What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

It wasn't scary, the Sky. Just....Odd. Not having that feeling of..closeness. Not like I spent much time looking up in Dust Town anyway.

I like the weight of the weapon Duncan gave me. Rather spiffy, having a King's mace in my hand when I wasn't allowed to touch anything but the crappiest of weapons before. Not having to compensate for the lack of balance really makes a difference. The trip to "Ostagar" was probably uneventful for the human, but for me....wow. These things called "bushes" were taller than me, never mind the "trees' ! So many shades of green! the silks I'd spotted on traders carts meant for the Diamond Quarters didn't do green justice! The one thing I don't like is the cold. With so many Lava pits and streams and smithies in Orzamaar, even the chilliest times of rest weren't so bad curled up next to mama. (I guess human's call it "night"?) Here on the surface, though, I don't have anyone to curl up next to. Duncan's been so nice, I have't wanted to ask. Sides, men always get the wrong idea about staying warm. And the "sun"! So bright, Duncan told me to shield my eyes as best I could those first few days to protect my eyes from being burnt up.

Not knowing much of what was going on when we arrived at Ostagar, I leaned towards polite. Polite usually kept the kicks away. The ruins of Ostagar looked to be crumbling. So weird to see stone in such poor a shape. Met the human's king and even he was nice. That trader in the commons wasn't joking when he said caste didn't matter up here! I hadn't been spitted at for near three weeks! Although, seemed a lot of folk kept expecting me to sell them something. Weird, that. Well, all the humans were a bit weird but I'm very open to the idea of liking them anyway. Especially that Alistair, what a jokester. Daveth seemed to have a lot in common with me too, although when he flirted I nipped it in the bud. If I wasn't interested in Dwarven men, I wasn't going to tumble a human one. Besides, I think I could have picked him up and tossed him.

Saw magic and mages and met a Tranquil and a lot of human ladies in dresses were praying to some guy who wasn't even their ancestor. Fat chance he'd respond to people who weren't even family. Who knows. One of them asked me if I wanted a blessing, and I was like, sure, gimme. But she just waved her hands and spoke a few words and I didn't feel any different. Got a key to a chest out of a guy's bum, searched all the bushes and stone crannies for loot on the down low while everyone was so busy. Sold their own goods back to their own quartermaster! That was funny. They had these animals that were like small furry war brontos that was sick, and they was too afraid to touch him cuz he was tainted. Said I'd be good cuz I was going to be a Warden anyway and the taint wouldn't touch me if I got bit. Whatever; if I can handle a bit of bronto trampling, I can handle a small furry sick creature who's got a bit of teeth. So on the muzzle went, easy as you please, and when the guy asked me to get a flower and maybe I'd win myself a "Mabari" I got a bit excited. I'd never ridden a bronto before, wondered how the Mabari would handle it. Size wise seemed okay...

Then it was time to talk to Duncan and we got a job. Except, and I was relieved, it didn't require me to kill anybody that wasn't Darkspawn. Nice! I could handle that. So, we wandered all over the Konkari Wilds while Jory whined about cold and wet and Darkspawn lurking. Got some nice furry pelts from wolves I had every intention of making into a blanket for this damned "weather" up here on the surface. I may have tested everybody's patience, going through bushes and picking up everything. I dunno... Being a Duster all my life, no shame in making sure nothing went to waste and if luck were with you, you'd make some coin. Got some better shoes out of the whole deal too. Dead darkspawn don't need shoes and crazy enough, those genlocks are my size!

Then everybody was jumpy about this human lady named Morrigan. Maybe I should have been scared too, but I dunno. Jarvia was way scarier. And we talked to her mama. Her mama was a bit weird too. No slur in her words but she sure acted a bit drunk. But we got the papers, got the blood, and headed on back to camp. "Night" was happening by that point anyway, so it was good we were leaving the Wilds where there weren't any fires to light the way.

Then it was time for the Joining, something that could kill me supposedly. Eh... There were a lot of things that could kill me. I was sad that Daveth died, as short I knew him, and I saw Jory getting shanked a million miles away. He was too twitchy for all this secret ritual business to go well for him. Then it was my turn.

And when that Dragon filled my eyeballs, and the numb filled my limbs, that was when I finally felt fear. In the bright blinding pain that felt like someone was pushing daggers into my skull, the fear built up until I did wish for a death to make it end. I don't know how long it lasted, it felt like my whole life, but then it was gone, and I wasn't dead like Daveth. So...that was okay. Didn't feel much different. I was hungry, but that was always a fact o' life as far as I was concerned.

I groused at Duncan a bit. He'd mentioned death, he hadn't mentioned terror filled visions and excruciating pain! Warn a dwarf, won't you next time? But whatever. We went to some boring meeting where I got another job. Light a torch on some tower. These were some easy jobs they were giving me, lemme tell you. Alistair whined a bit though and I frowned at him. Soft life so far eh? We wasn't even being asked to steal or kill anybody that wasn't Darkspawn. seriously.

It got a bit chaotic after that, glad I was close to the ground already for all this rumbling. A couple fire balls knocked Alistair and I to the ground, but we lucked out, buz those that were closer were roasted crispy like nugs too close to the lava pit. Alistiar seemed a bit grim about all the dead bodies. I dunno, I see bodies all the time. Starved bodies, shanked bodies, half eaten by tainted spiders bodies. Every now and then the officials came down to dust town and made us clean it all up to cut down on disease or some such. Anyway, we got to teh tower, but the plan got all effed up, cuz there were Darkspawn up in that tower like you wouldn't believe and there wasn't even supposed to be even one! We were clearning the tower with some help from a mage and a solider pretty good. It was really weird and really cool to be weilding flaming weapons! but after we lit that torch, it just seemed to call more to us. or maybe they were filling up the floors below as we worked our way up... Thing was, I got a couple arrows to the chest. That really hurt, gotta admit, and I may have fallen to the floor. I was reaching for my mace, but well... my arm wasn't working very well. Guess that was it.

This was the best three weeks of my life. Not a bad way to go.

1) It takes place two years after the end of DA:I. Once you start it at the War Table, you can't go back.

2) The Inquisitor is directly depowered with the loss of their hand.

3) You confront Solas, with the option to forgive him or kill him.

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