Augur
The Augur serves as a link between the people of the hold and the local spirits.
Involvement: Storvacker Caged (main quest), In Exile (side quest), It Remains to be Seen (side quest).
(If you approach the augur before speaking with Svarah.)
Augur: There are many curious about you, but the thane would speak with you first.
(If you approach him after speaking with Svarah.)
Augur: So she/he arrives. Don't throng! Behold, worthy ones. The woman/man who blazes like fire, and mends the air.
Party comments:
Iron Bull: Awww, crap.
Sera: Ehhhh. That's a lot of... not good.
Cassandra: What is this?
Cole: Hello!
Vivienne: Oh, demon-summoning. Delightful.
Solas: It's safe. They mean no harm.
Dorian: They're not... harmful. I don't think….
Augur: I am the augur of Stone-Bear Hold. I greet you, as do our gods and the gods of our ancestors. (The spirits make a noise.) There! It is done. Now come, be welcome! I'd hear news of the north.
[1] Dialogue options:
General: What was that? Those spirits? [2]
General: You said I "blaze like fire"? [3] (Becomes available after following the dialogue branch “What was that? Those spirits?”)
General: I'm looking for Storvacker. [4] (Becomes available after speaking with Svarah Sun-Hair about the search for Storvacker - see "Storvacker Caged" main quest.)
General: I met an exile in the woods. [5] (Becomes available after encountering Sigrid Gulsdotten - see “In Exile” side quest.)
General: Someone's used bones in magic. [6] (Becomes available after discovering Hakkonite enchantments in Swamp Kuldsdotten - see “It Remains to be Seen” side quest.)
Investigate: I have questions. [7]
General: Farewell [8]
[2] General: What was that? Those spirits?
PC: Did you just... introduce me to spirits?
Augur: The gods of the hold clamored to see you. I obeyed, for I am their voice and their augur. And if I didn't show you off, they'd hound me for months. [Back to 1]
[3] General: You said I "blaze like fire"?
PC: What did you mean when you said I blaze like a fire?
Augur: How do you think you appear to the gods of the Fade? To those beyond the Veil, your hand burns like the watchman's bonfire.
Subsequent dialogue options:
Confused: Spirits see me? All the time? [9]
Stoic: Nothing I can do about it. [10]
Mad: I wish the Anchor were gone. [11]
Anxious: That's terrifying! [12]
[9] Confused: Spirits see me? All the time?
PC: Are you saying every spirit in the Fade knows where I am?
Augur: Only those nearby, but thoughts spread quickly among the gods. [13]
[10] Stoic: Nothing I can do about it.
PC: I haven't found a way to stop it.
Augur: You'd shun a favor from the gods? [13]
[11] Mad: I wish the Anchor were gone.
PC: If I could get rid of this Anchor, I would.
Augur: You'd shun a favor from the gods? [13]
[12] Anxious: That's terrifying!
PC: All this time I've been a beacon to spirits? No matter where I go?
Augur: Only those nearby, but thoughts spread quickly among the gods. [13]
[13] (The dialogue continues to [13a] or [13b] based on which quest was completed, and then to [13c] if applicable.)
[13a] (If the Inquisitor completed In Hushed Whispers) They tell me strange things. That you muddied time's waters where the cliffs are red, and returned again…
[13b] (If the Inquisitor completed Champions of the Just) I see you've already killed one. A thing of envy, that grasped for your crown...
[13c] (If the Inquisitor drank from the Well of Sorrows.)
Augur: What are these whispers clinging to you? Less and more than spirits. They sing old hurts...
PC: You can hear the Well of Sorrows?
Augur: An echo's echo. I've seen the last whispers of aged elf-song in the Fade. What you carry is... older. [Back to 1]
[4] General: I'm looking for Storvacker.
PC: Do you know where your hold-beast may have gone?
Augur: Storvacker? No. I've asked the gods, but they've seen no sign. [Back to 1]
[5] General: I met an exile in the woods.
PC: I met a mage in the woods who said she used to be an "augur's apprentice."
Augur: Sigrid Gulsdotten? She left the hold when I told her she must release her teacher.
PC: Aren't you her teacher?
Augur: She might have heeded me if I were. (Laughs.) Or perhaps not. It's time the spirit in her was free.
Party comments:
Cassandra : She’s an abomination?
Dorian: She's possessed, and you do nothing?
(If no companion makes a comment) PC: She's possessed? An abomination?
Augur: Every mage in the hold is made one with the gods until they're strong enough. I thought Sigrid strong enough. Exile was her own notion. [Go to 14 or back to 1]
[14] Special: Why did Sigrid exile herself?
PC: Why did Sigrid go into exile?
