renegade mage who escaped from the Mage Tower. The Templars caught him and were already on their way back when, to their misfortune, they decided to make a stop at the Vigil Fortress. Not one of them survived the clash with the Spawn of Darkness.

N Regardless of how exactly you conduct the dialogue with Anders, he will offer you to temporarily join forces. Anders is a spiritual healer who also has a super useful spell, Cone of Cold, which can be very useful, especially if your GG is not a magician (but even if he is a magician, then a second one in this situation is unlikely to hurt). He also has several unspent points that you can immediately invest in spells and skills at your discretion.

U The three of you follow the door to the fortress wall. There, a group of Spawn of Darkness awaits you, led by your first elite opponent in the Awakening - a Genlock emissary. If your GG knows how to hide, then he (s) can quietly slip into the ballista and deal an impressive blow to the enemy with it before they notice you. Having defeated the enemy, follow further. Having crossed the threshold of the next door, you will find yourself in the western part of the entrance hall - just behind the door that could not be opened earlier. As it turned out, it was impossible to open it for a very good reason - behind it was piled an impressive barricade of various pieces of furniture and stones.

R the lever that is behind the door opens the grate in the northern corridor. When you turn it, you will see how a certain gnome very spectacularly blew up a group of the Spawn of Darkness and disappeared. Deal with the few that are left alive and follow the grate to the north.

IN In the room north of the grate, you'll find Ogren fighting off several Darkspawn, which includes a Genlock Emissary and an Alpha Harlock. After the battle ends, Ogren will join your party. His welcome speech will be slightly different depending on whether your PC is an Origin hero or a Guardian from Orlais, but in any case, his respect for you will shift to Zero, as if he had never seen you before in his life. Alas. Out of sight, out of mind, no less...

AND So, now you finally have a full-fledged group at your disposal! Move on, dealing with opponents who at times will be elite. On the way, you will come across a wounded man named Rowland. In general, he won't tell you anything new, but depending on how you behave in a conversation with him, you can lower or increase Mairi's respect. (If you order her to kill Rowland, then, of course, she will not like it, but if you tell him to “Get a grip!”, then her respect for you will increase.)

R Ouland, unfortunately, cannot be saved. After finishing the conversation with him, go further to the door on the outer wall. Having crossed the threshold, you will encounter the very Fiend that the soldier and Rowland told you about. He does indeed talk, but the conversation will not last long and will almost immediately turn into a battle. This is your first orange boss fight in Awakening.

P At the end of the battle, Seneschal Varel will thank you for saving him, but his gratitude will be interrupted by the arrival of none other than the monarch of Ferelden in person. If you exported the PC from Origins, it will be the one who became the ruler at the end of the game, and if you play the Guardian from Orlais, then it will always be Alistair. In the subsequent conversation, Ogren will offer himself as a recruit to the Gray Wardens. If you refuse, then you will no longer have the opportunity to get him as an ally. Also, the templar accompanying the monarch will demand the immediate arrest of Anders. If you decide not to interfere, you won't see Anders again. Alternatively, you can claim your Right of Summoning and, despite the objections of the templars, the ruler will allow you to take Anders as a recruit for the Gray Wardens.

A Lister/Anora will talk to you a little about your immediate task in Amaranthine. The conversation will be slightly different depending on whether your PC knows the ruler personally and how personally, but in any case, after that he/she will depart back to Denerim, wishing you good luck. Now you have to attend the Initiation ritual, which will be conducted by Seneschal Varel. After its completion, you will finally gain control over your hero and can begin to fulfill the duties of the Guardian Commander.

Note: The outcome of the Initiation is predetermined. Regardless of how you acted or what you said earlier, this will not affect the result.

Non-plot quests

Medical equipment

U walls of the fortress in the western part of the courtyard, one of the surviving defenders will ask you to bring medical equipment for the wounded. The chest with medical supplies is located in the very south-eastern part of the yard. Note: in the chest not far from the wounded, for which you ran for medicine, there is a helmet from the Stormchaser set.

Survivors of the attack

IN Inside the fortress, find and help several of its surviving inhabitants escape. You will receive this quest when you come across a man fighting off two Fiends of Darkness a little further from where you met Anders. You need to find the rest, and there are four of them in total (counting the above).

IN The second survivor is sitting in a side room in the northern corridor, literally a few steps after the grate that blocked your path. Go into the large hall through the door next to this little room and then turn east - in the next rooms after the hall you will find two more. (And in the last eastern room you will also find a Genlock Emissary and an Alpha Harlock.)

VIGIL FORTRESS – AFTER THE ATTACK

AND So, you have a whole fortress at your disposal, which from now on is your base of operations. There is a chest near the door to the courtyard where you can store what you don’t want to load up your backpack with. All your comrades will be here in the Throne Room. The mage ambassador Sera, in addition to selling recipes for runes and the runes themselves, can enchant your weapons and armor if you need it.

Z look here more often. Not all tasks appear immediately - some require the fulfillment of certain conditions or the passage of a certain amount of time. In addition, this is where from time to time your companions will feel the need to talk to you (this happens after you have achieved a certain influence with them or after completing their personal quests).

Story quests

Awakening

P talk to Seneschal Varel, Captain Garevel and Mrs. Wolsey, who will inform you about the situation in Amaranthine. Talking to them will give you three main missions of the game: Last of the Legion, The Righteous Path, Shadows of the Black Swamps.

Non-plot quests

Prisoner

WITH The soldier guarding the entrance to the castle will tell you that the Gray Guardians captured an unknown person who was trying to get into the fortress. They had to work hard to catch him, and one of the Guardians half-jokingly remarked that he would make a good recruit. The prisoner is kept in the castle casemate until you, as the Commander and the current arl of Amaranthine, decide what to do with him.

