What Yet Lingers: Return to Kenric
(Previous quest - What Yet Lingers: Look for information on Inquisitor Ameridan)
Main questline: What Yet Lingers: Return to Kenric
This is the third part of "What Yet Lingers" questline.
Speak with Professor Kenric about the information on Telana and Ameridan.
Characters involved: Bram Kenric
[1] Dialogue options:
General: We’ve been to the island. [2]
General: What's our next step? [3]
General: Ameridan and Hakkon connect. [4] (If both “What Yet Lingers” and “Storvacker Caged” have been completed.)
[2] General: We’ve been to the island.
PC: A spirit on the island held the memories and possessions of Ameridan's lover, a woman named Telana. It told us that Ameridan was here on orders from Emperor Drakon himself... and where he went next.
Kenric: Andraste's dimples, I may have received tenure from that sentence alone. Ameridan had a lover. Telana, you said? The Inquisitor's lady mage! There was such debate over whether she existed! And there were orders? This was a request from Drakon? This changes everything! [5]
[5] Subsequent dialogue options:
Investigate: Spirits don't bother you? [6]
Investigate: Why do the orders matter? [7]
Investigate: What does Telana change? [8]
General: I like uncovering history. [9] (Becomes unavailable after choosing one of the Investigate options.)
General: This is a useful step. [10] (Becomes unavailable after choosing one of the Investigate options.)
General: Where do we go now? [11]
[6] Investigate: Spirits don't bother you?
PC: You don't have a problem receiving information from spirits?
Kenric: It's not ideal, but since you've found corroborating physical evidence, I see no serious issues. Any study of great wars and battlefields carries an inherent risk of contact with demons or spirits. When spirits are willing to talk, most historians love the chance of a firsthand report. [Back to 5]
[7] Investigate: Why do the orders matter?
PC: What does it change, knowing that Ameridan was on a mission from Emperor Drakon?
Kenric: Everything. One current theory holds that Ameridan was selfishly throwing off his responsibilities to go hunting. Another suggests Drakon had him removed or even killed, because Ameridan opposed the Nevarran Accord. But if this is true, then Ameridan was a loyal servant of Orlais! He was not an embarrassment. He was a patriot protecting Orlais while Drakon fought in the Second Blight. [Back to 5]
[8] Investigate: What does Telana change?
PC: You were surprised to hear that Ameridan had a lover?
Kenric: Yes, this Telana you mentioned. Her existence has been hotly debated. Some scholars took Inquisitor Ameridan's respect for the Chantry to imply that he remained celibate. In ages past, there were stories about him and his lover, a mage. They made it out to be a star-crossed romance. The Chantry silenced the stories strenuously. [Back to 5]
[9] General: I like uncovering history.
PC: It's fascinating to find new evidence about these things. [Go to 12]
[10] General: This is a useful step.
PC: What matters is that we've got useful information. [Go to 12]
[11] General: Where do we go now?
PC: At the very least, we've found something to work with. [Go to 12]
[12] PC: The spirit said to follow the river to the north, and something about spires or spikes.
Kenric: Hmm. Up the river. The scouts have had trouble with the Hakkonites up there… I'll continue my research, but for now, your guess is as good as mine. [Back to 1]
[3] General: What's our next step?
PC: What do you need me to do next, Professor?
Kenric: That spirit on the island said something about Ameridan going upriver to... someplace with spires? While you search upriver, I'll continue studying these buckles. That, uh, sounded better in my head. [Back to 1]
[4] General: Ameridan and Hakkon connect.
PC: When I helped the Avvar at Stone-Bear Hold, we learned that the Jaws of Hakkon once bound their god's soul to a beast. According to the spirit, the dragon Ameridan faced was powerful... and accompanied by hostile Avvar.
Kenric: You believe they could be one and the same? That would mean... of course, of course! Brilliant! 800 years ago, the Second Blight threatened a weak Orlais. A perfect time for the Avvar to attack. This "Avvar-god dragon" could have endangered the Orlesian empire, had Ameridan not stopped it. That explains why he would accept such a dangerous mission... and likely how he died. [13]
[13] Subsequent dialogue options:
Investigate: What if the dragon rose again? [14]
Investigate: Does an Avvar god bother you? [15]
General: Ameridan was a hero. [16]
General: How was this overlooked? [17]
General: Hakkon will not rise again. [18]
(Options [16], [17] and [18] are only available if the dialogue branch [2] “We’ve been to the island.” has not been used beforehand.)
[14] Investigate: What if the dragon rose again?
PC: How bad would it be if the contemporary Jaws of Hakkon bound their god to a dragon again? [Go to 14a or 14b depending on the completion status of “Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts”]
[14a] (If “Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts” wasn’t completed.)
Kenric: With Orlais still involved in civil war and recovering from the mage-templar conflict… [Go to 14c or 14d depending on the completion status of the main game]
[14b] (If “Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts” was completed.)
Kenric: With Orlais still recovering from the civil war and the mage-templar conflict… [Go to 14c or 14d depending on the completion status of the main game]
[14c] (If the main game wasn’t completed.)
Kenric Not to mention the remaining demon-rifts, and Corypheus himself… [Go to 14e]
[14d] (If the main game wasn’t completed.)
Kenric Not to mention the scattered rifts, and remnants of Corypheus's forces still causing trouble… [Go to 14e]
[14e] Kenric: A high dragon given malice and magic by an Avvar god-spirit could hypothetically destroy much of Orlais. At least, I hope that was hypothetically. [Back to 13]
[15] Investigate: Does an Avvar god bother you?
PC: You're not concerned about the literal existence of an Avvar god?
Kenric: Not particularly. If the Jaws of Hakkon once bound their god to a dragon, it is likely just a powerful spirit. That isn't to downplay the important cultural significance to the Avvar. But magic does not equate godhood. Every Blight comes from the "Old Gods," which are also dragons corrupted by some outside influence. Sometimes, I wonder if we really know what we mean by "gods." [Back to 13]
[16] General: Ameridan was a hero.
PC: It seems Inquisitor Ameridan saved Orlais 800 years ago. It's time to honor his legacy. [19]
[17] General: How was this overlooked?
PC: History forgot about an attack by a giant magic dragon? If you want something done right… [19]
[18] General: Hakkon will not rise again.
PC: Let's make sure Hakkon stays dead. [19]
[19] PC: The spirit said to follow the river to the north, and something about spires or spikes.
Kenric: Hmm. Up the river. The scouts have had trouble with the Hakkonites up there… I'll continue my research, but for now, your guess is as good as mine.
(Next quest - On Ameridan's Trail)
