After washing up on the shores of Par Vollen, Nadia and Drayden are tossed into a dark prison. With things looking grim, matters are only made worse when a dragon attacks the city, forcing a Qunari treasure hunter named Taash to step-up and battle the ferocious creature.
And here's the transcript for Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance | Episode 5: The Scales of Justice.
0:00 (MUSIC) NARRATOR: This podcast features adult language, 0:05 violent imagery, and mature themes. Listener discretion is advised. 0:11 (FOOTSTEPS) (PERSON GRUNTING) (BIRDS CHIRPING) (SQUELCHING FOOTSTEPS) (PEOPLE GRUNTING) 0:18 DECLAN: We'll veer left up at the fork, by that kapok tree just ahead. Lord Mondraine? 0:23 LORD TRISTAN MONDRAINE: (grunting) I'm coming, I'm coming. (FOOTSTEPS) MONDRAINE: Oh, holy maker in a bread pan, 0:30 how does anyone survive this forsaken heat? DECLAN: (groans) I know it's a bit hot but- MONDRAINE: A bit hot? 0:36 It's like we're walking through a fog made of butter soup. DECLAN: It will be cooler as we head west. 0:43 MONDRAINE: It better be. DECLAN: It will. (PANTING) (FOOTSTEPS) MONDRAINE: Hold on, I thought the map said east. 0:49 What are you playing at? DECLAN: Oh relax, Taash says west, and if you know her 0:54 as well as I, you'd know to take her word over a map. MONDRAINE: (groans) Well, excuse me if I'm 1:00 not quite as taken with her as you are. (FOOTSTEPS) I've been on this muddy, oh, disgusting rock for weeks. 1:08 And the closest I've been to treasure is the gold I keep handing to you and that Qunari. 1:13 DECLAN: (groans) That Qunari is the reason you are still alive. Without her, we wouldn't have even been allowed 1:22 to step on these grounds. I would show more respect. (FOOTSTEPS) (PANTING) 1:28 MONDRAINE: (groans) She might be good with an ax, but ugh, she's leading us in circles. 1:33 If you ask me, her eggs are a little soft-boiled. DECLAN: Her treasure hunting is an art, Lord Mondraine. 1:39 And I assure you, her instincts are a thing of beauty. 1:45 MONDRAINE: No, Declan, actually real art is beautiful and she and this place are not! 1:52 DECLAN: And what would you have me do? Mutiny against my friend? MONDRAINE: (groans) I would have you fulfill 1:58 your obligation to your employer. I hired you to find me a treasure, so take me to it 2:03 or the masters of Val Royeaux will hear of this! And the Lords of Fortune will be a thing of the past 2:09 along with that animal you call a friend. DECLAN: I would be careful with your words. 2:14 MONDRAINE: Or what? TAASH: Or you're going to die, right here on this muddy, disgusting rock. MONDRAINE: Oh, Taash. (FOOTSTEPS) 2:22 I, uh, I, I thought you were scouting ahead. TAASH: I was, now I'm back. 2:29 MONDRAINE: You must excuse my tongue. I merely got a little heated. TAASH: Nah, you were an asshole. 2:35 (MONDRAINE SCOFFS) (DECLAN STIFLES A LAUGH) MONDRAINE: Right, well, I still stand by the rest of 2:40 my remarks. I want my treasure and I want it now! TAASH: So stop talking and start walking. MONDRAINE: Excuse me, do you know who you're speaking to? 2:48 I apologized once, but I shall not bend the knee to some filthy- (AX CLANGS) TAASH: Shh! 2:55 (MONDRAINE STAMMERS) MONDRAINE: Now, now listen, you, I am still an Orlesian Noble and a, ooh, revered member of the court. 3:04 You don't have to like me, but you do! TAASH: I don't like you, don't have to either. 3:11 You're weak, slow, and you're getting in my way! (AX CLANGS) MONDRAINE: What...what are you doing? 3:17 Put- put that ax down. You hear me? Put it- (SCREAMS) (TAASH GRUNTS) 3:23 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 3:33 (MUSIC) NARRATOR: This is Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance. 3:39 Chapter Five: The Scales of Justice. 3:46 (WATER BUBBLES) (BIRD CHITTERS) MONDRAINE: What was that? What did you do? TAASH: Cleared a path to the treasure. 3:52 Shut up and listen. MONDRAINE: You mean we've been here the whole time? TAASH: We had to move with the sun. The shadows reveal the path to the Bloodfire. 3:59 MONDRAINE: Why didn't you say something? MONDRAINE: Oh! TAASH: I was busy. DECLAN: (groans) Like I said, better than any map. 4:08 (WATER SLOSHES) Well, are you coming? (WATER SLOSHES) MONDRAINE: Oh, into that stream? 4:16 It's more bog than bath water! DECLAN: I thought you were hot. (MONDRAINE GRUNTS) 4:24 (DECLAN CHUCKLES) MONDRAINE: Is this all a joke to you? TAASH: Shut up already, we're almost there. MONDRAINE: Almost where? 4:30 We're in the middle of a, oh, oh, damn swamp. I paid for the esteemed Lords (grunts) of Fortune 4:36 to lead me to the fabled ruins of Bloodfire Stones, sacred rubies and forged from the scales of a dragon. 4:44 (whimpers) And instead you've got me taking a mud bath! TAASH: If you don't relax, we're gonna feast on 4:50 Orlesian tongue. (ANIMAL ROARS) MONDRAINE: What was that? (MUSIC) 4:59 (FOOTSTEPS SQUELCHING) 5:05 (MONDRAINE GROANS) DECLAN: Taash, check out these stones. MONDRAINE: I don't like it here, it's eerie. 5:12 TAASH: Hold. (STOMPING) DECLAN: I think this is it, the summoning alter. 5:18 (TAASH SIGHS) (TAASH CHANTING IN FOREIGN TONGUE) 5:26 (TAASH CHANTING IN FOREIGN TONGUE) MONDRAINE: What are you whispering down there? DECLAN: Quiet! (TAASH CHANTING IN FOREIGN TONGUE) (MUSIC) 5:34 (TAASH CHANTING IN FOREIGN TONGUE) MONDRAINE: Andraste's tears! (laughs) 5:41 TAASH: Here's the Temple of the Lost Dragon. DECLAN: Oh, I never thought I'd see such a thing. MONDRAINE: (laughing) What are you imbeciles waiting for? 5:47 There's treasure to be had! TAASH: Lord Mondraine, wait! MONDRAINE: Wait for nothing. I've searched everywhere for these stones. 5:53 Now, we're finally here and I won't wait a second longer! (METAL CLANKS) What was that? 5:59 TAASH: You stepped on a trap, idiot. MONDRAINE: What? TAASH: Get down! (MONDRAINE GRUNTS) (ARROWS WHOOSHING) (ARROWS WHOOSING) (ALL GRUNTING) 6:10 TAASH: Anyone hurt? MONDRAINE: Oh, my arm! TAASH: Quiet! MONDRAINE: They shot my arm! 6:15 TAASH: Listen! MONDRAINE: I'm bleeding! DECLAN: I hear it too. MONDRAINE: I'm bleeding! TAASH: Shut up! DECLAN: Look, up at the trees, boulders! 6:23 TAASH: Another trap, step away from the center! MONDRAINE: Oh, Maker, I'm dying! (crying) DECLAN: Mondraine, move, now! 6:28 (ROPES SNAPPING) (BOULDERS LURCHING) MONDRAINE: Oh dear! (ROCKS CRASHING) 6:37 DECLAN: Dear mother! TAASH: Good riddance! DECLAN: Oh boy, you ever seen a man just pop like that? 6:45 TAASH: Yep. DECLAN: (laughs) Of course you have. You got a little, I don't know, spleen on your arm there. 6:52 TAASH: Ew, thanks. (DECLAN SIGHS) DECLAN: I don't suppose Val Royeaux is going to be happy 6:58 we let one of their nobles get splattered by a pair of boulders. TAASH: You suppose wrong. DECLAN: Come again? 7:04 TAASH: The court sent me a letter asking that Lord Mondraine regretfully and tragically finds himself unable to return to court. 7:11 DECLAN: The Orlesian Empire paid you to kill him? TAASH: No, it paid me to let him die. 7:16 DECLAN: Why didn't you tell me? TAASH: (laughs) The less you knew, the better off you were, just in case things went wrong. DECLAN: You did that for me, huh? 7:22 TAASH: Huh, don't let it get to your head. Now let's grab these Bloodfire Stones...Declan? 7:28 DECLAN: I really wish you would have told me about that letter, Taash. TAASH: Declan... DECLAN: I just couldn't stomach that fat slob 7:37 getting all the goods while we split the pennies he was paying us. TAASH: What did you do? DECLAN: I'm sorry, Taash, it's only business. (MUSIC) 7:44 QUNARI SOLDIER: Nobody move! DECLAN: Over here, the traitor is here! (TAASH GROANS) (QUNARI SOLDIER YELLS IN FOREIGN TONGUE) TAASH: Backstabbing swine! 7:50 QUNARI SOLDIER: You dare raise the ancient Temple of the Lost Dragon? Your actions are a disgrace to your people. 7:57 DECLAN: Yeah, Taash, not sure if you know this, but these are kind of sacred grounds. TAASH: Now you're really pissing me off! (grunts) 8:04 (THUD) (TAASH GRUNTS) QUNARI SOLDIER: Enough! Betrayal of one Qun is a crime against all Qun. 8:11 And you will answer for your crimes, dragon hunter. Human, many thanks for alerting us to this deception. 8:20 DECLAN: All in a day's work. Which reminds me, do you have my reward? (COINS JINGLE) (DECLAN GRUNTS) 8:26 (laughs) Well, I shall put this to good use in my village. I know it doesn't make up for her treachery, 8:32 but please know this will feed many children. QUNARI SOLDIER: Go now, back to your own lands. 8:38 TAASH: Enjoy your head while it's still attached, Declan. DECLAN: And yet you're the one under the blade, Taash. 8:44 See you around! (TAASH GRUNTS) (MUSIC) 8:50 (MUSIC) 8:56 (WATER DRIPS) (METAL BANGS) DRAYDEN KIEL: Hey! Hello? 9:03 I demand to speak with the ranking officer at once. My friend needs help! 9:09 (DRAYDEN SIGHS) (METAL CLANGS) Hello! I know you can hear me out there. (DOOR CREAKS) 9:20 QUNARI GUARD: Quit your barking, dog. DRAYDEN: Look at her, she's in bad shape. She needs help. 9:26 QUNARI GUARD: We sewed her wounds. DRAYDEN: But she needs healing, herbs, potions. 9:32 Her blood could be infected. QUNARI GUARD: And why would we waste our medicine on a pair of spying basra? 9:39 DRAYDEN: Oh, I told you, we weren't up to anything. We landed there by accident. 9:44 QUNARI GUARD: Oh, right, I suppose you just fell right out of the sky. DRAYDEN: That's exactly what happened! 9:50 QUNARI GUARD: Listen, one more outburst and we'll separate the two of you. This is your last warning. 9:56 (DOOR RUMBLES AND CREAKS SHUT) DRAYDEN: But! (groans) 10:03 (MOUSE SQUEAKS) DRAYDEN: Nadia? (NADIA WHIMPERS) 10:09 Nadia! Hey, it's me. I'm here, it was just a bad dream. Come on, breathe. 10:16 NADIA CARCOSA: Drayden. DRAYDEN: Easy there, let me help you onto this bench. There we go, nice and gentle. 10:22 NADIA: (coughs) Where are we? DRAYDEN: Par Vollen. NADIA: What, how did we wind up north in Qunari territory? 10:30 DRAYDEN: It would seem that Fade portal spit us deep into the archipelago right next to a camp of Qunari soldiers. 10:37 NADIA: Oh, please tell me you're kidding. DRAYDEN: I'm afraid not. NADIA: Ugh, oh. DRAYDEN: Hold on, let me fetch you some water. 10:43 You need to drink. (WATER SLOSHES) Here, take this. 10:49 (NADIA SLURPS) I've never seen anything like this place. They brought us inside some sort of pyramid. 10:56 We've been in this cell for two days. NADIA: (coughs) Two days? DRAYDEN: Your injuries were severe. 11:02 You've been asleep the whole time, shaking from nightmares. NADIA: My mind, it felt like I was stuck back in the Fade. 11:11 DRAYDEN: Yes, and as soon as you feel better, I want to talk to you more about that. I'm worried something may have happened to you 11:17 before Bellara and I caught up. NADIA: Wait, where is Bellara? 11:22 DRAYDEN: (stutters) I don't know. We jumped first. The tear was unstable. She said there was no guarantee 11:28 any of us would wind up in the same place. I just hope she made it. 11:33 I can't bear to think that she might have... NADIA: Died. DRAYDEN: I- I, Nadia. 11:39 NADIA: No, go ahead. DRAYDEN: Be careful. NADIA: You can say it. She might have died like Elio died. 11:44 Like everything in this flaming world is going to, because I took the Eye of Kethisca, because- DRAYDEN: Hey, hey, calm down. 11:51 I know you're upset, but you need to listen to me right now. NADIA: Listen to what? More of your fancy words? 11:57 Well, guess what? All the books in all of the lands won't bring back what I lost. DRAYDEN: Great Maker, I know you're hurt and broken, 12:04 but you push too far sometimes. It's not right the way you explode and thrust your pain upon everyone else. 12:10 NADIA: And what do you know of pain, of real loss? What, you think because people thought you were a peculiar child that you had it bad? 12:18 You think being a bit of an outcast can even compare to losing everyone you've ever cared for? DRAYDEN: Nadia, this isn't you. 12:25 Why are you being so cruel? NADIA: Because this is me! Don't you get it yet? I am irredeemable. 12:32 I'm a blight of pain and darkness. And if you allow yourself to get close to me, then you are going to die too. 12:38 Just like my parents and Vik and Elio, all of them. I can't lose anyone else, so just leave me alone. 12:46 (MUSIC) DRAYDEN: (sighs) You can hate me, Nadia. 12:51 You can yell at me or push me away. But you're not going to lose me, okay? 12:58 I am in this with you and we are going to finish it together. You are my friend, you stubborn ass. 13:04 And if you calm down for one second and listen, I could tell you that Elio isn't dead. 13:12 NADIA: What? DRAYDEN: There was nothing there, no body. When you pointed to Elio, I didn't see anything. 13:19 It was just the Fade messing with your mind. NADIA: No...no...I saw him die. 13:25 DRAYDEN: I warned you about this. It uses your memories, your feelings. The Fade will use everything against you. 13:32 NADIA: But it felt so real. DRAYDEN: I know how it seemed but he's- NADIA: He's...he's alive? 13:37 DRAYDEN: Yes, and as soon as we get out of here, we're going to keep hunting for the one behind it all. 13:44 NADIA: The Dread Wolf. DRAYDEN: The one and only. (DOOR RUMBLES) 13:52 (DOOR RUMBLES) (FOOTSTEPS) QUNARI GUARD: You two, step away from the door and 13:57 face the wall. DRAYDEN: Are those swords really necessary? QUNARI GUARD: They aren't for you. 14:03 (HEAVY FOOTSTEPS) In you go, traitor. TAASH: Yeah, yeah. (CHAINS RATTLING) QUNARI GUARD: And don't try anything. 14:11 Soldier, remove those chains. (CHAINS CLINKING) 14:18 TAASH: (groans) This place smells awful. QUNARI GUARD: Quiet or you'll keep those chains. TAASH: Go ahead, I'll just break them as soon as 14:25 you've gone. (DOOR RUMBLES AND CREAKS) 14:32 NADIA: I don't believe it. DRAYDEN: What? NADIA: I know that voice. Taash, is that really you? 14:39 TAASH: Carcosa? (MUSIC) 14:45 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 14:53 TAASH: Carcosa! (grunts) What are you doing here? (NADIA GROANS) DRAYDEN: Hey, careful! Put her down. 15:00 TAASH: Are you hurt? What happened? Who do I need to punch? NADIA: You wouldn't believe me if I told you. TAASH: With you, I'd believe anything. 