AND go to the dungeon and talk to the guard. He knows nothing about the prisoner, since he refused to give his name. Go and talk to him. The prisoner will tell you that his name is Nathaniel Howe and he is the son of the late Arl Howe. Nathaniel will be a little more aggressive if your GG is a Guardian from the Beginning and especially if he (s) is Cousland, but one way or another he admits that he came to the fortress with the idea of ​​​​killing you, but already changed his mind on the spot and only wanted to take something what of memorabilia, since he had nothing left related to his family. At the end of the conversation, a seneschal will appear and ask about your decision. Your options are to execute Nathaniel, set him free, or use the Right of Summoning, making him a recruit of the Gray Wardens. In this case, the seneschal will perform the Fusion ritual and Nathaniel - without much joy, I must admit - will join the ranks of your comrades. Nathaniel is a rogue archer, an analogue of Leliana. He can be very useful if your PC is not a robber, managing castles and traps and scouting the area.

Trade must go on

E If you return to the Throne Room a little later than your first appearance, you can ask Mistress Wolsey if she can help with equipment for your soldiers. She will advise you to look for more merchants who would agree to establish trade ties with the Vigil Fortress.

IN You can find two such merchants. You will come across Lilith while traveling on the world map, where you will have the opportunity to save her from attack. Another merchant, the qunari Armas, is located in the silverite mine of the Vending Forest. In order for him to agree to cooperate with the Vigil Fortress, you need to use Persuasion.

Oath of Allegiance

WITH Neshal Varel will introduce you to the Banns of Amaranthine. If you have leveled up Persuasion, use it in your greeting to get more support.

E If your GG is a Guardian from Orlesian, then Lord Guy, if you talk to him, will loudly declare his displeasure at the submission of Amaranthine to the Orlesian. You can calm him down with Persuasion, and then you have to decide what to do with him. You can execute him to intimidate other dissatisfied people (which will worsen your relations with the nobility), release him in peace, or put him under arrest.

Defense of the Lands

E that quest appears when you take the oath of allegiance from the banns of Amaranthine, if you talk to Lord Eddelbrek. The problem is that you don't have enough soldiers to guard both the city and the surrounding lands, and you have to choose which one is a priority. (As a third option, you can choose to guard trade routes.) Lord Eddelbrek, a large landowner, will advise you to protect the villages. If you talk to Bann Esmerell, she will try to convince you that the city, as the center of Amaranthine, needs protection more than ordinary peasants. Of course, they have their own interests in advising this way - Bann Esmerell lives in the city, and Lord Eddelbrek owns the land around it.

P Inform the seneschal of their advice and give him instructions according to your choice of defense priority.

E If you choose to protect merchants, the merchant in Uriah Fortress will offer you a wider range of goods.

E If you decide not to protect the peasants (that is, you chose trade or the city), then in the future it will be more difficult for you to negotiate with them.

E If you decide to protect the peasants, this will be reflected in the epilogue and you will gain more influence with them to calm them down if there is a possibility of a riot.

Web of Conspiracy

E If you used the Persuasion option in your greeting when taking the oath of allegiance from the Banns of Amaranthine, talk to Ser Tamra - she will warn you that a conspiracy is being prepared against you. She will promise to deliver the conspirators' letters to you in a few days.

E If you didn't use Persuasion, talk to Anders during the ceremony and he will tell you that he accidentally overheard a suspicious conversation that smacks of a conspiracy against you.

P talk to the seneschal and you will have several opportunities to resolve the situation. You can do nothing and wait for word from Ser Tamra (or do nothing at all, if Ser Tamra did not share her suspicions with you, and you learned about the plot from Anders). You can invite family members of the surrounding nobility to “stay” in the castle, who will act as hostages if necessary. The seneschal will not greatly approve of this option, and your vassals will not particularly like it either. You can send soldiers to spy on the nobles, but this will not bring any tangible results, since ordinary soldiers are not very strong in the subtle matter of intelligence. And finally, the seneschal will mention a certain “Dark Wolf”, whom you can hire to extract information. If you decide to look for him, then in Amaranthine they will give you a note inviting you to a meeting. The Dark Wolf (or whoever pretends to be him... you know this if you completed a certain quest line in the Beginning) will get you the information you need, but first demand 50 gold as payment. If you do not have the required amount on hand, he will wait until you collect it. After receiving the fee, he will show you the place where the conspirators are gathering, after which all you have to do is go there and kill them. If you want, you can kill him after he gives you the information.

Note: You can receive a note from the Dark Wolf even if you decide not to use his services in a conversation with the seneschal.

Note2: in order for the Dark Wolf to receive the information you need, you need to move away from the streets of Amaranthine (entrance/exit to any building is fine).

And you, Esmerel?

ABOUT This is one of the possible development options for the Web of Conspiracy quest. Appears if the GG decided to wait for the development of events with the alleged conspiracy and do nothing about it. In this case, after an attempted peasant uprising, several banns led by Esmerel will be waiting for you in the throne room.

WITH Neshal Varel will protect you from the assassin's arrow, but you will have to carry out the further battle without him. The Banns are not very strong (and besides, your comrades will be with you), but they will have an orange boss with them - the assassin of the Antivsky Ravens. After the battle is over, exit the throne room so that everything in it returns to its place.

Note: this quest will not appear if you have already visited the gathering place of the conspirators, acting on the information received from the Dark Wolf.

ABOUT Completing this quest will also end the Web of Conspiracy quest.

Day of Judgment

E that quest will appear to you after you complete one of the story quests. The sentry at the gate will tell you that the seneschal was looking for you. Go to the throne room.

TO As Earl of Amaranthine, you will have to make decisions to punish your guilty vassals. You can also completely refuse to understand matters and leave decisions on them to the discretion of the seneschal. If Varel makes decisions, then there will be no consequences from them - neither positive nor negative.

