Story line. Dragon Age: Inquisition - Quest:Evil Eyes and Evil Hearts Evil Eyes and Evil Hearts

As soon as you start the prologue of Dragon Age Inquisition, you will be surprised by its linearity. If you want to do something differently from what is indicated in this walkthrough, you will be surprised to find that you cannot change anything. It is completely impossible to get lost here. First, you will have to follow Cassandra. During your journey, pay attention to every clue and gradually kill your enemies. You will not have any problems during basic training. After some time, you will meet the elf Solas and the dwarf Varric - it is with them that you can continue your journey. They will be the first companions in the passage of Dragon Age Inquisition. As soon as you take on your companions, you will begin to learn the tactical pause. You'll be using this mode a lot throughout Dragon Age Inquisition, so be sure to complete the entire tutorial.

After some time, you will find yourself in a very interesting place - a gap in reality, from where demons often penetrate. If you decide that it is necessary to close this gap, you will have to kill all the enemies. When the demons are defeated, you need to use the gap with the right mouse button. After a few seconds the gap closes, but during this time you cannot be hit. You mean that you will close such portals quite often. After the portal closes, you can go back to the fortress: although before that you will be offered a choice. You can either take the short route, or choose the long one and save your allies in the passage of Dragon Age Inquisition. Regardless of which path you choose, you will have to get to the site of the Old Ruins. When you make your way into the main hall, where the gap itself is located, you will enter into battle with the first main enemy in your passage of Dragon Age Inquisition - the demon of pride. You will have to meet quite a lot more of these bosses.

I don’t think there can be any difficulty in completing this section of the game: during the battle you will not be fighting yourself, but also with support in the form of comrades from the Inquisition. When you complete the first phase of this quest in Dragon Age Inquisition, you will not be able to damage the boss. Therefore, you will have to make the boss susceptible to damage by constantly using the gap. Pass the threat to your allies, and your main character will use the gap at this time. During the cast, you will constantly remove a certain percentage of the boss’s health. When the rift explodes, the demon kneels. It is at this time that you can inflict maximum damage on the enemy. When the demon rises, there is no point in hitting it. Use the rift again to remove the demon's defenses. Throughout the battle, other demons will appear, which you can easily kill. Usually they kill these enemies first, and then go to beat the demon of pride.

The danger is not over

When you complete the previous parts, you will be given the first task. You should first have a good rest, and then go explore the territory, go to the church, which is marked on your map. Near the command table you can finish the prologue of the game and begin the main passage of Dragon Age Inquisition.

Now it's time to explore the entire location. During this time, it is best to learn how to forge weapons and armor. It will also be nice if you can remember where the main characters stand. When you get bored with all this, you can go to the church again. Take the first task and head to a new location - the Inner Earth, where you will spend a lot of time during the passage of Dragon Age Inquisition. It is located in the same kingdom, so you can simply go to the table and move using fast travel.

As soon as you get to the Hinterlands, you will see that there are a huge number of tasks. It will take about 12 hours to complete the entire location. I advise you to take all the quests at once so that the journal is always full. While exploring this location, you will constantly come across such and such tasks. If you systematically walk throughout the entire territory, you will not only receive the best equipment, but also complete all the tasks, earning the necessary experience to complete Dragon Age Inquisition.

Now we will analyze the completion of the main quest - The Inquisitor's Path. Mark it in your journal so that you can always see the signs that direct you to it. If you follow the path marked on the map, you will definitely come across Inquisition soldiers who are being attacked by magicians and templars. Jump into battle right away to help your allies. After this, you will be able to get to the main Inquisition camp in this area. Here you will have to talk to your mother, who will send you to travel to new lands.

I still advise you to complete the maximum number of tasks in the Hinterlands. This will give you better weapons and equipment, and will help you advance through the levels, developing your characters. If you decide to continue the main storyline of this Dragon Age Inquisition walkthrough, then use the command table to travel to a new city. This is a small trading town where there are merchants and some characters to go through.