Augur: Sigrid built an altar by the shore for her rite of thanks-giving. A ritual to part her from her teacher. Sigrid claims her offering was spurned by the gods. The spirit remains with her, and she's taken to exile. [Back to 1]
[6] General: Someone's used bones in magic.
PC: I found skulls with spells on them left out by the Hakkonites. What are they trying to do?
Augur: Skulls? So, bones. Magic cloaked in blood. Stone-hidden lie the tales of this hold. Here's the means to find them. Return when you've seen all the god-runes, and I'll tell you why the Jaws of Hakkon did this. [Go to 15 or back to 1]
[15] Special: Can't you tell me now?
PC: Why not just say what's going on?
Augur: Because you hail from the lowlands! If you'd know more about the Avvar, put some effort in the knowing! Besides, those runes took me months to carve. [Back to 1]
[7] Investigate: I have questions.
PC: I'd like to ask something.
Augur: Then ask. [16]
[16] Subsequent dialogue options:
Investigate: You’re a mage? [17]
Investigate: Why do you worship spirits? [18]
Investigate: Spirits teach mages here? [19] (Becomes available after following the dialogue branch “I met an exile in the woods.”)
[17] Investigate: You’re a mage?
PC: I assume augur is another word for mage.
Augur: I am a mage, yet not all mages are augurs. I give counsel to other mages, and the thane. In turn, an augur takes counsel from the gods and shares it with the hold. I make their will known to us and ours to them. [20 or back to 16]
[20] Special: You… negotiate with them?
PC: So you're an ambassador to the local spirits.
Party comments:
Solas: Some have wisdom, for those willing to listen.
Augur: They protect the hold. They help drive off spirits who've gone bad with rage or gloom. The gods live with us. Ignore their offerings, offer them nothing, and it weakens us all. [Back to 16]
[18] Investigate: Why do you worship spirits?
PC: I've heard enough to realize that when you say "gods" you mean "spirits." Why do you pray to them?
Augur: We offer to them. We don't pray like the lowlanders to a creator they think will weather all the ages. [21 or back to 16]
[21] Special: Do you consider them divine?
PC: Do you actually think they're divine beings? Something more than magic?
Augur: The spirits watched us even before we came from the north. They shaped themselves into our gods and we grew to love them. Their secret gift is this, Inquisitor: they reflect us as water does the sky. They show us what we wish to be. That image gives us strength. For that, we thank the gods. [Back to 16]
[19] Investigate: Spirits teach mages here?
PC: You let spirits possess your mages on purpose?
Augur: What better teacher than one woven from magic? The spirits in the hold have helped us in this way for hundreds of years. Once a mage masters their powers, their teacher departs, duty ended. Unless the mage is weak.
Party comments:
Vivienne: Abominations. Wandering freely around the village. What a wonder we do not do this in civilized cities.
Augur (in response to Vivienne): More proof lowlander cities aren't natural. No good comes of so many souls pressed together!
[22 or back to 16]
[22] Special: What happens to "weak" mages?
PC: What happens to these "weak" mages?
Augur: Their teachers stay with them and the other gods watch them both, so neither soul turns sick. If one does sicken, or the mage stands in risk of harming the hold… One day, they do not wake in their bed. It is very sad. It is what must be done.
Party comments:
Iron Bull: You mean you let a spirit... (Disgusted noise.)
Sera: No one thinks this is right, right?
Solas: It is kinder than what happens in many mage Circles.
Cole: You give them every chance, spirits watchful, wary, waiting until you're both sure. It's always cold in the hut then.
Augur (in response to Cole): Who is this one? He is blood and bone, but there are bonds about his form.
Cole: Yes. I am compassion. I know that now. I want to be here.
[Back to 16]
[8] General: Farewell
PC: I should be off.
Augur: Farewell [Exits the conversation]
~
(Return to the augur after completing “In Exile” and recruiting Sigrid into the Inquisition.)
Augur: So Sigrid Gulsdotten will come out of exile to join your Inquisition.
PC: Do you object?
Augur: It would be good for Sigrid to see what lies beyond the hold. Under the Inquisition's protection. The lowlands treat mages... differently than the Avvar.
(Return to the augur after completing “In Exile” and telling Sigrid to talk to the augur.)
Augur: I had a visit from Sigrid Gulsdotten. She had much to tell me.
PC: Will you separate her from her spirit?
Augur: Only she may fulfill that oath... but together we will seek guidance from the other gods.
(If you reapproach the augur after freeing Hakkon.)
Augur: You've killed the dragon! Hakkon finally rests. The gods mourn, the gods are joyful, the god Hakkon will return.
(If you reapproach the augur after receiving the legend-mark.)
Augur: "First-Thaw." A fine legend-mark. Wear it proudly.