IN Therefore, you will have to analyze three cases. One of the peasants, Alec, stole two bags of government grain to save his family from starvation. The theft of crown property carries the death penalty, although if the grain belonged to someone else, he might get off with the rod. You can execute him, have him flogged, or have him join the army, which will allow him to feed his family. Executing Alec (shorter - flogging) will arouse the discontent of the peasants and in the future it will be more difficult for you to come to an agreement with them.

IN The second case concerns a case of desertion. A soldier named Danella left her post because her family was threatened by the Spawn of Darkness. You can execute Danella, since even in peaceful days desertion always meant the death penalty, you can take into account her circumstances and put her in prison for a year, or you can do nothing against her and offer her to transport her family to the Fortress, where they will be safe. In the latter case, this will worsen the situation with the desertion of soldiers who will not be afraid of severe punishment. If you execute Danella, this will worsen your reputation in the eyes of the peasants.

E If you received a warning from Ser Tamra and have not yet gone to deal with the conspirators on a tip from the Dark Wolf (or have not hired him at all), then you will have to deal with the case of Ser Temmerley, nicknamed the Bull. Ser Tamra was found murdered and Ser Temmerly was seen running from the crime scene, but there is no further evidence against him. You can execute him, release him, or put him under arrest indefinitely while the investigation continues.

P The last case is the trial of land claims. Earl Howe promised Lady Lysa Pacton the lands of Ser Derren, who had opposed him and Tairn Loghain in the past. Besides the obvious options of siding with Lisa or Derren, you can take the land for yourself (this will net you 100 gold) or give it to Lisa, but cast Persuasion on Ser Derren, promising him appropriate compensation.

Peasants' revolt

E These events will happen after you complete two of the main quests. Upon returning to the Vigil Fortress, you will see a crowd of angry, hungry peasants who demand that the fortress's storerooms with food supplies be opened to them.

IN in other cases you will have to fight them.

Price issue

IN Aldrik Glavonak, a gnome builder, will approach you with a request for additional resources to upgrade the fortress. You can tell him to make do with the amount that has already been given to him, but if you want to improve your castle with the latest word in Dwarven technology, then promise him 80 gold (or pay it right away if you have it).

Note: Your decision regarding additional funds for the fortress may affect certain events at the end of the game.

Build to last

E If you talk to Waldrik Glavonak some time after completing the Price of Business quest, he will complain about the poor condition of the fortress walls and suggest that you look for a suitable material - for example, granite - to repair them. You can find granite in the Vending Forest, where you will go during the Path of Justice story quest. Report your find to Waldrik and send soldiers to guard the workers.

U whether you mount walls with granite or not can affect certain events late in the game.

Necessary materials

X Erren and Master Wade, who have temporarily settled in your fortress, will ask you to supply them with materials from which they could make suitable equipment for your soldiers.

IN of this you can find three deposits:

Veridium deposits are located in the dungeon of your own fortress, where you will go during the quest “What Lies in the Abyss.”

The iron deposits are located in the Kal'Hirol trading area, where you will go during the main mission "Last of the Legion".

Silverite deposits are located in a mine in the Vending Forest, where you will go during the story quest “The Righteous Path”.

What lurks in the abyss

P talk to Sergeant Maverlyes. She will express suspicions to you that the Spawn of Darkness who attacked the fortress appeared from the dungeons of the castle, which, according to some, reach the Deep Paths. The sergeant also suspects that the explosions caused by the gnome Dvorvik caused several collapses in the dungeon, and now there are Fiends there, cut off from the surface.

IN Tell her to dismantle the rubble and go inside the dungeons.

IN in a small room marked on the map as “Prisoner's Notes”, several screamers will ambush you. In the same room there is a cache - activate the statue of Andraste, and then the torch on the wall, and the secret wall will move to the side, revealing a chest with good loot, including a ring that gives + 4 to physique.

IN In a room marked "dungeon", several prisoners are kept under lock and key. If you let them go, Nathaniel and Anders will approve. The corpses on the floor here will come to life when you enter the room, so be prepared.

H There is a closed door just west of the prison cell. If you pick the lock, you will find an Avvar crypt behind a small corridor. A dozen or so skeletons - warriors and archers - will appear in the crypt when you enter it. Their appearance can be activated in stealth mode - if you want to throw spells at them from afar before they notice you. After the battle, examine the sarcophagi. In one of them you will find a key. This is one of the four keys you need to unlock the door in the crypt, the rest you will find a little later when you clear the rubble into the deeper parts of the dungeon.

E If you don't have a robber with you or his lockpicking skill is not high enough to open the door, that's okay. A little later, after clearing the second rubble, you will find the key.

IN In the northernmost part of the dungeon you will find Adria, the undead and a deposit of veridium, which you can report to Herren. You will also find that due to another blockage you cannot move forward. Sergeant Maverlis will promise to inform you immediately when the rubble is cleared.

Z the avals will clear after you complete one of the story quests. Talk to Sergeant Maverlis - she will take you to the cleared area.

AND So, you find yourself on the Deep Paths, so it is not surprising that you will meet a variety of Fiends of Darkness. There are also undead here and there, but you won't find anything too serious until you meet the orange ghost boss - the Dark Ghost.

T Dark Ghost can deal a lot of damage with electricity, which, if you remember, absorbs mana and stamina. After a while, when his health is reduced by about 25%, he will call on several skeletons to help. When you have dealt with everyone and reduced the Phantom's lives to almost zero, he will retreat into a kind of dungeon, where he cannot harm you, but you cannot do anything to him either.

A activate the device from which the ghost-holding beam emanates. This will free him and give you the sub-quest "The Revenge of the Phantom", but it is not necessary to complete this quest.

P move forward and soon you will find another orange boss - the Ogre Commander, surrounded by other Fiends of Darkness. When you deal with him, the Dark Ghost will take over his body and you will have to fight him a second time.

