DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS COMPANIONS FAQ ALISTAIR RACE Human Alistair is a trained templar who then becomes a Grey CLASS Warrior Warden. He’ll join you in the early stage of the game and SPECIALIZATION Templar stays with you till the end unless your [HARSH] decision LEVEL Depends on your level and results in killing him in the landsmeet. He is the second son game progression and the true heir to King Maric’s throne though he likes to GIFTS Alistair’s Mother Amulet* hide his origin and act like he too lucky to die as a Grey Black Runestone Warden. Duncan’s shield* Joining Chalice TACTICS: Alistair serves as a powerful tank if you equip Onyx Demon Statuette him with good weapons and armors. Work a bit on his health Small Carved Statuette and he can take the frontline in the battle allowing you to Stone Dragon Statuette sneak behind the target and finish them off. Stone Warrior Statuette White Runestone His templar skills become very handy if you are fighting REQUIREMENT Complete ‘Joining the Grey against a blood mage and he’ll become a massive damage Wardens’ in Ostagar dealer if you raise his sword and shield expertise. When SIDE QUEST Alistair’s Family choosing specialization, go for berserker. It’ll raise his attacking strength making him a killing machine. APPROVAL: Alistair is a fun character to have around, you’ll never get bored if he’s in the team. He likes to joke around and can take a few teasing and flirting but never dare to bad mouth Duncan in front of him. Baby sitting him is the best way to raise his approval, he is the most easiest character to take care off, try not to hurt his feelings and don’t mention about his father or him being the heir to the throne and you’ll get by pretty easily without any gifts or decisions. There’s around three situation where Alistair decides to leave the party: [a] if you hurt his feelings for his family after meeting his sister, [b] if you FORCE him to become the king and [c] if you take Loghain into the Grey Wardens, avoid these three and he’ll stick around your back like your shadow. DOG RACE Mabari War Hound You can acquire your dog by completing ‘Mischief in the CLASS War Dog Larder’ in Human Noble origins or ‘The Mabari Hound’ in SPECIALIZATION Ostagar. LEVEL Depends of your level and game progression TACTICS: Try gaining his overwhelm ability in the early GIFTS Beef Bone stage of the game, your dog will be replaced as you meet Lamb Bone other companions but until you find them you need his Large Bone overwhelming skill as it can kill a non-boss unit in a single Ox Bone blow. Veal Bone REQUIREMENT Complete ‘Mischief in the Having your dog in the team nets you three things: [a] he’ll Ladder’ in Noble Human fetch you random things if you have him search the place, origins or ‘The Mabari [b] activating mabari dominance increases his attacking Hound’ in Ostagar strength and [c] having him lick your bloody gore gives him SIDE QUEST None [C’MON WHAT KIND a little health boost [AND KEEPS YOU CLEAN]. OF A SIDE QUEST A DOG CAN GIVE?! GO FETCH MY APPROVAL: His rating never drops below 100% but you can BONE?] always fetch him a bone or two so that he can play with them. J DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS LELIANA RACE Human Leliana’s a migrant from Orel, she spent most of her time CLASS Rogue as a bard and an under covered spy who then joins the SPECIALIZATION Bard chantry trying to spread the chant of light to the four LEVEL Depends on your level and corners of the world. You’ll meet Leliana in Lothering’s game progression tavern, she’ll voluntarily joins your team saying she was sent GIFTS Andraste’s Grace* by The Maker to help you fight against the Darkspawns. Blue Satin Shoes Bronze Symbol of Andraste TACTICS: Best possible weapon expertise for Leliana is Chantry Amulet either archery or duel-weapons. Though it’s best to avoid Cute Nug* her in hand-to-hand combat, raise her archery skill and Etched Silver Symbol she’ll become one of the handiest character in the team, Golden Symbol of Andraste especially in the early stage of game where you can’t afford Silver Sword of Mercy to buy weapons and have to rely on chests and lockers. Steel Symbol of Andraste REQUIREMENT Inside the tavern in APPROVAL: As a religious person Leliana always excepts you Lothering to respect her culture never bad mouth Andraste and The SIDE QUEST Leliana’s Past Maker. She’ll always supports you for doing good deeds and tries to speak out her words if you try to cheat her