Emprise du Lion is an area in the Highlands of the Dales.[1] It is a cold and craggy environment dotted with elven ruins.
Background
The ancient and the modern co-exist in the highlands of Emprise du Lion, where relics of the lost elven nation are scattered among bustling human villages. These hills are home to the village of Sahrnia, known throughout Orlais for its quarry, which produces azure granite of remarkable quality.
—Excerpt from the quest journal
Emprise du Lion is a snow-covered area formerly occupied by elves. Several ancient elven ruins including a large keep and coliseums are located in the area. The hot springs in the Emprise have attracted dragons in recent years.
Involvement
Characters
- Baron Edouard Desjardins
- Imshael
- Michel de Chevin
- Mistress Poulin
- Merchant (Suledin Keep)
Enemies
- August Ram
- Black wolf
- Bear
- Hurlock alpha
- Ghoul
- Great Bear
- Highland Ravager
- Hivernal
- Kaltenzahn
- Red Templars
- Red Templar
- Red Templar Marksman
- Red Templar Guard
- Red Templar Shadow
- Red Templar Horror
- Red Templar Knight
- Behemoth
- Despair demon
- Pride demon
- Snoufleur
- Greater Terror
- Lesser Terror
- Fearling
Places
Regions
- Alphonse's Passage
- Drakon's Rise
- Drakon's Tower
- Elfsblood River
- Elfsblood Tower
- Elven Ruin
- Etienne's Ring
- Highgrove
- Judicael's Crossing
- Judicael's Ring
- Leontine's Ring
- Pools of Sun
- Sahrnia
- Sahrnia Quarry
- Suledin Keep
- Tower of Bone
- Valeska's Watch
Inquisition Camps
- Drakon's Rise Camp
- Highgrove Camp
- Sahrnia Camp
- Tower Camp
Quests
A Timely Intervention
Breeding Grounds
Caged Confession
Call Me Imshael
Capturing Suledin Keep
Mama's Ring
Red Captors
Rocky Rescue
Rumors of the Sulevin Blade
Securing Safe Passage
Sifting Through Rubble
Stalker
Take Back the Lion
The Corruption of Sahrnia
They Shall Not Pass
Turning the Tables
Quarry Quandary
Valeska's Watch
Words not Hollow
Rifts
Rifts at Drakon's Cleft
Rift at Elfsblood Tower
Rifts in the Springs
Rift on Frozen Water
Requisitions
Bloodstone Survey in the Emprise
Brazier Requisition in the Emprise
Coat Requisition in the Emprise
Shelter Requisition in the Emprise
Silverite Survey in the Emprise
Resources
Arbor Blessing
Black Lotus
Bloodstone
Dawnstone
Elfroot
Felandaris
Rashvine
Rashvine Nettle
Silverite
Notable items
Bottles on the Wall
Legacy White Shear - near the locked tower in Sahrnia quarry
Abyssal Peach - inside Suledin Keep
Elven artifacts
One on the eastern edge of Drakon's Tower
Landmarks
Loot
Ardent Blossom, found down the endless staircase near Suledin Keep once The Tiniest Cave is completed
Caliban, drop from Kaltenzahn
Curse of Morrac, found in Elfsblood Tower
Duke's Mane, drop from the Highland Ravager
Knightslayer looted from a corpse in Valeska's Watch
March of the Everlasting, drop from Imshael
Rebuke of the Sunderland, found in Elfsblood Tower
Staff of the Void, drop from Hivernal
Walking Death, drop from the Highland Ravager
Wintersbreath looted from a corpse in Valeska's Watch
Shards
Veilfire glyphs
Superb Frost Rune, found in a cave that starts just south of the Suledin Keep map marker. Veilfire torch is at the end of the cave, the glyph is about halfway through, almost directly west of the Suledin Keep map marker. Just past the loot box on a small ledge.
Note: the illusory wall rock leading to the Ardent Blossom helm as part of The Tiniest Cave is located just west of the Veilfire torch.
Logging stand x 2
Codex entries
Codex entry: Emprise du Lion
Codex entry: Exhuming Bodies by Moonlight
Codex entry: In Death
Codex entry: Judicael's Crossing
Codex entry: Suledin Keep Documents
Codex entry: Tower of Bone
Codex entry: Trading with Kal-Sharok
Codex entry: Valeska's Watch
Note
- There is a strange, small cave between Highgrove and Drakon's Rise camps, west of the logging camp that has frozen bodies hanging from the ceiling, weapons scattered on the ground, a pyramid shaped box with a note that says "DON'T TOUCH MY PYRAMID" and a loot chest. See gallery picture below.
Bugs
- The glyph may be rendered inside of the cave wall and not visible, but can still be interacted with. [confirmation needed]