What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

Thanks! I'll try that out. 

P.S. Now I'm getting this weird noise whenever I close the map or open anything; open, boom. close, boom. it's annoying.

P.S. II  I found the answer. Maxing out influence causes a bug. So opening / closing anything, even ESC, ... boom, boom boom boom, BOOM!

I bought influence from the Skyhold vendor (for the first time. I usually never bothered) because I forgot Deft Hands is a priority. I couldn't kill many of the dragons yet so that was the alternative. I didn't know 20 is the max. 

I'm also putting off Adamant. I'm not going my usual rounds in this PT. JOH is always after the main story and before Trespasser but this time, I'm finishing off every map before Adamant; thanks Solas. /sarcastic     I know he isn't going to have alot to say but a bit more after Adamant but I have to keep him around this time.

Morrigan is much more likeable in DAI than in DAO imo. I'm still mad though, because she thinks, she knows more about elven gods than my Lavellan. But I really can tolerate her more in DAI. She has lost her cruel streak there.
I hate the formal wear for the WInter palace. I wish, tehre would be a mod, that give companions better clothing too. I have one for the inquisitor - next time, I'll do taht quest, my characters will have a steampunk gown on - and that gown from the mod looks even a bit like the gown, I made for myself in real life.

Obsidian Gryphon : you can buy influence? There are still so many things to learn about DAI. And I'm with you about those dialogue interrupters - I hate that and I think, I will try that mod too

Great - thank you for that information. Somehow I missed him (I did that mission though)

deadlydwarf

Thank you for suggesting the mod. I have downloaded it after the first encounter with Morrigan in DAI. It's a really great and useful mod .
They really didn't Morrigan a favor in DAO, they should either made her all the way evil or just make her rebellious and sarcastic. Her portrayal is not consistent imo as it is. But she has a lot of fans, so obviously, it worked for most people

About the dressing: it's really sad, that none of the others can wear dresses, but I use them for my inqui nontheless, I'm not that selfless

I see no ears on my elf with the Cowl of the Overseer hat on, pretty sure. It dropped from that guy at Griffon Keep.

Weird, I hadn't known that. But you can tint the drops, I did on my cowl. I guess I'm just not that worried about slightly less defense, I like it's magic boosts anyhow.

Well, Claudia Blacks voice works for women too - I like her a lot. The only reason, I took Morrigan with me on some trips

I don't know, if the dress will clip, but I think, it will have some minor issues.

Here are pics on the balcony of Skyhold, since Riya will have a while until the Winter Palace:

As it is, my Inky and team are already overpowered! I shouldn't fret about hanging on to an underpowered helm when my PC has a monster stave and Tier 3 armor made from Tier 3 materials! (Perhaps I should give up shard hunting? How about requisitions? Does filling requisitions contribute to over-leveling?)

^ It's probably made of stretchable cloth.

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melbella , I understand what you mean about the elemental mines. I chose to go with the skill that scatter an enormous amount of them. I'm currently in DD so that is very useful against the hordes. BOOM x 10, everything goes flying. It's as fun as the crazy whirlwind.

The battlemaster rogue armor doesn't go as high as a warrior's version but it's pretty good. I think I hit the top with the dragonbone, etc. Although there's one armor that has higher stats (can't remember the name), I'm not going to use it because I dislike the design; looks all cloth that leaves an arm bare, I think it's an additional schematic that came with Trespasser. I prefer armor (metal / leather) that looks like proper armor, not something fashionable pretending to be armor. I'm old fashion yes but I'm also practical. 

The journey of Warden Commander Drako Amell, The Hero of Ferelden: (DA:O, DA:A, and Witch hunt)



The Chronicles of Tyros Hawke, Champion of Kirkwall:



The Path of Inquisitor Mason Trevelyan, Herald of Andraste:



The Journey continues,

With things settling into place here in Skyhold, I gather the war council to walk the grounds and discuss our next move. As we walk the main hall, Varric approaches and says he may know someone that can help. Someone with knowledge of Corypheus. He seems rather nervous about the suggestion, but we need all the help we can get. He sent out a message to his "friend" not long after Haven was attacked. His friend had already arrived and was skulking around the battlements. When I go to meet with this friend I see why Varric was so nervous. It was the Champion of Kirkwall, Tyros Hawke... Cassandra is going to kill that runt when she finds out. Tyros tells me what he knows of Corypheus. It isn't much to go on though. He killed the beast once before, but still he lives. How he is still alive is a mystery, but he can be beaten. The Dragon and the Elven Orb are new though. The Wardens held Corypheus in a special prison for centuries. I would have thought they'd just kill him, but... There is only one reason to cage such a monster... they couldn't kill it. There have long been rumors about why Wardens are needed to kill an Arch Demon. It is said that if any but a Grey Warden kills the beast it will be reborn through a Darkspawn. Only when a Warden strikes the killing blow does the Blight end. How exactly is a secret the Wardens have kept tightly guarded. What if Corypheus can revive himself the way the Arch Demons do. Is that possible? Too many questions. We need answers...

