- For the village located in this region, see Redcliffe Village.
- For the castle located in this region, see Redcliffe Castle.
- For the thaig located in this region, see Valammar.
The Hinterlands is a region in Ferelden located between the fortress of Ostagar and Redcliffe.
Contents
Background[]
The Hinterlands comprises a good deal of fertile agricultural land and as such is populated with a great many farmsteads throughout the area. The regions' main settlement is Redcliffe Village, situated in the western hills of Ferelden protected by Redcliffe Castle. Since the end of the Fifth Blight, the Hinterlands have seen an influx of settlers from Redcliffe Village looking to escape unpleasant memories of the darkspawn and the other dark events which befell Redcliffe during the last Blight.
Nestled in the heart of Ferelden are the old forests and farmsteads of the Hinterlands. This rocky, rolling getway to Redcliffe has now fallen into chaos. The conflict between mages and templars forced many off their lands, demons stalk the hills, and reports of strange magic abound near Redcliffe.
—Excerpt from the quest journal
Involvement[]
I retired to the Hinterlands for peace and quiet away from the politics, and because the wide open spaces were perfect to let my horses run. Instead, the war between the mages and the templars has turned your beautiful hills into a series of burning battlefields. The farmers who live in the Hinterlands are good folk. Many of them left Redcliffe village because they couldn't bear to be there anymore, not after the Blight and the walking dead left so many bad memories. Now we've got apostates running around setting fire to anyone who looks at them sideways, and templars looting houses and cutting down those who protest as mage sympathizers.
Ever since the outbreak of the Mage-Templar War, the Hinterlands has suffered from ongoing confrontations between apostate mages and rebel templars. The local population has been victimized from attacks on both sides. The Inquisitor can restore order to the region by helping the inhabitants in a variety of ways, including putting an end to the Mage-Templar conflict.
Oculara litter the Hinterlands with hidden shards; and up until the events surrounding the Breach, the shards had remained hidden in plain site. However, the Breach's opening somehow managed to disrupt the magic that allowed for the shards to remain undisturbed.[3][4] Origins of the Ocularum can be traced back to the Venatori whom are removing the skulls of tranquil mages in order to search for something of major importance for the Elder One. At some point the Inquisitor can look into the significance of the shards collected and why the Venatori are so interested in acquiring them.
The Inquisitor will also find themselves investigating an abundance of mercenary activity in the region.[6][7] This leads to the discovery of an underground lyrium smuggling operation hosted by the Carta whom are garrisoned and functioning out of Valammar, an ancient hidden thaig.[8] The Inquisitor can gain access to the Hinterlands by completing the Scout the Hinterlands war table operation in Haven.
Preliminary digs have been more than successful. It's extremely surprising to find such a high quantity of the product this close to the surface. If I didn't know better, I'd think it was growing. On one hand, this gives us an advantage. Without having to work with the old families back in Orzammar, or even take this through official guild channels, our families stand to make a killing. On the other hand, the proximity to the surface and to the populated areas of Redcliffe raises an interesting challenge. The war between the mages and templars should keep people out of the area for now, but as soon as the humans are done trying to kill each other, any operation we start will be uncovered. If we're going to take advantage of this opportunity, we need to keep people out of the area. I'd recommend manufacturing some bandits. This part of Ferelden is lousy with them, so they shouldn't attract much attention, and nobody will have trouble believing that bandits would stake out some territory. By the time anyone uncovers the operation, it'll either be tapped out, in which case we'll be gone, or we'll have the operation running smoothly, in which case we'll be wealthy enough to deny everything and throw some money at the throne by way of apology. Talk to the families and make it happen. This is too good to pass up.