15:06 NADIA: What's it been now? TAASH: (laughing) Ages. NADIA: It's good to see you. TAASH: And you. (DRAYDEN COUGHS) 15:12 NADIA: Oh, this is my companion. DRAYDEN: I am Drayden Kiel. DRAYDEN: Writer, scholar, and historian. 15:18 It is a pleasure- TAASH: Don't need your life story. If Carcosa likes you, I like you. DRAYDEN: I see. 15:24 TAASH: Remember our favorite dance, Nadia? NADIA: (laughs) You can't be serious. The Dairsmuid two step? 15:29 TAASH: (laughs) Better than sitting here doing nothing. NADIA: Yeah, well, as much as I'd love to, I'm in no condition to stage a jailbreak at this moment. 15:38 TAASH: Hey, uh, are you okay? NADIA: I am now. 15:44 It's just been a rough few weeks. TAASH: Want to punch the wall? It might help. NADIA: I'm good, Taash. 15:50 TAASH: Good, good is good. DRAYDEN: Perhaps I could shed some light on the more 15:55 dire aspects of our recent travails, you see- (ROCKS RUMBLING) (ALL GRUNTING) 16:01 (CREATURE ROARS) DRAYDEN: What was that? 16:06 TAASH: Dragon. NADIA: Is everyone okay? DRAYDEN: (coughs) I'm good. TAASH: I'm not. I'm stuck under a damn rock. 16:12 It's big too, even for me. NADIA: Drayden, come here, help me push this thing. DRAYDEN: Coming. NADIA: Okay, okay, on me, push! 16:20 (ALL GRUNTING) Hang in there, Taash! TAASH: I don't need a speech. Just move it already! 16:25 NADIA: (groans) Push! (ALL GRUNTING) TAASH: It's not budging, put some muscle into it! 16:31 NADIA: Just hold on! TAASH: If that thing circles back, we're all dead. NADIA: Taash, be quiet, Drayden push! DRAYDEN: Okay. 16:37 (ALL GRUNTING) NADIA: I have an idea. 16:43 Drayden, grab that post over there. DRAYDEN: Got it. NADIA: Good, good, now wedge it under the rock. 16:49 (DRAYDEN GROANS) Now, when I say now, drop back with all your weight...now! 16:54 (ALL GRUNTING) DRAYDEN: It's moving! NADIA: One more push! (ALL GRUNTING) 17:00 (ROCK RUMBLES) We did it! (ALL PANTING) TAASH: Now let's get out of this death trap. 17:06 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 17:12 (DRAGON SCREECHES) (ROCKS CRUMBLING) 17:23 (VILLAGERS SCREAMING) DRAYDEN: Maker help us. NADIA: It's razing the entire city. 17:30 TAASH: Oh great. NADIA: What? TAASH: It's a Gamordan Stormrider. DRAYDEN: Is that bad? TAASH: It definitely ain't good! 17:36 DRAYDEN: Watch out! (DRAGON ROARS) TAASH: Take cover under that aqueduct over there. NADIA: No, wait, hold here! 17:41 (DRAGON SCREECHES) It's coming back for another pass. (VILLAGERS SCREAMING) (BUILDINGS RUMBLING) 17:48 TAASH: So much for the aqueduct. NADIA: That was a close one. DRAYDEN: Oh no, look! NADIA: What? DRAYDEN: That child is pinned down out there all alone. 17:55 NADIA: Where? DRAYDEN: There! QUNARI CHILD: (distant) Help, help! NADIA: You two, wait here. Taash, get ready. TAASH: I'm always ready. 18:01 DRAYDEN: Nadia, I can help. NADIA: You help by staying put. If we both go, we could both get hurt. If I go down, then you come, got it? 18:07 DRAYDEN: Okay, got it, but be careful. (NADIA PANTS AND GRUNTS) 18:13 DRAYDEN: Nadia, behind you! (NADIA GRUNTS) NADIA: Maker, can one thing be easy, one? 18:20 QUNARI CHILD: Help, help! (NADIA PANTS AND GRUNTS) 18:25 QUNARI CHILD: Run, enemy! NADIA: No, no, no, I'm here to help, little one, friend. 18:30 I'm (stammers) a- Maker, what's the word for friend? Kadan, kadan! QUNARI CHILD: Kadan? 18:38 NADIA: Yes, Kadan, now come on. I've got to get you out of this rubble. (NADIA GRUNTS) 18:46 Almost there kid, just got to move this big one. (NADIA GRUNTS) (RUBBLE CLACKING) 18:54 Don't worry, I got you. (CHILD CRIES) Shh. (in foreign tongue) Taashath. Taashath. 19:00 (DRAGON SCREECHES) DRAYDEN: It's headed right for them. TAASH: Move! DRAYDEN: What? 19:06 TAASH: Move! I need that soldier's spear. DRAYDEN: Oh, there's no way you're going to hit that dragon from here. TAASH: Watch me. (grunts) 19:13 (TAASH GRUNTS) (SPEAR WHOOSHES) (MUSIC) 19:20 (SPEAR SQUELCHES) (DRAGON SCREECHES) (DRAGON GROANS) 19:28 (VILLAGERS CHEERING) (ALL PANTING) 19:35 TAASH: You two make it? NADIA: We're good, thanks Taash. You saved me and this little one. 19:40 TAASH: We're all safe...for now. KITHSHOK: Stop those prisoners immediately! 19:46 TAASH: Not too soon. (SWORDS CLANGING) (MUSIC) 19:54 (VILLAGERS CHATTERING) KITHSHOK: Move and you die. 20:00 DRAYDEN: Who's that? TAASH: I think it's a Qunari general, a Kithshok. KITHSHOK: You! Dragon hunter! 20:06 TAASH: Me? KITHSHOK: You're the one who disturbed the Temple of the Lost Dragon. 20:12 You caused all of this. DRAYDEN: In case you didn't notice, she's the one who just saved us. 20:19 KITHSHOK: This does not concern you, human. NADIA: But- KITHSHOK: If either of you speaks again, you will 20:25 taste my blade. (BLADE CLANGS) QUNARI CHILD: Kadan, kadan, she saved my life! 20:31 She is kadan. KITHSHOK: What's this? QUNARI CHILD: She is. DRAYDEN: It's true. Nadia ran into the path of the dragon's attack 20:37 and saved the little one. KITHSHOK: You...risked your life for a Qunari child? 20:45 NADIA: I would risk my life for any child. KITHSHOK: Yet you would not get the same kindness in return? 20:51 NADIA: That sounds like something you should probably think about. DRAYDEN: Does that not prove our intentions? 20:56 We are not the enemy. KITHSHOK: Intentions matter not when weighed against the consequences. 21:06 The bas can go free, but this one will hang. NADIA: Wha-! No! KITHSHOK: This is not up for debate. 21:13 NADIA: Wait, what if we take care of the Stormrider? KITHSHOK: (scoffs) As if you could. 21:20 TAASH: Nadia. NADIA: Taash, you're the greatest dragon slayer in all of Thedas. The Stormrider, can it be killed? 21:26 TAASH: Anything that bleeds can die. NADIA: So what do you say then? We kill your beast, we all go free. 21:33 KITHSHOK: And how would you do this? TAASH: With my ax. NADIA: Taash. TAASH: (scoffs) Fine, it's already retreated across the sea. 21:39 So we'll need a ship, some soldiers, and lots of luck. (HEAVY FOOTSTEPS) 21:47 KITHSHOK: You will take a dreadnought and sail with the Karasaad. You will either kill the Stormrider or 21:55 it will kill you. The Qun will decide your fate. 22:00 TAASH: (scoffs) Right, the Qun. NADIA: (whispers) Hey Taash, you got this? 22:06 TAASH: Yep, just another day in paradise. NADIA: You know one of these days, we'll have to meet up and just have a nice ale or something. 22:12 TAASH: (laughs) Could you imagine? DRAYDEN: Not to interrupt, but is this a bad time to mention I get seasick? 22:19 NADIA: (scoffs) Drayden... (MUSIC) 22:26 (MUSIC) (THUNDER BOOMS) (QUNARI ROWERS CHANTING) 22:34 (QUNARI ROWERS CHANTING) 22:39 (BOAT CREAKING) (QUNARI ROWERS CHANTING) DRAYDEN: It's raining pretty hard. 22:46 Sure you don't want to head below? NADIA: I'm fine here. 22:51 DRAYDEN: How are you doing? NADIA: I don't know. I'm up, I'm down. 22:57 My mind is scattered. I know you said it wasn't real and I want to believe you, but I- 23:03 DRAYDEN: Stop listening to that doubt. It's just the Fade haunting you like a ghost 23:08 twisting your heart and whoa, bending your world. 23:14 NADIA: The ring! DRAYDEN: What? NADIA: Elio's ring. I never got it back from Flicker. 23:21 So that's gone now too. DRAYDEN: Hmm. NADIA: What? 23:27 DRAYDEN: That actually might not be the worst thing. NADIA: Excuse me? DRAYDEN: (groans) Remember what Bellara said? 23:35 That ring was our guide. All the memories and magic tied to its existence, 23:41 it was like a beacon. So it wasn't just leading us to Elio. 23:47 NADIA: It was leading Elio to us. DRAYDEN: Precisely! Which means wherever he is, 23:53 he knows you're alive and he knows you're looking for him. 24:00 NADIA: You're a good friend, Drayden. DRAYDEN: Ooo, friend. I thought I was your companion. 24:06 NADIA: Don't make this weird. DRAYDEN: Whoa! NADIA: Hey, you okay? 24:11 DRAYDEN: Yes, I'm...I'm- (retches) NADIA: Ugh, damn it, come on! 24:17 DRAYDEN: Sorry. (HORN BELLOWS) 24:23 TAASH: There, the dragon's lair is across that shore. She'll be asleep at this hour. DRAYDEN: She? 24:29 TAASH: The ridges and coloration of her spine. When she attacked, I got a good look. NADIA: And I assume waking her up would be a bad idea? 24:37 TAASH: Yep. DRAYDEN: I've never seen so much white sand. TAASH: (chuckles) That ain't sand, kid. 24:42 DRAYDEN: Oh. NADIA: That's a lot of bones. TAASH: That's a lot of dragon. 24:49 (DRAGON SHRIEKS) Oh crap. NADIA: I thought you said she was asleep. 24:54 TAASH: She is, that's not her. Stormrider has a nest, probably their first hunt. 25:00 Huh, this was never about the temple. DRAYDEN: Taash, look out! There's three of them. (DRAGON SCREECHES) QUNARI SOLDIER: Abort, abort! 25:08 (SOLDIERS SCREAMING) TAASH: Stay back! The rain can catch their lightning breath, making it burst out in webs. 25:15 QUNARI LIEUTENANT: The smaller ones are looping back, what do we do? DRAYDEN: Taash? TAASH: Hold on, I'm thinking. 25:20 (TAASH PACES) (DRAGON SCREECHES) How much gaatlock we got? QUNARI LIEUTENANT: We're stocked to the gills. 25:25 TAASH: Take the cannons off the riggings and aim high. We need to scorch the sky. QUNARI LIEUTENANT: What? Those cannons weigh 25:31 five hundred pounds! TAASH: I thought you guys were tough? (RUNNING FOOTFALLS) QUNARI LIEUTENANT: Karasaad, man the cannons! 25:38 DRAYDEN: What's gaatlock? TAASH: Qunari explosives. Hate their politics, but love their guns. 25:43 QUNARI SOLDIER: Watch out! It's landing on the ship! (THUD) NADIA: Drayden, dive! (DRAYDEN GRUNTS) 25:48 (ELECTRICITY CRACKLES) (ALL GRUNT) DRAYDEN: (stutters) I'm okay. NADIA: Get behind me! (DAGGERS CLINKING) 25:54 That's right, you little bastard. You want some breakfast? You're going to have to go through me! (DRAGON SCREECHES) 26:00 I am not afraid of you! (DRAGON SCREECHES) Though, I would love some advice on how to kill this thing, Taash! 26:06 TAASH: Under the jaw! The scales are still thin on the young ones. NADIA: Got it. (SWORD CLANGS) DRAYDEN: What do you say? 26:13 Want to teach me that two-step? NADIA: It'd be my pleasure. On me! (grunts) (ALL GRUNTING) 26:19 TAASH: We're almost ready! (SWORDS CLASHING) NADIA: Don't worry about me. You just get those cannons going! TAASH: No, you're the one who brought daggers to 26:26 a dragon fight. (DAGGERS SLASHING) NADIA: I'm sorry, do we need to talk about the time we fought the undead 26:32 in the tombs beneath Clagan's Hollow? TAASH: That's not fair, you know, I don't like corpses. DRAYDEN: We are all going to be corpses if you two 26:37 don't focus! (NADIA GRUNTING) (SWORDS CLANGING) NADIA: It's going to crush me! 26:44 DRAYDEN: Yah! Remove yourself from her, you wretch! NADIA: Drayden, watch out for its tail! 26:49 DRAYDEN: Ugh! Ahhh! (TAIL SWATS) (DRAYDEN CRIES OUT) (DRAYDEN GRUNTS) NADIA: Taash! DRAYDEN: Nadia! 26:54 DRAYDEN: I think it's going to fry me. NADIA: Taash! Now would be a good time. TAASH: I see your lightning, now feel my fire! 27:02 (DRAGON SCREECHES) Ataash! (CANNON UNLOADS) (EXPLOSIVE WHOOSHES) 27:09 (ALL PANTING AND GASPING) DRAYDEN: Nadia, are you all right? NADIA: (groans) Yeah, I'm good. 27:15 But "now feel my fire", seriously? TAASH: What? 27:21 NADIA: That was terrible. TAASH: You're crazy, it was great. DRAYDEN: It was a little rough, Taash. TAASH: Ah, piss off, the both of you. (laughs) 27:28 NADIA: Thanks though, you saved me again. TAASH: All right, all right, let's not get all mushy. 27:33 Fighting's not done. NADIA: And you too, Drayden, thanks. DRAYDEN: Guess you had some dance moves left over after all. 27:39 QUNARI SOLDIERS: Fire! Fire! TAASH: That's it! Blast everywhere. The explosions will make them dizzy and confused. 27:45 (EXPLOSIVES WHOOSH) QUNARI LIEUTENANT: It's working! A second beast drops from the sky! 27:50 TAASH: Keep firing! QUNARI LIEUTENANT: Nehraa Qun! QUNARI SOLDIERS: Fire! Fire! (TAASH GRUNTS) (PROJECTILES WHOOSHING) (DRAGON SCREECHES) 27:57 QUNARI LIEUTENANT: The last one. It flees! NADIA: Well, I'll be damned. We might actually survive this. 28:04 (DRAGON ROARS) TAASH: Oh crap, mom's awake. 28:10 DRAYDEN: And you talk about me jinxing things! NADIA: Sorry! TAASH: Stormrider! Everyone take cover! 28:16 (ALL GRUNTING) (SOLDIERS SCREAMING) 28:24 DRAYDEN: Holy Maker... NADIA: If that Stormrider comes back for another strafing run, we are not going to survive. 28:29 We need to fall back. TAASH: Impossible. We can't outrun the Stormrider. It'll kill us all. I need to kill it. 28:35 I need a cannon. NADIA: What are we supposed to do against that thing? TAASH: Not we. (TAASH GRUNTS) DRAYDEN: What are you doing? 28:41 TAASH: The gaatlock is strong enough to break through its scales, but not from this distance. Nadia, hand me that satchel. 28:46 (TAASH GRUNTS) DRAYDEN: You just put a hundred pounds of gaatlock on your back, Taash. 28:51 TAASH: Should I grab more? NADIA: Taash! TAASH: (laughs) Just kidding, Carcosa, but you and the mouth here should prepare to jump in in case this goes sideways. 28:59 NADIA: We aren't going anywhere. TAASH: Suit yourself. And you, soldiers, when the dragon circles back, aim the cannons above it. 29:06 Just like before, got it? (SOLDIERS YELL) DRAYDEN: Isn't she too big to be affected by the shock waves? 29:11 TAASH: Yep, but I need her flying low if I'm going to jump on. NADIA: Sorry, did you say jump on? TAASH: How else am I going to get this satchel around 29:17 her neck? NADIA: You are insane! This is a suicide mission! TAASH: So is staying here. 29:22 NADIA: Ugh, fine, good luck, Taash. TAASH: Thanks, but don't jinx me! Cannons ready! 29:28 (MUSIC) (METAL BANGING) QUNARI SOLDIER: Ready. TAASH: Fire! QUNARI SOLDIERS: Fire! (SOLDIERS YELLING) 29:34 (PROJECTILES WHIZZING) (DRAGON GROWLING) TAASH: Again! QUNARI SOLDIERS: Fire! (CANNON BLASTS) (DRAGON ROARS) 29:39 TAASH: Light them up! (SOLDIERS GRUNTING) (CANNON BLASTS WHOOSHING) NADIA: It dived! She's taking the bait! 29:46 (DRAGON SCREAMS) DRAYDEN: She did it! She's on its back! 29:52 NADIA: I don't believe it. (TAASH GRUNTS) QUNARI LIEUTENANT: Hold fire! 29:57 NADIA: Come on, Taash, come on! (ELECTRICITY CRACKLES) (EXPLOSION) 30:02 (TAASH GRUNTS) (DRAGON SCREECHES) (TAASH GRUNTS) (DRAGON SCREECHES) 30:09 (WIND WHOOSHES) (EXPLOSION BOOMS) 30:16 (DRAGON ROARS WEAKLY) (BODY SPLASHES) 30:23 QUNARI LIEUTENANT: It's dead! (WAVES CRASHING) (ALL CHEERING) NADIA: Do you see Taash? Where is she? Taash! Taash! 