First, look around, study the goods from merchants, because you can always find something interesting suitable for purchase. Buy everything that can be useful to any of your allies. Good equipment for your allies is the key to victory over any enemy. When you have explored all the locations, you can continue the quest. First you must follow the mark on the map. There is practically nothing to do here, just watch the video, talk to representatives of Khamovniki, and leave the city. Before you leave the location, you will be disturbed by a woman. She will say that she represents the head of the mages, which brings a new feature to the passage of Dragon Age Inquisition.

Well, it's time to choose between templars and sorcerers. Choose carefully because once you have made your choice you cannot change anything. I advise you to start from the main class of your character. Agree, it’s not very logical if a mage character decides to join the templars. It is also a little strange if a warrior agrees to help magicians. But, nevertheless, you should not become very attached to these conventions in the passage of Dragon Age Inquisition. If you're leaning towards another faction, it's better to join it than to constantly make decisions you don't like. In order to join the templars, you need to complete the quest “Defenders of Justice.” If you decide to start collaborating with magicians, you need to complete the task “In Secret”. In any case, the choice is not final yet and you can change it. But during the next task you will have to make a decision.

By secret

Now it's time to head to the Inner Lands. If you haven't explored all the locations yet, head straight north. There is the city of Radcliffe, which we need to get to in the passage of Dragon Age Inquisition. When you approach the gate, you will see a rift located there. To get into the city, you will have to close it. Not very strong demons come out from there, so there won’t be any problems. When the rift is closed, the gate will open and you will be able to get behind the walls.

Inside the city you need to look around, examining the merchants. I didn't find anything of note that significantly enhanced my characters. Once you've found everything you need, head straight to the tavern. When you get inside this building, you should talk to the sorceress. A new destination will appear on the map, to which we will go.

When you approach the marker that continues Dragon Age Inquisition, Dorian will come out to meet you. You can continue your journey with him if you like this magician. Male characters can also start a romantic line with him. And there is no escape from closing the faults. Pay a lot of attention to this, since the demons that will come out of this rift are quite strong. Chat with the sorcerer, after which you will have to go home again.

Well, are you ready to make your final choice? If you have not deviated from the designated path, you are simply making a final decision that cannot be changed. You are faced with a choice. And we continue to go through the game along the path of magicians, because, in our opinion, playing Dragon Age Inquisition as magicians is much more interesting.

We need to go straight to Radcliffe again. Use fast travel in your camp to avoid spending a lot of time on the way. During this task, Dorian must join you. Accordingly, the magician’s place will be occupied and the team must be selected based on this.

I won't tell you what you'll encounter once you go to Radcliffe. The plot is quite interesting, so be prepared for an unexpected twist. Once you finish watching all the videos, you will be left with only Dorian, ending up in prison. Once you can control your characters, you should start developing a mage, otherwise he will not be a good companion in the passage of Dragon Age Inquisition.

Dorian makes an excellent battle mage. Develop it in this direction, otherwise you will not succeed. As you move through the dungeon, you will encounter several types of enemies. Almost none of them pose a threat, but don't let them deal a lot of damage, otherwise you won't be able to heal for long. As often happens in such games, it is easiest for tank warriors to complete this mission. Some problems may arise for robbers, and it will be very difficult if you play as a mage or archer. This passage of Dragon Age Inquisition is very unoriginal.

There are many movement points in front of you that you will go through. When you find the first fork, you will see three marks on the map. Each of them represents a character located there who can be taken into the group. But then there are three notes! The third mark is the sorceress Fiona, whom we have already encountered. I advise you to immediately follow the other two marks, because four party members will kill all enemies much easier. Once you are able to talk to Fiona, the next part of the quest will become available. You will have to move to a new place indicated on the map.

