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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 selling - 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.

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.

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.

Main plot
Assault on the Vigil Tower
Our valiant gray guard, who received the title of commander after defeating the archdemon, goes to the Erling of Amarnatain entrusted to him in order to restore its prosperity and protect it from the creatures of darkness. We are greeted by Lieutenant Mhairi, a girl soldier from the Vigil Tower Legion, who dreams of becoming a gray guard. As we approach the tower itself, we see complete destruction and traces of battle, and a moment later the creatures of darkness will attack us. It becomes clear that the tower has been attacked. We take out our weapons and fight our way to the interior of the tower. Along the way we save all the survivors (see quest "Survivors of the Vigil Tower"), we meet the magician Anders, who wandered into the fortress, running away from the templars, and our old friend from the Original, the gnome Ogren, who, having escaped from his wife, decided to become a gray guard. The four of us make our way to the roof of the tower and save Seneschal Varel. The miniboss at the end of the quest will be a talking spawn of darkness. We kill him and complete the quest.

Awakening
This is a global quest for the entire expansion. To complete it, you will need to complete a number of secondary quests in the main storyline:
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As soon as you recapture the tower from the creatures of darkness, King Alistair will arrive at the fortress, accompanied by a high-ranking templar and several soldiers. Talk to your best friend in the Original. You will recall your travels together a little, after which Alistair will entrust you with the mission of restoring the Erling of Amaranthine and strengthening the influence of the gray guards in it. Naturally, we promise to do everything in the best possible way. Then the templar will intervene in the conversation and ask to hand over the criminal to her for execution. We're talking about Anders. Alistair will invite you to decide the fate of the fugitive magician. You can simply keep it, or you can declare the right to call. If you go with the latter option, then Alistair will pointedly shut up the church representative. After Anders' fate has been decided, Alistair will wish you good luck and depart from the tower along with his entire retinue. And great things await us. First of all, we need to increase the number of gray guards. Seneschal Varel will offer you a rite of passage. As you remember from the Original, when Duncan initiated you, the ritual will require the blood of the creatures of darkness, a silver cup and 3 recruits. This time you won't have to get blood. The seneschal will also have the cup (he is a prudent man). You have recruits: Mhairi, Ogren and Anders. Begin the ritual. Unfortunately, not everyone will survive it (Mhairi will die).
After this, you will again find yourself in the throne room. Varel will introduce you to Mrs. Wolsey (she will take on the duties of treasurer) and to Captain Garvel (he will be in charge of everything related to the army and the protection of the surrounding lands). Each of this trio will have a task for you, the completion of which will help you complete the global quest "Awakening".

Minor quests
Survivors of the Vigil Tower
We simply save all the survivors during the liberation of the Vigilance Tower from the creatures of darkness (there are 4 of them in total, including the guy who will give you this quest). The main thing is to save the merchant, this will help you in the future.

First aid for the wounded
In the western part of the fortress courtyard, one of the soldiers will ask you to bring medicine for the wounded. The chest with these supplies is located in the southeastern part of the courtyard. Hurry up because the wounded may die.

Prisoner
As soon as you leave the tower on the street for the first time, a private girl will approach you and tell you about a thief who was caught the other day. Now he is languishing behind bars in a dungeon. Let's go there. The thief turns out to be the son of Rendon Howe named Nathaniel. For now, we will sort things out with him and talk about the atrocities of his father. The jailer will bring the Seneschal. What to do with the prisoner is up to you. The surest decision would be to declare the right to draft (in this case, you will immediately get a good thief into the party). however, you can simply give him his family belongings and let him go on all four sides (if you do this, you will later meet Nathaniel in Amaranthine with his sister, after which he can still be accepted into the gray guards). You can, of course, execute the poor fellow, but this is extremely stupid. One way or another, after you decide Nathaniel's fate, the quest will be completed.