P After defeating the possessed ogre, Sergeant Maverlis and Waldrick will appear. Waldrik will put in place defense mechanisms that will keep Vigil Fortress safe from attack from below for at least another ten years.

P Once you tell the sergeant that you wish to go to the surface, this quest will be completed.

Adria's request

E that quest is closely related to the task “What Lies in the Abyss”. In the first room in the castle dungeon you will see a wounded mabari. Attached to it is a note for help from a woman named Adria. You can simply examine the dog and take the note, or use the Survival skill and calm the animal down first (for this you will receive +2 respect points with Nathaniel). Apparently, Adria fled to the basement to escape the Spawn of Darkness. Nathaniel will be very excited by this note, since, according to him, Adria was like a mother to him.

A You will find Driya in the northernmost part of the dungeon. Unfortunately, she has already turned into a goul and will attack you as soon as she notices you. Her death will complete this quest.

WITH Adria's body you can remove a wonderful ring for a magician - the Ring of Mastery - which gives + 10 to the power of magic.

Temple of Corta

IN in the room north of the entrance to the Deep Roads you will find the Temple of Cort. If you touch the altar, you will have a choice of what to do with it.

E If you offer a donation in the form of a diamond or a golden idol, which can be found on the corpse of a nearby Spawn of Darkness, you will receive a good two-handed ax “Fury” as a reward. If you place Corrupt Iron on the altar, which can be found a little further along the Paths, it will desecrate the altar and destroy it. You won't get anything.

E If you take the offerings from the altar for yourself, you will receive 15 gold, but the golems in the room will come to life and attack you.

Ghost's Revenge

E This quest appears to you after freeing the Dark Wraith from his light prison in the Deep Roads. Once you defeat him as an Ogre Commander, the ghost will disappear. He will retreat to the Avvar crypt, which you probably already noticed during your clearing of the Vigil Fortress dungeons.

H To get into the crypt itself, you need a key, which is located on the body of the Fiend of Darkness on the Deep Roads near the gate that Waldrik sealed, but in the same way you can simply pick the lock. But in order to get into the room with the ghost, you need four more keys. One of them is located right there in the crypt, in one of the sarcophagi. One lies in a chest near the Temple of Cort in the Deep Roads. The other two are in locked chests, also in the Deep Roads.

TO Once you have unlocked all four locks, you can proceed to the room where the Dark Ghost will take possession of the body of the Avvar Lord (orange boss). He will be assisted by two more revived Avvar lords. When you defeat all three, your quest will be over.

Letters to the Guardian-Commander:

H The ace at the castle gate has several letters for you. These are petitions from your vassals with various requests for help.

Ransom for daughter

U One of your vassals, Lord Bensley, bandits have kidnapped his daughter, Lady Eileen, and are demanding a ransom of 30 sovereigns for her. Go to the territory that appears on your map. You can pay the bandits the required amount - and then it will all be over. You can refuse to pay - in this case you will have to fight and the chance that the girl will die is quite high. If you have developed Persuasion, then you can persuade the bandits to first return the hostage to you, and only then you will pay them. After Eileen is returned to you, you can either pay as promised, or attack them - the girl will not be harmed in this case.

E If Eileen is alive, the guard at the gate will give you a message from Lord Bensley with gratitude and 10 gold.

On the far side

AND The widow living in the Turnoble estate asks you to protect her from the Spawns of Darkness. Unfortunately, there appears to be no way to do this - even if you go to the indicated location immediately after receiving the letter, all the inhabitants of the estate and their few defenders will already be dead. All you have to do is kill the Spawns of Darkness who have seized the estate, and your quest will be completed. From the body of the widow Turnoble, among other things, you can remove 13 gold and a diamond, and on the body of the templar, not far from the exit, there is part of the Stormrunner set.

Missing Items

D This quest will appear some time after completing the two previous quests - Ransom for the Daughter and In the Far Side.

E that letter is not even a petition as such, but simply information for you that a ship with goods crashed off the coast of Amaranthine. People were saved, but goods were not, and they remained on the coast, where, most likely, they would be plundered by looters and robbers in the near future. Go there and deal with a group of marauders, which, in addition to archers and warriors, will also include a Blood Mage. The quest will end when you take the first batch of goods from the chest.

Note: Apparently this item is only good for sale - but then again, each batch costs two gold pieces, and there are more than a dozen of them.

Master's work

IN eid still dreams of working with the exotic materials you might find on your travels. This quest includes three small subquests - based on the amount of exotic raw materials that you will discover during the three main missions:

Down to the bone

E If you bring Wade the Ancient Dragon Bone that can be found in the Blackmarsh Queen's Lair, he will give you a list of ingredients needed to turn it into the weapon of your choice - a one-handed or two-handed sword.

Ingredients:

Ancient dragon bone.

Fresh Dragon Egg (found in the Wending Forest Silverite Mine in the Dragon Trainer's room).

Diamond (can be found - for example, on the Deep Paths under the Vigil Fortress).

Large Fire Protection Potion (can be purchased from Uriah in the throne room).

Fire rune of the great master.

M The Vigil will have the same bonuses regardless of whether you choose its two-handed or one-handed version. In addition to the basic characteristics, you can ask Wade to pay attention to attack, defense, ease of attack, or let him make the choice himself.

Defense Bonuses: +10 to defense, +10% chance to dodge attacks.

Attack Bonuses: +15% critical/backstab damage, +3% critical strike chance.

Ease of Hit Bonuses: +50 stamina, +0.5 stamina recovery in battle.

Wade's choice: +3 to all stats.

IN Depending on whether you choose Mobility or Strength for the sword, it will receive the following bonuses:

Mobility: +6 attack, +5 cold damage.

Force: +1.5% armor penetration, +5 fire damage.