To heal your characters you have health potions. But their supply is not at all endless. Try to make the most of it if you find storage. It looks like a box from which different jars and bottles stick out in all directions. This storage replenishes your full supply of health potions, so try to use as many of them as possible in front of the box. Well, are you ready to move along the new marks on the map? If you want to explore the location completely, I can immediately disappoint you. I didn't find anything interesting there that would significantly strengthen my character. Therefore, you can simply move along the marks until you visit them all. However, keep in mind that you will have to move through several levels. I advise you to carefully study the location, otherwise you will get confused and lost, which will be clearly unnecessary for completing Dragon Age Inquisition.

If you find a closed door that cannot be opened, then you are on the right track. In order to get behind it, you will have to look around the area for red lyrium. To open this door you must find five shards. You can see on the map where they are lying around. When you have each of them, be sure to replenish your healing potions, because you will have to face a new enemy in this location. Alexius is a fairly strong opponent, but the next boss will fall before your pressure and the passage of Dragon Age Inquisition will continue.

This boss is a sorcerer who constantly attacks you with magic. In addition, he moves using teleports throughout the site, protecting himself with a shield that absorbs damage. The battle looks very monotonous, but it shouldn't cause any difficulties. The main thing is that your tank constantly provokes the boss to beat himself. Since the boss likes to switch between targets, keep an eye on who he's hitting at all times. All your other allies should focus maximum attention on this battle. Don't be afraid to deal a lot of damage, because later on you won't need any spells with a long cooldown. Once you remove about 50% of the boss's health, he will disappear from view, but you will have to close a new gap. You already know how to do this, so just do your usual work. If the gap is blocked, the boss will appear in this room again. When you take off three quarters of his health, the boss will disappear again. This time the demons from the rifts will be slightly stronger, but you will still be able to deal with them. After this, be sure to watch the video clip, sympathize with one of the characters and continue passing Dragon Age Inquisition.

Evil Eyes and Evil Hearts

In order to activate this quest, you need 30 influence. The recommended completion level is 12 - 15. Small details will vary depending on which followers you invite with you, but overall it does not matter much.

Having arrived at the place and talked with Duke Gaspard, you will see a new bar in the upper right corner of the screen. It will show the approval of the imperial court. Court approval is important for two reasons - firstly, if it falls too low (0), you will be kicked out of the palace and the quest will fail, and secondly, high approval (85 and above) will give you an additional option at the end to complete this quest.

The Human (non-mage) Inquisitor starts with the highest Court Approval, 40. Other Inquisitors will have to work a little longer, but don't worry - you'll have more than your fair share of ways to gain Court Approval. (As a rule, the second response options during conversations bring the greatest approval from others, since excessive politeness, just like excessive straightforwardness, is not particularly held in high esteem by the courtiers of Orlais; they prefer cunning and wit.)

In the courtyard of the palace where you start the quest, there is a confused lady standing. She will tell you that she lost a ring that was very important to her. You can immediately receive five court approval points if you select the second response option in a conversation with her. The ring is lying by the fountain not far from this lady - you need to use the search function to find it. Returning the ring will earn you another +5 court approval points. Alternatively, you can keep the ring for yourself if you want - but it's just an item for sale and there's nothing special about it. If you first find the ring and only then talk to the lady, you will lose the opportunity to get those 5 points that are given in the first conversation with her.

A small mini-quest “Open the Eastern Vault” will automatically appear to you when you approach the door to this vault. For this you will need a Gaul figurine. You can find one such figurine on the second floor above the storage room - go up the stairs and activate the search function. There are many doors in the palace that open in this way, but there are far fewer Gaul figurines. You will have to choose which doors you would like to open, since there are not enough Gaul figurines for everything.

You will also have the subquest “Herd of Stone Gauls”, to complete which you need to find 10 figurines.

On the other side there is another vault, which can be opened with a regular key. You can find the key on the balcony to the left of the gate if you use the search function. Both vaults have nothing to do with the main quests, but simply give you additional loot. On the way there, you can overhear some of the secrets of the courtiers. Eavesdropping is something you'll do a lot at the ball - it gives you experience, influence, and occasionally (not always) secrets you can tell Leliana. She, in turn, will use them to increase the approval of the court. A convenient place for eavesdropping is usually indicated by a red circle - you need to go into it and activate it. After completing each stage of this quest, you can find even more courtiers to talk to, places to eavesdrop, etc.

