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1 Dragon Age: Origins 1 Dragon Age: Origins 2 Dragon Age: Origins Table of Contents Author’s Note ............................................................................................................................... 5 Story................................................................................................................................................ 7 Controls .......................................................................................................................................... 8 FAQ ............................................................................................................................................... 10 Codex ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Origins .................................................................................................................................. 10 The Warden’s Keep ............................................................................................................. 31 The Stone Prisoner .............................................................................................................. 31 Return to Ostagar .............................................................................................................. 32 Feast Day Gifts and Pranks ............................................................................................ 32 The Darkspawn Chronicles .............................................................................................. 32 Leliana’s Song ...................................................................................................................... 33 The Golems of Amgarrak.................................................................................................. 33 Witch Hunt ......................................................................................................................... 34 Companions ............................................................................................................................. 34 Gifts and Pranks ..................................................................................................................... 43 Legendary Items ..................................................................................................................... 47 Specializations ........................................................................................................................ 52 Walkthrough ............................................................................................................................... 55 Dalish Elf Origins – A Child of the Dalish ........................................................................ 58 Dwarf Commoner Origins – On the Streets of Dust Town ............................................ 59 City Elf Origins – Life in the Alienage ............................................................................... 59 Magi Origins – In the High Towers of the Mages ........................................................... 60 Human Noble Origins – The Couslands of Highever.......................................................61 Dwarf Noble Origins – The Prince of Aeducan .............................................................. 62 Joining the Grey Wardens .................................................................................................... 63 Tainted Blood .......................................................................................................................... 64 The Grey Wardens’ Cache ..................................................................................................... 64 After the Joining .................................................................................................................... 64 3 Dragon Age: Origins The Tower of Ishal .................................................................................................................. 65 Lothering and the Imperial Highway ............................................................................... 66 A Village Under Siege ........................................................................................................... 67 The Attack at Nightfall ........................................................................................................ 68 The Arl of Redcliffe ............................................................................................................... 69 The Urn of Sacred Ashes ...................................................................................................... 70 A Test of Faith ......................................................................................................................... 71 Gather the Army .................................................................................................................... 74 Broken Circle ........................................................................................................................... 75 Lost in Dreams........................................................................................................................ 76 Nature of the Beast ............................................................................................................... 79 A Paragon of Her Kind......................................................................................................... 81 A Prince’s Favor: The First Task ....................................................................................... 82 A Lord’s Trust: The First Task ............................................................................................ 82 A Prince’s Favor / A Lord’s Trust: The Second Tasl ...................................................... 82 Entering Jarvia’s Hideout ................................................................................................... 83 Anvil of the Void .................................................................................................................... 83 The Landsmeet ........................................................................................................................ 85 Rescue the Queen .................................................................................................................... 85 Captured! .................................................................................................................................. 87 Unrest in the Alienage ......................................................................................................... 87 The Final Onslaught .............................................................................................................. 89 Morrigan’s Ritual .................................................................................................................. 90 Defend the Alienage .............................................................................................................. 90 Hold the Gates ..........................................................................................................................91 The Final Battle .......................................................................................................................91 Side Quests ................................................................................................................................... 94 Ostagar & Korcari Wilds ...................................................................................................... 95 Lothering .................................................................................................................................. 96 Redcliffe ................................................................................................................................... 98 Haven ..................................................................................................................................... 100 Circle of Magi ........................................................................................................................ 100 Brecelian Forest ....................................................................................................................103 4 Dragon Age: Origins Orzammar ..............................................................................................................................105 Denerim ................................................................................................................................. 109 Party Camp & Companions ................................................................................................. 117 DLC .............................................................................................................................................. 119 The Warden’s Keep .............................................................................................................. 120 The Stone Prisoner ................................................................................................................ 121 Return to Ostagar ................................................................................................................. 122 The Darkspawn Chronicles ................................................................................................ 124 Leliana’s Song 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