“Darkness is a sparring partner. The greater the shadow you confront, the stronger you are for winning.”
Davrin is a Grey Warden and a companion in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. He is accompanied by a young griffon, Assan.
Background
As young boy, Davrin tended to his Dalish clan's halla. He was mentored by his "uncle" Eldrin, who taught him the Way of Three Trees and to be a force for good. Eldrin taught him to hunt the unnatural so the natural can thrive. Eventually he craved adventure and decided to leave his clan. While a majority of his clan felt rejected by him leaving and disapproved, Eldrin kept an open mind. When he was left to his own devices however, Davrin soon became poor since he was unable to maintain his finances. Davrin felt he couldn't return to his clan a failure, nor did he believe they would take him back. He was always good at hunting though, so he made a career out of monster hunting, which Davrin admits paid good coin. Davrin felt he needed a cause to justify leaving his clan and give himself purpose so he eventually became a Grey Warden.[1]
Raised in a Dalish clan, Davrin craved excitement and adventure. With the goal of making history rather than just reflecting on it, he joined the Grey Wardens and made a name for himself as a monster hunter. Now he cares for Assan, a young griffon.[2]
Involvement
Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance
Davrin and fellow Grey Warden Goff are patrolling an outpost to investigate the cause of earthquakes and storms occuring in the southern Anderfels. Davrin however, would rather investigate the rumors of the re-emergence of griffons. The two Grey Wardens encounter a man named Harig holding a woman named Ollie captive. Although Goff demands the woman be released, Harig says that Ollie is guilty of aiding the Tevinter fugitive Nadia Carcosa, but neither Davrin nor Goff trust the Tevinter Imperium nor interested in enforcing their justice. Although the Grey Wardens were about to dismiss the case, Harig tells them that Nadia was speaking of the Deep Roads and may be involved with the strange anomalies. When questioning Ollie on the matter, she reveals that Nadia was inquiring about Ollie's employer, who hired her crew to do a job in the old mines in Ramshackle[3]; Ollie also revealed that the mines are now crawling with darkspawn. A darkspawn infestation compels the Grey Wardens to investigate the mines while Harig insists on accompanying them so he can capture Nadia and collect her bountry.
Davrin and Goff arrive in time to aid Nadia and her companion, Drayden Kiel, in defeating a darkspawn attack. After the battle, Goff questions if Nadia is involved with the anomalies plaguing the Anderfels but Nadia denies it and claims she only seeks to stop the true perpetrator of those crimes—the one called the Dread Wolf. The mention of the Dread Wolf causes Davrin to draw his weapons against Nadia, and demands to know how she knows the Dread Wolf. Nadia reiterates that she believes him responsible for the chaos in the Anderfels, which Davrin responds by arresting Nadia and Drayden and taking them to Weisshaupt.
Davrin explains the legend of the Dread Wolf, also known as Fen'Harel, to Goff and believes that his involvement may mean something ominous is occurring—a nefarious plot that the Grey Wardens need to uncover. Goff orders the release of Ollie but Harig keeps demanding his monetary reward for Nadia's capture. Davrin threatens Harig for his rudeness while Goff dictates that he will only get his reward when the Grey Wardens are done with the prisoners at Weisshaupt Fortress.
As they were about to depart, Nadia explained how the Dread Wolf tricked them into performing a dangerous, magical ritual and now her lover Elio is trapped in the Fade. Nadia tells the Grey Wardens that the Inquisition gave her recent information that the Dread Wolf was in those tunnels and Ollie verified that the Dread Wolf was her crew's employer. Davrin intuitively believes that Nadia speaks the truth so he agrees that they should search the mining tunnels. Goff orders their release, and Davrin complies. Nadia thanks Davrin for trusting her while Drayden flirts with Davrin. Harig threatens to alert the Imperial templars but Nadia tosses him a bag of gold for his silence.
As Harig was about to leave, the group is caught in an earthquake and the ground beneath them starts to deteriorate into a sinkhole. Harig, Ollie, and Goff fall into the sinkhole; Davrin falls in to rescue them and Nadia and Drayden fall in when they could not hang on to sure footing any longer. Ollie, Nadia, Drayden, and Davrin regroup at the bottom of the sinkhole; Davrin and Drayden flirt with each other for a while before Davrin sets off to search for Goff. Davrin finds Goff with his leg pinned underneath a boulder. With their best option to chop off Goff's leg to free him, the group prepares for the amputation until Nadia is inflicted with a ringing in her mind. The ringing passes but the group is assaulted by spiders. Davrin orders Ollie to guard Goff while he and others fight off the spiders. The group returns to Goff and Ollie to defend them from a giant spider. Ollie is dragged away by a spider and Goff urges Davrin to remember his duty and leave him. Although Davrin is reluctant to abandon him, Davrin complies and orders Nadia and Drayden to follow him as he fights to secure their way to a retreat.