—an unsigned letter found in the Hinterlands[9]
Places[]
Location on the world map
Map of the Hinterlands in Inquisition
Regions[]
- Apostate Stronghold
Ash Warrior's Refuge- Avvar Blade Valley
- Blood Cliffs
- Calenhad's Foothold
- The Crossroads
- Dead Ram Grove
- Dwarfson's Pass
- East Road
- Forannan Ravine
- Grand Forest Villa
- Gully of the Burnt Men
- Hafter's Woods
- Lady Shayna's Valley
- Lake Luthias
- Old Simeon's Cave
- The Outskirts
- Rebel Queen's Ravine
- Redcliffe Farms
- Redcliffe Road
- Redcliffe Village
- Smuggler's Cave
- Templar Encampment
- Valammar Gate
- West Road
- Western Outskirts
- Winterwatch Tower
- Witchwood
- Wolf Hollow
Valammar Gate
Valammar
Additional places[]
Inquisition camps[]
- Dusklight Camp
- Dwarfson's Pass Camp
- Forest Camp
- Outskirts Camp
- Redcliffe Farms Camp
- Upper Lake Camp
Characters[]
- Speaker Anais
- Recruit Belette
- Lord Berand
- Bianca Davri (conditional)
- Blackwall
- Bron
- Clemence the Tranquil
- Connor Guerrin (conditional)
- Crossroads Merchant
- Crossroads Refugee
- Master Dennet
- Dorian Pavus
- Dwarven Bookseller
- Revered Mother Eglantine[11]
- Elaina
- Ellendra
- Elven Widower[12]
- Felix Alexius
- Grand Enchanter Fiona
- Magister Gereon Alexius
- Giles
- Mother Giselle
- Magister Halward Pavus (conditional)
- Hanley D'Urvain
- Hinterlands Healer
- Hyndel
- Linnea
- Lysas
- Minstrel Maryden
- Mihris
- One-Eyed Jimmy
- Widow Maura
- Ser Rebenger Torn[13]
- Redcliffe Armor & Upgrades Merchant
- Redcliffe Weapons & Upgrades Merchant
- Refugee Hunter
- Scout Ritts
- Seanna
- Storyteller[14]
- Sister Tanner
- Talwyn
- Corporal Vale
- Recruit Whittle
- Worried Scout[15]
Quests[]
Fort Connor
Grand Forest Villa
Winterwatch Tower
- The Threat Remains
- An Advanced Treatment
- Agrarian Apostate
- Apostates in Witchwood
- The Ballad of Lord Woolsley
- Bergrit's Claws
- Blood Brothers
- Business Arrangements
- A Common Treatment
- Conscientious Objector
- Deep Trouble
- East Road Bandits
- Failure to Deliver
- Farmland Security
- Flowers for Senna
- A Healing Hand
- Hinterland Who's Who
- Holding the Hinterlands
- Horses for the Inquisition
- Hunger Pangs
- In the Elements
- In the Saddle
- Letter from a Lover
- Love Waits
- Map of Farmland Cave
- Map to a Waterfall
- Master of Horses
- Measuring the Veil
- The Mercenary Fortress
- My Lover's Phylactery
- Open a Vein
- Playing with Fire
- Praise the Herald of Andraste
- A Rare Treatment
- Return Policy
- Safeguards Against Looters
- Shallow Breaths
- Sketch of Calenhad's Foothold
- A Spirit in the Lake
- Stone Dreams
- Strange Bedfellows
- Templars to the West
- Trouble with Wolves
- The Vault of Valammar
- Where the Druffalo Roam
Rifts[]
- Rifts at Dwarfson's Pass
- Rifts at the Foothold
- Rifts in the Woods
- Rifts on the Farm
- Rifts on the Outskirts
Requisitions[]
- Hinterlands Cage Requisition
- Hinterlands Geological Survey
- Hinterlands Field Tent Requisition
- Hinterlands Iron Survey
- Hinterlands Puzzle Box Requisition
- Hinterlands Tapestry Requisition
War table operations[]
Creatures[]
- Druffalo
- Druffy (a unique druffalo)
- Fennec
- Nug
- Ram
- Lord Woolsley (a unique ram)
Hostile creatures[]
Enemies[]
