What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

After making progress in the Deep Roads and the Frostback Basin, Katriel went east to complete operations in the Hissing Wastes. She and her companions successfully eliminated the Venatori and Red Templar presence in the Wastes. Corypheus will not be receiving reinforcements from the West. Katriel also explored all the tombs in the Hissing Wastes including that of Paragon Fairel, retrieving some useful equipment. (What were Corypheus' cronies looking for in the Hissing Wastes? Rune schematics? "Superb" equipment?)

Gamer Notes: A particularly satisfying run at the Wastes this time. Two first for me:

1. fylimar I actually completed a Tevinter Mosaic! The one in the Hissing Wastes is called "Sacrifice." Gatsy was pleasantly surprised and gave me a "good dwarven perspective" on what it meant!

Although a completionist in the sense I like to do every quest, collect every shard, and solve every astrarian puzzle, I never bothered to backtrack for missing Mosaic pieces. Having read Gatsy's goofy write-up, I may try to complete at least one more!

2. I accidently solved the mystery of the "chanter in the dessert."

Wow, great. Thank you for letting me know. I think, I might double my efforts for those mosaics from now on. They are cool.

I confess, I did nothing in the DA universe today. I was busy reading the second book of the Timothy Wilde mysteries by Lindsay Faye and couldn't stop, until I was finished - her books are great
But I finally will try and make a human character for DAI, since I had to delete Lyra because of some decisions, I did not like, throughout the game (plus corrupted savegame, don't know why)

If your Qunari is female, you could always do Sera! 

I was watching a 20 minutes of play trailer thing of another game, Horizon Zero Dawn (I know, Blasphemy). And all the while I was like... Those dialogue options are pretty standard... I wouldn't date that guy...Is there even romance?

Hahaha the reason Bioware has ruined me for other games.

My last time through Trespasser, I spent at least an hour trying to catch one of those damned harlequins, and never did manage to do it.

I just now caught one accidentally. I was just running around looking for codexes when I ran into one almost literally. I didn't even realize I'd done it until my Inquisitor whistled out of nowhere.

@domi What was your character wearing when they entered the mine? Sometimes the ghouls can't equip the armor if it's too heavy for them. I think I lost a chainmail set from a rogue warden that way.
If you don't find the missing armor with the rest of the gear and are ready to make one last ditch attempt, try unequipping the armor off the one who keeps loosing it, when you enter the mine. It should then be with the rest of your gear which you'll get near the end.

@domi Were there only three who entered the mines? If you are not missing any armor, then your gear should be safe.

Yes, you will ultimately recover all the gear from ghouls/test subjects who are wearing them.  If you find some but not all, backtrack, they're there somewhere.  You didn't take Velanna with you?

I have never gotten the silverite mine bug. I know that's not helpful.

I HAVE missed Awakening companion quests because you have to time them right. And tht one I hate a way more than a pile of armor going missing. That expansion throws good gear at you so it's hard to be sad.

The smell and sound of burning logs exuded a heady aura of warmth that enveloped Ellenth as she sat before the fireplace. She had been craving for it every minute she was at the Deep Roads, just to get the dank, the damp and the rot out of her mind. Now back at Skyhold, she could only think of the images and questions from the journey into the Deep Roads. So much knowledge of the past had been lost. For the dwarves, it had seemed deliberate. Why would any one erase the Titans from their history? Could it had been not deliberate but an accident? She couldn't imagine what could have happened that could erase all memory of the dwarves' association with the Titans. It disturbed her greatly for she felt something similar might have happened to her people too unless she had been misreading Solas's comments.

He was so frustrating oblique and his manner confusing at times. Sometimes when he looked her, there was that angry and sad brooding. It was doubtful he was angry with her personally, she had a feeling it was the vallaslin. A subject that he shut down rather abruptly when she did manage to bring it up.

"Inquisitor." She blinked at the unexpected call.

Seeing her startled bemusement at the intrusion, Cullen explained quickly. "I did call. I thought you might want to see this." He handed her a parchment, watching her intently as she read the report.

She caught the interest and absorbed attention when she looked up. A small smile of amusement lit her lips when he pulled his eyes away. She could understand his curiosity since it was the first time he had seen her with her hair loose. Most of the time she had the upper layer tied back in a small ponytail. She probably looked very different to him. She lifted the parchment. "So nothing could cut through the walls," she said.

His eyes met hers and he smiled self-consciously. "The engineers are the best. Short of borrowing some Qunari black powder, I don't see how we can get back to the Wellspring."

"Then we don't. Withdraw all our forces from that location. Josie will just have to inform Orzammar that the mine is lost." She handed the parchment back to him.

He took the paper. "That'll pleased them," he said dryly.

"They're more than welcomed to try to get back in there themselves but I doubt the Titan will oblige them."

He turned to head back down the stairs and stopped. "Do you get the feeling that the past is trying to tell us something?"

She stared at him in surprise. "Funny, I was just thinking about that. Everything that had happened. Corypheus, my people, the dwarves, the Titan." Her shoulders slumped. She closed her eyes wearily and shook her head. "I feel as if something is reaching back from the past, something buried that is now returning to tear the world asunder." She opened her eyes at the touch on her arm.

"You should rest," he said softly.

"I'm not having flights of whimsy."

"I don't think you are but I should not have brought it up. Not at this time when you're so tired."

"And you're not?"

"I haven't been in the saddle like you have for the past weeks. You'll feel wretched if you don't go to bed now. I should tell you Josie has lined up a list of issues to discuss with you tomorrow, " he added and bit back a grin at her groan of dismay. "So, to bed." He pointed to the bed and hurried down the stairs but not before he gave her a parting kiss.

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I got a clipping issue at DD. Both BW and Dorian were stuck in the wall.



The music of DD holds a lot of feels. Especially at the end when the party returned to the main camp and see scout Harding's triumphant smile. "She always comes back." I feel the momentous adventure coming to an end and always let the music played out before mapping away.