Dragon Age: Heritage - Prologue

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For those who aren't familiar with the games, I will be adding spoilers with explanation of terms and places.

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Our story begins in Redcliffe. Redcliffe is located near Lake Calenhad and Frostback mountains. The year is 9:27 Dragon and Ferelden's peaceful and ignorant about the Blight that is yet to come in three years.

Ferelden is a nation that was united by King Calenhad over four hundred years ago. Before being united, it was mainly ruled by clans that each held their own territory. Many skirmishes occurred between these clans. Ferelden is ruled from the capital of Ferelden, Denerim where most of the nobles live including King Cailan and his wife, Queen Anora. Ferelden was occupied by Orlesians just few decades ago and the memory is still fresh in the minds of current Nobles who fought beside King Maric, Cailan's father to free Ferelden.
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We now step in shoes of young man called Marco. He is an orphan born in Redcliffe. Her mother died when giving birth to Marco and his father left her after hearing about her pregnancy. Marco has short brown hair and he is 14 years old. He is currently hidden in a cupboard in chantry of Redcliffe.

Marco: (thinking) Shit, all I stole was a few breads and some pork. Why must these dimwits follow me all the time?

Loud steps echo in the chantry from three market guards barge and stone floor when they into the chantry.

Market guard 1: Where is that little runt!?

A sister of the chantry arrives on the spot and stops these three from continuing any further. The men stop reluctantly when the sister steps in front of them.

Sister: What is all this racket? Why are you running in the house of maker?

Market guard 3: We're following Marco of course. Isn't that obvious? That little brat has been stealing from the market again.

Sister: You won't find him here. Go pursue him elsewhere and on side note, no-one else than you have entered the chantry this morning.

The men exchange looks with each other and then the first Market Guard mumbles something similar to ''Fine, we're sorry...'' and they leave this time walking. They open the doors of the chantry and leave. Both sister and Marco can hear the first market guard issuing orders to the rest two about where to search for him next.As the voices disappear, Marco steps out of the cupboard and quickly thanks his savior while running towards open window.

Marco: Thank you, sister... Maker guide your steps!

Sister then smirks and waves after Marco who jumps out from the open window.

Sister: Manners... You find them in the last place you look.

Marco lands on bushes that are planted right beneath the chantry's window. He then quickly gets up and continues towards the Lake, away from the Market and chantry. After running for few minutes he stops and gazes onto the Lake Calenhad. A boat is slowly approaching him. Inside of the boat, he sees a girl and boy. Their names are Perrin and Mina. The moment is broken when the three guards run by and stop as one of them points at Marco. Perrin who is rowing the boat notices this and starts rowing faster.

Market Guard 2: There he is! After him!

Marco starts running in water towards the boat as the guards are still on shore. Suddenly Mina gets up and points her hands towards the guardsmen, which slip as the shore is covered in ice and slide into the water. They cannot pursue Marco anymore due their heavy armor preventing them from swimming quickly and Perrin catches Marco's hand, pulling him on the boat.

Marco: You came in nick of time. Thanks, Mina.

Perrin: Geez, I did all the work and still you don't thank me. Still, she did good job as usually

Mina: Welcome back, Marco. Good to see that you weren't caught.

Perrin: As if they would ever catch Marco. He is the fastest among us and a thief on contrary. Those dimwits just never learn.

Perrin then turns the boat and starts rowing towards the Circle tower in middle of Lake Calenhad.

Circle tower is a place where the mages are sent to learn how to control their abilities. Some say that it is a prison guarded by templars as some say that it's good that they're isolated like that. Mages are dangerous since they attract demons that try to possess a body and create chaos in the world. A mage that doesn't belong to a circle tower is called an Apostate and they're hunt down by templars.
After an hour of rowing, the trio docks on the stony base of the tower. They shouldn't be allowed to escape the circle, even though Mina is the only Mage amongst them. After docking, they go behind the Circle tower and push a rock aside which then reveals a hidden passage into cellar of Circle Tower and their hideout. The passage leads to a closed room with a ball of fire floating in middle of the room, creating warmth and light that gives the room a nice feeling. On the floor, there are multiple bedrolls and on one of them is sitting their senior mage, Casey.

Casey: What did you catch today?

Marco: Pork, bread and I caught few fishes while Perrin was rowing slowly here.

Perrin: Hey! Try rowing yourself once!

Mina: Now, now. There's no need to argue. If we go now we still can catch our lessons

All four of them leave the room with Casey being the last one. When Casey leaves, he snaps his fingers and the fireball in middle of the room disappears.

Marco: Alright, you and Casey head to the upper floors and library for your lessons. I will stay in the cellars with Perrin to spar with the enchanted armors.

Mina and Casey go to separate direction from Perrin and Marco. The day passes on quickly and it doesn't take long before all of them are back at their hideout with few other apprentices, eating dinner.

Like always, Mina is sitting on her bedroll and reading a book about elemental magic as Casey is levitating a teapot over a fireball in middle of the room. He really likes tea. Meanwhile Perrin is fighting with Gobi over the last piece of pork. All of them soon fall asleep except Casey who stays up few hours longer than rest of the group. He is reading a book called ''Summoning Sciences'', practicing summoning techniques for his Harrowing.


Harrowing is event for apprentice mages where they are called one by one to fight a demon inside of the Fade. If they win, they're titled Senior Mages and if they lose, demon takes their body over and the apprentice's killed.

Fade is realm of demons where both elves and humans go to when they are asleep. So, in other words, fade is the realm of dreams and Mages who possess the skills of Dreamers can manipulate fade as they wish.

End of the prologue.
 

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DA2 was a let down for me :( More actiony and less Tacticaly

but that was great Perry! :D
Thanks and I found it funnier (DA2) as I am playing on console.

Already Beaten DA2 twice. I'm halfway done with Warrior right now. I havent touched it in awhile though.

Good Job Perry.
Thank you. I have completed it only once. I've almost finished Act 2 with a female rogue and I've completed Origins three times already and all the downloadable content.
 
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