Invasion from underground
Talk to Sergeant Maverlis. She will tell you that under the tower there is a network of underground passages, and since the creatures of darkness appeared in the tower suddenly, they most likely came through these caves. Perhaps they even lead to deep paths, but at the moment it will not be possible to find out, because... Thanks to the efforts of one crazy gnome-demolitionist Dworken (you saw him when they liberated the tower), the cave was filled with stones. You need to go down into the dungeons and reach the place of the blockage, getting rid of the remnants of the creatures of darkness. First, look into the room marked on the map with the inscription "prisoner's notes." Approach the statue of Andraste, and then pull the torch to the right of it, you will open a secret with a chest in which there are very useful things (one ring +4 to physique is worth something). Next, carefully examine all the rooms, free the prisoners from the dungeon, Anders and Nathaniel will approve of this. Then go to the wounded mabari and take the letter from his neck (take the quest "Adria's Fate"), with the help of Nathaniel, break into the old family crypt. In it, deal with the skeletons, search all the sarcophagi, find one key (you will find the other 3 later), then examine the bag in the center of the hall, take the Howe family bow from there (you can give it to Nathaniel). Leave the crypt and make your way to the rubble. There, talk to Sergeant Maverlis and the gnome architect Waldrick for the second time. They will decide to clear the rubble. The rubble will be cleared after you complete one of three main story tasks (your choice) and return to the Vigil Tower.
Venture into the deep trails. First, go north and complete a small task "Temple of Cort"(read more below). Then search the gem mine and fight your way through the undead and darkspawn along the only accessible passage, collecting the missing keys to the Avvar crypt. There will be no serious opponents until you enter the room behind the locked door. There you will be attacked by a ghost who fights very painfully with electricity. When he has a quarter of his life left, he will call upon the skeletons for help. Deal with them and take on the ghost again. He will not allow himself to be killed. When near death, he will be transported to a place where you cannot damage him (he will not damage you either). A beam will keep him in a safe place. We activate the device that removes the beam and free the ghost (the quest will appear "Ghost's Revenge"). The monster will fly away in an unknown direction, but we will see it again. Let's go further to explore the deep paths. Soon we will stumble upon the mini-boss of this location - the ogre commander. You will have to kill him 2 times, because... after the first murder, a ghost will take over his body. As soon as the enemy is defeated, Sergeant Maverlis and Waldrick will come down to you. Talk to them and seal the passage to the deep paths for the next 10 years. As soon as you reach the surface, the task will be completed.

Adria's fate
In the dungeons of the Vigilance Tower, when we go to the rubble, we will stumble upon a wounded mabari. We take a letter from his neck, from which we learn that a certain Adria and her escort were ambushed by creatures of darkness somewhere below. Let's go look for the girl. We will find Adria almost at the very rubble, but alas, by that time she will have become a ghost. We kill her in order to save her from suffering and complete the quest.

Temple of Corta
Having gone to the northern part of the deep paths on the quest "Invasion from Underground", you will come across an altar with offerings. Touch it and decide what to do with it. The options are as follows:
-donate a diamond or a golden idol (you can take it from a corpse lying nearby) and receive a two-handed ax “Fury” as a reward;
-donate corrupted iron (can be found a little further on the deep paths) and desecrate the altar (in this case there will be no reward;
-take donations worth 15 gold from the altar (in this case, the golems in the room will come to life and you will have to fight them).
For any selected scenario, the quest will be completed.

Ghost's Revenge
The quest is activated after the first victory over the spirit of the deep paths and its release from the ray dungeon during the quest "Invasion from Underground"(see above). After the second victory over the spirit (in the guise of an ogre), this creature will fly into the ancient Avvar crypt (the same one where we found Howe's bow). By the way, if for some unknown reason you have not been there yet (you could not open the first door), then the key to it can be taken from the corpse of the creature of darkness (lies near the gate welded by Waldrick). We go to the crypt and insert all the found keys into the keyholes to open the second door. We go deeper into the crypt. The ghost will inhabit one of the three Avvar lords guarding the ancient burial site. Deal with them. Collect all the goodies and complete this quest.