- Rebel Mages
- Rebel Spellbinder (Mage)
- Sellsword
- Rebel Templars
- Templar Archer (Rogue)
- Templar Defender (Warrior - Weapon and Tower Shield)
- Templar Knight (Warrior - One-Handed Weapon)
- Outlaws
- Mercenary Leader
- Outlaw (Warrior - One-Handed Weapon)
- Outlaw Archer (Rogue)
- Outlaw Enforcer (Warrior - Two-Handed Weapon)
- Outlaw Lurker (Rogue - Double Daggers)
- Lyrium Smugglers
- Lyrium Smuggler (Warrior - One-Handed Weapon)
- Lyrium Smuggler Lurker (Rogue - Double Daggers)
- Red Templars
- Red Templar (Warrior - One-Handed Sword)
- Red Templar Guard (Warrior - Sword and Tower Shield)
- Red Templar Horror
- Red Templar Knight
- Red Templar Marksman (Rogue - Archer)
- Red Templar Shadow (Rogue - Double Daggers)
- Venatori
- Venatori Mage
- Venatori Gladiator (Warrior - Mace and Tower Shield)
- Venatori Marksman (Rogue - Archer)
- Venatori Zealot (Warrior - One-Handed Sword)
- Carta
- Carta Leader
- Carta Assassin (Rogue - Double Daggers)
- Carta Bowman (Rogue - Archer)
- Carta Grunt (Warrior - One-Handed Weapon)
- Darkspawn
Collections[]
Astrariums[]
Bottles on the Wall[]
- Butterbile 7:84 - search the table in the rounded house behind the locked door; see side quest Blood Brothers.
- Carnal, 8:69 Blessed - search the first floor of Master Dennet's house on Redcliffe Farms.
- Vint-9 Rowan's Rose - search the second floor of the Winterwatch Tower's tavern.
- Vintage: Bethany Hawke/ Carver Hawke/ Warden Steed - search inside the Wheelhouse located near Redcliffe Village's entrance.Note: Requires Deft Hands, Fine Tools Inquisition perk.
Dragon Hunter[]
Landmarks[]
Mosaics[]
The Fall numbering
Shards[]
Skyhold Customizations[]
- Dwarven Banner - looted from a container in The Vaults of Valammar. (Can also be obtained from "The Canyon Tomb" in the Hissing Wastes.)
- Ferelden Banner - looted from a large chest in the room directly across from the Grand Forest Villa's main entrance; see side quest The Mercenary Fortress.
- Free Marcher Banner - found on the top floor of Master Dennet's house on Redcliffe Farms.
Songs[]
- Saga of Tyrdda Bright-Axe, Avvar-Mother - unlocked after finding all Saga of Tyrdda Bright-Axe landmarks.
- Hero in Every Port (Ballad of Nuggins) - acquired from a book behind One-Eyed Jimmy's shack in Redcliffe Village.
Resources[]
Herbs[]
Leather[]
Metals[]
Notable items[]
Elven artifacts[]
- Inside the cave located directly east of the Crossroads; see Solas' companion quest Measuring the Veil.
- At the top of Winterwatch Tower; at the north end of the keep.
- In a shack located south by southeast from the Redcliffe Farms Inquisition Camp.
Logging stands[]
- Head southwest of the Tyrdda Bright-Axe, Avvar Mother landmark towards the mountainside in the Avvar Blade Valley.
- Against the southern side of the mountain on which the Forest Inquisition Camp is located (southwest of the Tyrdda Flying to Her Lover landmark found in Hafter's Woods).
Memories of the Grey[]
- Maps of the Deep Roads - found at Calenhad's Foothold.
- Pristine Griffon Feather - found in Hafter's Woods, just southeast of the Forest Camp.
Red Jenny's Caches[]
- Near the Tempter Burns landmark, behind the large rock on the left.
