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“In the cloister, away from the fuss and the flurry of the cities, I found peace. And in the stillness, I could hear the Maker.”

Leliana is an Orlesian bard who can accompany the Warden through Dragon Age: Origins. She came to the village of Lothering seeking the refuge of the local Chantry, where she expected to spend her time in meditation and prayer to the Maker, asking Him for forgiveness for her past deeds. She is a possible companion and romance option for either gender. She can also teach the bard specialization.

She is the protagonist of Leliana's Song, a DLC revealing more of her past.

Background

Leliana was born in Orlais, but her mother was Fereldan, and so she considers herself such, as well. After her mother's death, she was raised by Lady Cecile, an Orlesian noble. Leliana's mother had served Lady Cecile during the Orlesian occupation and followed her to Orlais after Ferelden's liberation. Living in Orlais, Leliana learned a great deal about the royal court and Orlesian culture.

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Involvement

Dragon Age: Origins

Leliana believes she has received a vision from the Maker which compels her to assist the Warden in thwarting the impending Blight.

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Dragon Age II

This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age II.

File:LelianaDA2.jpg

Leliana meeting with Cassandra Pentaghast

Leliana survived the events of Dragon Age: Origins, even if she was killed by the Warden. The developers have confirmed this.^[1] She also speaks as if she had accompanied the Warden, whether or not she actually was recruited. Her codex entry, however, seems to dismiss this as rumor, but it is open to interpretation. Whether this is intended, an oversight or a bug remains to be seen. (It may be an attempt to provide an explanation for her appearance in DA2 if she was slain during the Urn of Ashes quest.)

She also has a part in The Exiled Prince DLC during the Act 3 quest "Faith". This takes place before she joins the Seekers; as Grand Cleric Elthina describes her, she is acting as "the left hand of the Divine Justinia V", whom she knew as a Revered Mother during the events of the Leliana's Song DLC. The Divine has tasked Leliana, working under the pseudonym "Sister Nightingale", with investigating the situation in Kirkwall.^[2]

Hawke can ask Leliana if she is the Leliana, who helped the Warden in defeating the Blight; Leliana will confirm that she is. If you have imported a Dragon Age: Origins save file where the Warden has romanced Leliana, she will say that the Warden is "dear to her heart"; if not, she says that she has not seen the Warden in years, or, if the Warden married Anora or Alistair, that they are "a good King/Queen".

She begs Hawke and Sebastian to convince Elthina to flee Kirkwall and seek shelter in the Grand Cathedral of Val Royeaux, but Elthina will not leave.

Leliana appears in the finale of Dragon Age II. She has joined the Seekers and has been tracking down The Warden to gain her old ally's aid in preventing the war threatened by the events in Kirkwall.

Romance

See Leliana/Romance for a detailed walkthrough on romancing her.

See Romance: Love Triangles for information regarding simultaneous romances involving both Leliana and another companion.

The Warden's first opportunity to kiss her occurs when her approval reaches "Adore" (71 or higher) and the Warden is not already in a romance with another party member. She starts a conversation in camp with the opening sentence "I enjoy the nights at camp. The night always seems more peaceful, to me. Safer." Nevertheless she isn't interested in a fling and will only bed the Warden once she's fallen in love with him/her. She will not fall in love with the Warden until her quest has been completed and her approval rating has reached 91 or higher. To increase her approval, talk to her a lot, listen to what she tells you, be supportive, avoid criticizing her when she talks about the Maker, give her gifts that are personally meaningful to her, do good deeds while she is in the party, and avoid evil acts (or at least avoid having Leliana in the party when performing them).

Note: Although it isn't clearly a romantic advance on the Warden's part, asking "She was special to you, wasn't she?" starts a romance when talking about what happened with Marjolaine during Leliana's personal quest. This happens regardless of what dialogue choices you make after that, even if you don't ask about her current romantic interests. Take care not to select this option if you only want to be friends.

Quests

Leliana's Past

Gifts

Leliana prefers gifts with "Andraste" in their name, as well as other symbols of the Chantry. The white flowers called Andraste's Grace work particularly well. She loves shoes, too. Leliana can also be given a pet nug from the Idle Dwarf in Dust Town. It will stay with her throughout the game.

