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The dwarven [[Inquisitor]] was a member of the Carta who was sent to spy on the [[Chantry]] conclave attempting to bring an end to the [[Mage-Templar War]]. |
The dwarven [[Inquisitor]] was a member of the Carta who was sent to spy on the [[Chantry]] conclave attempting to bring an end to the [[Mage-Templar War]]. |
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Revision as of 08:39, 14 September 2014
The Carta is a powerful and ancient[1] dwarven crime syndicate headquartered in Dust Town in Orzammar. Once headed by Beraht, it has since passed through the hands of his lieutenants Jarvia and Karshol.
The ranks of the Carta are composed of casteless dwarves who are forced to resort to crime to survive. Given no other alternatives in the grim world of Dust Town, and restricted from performing legitimate work, few casteless dwarves can resist joining with the Carta for their livelihood.
In recent years the Carta and its dealings have become a threat to even Orzammar itself as the "dusters" boldly walked the streets of Orzammar during the Fifth Blight, enacting an extortion and intimidation racket upon merchants in the Commons. Carta dwarves specialize in smuggling lyrium, weapons, and slaves, and they command a formidable racket in Dust Town, patronizing prostitutes, beggars, and businesses.
In the years following the end of the Blight the Carta expanded it's influence into the human city of Kirkwall. Although they do not operate as openly as in Orzammar they are still one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the city.
Involvement
Dragon Age: Origins
If playing with a Dwarf Commoner Origin, The Warden will be a member of the Carta, forced into working for Beraht. Their half-sister Rica Brosca also works for the Carta as a noble hunter. The Dwarf Commoner must carry out a series of tasks for Beraht, and is eventually forced to impersonate a drunken warrior in a Proving match. The Dwarf Commoner is consequently imprisoned, but escapes and kills Beraht, leader of the Carta, allowing Beraht's lieutenant and rumoured lover Jarvia to rule the Carta in his place.
The Carta are once again encountered in the quest A Paragon of Her Kind, during Entering Jarvia's Hideout. The Warden is asked by either Prince Bhelen or Lord Harrowmont to infiltrate the Carta's hidden base in Dust Town and wipe them out because little action can be taken on the Warden's treaty quest until the Carta situation that is crippling the city is dealt with. Jarvia is killed by the Warden at the end of the quest and the Carta is seemingly broken.
Dragon Age II
Carta heraldry in Dragon Age II
The Carta began to operate in less reputable areas of Kirkwall.
After the crippling crackdown by the Warden, the Carta's power was greatly diminished and turned its attention "topside" to regain some of its prestige through intermediaries of the surface caste. Now under the command of Beraht's left-hand, Karshol, the Carta can be confronted several times in the Docks of Kirkwall.
If a save from Origins is imported where Bhelen was crowned king of Orzammar, then they are involved in the quest Last of His Line, where the last descendant of House Harrowmont, a house traditionally opposed to extending any rights to the casteless, is trying to escape assassination by the Carta, the assassination having been ordered by King Bhelen.
The Carta are also involved in the Legacy DLC, where they seek to bring "the blood of the Hawke" to an ancient evil in a Grey Warden prison in the Vimmark Mountains.
Dragon Age: Inquisition
See also
Codex entry: Hands of the Carta
Gallery
![A Carta member[2]](/wiki/File:Dwarf_WoT.jpg "Dwarf WoT.jpg (165 KB)")
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