Unbound

Unbound is a side-quest.

Background
In Orzammar you may come across a nervous dwarf in Tapsters. He's panicked and after a frightened few comments, he disappears. You need to track down the individual mentioned in the new quest 'Unbound' and find out why he is terrifying everyone he encounters.

Walkthrough
In order to obtain this quest you need to do three things:
 * Get the letter off the dead adventurer's corpse located down the first hallway on the left when after entering the Ruined Temple.
 * Go to Tapster's Tavern in Orzammar and talk to the nervous adventurer in the north-west corner. After some dialogue, he will give you a set of notes.
 * Go to the Elven Ruins in the Brecilian Forest and acquire the notes from the bone pile of another dead adventurer. It is located on the left side of the large "fire trap" room in the Lower Ruins.

Once all three are completed, travel to the Dirty Back Alley in southeastern Denerim. Interact with the door to a Quaint Hovel and ask about Gaxkang to initiate dialogue and a difficult battle.

=Strategy=

He resists most spells, and freezes and hexes your warriors into uselessnesses quickly. A dedicated tank is useful to be positioned away from the rest of the team to avoid cone of cold, and lighting can be quite effective. Alistair (with spell resist gear) and a healer with dispel will make this fight very easy.

A group composed of Alistair, Shale, Dog and a healer can make this fight an aggro fest. With Shale gaining aggro using taunt and your healer spamming, Gaxkang will die slowly but surely. Runes contributing to Spell Resistance are always a plus.

Alternatively, a group consisting of Shale, Wynne, Leliana (as a ranger), and a dual-wielding Templar Hero with Momentum can quite effectively dominate Gaxkang without much difficulty at all. Shortly after starting the fight, he'll be limited to trying to Hex you and can rarely get off any kind of freezing strike, and Shale can easily handle his physical attacks. With all the melee (including the ranger pet), he'll never get to Wynne even if he happens to aggro on her over Shale anyways.

Result
Upon defeat, Gaxkang the Unbound will drop the Keening Blade and several other items. There is a chance he will drop the Fade Wall shield. In addition, you can find around 10g and Elementalist's Grasp in the chest in the back room.