Golem Power

E If you bring Wade a piece of the Inferno Golem armor that you will have to fight in the final battle of the mission in Kal'Hirol for the quest "Last of the Legion", he will give you a list of the ingredients he needs to forge the armor.

Ingredients:

Inferno Golem Armor

Master Lyrium Potion (I personally didn’t come across it as a drop from monsters or traders, but you can make it yourself if the magicians have the appropriate Potions skill. The recipe for the potion is in the sarcophagus in the dungeon of the Vigil Fortress - where you will come for the final battle for the quest “The Ghost’s Revenge”).

Pure Iron (sold in Amaranthine from the gunsmith Glassrick).

Wool stuffing - in a chest on the northernmost street of Amaranthine, not far from the Dark Wolf.

Bloody Lotus - can be found almost everywhere, including the vicinity of Vigil Keep (when you arrive there at the very beginning of the game) and Vending Forest.

D Golem Armor - Massive armor with excellent increases in strength, constitution, fire resistance and physical resistance.

Heart of the Forest

E If you bring Wade a piece of wood from the Elder Sylvan, who is located in the Vending Forest, he will give you a list of the ingredients he needs to make a bow or shield of your choice.

Ingredients:

Wood of the Elder.

Flawless Ruby (can be found - for example, in Kal'Hirol - or bought from Master Henley in Amaranthine).

Oil (in the kitchen of the Lion and Crown tavern in Amarantine).

Veins (found on a dead mabari in Blackmarsh).

Rune of the Great Lightning Master (you can make it yourself).

P After completing the quests Heart of the Forest, Golem's Strength and Working on the Bone, the Master's Work quest will be considered completed.

More explosions!

E You will receive this quest from Dworkin Glavonak after you complete one of the story quests. To work on bombs, for which he has a rather unhealthy addiction, he needs lyrium sand (not to be confused with dust!). To complete the quest you just need to give him 2 portions of lyrium sand. Lyrium Sand can be found in Kal'Hirol and in the Silverite Mine in the Vending Forest.

And the filthy monster tore him into small pieces, and died at the same moment over his remains from gaping wounds. And the good people began to feast, set the tables, it flowed down their mustaches, and almost no one got into their mouths. And I was there, drank mead and beer, saw the remains of a hero (two fingers and half an eye on a pile of ashes), greeted the new king. He married someone there, and they began to live and live well, make good things, and that’s the story...

Uh... or not So everything was?

Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening
(in Russia the game was released under the name Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening)

Or so?..

I didn’t have time to enter the location - the mission was completed.
They also gave me some kind of achievement, the adversaries.​

Several months have passed since the death of the Archdemon, but the evil spirits still cannot calm down. The Gray Guardian is sent to a remote corner of the country called Amaranthine, who will have to resolve all the contradictions that have gripped this territory, microscopic by the standards of the original. Who is this Gray Warden? Perhaps this is a hero who plunged a sword into the heart of a demon? Or maybe that famous character died a heroic death (or the player lost his saves and started the game in the add-on from scratch) - then instead we will see a commander who arrived from Amarantine Orle, alien to the aborigines.

Even though we used to decide the fate of an entire state, little depended on us: we had to wander around fortresses and castles and beg from the nobility for a couple of extra soldiers to fight the arch-important evil. As if if they had left the soldiers with them, the latter would have been able to protect them if something happened! Now, under our sensitive leadership, there is a solid, albeit very used, fortress, the regional center of Amarantine and a lot of small worries that should tear the brain of the local ruler: the creatures of darkness in the suburbs and garden and park areas are not enough for us, so the earl himself must bring justice to the thieves!..

Shadows

Don't look at the corpse: there is nothing complicated here.
I just went out for a minute to pour some tea.​

However, not by fighting alone. First of all, it is necessary to resolve state issues. Where should a hard-won regiment of soldiers be sent: to defend a city, to drive away creatures from farmland, or to protect trade routes? Should I pay the local mason money to build the fortress? Should we take a dangerous repeat offender into the squad? Also here: how to uncover a conspiracy against your loved one, who to help in the eternal battle between the authorities and the mafia (what a strange question in the conditions of Awakening, isn’t it?) and where, in the end, to place the found cat... In general, almost all of these sacred duties should be familiar to those who once “managed” real estate in the very heart of Amn, so they should not expect any surprises. In general, Bioware has long ago (for me, at least) become a very predictable company, so there’s no point in getting upset about this again. The main thing is that the addition flies by in one and a half to two days, and only the best remains in memory.

This is probably how it should be, because the game does not start from the first level of character development, but somewhere around the twentieth, so already at the very beginning you can feel the solid power that has accumulated on the character statistics screens throughout Dragon Age. Either the new specializations turned out to be too “cool”, or the runes turned out to be more effective, or the talents seriously strengthened the characters, but the fact remains: the average difficulty level of Origins corresponds to the highest levels of Awakening, which is very... significant.

Where is everyone?

You can savor finishing off ogres forever.
It's a pity that this is the only thing you can savor...​

The most colorful (and also the most useful) turned out to be the disgraced magician Anders, who loves to make jokes and extremely dislikes the templars: ironic, cheerful, understanding the essence of what is happening on the screen (“why are we taking her into the squad? Yes, because the woman is trash!”) and incredibly effective - how can you throw something like that out of the bag? Ogren and his beer belly are familiar to us from the events of the original, but the rest of the characters turned out to be not particularly interesting. Alas: there is a catastrophic lack of time to develop characters, there are no romantic lines in store, personal quests are crumpled and fleeting. However, the latter applies to all of Awakening as a whole: it’s as if “Inception” was put on fast forward, and the result was... “Awakening”... But is it bad - that is the question.

