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| + | |title = Ser <br> Commander of the army of [[Gwaren]] |
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| + | |class = [[Warrior (Origins)|Warrior]] |
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| + | |rank = [[Rank#Boss|Boss]]/[[Elite Boss]] |
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| + | |quests = [[Tower of Ishal (quest)]] <br> [[Rescue the Queen]] <br> [[The Landsmeet]] <br> [[Storm the Gates]] <br> [[Kill the Arl]] |
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| + | |voice = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2542896/ Alix Wilton Regan] |
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| + | |appearances = [[Dragon Age: Origins]] <br> [[The Darkspawn Chronicles]] <br> [[Heroes of Dragon Age]] |
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| + | As a youth working on her father's farm, Cauthrien became aware of a man on horseback being chased by bandits. After helping him fight them off, she found out that he was Loghain Mac Tir, the hero of River Dane. Cauthrien volunteered her service to Loghain, working her way up through the ranks with hard work and determination to become his lieutenant, a position in which she takes great pride. |
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| + | === ''Dragon Age: Origins'' === |
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| + | Cauthrien is on the battlefield following the lighting of the beacon on the [[Tower of Ishal]] at [[Ostagar]]. Loghain tells her to order a retreat. Cauthrien tries to protest at first, but reluctantly gives in and orders the troops to pull out. |
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| + | Once [[The Landsmeet]] has been convened, she will join Loghain and [[Rendon Howe]] to confront [[Eamon Guerrin|Arl Eamon]] as well as [[Alistair]] and [[The Warden]] at the [[Arl of Redcliffe's Estate]] in [[Denerim]]. Later, Cauthrien will confront the party when attempting to leave the [[Arl of Denerim's Estate]] and try to apprehend them for the death of Arl Howe. The Warden can either surrender or fight her. |
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| + | If Cauthrien survives the encounter, she will be met again at the [[Royal Palace]] outside the Landsmeet Chamber. She will attempt to stop the Warden from interfering with Loghain and it is possible to fight her for a second time. However, the Warden can also persuade her to stand down peacefully. |
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| − | As a youth she helped Loghain in a fight against bandits, not realising who he was. Loghain was so impressed with her actions, he took her into his service. |
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| − | Towards the end of the game in [[Denerim]], after [[The Warden]] rescues [[Anora]], she confronts the party. The player character can either surrender or attack. If you are successful in fighting her, [[The Summer Sword]] is gained. If you surrender or simply lose the fight, you will be taken to [[Fort Drakon]] as a prisoner. If this happens, she is met again at the Landsmeet. It appears she wishes to fight you to stop you from interfering with Loghain. However, it is possible to persuade her to let you by without a fight. It seems even she has seen the corruption of Loghain. |
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| − | ==Strategy== |
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| − | Immediately after the conversation with Cauthrien, it is recommended to select all party members to run back into the library adjacent to Anora's room to avoid taking damage from archers. Cauthrien and a few guards will pursue while the rest of her archers will remain at the estate entrance. Use a mage to cast Misdirection Hex and Death Hex on Cauthrien and quickly kill her before dealing with her other guards. If a mage is backing Cauthrien up, use Crushing Prison against the mage to temporarily incapacitate him while dealing with Cauthrien or dispatch a party member to kill the mage immediately. Petrify and Paralyze can be also be used to slow Cauthrien down and if she is focused on the party's mage, use the mage to cast Force Field on himself/herself while other party members attack Cauthrien from the rear. After killing Cauthrien, use a mage to cast sleep/mass waking nightmare/mass paralyze on archers and slowly kill each one by one. Another viable method is to use Leliana or any fighter with a ranged weapon to kill the archers at the entrance from a distance. |
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| − | Cauthrien is one of the toughest adversaries in the game. To prepare for the optional battle following Anora's rescue, a large number of health poultices are crucial, and it is strongly recommended that The Warden's party has a mage with healing skills and plenty of lyrium potions. It would be helpful to have the others act as close-range fighters. Ser Cauthrien will have several guards and a mage backing her up. Ser Cauthrien is a heavy hitter so dispatch her as soon as possible. Keep the party's healer out of the range of the archers to avoid them being injured. |
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| − | The Warden's party is heavily outnumbered, so do whatever possible to even the odds. An example strategy is to use one mage to cast sleep/mass paralize on archers, kill Cauthrien's mage as soon as possible and use another mage to focus on Cauthrien: if hex spells are available, debuff her and allow warriors to finish off her and her sidekicks quickly; Death Hex and Misdirection result in a significantly quicker demise. After tackling the key opponents, the enemy archers should pose few problems. |