30:31 DRAYDEN: There, I see her! NADIA: Where? DRAYDEN: There, beyond that wave. NADIA: Let down a lifeboat! We have to find her. 30:36 QUNARI LIEUTENANT: Rescue teams, secure the Dragon Hunter! NADIA: Wait, I'm coming too! DRAYDEN: Well if you're going, I'm going. 30:43 (RAPID FOOTSTEPS) (PULLEYS CRANKING) QUNARI SOLDIER: Release the hooks! (HOOKS CLANKING) 30:48 (ROPES WHIZZING) (BOAT SMACKS THE WATER) (WATER SLOSHING) (MUSIC) 30:56 (SOLDIERS ROWING AND CHANTING) 31:02 NADIA: Over there! TAASH: (distant) Over here! NADIA: Come on! QUNARI SOLDIER: Drag the oars and slow down. 31:10 TAASH: A little closer and I can grab the side. NADIA: Help her up! QUNARI SOLDIER: Get her up here. (WATER SLOSHING) (SOLDIER GRUNTING) 31:15 (BODY THUDS) (TAASH GRUNTS) (TAASH COUGHING UP WATER) TAASH: God, what took you so long? 31:21 Oh, that water smelled terrible. NADIA: If you're gonna be like that, we can put you right back where we found you 31:27 with whatever smelled so bad. TAASH: I would come for your entire bloodline. (BOTH LAUGHING) DRAYDEN: Look! Back on the ship! 31:33 (MUSIC) NADIA: (chuckles) You did it, you really did it. 31:39 TAASH: Nah, we did it. (MUSIC) 31:48 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 31:58 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 32:07 (MUSIC) NARRATOR: Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance 32:14 is a production of Electronic Arts in association with Pod People. Based on the award-winning 32:19 video game franchise from BioWare. Learn more about the world of Dragon Age 32:25 and its latest game Dragon Age: The Veilguard by visiting dragonage.com. 32:31 Rated M for mature. Directed by Matt Sav. 32:39 Written by Will Melton and Jeremy Novick. Featuring the voices of Mae Whitman as Nadia, 32:49 Brigette Lundy-Paine as Drayden, Armen Taylor as Elio, 32:55 Jin Maley as Taash. Additional voices by Sabrina Fest, 33:03 Roslyn Gentle, Damien Gerard, Jillian Kinsey, Daniel Lench, 33:11 Isaac Gonzalez Rossi, Sean Thomas Simmons, Charles Halford, 33:18 and Brandon Gill as Narrator. Creative and narrative direction by Todd Stallkamp. 33:26 BioWare narrative development and support by Mary De Marle and John Epler. 33:32 Editorial direction by Will Melton. Producers for Electronic Arts, Alex Bader and Chris Beckett. 33:42 Production Management by Bryan Rivers. Assistant direction by Ashton Carter. 33:49 Story development by Todd Stallkamp, Will Melton, Matt Sav, and Jeremy Novick. 33:57 Associate producing and script supervision by Hannah Rae Leach. 34:03 Casting by Alaine Aldaffer, Lisa Donadio, Lindsey Ploussard and Alex Vikmanis. 34:11 Sound design by Michael Aquino, Morgane Fouse, and Carter Wogahn. 34:18 Dialogue editing by Michael Aquino and Carter Wogahn. 34:24 Mixing and Mastering by Morgane Fouse. Featuring original music by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe. 34:33 Executive Producers for Pod People, Matt Sav and Rachael King. 34:38 Electronic Arts brand and marketing leads, Kari Hale and Olivier Tse. 34:45 Electronics Arts Design, Hugo Ugaz and Jacob Meyer. 34:51 BioWare special thanks to Ashley Barlow, Cody Behiel, Hilary Hidey, Steve Lam, 34:59 Crystal McCord, and Patrick Weekes. Electronic Arts special thanks to Kevin Maher, 35:08 Jacklyn Gilson, Rick Dressler, Marcie Galea, 35:14 Krysta Trezise, Joe Gatdula, Jon Bailey, Greg Joson, and Ritual Khanna. 35:23 Dragon Age: The Veilguard, a single-player RPG, launches Fall 2024 on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. 35:33 Begin your adventure at dragonage.com. Rated M for mature. 35:41 NARRATOR: Next time on Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance. DRAYDEN: Something is definitely wrong. 35:46 SPEAKER 1: It was about a year ago, darkness had come to Antiva. SPEAKER 2: Retreat! 35:52 SPEAKER 3: Soldier, calm down-hey! (MAN CRYING) SPEAKER 2: Ghosts! There are ghosts in there! 35:59 SPEAKER 4: Fields of crops rotten overnight, terrible storms, earthquakes swallowing villages, 36:05 drummed up all sorts of rumors, demons, spirits, the Fade. 36:11 DRAYDEN: I think the painful emotions you're experiencing in these dreams are a reflection of what Elio is feeling on the other side. 36:19 And if they keep getting stronger? 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Remember, remember the Palace of Winter, the Qunari gaatlok attack. I know plenty of reasons, why Fen’Harel’s treason should end with a knife in his back.
Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance | Episode 7: The Demon that Came Knocking
It’s a race against the clock as Nadia rides to Nevarra to find a cure for Drayden, but a dangerous storm delays her journey. However, as fate would have it, Nadia meets a necromancer named Emmrich and, together, they take shelter in what they think is an abandoned castle.
0:02 NARRATOR: This podcast features adult language, violent imagery, and mature themes. Listener discretion is advised. 0:09 (MUSIC) (DRAYDEN COUGHING) 0:16 NADIA CARCOSA: Wake up, Drayden, wake up! Don't you dare leave me, Drayden! LUCANIS DELLAMORTE: Quick, get them on the table. 0:22 ELIZA: Let me clear it off. (OBJECTS CLATTERING) NADIA: Come on, wake up! LUCANIS: Nadia, we must move them. 0:27 NADIA: (panting) Okay, okay. LUCANIS: Easy does it. (BOTH GRUNTING) (BODY THUDDING) ELIZA: Oh, we've got to pull the dagger out. 0:33 LUCANIS: Eliza, please grab some rum and clean clothes. ELIZA: Right away. LUCANIS: Someone hold their feet. LILLEMAR: I've got them. 0:39 LUCANIS: Nadia, I need you to lock their shoulders down. Make sure they do not squirm. If they move, it could deepen their wound. 0:44 NADIA: I've got them. Just hurry up and yank that dagger out. LUCANIS: Everyone ready? ALL: Mmmhmm. Yeah. LUCANIS: And now! 0:50 (FLESH SQUELCHING) (DRAYDEN GROANING) NADIA: There's too much blood. LUCANIS: Just hold on. ELIZA: Here! I've got- (DRAYDEN WAILING) 0:56 LUCANIS: Hand me the rum! LILLEMAR: This is no time for a drink! LUCANIS: It is for the wound, my Lady, to block infection. 1:01 Keep them steady. (RUM POURING) I need to inspect the cut. This will look weird, but I have to dig inside with my finger. 1:07 (DRAYDEN CRYING OUT IN PAIN) LUCANIS: Looks like the blade missed the vital bits. I do not feel any spasms or arterial ejections. 1:14 ELIZA: Will they make it? LUCANIS: If we can stop the bleeding. Give me that cloth. ELIZA: Here. 1:20 LUCANIS: Nadia, hold the cloth here. Press it firm and slow the blood. LILLEMAR: What can I do? LUCANIS: Your blade, stick it in the fireplace. 1:26 Get it red hot, hurry! LILLEMAR: On it. (FOOTSTEPS) NADIA: Lucanis, what are you thinking? LUCANIS: We have to close the wound. 1:31 There is no time for sewing. We are going to burn it shut, then pack it with a poultice of mud, moss, and herbs. 1:36 NADIA: Burn it shut? Is that safe? LUCANIS: Yes, but it is going to hurt. (BLADE SIZZLING) LILLEMAR: Watch out, this thing is molten. 1:43 LUCANIS: Last time, everyone, hold them down as tight as you can. Eliza, take that other cloth and jam it in their mouth 1:48 so they don't bite off their tongue. NADIA: Are you sure you know what you're doing? ELIZA: Nadia, if there's one thing a Crow can do 1:54 besides killing, it's treating a wound. NADIA: Get on with it then. LUCANIS: Everyone in place. 2:00 (MUFFLED SCREAMS) (DRAYDEN THRASHING) ELIZA: Come on, just relax. LUCANIS: Lillemar, make sure the blade goes right over the wound. 2:06 LILLEMAR: Got it. (THUNDER BOOMING) LUCANIS: Nadia, give the word. (NADIA SIGHS) NADIA: Do it. 2:12 (FLESH SIZZLING) (DRAYDEN CRYING OUT) ELIZA: I'm sorry my dear child, just hold on. 2:18 LUCANIS: That is good. Pull the blade away. (DRAYDEN CRYING OUT, THEN GOING SILENT) NADIA: Well? 2:23 LUCANIS: Let me check. (LUCANIS BREATHING HEAVILY) Their heart sounds strong. I think they will be fine. 2:29 (SIGHS OF RELIEF) ELIZA: Thank the Maker. NADIA: You hear that? You're gonna be okay, Books. 2:34 We'll get you fixed up in no time. LILLEMAR: Lucanis, look. (FOOTSTEPS) (DAGGER CLANGING) LUCANIS: What is that? 2:40 LILLEMAR: The captain's dagger. (MUSIC) LUCANIS: Is that...? LILLEMAR: I'm afraid so. 2:46 NADIA: What? What is it? LUCANIS: Poison. (THUNDER BOOMING) 2:52 NADIA: What do you mean poison? LUCANIS: Look here. The dagger has a stinger on the tip. A small reservoir that can hold any number of toxins. 3:00 LILLEMAR: Captain always favored the Blood of the Black Rot. LUCANIS: (sighs) Aye. ELIZA: What is, what's the black rot? 3:06 LUCANIS: It is a nasty concoction that gets into the humors, slowly turning the blood into something like oil. 3:12 (ALL GASPING AND SIGHING) NADIA: Is there an antidote? What do they need? 3:18 Just, just tell me! LILLEMAR: Nadia, I'm afraid there isn't. NADIA: No, don't say that. 3:23 We have to do something. LUCANIS: There is no medicine for this, but you do have 3:29 one option. Magic, necromancy is Drayden's only hope. NADIA: Is there a necromancer here in Antiva? 3:35 We'll go right now. LUCANIS: Not one that is strong enough. NADIA: Well, what am I supposed to do? 3:42 (MUSIC) LILLEMAR: Ride to Nevarra. I have a friend there. His name is Ramiro, a powerful merchant. 3:49 He'll be able to help you find someone. I will give you my seal. (MUSIC) (NADIA SIGHS) 3:56 NADIA: Okay then. Lucanis, help me get Drayden outside. We're leaving right now. 4:01 LUCANIS: I will take the shoulders. (LUCANIS AND NADIA GRUNTING) (FOOTSTEPS) (HEAVY BREATHING) 4:08 (THUNDER BOOMING) (RAIN POURING DOWN) 4:14 NADIA: Hold on, let me mount up first. Then put them on here in front so I can hold onto them. (HORSE GRUNTING) 4:20 Easy girl. (NADIA GRUNTS) LUCANIS: (grunting) Hold them steady. 4:25 (BOTH GRUNTING) NADIA: Got them. LILLEMAR: I'll have my men ride out with you. They can escort you as far as the border. 4:31 NADIA: Thank you, Lillemar, for everything. LILLEMAR: Drayden saved my life. That dagger was meant for me. 4:37 When they get through this, make sure to let them know House Borgiani is in their debt. I'm going to make sure things are different around here. 4:45 NADIA: I will. ELIZA: Nadia, Drayden is very special, and I don't want to lose them again. 4:51 NADIA: You won't, Eliza, I promise. ELIZA: I look forward to seeing you once more, both of you. 5:00 (THUNDER BOOMING) (RAIN POURING) NADIA: Okay, it's time. Lillemar, your men. LILLEMAR: Soldiers, mount up! 5:06 (SOLDIERS YELLING) Ready when you are. LUCANIS: Farewell, Nadia. NADIA: You too, Lucanis. 5:13 LILLEMAR: Knights of Borgiani, lead the way! (SOLDIERS YELLING) NADIA: Yah! Double time! 5:19 (SOLDIERS YELLING) (HORSES GALLOPING) Hang on, Books, just hang on. I'm not losing anyone else. 5:25 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 5:35 (MUSIC) 5:40 (MUSIC) 5:45 (MUSIC) (THUNDER BOOMING) NARRATOR: This is Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance, 5:54 Chapter Seven: The Demon That Came Knocking. (RAIN FALLING) (HORSES TROTTING) 6:01 (THUNDER BOOMING) ROLET: The storm's getting heavy, Master Emmrich. 6:06 We may not be able to go much further. What do you want me to do? EMMRICH VOLKARIN: Hmm, perhaps we should pull the 6:13 carriage off the road and hunker down inside until it passes. ROLET: What about the horses, sir? 6:18 EMMRICH: Unhitch them. ROLET: Unhitch them? EMMRICH: Those animals are every bit a part of nature as this storm. 6:25 Their instincts will guide them to safety. We just have to give them the freedom to take care of themselves. 6:30 I trust they shall return when this tempestuous weather has passed. ROLET: Right. 6:36 Okay, then. (HEAVY RAIN) (THUNDER BOOMING) ROLET: Oh, Maker. (ROLET YELLING) (ROLET GRUNTING) 6:44 I've never seen a rain like this before. (RAIN POURING) (THUNDER BOOMING) ROLET: Alright, hold it. Take it easy, boys. 6:51 We're going to get you sorted. (HORSE NEIGHS) I know, I know, just give me a moment. 6:57 You'll be free. (ROLET MUMBLING) (HORSE WHINNYING) Easy, easy, almost done. 7:02 (HITCH UNLOCKS) Go on, get! (ROLET SLAPS HORSE) Find yourselves some shelter. 7:07 EMMRICH: Come, shelter before the storm gets any worse. ROLET: I'm coming, sir! (WET FOOTSTEPS) 7:12 NADIA: Hey, hey! ROLET: Hello? NADIA: Over here! Help! 7:19 (DOOR CREAKS OPEN) EMMRICH: What's happening out there? NADIA: Help! ROLET: There's someone yelling for help, but I don't 7:25 see anyone. I think it might be bandits. EMMRICH: Oh dear. (FOOTSTEPS) (grunts) We should take a look. 7:31 I doubt anyone braved these elements for a quick coin. So, now which way did you say those shouts were coming from? 7:38 ROLET: This way. (RAPID SQUELCHING FOOTFALLS) NADIA: We're over here! Please help us! 7:43 EMMRICH: Ah, over there, I see them. Hurry! (RAPID FOOTFALLS) (NADIA GASPING) 7:48 NADIA: By the Lady, I am so happy to see you. We, we, we've been stuck here at least an hour. I didn't know what to do. 7:54 They, they were too heavy to carry in this mud. Their pulse is falling and I- I... EMMRICH: There, there. Please put your mind at ease, 8:00 my lady. What is your name? NADIA: Nadia, but... EMMRICH: A pleasure, Nadia. Emmrich Volkarin, at your service. 8:06 Now come, we have some room in the carriage and you can shelter there until the storm passes. NADIA: No, no, you don't understand. 8:12 ROLET: Sir, this one, their pulse is weak. Something's wrong! NADIA: Yes, yes, that's Drayden. 8:18 They've been poisoned. EMMRICH: Poisoned? NADIA: I have been riding straight through from Antiva. 8:23 They caught a blade tipped with the Blood of the Black Rot. I've come for help. EMMRICH: And how long have you been riding? 8:29 NADIA: Almost a fortnight. EMMRICH: Not to sound panicked, but we must take them back to the carriage so that I can treat them at once. 8:35 NADIA: No, no, we need magic. I'm on my way to Hunter Fell. I, I'm to find someone who can put me in league 8:41 with a necromancer. I must finish the journey. EMMRICH: My dear, your journey is finished. 