What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

Wow, you come along pretty well. The companions fetch quest, like Varrics red lyrium, aren't mandatory, you can skip them or use them, when you need more friendship with a companion. The red lyrium veins are hidden throughout the game, so you will not get them in one go. But Varric isn't mad, if you don't destroy them all (same with Solas and his ancient devices or Blackwall and his Grey Warden stuff, they are basically just fetch quests with benefits of friendship points)

I wasn't that happy with Sera (the rogue you did dismiss) too, but I got used to it. Vivienne (the mage in Val Royeaux) I liked from the beginning. Can't wait on your opinion of the Iron Bull. Do you use a mod to romance Solas with a Quanri?

If I'm not mistaken, Domi was talking about the meeting with Mihris for the quest to begin Measuring the Veil. 

Didn't know there's a mod for a qunari with Solas. That's very very very OOC for Solas. 

domi   Mihris, the elf you met while following Solas to the elven artifact, was the sole survivor of a Dalish clan annihilated in the DA book, "Masked Empire."  She's connected to the characters you'll encounter in the Winter Palace.  You won't see her again in this game.

I only was assuming, @domi uses a mod for the Solas romance (maybe you can clear that up, domi). I know, that there is at least another mod that allows Dorian to be romanced by females. I normally don't use those romance mods either, the only ones, I use, are dialogue fixes.

Thanks for the EG tips. I just finished the map (apart from the elven ruin) and I think, there is no single giant alive. And I seald teh fade rift with the fear demon. It must have been a glitch with the seven despair demons, now I had the fear demon, two despair demons and two wraith - that, my group could handle

Been playing Awakening, and, so, like, serious question for any of the trivia buffs:
Was one or more of the DA writing staff going through a really bad breakup during the development process?
-There's a "filthy adulterer" who's been lynched and hanged by vigilantes in the Knotwood Hills
-There's a guy who hung himself because he was "unworthy" as a lover.
-There's a Grey Warden who's dying in the Architect's lair and when you go to give his wife the news, it turns out she was cheating on him anyway and she just bad mouths him for it all.
-There's the girl who dumped her boyfriend that used a riddle game/treasure hunt to propose.

For as...compact as the game is, that's a lot of spite for romantic endeavors.

Omg, I thought the SAME thing!

I hadn't thought about it, but it's true!  And on top of it all, your PC can't romance anyone during the DLC either!  So yeah, someone was very disillusioned with romance!  (And I bet the same spiteful person designed the rune-crafting system as well!)

Frostback Basin

Cass speared the slab of fried fish on her platter and lifted it. "It smells really good. Where did you get the fish?"

"Some of the boys tried their hand with the fishing nets and lines at the lake. Caught boxes of them," said Sanderson as he went around with the wooden platter, carefully slipping large slabs of hot fried fish on the plates of each companion, with extras for Iron Bull.

Elwyn tried a piece. Crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. The flesh was sweet. Sanderson disappeared with the empty platter and returned with another.

"And here, llomerryn red to go with the fish," he said, spooning out the sauce from a bowl on the tray. He halted before Elwyn and bowed. "For the Inquisitor, a specialty."

Elwyn stared at the golden brown patties he slide on her plate. "Hearth cakes?" she said in amazement. She hadn't seen or tasted a hearth cake in months. Not since she left the clan. She wondered if they would taste the same.

"I hope they meet your satisfaction," Sanderson said with a faint questioning tone when Elwyn only kept staring at the cakes.

He was waiting for her to taste them, Elwyn realised. She took one of the cakes and bit into it. She blinked. "You used halla butter," she said in surprise. "How do you know we use halla butter?"

"Ah, a good cook cannot limit himself to one pot, one knife or a single spice. He must forever be learning or how else can he satisfy the demands of his trade?"

"Are you saying you can cook anything?" Cass asked dubiously.

"My lady." Sanderson turned to her. "I'm yours to command. What would you like for your morning break?"

She stared at him, stumped at the swift turnabout , unable to think of any dish. "Well.."

"Perhaps the Blessed Apple?"

"You can make the Blessed Apple??" she said in disbelief.

"I would not have suggested it otherwise."

"Very well. We shall have the Blessed Apple for the morning break."

"As you say, my lady." Sanderson bowed.

What was the Blessed Apple? Elwyn itched to ask but she was enjoying the hearth cakes too much to bother at the moment. Though the taste brought a rush of homesickness, she pushed it away and savoured the cakes.

"By the by, where has Varric gone to?" Dorian asked. "He's missing all the nice food."

"I saw him at the cook tent," Iron Bull mumbled, shoveling in mouthfuls of fish.

"What's he..," Cass began to ask when there came a loud crash. Everyone turned in the direction of the cook tent to see the line of soldiers to the food servers breaking up and retreating hurriedly. As one, the food servers rushed into the tent, fingers to their noses, hands waving at the air. "What has he done now?"

Iron Bull is odd, but I guess no odder than conscripting an Assassin that quite literally had just tried to kill you. "I'll still spy on you but I'll be friendly about it. " 

Not a flashback. Literally the future. Try not to think hard about it. *may DA never do another time travel story ever.* You will not remain in the future forever, promise.

The lack of elfroot kinda makes sense, doesn't it? Considering how wet it was, there could have been Deep Mushroom though.

Can't. Not. Recruit. Lol

I have a dwarf that I gave a guiding thought process. "If they try to kill you, ou must kill them. No mercy."

Realized by the end of Lothering it would require me to kill Zevran

I'll have to turn my eyes away from the screen ad kill him while he is unconscious

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Today Shira enjoyed the rain. First on the Storm Coast, then in Crestwood. Cole recited some poetry and Sera told a rousing story about trust. Shira also facemelded with Blackwall, had drinks with the Iron Bull and watched Cassandra beat the daylight out of Varric. The flycam also offered some new views, mostly close ups on the local dwarves and glimpses at Shira's troll face when she thinks the camera can't see her. So grand session all in all.