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| − | An alternative strategy is to use a combination of sleep and taunt abilities to separate Cauthrien from her troops. As well as characters with the relevant abilities, The Warden's party should also have an archer. Cast sleep on Cauthrien and the guards and direct the party to the library. Once in the library, wait for Cauthrien, who should now be in sole pursuit. Note that these tactics may prove unnecessary since simply running back down the hallway and entering one of the rooms as soon as the fight starts may be sufficient to isolate Cauthrien, and doing so prevents The Warden's party from being exposed to unnecessary damage from archers and her mage. At this point, use the character with the taunt ability to keep her in pursuit and away from the rest of the party, who should be using ranged attacks against her. Continue to run around the library using taunt, repeating until she is killed by the ranged attacks. An alternative method would be to freeze her with Cone of Cold from one of the party's mages and use melee fighters in the team to hit her until she goes down whilst using a support mage heal as necessary. At that point, her guards should be easier to defeat. |
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| − | Should The Warden surrender to Cauthrien, another opportunity to fight her will arise when arriving at the Landsmeet where she will accost the party in order to prevent interference in the proceedings. At this point, she will only have a few guards with her, but both Cauthrien and her guards will need to be tackled at the same time since any fight will take place in a small room. Fighting her in the Arl of Denerim's estate may still prove to be an easier battle, provided Cauthrien can be isolated from her men. |
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| − | While it may be extremely difficult to defeat them all, it is possible, with some luck, and you can skip the entire Fort Drakon part. First you'll have to have a lot of health potions, around 30+. If your main character is not a mage or archer when the fight begins switch to one. Your other party members will most likely die fast. You can try and keep them alive as long as possible by using the health potions, but they will most likely die early on. When they do die run out of the main hall and into the room where Anora was being held captive. Ser Cauthrien should follow you into the room. If you are a powerful enough mage or archer her attacks will only hit once in a while. When she dies, exit the room into the hall. Stand by the doorway leading to the entrance. You should be able to see one or two guards from the doorway. Because of their positions, you can stay in the doorway and only fight one or two of them at a time.Stay in the doorway to avoid the rest of the guards attacks while you finish off the visible ones. When they are dead move slighty to the left so you can see the next ones. The first guards will be healed by the mage but if you are a high enough level they should die after a few attacks even with the healing. Continue with this strategy until all the guards are dead and you can skip the Fort Drakon part entirely. |
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| − | It is also possible to fight Ser Cauthrien alone(plus 0-2 guards) and then defeat the big group. To do so, as soon as the battle begins, run back to the large room beyond Anora's old cell(Vaughan may be there if you freed him) and, optionally, use a character or a ranger pet to close the door to the main entrance repeatedly as soon as the guards open it. Ser Cauthrien should follow. Fight her alone, it may be still be very difficult as her attacks do lots of damage, misdirection hex is extremely helpful here. The Warden's main advantage is her slowness when attacking: during the attack animation, there is more than enough time for the targeted party member to take 1 or even 2 potions while the other hit her. If there is only one left, time her attacks to yours. |
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| + | === ''The Darkspawn Chronicles'' === |
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| + | Ser Cauthrien is encountered during the quest, [[Kill the Arl]] as an enemy boss. She is at the [[Denerim City Gates]], leading [[Fereldan royalty and nobility|Arl]] [[Rendon Howe|Howe]]'s bodyguards. Cauthrien is slain along with her comrades by the [[Hurlock Vanguard]] & the [[Darkspawn]].}} |
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| − | + | == Strategy == |
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| − | It is possible to kite Cauthrien. Assuming you have isolated her (perhaps by using a method mentioned above). A mage with Crushing Prison and Stonefist is needed. Start of by casting Crushing Prison on Cauthrien. This will provide a lot of threat. Enough to have the boss stuck on your mage the entire battle. It is very important to keep your mage on the move. Don't stop until you reach the end of your selected kiting route. At this point throw Stonefist on the boss (pray for it not to resist) and kite back the way you came from. During this time the rest of the party can safely nuke her down. Anything that will slow Cauthrien down is a plus. Using this technique you can manage to down the boss in 3-4 runs back and forth. |