8:47 I am a necromancer, and I can save your friend, but time is of the essence, so please trust me. 8:53 NADIA: Alright. EMMRICH: Rolet, if you wouldn't mind, could you carry this one back? (ROLET GRUNTING) 9:01 EMMRICH: Nadia, my apologies, as I am sure your mind is exhausted, but I need you to tell me everything you can 9:06 about what happened. Was the wound deep or shallow? NADIA: It was a poison tipped dagger. 9:12 It went deep but missed the organs. EMMRICH: Ah, that is a bit strange. NADIA: Why? 9:18 EMMRICH: Not to alarm unnecessarily, but if the poison was released that deeply in the body, 9:23 it should have run its course by now. The rot may move slowly, but not that slowly. 9:29 NADIA: Yeah, but Drayden is different, special. EMMRICH: Special? Please tell me more. 9:35 NADIA: As a child, they were touched by the Fade, and I don't know, they have some sort of connection. EMMRICH: Hmm, that would very well explain 9:42 their resistance to death. I look forward to healing your friend so that we may discuss this. 9:47 We'll get them fixed, I promise. ROLET: Sir, the carriage is just ahead. EMMRICH: Thank you, Rolet. (whistles) 9:53 Manfred, could you please come out here to lend Rolet a hand? NADIA: Who's Manfred? 9:59 EMMRICH: My friend and assistant. (MUSIC) (CREATURE SNARLING) 10:04 (MANFRED GRUNTING) (NADIA YELPING) (ROLET YELPING) ROLET: Take it easy. 10:10 You almost scared me out of my boots yelling like that. NADIA: Why is there a walking skeleton exiting 10:15 your carriage? EMMRICH: That, dear Nadia, is Manfred. NADIA: Manfred, your assistant? 10:20 EMMRICH: Indeed, a gentle spirit, ball of curiosity, and a threat to no one. 10:25 NADIA: I see. (MANFRED GURGLING) EMMRICH: Manfred, this one here has been poisoned. We need to prepare an extraction. 10:32 Gather my kit and help Rolet prepare the body. Time is tight, so we'll have to fix them up right here on the carriage. 10:38 (MANFRED GRUNTING) Rolet, I don't mean to ask so much of you, but once you get Drayden on the carriage, 10:45 grab the axe and build a quick shelter for you and Nadia. I'm afraid you'll both have to wait outside. 10:50 The magic I have to use can be a bit dicey. ROLET: I'll build a canoe if I have to. EMMRICH: Excellent, thank you. 10:57 Now Nadia, I could use your help to- (LOUD CRACKING) (EVERYONE YELLING) ROLET: Another earthquake! 11:04 EMMRICH: Everyone just hold steady. (TREE CRASHING) ROLET: Watch out, tree! 11:11 EMMRICH: Nadia, behind you, move! (NADIA YELPS) (TREE THUDS) NADIA: Thanks, Emmrich. EMMRICH: No thanks are needed. 11:18 (THUNDER BOOMS) ROLET: (yelling) The carriage! EMMRICH: Everyone step back! (ALL YELLING) 11:26 (TREE CRASHES) (WOOD SCATTERING) 11:31 (THUNDER BOOMING) (ROLET SCREAMING) EMMRICH: Rolet, we're coming! ROLET: For the love of Andraste, that filthy tree 11:38 smashed my ankle! EMMRICH: Manfred, please help me with him. NADIA: Drayden, where's Drayden? 11:44 Drayden! (ROLET GRUNTING) ROLET: Over there, I managed to get them down before the tree fell. 11:50 (NADIA GRUNTS) EMMRICH: Forgive me, but I must gently roll the ankle to examine its condition. 11:56 (ROLET YELLING) How does that feel? ROLET: Ah, not good! EMMRICH: I'm afraid it might be broken. 12:01 I don't think you can walk. ROLET: I can limp. EMMRICH: Not by yourself, you won't. We shall help you. 12:06 Now, here we go. (ROLET GROANS) ROLET: Ohh, that smarts! (NADIA PANTING) 12:11 NADIA: Emmrich, hurry! Something's happened with Drayden. EMMRICH: Manfred, I need your help to keep Rolet standing. I'll be right back. 12:17 (NADIA GRUNTING) (RAPID FOOTSTEPS) Nadia, what's wrong? NADIA: Drayden's eyes, look at them! They've sprouted black veins in the white. 12:24 EMMRICH: Oh dear. The poison is starting to turn. We must hurry now. (MUSIC) (THUNDER BOOMING) ROLET: Oh, hey, look up there 12:30 at the top of the hill. EMMRICH: What do you see? ROLET: I saw the outline of something in the flash of lightning. I think maybe a castle. 12:38 EMMRICH: Oh, by jove, I think you're right. I think it's best if we all head there. Manfred, help Rolet and I'll take Drayden. 12:45 Together we'll make it up that hill. NADIA: And me? (SQUELCHING FOOTSTEPS) EMMRICH: I don't mean to sound dire, but best you 12:50 search your heart for something to believe in. (MUSIC) (SQUELCHING FOOTSTEPS) 12:58 (MUSIC) (SQUELCHING FOOTSTEPS) 13:03 (THUNDER BOOMING) (RAIN FALLING) 13:09 (RAIN FALLING) (SQUELCHING FOOTSTEPS) (EMMRICH SIGHING) (ALL GRUNTING) 13:15 ROLET: That hill was a lot steeper than it looked. 13:21 NADIA: The castle looks abandoned. EMMRICH: Many homes have been abandoned to these storms. These are tough times. 13:27 (DRAYDEN COUGHING) NADIA: Drayden! EMMRICH: Stand back. (THUNDER BOOMING) (echoing) May these words travel beyond the flesh, 13:34 beyond the body, flowing down the silver thread to the spirit lost. 13:40 Your home is calling, Drayden. Hear me! Your home is calling. 13:45 (MAGICAL TINKLING) NADIA: What are you doing? EMMRICH: I'm sending a message beyond the Veil to let Drayden know that it will soon be safe for them to return to their body. 13:53 (THUNDER BOOMING) (ROLET YELLING) ROLET: It's getting bad out here. NADIA: Door's jammed. Hold on. (BLADE UNSHEATHING) 13:59 (NADIA GRUNTING) (DOOR CREAKING OPEN) EMMRICH: Hurry! Everyone inside! 14:04 (ALL SCURRYING INSIDE) ROLET: Oh, Maker, that wind is deadly. 14:10 NADIA: I got it. (NADIA GRUNTS) Someone hand me that board. (BONES RATTLING) 14:15 Thanks, Bones. (ALL GRUNTING) NADIA: Ah! What's your problem? EMMRICH: Oh, I'm afraid Manfred here is not very fond 14:22 of nicknames. NADIA: Oh, sorry. (MANFRED GRUNTING) 14:27 EMMRICH: He says apology accepted. Now we must find a chamber suitable for the extraction. 14:33 Manfred, did you salvage my kit? (MANFRED GRUNTING) Excellent work. 14:38 Hmm, Rolet do you mind staying down here? It'll be quicker for us to get Drayden up those stairs. 14:44 ROLET: But this place is creepy. EMMRICH: Well, I think it's quite charming. ROLET: All due respect, sir, but you would. 14:50 (DRAYDEN COUGHING) EMMRICH: Alright, we need to move. They're- PASCAL DE LA FORSA: And just what do you think you're 14:55 doing in here? (THUNDER BOOMING) (MUSIC) EMMRICH: Oh, my sincere apologies for the intrusion, sir. 15:02 We thought the place to be abandoned. My companions and I were caught in the storm and needed shelter. 15:08 I am Emmrich, a watcher from the Grand Necropolis. And yourself? PASCAL: Pascal De La Forsa, master of this castle. 15:17 But if you are a watcher, then you are welcome to stay and pass the storm. 15:23 EMMRICH: Many thanks, my Lord. PASCAL: Please, call me Pascal. (NADIA CLEARS THROAT) NADIA: Emmrich...Drayden. 15:29 EMMRICH: Yes, apologies. Lord Pascal, our friend here is very sick and I need to perform a cleansing at once. 15:36 Do you perchance have a robust space in which I may do my duties? Ideally something with a conductive dimension. 15:43 PASCAL: Mmm yes, actually. The oratory. EMMRICH: Oh, lovely, that would be perfect. (ROLET GROANS) 15:49 PASCAL: He's not looking so great either. I'll arrange a chamber for him to rest his leg. ROLET: (groans) May the Maker bless your days. 15:56 PASCAL: Don't mention it. Everyone, follow me. ROLET: Manfred, if you would. 16:01 (FOOTSTEPS) (GRUNTING) 16:08 (MUSIC) (ECHOING FOOTSTEPS) 16:17 (ECHOING FOOTSTEPS) PASCAL: Here we are, apologies for the climb, 16:23 but the chambers we need are on the next story. EMMRICH: No apologies needed. You are doing us a most gracious favor. 16:30 Nadia, can you assist Manfred in helping Rolet up these stairs? NADIA: Of course. ROLET: Thanks. 16:35 (GROANING) PASCAL: So what exactly happened to you? ROLET: Tree got me ankle. PASCAL: Oh, ouch. 16:41 I'll ring for my sister to come set that for you. A splint and a strong drink should do the trick. 16:47 ROLET: Oh, that would be most lovely, my Lord. EMMRICH: Out of curiosity, how old is this place? 16:54 PASCAL: Generations. But it's normally not in such a dire state. We have boarded things up because of the tremors and such. 17:02 EMMRICH: Ah, yes, the anomalies. We've had our eyes cast upon them at the Grand Necropolis too. 17:07 Things have gotten strange in the lower crypts ever since the incident in the Silent Plains. 17:13 NADIA: The Silent Plains? EMMRICH: There was quite an explosion in a cave a few weeks back. 17:18 Its effects have reverberated throughout the area, compromising bits of the Veil. NADIA: (sighs) Elio... EMMRICH: I'm sorry, who? 17:26 NADIA: Nothing, I... just nothing. EMMRICH: Not to pry, but when's the last time you slept? 17:32 NADIA: Honestly, I'm not sure. EMMRICH: After I finish with Drayden, I shall want to have a look at you as well. 17:39 PASCAL: Here we are, The Oratory. (DOOR CREAKING) 17:45 Please, step inside. (MUSIC) 17:51 PASCAL: It's a bit drafty, but it should suffice... for your needs. 17:56 EMMRICH: This is most perfect, Pascal. If everyone would please excuse me while I get Drayden to the altar. 18:01 Manfred, the kit. (MANFRED GRUNTING) PASCAL: Nadia, was it? A hand with these lanterns. 18:07 (NADIA SIGHS) (FOOTSTEPS) NADIA: Sure. ROLET: Oh, what are these statues along the walls? 18:13 PASCAL: Those are the patriarchal lineage of this house, kept here as guides for the rest of us whenever we cross over. 18:20 The family crypt is down in the undercroft as well. ROLET: Oh, I don't like crypts. 18:26 PASCAL: I enjoy their silence. (MENACING SIGH) 18:34 NADIA: That's the last of the lanterns. PASCAL: Thank you. EMMRICH: Now I need to finish preparations, 18:39 but once the ritual begins, it shouldn't take long. However, with the poison's advancement, 18:45 I will most likely need to perform an exsanguination. (PIANO TRILL) PASCAL: Hmm, blood magic, such messy business. 18:51 EMMRICH: Ah, merely a cleansing. Nothing will be summoned, I give you my word. NADIA: Are you sure Drayden will be okay? 18:58 I just need to know they're in good hands. EMMRICH: Fret not, as I promised, I will save your friend. 19:05 PASCAL: The rest of us should go and let the watcher do his work. I'll show you to the chambers. 19:10 NADIA: One moment. (FOOTSTEPS) Please be safe. I promise I'll find you again. 19:18 (NADIA CLEARS HER THROAT) Alright, I'm ready. Good luck, Emmrich. 19:23 PASCAL: I'll shut the door behind us. (MANFRED GROANING) (DOOR CREAKING AND SHUTTING) 19:31 (PASCAL SNICKERING TO HIMSELF) PASCAL: This weather really is something. 19:37 (MUSIC) (FOOTSTEPS) NADIA: I'm curious. Were there no anomalies here 19:43 before the explosion that Emmrich spoke of? PASCAL: As I understand it, these events have been popping up all across Thedas, 19:50 and that was certainly the case here before whatever transpired in that cave. 19:56 (PASCAL GROANS) But after that, things changed. It was like something new was...unleashed 20:05 and everything got worse. So much worse. (WIND HOWLING) 20:11 ROLET: What do you mean unleashed? PASCAL: Just listen to this storm. Almost sounds like the Fade out there, no? 20:22 ROLET: Sorry? NADIA: Wait. You've been to the Fade? PASCAL: Oh no, personally, no. 20:28 Just the tales I've heard. I imagine it's similar. I'm really just thinking out loud. 20:34 NADIA: I see. PASCAL: Hold here, I need to ring my sister to let her know which chamber we'll be in. 20:40 (WOODEN DOOR CREAKS) ROLET: Oh, what's all that then? PASCAL: Servant's bells. 20:45 They're networked through the castle. A complex web of cords and strings allowing us to fulfill our every need 20:53 with the flick of a finger. (BELLS LIGHTLY JINGLING) Hmm, now let's see. 20:59 Which chamber shall we take? Oh, how about East Room Number One, the Hawthorn. 21:06 Yes, exquisite. (GEARS CRANKING) ROLET: (whispering) Who's he talking to? 21:12 NADIA: (whispering) Himself I think? I don't know. (BELLS CHIMING) 21:19 ROLET: Yikes, that gave me the chills. PASCAL: I find the reverberations to be most comforting. 21:27 ROLET: Yeah...okay. NADIA: How big is this place? 21:32 PASCAL: However big it needs to be. Come now, this way! (FOOTSTEPS) (WIND WHISTLING) 21:40 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 21:48 (FOOTSTEPS) PASCAL: One moment while I unlock the door. 21:54 (KEYS JINGLING) (DOOR CREAKING) There you go. Warmest room in the castle, I promise. 22:00 (FOOTSTEPS) (FIRE CRACKLING) (RATTLING) (SCRATCHING) 22:06 (NADIA GASPS) NADIA: What was that? PASCAL: Someone here? (OBJECT SHUFFLING) Hello? 22:12 (OWL SCREECHING) (ALL YELPING) Tsk, damn owl's been sticking in here 22:17 since last week's big earthquake took a chunk out of the rooftop from this wing. Apologies for that, but I assure you the bed is most cozy. 22:28 ROLET: (stutters) It's fine. Thanks again, Pascal. PASCAL: I do so enjoy a good host. 22:34 Come now, give me a hand with our friend, Nadia. NADIA: Sure. (FOOTSTEPS) (BOTH GRUNTING) 22:42 ROLET: Oh! Feels so good to take the weight off of it. PASCAL: I imagine so. (KNOCKING) 22:48 (DOOR CREAKING OPEN) PASCAL: Ah! Here's my sister now. (WOMAN GIGGLING) This is Spinella. 22:54 Say hello why don't you. SPINELLA DE LA FORSA: Why hello there. 23:00 (PASCAL AND SPINELLA CHUCKLING) ROLET: Um, uh, hello. (FOOTSTEPS) SPINELLA: I brought some wood, cloth, and whiskey. 23:08 We're going to get you up and moving in no time. (SPINELLA GIGGLING) PASCAL: Isn't she wonderful? 23:15 Now, dear sister, please give that man the bottle. He needs a strong drink. 23:20 SPINELLA: Yes, here you go. Drink up! (BOTTLE SLOSHING) 23:26 ROLET: (stammering) Many, many thanks. (ROLET GULPING THE WHISKEY) (ROLET EXHALES WITH SATISFACTION) 23:33 (SPINELLA GIGGLES) SPINELLA: Now, which one of these little human legs is it, hmm? 23:39 ROLET: Uh...the right leg. SPINELLA: Mmm, we'll get you sorted in a jiffy! 23:45 (BODY CRACKING) ROLET: Ow! SPINELLA: Oh! ROLET: Easy, huh? SPINELLA: Oopsie, sorry about that. 23:52 (SPINELLA GIGGLES) NADIA: How long do these storms normally last? I have an urgent matter I need to get back to. 23:58 PASCAL: Oh, and what about your friend, Drayden? NADIA: They'll understand. Besides, they're in good hands with Emmrich. 