Dragon Age Grey Warden Symbol
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'From here, you two are on your own. Remember, you are both Grey Wardens. I expect you to be worthy of that title.' The Warden-Commander responding to the growing threat in Ferelden and to Alistair, Duncan is the one who recruits the PC.
He has been a Grey Warden for quite a while now and commands great respect. He also seems to have connections everywhere in Ferelden.: is that his father was Fereldan and his mother a Rivaini.: Tells Jory 'I'm sorry' even as he guts him like a fish.: Merrill recalls it in, remembering thinking a squirrel had attached itself to his chin.: Don't want to become a Grey Warden? Duncan can invoke the Right of Conscription.: No matter your Origin, he will pick you to be a Grey Warden.: Duncan having you gather the treaties to the Magi, Elves, and Dwarves seems odd until you remember he had his doubts about Ostagar stopping the Blight.: As a Grey Warden, Duncan has to be neutral no matter what unless it's related to stopping the Darkspawn. Despite that, it's clear he still wants to help people even when it's not technically his duty. This is evident in the all of the origins, as he wants to aid the player character even without using the Right of Conscription to save them. For example, in the City Elf origin, he cannot storm the Arl's house to save you,.: Even Daveth admits it. Daveth: All right for an old bugger.
He's faster than he looks, too.: Inevitably he dies at Ostagar.: Mortally wounded, he still manages to perform a flying take-down of an Ogre (a monster you most likely had a hell of a time trying to deal with at the top of the tower) and his reaction to the Hurlock charging at him with an axe is to throw it a withering. Even in death, Duncan is a badass.: Fatally wounded at Ostagar, he the hurlock general charging forward to kill him with axe raised without flinching.: According to Riordan, Duncan couldn't help having a soft spot for his recruits.: He IS the nail that determines which playable character ends up as the Grey Warden.: He tells the Dalish elf that there's nothing they can do for Tamlen.
This is true, but you find out only near the endgame, where you encounter a very much alive Tamlen trying to resist his transformation into a shriek. You only assumed that he was dead.: While he does seem, he makes it clear he will do anything to save Ferelden from the Blight and saves your life in most of the origins. That doesn't mean he won't withhold information concerning the lethality of the Joining or stab Jory when he panics and tries to back out. While Jory had indeed drawn his sword, he did so while backing away from Duncan. Duncan is nicely summed up by the Warden when discussing him with Alistair. Warden: He seems like a, if.
He sympathizes with each potential Warden recruit in their origin stories and will help them out to a point, but he is very clear that he will not violate Grey Warden neutrality under any circumstances. No matter what situation the recruit finds themselves in at the end, Duncan will demand that the PC join his cause over any objection.
He will also withold vital information until absolutely necessary to ensure that the recruit will stay until it is too late to run.: He's quite open about his subscription to the policy of 'the Grey Wardens do what they must.' Poor, stupid.: The name Duncan can mean either 'dark note brown-haired', 'dark note brown-warrior', or 'chief/chieftain'. Very fitting for Duncan, all.: Duncan acts as a source of guidance and information during the brief time he interacts with the Player Character in each origin. He intended to do much more of this for the player later, but was killed before he had the chance.: is that he's dead, but the Warden never finds his body during Return to Ostagar.
Though given what the Darkspawn are like, it's less likely that he is still alive and got away somehow and more likely that his corpse was taken to be desecrated or to be eaten.: For Alistair.: Not directly, but withholding vital, very unpleasant information about the Wardens is a low blow. For his part, Duncan actually agrees that its unfair, but considers it a necessary evil to strenthen the Wardens ranks. Duncan: If only such secrecy were unnecessary, and all understood the necessity of such sacrifice. Sadly, that will never be so.: When he was younger.: No matter what origin you get, you get recruited into the Grey Wardens by the same guy.
Each origin displays that the only reason your chosen Warden is is because Duncan happened to be recruiting in your area. The five other possibilities are left to suffer their fates.: Well, screw you dwarves, but yes. Delivers a rather one in the Dwarf Commoner Origin, after the entire Proving Arena erupts in outrage that a mere with no formal training had just beaten veterans of countless Darkspawn campaigns.
Duncan politely questions that wasn't the entire point of the Proving to find the best warrior in Orzammar? Proving Master: This wo/man is no Warrior, they are Casteless!
