The Destruction of Lothering

The Destruction of Lothering is a quest that Hawke starts with at the beginning of Varric's story. It encompasses the Hawke Family's escape from the Fifth Blight to their journey to Kirkwall.

Walkthrough
The quest begins when Hawke's family is running from the darkspawn. Fighting through a few groups of Darkspawn, made up of Hurlock Grunts, they eventually meet Aveline and Wesley. With Wesley injured, Aveline joins your party. As the group moves along, they eventually encounter Hurlock Bolters and a Hurlock Emissary. After this battle, The group encounters an Ogre, which kills one of Hawke's siblings. Bethany is killed when Hawke is a mage and Carver when Hawke is a warrior or a rouge.

After the battle with the ogre and waves of darkspawn, the group becomes surrounded. A great dragon suddenly appears and kills off the remaining darkspawn. The dragon then lands in front of the group and turns into Flemeth.

After the conversation with Flemeth, the group journeys to Kirkwall. Upon arrival, they find out that the city is filled with Ferelden refugees and that the city guards are not letting any of them leave the The Docks.

They talk to the guard mention that they have an uncle,Gamlen, that lives in the city. The guard mentions that he will find Gamlen for them. After sometime pass, Gamlen shows up with a solution as to how the family might get in to Kirkwall. He has sold you and your sibling to indentured servitude. Hawke can choose between becoming a mercenary or a smuggler. Gamlen will ask you to talk to the leader of which group you wish to join. They will give you a quest to complete as a test. After which the quest ends as you get in the city.