The trio exits the tunnel by squeezing into a crevice that led to a chamber. Once through the chamber, Davrin causes a cave in to prevent the spiders from pursuing them. Drayden senses that the Veil is thin in the chamber but Davrin thinks they just feel the lyrium coursing through the walls. The group finds a mosaic of wolves in the chamber and Davrin reads an ancient elven inscription that reads: "Guide me on the path that splits the land between sun and moon." Drayden doesn't believe it is an ordinary mosaic but can come to a conclusion that the top and bottom halfs are mirror reflections of each other and that they depict figures pointing to the stars. Davrin also notices the mosaic depicts wolf totems that are similar to the ones the Dalish places in their camps at Arlathan Forest, which symbolizes the Dread Wolf. Drayden figures out the puzzle of the mosaic which opens up an energy fissure.
The floor begins to sink and Davrin realizes that the chamber is forcing the group to choose to either enter the portal or follow the tunnel that leads to the surface. Nadia and Drayden choose to enter the portal but Davrin chooses to travel through the tunnel as he has to fulfill his duty to the Grey Wardens. Davrin wishes that Andruil guide their paths in their adventures and tells Drayden he hopes they cross paths again in the future.[4]
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Davrin was assigned by First Warden Jowin Glastrum to serve as security detail for the griffon trainers, Lancit and Remi, and the new generation of griffons in the High Anderfels.[5] During his post there, he bonded with a griffon who the trainers allowed him to name Assan.[6] Ever since then, Davrin and Assan has worked as partners.
In-game, Davrin can use the skill Blight Hunter, which causes Assan to swoop in and destroy a Blight Abscess obstacle. In-game, Assan's Companion Ability is Griffon Strike, which allows him to reach certain switches and dig up dirt piles.
When Rook and the Veilguard check on an abandoned Grey Warden camp in the High Anderfels, Assan became confrontational to the strangers until Davrin called him off. He questions the Veilguard of their intentions and why they smell of darkspawn. Rook tells Davrin they've been looking for him and that they found blight on the abandoned Grey Warden camp. Davrin revealed this was Lancit and Remi's camp and if they are missing, danger must be afoot. When they suddenly hear darkspawn shrieks, Davrin and Assan prepare to battle them while the Veilguard offer their assistance.
Davrin, Assan, and the Veilguard fought darkspawn until they reach the Training Grounds, where they find Warden Remi fatally wounded. Remi tells Davrin the Gloom Howler, the darkspawn hunting Grey Wardens and the monster Davrin was hunting, is responsible for the attack on them. Before she passes away, Remi tells Davrin he is Assan's griffon whisperer now. The team then faced the Gloom Howler's darkspawn at the Griffon Aerie. Although the Veilguard prevailed, the Gloom Howler steals all of Assan's siblings for an unknown purpose. Davrin joins the Veilguard in exchange for help with rescuing the kidnapped griffons.
Quests
This is a preparatory section for Davrin's personal quests.
A Warden's Best Friend- How to Train a Griffon
- A Friend in Need
- The Palate of a Griffon
- The Profane and the Lost
- Home Roost
Approval
- Main article: Davrin/Approval
This is a preparatory section for Davrin's approval and disapproval.
Romance
This is a preparatory section for Davrin's romance content.
Statistics
This is a preparatory section for Davrin's starting statistics.
Quotes
- Main article: Davrin/Dialogue
This is a preparatory section for select Davrin quotes.
Codex entries
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Naming a Griffon
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Gingerwort Truffles
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: The Nature of Griffons
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: My Younger Days
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Uncle Eldrin
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Life after Weisshaupt
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Griffons Are Real
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Griffon Extinction
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: The Cauldron
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Griffon Extinction Pt. 2
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Corrupted Grey Wardens
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Griffon Training
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Weisshaupt
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: The First Warden
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: The Gloom Howler, Pt. 1
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: The Gloom Howler, Pt. 2
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: The Gloom Howler, Pt. 3
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: The Gloom Howler, Pt. 4
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Profane Weisshaupt
- Codex entry: Sharksmouth Fort I: The "Grey" Warden
- Codex entry: Sharksmouth Fort III: The Demon's Fury
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: The Worst Has Happened
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Another Side to Griffons
- Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: The Griffons' Future
- Codex entry: Waterlogged Notes on the Lighthouse
Trivia
- Davrin was written by John Dombrow.[7]
- Davrin was one of the first companions to be heard. In Dragon Age 4 - Official Behind the Scenes Teaser Trailer, actor Ike Amadi, portraying Davrin, is shown to perform a voice line that says "Nobody dies on my watch! For the Wardens!" with a British accent, rather than the American accent that Davrin ultimately ended up having.
Gallery
References
- ↑ According to Davrin's dialogue in How to Train a Griffon
- ↑ BioWare. "Myths and Legends" EA.
- ↑ Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance, Episode 8: All Roads Lead Home
- ↑ Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance, Episode 3: A Deadly Descent
- ↑ Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Griffons Are Real
- ↑ Codex entry: From Davrin's Journal: Naming a Griffon
- ↑ Trick Weekes (July 23, 2024). "And I just reached out to him, so I can confirm that John Dombrow, who worked on Garrus and Javik on Mass Effect 3, was the writer for Davrin. :)" . Bluesky. Retrieved on July 23, 2024.
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