Asunder

Asunder is a side quest that takes place in The Deep Roads, beneath the dwarven city of Orzammar.

Background
In Asunder, you piece together the three parts of a fade beast. You then have the option to kill the beast or set it free for a reward.

Start
You must find all three parts to start the quest. The 3 parts are:


 * , source: Small Bloody Sack (Found in a room South-East)
 * , source: Small Bloody Sack (Found in a room North-East)


 * , source: Small Bloody Sack (Found at the first darkspawn clearing)

Altar
Once you have all three components, seek out the Altar of Sundering in the Ortan Thaig and place the body parts on the altar.

Result
A Fade Beast with the appearance of a Pride Demon appears, and asks to leave in peace. If The Warden chooses to fight, he may be rewarded with a generic breastplate or possibly nothing. If the Warden allows it to leave, the demon will reward him/her with 25 50, though others will ultimately suffer for the Warden's greed.

Exploit
It is possible to kill the beast and also get the 25 (or more). Once you get all the body parts, by pressing multiple times (yourself or having each party member press) on the altar a glitch can occur sometimes, that allows the player to summon the Fade Beast multiple times. Thus allowing the player to choose to kill the beast and get the 25, multiple times even. This can be done for all four of the party members if they are placed correctly, having the game paused and coordinated to click on the altar at the same time, giving a reward of a total of 75 (three players choose to accept the reward while the fourth chooses vengeance). This can be done on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions of the game. If you hold open the radial menu and then have each party member press it while the menu is still open. If you have ranger with you and summon a creature (wolf, bear, spider), you can get an extra 25 with the same strategy. By spam clicking on the altar, it is actually possible to spawn more than 1 per character. With little effort you can spawn over 10 fade beasts - each one paying the gold if you choose to free them.

Bugs

 * The quest completion journal text indicated that you chose to free the Fade Beast, irrespective of whether or not you actually decided to fight and kill it. Confirmed fixed in version 1.0.3.