...Hawke says he has a friend in Crestwood that can help shine a light on why the Wardens have disappeared. The timing of the disappearance has raised many unkind suspicions. This is the best lead we have in finding answers to the questions surrounding Corypheus and the Wardens. I take my Leave of the Champion and rush to find Cassandra before she strangles Varric. I find them in mid tantrum. Never seen Cassandra so angry before. I do my best to calm the situation and send Varric off while I try to get Cassandra to cool down. The level of steam pouring out of her head tells me that's going to take a while. I talk to her for a few minutes before going looking for the rock Varric is hiding under. He's pouting and tries to apologize, but it's not hard to understand why he remained silent over Hawke's whereabouts. He was trying to protect his friend. I get the impression that there are few people Varric counts among his friends. I figure Cassandra beat him up enough. No need for me to pile on. After a quick check on things in the fortress, I take Varric, Blackwall, and Dorian to Crestwood. I would have brought Cassandra, but... not a good idea. For now at least...

...We get to Crestwood and find the place over run with undead and a giant rift in the middle of a lake. The lake use to be part of the town, but during the Blight the dam flooded the area and killed an untold number of people. The spirits pouring out of the Rift had no shortage of bodies to inhabit. That Rift had to be sealed quickly. Hawke and his friend would have to wait...

...We make our way to the town and find out what we could about the dam and if we even could drain the lake. The mayor said the controls were destroyed by Darkspawn and that Bandits had setup in the fort where the dam controls were. I could get some engineers from Skyhold to repair the controls, but we would have to clear out the bandits first. So we head for the fort. A defensible structure... for someone who knows how to mount a defense. The bandits did not. Breaking in was far too easy. There were no proper fortifications. Something else for the engineers to see to. We fight our way through the bandits and clear the place of them. The few we didn't kill made a run for it. Doubt that's the last we will see of them, but for now the Inquisition has a new base of operations for the area. once the reinforcements arrive we go looking for the dam controls. They were intact. In as good a shape as the day they were made. Either someone already repaired them or... Something is very wrong...

...While the lake drains, we go back to Crestwood to speak with the mayor. He's of little use, but I can't help but notice he is twitchy. He's hiding something, but the Rift is the pressing matter. Small town dramas are not the priority. So we go to the lake and make our way down to "Old Crestwood" Spirits roam freely though they seem less than interested in the world around them. More confused than anything else. I don't think they want to be here. The Rift is somewhere under the lake bed. We find some tunnels leading under ground. With any luck they will lead to the Rift, or at least get us close enough to it for miners to dig to where it is...

...After dispatching some of the Demons that filled the tunnels, we found the Rift. Bigger than most. Took some doing to weaken and close it. Once it was done, we headed back to Crestwood to inform the mayor. When we got there though, he was gone. A confession letter was all we found. He intentionally flooded the town during the BLight. He moved everyone who had become sick by the Darkspawn taint into the lower parts of the town and drowned them. We return to the fort and I have some scouts go looking for signs of the mayors trail. He would not escape justice...

...We restock on supplies and then go looking for Hawke and his Warden friend. A friend who turns out to be Loghain Mac Tir. Legendary Ferelden hero turned traitor sentenced to serve as a Warden fighting Darkspawn till the day he dies. Even so, he was a man not to be underestimated. Alone or with an army behind him, simply meeting him you could tell he was a force to be reckoned with. Loghain explains that the Wardens all believe themselves to be dying due to something called "The Calling". Not really sure what that is, but it is well known that all Wardens who live long enough eventually goto the Deep Roads to march through the forgotten places and kill as many Darkspawn as they can. It's a death march. This Calling is the sign to them that it is their time. They say the Wardens are immune to the darkspawn taint, but it is a poison like no other. Any exposed to it either die or eventually become ghouls. If all Grey wardens are hearing the Calling then it means they all believe themselves to be dying which means they are desperate. And desperate Wardens can be more dangerous than any Darkspawn horde when they think there is nothing left to lose...

...Loghain told us that the Wardens were hold up in an old fortress in the Western Approach in Orlais. We head back to Skyhold. If things go sideways, the rest of the Inquisition needs to know about this. Whatever the Wardens are doing, it can't be good. I wander the court yard trying to put all these pieces together in my head, but each scenario is more terrifying than the last. I see Cassandra sitting on a chopping log reading a book. She is usually hacking away at the training dummies. Made me wonder what had captured her so. And I do mean captured. She didn't notice my approach until I was right behind her and asked what she was reading. Turns out to be one of Varric's novels. Swords and Shields. His romance serial. I tease her about it a little as she is clearly embarrassed about me seeing her with it. Everyone has their guilty pleasures. She is consume by this little drama and is desperately awaiting the next in the series. Though she begged me not to tell Varric... No way I was going to be able to keep this from him...

...I talk things over with Varric and he agrees to finish his next book on the condition that he is present when it is given to her. She's going to kill me, but this is a moment that MUST happen. And it was a moment that was totally worth it. I didn't know her face could turn that red. Either out of anger at me or embarrassment. All the gold in the world couldn't buy this. Priceless...PRICELESS I SAY!