culture. For example: If you try to poison the Urn in the temple then she’ll turn against you and helps the guardian kill you, but if you have high concretion skill then you can intimidate her to stay in the team. LOGHAIN RACE Human Loghain will join your team if you let him live in the CLASS Warrior landsmeet but doing so will result in Alistair leaving your SPECIALIZATION Champion team. Loghain replaces Alistair in most of the places LEVEL Depends on your level and including being a good tank, standing in the same place as game progression Alistair in the party camp and giving the same pose on the GIFTS Ancients Map of Imperium companions screen. But as we all know he can’t replace that Botanist’s Map of Thedas blondie-bastard who tries to make fun out of everything. Current Map of Ferelden Map of the Anderfels TACTICS: Loghain skills are as same as Alistair, he’ll Map of Occupied Ferelden replace Alistair as a powerful tank taking the frontline and REQUIREMENT In ‘The Landsmeet’ in can inflict a bit more damage than Alistair. He comes with Denerim champion specialization, which he’ll teach you if you ever SIDE QUEST None manage to raise his approval to warm or higher status. APPROVAL: As the senior most member of the team, Loghain talks very little. The only way to raise his approval is by gifts, try talking about Anora and agree he know what’s best for her, this’ll give you a little boost in the rating. MORRIGAN RACE Human After escaping from the tower of ishal, Flemeth offers her CLASS Mage daughter’s assistance to help you guide in the wilds. But SPECIALIZATION Shapeshifter Morrigan plays a major role rather than just guiding LEVEL Depends on your level and through wilds providing one of the four possible endings game progression after slaying the archdemon. GIFTS Black Grimore* Flemeth’s Grimore* TACTICS: Try to acquire blood mage specialty when dealing Golden Amulet with Connor, with this in hand she can become a nightmare Golden Demon Pendant to your foes dispatching them with her AoE spells and Golden Earrings curses. Her shape shifting abilities are good but as not as Golden Mirror* good as her magic. Golden Rope Necklace Tribal Necklace If you are planning to acquire her master shape shifting REQUIREMENT Complete ‘The Tower of skill then acquire arcane warrior in the Brecelian Forest Ishal’ in Ostagar instead of blood mage. If not then work on her paralyzing DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS SIDE QUEST Flemeth’s Grimore spells like cone of cold and crushing prison, with this you can freeze your enemies including the boss units and create an opening for your warriors to strike. APPROVAL: Morrigan is more of a practical type than a sentimental, she don’t like wasting time and money on foolish things and helping others with their headaches. You’ll get around -5 to -10 drop in her approval every time you try to help others. You can easily raise her rating by giving her gifts, which are available in vast number or by simply talking to her in the camp, for example: when she says she doesn’t believe in love and all, agree love is unnecessary and people only seek to gain more power. These kinda conversations give you huge boost in her rating. Morrigan will only leave your team if you turn down her offer before the final battle against the archdemon. OGHREN RACE Dwarf Oghren forces himself into the team while looking for her CLASS Warrior wife, Paragon Branka in the deep roads and decides to come SPECIALIZATION Berserker with you so that he can get good variety of ale. LEVEL Depends on your level and game progression TACTICS: Two-handed weapons works wonders with his GIFTS Ale berserker skill dealing massive damage to the enemies. If Alley King’s Flagon you are playing Orzammar in the final stages of the game Chasind Sack Mead then its fine, if not then you need to work a lot on his Garlbog’s Backcountry health since he’ll die with two or three critical hits from a Reserve moderate level foe. Golden Scythe 4:90 Black Legacy of White Shear Oghren’s best if you use him in the second row having your Sun Blonde Vint-1 tank taking all the damage and allowing him to strike from Wilhelm’s Special Brew behind, like I said increase his health then his berserker REQUIREMENT Complete ‘A Prince’s Favor/A skill and two-handed weapons expertise and he’ll become Lord’s Trust: The Second handy fighter in tough situations. Task’ in Orzammar SIDE QUEST Oghren’s Flame APPROVAL: Oghren likes to drink, yes he loves to drink more than his dead wife.