Rejected by the Ancestors, his/her very footsteps pollute the Stone! S/he has no place here!Duncan: Except as your Champion.:. Duncan seldom ever shows emotion, and remains cool and aloof for the entire time you're associated with him. Alistair says that, however. Certain humorous dialogue options when talking to him will occasionally make him chuckle, such as the Warden's comment that before the Joining and Battle of Ostagar, some dinner might be nice first.
In the magi origin, you can also get him to rather ardently claim that he wishes the Chantry would see the potential that mages had to help against the Darkspawn. This is the closest he gets to a moment. This of course hearkens back to his experiences in The Calling.: To all his recruits, but particularly Alistair.: He takes this role in the Joining. He offers the mixture of blood and tells the recruits that it is likely to be leathal. If anyone foolishly attacks or tries to run after that, he kills them. He then hands the cup to the next recruit, having made it very clear that there is no turning back after getting this far.: When Alistair tells the Warden about the Calling, he'll reveal that Duncan had recently started having the dreams that signal the beginning of it. Even if he hadn't perished at Ostagar, he wouldn't have had much time left (though, given the nature of Grey Wardens and the Calling, this trope is in play for all Wardens).
'It warms my heart to see such courage.' A Grey Warden from Orlais, Riordan has known Duncan for a while. He is captured by Arl Rendon Howe after sneaking into Ferelden to determine what happened to the Grey Wardens there and the extent of the Blight.: Shows up quite late into the game and gets killed off just as the finale really gets going to make it more dramatic.: While not as impressive as Duncan's, Riordan has a full black beard and is one of the more impressive in combat.: As a Senior Warden, he's capable of the Archdemon and is able to 'listen in' to spy on the horde. It's implied the Archdemon may have become aware of this, and deliberately leads Riordan to believe the horde plans to attack Recliffe when the real target is Denerim.: A pragmatic strategist, more like it. Despite the torture to which he was subjected, he's willing to recruit Loghain as a Grey Warden.: Attempts to perform a flying takedown of the Archdemon with a. While his attack ultimately doesn't kill the Archdemon, he does manage to cripple it badly enough that it's forced to land.: Snaps the neck of the guard outside of his cell after the Warden distracts him for just a second, and then proceeds to calmly explain who he is and sneak out of the Arl's estate, despite having recently been tortured.: Inevitably.: Which is his, by the way.: When he tries to go beyond this and kill the Archdemon himself, he suffers a despite being a good guy.
Dragon Age Grey Warden Motto
He does manage to force the dragon into a fight the PC has a chance of winning, however.: With his Calling swiftly drawing near, his rather foolish decision to perform a flying takedown of the Archdemon may have been born out a desire to die as a hero, and partaking in one last glorious battle, instead of just one more anonymous corpse to be forgotten in the Deep Roads.: Has no problem with being the one to sacrifice their life to slay the Archdemon, particularly since he's already rapidly approaching his Calling.: He splits with the other Wardens and goes on his own to a high point. From there, he jumps onto a flying dragon in a city full of ballistae and an entire army. Was there no other way to bring the Archdemon down?.: 'The Archdemon has shown itself.
The dragon is at the head of the horde.' .: Admits that he's rapidly approaching his Calling. Warden: You're not that smart, are you?.: He tries to justify his cowardice with this. It doesn't work.: In, Isabela asks Aveline if Donnic '.
What a way to be remembered.: A dwarf warden can get offended when he mentions he's never met a dwarf who wasn't a blacksmith. 'Maybe you'll die. Maybe we'll all die. One thing's for sure: everyone will die if nobody stops the darkspawn.'
An ex-cutpurse who was conscripted by Duncan to escape execution for his crimes. One of the three Grey Warden recruits, alongside the PC.: He was a cutpurse before being recruited, so he sees being a Warden as a second chance.: He's introduced trying to flirt with a female soldier, but failing. Your female Warden is able to highlight him as such.: Despite being described as a cutpurse, Daveth is not a very good one; he cannot steal and is a very poor locksmith. He is unable to pick any of the locks in the Korcari Wilds area and few in the Ostagar camp. Than again this may of been the point; he was ultimately caught, and doesn't seem very old compared to some of the other characters, meaning he has not had much time.: Only playable during the Korcari Wilds quests in Ostagar.: Considering how little time he gets before his, Daveth manages to show a surprising amount of characterization. When you first meet him, he's a who doesn't seem that happy to be press-ganged into the Wardens.