Oath of allegiance/Defense of lands
As soon as you enter the throne room for the third time, Seneschal Varel will inform you of a meeting with local nobles who want to swear allegiance to you. After the oath, you will have the opportunity to talk with three noble gentlemen. Two of them will beg you to provide soldiers to guard their territories: Lord Edelbrek for the village, and Lady Eknareth for the city. Talk to Varel about this. He will offer a third option: assign soldiers to guard trade routes. And so you will have 4 options for the development of events:
-protect farms - in this case, the peasant revolt can be easily calmed;
- to guard the city - there will be a riot with a fight;
-protect trade routes - there will be a riot, but in the fortress the merchant Uriah will have new goods (this will happen after a while), the peasants can be convinced not to rebel if you give them grain;
- to protect everything - nothing good will come of this, because you cannot chase two birds with one stone at once, much less three.
Decide what you want to protect, then approach Sir Tamra. She will tell you about the impending conspiracy against you (the quest is activated "Web of Conspiracy"). Now you can ask the seneschal to disperse everyone. Exercise "Oath of allegiance" this will be done.

Web of Conspiracy
During an audience with the nobility, Sir Tamra will tell you about the impending conspiracy against you. This is not surprising, because before you, the bloody bastard Rendon Howe was in charge here, and he had accomplices. Tamra will promise you to get the letters of the conspirators after some time, after which she will leave the tower. Talk to Seneschal Varel about the plot. He will offer you two options for solving problems:
-take into custody a family member of each subject from the local nobility in order to blackmail them into submission;
-go to Amaranthine, find the great spy called the Black Wolf and, with his help, reach the conspirators.
It's better to play the second option. The black wolf will find you on its own. As soon as you get to Amaranthine, the first ordinary city guard will tell you that a certain Wolf is waiting to meet you in the central square. Talk to him and give him 50 gold in advance. After a few days (just leave Amaranthine and enter again) he will return to the same place and tell you about the gathering place of the conspirators. Go there and kill everyone. By the way, the black wolf can also be killed after receiving the necessary information from it.
Note: This task can be completed in another way. Read more in the quest description below. "And you, Esmerel?".

The trial is coming!
The quest will become available as soon as you complete one of the three main story quests (your choice). Return to the Vigil Tower and talk to the private who brings you letters. She will say that Seneschal Varel is waiting for you in the throne room on an important issue. We go to the throne room and talk to the seneschal. We have to act as a judge and sort out three cases.
First thing
Peasant Alec stole 2 bags of government grain. According to the laws of Ferelden, theft of government property is punishable by hanging. You can do this:
- hang Alec;
-flog Alec with whips;
- conscript into the army;
It’s better to do the latter option, as it will be easier for you to peacefully put an end to the peasant revolt.
Second thing
Rendon Howe, former Earl of Amaranthine, promised the noblewoman Lisa Pacton of Sir Derren's lands because he opposed Loghain and Howe himself. Lady Pacton has official paper confirming her rights to this land, but Sir Derren is a long-time ally of the gray guards. You can do this:
-give land to Lady Pacton;
-give the land to Lady Pacton, but promise Sir Derren to compensate for the losses;
-give the land to Sir Derren;
-take the land for yourself.
The last option is the most acceptable, because you will receive 100 gold!
Third case
There are two options here. If you haven't figured out the quest yet "Web of Conspiracy", then events will go according to the first option, if you figure it out, then according to the second.
Option 1.
You need to decide what to do with the nobleman Temmerley, nicknamed Bull. he is accused of murdering Sir Tamra (the girl who told you about the plot). After listening to the dialogues, it will become clear to you that he is the killer, but there will be no direct evidence. You can do the following:
- release Temmerley;
- imprisoned for a very long time until all the circumstances are clarified;
-behead Temmerley.
Personally, I chose the latter, I didn’t like his face, he was a real bull.
Option 2.
The case of desertion. Private Danielle abandoned her post to save her family from the creatures of darkness. According to the laws of Ferelden, desertion is punishable by death, even in peacetime. You can do the following:
-execute Daniella;
-Put Danielle in jail for a year;
-allow her to move her family to the Vigil Tower.
The last option is good, but it will have a detrimental effect on the discipline of your soldiers. The first option will increase discipline, but will harden the peasants against you. Decide for yourself. Personally, I have always forgiven Danielle.
Once all three cases are dealt with, the quest will end.
Note: You don't have to make decisions yourself, but ask Varel to do it. In this case, there will be no consequences (neither positive nor negative), regardless of the decision made by the seneschal.