Answer

Frail, pathetic dragon.​

Returning to the question of how the plot of Awakening develops (which, in my opinion, is a more important point than, for example, listing new specializations for magicians), it should be noted that we find ourselves in one “important” location because that two hunters saw “something”, in another - because someone was robbing caravans, in a third - in order to find a lost guard. As you can see, there are no hints of evil spirits, but, of course, it cannot be done without it. The main plot looks somewhat crumpled and awkward; it is best characterized by this episode from the game: the Earl guard is walking along a path, not bothering anyone, and suddenly a dragon falls on top of him. Almost anything could be more inappropriate than a dragon in that situation (Alistair, Archdemon, Loghain, King Pea), but you just need to see the disposition on the battlefield, as well as the hole into which this dragon, in theory, was going to go after the supposed victory over ours squad. Well, you understand...

The bestial grin of capitalism

From left to right: madwoman, disgraced son, alcoholic, Earl,
runaway mage, empty seat (he hasn’t taken the dwarf into the squad yet), *spoiler*.​

For all its “hit”, Dragon Age had shortcomings (which for some reason not everyone noticed), which partially leaked into Awakening. These shortcomings occur at a variety of levels: from the script to, so to speak, the physical and logical. Arrows and fireballs are still flying through walls, party members are doing incomprehensible things (and don’t seem to care at all that the settings have a different behavior model), and designers are planting spawns in the very heart of one of the shelters darkness... human merchant. According to legend, he came to an agreement with the creatures and supplies them with supplies, in essence, helping the party not get bored before the battle with the bosses. This is such a harsh world: if you want to live, know how to turn around...

Without saying goodbye

Hey, you
Yes you are
You are weird
Come here...​

A whole scattering of new possibilities: runes, specializations, talents - all this stuff would be crammed into the original, but no, we can’t wait. The unit is launched, the sequel is being churned out, and you, fellow governors, rejoice at the exorbitant coolness of your characters in Awakening and pray that Dragon Age 2 is not played on the nightmare difficulty with your eyes closed.

In 10 hours...

And this time, EA managed not to screw up the localization, as happened with the original, so you can play Awakening in Russian: allergic reactions will occur only in the most pampered English-speaking players.

Personal companion quests in Dragon Age: Awakening appear after reaching a certain favor level or meeting certain conditions. The higher the level of favor, the higher the chances of learning from a confidential conversation about the past of the companions, their personal stories, experiences, mistakes made and other secrets. Personal tasks are one or two additional tasks, after which the relationship moves to a new level of trust. Decisions made during the game also help to achieve a high position. The arrangement changes based on the characters and beliefs of the companions: what one likes may irritate another. There are no romantic relationships in the add-on, too little time.

List of personal tasks for companions and conditions for appearance in Dragon Age: Awakening:

• Anders(task “Free Anders!”) - after talking with Namaya near the northern exit from Amaranthine. She will tell you about an amulet with the blood of a magician, by which he can be found and tracked. The amulet is kept in an abandoned warehouse in front of Glassrick's armorer's shop, on the side of the city's main gate. Templars will be waiting in the warehouse, ready to arrest Anders and send him to the Circle of Mages. The amulet cannot be found.
• Nathaniel Howe(task “The Howe Family”) - after meeting with the gardener Samuel in the courtyard with the villagers’ houses east of the entrance to the Vigilance Tower. The gardener will tell you that Nathaniel's sister Delilah is alive and married an Amaranthine merchant. All other relatives died during the civil war. You can meet your sister near Master Henley in the shopping arcades of Amaranthine.
• Oghren(quest “Ogren - the father of the family”) - Felzi, the mother of Ogren’s child, will appear at the Tower of Vigil, angry that her husband is neglecting his family duty. A sincere conversation with a friend, with a high level of goodwill, will help resolve the problem.
• Velanna(task “The Expulsion of Velanna”) - during the transition to the Black Swamps, a random meeting will occur with former fellow tribesmen of the cocky elf, led by Marren. As it turns out, she was expelled from the clan, but the reasons will become known later, after a sincere conversation in the Vigilance Tower.
• Justice(quest “Kristoff and Justice”) - Ora, Kristoff’s wife, will come to the Vigil Tower in search of her husband after the squad returns from the Black Swamps. Of course, she will experience a terrible shock when Justice explains that Kristoff is dead, and his body is now inhabited by a spirit from the Shadow. The woman’s experiences will end in the Church of Amaranthine after a second conversation with Justice.
• Sigrun(task “Sigrun’s thieves’ past”) - in Amaranthine, if you take the right road from Constable Aidan towards the tavern and church (before reaching the stairs and the cart), you can meet Mischa, Sigrun’s old friend, who, through her fault, was kicked out of Orzammar. The meeting will be held in a raised voice. After a frank conversation with Sigrun in the Tower of Vigil, you need to return to Amaranthine and go to the Crown and Lion tavern, where everything can be settled peacefully.

  Mishcha will not appear on the streets of Amaranthine if Constable Aidan’s orders to destroy the bandits in the task “” have been completed, or even taken. You can correct an error in the logic for issuing tasks using the file “Sigrun’s Roguish Past & Law and Order fix”. Download the file Sigrun_Law_Order.rar from the Bioware social network, copy the folder Sigrun_Law_Order, containing three files, in /packages/core/override with the game installed. Sigrun's personal quest will be completed before the defense of the Vigil Tower or before the rescue of Amaranthine, that is, before the start of the final stage of the game. To remove the fix from the game, delete the Sigrun_Law_Order folder.

The characteristics in the add-on have not changed, so let's move straight to the skills. Here we have three new branches at once, one craft and two combat. The requirements for all three are the same: twentieth, twenty-second, twenty-fourth and twenty-sixth levels.

In addition, items equipped with rune sockets are much more common. Now, in order to fill them, you don’t have to rummage through the belongings of all the merchants you meet for powerful stones. This branch allows you to improve runes. To create an improved version of a stone, you most often need two of the same ones, but at a lower level. Starting from the fourth level you will also need a special reagent. Recipes can be either purchased (usually from specialized merchants) or found.