He says that the only reason he's there is because the alternative was a prison cell (and probably the hangman's noose). However, he never seems to flinch in fear and trepidation the way the honorable knight Ser Jory does, and during the Joining gives a pretty good reason for any Warden to lay down their life for this cause.: And a surprisingly noble one. Despite making it clear he hates the law, he states clearly and determinedly that he is perfectly willing to sacrifice his life, and much more, to put an end to the Blight. Hell, he seems more determined to fight for Ferelden than Ser Jory. He does have a superstitious attitude towards magic, but he probably would have gotten over it.: Makes remarks to a female PC that he will happily watch her back. Daveth: Life is fleeting, you know? Tomorrow that pretty face could be on top of some darkspawn spear.:.
His backstory reveals he was very similar to Duncan, as Daveth was a thief who tried to become a Warden after being offered the chance to accept it or die. This is basically how Duncan became a Warden as well. It isn't commented on, but easy to infer that Duncan saw himself in Daveth and wanted to offer the same chance he was offered to someone who was like him. After hearing his story of how Duncan spared him from the noose, a Warden of the Dwarf Commoner origin can say that Duncan 'has a thing for street rats' (which prompts Daveth to ask if they have a similar tale).
Oddly, despite having a similar background themselves and being from the same city on top of that, a City Elf Warden has no option to point out the similarities.: The red to Jory's blue.: After being saved from the hangman's noose by Duncan, he celebrated by flipping off the guard as he left.: He dies during the Joining ritual.: His death is used to show the gamble one makes when they attempt the Joining.: Unashamedly hits on the female Warden, who can notice he's. 'So the Maker told you that, did he? Short-sighted men have forbidden my research, not any god. A Grey Warden under the command of Sophia Dryden, Avernus tried to help her defend Soldier's Peak, the Fereldan headquarters of the Wardens, from a siege by the merciless King Arland two hundred years before the events of the game. His experiments with blood magic and resistance to the taint have enabled him to extend his lifetime far beyond its normal length, but his dealings with Fade demons had terrible repercussions for his Warden brethren.: A combination of the taint and blood magic has extended his life by centuries, though he mentions that he will not live much longer when he is met.
'I will inspire the Wardens, and Arland will rue the day he spared my life.' Commander of the Grey Wardens roughly two hundred years before the events of the game. Sophia was a noblewoman who was a rival with King Arland for the throne; he intended to execute her, but her popularity with her fellow nobles made it a risky prospect, so he sentenced her to become a Grey Warden instead. Charismatic, intelligent, and ruthless when necessary, she rose quickly through the ranks to the top post, then led the Wardens in an effort to oust the tyrannical Arland.
She and many of her men died when Soldier's Peak was besieged.: Leader of the Grey Warden's of Soldier's Peak against King Arland.: Implied; since she is Levi Dryden's great-great-grandmother, she must have had at least one son.: Was she merely possessed, or did she make a deal with the demon?.: Levi ultimately comes to see Sophia as less heroic than he originally thought.: As is typical for a Grey Warden, since they're permitted to use any advantage in battle.: At least initially, this is how she viewed being allowed to become a Grey Warden rather than simply being executed. She would have preferred to die as a noble lady rather than become a 'monstrous nothing', which is another indication she wasn't quite the paragon of the Grey Wardens her family holds her up to be.: Willingly allowed Avernus to summon demons. Avernus notes that admittedly, he would have done it anyway without her approval.: When Sophia joined the Wardens, two centuries had passed since the Fourth Blight and many people had begun to dismiss the Wardens as freeloading off the kingdoms of Thedas.
Sophia Dryden: Men, I won't lie to you. The situation is grim. Our forces outnumbered, our bellies empty and our hearts are sagging.
But we are Wardens! Darkspawn flee when they hear our horns!
Dragon Age Grey Warden Symbol Meaning
Archdemons die when they taste our blades! So are we to bend knee to a mere human despot?! I for one will never give up!! So I propose here and now, in these hallowed halls where generations of our brethren stood vigil against darkspawn and evil, that we send a message to that fat bastard!
In this place, strong men, proud men stood defiant!!. /: The demon in her body refers to itself as 'This One' and its host as 'The Dryden'.: Her corpse is possessed by an unspecified demon, possibly Desire or Pride.: She did what she had to do to fight against a tyrant.