It's been far too long since I wrote one of these, and a lot has happened since my last entry. Most notably, I beat the game, but let's start with where I left off on my last entry. That being the Fade.
I've seen enough of this place to last a lifetime Actually, let's not, because the Fade is easily the worst part of the game. After making it through that bore fest, I set off for the mountains to get the Dwarves on our side. I was excited about this mission because my brother Bhelen set me up during my origin story. I was eager to see if I could run into Orzammar and kill him, but was sad to see my former home in a politcal mess. Both Bhelen and another dude named Harrowmont wanted the throne, but I knew as soon as I learned this that I would fight for Harrowmont to be the new King. Let me tell you, the quest in Orzammar is probably the longest of the entire game. I was literally exhausted when I was finished. Sad thing is that I really don't remember any of it. I recall participating in the Proving for the second time in Harrowmont's name, easily defeating the cretins that were dumb enough to challenge me. Next thing I knew I was running through an incredibly large dungeon with my man Oghren fighting all kinds of badness. It was decision time when I reached the Anvil of the Void, and I decided to destroy it so it couldn't be used for evil anymore. I was relieved to be back outside, and it was time to put a new king on the throne. Thankfully, I managed to get Harrowmont the crown, but Bhelen was not happy and decided to attack. This pleased me, because I wasn't going to leave without finding some way to kill him. I struck him and his goons down and spat on his corpse before leaving Orzammar.
Is Loghain beaten on a regular basis, or does he put on purple makeup around his eyes?Next stop was Denerim for the Landsmeet. This part of the story was interesting, since I got myself thrown into jail rather than fighting the guards that captured me inside the castle. I had Wynne and my drinking buddy Oghren rescue me, and then it was time to officially call the Landsmeet. This was pretty crazy and a bit emotional. I literally went "WTF?" when Anora came out supporting Loghain, revealing that was in fact a spy. I was pretty shocked, but then again I should have seen it coming. I was felt utterly defeated when Loghain gave a long speech and sentenced my crew and I to death, but rejoiced when Arl Eamon yelled "We're not going down without a fight!" It felt good to take a few swings at Loghain, but Anora had to interrupt the battle and Loghain himself surrendered. I decided that I wanted to put him through the Joining, which didn't really feel right because I hated him. Alistair then screamed in my face louder than ever, saying that under no circumstances would he stand together with Loghain as Grey Wardens. I let Alistair kill him, and then declared Alistair the new King of Ferelden. Later that day, he confronted me and yelled at me again for making him King. Oh Alistair, you never seem to be pleased.
Next up is the assault on Denerim. This took my by surprise, since I spent a considerable amount of time there doing quests. I still had a lot finished, but I guess I failed all of those because the town got massacred. I recall my brother telling me it took him 50 hours to complete the game, skipping over a lot of side quests. I knew that I had only played for about 28 hours, so throughout the whole battle I thought to myself: I guess I still have 30 hours left. This battle must end with a plot twist that keeps everything going. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I got to the Archdemon battle and defeated the dragon by standing next to the balista and pressing A over and over again to fire it, which eventually killed the beast. Because I took Morrigan's offer the night before, I was able to save myself when I killed it. It was totally awesome too. You have no idea how cool it is to see a Dwarf charge the dragon and slide under it while cutting it's underside open. So awesome.
So thus concluded my adventures as Farquad the friendly Dwarf. I'll miss the little guy, because he was a good warrior. I started up a new character not too long ago, and I've already put five hours into that one. Her name is Alexis and she's a human mage. On this playthrough, I plan on getting the rest of the "Side with [insert person or race here] during [insert quest here]" achievements, and hopefully doing the nasty with Alistair since I still don't have any of the romance achievements. I also plan on completing every side quest, since I wasn't anywhere close to doing that with Farquad. To get everyone back up to speed, yesterday I did the battle of Ostagar and now I'm at camp, wondering if I should go to the Elves, the Circle Of Magi, or Orzammar first. Hmm.