It is important: In the game, not only the maximum level of heroes has increased (from twenty-fifth to thirty-fifth), but also the levels of things. Equipment can now be of nine tiers (instead of seven), and runes can be of seven tiers (instead of five).

Making runes is quite an expensive business. For example, to obtain a capacity rune (increases willpower) of the maximum level, you will need about thirty-five gold! On the other hand, by the end of the game this amount no longer seems exorbitant.

Unpretentiously increases the number of your health points by twenty-five units per level. Now you don’t have to think about who to make your “tank” - an herbalist or a survival specialist. It is recommended to develop the main combat characters, and leave the craft lines to those who sit in the castle. Let them at least do something there, lazy people!

Skills

All class and weapon groups have acquired new skill lines. Let's start with the first ones. First comes the name of the group, then the name of the first skill in the line, then the rank requirements and a description of all the skills in the line.

Robber

Heart Hunter

— There was a cat in my tower named Fluffy. Well, he wasn't exactly mine, but we became attached to each other. And then one day a demon of rage possessed him... Before he was destroyed, Fluffy managed to kill three templars. I was so proud of him!

Eternal child. He escaped from his circle seven times and was caught six times. We can prevent the seventh, with the king's blessing.

Anders is a very cheerful and cheerful magician. He perceives everything that happens as a game, constantly jokes and teases everyone. It's interesting to travel with him. At the same time, he hates the church and its foundations, without hiding it at all. If he gets the chance to destroy the templar, he will do it. And probably in a humorous manner.

It is all the more surprising that he is a healer. And a little more of a battle mage.

From gifts he likes exquisite things (he is hungry, apparently) and, as he himself admits to you, cats. And, of course, all kinds of accessories for them.

The personal quest takes place in Amaranthine. There you will meet an old friend of Anders, who will point to the basement with the magician's medallion. The basement is just south of the shopping arcades.

Warrior

Second wind

Mage

Shadow Shield

Repulsion field

“They... are... lying on the ground like ordinary pants, but only until you turn your back to them.” That's when they... go! And they scratch out your eyes!

Good old Ogren hasn’t changed a bit, he’s still the same drunk and brawler. And his habits are the same: straight as rails. Although his inexperience with life on the surface often plays a cruel joke on him. It seems that only the very lazy do not want to play Ogren. The gnome answers with his characteristic directness: uncomfortable questions and even more uncomfortable answers.

Ogren is still a berserker, specializing in two-handed weapons and well-equipped from the very beginning. As gifts, he prefers strong drinks of all kinds. The personal task is connected with the gnome’s family life, which never worked out.

A weapon in every hand

Double punch

Archery

Accuracy

Nathaniel

“Everyone in the Hou family was a hero!” And for the sins of my father alone, they branded everyone with shame! But he simply chose the wrong side in the war.

The son of the now deceased Earl, whose domain now belongs to the Gray Wardens. Several years ago, Nathaniel was sent to study in the Free March, where he spent all the events of the original game. Therefore, when he arrived, he was indignant for a long time and wondered why everyone hated his father so much. Over time, he will understand why and begin to reproach himself. And finally decides to wash away the stain of shame from the history of the family.

Nathaniel is generally as naive as a baby and will constantly ask your companions about everything in the world and try to give compliments. Even Oghren. With predictable results.

As a fighter, he specializes in bows, but he can also engage in thieves' activities. For gifts, he likes practical things and heirlooms of the Hou family. The personal quest involves a missing sister who turns up in Amaranthine.

Weapon and shield

The juggernaut

Two-handed weapon

Lunging Strike

- Wow! I would never have thought that such a healthy tree could grow in a Shemlen settlement.

Elven chauvinist in its purest form. When she decided that people were a threat, she left the clan to destroy them. Several other elves went with her and later died. And Velanna again began to take revenge on people, this time much more successfully.

Velanna has a sister who was stolen by the creatures of darkness and who joined them. The elf has not yet decided how to live with this further.

In conversation, she is harsh and constantly “brings down and curses” people and gnomes. But towards the end he will be re-educated, if, of course, the main character helps.

In battle, she is a subjugator with a dash of battle mage. As for gifts, he loves everything related to nature or elves, as well as everything green. The personal task is related to the story of her departure from the clan.

Specializations

Each class now has two more specializations at its disposal. But only one point was added - at the twenty-second level - so in total we can learn three specializations. However, this is more than enough.

Robber

Pros: +2 agility, +1 damage per hit

Strange line. The first two skills are as good as the last two are bad. The specialization is suitable for any rogue, although melee adepts will benefit from it more.

Pros: +1 agility, +5 attack

An excellent line that turns the two-bladed robber into a real combine. Add to it a killer and a duelist, and no one will find it enough!

Warrior

Pros: +1 Constitution, +5 Physical Resilience

The skill is suitable for everyone, but it will probably be more useful for attacking warriors. You can take two ranks for the sake of damage from spirit magic, or four for the sake of acceleration.

Pros: +1 Constitution, +5 Natural Resistance

Oddly enough, the specialization is suitable not only for a lover of shields, but also for a fighter with a two-handed weapon. He will be able to cover the healer, strengthen his armor and attract enemies to himself so as not to run away.

- We still have a Dead Legion, and not a Legion of Drinking Songs!

The only survivor of the entire Dead Legion, which was trapped by the creatures of darkness. The poor thing reproaches herself for not dying along with everyone else. And he agrees to live on only for the sake of duty and revenge.

Despite this, she conducts quite lively conversations, even jokes. Prone to self-irony. In combat, she is a dual wielding specialist. For some reason, he loves children's toys and all sorts of interesting things like a spyglass.

Mage

Pros: +2 magic, +3 mental stability

Despite the serious disadvantage of immobilization, this line is very strong both defensively and offensively. Unity is quickly restored, so running across the bushes is easy.