24:06 PASCAL: I see. SPINELLA: Maybe it's just best if you relax. Perhaps a drink for you too. 24:13 NADIA: No, I'm good. SPINELLA: Oh, come on. It's not going to bite. 24:19 (LIQUID SLOSHING) PASCAL: You do look a little haggard, Nadia, if you can forgive my bluntness. Perhaps a little spirit is just what you need. 24:27 SPINELLA: It's really tasty, this one. A premium vintage. 24:32 (NADIA GROANS) NADIA: Fine. Hand it over. SPINELLA: Ah, that a girl. (giggling) 24:39 (LIQUID SLOSHING) (ROLET GROANING AND GURGLING) NADIA: Rolet? Rolet, what's wrong? 24:45 Why is he shaking like that? SPINELLA: Oh, he's fine. Nothing a little nappy nap won't fix. 24:51 (SPINELLA GIGGLING) NADIA: What did you do? (PASCAL HUMMING) 24:59 That tune, how do you know that? PASCAL: (singing) Bones, bones, down in the 'combs. 25:07 Bones, bones, down in the 'combs. NADIA: Stop it! (SPINELLA LAUGHING) 25:15 NADIA: (grunts) My head, everything's spinning. PASCAL: The spinning can be fun. 25:20 Here, take my hand for a dance. NADIA: (slurring) What did you do to me? 25:26 PASCAL: A little medicine to unburden that weary pain of yours. Doesn't it feel just...divine? (laughing) 25:33 (SPINELLA LAUGHING) (NADIA GAGGING) DEMON PASCAL: Oh, what's the matter? 25:40 Don't you like to dance? (laughing) 25:47 (MORTAR AND PESTLE CHURNING) 25:53 EMMRICH: Manfred, please hand me that green vial and those volcanic salts. (MANFRED GURGLING) (VIALS CLINKING) 25:59 (CORK POPPING) (LIQUID POURING) Okay, now please tilt their head so we can get this 26:06 down their gullet. (MANFRED GURGLING AND HISSING) (LIQUID POURING) That's it, we're almost done. 26:13 (MANFRED HISSING) And now, the knife. Remember, once the letting begins, 26:18 we cannot let the blood flow back into the body until it's been purified. 26:23 (FLESH SLICING) (MANFRED HISSING) (WHISPERS) Spirit fire of midnight suns, 26:29 through my spire of ill and ire, the wretched blood he blessed, not mired (words echoing) 26:37 (LIQUID BUBBLING) Manfred, stand back, I must direct the blood through the air without interruption. 26:43 But, be ready. (MANFRED HISSES) (BLOOD SLOSHES) Let the cleansing grace lead you 26:50 to thy spirit's place. Manfred, the blood has gathered. 26:55 Quickly, please, spark the flames with the silver power. (BLOOD SLOSHING) (MUSIC) 27:03 (BLOOD SLOSHING) 27:08 (LOUD CRACKLE) (BLOOD SLURPS BACK INTO DRAYDEN) Excellent work, friend! The blood is returning to the body. 27:14 Drayden's spirit has heard the call. Come on, Drayden, I can feel your spirit's might. 27:20 You are strong. You can do this, just fight. Fight for your place in this world. 27:25 (DRAYDEN GASPING AND COUGHING) That's it, you're almost home. Manfred, please smash the ampoule of Cetus bile. 27:31 (GLASS VIAL SMASHING) Drayden, I commit you once more to the flesh. Now, find this body and purge it of its trespass. 27:38 And...wake up! (words echoing) (DRAYDEN COUGHING AND RETCHING) 27:44 Drayden, are you okay? Drayden! (DRAYDEN COUGHING) There you are. Allow me a proper introduction. 27:50 I am Emmrich. DRAYDEN KIEL: I know who you are. EMMRICH: What? DRAYDEN: My spirit's been fazing in and out of this world. 27:56 You have to find Nadia. EMMRICH: There's nothing to worry about, Nadia's fine. She's just in the other room getting some rest. 28:02 DRAYDEN: No, she's in danger. You're all in danger. We have to get out of here. EMMRICH: Danger, whatever do you mean? 28:10 (MUSIC) (LOCKS CLINKING) 28:15 EMMRICH: Unfortunately, I am unsure of where exactly they went. DRAYDEN: Don't worry, I saw little glimpses of everything. 28:22 (MANFRED GURGLING) (FOOTSTEPS) There! At the wall. There should be a cupboard. 28:29 EMMRICH: Here, allow me to open it. DRAYDEN: Let me look. (DRAYDEN PANTING) 28:34 This one, what's it-? (grunts) What does it say? EMMRICH: Looks like it reads "East Room One." 28:41 DRAYDEN: That's it! That's where they went. EMMRICH: Well, then we go this way. Please take my arm for balance. 28:47 (BELLS CHIMING) ROLET: (muffled) Ow! EMMRICH: Look, over there at that door! 28:52 DRAYDEN: What is that light? It's so green. EMMRICH: I believe that is a magic they should not know. 28:58 Hold on while I get the door. (BELLS CHIMING) (EMMRICH GRUNTING) DRAYDEN: (grunting) It's bolted shut. 29:05 EMMRICH: I will fix that in one moment, but I need you both to step back. (LOUD ZAPPING) 29:13 (ROLET GRUNTING) DEMON SPINELLA: Yes, that's it, mister Rolet. 29:19 Just let your mind slip away and make room for thee, who is next. 29:24 Soon you will all be vessels for our kind. Soon we will return. 29:30 (RAPID FOOTSTEPS) (DEMON SPINELLA MOANS) DRAYDEN: See! She's possessed. 29:37 They both are. And they were planning to make everyone here a host for more like them. EMMRICH: Spirit, I am warning you to stop this right now. 29:45 DEMON SPINELLA: Piss off, human slime. EMMRICH: I do not wish to hurt you or the body you inhabit, 29:50 but I will not allow you to harm my companion. DEMON SPINELLA: Go back to your necropolis, death whisperer. 29:56 EMMRICH: I'm sorry, but that body does not belong to you. (EMMRICH GRUNTS) (MAGIC BOLT CRACKLES) (DEMON SCREAMS) 30:04 Spirit, you are not welcome here. And you are not welcome to that body. You shall leave now! 30:10 (MAGIC PULSING) Please relinquish her body before someone gets hurt. 30:16 (DEMON SCREECHING) (MAGIC BLASTING) (DEMON CRASHING TO THE GROUND) (OBJECTS CLATTERING) 30:22 I will not tell you again. (DEMON LAUGHING) DEMON SPINELLA: Oh, well, if I can't have her body, 30:28 then no one will! (DEMON YELLS) (BOTTLE SMASHES) EMMRICH: Easy now. Take that bottle away from your neck and put it down. 30:36 (DEMON LAUGHING) DEMON SPINELLA: Or else what? EMMRICH: Please, I beg of you. 30:41 DEMON SPINELLA: I want you to remember this moment clearly and painfully because this is on you! 30:50 EMMRICH: No, don't! (DEMON GRUNTING) (FLESH SQUELCHING) (DEMON CHOKING AND GURGLING) 30:55 EMMRICH: No! (DEMON CHOKING) 31:01 (DEMON THUDDING ON FLOOR) (FOOTSTEPS) DRAYDEN: Hey, don't listen to her. 31:09 This isn't on you. (DRAYDEN GRUNTING) This was all them. 31:14 (MANFRED GURGLING) ROLET: (grunts) Hello? 31:20 What happened? Where am I? EMMRICH: You're okay, you're back now. 31:26 A lot has happened, but there's no time for an explanation. Manfred will stay with you for now, but Drayden and I must find Nadia. 31:32 Do you know where they went? ROLET: I, I don't. Last thing I remember, 31:39 we were all in here about to have a drink. EMMRICH: That's how they got them. Drugged! 31:45 DRAYDEN: We have to find her. EMMRICH: What about your vision? (DRAYDEN GROANS) DRAYDEN: (stutters) I can't see anything beyond 31:52 the start of the cleansing. ROLET: Wait. EMMRICH: What is it? ROLET: He said something...about a...a crypt. 32:01 DRAYDEN: Oh, that'll be crawling with spirits. That must be it. EMMRICH: Let's go! 32:08 DRAYDEN: You...you go ahead. I'll catch up when I can. Please, just save her. 32:15 EMMRICH: She'll be safe. We'll make sure of it. (MANFRED HISSING) (MUSIC) 32:23 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 32:30 DEMON PASCAL: What's this? Already rousing from that elixir? (laughing) You are special. 32:36 Now I see why he wants you and me, the lucky one. You just stumbled right into my lap. 32:42 He shall be pleased. Just hang tight. (NADIA GROANING) 32:47 DEMON PASCAL: (chanting) O-NAY, AH-TAY. DEMON PASCAL: (chanting) O-NAY, AH-TAY. SCAH-TOE, TOW-BRAY. 32:57 (DEMON CHANTING) (BOOMING) (FADE RIPPING OPEN) 33:06 Come forth, shadows, come forth! The light is yours to darken! 33:13 (SPIRITS SCURRYING AND GRUNTING) 33:20 (DEMON GROWLING) DEMON ONE: And you've got fresh meat. 33:26 DEMON PASCAL: Back away from her, vermin, this one's for Maeror. (DEMON HISSES) 33:33 (DEMON ROARS) 33:40 ELIO: Nadia, wake up. Come on, Nadia. You can fight this. 33:46 You can still save me, but you have to get up. Nadia! (SPIRIT SHRIEKING) 33:52 (NADIA GASPS AWAKE) DEMON PASCAL: What, how? 34:00 NADIA: Because I found something to believe in. DEMON PASCAL: (laughing) Silly human, this could've been 34:06 so painless for you. EMMRICH: Nadia, watch out! (MAGIC BLASTING) (DEMON ROARING) 34:12 DEMON PASCAL: Oh, you little bug. Well, what are you bastards waiting for? Get him! 34:19 EMMRICH: Nadia, get behind me! (NADIA GRUNTING) (EMMRICH SHOUTING) (STONE CRUMBLING) 34:25 NADIA: What is that? EMMRICH: A wall to keep them away from us until that Fade tear grows unstable and shuts itself down. 34:30 NADIA: How long will that take? EMMRICH: I don't know, but we must stand firm. NADIA: No, I can fix this. 34:35 EMMRICH: What? NADIA: Just trust me. Elio, please help me. Elio, I know you're here. 34:42 We need you, please. EMMRICH: That name again. EMMRICH: Who is Elio? ELIO: Nadia! (MAGIC CRACKLING) 34:48 (DEMON SCREAMING) (DEMON SCREAMING) 35:02 ELIO: Hello, Nadia. NADIA: How did you do that? ELIO: (words echoing) I'm an Altus Mage, remember? NADIA: (words echoing) Is it you? 35:08 Is it really you? ELIO: Of course, my love. Who else would it be? NADIA: You mean I finally found you? 35:15 ELIO: You did, because I found this. NADIA: The ring! You have my ring! 35:21 ELIO: And I'll never let it go. NADIA: Oh Elio, come on. Let's go home. 35:27 Let's get out of here. ELIO: We can't. Not yet. NADIA: What, why? 35:33 ELIO: Because you have to come with me. It's not safe here. But I can take us someplace that is. Somewhere for the both of us. 35:40 NADIA: But I... ELIO: Don't you trust me? NADIA: Of course, I just... EMMRICH: (in the distance) No, Nadia! 35:48 ELIO: Hey, you and me, remember? NADIA: Me and you. ELIO: Now, just take my hand. 35:55 EMMRICH: (in the distance) No, Nadia, wait, no! ELIO: Give me your hand. (ELECTRIC CRACKLE) 36:02 (ELECTRIC BOOMING) EMMRICH: Nadia, Nadia, no! 36:09 DRAYDEN: What happened? Where's Nadia? EMMRICH: Elio, what can you tell me of Elio? 36:15 DRAYDEN: That's who we've been searching for. He was trapped in the Fade...why? EMMRICH: Because I'm afraid she's been lied to, both of you. 36:23 Whatever that was, it wasn't human. (MUSIC) 36:32 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 36:41 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 36:51 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 37:01 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 37:11 (MUSIC) NARRATOR: Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance, 37:16 is a production of Electronic Arts in association with Pod People. Based on the award-winning video game franchise 37:23 from BioWare. Learn more about the world of Dragon Age and its latest game Dragon Age: The Veilguard 37:31 by visiting DragonAge.com. Rated M for mature. 37:38 Directed by Matt Sav. Written by Will Melton and Jeremy Novick. 37:46 Featuring the voices of Mae Whitman as Nadia, 37:51 Brigette Lundy-Paine as Drayden, Armen Taylor as Elio, 37:58 Nick Boraine as Emmrich, Matthew Mercer as Manfred, 38:05 Zach Mendez as Lucanis. Also featuring Daniel Lench as Rolet 38:15 Sean Thomas Simmons as Pascal. Additional voices by Sabrina Fest, 38:24 Roslyn Gentle, Damien Gerard, Jillian Kinsey, 38:29 Isaac Gonzalez Rossi, Charles Halford and Brandon Gill as Narrator. 38:38 Creative and narrative direction by Todd Stallkamp. BioWare Narrative development and support 38:44 by Mary De Marle and John Epler. Editorial direction by Will Melton. 38:52 Producers for Electronic Arts, Alex Bader and Chris Beckett. 38:58 Production Management by Bryan Rivers. Assistant direction by Ashton Carter. 39:05 Story development by Todd Stallkamp, Will Melton, 39:10 Matt Sav and Jeremy Novick. Associate producing and script supervision 39:15 by Hannah Rae Leach. Casting by Alaine Aldaffer, 39:21 Lisa Donadio, Lindsey Ploussard, and Alex Vikmanis. 39:27 Sound design by Michael Aquino, Morgane Fouse and Carter Wogahn. 39:34 Dialogue editing by Michael Aquino and Carter Wogahn. 39:39 Mixing and mastering by Morgane Fouse. Featuring original music by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe. 39:48 Executive producers for Pod People, Matt Sav and Rachael King. 39:54 Electronic Arts brand and marketing leads, Kari Hale and Olivier Tse. 40:00 Electronic Arts design, Hugo Ugaz and Jacob Meyer. 40:06 BioWare special thanks to Ashley Barlow, Cody Behiel, 40:12 Hilary Hidey, Steve Lam, Crystal McCord, and Patrick Weekes. 40:19 Electronic Arts special thanks to Kevin Maher, Jacklyn Gilson, 40:25 Rick Dressler, Marcie Galea, Krysta Trezise, Joe Gatdula, Jon Bailey, 40:34 Greg Joson and Ritual Khanna. Dragon Age: The Veilguard, a single player RPG, 40:43 launches Fall 2024 on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. 40:48 Begin your adventure at DragonAge.com. Rated M for mature. 40:53 (MUSIC) NARRATOR: Next time on "Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance." 41:01 EMMRICH: At the risk of causing you alarm, I fear your friend is in grave danger. NADIA: This place, it doesn't feel right. 41:09 ELIO: It's because this place isn't right. It's a living nightmare, and it's where you left me. 41:16 DRAYDEN: Elio's been trapped in the Fade ever since and we've been trying to rescue him. SPEAKER 1: For the love of nugs, how could anyone survive 41:22 in the Fade for so long? DRAYDEN: That's the thing, I don't think he did. I think something bad, a demon perhaps, is posing as Elio 41:31 to lure Nadia into some sort of trap. NADIA: Elio, what's happening? 41:38 Where did you go? (PERSON HUMMING) (NADIA GROANING) (PERSON HUMMING) 41:45 DRAYDEN: Neve, think you can use your network to figure out where to look? NEVE: You know I can. Let's find your friend 41:51 and send this demon back to where he came from. (MUSIC)
Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance | Episode 8: All Roads Lead Home
Emmrich learns the deadly truth behind Nadia’s escape to Minrathous, which sends Drayden on one last mission: uniting a team of heroes with Neve, Harding, and Varric to save Nadia from an unimaginable fate.
