Hindsight is a unique belt in Dragon Age II that increases its wearer's resistances.
Background[]
There are more famous swords than you could count, there are helms beyond numbering, and there are breastplates, daggers, and even mystical footwear that roll immediately off the tongue. There are storied rings, gloves, and even bags invoked around a camp's common fire. But belts? There are very few noteworthy belts. It was here that the dwarf Thaulid Hammerspur decided he would make his mark. Here, he thought, between the tunic and the trousers, I will stake my claim.
He was familiar with the state of the art, of course; as an artificer making a name for himself in Orzammar, he had access to the typically robust record-keeping of the forges. He knew of the Drunkard's Cinch and the Pouchpaw, but there was no poetry to them, no lineage. They were parlor tricks, the domain of hawkers and pawns. He wanted a belt whose buckle gleamed with purpose, but what purpose? He worked on it from time to time, waiting for inspiration to strike. In the meantime, he needed something to keep his pants above the knee and though he might as well wear the damned thing.
And he did so until, after an especially memorable night at Tapster's Tavern, he managed to fall into his own forge. Shoveling out his remains, they found among the grey ashes his belt, somehow mercifully preserved.
Hindsight is a belt possessed of a strange, slow intellect. Whatever would have killed the wearer, does, and at that very moment, the belt develops a resistance that would have saved it owner. No one knows how Thaulid managed this, and at this point, it would be difficult to ask him. When the belt is held in the light, just so, the leather, reveals a grisly catalogue etched in glinting lyrium:
Thaulid Hammerspur, fire.
Gorgut the Wizened, poison.
Vil Arak, stabbed forty-three times.
Haliath Baronet, witches.
It went on like this for many years, until it fell into your possession. Your temporary, temporary possession.
—From Codex entry: HindsightAcquisition[]
- This item can be unlocked for free under Rewards in the Career section of the Dragon Age Keep or available as a free download under the Extra Content tab in Origin.
- The belt will be available in the Special Deliveries chest either in Gamlen's House or at the Hawke Estate (depending on the act).
Trivia[]
Hindsight as seen in the Penny Arcade promotional motion comic.
- The smith who created Hindsight, Thaulid Hammerspur, may also have created the Thorn of the Dead Gods as each item notes its creator fell into his own forge.
- Mike Krahulick and Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade created the story behind Hindsight.[1] A motion comic[2] previously hosted on the official Dragon Age II site was created to illustrate the backstory, though the belt appears notably visually different than its in-game counterpart. In the comic, the belt Hindsight is made out of what appears to be brown leather with an intricate design. Several golden metal plates on the belt have strange symbols. One appears to be similar to a fleur de lis, another looks like a curling wave, another looks like a flame, and the last one appears to be a skull or a ghost. Note the symbols for the deaths engraved on metal plates instead of the leather itself.