Oghren

Oghren is a crude dwarven warrior fond of all things alcoholic. He is a possible companion to the Warden in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.

Background

Template:DAOSpoilerAn old companion from Origins, Oghren is back and drunk as ever. Ogrhen is eager to become a Grey Warden and fight by your side. If you imported a character, he would be the only companion with a link to your past.

Quests Given

Origins

Oghren's Old Flame

Awakening

Oghren the Family Man

Initial Statistics

Relative Attribute Weightings on Auto-Level: Strength 1.4, Dexterity 0.25, Willpower 0.5, Magic 0, Cunning 0.145, Constitution 1.9.

Class: Warrior

Specialization: Berserker

Starting Talents:

Berserker: Berserk, Resilience, Constraint

Warrior: Powerful, Threaten, Bravery, Death Blow

Two-Handed: Pommel Strike, Indomitable, Stunning Blows, Sunder Arms, Shattering Blows, Sunder Armor, Mighty Blow, Powerful Swings, Two-Handed Strength, Two-Handed Sweep

Gear

Oghren Specific Items

One for the Ditch is a belt automatically equipped by Oghren when he joins the party. There are two variations:

One for the Ditch (Origins), the Dragon Age: Origins version.
One for the Ditch (Awakening), the Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening version.

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Plot Skills

As you befriend Oghren and gain his approval he will gain the following additional abilities:

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

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

Strategy

Maximize Oghren’s berserker speciality and the Two-Handed school when the player gets the chance to do so. Capitalize on some of the top-tier talents quickly, that will increase his damage potential and make him an excellent damage oriented character. As with rogues, Oghren should allow the tank to control enemy mobs and then attack from the rear or flank. Because Oghren is so durable, he doesn’t have to watch his spacing as much as a rogue. His skills are best used with heavy armor or massive armor.

Berserk increases Oghren’s damage and the player can use Mighty Blow to hammer an adversary. Sunder Armor rips through heavily armored enemies, while Pommel Strike and Stunning Blows can knock an enemy out of combat for several seconds. Two-Handed Sweep is great at striking multiple foes, but make sure that you do not steal threat away from the tank. Even though it drains Oghren’s remaining stamina, Final Blow deals massive damage and is suitable for ending battles.

Gifts

Oghren's approval will increase when you give him any alcohol, especially Ale. The one exception is Wine, which is preferred by Wynne.

Name	Notes	Description

Ale	Sold by various bartenders.	A mug of watered-down ale.
Alley King's Flagon	Found in the Orzammar Commons.	A monument to the pot-valiant in appropriately hammered gold. Lack of lid allows for a quick pour and, more importantly, refill. Never a stale brew when you facilitate swift consumption.
Chasind Sack Mead	Found in the Ruined Temple.	A brutishly strong honey liquor, reminiscent of warm summer days, apple blossoms on the wind with an unexpected aftertaste of father going off to war, never to return. Bitter, to say the least.
Garbolg's Backcountry Reserve	Found by Dog.	Likely dropped to avoid seizure by authorities, or because of seizure due to drinking it. Garbolg only brewed from 8:74 to 8:92 Blessed, killed when the vapors in his beard spontaneously combusted.
Golden Scythe 4:90 Black	Found in a crate in Lothering.	This battlefield spirit maintains a chill even in direct sunlight, which it appears to absorb. Optimal serving is by the drop. Contact with exposed flesh is discouraged, but likely inevitable.
Legacy White Shear	Obtained in the Lower Ruins.	Peculiar and rare, a single run of this spirit took color and what has been optimistically been called flavor from lyrium in the cask's bilge hoop. A sipping whisky if you value your innards. Circa 790 T.E.
Sun Blonde Vint-1	Found in the Templar Quarters.	Tevinter-brewed for a very discreet clientèle, and strong enough to fluster a tranquil. An almost weightless spirit best served with a powdering of catsbane as a flavor-enhancer and antidote.
Wilhelm's Special Brew	Obtained in Honnleath. (Requires: The Stone Prisoner)	This dark-colored ale gives off a thick, oaky smell. Swirling it in the tankard, you notice it takes on an unexpected glow.

