Background
Choose where to Defend
- There are too few soldiers to patrol the entire Arling. Lady Esmerelle argued that your priority should be to defend the city. That being said, she lives in the city herself.
Walkthrough
When you are ready speak to Seneschal Varel and Make your choice you have 5 options
- Let Captain Garevel decide
- The orders stand the city must be protected
- Amaranthine has its walls let the farms have our soldiers
- Trade must flow we need supplies to fight the darkspawn
- Let's do our best to protect them all
Results
- If you choose Captain Garevel he will assign soldiers to defend the city above all else
- If you choose to assign soldiers to defend the trade routes, then your merchants will have more goods to sell
- If you choose the soldiers to defend your farms it will affect the epilogue
- Choosing the last option you'll try to protect everything
Notes
Defending the trade routes results in the merchant Yuriah gaining new wares, but at the cost of darkspawn overwhelming the lands. The people and peasants will riot for protection.