You will not be able to return back to the courtyard after you proceed to the lobby.

After you're done with your chores in the yard, move on.

Explore the lobby, eavesdrop on conversations, and when you're done, talk to Duke Gaspard. Then watch the video of your official presentation to the audience. This will also be your first chance to see Empress Selina. Don't rush to follow Gaspard towards the Empress if you want to hear your companions' introductions to the court (some of them are quite funny).

Walk around the ballroom, collecting information. Most of your comrades will be there. You can get court approval from Josephine's sister if you choose the second option when she asks about your adventures. If you brought Sera with you, she will give you the mini-quest "The Secrets of Red Jenny" if you ask her if her friends have any information for you. The caches are marked on the map (there are three in total) and you will receive Sera's approval every time you open them. If you bring your LI with you, don't forget to ask him/her for a dance. (Don't be upset when you hear the answer—after all, the evening is just beginning.)

Once you've talked to everyone and explored everything currently available in the ballroom, head back to the lobby. There, Leliana will automatically speak to you, who has her own suspicions about who exactly may be conspiring against the empress. In order to check Leliana's tip, you need to go to the palace library. The doors to the library from within your reach are locked, so you'll have to find an alternative way to get there.

Go through the door leading to the Guest Wing and further through the Hall of Heroes, in the next room go through the western door. The corridor you find yourself in opens onto the garden. If you look carefully in the garden, you will find a grate that you can climb up.

Take your time, first talk to the guests of the ball, eavesdrop on a few secrets. When you're ready, climb up the grate. You will see a warning that your long absence will reduce the court's approval. This is true, so take a look at your approval line from time to time. Your approval will immediately stop dropping if you return to the area with the courtiers. If you open a door in the library that opens into the lobby and was previously locked, you will have a shorter exit to "safe" territory.
On the balcony you will find a door that requires a Gaul figurine to open. If you haven’t found one yet, then run along the balcony and you’ll find it on the railing. Enter and take the Duke's letter. Then go to the library.

In the library, activate the search function and you will find a lever book. Activate it and you will be able to go to the secret room. Search her, but don't touch the letter on the table yet. If you read it, it will start the timer for your return to the ballroom and you will have less time to solve the riddle.

There is a torch with a curtain fire on the wall. Take it and return to the room with six urns of the Orlesian emperors. If you light the urns in the correct order, a secret staircase will open to you, leading to the basement with loot.

The correct order for lighting the urns, assuming that you are standing on the threshold of the room where the curtain fire was lit, leaving it:

Last on the left – second on the left – first on the left – last on the right – second on the right – first on the right.

If you lit the urn in the correct order, it will flash blue, if you lit it incorrectly, it will flash red.

After that, take the letter and you will immediately hear the bell ringing. The bell will ring three times. You can get court approval if you are there after the second signal (slightly late here is a sign of good manners), but if you delay and the third sounds, court approval will begin to drop because you are too late. If you rush and arrive after the first strike, you will not receive any approval.

Note: The timer starts after you find both documents - the letter behind the door with the galla and the letter in the library. If you have not yet taken the first letter, the bell will not ring.
In any case, when you take both letters you need, run back.

On the way, you can stop with two nobles talking in the garden and express your opinion on whether the actions of magicians or templars should be restrained. This will only be possible if you overheard them while standing on the balcony above them. This will give you an additional Inquisition agent.

When you reach the door to the ballroom, you will be introduced to the Empress's occult advisor, whom Leliana told you about. If you have played previous YES games, you will easily recognize this lady. During the conversation, she will give you the key to the people's room, where you will go to complete the next stage of the quest. The entrance to the men's room is in the Hall of Heroes. When you go through the door, you will find yourself with your group. Be sure to check their equipment, since they are all dressed in formal suits and do not have weapons (or rather, the game will give them a default weapon, which is several times worse than any of your equipment). As you might have guessed, exploration of this territory will not be 100% peaceful...

