“Wow. Are you... are you a mage? Because you just magicked my breath away.”
Emile de Launcet is the fifth son of Guillaume de Launcet and Dulci de Launcet, two minor nobles from Orlais. Emile was born in Kirkwall, but was discovered to be a mage at the age of six and taken to the Gallows in Kirkwall.
Involvement[]
Emile is involved in the quest On The Loose.
After Knight-Commander Meredith asks Hawke to retrieve three magi that have escaped the Circle, Hawke will go to the de Launcet manor in Hightown. There, it will be revealed that Emile's mother, Dulci, took pity on him and gave him gold in order to leave Kirkwall and start a new life. Rather than that, Emile went to The Hanged Man Tavern and started to drink the money away. Once Hawke arrives, it becomes clear that Emile is not an escaped blood mage.
He is simply a man who never got to experience life and came to the tavern to drink and fornicate with women. He spread the rumor he was a blood mage in the hopes it would make him seem more dangerous and thus more desirable. Hawke then has the choice to let him go or turn him in.
At some point during the party at Chateau Haine, Emile's sister Babette wrote him a letter telling him of the excitement at the party and of seeing a laborer crushed to death when he rolled down with a barrel of wine.[2].
If Hawke let Emile sleep with Nella and he speaks to Dulci at the party, Dulci will bemoan to Hawke about the fact that they weren't able to stop him from doing so, claiming that they would have rather handled blood magic rather than Emile's scandal.
If Hawke sides with the Circle of Magi in The Last Straw, Emile is present in the Gallows just before the final battle starts as well as during the first stage of the final battle. Attempting to speak with him will have him say that he regrets not being able to say goodbye to his mother, his cluelessness in helping due to his lack of skills as a mage, Meredith being a pretty woman despite wanting kill him, how he regrets coming back and blaming Hawke for his predicament, and (if Hawke allowed him to sleep with Nella) him stating that they are all going to die, but he is glad he was able to have some fun with Nella.
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Note texts[]
- A Letter from Emile de Launcet (unobtainable via normal means)
- A Message from the Comte de Launcet