0:01 NARRATOR: This podcast features adult language, violent imagery, and mature themes. Listener discretion is advised. 0:08 (MUSIC) DRAYDEN KIEL: What happened? Where's Nadia? EMMRICH VOLKARIN: Elio? What can you tell me of Elio? 0:16 DRAYDEN: But that's who we've been searching for. He was trapped in the Fade. Why? 0:21 EMMRICH: Because I'm afraid she's been lied to. Both of you. Whatever that was, it wasn't human. 0:28 (MUSIC) DRAYDEN: What do you mean he wasn't human? 0:33 EMMRICH: I mean, I know spirits. I've spent my life in the presence of death and magic. 0:38 As a member of the Mourn Watch, it is my sacred duty to protect the innocent from threats of an undead nature. 0:44 As such, I have developed a keen eye for even the slightest disruption of energy, light, and presence. 0:51 With humans, you have a specific flame, if you will, a sort of spark or animation 0:57 that spirits can only mimic, but there's always something in the details that gives it away. 1:02 And whoever that was, I'm sorry to say, they did not have this flame. 1:08 They were cold and heavy. And at the risk of causing you alarm, I fear your friend is in grave danger. 1:17 DRAYDEN: Then I must go at once. EMMRICH: Drayden, I understand your feelings, but you are in no shape. DRAYDEN: And if the tables were reversed, 1:23 that wouldn't stop Nadia. She'd do whatever it took. So please, what can you tell me about where they've gone? 1:30 EMMRICH: Only that I overheard the entity tell Nadia that it was time to go home. DRAYDEN: Home? 1:36 (FOOTSTEPS) Minrathous! He's taking her to Minrathous. EMMRICH: Given the weather, that will be no easy trek, 1:43 but it's clear that I cannot stop you. So at the very least, let me provide you with some tonics and a potion or two to protect you from the cold. 1:51 Manfred, would you please fetch my kit? (MANFRED GROWLS AND HISSES) 1:57 DRAYDEN: Thank you, Emmrich. I hope that our paths cross again. EMMRICH: As do I. 2:03 And I wish you the best of luck. (MUSIC) NARRATOR: This is Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance. 2:12 Chapter Eight: All Roads Lead Home. 2:17 (FOOTSTEPS) (BREATHING) ELIO ANDANTE: Not too much farther now. (NADIA GROANS AND SIGHS) 2:23 NADIA CARCOSA: Elio, where are we going? ELIO: Patience, my dear Nadia. Oh, we're almost there. 2:29 (FOOTSTEPS) (NADIA GASPS) NADIA: Wherever we're going, can we please hurry? 2:37 ELIO: Hurry? NADIA: Sorry. But I don't like it here in the Fade. 2:43 I want to leave. ELIO: And I wanted to leave for weeks now, but I couldn't. I've been waiting patiently for you 2:49 after I got stuck here because of you enduring things you cannot even begin to imagine. 2:56 And now, oh, now you have the audacity to tell me to hurry? NADIA: I'm sorry, I just- 3:02 ELIO: You just what? NADIA: I'm...I'm just scared, okay? This place, it doesn't feel right. 3:11 ELIO: It's because this place isn't right. It's a living nightmare. 3:17 And it's where you left me. (NADIA GASPS) NADIA: Why are you being like this? 3:22 ELIO: Like what? NADIA: Mean. (ELIO SCOFFS) (RAPID FOOTSTEPS) 3:28 NADIA: Hey, wait up! (FOOTSTEPS) ELIO: Instead of talking, quiet your mind 3:34 and just let yourself feel this place. Really feel it, hmm? 3:41 The air. Cold and saturated, bottomless pain. Energy rippling in every direction. 3:48 Constant flux, constant shadows. And that spire of darkness in the sky. 3:54 The Black City watching your every move. Try to consider what that might do to one's mind, hmm? 4:00 To my mind. (NADIA GASPING) 4:06 NADIA: Elio. I- ELIO: I said don't talk. Just be present. Just feel this place as it is. 4:15 Now, come on. I can feel where the Veil is weak. We're close to where we can cross over. 4:21 (FOOTSTEPS) Shh. Listen. (FAINT HUMMING) 4:26 Do you hear that? (ELIO GROANS AND INHALES) We're here. 4:32 NADIA: Here where? ELIO: Stand back. (ELIO CHANTING IN STRANGE TONGUE) 4:43 (MAGICAL CRACKLING) (NADIA GASPS) NADIA: What is that? ELIO: A portal. It's our only way out. 4:50 Now go. NADIA: I don't understand. If you could create a portal, why didn't you do that to escape? 4:56 ELIO: Because I couldn't do it alone. I needed you. It's our connection that gives me the power. 5:04 So jump! NADIA: No, I won't leave you again. We go together. 5:09 ELIO: Nadia, you have to go first or this won't work. Now, hurry. I can only hold this for so long. 5:15 (NADIA PANTING) Would you jump already? NADIA: Fine. 5:21 (RUNNING FOOTFALLS) (NADIA GRUNTING) (MAGICAL ZAPS) 5:27 (NADIA THUDS AND GRUNTS) (NADIA GROANS) (NADIA COUGHS) 5:33 (MAGICAL ZAPS) (ELIO THUDS AND GRUNTS) Elio! (RAPID FOOTFALLS) (ELIO COUGHING AND GROANING) 5:39 NADIA: Hey, look at me. Are you okay? (ELIO PANTING) Ow! You pinched me. 5:46 ELIO: I just...I just had to be sure this was real. Finally real. Finally, the flesh. 5:54 (ELIO GRUNTING AND GROANING) (ELIO YAWNING AND CRACKING BONES) 6:02 Oh, the body. It feels so different out here. 6:08 Less pressure, less pain. Light. 6:14 Free. (FOOTSTEPS) NADIA: Wait, do you hear that? (RATS SQUEAKING) 6:19 ELIO: Rats, Nadia. It's only rats. (RATS SQUEAKING) NADIA: Rats? 6:25 Where are we? ELIO: Oh, don't you recognize it, hmm? The...the feeling, the smell, that energy. 6:34 NADIA: Elio, it's practically pitch black in here. ELIO: Oh, then allow me to illuminate things for you. 6:40 (ELIO SNAPS HIS FINGERS) (TORCHES SPARK) Here, does the light help you remember? 6:46 NADIA: No. No. It can't be. ELIO: Yes, Nadia. It can. 6:53 We are home. You're home. The catacombs. 6:59 (MUSIC) 7:04 (CROWS CAWING) (THUNDER CRASHING) 7:09 (CROWS CAWING) (THUNDER CRASHING) 7:18 (DOOR CREAKING OPEN) (PATRONS CHATTERING) 7:23 (PATRONS CHATTERING) BARKEEP: Hey, Neve. Fancy a drink? 7:29 NEVE GALLUS: Mm, not right now. How about our friend? Are they here yet? 7:35 BARKEEP: Yeah. He went to his room. Number four. End of the hall, but- 7:40 NEVE: But what? BARKEEP: He seemed a little out of sorts. Not his 7:46 usual self. NEVE: Everyone's a little off these days. 7:52 (MUSIC) (FOOTSTEPS) (FLOORBOARDS CREAK) 7:59 (MUFFLED SOUND OF A CROSSBOW) NEVE: Um, hello? (MUFFLED SOUND OF ARROWING WHOOSHING) 8:05 Are you all right in there? Door's locked. You'll need to let me in. (OBJECT MOVING ACROSS THE FLOOR) 8:12 (FOOTSTEPS THUDDING) (DOOR CREAKS OPEN) 8:17 Varric, what are you doing? VARRIC TETHRAS: Just keeping Bianca in shape. NEVE: Bianca? 8:23 Oh, right, your crossbow. (CROSSBOW LOADING) (ARROW WHOOSHING) Everything okay? 8:28 (VARRIC GRUNTING) (ARROWS WHOOSHING) VARRIC: Just clearing my head. NEVE: Let's clear your head without shooting rounds 8:35 of darts into the walls. (VARRIC GROANS) VARRIC: You're no fun, Neve Gallus. Always straight to business. (OBJECT THUDS) 8:42 NEVE: We don't have time for fun. Anomalies are getting worse. Do you have any new leads on Solas? 8:48 VARRIC: Orlais was a bust. Trail's been cold for weeks now. Any chance the Shadow Dragons have anything new? 8:54 NEVE: Do you think I'd be asking about Orlais if they did? VARRIC: Hmm. 9:00 What I think is that Solas is five steps ahead of us. He could be anywhere. 9:05 Dug in somewhere in the Hinterlands, or for all we know, right under our noses. 9:11 NEVE: Where's Harding? VARRIC: She'll be back soon. She had an old contact she thought she'd try. 9:17 NEVE: (sighs) Come on, let's wait for her downstairs. Drinks on me? VARRIC: Okay, but only because you are buying. 9:27 (DOOR CREAKS) (PATRONS CHATTERING) (DOOR CLOSES) 9:32 (PATRONS CHATTERING) (OBJECTS CLANKING) DRAYDEN: So here we are, the infamous Tattered Veil. 9:39 I can see why Nadia loved this place. But where to begin? Excuse me? 9:45 SURLY MAN: Ugh. Whatever it is, I'm not interested. DRAYDEN: I'm just looking for some information. 9:51 And you seem like the sort to either have it or to know where to get it. (SURLY MAN DRINKING) 9:56 SURLY MAN: Maybe I am. What's it worth to you? (COINS JINGLING) DRAYDEN: That much. (COIN PURSE THUDS) 10:03 SURLY MAN: Mmm. I like the sound of that. (COINS CLINKING) DRAYDEN: I thought you might. 10:09 SURLY MAN: If you want to know anything about anything here in Minrathous, you need to talk to Neve Gallus. 10:16 DRAYDEN: And who is Neve Gallus? (SURLY MAN GRUNTS) SURLY MAN: Private investigator with eyes and ears 10:21 all over the city. She's the one you want. DRAYDEN: Where might I find her? 10:26 SURLY MAN: That's her now. Walking down the steps with that dwarf. DRAYDEN: Thanks. 10:32 Enjoy the coin. (MAN GROANS) (FOOTSTEPS) (COINS JINGLING) (CHAIR THUDS) DRUNK: Oy! Watch it. 10:38 DRAYDEN: (stuttering) Sorry. (PATRONS CHATTERING) DRAYDEN: Excuse me, are you Neve Gallus? 10:45 NEVE: Who's asking? LACE HARDING: Drayden? DRAYDEN: Harding? (HARDING LAUGHS) HARDING: It's so good to see you, but why are you here? 10:54 DRAYDEN: Nadia. I'm looking for Nadia. HARDING: Nadia? I thought she was with you. DRAYDEN: She was, but we've recently been separated. 11:01 Look, I don't mean to be curt, but- NEVE: Sorry to interrupt, but are you talking about Nadia Carcosa? 11:07 DRAYDEN: I am... NEVE: The Nadia Carcosa that took off with the Eye of Kethisca? HARDING: How do you know Nadia? 11:13 NEVE: I was about to ask you the same. VARRIC: Who the hell is Nadia Carcosa? HARDING: She's the one I told you about, Varric. 11:19 The one from Raven's Brook. We took out that death cult together. VARRIC: Oh yes, right. 11:25 DRAYDEN: Hold on, did you say Varric? As in Varric Tethras, the author? VARRIC: The one and only. 11:30 DRAYDEN: I loved "Darktown's Deal." I know most people are all about "Hard In Hightown," 11:35 but the way you captured every smell and every corner in Darktown, oh, just truly magnificent. 11:43 VARRIC: Finally, someone who gets it. HARDING: Varric, allow me to introduce Drayden Kiel, 11:48 writer, scholar, and historian. DRAYDEN: You remembered my spiel? HARDING: You're not an easy one to forget. 11:54 NEVE: Can someone please fill me in on all of this? HARDING: Drayden, Nadia, and I ran into some trouble 11:59 a few weeks back, and then we split. I gave them a tip about Solas and- wait... Any luck with that info? 12:06 DRAYDEN: No luck, but the tip was right. We just missed the Dread Wolf outside of Ramshackle, 12:11 but that's when things went sideways. VARRIC: So...Solas was in Ramshackle? 12:17 DRAYDEN: Yes. He had some miners digging for something in the Deep Roads. NEVE: Do you know what he was looking for? 12:23 DRAYDEN: I don't, but we discovered an ancient chamber that opened a series of portals in the Fade. 12:29 VARRIC: That doesn't sound good. DRAYDEN: But that's when we found Elio, so our focus changed. 12:34 NEVE: Elio? As in Magister Elio Andante? DRAYDEN: Yes. NEVE: What was he doing in the Fade? 12:40 DRAYDEN: The artifact they took, it exploded during a ritual with Solas. Elio's been trapped in the Fade ever since 12:47 and we've been trying to rescue him. VARRIC: For the love of nugs, how could anyone survive in the Fade for so long? 12:53 DRAYDEN: That's the thing. I don't think he did. I think something bad, a demon perhaps, 13:00 is posing as Elio to lure Nadia into some sort of trap. NEVE: Why come here to look for her? 13:06 DRAYDEN: The demon said something about taking her home, and that's Minrathous. But I don't have the first clue where to look 13:13 now that I'm here. So I would very much appreciate your help, all of you. 13:18 HARDING: You know I'm down to kick some demon butt. VARRIC: Count me in, too. I want to talk to this Nadia 13:23 about whatever went down with Solas. Could be the break we've been looking for. DRAYDEN: Neve, I'm told you have eyes all over this city. 13:31 You think you can use your network to figure out where to look? NEVE: You know I can. Let's find your friend and send this demon 13:38 back to where he came from. (MUSIC) 13:46 (NADIA GASPS) (ELIO WHISTLING) 13:51 ELIO: (singing) Here we are back where it all began. 13:56 Back where little Nadia Carcosa first hardened her little stone heart. 14:03 NADIA: Elio, why would you bring me here? You know how I feel about this place. 14:09 ELIO: I do, yeah. And that's exactly why I brought you here. It's time that you finally face the truth of who you are. 14:17 (WATER DRIPPING) (ELIO SNAPS FINGERS) (CHILDREN LAUGHING AND MURMURING) 14:23 NADIA: No, no. Stop it. Please. Please, I can't. 14:29 ELIO: But I'm not doing anything. These are just your memories coming to the surface. 14:34 It's all in your head. (MAGICAL TWINKLE) NADIA: Elio? Elio! What's happening? 14:43 Where did you go? Elio! (FOOTSTEPS SQUELCHING) 14:48 (ELIO HUMMING) (NADIA GRUNTS) 14:54 Stop it! SPIRIT CHILDREN: (singing) Bones, bones, down in the combs. (NADIA GROANING) 15:00 SPIRIT CHILDREN: (singing) Bones, bones, down in the combs. (ELIO HUMMING) 15:05 I said stop it! ELIO: How long did they leave you down here? 15:10 Eight days? Oh, it's nine. NADIA: Elio, please. ELIO: Remember how you felt, 15:15 how you lost sense of everything? Time, sanity, safety. 15:22 NADIA: I am begging you. ELIO: But then what happened? You embraced the darkness. 15:28 You opened your heart to the shadows of all of that fear just...vanished! (ELIO BLOWS AIR) 15:35 NADIA: Just make it stop! ELIO: It's okay. Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. 