Offered and Lost

Offered and Lost
Act	2
Location	The Hanged Man (night)
Start	Viscount Dumar
End	Ser Varnell
Previous	Blackpowder Courtesy
Next	All That Remains
Appearances	Dragon Age II

Offered and Lost is an Act 2 main quest in Dragon Age II.

Acquisition

This quest is acquired by turning in the quest Blackpowder Courtesy to Viscount Dumar.

Walkthrough

Viscount Dumar will inform Hawke that the Arishok sent a delegate to meet with him which has apparently gone missing. Hawke is directed to Seneschal Bran in the Viscount's Keep. After a discussion on his lacking of wanting to take action, he will simply state that he doesn't know where Hawke might find the suspect that he suggested, to which the companions in your party will suggest The Hanged Man (night) to find the guards who allowed the Qunari to go missing.

Note: If Aveline is in your party when you speak to Seneschal Bran, she will add some dialogue to the discussion. You can visit Arishok at the Docks to inform him about his missing delegation if you are trying to earn his respect. You can do this before or after speaking to Seneschal Bran (i.e. immediately after Blackpowder Courtesy) or as late as after speaking with Mother Petrice when you visit the Chantry.

Visit The Hanged Man and speak to Orwald the Braggart. The conversation will lead to a fight, unless Aveline is in your party and you choose the 'Call on Companion' option. If the fight occurs, after defeating him, he will tell you that he was under orders by a templar bearing the seal of the grand cleric. If Aveline Vallen is in the party and is Guard-Captain, Hawke can select a 'Call on Companion' option, where Aveline will intimidate the guardsman into giving up the information, thus avoiding a conflict.

Note: If Varric and Isabela are not in the party, they will join in as allies in the ensuing fight. If you have at least one among Isabela, Varric and Aveline in your party while confronting Orwald, fewer patrons will attack you than otherwise. So not having them in the party while initiating conversation with Orwald will net a few more XP out of the fight.

• Some good equipment, including Seneschals' Leather Strap and Guardian of Enasalin (Rogue Hawke only), can be looted if you choose to fight.

Go to the chantry next. There you will meet Mother Petrice. She will setup a meeting point with Hawke to hand over the offending templar, Ser Varnell. You may ask Grand Cleric Elthina about the situation.

NOTE : If Aveline is in the party (and has become Guard Captain) when Hawke travels to the Chantry, she questions Hawke's motives in bringing the Captain of the Guard to confront the Grand Cleric about the missing Qunari.

Ser Varnell with Qunari prisoner

Visit the new location on the map within Kirkwall during daytime, Ser Varnell's Refuge. NOTE : There is a standard locked chest(20 Cunning to open - 100 XP) and a standard trap in front of it (20 Cunning to detect and disarm - 100 XP). Hawke will either fight Varnell and many fanatics, or an aggressive Hawke may choose to support Varnell, in which case the Qunari will break free of their chains and you will have to fight them instead. (Diplomatic and Sarcastic Hawkes can also tell Varnell to get on with it and kill the captives, but he won't accept their help and you'll get the normal fight against the fanatics.)

The Viscount will then arrive and ask Hawke what he should do with the bodies of the Qunari, mutilated by Varnell's depravity. Hawke can advise the Viscount to burn the bodies to hide the torture, or convince him that hiding the act would only make the situation worse.

Note: Not burning the bodies will contribute towards earning the Arishok's respect, if he is informed of what transpired.

Result

• If the Qunari bodies are burnt, it will lead to the quest, The Fixer.

• Visiting the Chantry immediately after the quest will lead to an encounter with Mother Petrice, who claims that the zealots were correct in their torture.

• The Shield of the Knight Herself can be found in a crate in Ser Varnell's refuge, which will lead to the companion quest The Shield of the Knight Herself.
• 105 XP - if you support Ser Varnell or fight him (discussion before the fight)
• Random loot and XP (about 505 XP) from the fight
• 3 and 1000 XP from the Viscount - if you tell him to burn the corpses or not to hide the evidence

Approval

• Aveline: friendship (+5) if the Arishok is informed of the missing delegate.
• Sebastian: friendship (+10) if you warn Elthina ("Someone used your seal"); note that if you subsequently choose "You're useless" and you haven't used that line earlier in Act 2, you will also get Sebastian: rivalry (+5), resulting in the net Sebastian: friendship (+5).
• If Aveline is present and the special dialogue option is chosen, you will gain Aveline: friendship (+10); if she is present and it is not chosen, you will gain Aveline: rivalry (+5).
• Sebastian: friendship (+10), Aveline: friendship (+5), Anders: friendship (+5) when you say Ser Varnell and his fanatics die.
• Sebastian: friendship (+10) if you ask Viscount not to hide the incident.
• Sebastian: rivalry (+5), Aveline: rivalry (+10) when you tell Ser Varnell to go ahead and kill the Qunari.
• Sebastian: rivalry (+10), Aveline: rivalry (+10) if you tell the Viscount to burn the bodies.
• Aveline: rivalry (+5) if you sided with Varnell and Petrice (available only if Hawke has aggressive personality) and immediately after the quest you go to the Chantry and talk to Petrice