Peasants' revolt
These events will occur after completing any two quests from the main storyline. Returning to the Vigil Tower, you will see a crowd of peasants who will demand the opening of the fortress's grain warehouses in order to feed their families. You have several options:
-kill the peasants;
-convince them to calm down and give the grain;
-convince them to calm down and disperse;
The last option is most likely if you:
-they did not execute the peasant Alec during the task "The trial is coming!";
-gave the order to guard the villages during the mission "Defense of the Land".

And you, Esmerel?
This quest is one of the options for completing the task "Web of Conspiracy". You can get it if you did nothing to detect the conspirators. In this case, immediately after the suppression of the peasant revolt, an attempt will be made on you in the throne room. Varel will save you from the assassin's arrow. Then take out your weapons and kill all the conspirators led by Ban Esmerel and the Antivan assassin. Once all enemies are destroyed, the quest will end.

Trade must go on
During or after the Pledge of Allegiance, address Ms. Woolsey. She will ask you to expand the trading community in the fortress. Just invite all possible merchants to the Vigil Tower, convincing them in every possible way.
You need to find two merchants:
- Qunari merchant Armaas - can be found in the silverite mines of the Vending forest;
- Trader Lilith - you can accidentally put it on the map and recapture it from the creatures of darkness.
As soon as you invite both merchants, go to Mrs. Wolsey and receive 60 gold as a reward.

Price issue
Talk to the gnome architect Waldrik. He will gladly help you rebuild the fortress if you give him enough funds. To start, he will need 80 gold (the amount is not small, but it is worth it). Pay. A little later, Waldrik will need more building materials (see quest below).

Test of endurance
Once you complete the quest "Question price" and come to the Vigil Tower next time, Waldrik will have a new dialogue. He will complain that the local stone is not suitable for building powerful walls of the fortress. We need to find granite. You can find it in the Vending forest in its eastern part. We tell Voldrik about the deposit and promise to provide soldiers for protection. This will complete the quest.

Important element
In the fortress you will meet your old friend the blacksmith Wade from Denerim, as well as his assistant Heren. Wade is always happy to make some masterpiece equipment, but for now you will have to upset him and force him to forge weapons and armor for ordinary soldiers. For this, however, he will need good metals (veridium and silverite). You can find their deposits in your travels around the world. There will be three in total:
Veridius - in the dungeons under the Vigil tower;
Silverite - in the silverite mines in the Vending forest;
Iron - in the shopping district of Kal Hirola.
Just tell Heeren about each deposit you find. Once they are all found, the quest will close.

Give me a bomb!
Find lyrium sand in the silverite mines of the Vending Forest. Give it to Dworken and you will be rewarded with a powerful decoy bomb. The gnome will ask you to find more sand. The second portion of lyrium sand can be found in Kal-Hirol, the third - on the deep paths under the Vigilance Tower. Dworken will make two more trap bombs for you, and the quest will close.
Note: It’s better to give the portions of sand one at a time, otherwise a bug may occur with the quest freezing (the mark above the dvorken will not disappear).