Name	Notes	Description
Andraste’s Grace
Blue Satin Shoes	Located: Old Tegrin	Powder blue satin shoes with long ribbons that circle the ankle. Gold lace trim and dangling gold charms shaped like puppies add the finishing touches.
Bronze Symbol of Andraste	Located: Lothering chantry	A small bronze plate with the symbol of a flame stamped into it.
Chantry Amulet	Located: Circle Tower	This amulet is similar to the ones worn by members of the Chantry. The carving on the amulet depicts Andraste's undying flame.
Etched Silver Symbol	Located: Ortan Thaig	A simple holy symbol, made of etched silver.
Golden Symbol of Andraste	Sold by Legnar in Orzammar Commons.	An elegant gold disk suspended from a ribbon that bears the mark of Andraste's flame.
Cute Nug	Acquired from the Idle Dwarf in Dust Town. It can be gifted to Leliana.	The nug's nose twitches as it stares at the world with clear inquisitive eyes. It seems to enjoy being stroked.
Silver Sword of Mercy	Located: Old Tegrin	An ornate silver amulet in the shape of a Sword.
Steel Symbol of Andraste	Located: Genitivi's Home	This holy symbol is crafted from polished steel and has a severe look to it.

Initial statistics

See Companion Strategies for suggestions on how to develop Leliana.

Origins

Leliana with bow — Leliana firing a bow.

Relative Attribute Weightings on Auto-Level: Strength 0.6, Dexterity 1.2, Willpower 0.4, Magic 0, Cunning 1.2, Constitution 0.6.

Class: Rogue

Specialization: Bard

Skills: Stealing level 2, Poison level 1, Combat training level 2

Starting Talents:

Bard: Song of Valor

Rogue: Dirty Fighting, Below the Belt, Deft Hands, Improved Tools

Archery: Pinning Shot, Crippling Shot, Rapid Shot, Shattering Shot

Leliana's Song DLC

Class: Rogue

Level: 10

Specialization: Bard

Attributes (1 available point)

Strength: 20
Dexterity: 26
Willpower: 18
Magic: 14
Cunning: 18
Constitution: 10

Skills (no available points)

Talents (2 available points)

Bard: Song of Valor
Rogue: Dirty Fighting, Combat Movement, Coup De Grace, Below the Belt, Deft Hands, Improved Tools
Dual Weapon: Dual-Weapon Training
Archery: Pinning Shot, Rapid Shot

Gear

Initial gear - Origins

Chantry Robe

Enchanted Dagger may refer to:

Enchanted Dagger (Origins), for Dragon Age: Origins.
Enchanted Dagger (Darkspawn Chronicles), for The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC.

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Leather Boots

Seeker's Circle

Leliana specific gear - Origins

Marjolaine's Recurve

Seeker's Circle

Initial gear - Leliana's Song DLC

Royeaux One and Two may refer to:

Royeaux One and Two (Origins), a longsword in Leliana's Song in Dragon Age: Origins.
Royeaux One and Two (Dragon Age II), a longsword in Dragon Age II.

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Orlesian Purse-Cutter

Plot skills

As you befriend Leliana and gain her approval she will gain additional abilities, including the following:

Skill Name	Benefit	Requirement
Inspired: Minor Cunning	+1 to Cunning	25% approval
Inspired: Moderate Cunning	+2 to Cunning	50% approval
Inspired: Major Cunning	+4 to Cunning	75% approval
Inspired: Massive Cunning	+6 to Cunning	90% approval

Note: These bonuses are non-cumulative, i. e. the companion will get a total bonus of +6, not of +13.

Quotes

Leliana Concept Art — Leliana concept art.

Main article: Leliana/Dialogue

"I tried to be merciful!"
"The righteous stand before the darkness, and the Maker shall guide their hand."
"I came to Ferelden and the Chantry because I was being hunted. I walked where the Maker led me and he has rewarded me for my faith. I found you."
"Walking corpses? Do you think it's something in the water?"
(When entering combat) "I never liked this part!"
(Getting up at the end of combat) "Oh, look! My bruises form a pretty pattern!"
(When badly injured) "I can't go on like this."
"There were many lovely young initiates in the Lothering cloister -- all of them chaste and virtuous. Ah, it added to their mystique."
(At Redcliffe village) "Ooh! A windmill. I once took a ride on the sails of a windmill. Didn't turn out well."
(When confronted with floor puzzle) "Ooh, this looks fun! I'll bet we'll have to work together, join hands, and sing a happy song to get across."
"Look at what that woman's wearing! Is she drunk or does she just have bad taste?"
"I suppose violence is a solution...sometimes!"
"Try not to look too incompetent, it's embarrassing!"
(At the gates of Denerim if you take her with you to fight the Archdemon) "You are my dearest friend and my love; you lit my path through darkness and I will stand with you, to whatever end. This day, we will forge a legend of our own."
(At the gates of Denerim if you do not take her with you to fight the Archdemon) "You are my Grey Warden, and our savior. Win this war for us my love and...come home."

Trivia

In Bioware's character file for her, her appearance is described as: "Red hair, pale, slender."^[3]
Leliana's CGI model from the Sacred Ashes trailer is based on adult model Alexandra "Alleykatze" Stein^[4].

LelianaCGI2 — Leliana as she appears in the Sacred Ashes trailer.

