Mischa

Mischa is a surface dwarf in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening. She is involved in Sigrun's Roguish Past quest and can be found in the City of Amaranthine.

Background
Mischa used to be part of the Merchant caste in Orzammar and believed that the casteless dwarves turn to crime because they have no other option. For that reason she used to send Sigrun for some errands in order to help her. Once Mischa even caught Sigrun stealing a leg of nug and instead of telling the shopkeeper, she paid for it.

However this didn't last for long as one day the Carta stole a gold statuette of House Bemot depicting their Paragon. The Carta leader, Beraht, forced Sigrun to hide the statuette in Mischa's shop. In order to convince Sigrun, he blackmailed her that if she refused to do it, he would have Mischa killed as well as her. Eventually the statuette was found in Mischa's shop, however for her own luck, she wasn't executed but exiled into the surface.

Involvement
During Sigrun's personal quest, the Warden-Commander's party (Sigrun should be part of it) can encounter Mischa in the city of Amaranthine, on the east right after the entrance is passed. She is quite hostile towards Sigrun while she reveals that she now works for a tanner before the conversation is ended.

Back to Vigil's Keep, Sigrun will admit that she feels very bad about what happened to Mischa and will ask the Commander to find her in order to make amends. Should the answer be positive to her request, Mischa will be found in the Crown and Lion.

There, Sigrun will give a gold ring to Mischa which bears the crest of House Vollney and explain that it was given to her by her friend Varlan who was a noble before he joined the Legion. The intention is that Mischa can sell this ring and make some money in order to start a new business. Misca will be then grateful telling Sigrun that she did the right thing. Alternatively, the Commander can tell Sigrun to keep the ring and instead give some sovereigns to Mischa. The latter will claim that the ring is worth at least 20 sovereigns so the Commander can:
 * Persuade her to accept 15 as the ring is old. (this requires Expert Coercion)
 * Give her 20.
 * Give her 30.

If Mischa is given money instead, she will also commend that Sigrun has a true friend and advise her not to ruin this friendship.