Pros: +2 magic, slow health recovery in battle

Effective development

Taking into account the latest changes, several super-effective classes have appeared in the game that will easily pass any test. Let's look at several schemes of twenty-eight points - this is how much you will have at the end of the game, if you did not export the character, or, otherwise, in the middle.

"Tank"

Vityaz – 4 points

Guard - 4 points

Spirit Warrior - 1 point

Unrelenting Force - 4 points

Second wind - 3 points

Bogatyr - 4 points

Shield block - 4 points

Shield defense - 4 points

Of the characteristics, we need 26 units of agility, the rest goes with strength in approximately equal shares. The main task of the “tank” is to choose the right targets and spend stamina as efficiently as possible.

Fighter

Two-handed weapon group - 16 points

Second wind - 4 points

Spirit Warrior - 4 points

Guard - 4 points

The characteristics are approximately the following: strength, agility and physique in a ratio of 2:1:1. You need so much dexterity because you will come across many evasive enemies who will gnaw you off before you hit them. And we gain health through skills. Tactics depend on the enemy - either break into the crowd and use area skills, or use small combinations on single players.

Justice

- I was not born. I have always been.

A unique case is a spirit that has entered the body of a mortal against its will. And the corpse did not become possessed by the dead, but completely came to life. Apparently, because Justice is not a demon, but a good spirit, not subject to its passions.

At first he is very cautious about the world, but then, as in the old joke, he gets involved and begins to learn. He is interested in many things, but he himself can tell something. When will you finally have the opportunity to talk to a spirit without fear? In conversations, by the way, he reads morals to all your comrades, and they each react in their own manner...

In battle, he is a typical “tank”. He loves gifts that are connected with the former owner of his body and with the Shadow. A personal quest concerns the wife of a deceased guard. You can find her in the Church of Amaranthine.

Dual Blade Rogue

Dirty fight - 2 points

Low blow - 4 points

Heart Hunter - 4 points

Killer - 4 points

Ghost - 4 points

Legionnaire Scout - 2 points

Double strike - 4 points

Weapon proficiency in each hand - 3 points

Two-handed swing with weapon - 1 point

We will need dexterity, cunning and strength. Strength is somewhere around 40-42, agility and cunning, on which the skills are based, is 2:1. In battle, our task is to effectively spend a small amount of stamina (don’t forget to stock up on bottles in case of emergency!) and not die, because if we hesitate, they will cut us instantly!

Battle Mage

Battle Mage - 4 points

Guardian - 4 points

Warrior Mage - 4 points

Mana Drain - 4 points

Damage to vulnerability - 4 points

Shadow Shield - 4 points

Magic arrow - 2 points

Flameburst or Frostbite - 2 points

We invest in magic, willpower and agility something like this: 6:3:1. Dexterity, like a fighter, is needed to hit enemies. Yes, and we fight in a similar way: we rush into the crowd with area spells at the ready, or we curse a single target and beat it for a long time, with force.

Walkthrough of the main story

Vigil Tower

It all starts with long battles: the creatures of darkness invaded the base of the gray guards. After the end of the battles, it’s time to explore your possessions, get to know the inhabitants and collect tasks. As soon as you deal with small and not very important matters in the fortress, go to the city.

Amaranthine

In the city, you will first need to find a representative of the trade guild not far from the merchants, two hunters at the entrance and an innkeeper in the inn itself. From them you will receive story missions: into the forest, underground and into the swamps, respectively. In addition to them, there are many additional tasks in the city.

Forest Vending

These are the tracks that the survivor is following.

These animated trees are good opponents after all! Comfortable.

Trade caravans disappear here. During the investigation, it turns out that it is not the robbers who are to blame, but the elf. But before calling her to battle, you need to find a bleeding surviving soldier, who lies across the hill with the elf town from the entrance to the location. He will reveal the whole truth to you. After this, you can add the elf to your squad and go to the mines...

On a note: Bring a lockpicking expert with you. You will not be able to change the group, nor will you be able to return to the mines.

After fighting through the Architect's lair, get out.

Black swamps

There was once a settlement here, but it mysteriously disappeared. You need to find your colleague - Christophe. To do this, go to the opposite end of the swamps. There is only one road there, so don't get lost. Along the way, you will be able to get acquainted with the cute local fauna...

After you find the gray guard, you will need to get to the Baroness. She lives in the city. To get to her, you need to talk to the leader of the angry crowd - Justice. After this the battle will begin.

Returning to Christophe's body, meet your new comrade and go close the portals, after which you go to the castle where you previously fought with the baroness. Survive one more battle and you can return.

Thicket Hills

A very mysterious place. A corpse, two executioners, a note, and that's it. What is it for?

The fastest form of transport in Ferelden. Uncooperative, really.

Going down, you will meet your last companion. With the glorious gnome, boldly dive underground and cut through the creatures of darkness.

On a note: when you are asked to find the secret passage, look at the wall on the left when facing the main staircase.

After some time, you will reach a huge golem with a magician, and then the queens. To kill them, you must first destroy the tentacles and then cut the chains holding the chandelier. Repeat until the chandelier falls off. That's it, you can go back.

War

Now you need to prepare for war. Choose your companions and run to the city. In Amaranthine they will tell you that troops are heading to the Vigil Tower. What to protect, choose for yourself.

After defense, you will be transported to the lair of the Mother - a huge intelligent womb. It's not that easy to get to. Already at the end of the upper level you will meet a dragon.

If you want to make the final battle easier for yourself, carefully look for the crystals and use them to activate the Tevinter Towers. Each of them has its own effect (fire attack, paralysis of enemies, healing), which can be used once in a battle with the Mother. You will get another effect, if you want, from the Architect. With such help, destroying Mother will not be difficult.