Minaeve

“So much of this world is only frightening because we don't understand it.”

Minaeve
Title	Researcher
Race	Elf
Gender	Female
Class	Mage
Affiliation	Inquisition Circle of Magi (formerly)
Location	Haven Skyhold (conditional)
Quests	Know Thy Enemy In Your Heart Shall Burn
Appearances	Dragon Age: Inquisition

Minaeve is an elven mage scholar who serves as the head creature researcher for the reformed Inquisition in Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Background

Minaeve was born into a Dalish clan. At the age of seven, she was cast out into the wilderness after displaying magical ability as her Dalish clan kept a limit on mages to avoid attracting too much attention. Shaken and malnourished, she eventually came upon a human village, but when the humans discovered her using magic to repel woodland predators, they attempted to kill her. The templars stepped in and she was taken to a mage Circle. Never particularly good at magic, Minaeve spent most of her time in the Circle studying as an apprentice. Minaeve speculates she was a year or so from undergoing her Harrowing. When her circle rebelled during the Mage-Templar War, Minaeve gathered a small group of tranquil and fled. Eventually, she and her wards found themselves under the protection of Cassandra Pentaghast, and when the Inquisition was reformed she signed on as head creature researcher.

Involvement

Minaeve can be found in Haven's chantry, in the same room as Josephine. The Herald can deliver enemy remains and place them on the table next to her for Minaeve to research.

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This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age: Inquisition.

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Minaeve dancing with Seggrit, celebrating the closing of the Breach

During Corypheus's assault on Haven, Minaeve is pinned down alongside Adan next to a cart of combustible materials as a trail of fire approaches. If the Inquisitor fails to free her, she will be killed when the cart explodes. Whether or not she survives, when the Inquisition moves to Skyhold she is replaced by the tranquil mage Helisma Derington. If she survived, Minaeve can occasionally be found elsewhere in Skyhold; she mentions that she is focusing on her studies and directs the Inquisitor to Helisma.

Quests

Know Thy Enemy

In Your Heart Shall Burn

Quotes

Main article: Minaeve/Dialogue

Codex entries

Codex entry: Black Wolf

Codex entry: Researcher

Trivia

• A Dalish Inquisitor can tell Minaeve that their clan never abandoned children with magic, instead sending them to other clans, a practice meant to ensure that no Dalish Keeper was without a successor and each clan had the guidance of one gifted with magic. This is the same reason why Merrill, originally born to the Alerion clan, was sent to the Sabrae clan. Meanwhile, Zathrian's clan in Dragon Age: Origins had multiple mages present.