When asked to compare a list of NPC companions to food, BioWare employee Mary Kirby described Leliana as "A sticky cinnamon bun. No question."^[5]
Sheryl Chee described her as, "a macaron; very French and very girly."^[6]
If Leliana is given the cute nug, she will name it Schmooples. (To see for yourself, hold down tab on the PC version to highlight your companions names or left trigger on the console versions to note all names in the vicinity.)
At one point when discussing Orlais fashion with Leliana, she will mention how one trend had shoes with soles "as big as bricks." This is obviously a nod to platform shoes, similarly fashionable a few years ago and just as impractical.
Leliana is one of three companions who appears in the Sacred Ashes trailer.
If Leliana's approval is high enough, it is possible that she will hum a little melody when the player takes control of Leliana.
When in the Fade, there are 2 NPCs that look like Leliana.
In Leliana's Song, Leliana's hair is tied up, while in Dragon Age: Origins, her hair is down.
If you talk to Bethany in the chantry in Dragon Age II, she will say, " I miss the Lothering Chantry. Sister Leliana told the best stories."
If you talk to Aveline in the chantry in Dragon Age II, she will comment about feeling uncomfortable around chantry sisters due to a "red-haired trickster in Lothering."

Bugs

One important dialogue option that leads to Leliana's background quest can be lost if you get her approval too high without talking to her. Therefore, do not simply shower Leliana with gifts -- talk to her and make sure you choose "I heard that in Orlais, minstrels are often spies" when that option appears. As her approval increases further, you can no longer ask it. Leliana's background quest requires her to first tell you a lie about her background, and then feel bad and come clean on it. If the question about spies disappears from the dialogue options before you ask it, you will never learn of Leliana's past and you will not get the quest to seek out her former bard master, Marjolaine. Using Feastday Gifts and Pranks is also a useful way to deal with this problem for those still encountering it.

Note: This has been fixed as of patch 1.02, but may have returned in 1.04.

A female human noble Warden who does not engage in a romance with Leliana and becomes Alistair's queen during the Landsmeet can still get a heartbroken speech from her back at camp on the topic if her approval rating is high. Oddly, it is possible to squeeze a few more approval points out of this dialogue if you are regretful about having to "end it" with Leliana, even if you were never in a romance with her to begin with.
If you give Leliana lots of gifts and have her at 100 approval, in Orzammar's Proving Grounds, when you are in the championship battle and are almost finished, Leliana will blurt out, "Oh thanks, that's wonderful!" as though she has been given a gift.
When Leliana asks elven mages about living in the Alienage, there is no option to say that you don't remember the Alienage. This occurs even if you have already established that you remember nothing in the origin story.
Leliana has blue eyes, yet when she has blood all over herself her eyes turn a greenish colour.
ps3ps3 In Leliana's Song, if you put a point in Coup De Grace, it will vanish when Leliana levels up,
If an Awakening or Witch Hunt (instead of Origins) save game is imported in Dragon Age II, the game will not acknowledge active romance between Leliana and the Warden (and she will not refer to the Warden as "dear to her heart"). This is because the unmodded DA2 checks imported approval ratings instead of romance flags to determine Origins romance, and while the flags are imported properly, neither Awakening, nor the DLC campaigns keep the approval ratings of absent party members. An unofficial fix exists to address this problem.

Note: This has been fixed as of patch 1.03.

Gallery

References

↑ [1]
↑ The Exiled Prince Video
↑ Dragon Age: Origins Resource File: leliana.chr
↑ The Girls of 'Dragon Age: Origins'
↑ Mary Kirby, Dragon Age Central^{[dead link]}
↑ Sheryl Chee, Dragon Age Central^{[dead link]}

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[2] The Exiled Prince Video

[3] Dragon Age: Origins Resource File: leliana.chr

[4] The Girls of 'Dragon Age: Origins'

[5] Mary Kirby, Dragon Age Central^{[dead link]}

[6] Sheryl Chee, Dragon Age Central^{[dead link]}

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 * Leliana is one of three companions who appears in the Sacred Ashes trailer.
 * If Leliana's [[approval]] is high enough, it is possible that she will hum a little melody when the player takes control of Leliana.
-* When in the fade, there are 2 NPCs that look like Leliana.
+* When in the Fade, there are 2 NPCs that look like Leliana.
 * In Leliana's Song, Leliana's hair is tied up, while in ''Dragon Age: Origins'', her hair is down.
-* If you talk to Bethany in the chantry in ''Dragon Age II'', she will say,:" I miss the Lothering Chantry. Sister Leliana told the best stories."
+* If you talk to Bethany in the chantry in ''Dragon Age II'', she will say, " I miss the Lothering Chantry. Sister Leliana told the best stories."
 * If you talk to Aveline in the chantry in ''Dragon Age II'', she will comment about feeling uncomfortable around chantry sisters due to a "red-haired trickster in Lothering."