- Inside Redcliffe Village, behind the Redcliffe Weapons and Upgrades Merchant store front.
- Inside Old Simeon's Cave, on the right hand side next to an onyx vein.
Red lyrium veins[]
- Inside Ash Warrior's Refuge
- Inside Fort Connor
- At Lady Shayna's Valley
Veilfire glyphs[]
- Fire Rune Schematic - inside the cave located directly east of the Crossroads; see Solas' companion quest Measuring the Veil.
- Frost Rune Schematic - in the elven ruin located in Dead Ram Grove (labeled Dungeon Entrance on the World map, the entrance is located northwest of northernmost astrarium and northeast of the Maferath Repentant landmark).
Loot[]
- Bleeder of Souls - looted in Redcliffe Castle from Hanley D'Urvain, the Venatori Spellbinder seen torturing a Chantry priestess; see main quest In Hushed Whispers.
- Grand Enchanter's Staff - looted from the Fereldan Frostback high dragon.
- Masterwork Battlemaster Mail - randomly available at the Redcliffe Armor and Upgrades Merchant for 14212 .Note: Requires The Short List Inquisition perk.
- Masterwork Scout Armor - available at the Redcliffe Armor and Upgrades Merchant for 1161 .
- Masterwork Vanguard Armor - looted from the Mercenary Leader at the Grand Forest Villa; see side quest The Mercenary Fortress.
- Pitch Grenade Recipe - found in the room hidden by the destructible wall on Valammar's Upper Terrace.
- Rock Armor Recipe - acquired from the side quest Sketch of Calenhad's Foothold.
- Staff of Stasis - acquired from Gereon Alexius in Redcliffe Castle; see main quest In Hushed Whispers.
- Stormbreak - available at the Crossroads Merchant for 439 .Note: Requires The Short List Inquisition perk.
- Superb Amulet of Constitution - looted from the Fereldan Frostback high dragon.
- Superior Belt of Focus - looted from the Fereldan Frostback high dragon.
- The Sweetish Fingers - looted from the elite Templar Knight on the western side of the Templar Encampment; see side quest Templars to the West.
- Tyrdda's Staff - rewarded upon completing Locate Weapon of Tyrdda Bright-Axe war table operation with any advisor.Note: Requires claiming all Tyrdda landmarks around the Hinterlands.
- Wrath of Lovias - looted from the elite Rebel Mage; see side quest Apostates in Witchwood.
Codex entries[]
- Codex entry: The Annulment at Dairsmuid
- Codex entry: Astrariums
- Codex entry: Blackwall
- Codex entry: The Carta
- Codex entry: The Circle of Magi
- Codex entry: Constellation: Draconis
- Codex entry: Constellation: Judex
- Codex entry: Constellation: Peraquialus
- Codex entry: The Crows and Queen Madrigal
- Codex entry: Culture of Ferelden
- Codex entry: Darktown's Deal
- Codex entry: Deep Roads
- Codex entry: A Different Darkspawn?
