Editing Dailan

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|location       = [[Kal'Hirol - Trade Quarter|Trade Quarter]], [[Kal'Hirol]]
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'''Dailan''' is a male [[dwarf]] who was in charge of the last stand of [[Kal'Hirol]].

== Background ==
During the [[First Blight]] or shortly afterwards,<ref>As implied for being one of the first great thaigs to fall in [[Codex entry: The Fortress of Kal'Hirol]].</ref> Kal'Hirol was about to be overrun by the [[darkspawn]] horde and evacuations were prepared. Within days, however, it was realized that there would be no time to plan and the evacuation took place without warning. Dailan volunteered to be part of a group that remained behind to hold the encroaching darkspawn back, giving the refugees enough time to flee to [[Orzammar]].

Two days after the evacuation, Dailan realized that around five hundred [[casteless]] dwarves had been abandoned. Dailan, feeling that the guard would fail, proposed to the casteless that they join with him in the suicidal battle, and suggested they prove they are not worthless as the dwarven society claimed. Despite opposition amongst some of the casteless, approximately two hundred volunteered for the duty. It is not known what happened to the others though at least a few attempted to find a route to the [[Surface dwarves|surface]].

The army held back the darkspawn for five days, inspiring Dailan to stop using the term casteless to refer to his comrades-in-arms. Dailan felt it imperative to [[Education|record]] the names of all who stood as part of the defense Kal'Hirol in order to be recorded in the [[Memories]], and was slain by an [[ogre]] as he finished. A pile of bones belonging to him can be found in that chamber of the [[Kal'Hirol - Trade Quarter|trade quarter]] which contain [[Partha]] and [[Kallak]], now turned into [[Broken Sword]].

== Involvement ==
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[[The Warden-Commander]] can find the [[Stone Marker|stone marker]] on which are recorded the names of those casteless who defended the thaig to their last breath. Finding the tablet triggers the quest [[Memories of the Stone]] in which the Warden-Commander can pass the marker to [[Dworkin Glavonak]] and his brother [[Voldrik Glavonak]]. It is revealed in the [[Epilogue (Awakening)|epilogue]] that the brothers delivered the record to the [[Dwarven royalty|king of Orzammar]]. [[House Helmi]] led a great army of dwarves and reclaimed Kal'Hirol, where a ceremony was held to commemorate and honor the sacrifice of Dailan and the casteless.
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== Quests ==
:{{:Memories of the Stone|style=iconmini}}

== Quotes ==
''Dalian's speech to the casteless:''
* For generations, they have told you you were nothing, swept you away like so much dust.
* Now you are the only thing standing between them and the darkspawn that threaten our empire!
* Show them that you are not nothing! Show them that you can be [[Warrior caste|warriors]]!
* Let [[the Stone]] tremble with the thunder of your footsteps!
* Fight!

== Codex entries ==
:{{:Codex entry: Dailan's Journal|style=iconmini}}

== Gallery ==
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Dailan's speech.png|Dailan giving a motivational speech to the casteless army
Dailan HoDA.jpg|Promotional image Dailan in ''[[Heroes of Dragon Age]]''
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== References ==
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