15:42 Here I am, Nadia. It's okay. (NADIA CRYING) NADIA: What is going on? 15:47 Where did you just go? ELIO: I told you, it's all in your head. Your memories from this place are playing tricks on you. 15:55 If you want them to stop, you need to confront them. Let yourself feel all the pain and hurt 16:01 you've been running from. NADIA: No, I can't. 16:06 I won't. ELIO: Don't you get it? You can't keep running from who you are. 16:11 And the more you do, the more pain you'll bring into your life. NADIA: Shut up! 16:17 ELIO: Oh, even back then as a child, you knew you hated it down here. You despised having to live on top 16:23 of all these wretched old bones. But what else could your pathetic Liberati parents afford? 16:30 NADIA: Shut up! ELIO: And yet, despite all the hate you had for this place, 16:35 as soon as you thought it could win you some friends, you jumped at the opportunity to come down here 16:42 and show how brave you were. But those kids had no interest in your bravery, 16:49 did they? SPIRIT CHILDREN: (singing) Bones, bones, down in the combs. 16:55 ELIO: In fact, they had no interest in you whatsoever. 17:00 You were nothing to them, just some dirty little street trash they could have their fun with. 17:07 So they locked you down here. No food, no water, just you, 17:14 the darkness, and the rats. And then they went about their lives 17:20 like you didn't even exist. NADIA: I am warning you...shut...up! 17:26 ELIO: You were lucky your worthless father even cared enough to come find you. But deep down you always, 17:32 oh, you always wished he hadn't. Isn't that right? NADIA: Elio, I am not going to warn you again. 17:40 ELIO: Do you remember the look on his face when he found you? His shock, his horror. 17:46 I mean, there was his innocent little girl drinking the blood from a dead rat. 17:52 It was the first time he saw you for the animal that you are. (NADIA SOBBING) NADIA: Why are you doing this to me? 17:59 ELIO: Because I need to show you who you really are. NADIA: I know who I am! 18:04 I'm the one you asked to marry you. ELIO: You ran away when I asked for your hand! You're the one who always runs away. 18:13 NADIA: That's not true. ELIO: No? What about when you left your father alone so you could run off on adventures with that idiot Olen? 18:20 NADIA: We needed the money! ELIO: And then he got sick. Oh, and then he died. 18:27 NADIA: (sobbing) I didn't know he was sick. ELIO: It's a pattern, Nadia. Don't you see it? Whenever things get too difficult or too real, you leave. 18:35 And the people in your life are left to suffer just as I had to suffer in the Fade. NADIA: No, I did everything I could to find you. Everything! 18:44 ELIO: Really? NADIA: Yes! ELIO: Then why were you in Nevarra? NADIA: What? ELIO: Nevarra. Why were you there? 18:52 NADIA: Drayden. They...they were ill, poisoned and dying. I had to- ELIO: You had to what, hmm? 19:00 Spend weeks trying to save some, some stranger while I sat in here being tortured 19:06 every moment of every day? Your vow was to me, not Drayden! NADIA: I'm sorry, they- ELIO: They what? 19:14 NADIA: They risked their life to help me save you. I owed them. ELIO: (demonic) You owed me! 19:24 (CRICKETS CHIRPING) (MUSIC) 19:31 (DOVE COOING) VARRIC: Where are we headed, Neve? NEVE: Old shipyard just ahead. We'll be meeting one of my most trusted associates, Huxley. 19:38 HARDING: This Huxley, did they already find something? NEVE: I alerted every connection I've ever had for this one. 19:44 If so much as a single crate has been moved in the last 24 hours, we'll know. 19:49 DRAYDEN: Thank you, Neve. NEVE: Don't mention it. We've got a common goal on this one. (CRICKETS CHIRPING) (HAMMERS STRIKING) 19:56 VARRIC: Is this the right shipyard? NEVE: It is. Everyone inside. 20:01 (CRICKETS CHIRPING) (HAMMERS STRIKING) (MUFFLED SOUNDS OF HAMMERS STRIKING) 20:08 (WHISTLING) (WHISTLING) 20:17 (FOOTSTEPS) HUXLEY DEL VECCHIO: Hey, Neve. NEVE: Hey, Huxley. What do you got for us? HUXLEY: I sent some feelers out around Dock Town, 20:23 just digging up what we could about Nadia's life. We started with that guy you saw get killed, Vik, 20:29 and we tracked down his family. That led us to this insufferable blow hard named Olen, but he was frightened something awful. 20:36 Took us a good while just to convince him we weren't there to kill him. But he eventually gave up the goods on where she grew up. 20:42 An old home in the Salts. HARDING: What are the Salts? NEVE: It's a slum where a bunch of people died 20:48 because the owners ignored an infestation of silver brine mold to save some coin. 20:54 HUXLEY: Yep. And turns out that Nadia's father was one of the ones that died. DRAYDEN: Oh, I knew she had it bad, 21:00 but I didn't know she lost her father like that too. VARRIC: This old house of hers, how far is it from here? 21:07 HUXLEY: The Salts are close, but they're dangerous, so we sent a scout ahead. House was empty, but they heard some...disturbances down below. 21:15 VARRIC: Below? NEVE: You don't mean the old catacombs? HUXLEY: I'm afraid so. 21:21 HARDING: Sorry. What are the old catacombs? HUXLEY: They're a reminder of how cruel this city can be. 21:27 Neve here knows all about them. NEVE: The Qunari invaded Minrathous back in the Steel Age. 21:34 (MUSIC) (SOUNDS OF FIGHTING) They weren't able to capture the city, but the attacks were so brutal, 21:41 they left a mark on it that's still felt today. (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 21:47 During the last wave of bombardments, a big chunk of the catacombs collapsed, cutting them off from the rest of the tunnels. 21:54 (EARTH CRUMBLING) They were so badly damaged, 21:59 the leaders decided they weren't worth fixing and wound up forgotten. 22:05 The only people who dared to go down into their depths was the occasional Liberati seeking someplace quiet 22:12 to end their suffering. (PEOPLE SHOUTING) (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 22:23 VARRIC: Didn't know things were so bad under Minrathous. NEVE: There are cracks in everything, Varric. 22:28 HARDING: Even glorious civilizations. DRAYDEN: It sounds like the perfect place for a demon looking to enter into this world. 22:35 HARDING: You're right about that. VARRIC: We should go immediately. NEVE: Nice work, Huxley. 22:40 HUXLEY: Thanks, Neve. Good luck. NEVE: Alright, everyone follow me. (MUSIC) 22:51 (NADIA CRYING) NADIA: How can I fix this? Tell me. 22:59 ELIO: There is a simple solution, a way that lets us move forward beyond all of this. 23:07 NADIA: How? ELIO: By saving me, but for real. 23:14 NADIA: (stuttering) I don't understand. ELIO: Invite me in. 23:19 NADIA: What do you mean in? (ELIO BREATHES DEEPLY) ELIO: Let me take over your body. 23:25 It's the only way I can truly come back from the Fade now. (RATS SQUEALING) NADIA: (stuttering) I don't understand. 23:31 ELIO: Nadia, I was in there too long. All that energy. The Lyrium. 23:37 My body's been corrupted. I can feel it dying as we speak. 23:43 I don't have that much time left. NADIA: No. What are you saying? ELIO: I'm saying that if I don't get a new body, 23:52 I'm going to die. And soon. But you can save me by giving me yours. 23:58 NADIA: But...what about me? ELIO: Oh, you'll be fine, I promise. It'll be just like going to sleep. 24:06 You'll slip back into that darkness you love so much and you won't have to think about anything or anyone. 24:12 (WATER DRIPPING) NADIA: (crying) Elio, I don't know about this, I- 24:18 ELIO: I know it's scary, but I am dying because of you. 24:24 I asked you to marry me and you got so scared that you ran off to steal an artifact. 24:30 NADIA: But I didn't mean for any of this to happen. ELIO: Oh, it doesn't matter what you meant. It still happened and now you...owe me. 24:40 NADIA: What you're asking of me... ELIO: Well, just think of all the good I can do if I live. 24:45 I'll still be an Altus mage. But you? What are you going to do? 24:52 Keep thieving until you wind up dead or in jail? How is that the best choice for either of us? 24:58 (MUSIC) (WATER DRIPPING) NADIA: Okay. ELIO: What was that? 25:04 NADIA: I said, okay. You can have me. (ELIO GASPING) 25:10 ELIO: Oh, Nadia. (laughs) Oh Nadia, you make me so happy. And now we get to be together forever. 25:18 Oh, just close your eyes, my love. And this will all be over soon. 25:24 (distorted) (chanting) Energies of darkness, unburden the lost from their prisons of misery. 25:31 Invoke our sacred Veil as we cross the barrier from one mind to the next. (NADIA SCREAMING) 25:37 DRAYDEN: Stop! NADIA: Drayden? DRAYDEN: Nadia, wait! That's not Elio! 25:43 (NADIA GROANING AND GRUNTING) NADIA: Drayden, what are you doing here? DRAYDEN: I've come to save you. 25:49 That's not Elio, it's a demon. And you have to fight it now. (ELIO ROARING) ELIO: You meddling swine! 25:56 You think the likes of you can stop me? DRAYDEN: Me? No, but I brought friends. 26:03 HARDING: Hey, Nadia! (MUSIC) NADIA: Uh, Harding? HARDING: I still owe you one for Raven's Brook. NEVE: I told you back on those docks, 26:09 I'm not going to let you leave. NADIA: Neve! (CROSSBOW CLANKING) VARRIC: You don't know me, but if these two have 26:14 got your back, as far as I'm concerned, you're family. DRAYDEN: And you already are my family. 26:20 So whatever happens today, it happens to both of us. ELIO: Oh, it's too late. 26:26 She has already made the promise to give me her flesh and I will not be denied my place in this world! 26:32 (NADIA GRUNTS) NADIA: Sorry, Elio. But you could say I've had a change of heart. 26:38 (ELIO LAUGHS) ELIO: Then you will die, 26:43 but first, you will face me as I truly am. 26:50 (ELIO GROWLING) (FLESH SQUELCHING) (ELIO ROARING) (MAGICAL CLICKING) 26:57 MAEROR: I...am...Maeror! 27:03 VARRIC: Yeah, and an asshole. Let's take this thing down, everyone! 27:08 (WEAPONS CLASHING) (EVERYONE GRUNTING) (DRAYDEN SCREAMING) 27:13 (WEAPONS CLASHING) (CRASHING) (MAEROR LAUGHING) MAEROR: Pitiful little creatures, 27:19 do you really think you can stop me? (MAEROR GRUNTS) (EVERYONE GRUNTING) 27:24 NEVE: Ice spikes, watch out! VARRIC: We need to get closer. Engage him head on. NADIA: What do you say, Drayden? 27:30 You remember any of the moves from the Dairsmuid two-step? DRAYDEN: Remember? I've been practicing. 27:36 NADIA: Varric, on your lead. VARRIC: Neve, Harding, give us some cover fire. HARDING: You got it! NEVE: My pleasure. 27:43 (EVERYONE GRUNTING) (WEAPONS CLASHING) 27:48 (EVERYONE GRUNTING) (WEAPONS CLASHING) VARRIC: Now. Charge! 27:53 (EVERYONE GRUNTING) (WEAPONS CLASHING) 27:59 VARRIC: Look at those teeth! That damn thing is ugly. NADIA: Drayden, watch out! (ICE BLASTING) 28:05 (DRAYDEN GRUNTS) DRAYDEN: Thanks, Nadia. VARRIC: Go in closer! I'm going to light him up from here. 28:10 (CROSSBOW LOADING AND FIRING) (WEAPONS CLASHING) NADIA: Swing for the flesh! 28:17 (EVERYONE GRUNTING) (WEAPONS CLASHING) DRAYDEN: He's too fast. I can't hit him. 28:23 (WEAPONS CLASHING) (CROSSBOW FIRING) VARRIC: Quit your running, demon. Stand and fight! 28:30 MAEROR: Why don't you die? (MAEROR ROARS) (VARRIC GRUNTS) 28:35 HARDING: Varric! VARRIC: I'm okay. NEVE: That's it. I'm tired of this, Maeror. 28:41 (NEVE GRUNTS) (MAGIC HUMMING) Back to where you came from, demon! 28:46 (SPELL BLASTING) (MAEROR CRYING OUT) DRAYDEN: You got him! (EARTH CRUMBLING) (MAEROR GROWLING) 28:54 (MAGICAL ZAP) (HAUNTING THRUMMING SOUND) NADIA: Oh shit. I know that sound. DRAYDEN: Is he opening the Fade? 29:00 MAEROR: You will not stop me! You will not stop any of us. 29:07 Soon, the Veil will fall, and this world will be ours! 29:14 (DEMONS SNAPPING AND SNARLING) HARDING: Demons! 29:19 VARRIC: Well, this just keeps getting better. NEVE: Harding, do you see those columns? 29:25 HARDING: What? Oh, great thinking. I'm on it. NEVE: Everybody, get behind me! 29:31 NADIA: I'm good with that. DRAYDEN: Me too. VARRIC: Already on my merry way! (DEMONS SNARLING AND SNAPPING) 29:36 NEVE: Harding, let me know when you're in position. HARDING: Almost to the top! (DEMONS SNARLING AND SNAPPING) 29:43 (HARDING GRUNTING) VARRIC: What's your plan? HARDING: Ever heard of sheep? VARRIC: I like your thinking. 29:50 HARDING: Ready when you are! (NEVE GRUNTS) NEVE: With that portal he opened, I'm going to tap directly into the Fade 29:56 and fill this entire chamber with a disruption field. (MAGICAL CRACKLING) 30:01 (DEMONS HOWLING) DRAYDEN: It's working. They're immobilized. 30:07 NEVE: Harding, hit those demons with all the arrows you can! HARDING: Just watch this! 30:12 (HARDING YELLS) (ARROWS WHOOSHING) VARRIC: Keep going! You can break your record! 30:18 (HARDING YELLING) (ARROWS WHOOSHING) (DEMONS SHRIEKING) MAEROR: I have had enough of you all! 30:24 (MAEROR ROARS) (MUSIC) (MAEROR ROARS) (ICE MAGIC CRACKLES) (HARDING SCREAMS) (HARDING GRUNTS) 30:33 NEVE: Don't let that ice touch you. It's freezing everything. (HARDING AND VARRIC GRUNTING) 30:39 VARRIC: Team...help! HARDING: Varric! I'm come- 30:46 NADIA: Neve, here, quick! Up on this crypt! Maybe the ice won't reach. NEVE: Right behind...you. 30:53 DRAYDEN: Neve! (NADIA GRUNTING) NADIA: Drayden, hurry! It's about to catch you. 30:59 DRAYDEN: Here, take this. NADIA: What are you doing? Just run! DRAYDEN: I'm not going to make it, but drink that. 31:04 It's a tonic I got from Emmrich. It'll protect you from- (ICE CRACKLING) 31:10 NADIA: Drayden, no! (BOTTLE TOP POPPING) (LIQUID CHUGGING) (MAEROR GROWLING) 31:17 MAEROR: Once again, you survived at the expense of everyone around you. 31:24 And little Nadia is alone. 