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| + | == Drops == |
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| + | {{:The Summer Sword|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}} |
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| + | == Quotes == |
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| + | * ''(To a Human Noble or City Elf threatening Howe when meeting him and Loghain)'' "You are very bold or very stupid to threaten the teyrn before witnesses." |
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| + | * "You have torn this nation apart to oppose my lord, and never once tried to understand why he is a hero to Ferelden." |
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| + | * "I have had...so many doubts of late. Loghain is a great man, but his hatred of Orlais has driven him to madness. He has done terrible things, I know it, but I owe him everything. I cannot betray him, do not ask me to!" |
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| + | * Ser Cauthrien is listed as an [[elite boss]] in the first encounter during the [[Rescue the Queen]] quest. If she isn't slain while trying to arrest the Warden, she will attempt to stop the party from entering the Landsmeet, but this time she will be listed as a [[boss]]. |
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| − | - Place a large quantity of traps along the path before you open the door (50 should kill her before she even gets to swing). |
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| + | * At the [[Battle of Ostagar]], when Loghain orders her to sound the retreat, she is seen with both a two-handed greatsword and a shield on her back. |
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| + | * A portrait of Cauthrien in Gwaren's keep, commissioned because of her service to the village and its then-celebrated teyrn, was defaced and subsequently removed following the [[Battle of Ostagar]].<ref>{{Cite wot2|99}}</ref> |
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| − | - Freeze or imprison her right in the hall, retreat to the doorway and have your mages throw in all AoE they know. Use instant AoE controlling spell like Sleep or Earthquake to make archers stay where they are or sacrifice one of your characters by sending him in (he/she must be far enough from mages or their casting may be interrupted by scattershots). Double Blizzard and/or Earthquake will keep Ser Cauthrien inside the voidzone for a considerable period of time (don't forget to help her with Stonefists and Cones of cold), so she either dies within or leaves it with almost no hitpoints and can be nuked down before doing any damage. |
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| + | * If you kill her in the Rescue The Queen quest but still fall to the guards accompanying her, she will survive and still try to prevent you from entering the Landsmeet. It is therefore possible to get two of The Summer Sword if you manage to defeat and loot Cauthrien before being taken prisoner by the remaining guards in Arl of Denerim's Estate. Conversely it is also possible to obtain The Summer Sword from her during Rescue the Queen and still spare her at the Landsmeet. |
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| + | * If you kill Ser Cauthrien, recruit [[Loghain Mac Tir|Loghain]], and sacrifice yourself to kill the [[Archdemon]], she still shows up to your funeral. |
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| + | * When Ser Cauthrien tries to stop you again before the Landsmeet, the persuade option actually checks against [[Poison-Making]], instead of the [[Coercion]] skill, but you can convince her to stand down. The intimidate option makes the right check, but you must make another intimidate or persuade check after that to convince Cauthrien that Loghain is wrong.{{confirm}} |
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| + | * If you allow yourself to be captured by Ser Cauthrien and return to the estate, Cauthrien and her soldiers will sometimes still be in the room along with [[Anora]] and [[Erlina]], although they will not fight you. |
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| + | == Gallery == |
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| − | - Switch to a Mage, immediately freeze the enemy Mage and attack till the mage dies; ignore everything else. This makes the battle very much easier. |
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| + | CauthrianHoDA_Tier4.jpg|Tier evolution of Ser Cauthrien in ''[[Heroes of Dragon Age]]'' |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | {{:Codex entry: Ser Cauthrien|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}} |
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| − | Note: It should be pointed out that the confrontation with Ser Cauthrien is an extremely difficult boss battle requiring very good tactics on the part of the player; some may not be able to win the encounter. An autosave occurs right before the unavoidable encounter, and the player may have to choose to surrender if unable to kill all the guards and Ser Cauthrien. |
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| − | * [[Gwaren]] |
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Revision as of 14:20, 20 May 2016
“Some of us know what honor and loyalty are.”