- Codex entry: Dorian Pavus
- Codex entry: The Dwarven Merchants Guild
- Codex entry: Dwarven Runecraft
- Codex entry: Ferelden After the Blight
- Codex entry: Fereldan Culture
- Codex entry: Fort Connor
- Codex entry: Grand Forest Villa
- Codex entry: Hard in Hightown: Chapter One
- Codex entry: Healer's Notes at Redcliffe Crossroads
- Codex entry: Hero in Every Port (Ballad of Nuggins)
- Codex entry: Hero of Ferelden
- Codex entry: The Hinterlands
- Codex entry: A Horsemaster's Notes on Mounts
- Codex entry: Hunter's View of the Mage-Templar War
- Codex entry: The Inquisition
- Codex entry: Letter Found in a Redcliffe Home
- Codex entry: A Letter from the Carta
- Codex entry: A Letter to Revered Mother Giselle
- Codex entry: Lornan's Exile
- Codex entry: The Lost Art of Veilfire (if veilfire is used)
- Codex entry: Lyrium
- Codex entry: Magister Gereon Alexius
- Codex entry: Map of Farmland Cave
- Codex entry: Map to a Waterfall
- Codex entry: Mounts
- Codex entry: Oculara
- Codex entry: Ocularum
- Codex entry: The Orlesian Empire
- Codex entry: A Page from a Journal, Edges Scorched
- Codex entry: Phylacteries
- Codex entry: Queen Asha of Antiva
- Codex entry: Redcliffe
- Codex entry: Revive
- Codex entry: Saga of Tyrdda Bright-Axe, Avvar-Mother
- Codex entry: Seers and the Allsmet
- Codex entry: Sketch of Calenhad's Foothold
- Codex entry: Stronghold of the Apostate Mages
- Codex entry: Templar Encampment
- Codex entry: The Tevinter Imperium
- Codex entry: The Troubles of a Chantry Scholar
- Codex entry: An Unsigned Letter
- Codex entry: An Unsigned Letter in the Hinterlands
- Codex entry: The Venatori
- Codex entry: Veilfire (if veilfire is used)
Note texts[]
- An Angry Note
- Carta Note on Security
- Defaced Carta Notice
- A Heartfelt Request
- A Letter at an Abandoned Campsite
- A Letter Found on a Corpse (Hinterland Who's Who)
- A Letter Found on a Corpse (Playing with Fire)
- A Letter Found on a Dead Body (Conscientious Objector)
- A Letter Found on a Dead Body (Return Policy)
- A Letter Found on a Dead Dwarf (Broken Bridge)
- A Letter Found on a Dead Dwarf (Smuggler's Cave)
- A Letter Found on a Dead Templar (Business Arrangements)
- A Letter Found on a Dead Templar (My Lover's Phylactery)
- Letter Found on a Noblewoman's Corpse
- A Letter in an Abandoned Home
- A Letter in an Empty Home (Safeguards Against Looters)
- A Letter in an Empty Home (Blood Brothers)
- Letter on a Bandit in the Hinterlands
- A Note Found on a Corpse
- Orders for Lake Operations
- Personal Note Scrawled in a Ledger
- Report on Activity in the Hinterlands
- Tyrdda's Lover
- An Unsigned Letter
- An Unsigned Letter on a Bandit Body
Redcliffe Castle[]
- Alexius's Journal
- A Guard's Journal
- A Prayer to the New God
- Spellbinder's Journal
- Studies on the Blight
Trivia[]
- During the epilogue of Dragon Age: Origins, a Dalish Warden may ask that the Dalish be officially granted territorial sovereignty. The following possible conversation between Alistair and Merrill during King Alistair suggests a reason why no Dalish are seen in the Hinterlands as of Inquisition.
- Merrill: We… we heard the Dalish were given land in Ferelden. Is it true?
- Alistair: Yes. I wish I could say that went better.
- Merrill: Why? What happened?
- Alistair: It’s… a long story. I intend to make it up to your people, however. I owe an old friend of mine too much to do otherwise.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Codex entry: Fereldan Culture
- ↑ Codex entry: The Hinterlands
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Codex entry: Oculara
- ↑ Ocularum background excerpt
- ↑ Codex entry: An Unsigned Letter
- ↑ Codex entry: A Letter from the Carta
- ↑ Note: An Unsigned Letter on a Bandit Body
- ↑ Note: Carta Note on Security
- ↑ Codex entry: An Unsigned Letter in the Hinterlands
- ↑ Dragon Age (tabletop RPG), Amber Rage
- ↑ Revered Mother Eglantine is encountered in Redcliffe Village.
- ↑ See side quest Flowers for Senna.
- ↑ See side quest Unfinished Business.
- ↑ See side quest A Spirit in the Lake.
- ↑ See side quest Strange Bedfellows.