Court approval will drop while you complete this part of the quest, but not as quickly as in the library.

Walk through the rooms, listening to your teammates comment on what you see here. Follow into the garden, where a fight awaits you. After finishing, examine the body and draw conclusions from what you found. After this, follow the escaped Harlequin Jester - traces of blood and corpses are excellent indicators of his path, even without a quest arrow. You need to go to the second floor (fighting off several groups of opponents along the way). When you finally reach your goal, you will be greeted by one of the main characters of the ongoing unrest in Orlais - the elf Briala. She will tell you her own version of what is happening. After talking with her, return to the palace.

On the way, you can talk with the guards standing near the trophy room. If you send them to Cullen, you will receive + 20 court approval points, and at the same time access to a previously closed room in order to find a couple of documents about Duke Gaspar's plans, loot and one Gaul figurine.

The hostess of the ball, Duchess Florianne, will meet you in the ballroom. Agree to dance and talk with her. As in many other cases, answering second will earn you the approval of the court - a successful dance with the duchess can raise this approval very high. The Duchess will tell you her version of events.

After the dance, your advisors will approach you and you will have the opportunity to discuss with them a plan for further action. Each of the comrades has his own opinion on who exactly should be supported by the Inquisition, Josephine prefers to leave Selina on the throne, Cullen votes for Gaspar as the most legitimate contender for the throne, and Leliana would like to nominally put Gaspar at the head of the state, but with Briala behind him as "gray eminence"

You don't have to make a decision at this moment. You can answer whatever you think about it.

The next stage of the quest is the final one and is the point of no return. If you want to explore the palace a little more, find more information, talk with others, increase the approval of the court and other little things - do it now, before you go to the royal chambers.

When you are finally ready for the final stage of this quest, go to the quest marker in the royal apartments. (The court's approval will decrease at this stage of the quest, but very slowly.) After a while you will hear screams - go to Florianna's room and save the elf maid. She will tell you interesting information about Brial and will be ready to confirm it publicly if you need it. Send her to Cullen and move on.
Screams are also heard nearby from behind the door to the Empress's private chambers. To open this door you need 5 Gaul figurines. If you do not get into the Empress's chambers, you will not be able to conclude a truce between her, Gaspar and Briala. If you don’t need exactly this outcome, then you don’t have to go there.

If you want to achieve a truce and you have 5 Gaul figurines in your hands, go to the Empress’s chambers. You will find someone there who will give you the opportunity to blackmail Selina.

Enter the door at the quest marker, behind which angry screams are heard, and watch the video in which you will finally understand who exactly is behind the attempts to assassinate the Empress. After the video, enter the battle, deal with opponents and close the Gap. After this, you will have the opportunity to talk with a certain gentleman who will tell you his story of the agreement with Duke Gaspard. He will be ready to confirm it publicly if you need it. Thus, at the moment you should have three pieces of evidence on your hands with which you can put pressure on all three parties to the conflict - Gaspar, Briala and Selina. Although depending on which ending you prefer, you may not necessarily need them all.

Head back to the ballroom to complete your quest. There you have to make a decision - let the conspirators do their plan and intervene later, or stop them right away. If you want to keep Selina on the throne, you should intervene without waiting for the outcome; if you prefer Gaspard or Briala, wait.

If you decide to intervene right away and the court approval is currently 85 or higher, you will have a chance to resolve everything without any bloodshed. Tell your advisors that you want to speak with the leader of the conspiracy first and loudly accuse this person of treason in front of the entire court. After that, decide what to do with it.

If the court's approval is not high enough, you yourself prefer battle to talk, or you decide to wait until the conspirators carry out their plans, you will have to follow them into the courtyard and fight them there, including the boss. The boss is not that strong compared to the previous ones, but he likes to teleport around, which makes the battle difficult for melee characters. Ranged characters shouldn't have much of a problem.