Ser Cauthrien is a knight and Teyrn Loghain's most trusted lieutenant, as well as the leader of Maric's Shield, Loghain's hand picked elite force.
Background
As a youth working on her father's farm, Cauthrien became aware of a man on horseback being chased by bandits. After helping him fight them off, she found out that he was Loghain Mac Tir, the hero of River Dane. Cauthrien volunteered her service to Loghain, working her way up through the ranks with hard work and determination to become his lieutenant, a position in which she takes great pride.
Involvement
Dragon Age: Origins
Cauthrien is on the battlefield following the lighting of the beacon on the Tower of Ishal at Ostagar. Loghain tells her to order a retreat. Cauthrien tries to protest at first, but reluctantly gives in and orders the troops to pull out.
Once The Landsmeet has been convened, she will join Loghain and Rendon Howe to confront Arl Eamon as well as Alistair and The Warden at the Arl of Redcliffe's Estate in Denerim. Later, Cauthrien will confront the party when attempting to leave the Arl of Denerim's Estate and try to apprehend them for the death of Arl Howe. The Warden can either surrender or fight her.
If Cauthrien survives the encounter, she will be met again at the Royal Palace outside the Landsmeet Chamber. She will attempt to stop the Warden from interfering with Loghain and it is possible to fight her for a second time. However, the Warden can also persuade her to stand down peacefully.
The Darkspawn Chronicles
Ser Cauthrien is encountered during the quest, Kill the Arl as an enemy boss. She is at the Denerim City Gates, leading Arl Howe's bodyguards. Cauthrien is slain along with her comrades by the Hurlock Vanguard & the Darkspawn.
Strategy
- See Cauthrien (strategy).
Drops
Quotes
- (To a Human Noble or City Elf threatening Howe when meeting him and Loghain) "You are very bold or very stupid to threaten the teyrn before witnesses."
- "You have torn this nation apart to oppose my lord, and never once tried to understand why he is a hero to Ferelden."
- "I have had...so many doubts of late. Loghain is a great man, but his hatred of Orlais has driven him to madness. He has done terrible things, I know it, but I owe him everything. I cannot betray him, do not ask me to!"
Trivia
- Ser Cauthrien is listed as an elite boss in the first encounter during the Rescue the Queen quest. If she isn't slain while trying to arrest the Warden, she will attempt to stop the party from entering the Landsmeet, but this time she will be listed as a boss.
- At the Battle of Ostagar, when Loghain orders her to sound the retreat, she is seen with both a two-handed greatsword and a shield on her back.
- A portrait of Cauthrien in Gwaren's keep, commissioned because of her service to the village and its then-celebrated teyrn, was defaced and subsequently removed following the Battle of Ostagar.[1]
Bugs
- If you kill her in the Rescue The Queen quest but still fall to the guards accompanying her, she will survive and still try to prevent you from entering the Landsmeet. It is therefore possible to get two of The Summer Sword if you manage to defeat and loot Cauthrien before being taken prisoner by the remaining guards in Arl of Denerim's Estate. Conversely it is also possible to obtain The Summer Sword from her during Rescue the Queen and still spare her at the Landsmeet.
- If you kill Ser Cauthrien, recruit Loghain, and sacrifice yourself to kill the Archdemon, she still shows up to your funeral.
- When Ser Cauthrien tries to stop you again before the Landsmeet, the persuade option actually checks against Poison-Making, instead of the Coercion skill, but you can convince her to stand down. The intimidate option makes the right check, but you must make another intimidate or persuade check after that to convince Cauthrien that Loghain is wrong.[confirmation needed]
- If you allow yourself to be captured by Ser Cauthrien and return to the estate, Cauthrien and her soldiers will sometimes still be in the room along with Anora and Erlina, although they will not fight you.
Gallery
Tier evolution of Ser Cauthrien in Heroes of Dragon Age
See also
References
<references>
- ↑
Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, p. 99