31:29 See what I mean about patterns? NADIA: Say whatever you want, Maeror. 31:35 But I'm done with your lies. You don't hold any power over me now. 31:40 MAEROR: Such a shame. I waited so long for us to be together. 31:46 (DEMON GROWLING) NADIA: Wait, that sound. 31:51 I knew it felt familiar. I've heard that before. I've- MAEROR: And now, she finally sees. 31:59 NADIA: You were here when I was a child. It was you. (NADIA GASPING) 32:05 You were the thing that followed me in the dark. MAEROR: Yes, it was me. 32:11 And the pain and hopelessness that coursed through your veins tasted oh so sweet. 32:20 NADIA: That's why my father had so much trouble finding me. You led me deeper and deeper into the maze. 32:26 It was you that didn't want me to be found. MAEROR: It's true. He took you from me. 32:33 But not before I left my mark on you. That dark cloud that followed you every day after, 32:41 that was me. I made you. 32:48 NADIA: No. MAEROR: Oh, and Harding was surprised when the three of you opened that rift with the Eye 32:55 and I stumbled upon you once more. But all this time, I wasn't going to lose you again. 33:03 NADIA: Tell me you didn't. MAEROR: Oh yes, I killed him and I killed him quick. 33:11 NADIA: No. MAEROR: He was the key to getting you back, but now you've ruined everything. 33:17 (NADIA SOBBING) NADIA: Elio's gone. He's really gone. 33:24 MAEROR: Don't worry. You're about to join him. And then I think I'll be taking your friend instead. 33:34 There's much pain in that one. Much pain. 33:43 NADIA: You won't lay a finger on them. MAEROR: There's nothing you can do to stop me. 33:50 NADIA: Watch me! (NADIA GRUNTING) 33:57 MAEROR: That's it! Come on, Nadia. Let me feel all that pain, all that despair. 34:04 (ICE CRACKLING) (MAEROR GRUNTING) (NADIA GRUNTING) 34:10 (MAEROR LAUGHING) MAEROR: You can't dodge them all. (NADIA GRUNTING) (ICE CRASHING) 34:16 (NADIA YELLING) (ICE CRACKLING) (MAEROR GROANING) (NADIA GRUNTING) 34:24 MAEROR: What's happening? (NADIA YELLING) (MAEROR GRUNTING) (NADIA BREATHING HEAVILY) NADIA: That's for Elio! 34:29 (NADIA GRUNTING) (DAGGER SQUELCHING) (MAEROR SCREAMING) And that's for me! (NADIA GRUNTING) 34:35 (DAGGER SLICING) (MAEROR SCREAMING) For my mother, my father! (NADIA GRUNTING) (MAEROR SCREAMING) 34:40 Those nights in the catacombs. (MAEROR SCREAMING) And for everyone I've ever lost because of what you put into my heart 34:48 when I was just a child. (NADIA GRUNTING) Be gone, Maeror! 34:54 And stay the fuck out of my life... (DAGGER SLICING) (MAEROR SCREAMING) ...forever! 34:59 (DAGGER SLICING) And this ring belongs to me! (DAGGER CLANGING) (MAEROR ROARING) 35:04 (NADIA PANTING) (RAPID FOOTSTEPS) Drayden, Drayden! Wake up! Drayden! 35:10 (DRAYDEN GROANING) DRAYDEN: Nadia? NADIA: Hey, easy. The magic's wearing off. 35:16 VARRIC: Oh, my head feels like I had a hefty stein of the Hissing Drake. 35:21 NEVE: Everyone okay? Harding? (HARDING GROANING) HARDING: I'm here. I'm here. 35:28 I think. Head's still spinning from that ice over. NADIA: Here. Let me help you up. 35:35 (HARDING GRUNTS) DRAYDEN: Nadia, you're smiling. (NADIA LAUGHS) 35:40 NADIA: The darkness inside, it's gone. DRAYDEN: What did we miss? 35:46 (MAEROR GROWLING) HARDING: Nadia, look out! (NADIA GRUNTING) (ICE BLASTING) 35:54 DRAYDEN: Nadia! (NADIA GASPING) (MAEROR GROWLING) VARRIC: Oh, just die already! 36:01 (CROSSBOW LOADING) (ARROW WHOOSHING) (MAEROR HOWLING) 36:08 HARDING: Got him right between the eyes! VARRIC: Something for him to think on. (NADIA GRUNTING AND COUGHING) 36:15 DRAYDEN: Help her, please. HARDING: Drayden, it doesn't look good. (HEARTBEAT) VARRIC: (faint) Tie off her leg. Stop the bleeding. 36:21 NEVE: (muffled) It's punctured her lung. Nadia, can you hear me? (HEARTBEAT) 36:27 (MUSIC) (MUSIC) 36:37 (MUSIC) (BIRDS CHIRPING) 36:46 (BIRDS CHIRPING) (KNOCKING) (DOOR OPENING) (FOOTSTEPS) 36:53 DRAYDEN: How are you feeling? NADIA: Weary, but alive. 36:59 Thanks to you. (FLOORBOARDS CREAKING) DRAYDEN: You would've done the same. NEVE: Here, drink this. (CORK POPS) 37:04 The healer said it'll help with the damage to your lungs. NADIA: Thanks, Neve. (BOTTLE CLINKS) NEVE: You really took a beating. 37:11 That ice ripped right through you. You'll never fight again. But once you're feeling better, let me know. 37:18 And we'll get you one of these prosthetics. NADIA: I would like that very much. NEVE: In the meantime, here's a cane to help you walk. 37:27 NADIA: Drayden, can you give me a hand? DRAYDEN: Of course. Come on. (NADIA GRUNTS) 37:32 Everything else is ready and waiting. (MUSIC) 37:39 (HORSE TROTTING) (HORSE TROTTING) 37:47 DRAYDEN: This was Elio's estate? NADIA: Yep. DRAYDEN: It's gorgeous. NADIA: Hmm. 37:53 I loved it here when spring blossomed. Most peaceful place you'd ever want to be, 37:58 especially with him. DRAYDEN: I'm sorry I never got to meet him. NADIA: Me too, Books. He would've liked you a lot. 38:07 (DRAYDEN CHUCKLES SOFTLY) (SOFT FOOTSTEPS) VARRIC: There's our warrior. 38:12 How are you feeling? (NADIA SIGHS) NADIA: Surprisingly good, considering all the puncture wounds. 38:19 NEVE: That's probably all the potions we have you on. (laughs) I'm surprised you didn't fly here. 38:25 (NADIA LAUGHS) HARDING: I've said it before, but you're a heck of a fighter, Nadia Carcosa. 38:31 NADIA: It's good to see you. All of you. VARRIC: Wouldn't have missed it. HARDING: And I got the flowers. 38:38 Andraste's Grace, just like you requested. (NADIA SIGHS) 38:44 NADIA: He loved these. HARDING: They sure are pretty. NADIA: If everyone could join me around his plot. 38:52 (AFFIRMATIVE GRUNTS) DRAYDEN: Of course. (FOOTSTEPS) (NADIA SIGHS) 38:59 NADIA: Elio Andante. Where do I begin? (NADIA SIGHS) 39:06 DRAYDEN: You got this. (NADIA CLEARS HER THROAT) (MUSIC) NADIA: Sometimes it seems like it was just yesterday 39:15 when we first stumbled into each other at Wintersend. Your easy smile, your friendly eyes, 39:23 the way our energy just seemed to immediately harmonize. 39:29 (laughs) The way you laughed when you asked for me to politely return your coin purse. 39:34 (ALL LAUGHING) From the very first moment, 39:40 you showed me grace, you showed me kindness. 39:46 You showed me a different kind of world, and one I wanted to be part of. 39:53 I cherished every day I got to spend with you. 39:58 And though there is a lot I am sorry about, there is nothing I regret 40:06 because you will always be my greatest adventure. 40:12 And for the rest of my days, I promise you that I will do my best to live up to your legacy, 40:21 to live the way you lived, with kindness and grace and love. 40:32 And this ring, this ring will never leave my side. 40:38 I will carry it with me always and it will help me as I continue 40:43 to learn, evolve, and grow. There are many things I am sad about, 40:51 but I will no longer live in sadness. And though you and I will never get 40:58 to make the family we deserved, (NADIA SNIFFLES) I just want you to know wherever you are, 41:06 that I finally have people in my life who I can call family. (ALL CRYING) 41:14 Rest well, my beloved Elio. And I promise you, one day we will meet again. 41:23 (MUSIC) (ALL SOBBING) 41:28 (MUSIC) DRAYDEN: You going to be okay? 41:33 NADIA: I am. (ALL SNIFFLING) (DRAYDEN AND NADIA SIGHING) 41:39 NEVE: It was a lovely send off, Nadia. I know I didn't really know him, but his reputation in the city 41:46 was always filled with admiration and respect. He was a good man. 41:51 NADIA: Thank you for that. VARRIC: So, what's next for Nadia and Drayden? 41:57 (NADIA SIGHS) NADIA: We're going to go someplace quiet and far away from all of this. 42:04 My days of adventure are over. I just want to heal. DRAYDEN: We are thinking about building a new estate, 42:11 something to help others displaced by the anomalies. A new kind of family for misfits and orphans, 42:16 just like Nadia and myself. It's time for me to be focused on this world for a change. 42:22 NEVE: Change is good. VARRIC: Smart, too. Best to get out of Tevinter and never come back. 42:28 Those bounties never go away. HARDING: May your retirement be a peaceful one. 42:35 NADIA: I'll miss you, Harding. (HARDING SIGHS) (NADIA AND HARDING EMBRACE) (HARDING CHUCKLES) 42:42 HARDING: Maybe one day when this fight with Solas is done, I'll swing by and see what you two have built. 42:47 NADIA: You are always welcome. Everyone. (HORSE SNORTING) (HOOVES CLOMPING) 42:53 DRAYDEN: Alright, we better get a move on. It's a long road home. (NADIA CLIMBS INTO CARRIAGE) 42:59 (CARRIAGE CREAKS) (NADIA SIGHS) NADIA: I suppose this is goodbye. 43:04 I've said it a hundred times, but from the bottom of my now ice-free heart, 43:12 thank you for everything. VARRIC: Fare thee well. NEVE: Safe travels. HARDING: Take care, Nadia and Drayden. 43:20 DRAYDEN: You ready? (NADIA SIGHS) NADIA: Hit it, Books. DRAYDEN: Yip! 43:26 (HOOVES PLODDING) (HOOVES PLODDING) 43:37 NEVE: I'd love to chat, but I've gotten word the Venatori are up to something and need to investigate. 43:43 I'll catch up with you two later. VARRIC: See you around, Neve. (FOOTSTEPS) 43:48 HARDING: So what are you thinking? VARRIC: We grab a drink and we figure out what's next. 43:55 (HARDING CHUCKLES) Come on. (MUSIC) 44:00 (MUSIC) 44:06 (MUSIC) NARRATOR: Dragon Age: Vows and Vengeance 44:11 is a production of Electronic Arts in association with Pod People. Based on the award-winning video game franchise 44:18 from Bioware. Learn more about the world of Dragon Age, and its latest game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, 44:26 by visiting dragonage.com. Rated M for mature. (MUSIC) 44:33 Directed by Matt Sav, written by Will Melton and Jeremy Novick. 44:41 Featuring the voices of Mae Whitman as Nadia, 44:46 Brigette Lundy-Paine as Drayden, Armen Taylor as Elio, 44:53 Brian Bloom as Varric, Nick Boraine as Emmrich, 44:59 Matthew Mercer as Manfred, Ali Hillis as Harding, 45:07 Jessica Clark as Neve. Additional voices by Sabrina Fest, 45:15 Roslyn Gentle, Damien Gerard, Jillian Kinsey, Daniel Lench, 45:23 Isaac Gonzalez Rossi, Sean Thomas Simmons, 45:28 Charles Halford, and Brandon Gill as narrator. 45:35 Creative and narrative direction by Todd Stallkamp. BioWare narrative development and support 45:42 by Mary De Marle and John Epler. Editorial direction by Will Melton. 45:49 Producers for Electronic Arts, Alex Bader and Chris Beckett. 45:55 Production Management by Bryan Rivers. Assistant direction by Ashton Carter. 46:02 Story development by Todd Stallkamp, Will Melton, Matt Sav, and Jeremy Novick. 46:10 Associate producing and script supervision by Hannah Rae Leach. 46:16 Casting by Alaine Aldaffer, Lisa Donadio, Lindsey Ploussard and Alex Vikmanis. 46:24 Sound design by Michael Aquino, Morgane Fouse, 46:29 and Carter Wogahn. Dialogue editing by Michael Aquino and Carter Wogahn. 46:37 Mixing and mastering by Morgane Fouse. Featuring original music by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe. 46:46 Executive producers for Pod People, Matt Sav and Rachael King. 46:51 Electronic Arts brand and marketing leads, Kari Hale and Olivier Tse. 46:58 Electronics Arts Design, Hugo Ugaz and Jacob Meyer. 47:03 BioWare special thanks to Ashley Barlow, Cody Behiel, Hilary Hidey, Steve Lam, 47:12 Crystal McCord, and Patrick Weekes. Electronic Arts special thanks to Kevin Maher, 47:21 Jacklyn Gilson, Rick Dressler, Marcie Galea, Krysta Trezise, 47:28 Joe Gatdula, Jon Bailey, Greg Joson, and Ritual Khanna. 47:36 Dragon Age: The Veilguard, a single-player RPG, launches Fall 2024 on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. 47:46 Begin your adventure at dragonage.com. Rated M for mature. 47:51 (MUSIC) 47:56 (MUSIC)
Rating Summary This is a role-playing game in which players assume the role of a warrior (Rook) trying to defeat corrupt ancient gods from destroy the world of Thedas. Players explore environments, interact with characters, perform quests, and battle enemies in melee, ranged, and magical combat. Characters use swords, arrows, energy bursts, and elemental attacks to defeat various enemies (e.g., monsters, dragons, humans). Combat is highlighted by cries of pain, explosions, and blood-splatter effects. Cutscenes also depict instances of violence and blood: characters impaled on swords; shriveled corpses amid bloodstained torture devices. Some scenes depict corpses lying in pools/large splatters of blood; one boss battle takes place in a large pool/room full of blood. The game contains some sexual material: characters kissing, moaning, and straddling each other; characters caressing each other while in their underwear; dialogue referencing sex (e.g., "Think about us having sex”; “Are you trying to have sex with me?"). Characters are sometimes depicted topless for prolonged periods of time (e.g., character customization) and/or during love scenes. The word “f**k” appears in the game.
For good or ill, the fate of Thedas will be decided soon. Dragon Age™: The Veilguard arrives October 31, 2024. Pre-order* to receive Rook's Blood Dragon armor cosmetic for all three classes: Warrior, Mage, and Rogue.
Ancient tyrants wielding the might of gods have escaped their prison, and that is only the beginning. Demons, darkspawn, blighted dragons, and perilous choices lie ahead. Unite the Veilguard and defy the gods.
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