Brecilian Ruins

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|style         = {{{style|}}}
|name          = [[Brecilian Ruins]]
|icon          = Ico Ruins.png
|image         = Preview-4.jpg
|px            = 270px
|terrain       = Underground
|type          = Ruins
|inhabitants   = [[Demon]]s, [[Skeleton]]s, [[Spider]]s, [[Spirit]]s, [[Werewolf|Werewolves]], [[Dragon (variation)|Dragons]]
|location      = [[Brecilian Forest]]
|sections      = [[Ruins Upper Level]] <br> [[Lower Ruins]] <br> [[Werewolf Lair]]
|appearances   = [[Dragon Age: Origins]]
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The '''Brecilian Ruins''' are old ruins of presumably [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]] origin in the [[Brecilian Forest]].

== Background ==
The spirit [[the Warden]] [[Broken Stone Altar|encounters]] in the ruins reveals that humans had built the structure long ago. Curiously enough, it was an [[Elf|elven]] sanctuary where, according to the presence, "the eldest came to [[uthenera|slumber]]", and others came to pay tribute to [[Elven pantheon|the gods]] on their behalf, explaining the presence of altars, tombs and gravestones found in the ruins. It is therefore implied that [[human]]s were coexisting with the elves in some form.

The structure and its inhabitants, human and elf, were destroyed by a "terrible presence", though exactly what that presence was had been forgotten by the [[arcane warrior]]'s spirit over time.

== Quests ==

=== Main ===
{{:Nature of the Beast|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}

=== Side quests ===
{{:Correspondence Interruptus|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
{{:The Black Vials|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
{{:The Elven Ritual|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
{{:The Mage's Treasure|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
{{:The Scrolls of Banastor|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
{{:Unbound|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}

== Places ==
{{:Ruins Upper Level|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
{{:Lower Ruins|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
{{:Werewolf Lair|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}

{{Note|After the [[Nature of the Beast]] is completed, traveling to the '''Brecilian Ruins''' via the [[World map (Origins)|world map]] will not place the party inside the ruins, but rather in the southern part of the [[East Brecilian Forest]] by the entrance to [[Ruins Upper Level]]. Just turn around to enter the ruins.}}

== Enemies ==

=== Ruins Upper Level ===
* [[Werewolf|Werewolves]]
* [[Poisonous spider]]
* [[Giant spider]]
* [[Dragon]]
* [[Fanged skeleton]]
* [[Shambling skeleton]]

=== Lower Ruins ===
* [[Skeleton]]s: [[Skeleton|Ordinary]], [[Fanged skeleton|Fanged]], [[Devouring skeleton|Devouring]], [[Shambling skeleton|Shambling]], and [[Skeleton archer|Archer]]
* [[Poisonous spider]]
* [[Demon]]s: [[arcane horror]], [[revenant]], [[Shade|greater shade]]s, [[Shade#The Mage's Treasure|shade]]s

=== Werewolf Lair ===
* [[Gatekeeper]]
* [[The Lady of the Forest]]
* [[Werewolf]]
* [[Werewolf#Variations|Rabid werewolf]]
* [[Werewolf#Variations|Shadow werewolf]]
* [[Swiftrunner]]
* [[Wild sylvan]]
* Greater [[shade]]
* [[Zathrian]]

== Notes ==
* To open all locked chests in the Brecilian Ruins one needs a [[Rogue talents (Origins)#Deft Hands tree|lockpicking score]] of 60.
[[Category:Dragon Age: Origins locations]]
[[Category:Buildings]]