In the subsequent conversation between Selina, Gaspar and Briala (or just Gaspar and Briala, depending on your choice), you will have to resolve the question of the leader of Orlais. You have several possible options:

1. Selina remains the empress. Gaspard is sentenced to death or exiled (if you ask for mercy).

2. Gaspard becomes emperor.

3. Gaspar becomes emperor, but Briala secretly rules with him (you need to have evidence against Gaspar for him to agree to this).

4. Selina and Briala make up. Gaspard is sentenced to death. For this option, you need to find an elven medallion in a room in the human wing. You will need three Gaul statues to open the door to this room. Talk to Briala about the medallion (she will be on the garden balcony after you meet her for the first time), insisting that if Selina kept it, then she still has feelings for Briala. Then talk to the three ladies-in-waiting of the Empress about the medallion you found, and after that she herself will appear. Talk to her, ask if she still loves Briala.

In the last conversation with the Empress, after you have dealt with the conspiracy, say that Briala helped you in the investigation and that she deserves a reward. In this case, Selina and Briala will make peace. If you try to reconcile them without finding the medallion and preliminary conversations, Selina will forgive Briala, but will sentence her to exile.

5. You reconcile all three warring parties. This is only possible if you have evidence to blackmail all three, that is, you discovered the elf servant, the leader of the mercenaries and the soldier Gaspard and convinced all three to testify publicly.

After you have decided Orlais's future course and then spoken with the Imperial Advisor, you will finally be given a few minutes to rest. If your LI was/was among those present at the ball, then you will get a very nice little scene on the balcony.

Other information:

There are 15 caprice coins scattered around the palace - if you played the Mark of the Assassin DLC in DA 2, you may remember these coins. Each time you throw such a coin into the fountain, you will receive +1 court approval point.

You can invite the Widow to dance if your Inquisitor has the Nobility Knowledge perk. She won't dance with you, but in the future this will open up a new mission for you on your military operations table.

Several “whispering elves” servants wander around the palace. If you click on them, they will usually mutter something unfriendly and move away a bit, but after that you can find a place nearby to eavesdrop on them. Following the overheard information, you can conclude that something wrong is happening in the human quarters. (Although if you follow the main quest, you will find this out anyway.)
If your Inquisitor is an elf, then the servants will be much friendlier and will tell you what is bothering them - you won’t even need to eavesdrop on anything.

Corypheus plans an assassination attempt on the Empress Selina, which will likely plunge Orlais into chaos. To prevent the worst, you will need to intervene in the political game. Cousin of the Empress Gaspard, invites you to the Winter Palace for negotiations regarding the civil war. To go there you need 30 influence points.

Gaspard suspects the ambassador of a conspiracy Brialu. After the conversation, the imperial court location meter is activated. Conversations with nobles and good manners will help increase approval. If the counter drops to 0, you will be expelled. If by the end it is above 85 this will give you an additional ending option.

A noble person, who is not a magician, will start with the approval of the court at a value of 40. For the rest, 10 will be taken away from 40.

In the courtyard you will have the opportunity to complete three side quests.

If you talk to the noblewoman who lost the ring and choose the middle answer, you will be given +5 court favor for this. If you return what you lost, you will receive another +5 points. The ring has no special value; you can sell it later.

By going up the right staircase from the main entrance you can take the Gaul figurine, this will activate the task Herd of stone galls. With the help of figurines you can open doors. For example, from storage under the stairs. But keep in mind that you won’t be able to open all the doors. In total you can find 11 figurines.

On the opposite wing, you can try to start a conversation, and then overhear two nobles. To do this, you need to find the red circle, stand inside and activate it. All rumors then refer to Leliana. Go further until it stops, there you will find a key that opens another vault from below.

Upon entering the palace, you find yourself in the lobby. Take a look around or go straight to the ballroom. There you and your entourage will be formally presented to the court. When talking to Selina, choose the middle answer for greater favor.