Master's work
Wade wants to make some unique weapons or armor, but for this he will need unique ingredients. There are 3 of them in total and each of them will have a mini-quest associated with them.
Heart of the Forest
In the Vending forest, kill Sylvan the Old Man and take the shotgun from his corpse. From this ingredient Wade will be able to make you a bow or shield. To do this, Master Wade will need the following additional ingredients:
-butter (in the kitchen at the King and the Lion inn in Amaranthine);
-flawless ruby ​​(can be bought from Master Henley in the Amaranthine market or found in Kal-Hirol);
-veins (can be removed from dead mabari in black swamps);
-rune of the great lightning master (you can make it yourself).
Golem Power
In Kal-Hirol, take the plate from the corpse of the boss golem. Wade can make good armor out of it if you bring him additional ingredients:
-master's lyrium potion (you can't buy or find it, you can only brew it; Velanna can do it perfectly, and the recipe for this drink can be found in the sarcophagus in the dungeons of the Vigilance Tower, see the quest "Revenge of the Ghost");
-pure iron (we buy it in Amaranthine from the gunsmith Glassrick);
-wool padding (in a box near the entrance to the guardhouse in Amaranthine);
-blood lotus (these flowers grow everywhere, you are sure to find them).
Get down to work
Find an ancient dragon bone in the lair of the queen of the black swamps. Wade will make it into a one-handed or two-handed sword (your choice) if you bring him the following additional ingredients:
-diamond (can be found on the deep paths under the Vigilance Tower);
-fresh dragon egg (can be found in the silverite mines of the Vending forest);
-large fire protection potion (we buy from Uriah in the throne room of the Vigil Tower);
-rune of fire of the great master (you can make it yourself or buy it).
You can choose for yourself what bonuses will be in the sword:
1st parameter
Penetrating power
+2 to armor penetration, +5 to fire damage.
Mobility
+6 attack, +5 cold damage.
2nd parameter
Protection
+10 to defense, +10% chance to dodge attacks.
Attack
+15% critical/backstab damage, +3% critical strike chance.
Ease of impact
+50 to stamina, +0.5 stamina recovery in battle.
Wade's Choice
+3 to all stats.
Personally, I chose penetrating power + ease of impact.
Once Wade has completed all 3 masterpieces, the quest will be completed.

Velanna's dedication
"The Righteous Path". Ask Seneschal Varel to perform the initiation ritual. Everything will be successful, Velanna will survive. After this the quest will close.

Dedication to Sigrun
The quest will be available after completing the task "Last of the Legion". Ask Seneschal Varel to perform the initiation ritual. Everything will be successful, Sigrun will survive. After this the quest will close.
Note: complete the quests "The Righteous Path" and "Last of the Legion" before "Shadows of the Black Swamps", because otherwise, Varel may not have a line about the initiation of Velanna or Sigrun into the Gray Wardens.

Letters from a Private
A private girl at the gate to the tower will receive letters from the population. These letters will contain tasks for you. Visit her periodically with each visit to the fortress.
Kidnapped daughter
Lord Edgar Bensley asks to save his daughter, who was kidnapped by bandits. Follow the beacon on the map to the transaction location. You can:
-give a ransom of 30 gold to the leader - you will save the girl, but lose money;
-attack the bandits - the girl will die;
-convince first to release the girl, and then take the ransom - in this case, the girl will remain alive, and the bandits can be deceived and not give the money, after which they can be killed without risking anything (this option is only possible with the maximum persuasion skill).
Depending on the execution option, the reward will be different:
girl dead and bandits killed - 5 gold
the girl is alive (no matter what happened to the bandits) - 10 gold.
The reward for this quest is taken from the private along with a second letter (with thanks) from Lord Bensley.
Far away in the fields
You are asked to save a family of farmers from the creatures of darkness. We go to the new marker on the map. The village will be devastated, the inhabitants will be killed (there is no way to save them). Kill all the creatures of darkness in the area led by the ogre. After clearing the area, collect all the goodies and return to the private for your reward.
Rescue operation
This quest will appear after completing the first two tasks during your third visit to the Vigil Tower. Go to the coast and deal with the looters who want to steal goods from the wrecked ship. We kill the marauders, take the goods and return to the fortress to the private.