Leliana will then want to talk to you in the lobby...

She has her own suspicions about who is attempting to assassinate the Empress. To check them, you need to go to the palace library. The door there is locked, so you'll have to look for another entrance. Enter the Hall of Heroes and eavesdrop on the conversation between two elves. Follow further into the farthest corridor and go out onto the balcony, using the search, pick up the Cylinder Seal.

Follow the bloody trail to find the exit to a small garden with a fountain. There you will be greeted by three ladies-in-waiting of the Empress.

Activate the fountain to start the side quest to find coins Money in the water.

To the left of the fountain, climb the grate to the balcony. As soon as you rise, the location will gradually decrease.

First, run to the right and take the galla from the railing, then open the door on the opposite side. There you will find Gaspard's letter.

In the library, use the search key to find the book on the shelf on the left. A secret door will open. Do not rush to take the letter from the table. First, solve the riddle. Light the curtain fire torch, then activate the first through third urns, counting from the door to the library. Then use the same order on the other side and the cache will open.

As soon as you take the letter, the bell will ring. Wait for the second muster signal before entering the ballroom to gain +10 court disposition. If you hesitate and enter the hall after the third bell, it will take away 20 points from you.

The order in which items are found does not affect anything.

On the way you will be intercepted by the Empress's advisor Morrigan, which Leliana suspects. She wants to help you, fearing charges if Selina is killed. Therefore, she will give you the key to the people's room, taken from the Tevinter infiltrator she killed.

First, talk to Briala and Selina's ladies-in-waiting in the hall, and then go to the people's room. Once you enter there, you will find yourself there with the whole group. Don't forget to suit up.

As you jump down, you will find the corpse of one of the ambassadors and the Venatori will attack you. Explore the noble chambers. On the second floor, behind the door that opens with the help of three figurines, you will find an Amulet of Strength for Vivienne and elven medallion opens another option for completing the task.

In one of the corridors there is a large group of Venatori. After the reprisal, the Harlequin Jester tries to hide, but he is killed by Briala who suddenly appears. After talking with her, it's time to return.

On the way, visit the Trophy Hall. Send the guards to Cullen.

As soon as you enter the ballroom, Duchess Frorianna will offer you a dance. She will ask questions while dancing. The answers can greatly enhance or greatly damage your reputation.

During the dance, Florianne blames Gaspard for everything and makes an appointment with you.

Afterwards, your love interest will approach you. You can dance with her or him, this will also be approved by high society. Otherwise, Josephine will approach you.

Leliana suggests turning Selina's murder into favor of the Inquisition. But no matter what you decide, now you need to find blackmail materials in the Imperial Wing.

To influence Selina, you first need to open the door of her chambers with the help of five Gauls. There you will find a naked soldier tied to a bed, he can be brought to testify against the empress.

In the next room, a harlequin is trying to kill an elf maid. For her salvation, she is ready to testify against Briala.

In the courtyard, Florianna ambushed your group, and having betrayed her agreement with Corypheus, she escapes.

After you close the gap, talk to the mercenary. He will testify against Gaspard if you need it.

Now you have all three pieces of evidence against the contenders for the throne.

In the hall, Cullen will ask you what to do with Florianna. If you have more than 85 court disposition, expose her in public, this will help avoid a battle. In other cases, you will have to engage in battle with her in the yard (shoots from a bow).

Next we have to decide who to rule. If Selina rules, Gaspard will be executed or exiled. If you previously found the elven medallion and showed it to Brialla, she will become a marquise under Selina. Gaspard can be forced to cooperate with Briala or allowed to rule alone, but this requires allowing Selene to be killed.

If you want to delve more deeply into what is happening at the imperial court of Orlais, read the novel “Empire of Masks.”

Upon returning to Skyhold, Mother Giselle and a representative of the church will inform you that Cassandra and Leliana, as those closest to the late Justinia, are obliged to claim the title of High Priestess.

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