Quest Given

Once The warden become friendly enough with Oghren he will ask you to help him find a very special someone to him, a female dwarf named Felsi who has moved to live on the surface. This quest consists of nothing more than taking Oghren to The Spoiled Princess and helping him win the heart of an old flame. In order to win his approval, you must either have a rather high coercion check and speak positively of him (the two "Whisper to Oghren" options are all it takes for a positive outcome). If you speak negatively of him to the old flame, Oghren will get very angry with you.

In Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, Oghren gives you a personal quest Oghren the Family Man.

Expansion

This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.

Oghren of Orzammar is known throughout Ferelden for fighting alongside the Grey Warden who halted the fifth Blight. Some say Oghren was the hero's constant companion; others suggest he merely rode on the Warden's coattails. But the stories all agree on two important points: that Oghren is a beast on the battlefield, and that he can easily imbibe liquids that would fell lesser men. After the archdemon was defeated, Oghren settled down with his old flame Felsi and had a child. Those who know him say that he was truly happy, at least for a time. But Oghren is a warrior born and bred, and, as he is fond of saying, you can take a warrior out of the fight, but you can never take the fight out of the warrior.

Dialogue Points

Below are the spots where you can initiate dialogue with Oghren in Awakening. On the PC, it can be hard to find the correct spot to click; make sure to hit "tab" and rotate the camera if it's not letting you click on it. This list is incomplete; please add to it if you know more locations.

City of Amaranthine: Billboard by the stairs to the Chantry. (Note that making fun of Oghren causes him to disapprove.)
The City of Amaranthine: The table of the weaponsmith in the market district (When talking to Sigrun)
Kal'Hirol - Trading area: The anvil in the prison room.
The Blackmarsh Undying: boat in the area you wake up in (There is an alternative dialogue if the Warden is imported and Oghren was trapped in the Fade in the Circle of Magi).
Vigil's Keep: The cask behind Oghren in the throne room (Can be used to initiate several conversations)

Quotes

(When told Branka could be dead) "Well, aren't you a sodding bright spot today?"
"Yeah, you know that husband of your's he's dead, his bad" (if told to inform the blackstone widow of her husband's death)
"If you've ever heard of me before, it's probably all been about how I piss ale and murder little boys who look at me wrong. And that's mostly true..."
"Misery, vomit and malt liquor. Ah, reminds me of home."
"I'm not saying I should be your first pick for a dance partner at the inaugural ball, but in the Deep Roads, I'm your man."
"Hey, Warden! You gotta hear this one! This human walks into a tavern! Eh heh. And there's an elf there. Ah ha ha ha! And she says, Ha ha ah ah ha! She says." [Snorts] "Ah ha!" [Falls Down]
"Let's show them our hearts, and then show them theirs!"
"You mean to tell me you've never polished your sword?"
"I'll show that sodding dog! I don't need my pants anyway!"
(After finishing combat) "Excuse me while I do my happy dance!"
(During combat) "Let's see what your innards look like!"
(Snorts and laughs) "Asschabs!"
"Upset? *Scoffs* I don't get upset, I get drunk!"
(At Lake Calenhad Docks) "Ooh, that's huge. [Giggles] I wonder how long it took to erect it. [Giggles] Get it, erect it!"
(Becoming thrall of Sloth Demon) "I feel like I've had a bellyful of warm meat and cool ale... Now I just need a pleasant bosom to rest my head on... [Falls Down]"
"By the tits of my ancestors!"
"You know that husband of yours, dead, sorry"
"Shave my back and call me an elf!"
"That son-of-a-whore Teagan said I can't drink a whole barrel of pickle juice without passing out first. I aim to prove him wrong."
"Fart me a lullaby!"
"Hey, can I borrow a sovereign? I've always wanted the head of an adulterer preserved in honey" (While in the Wonders of Thedas shop in Denerim)
"Heh. Sorry, wrong room." (If the Warden is female and has Oghren in the party at the Pearl in Denerim and chooses a female companion)

(If removed from party) "Thunderhumper!"

(Referring to the Grand Oak) "Hey look, it's a poet tree. (laughs) Get it? Poetry? (laughs more)"
(Awakening, after defeating a Wild Sylvan) "Hey, look at me - I'm an elf! 'Trees are pretty! Tra-la-la!' "
"Careful. This one might just go all Zevran on you."
(Referring to The Mother in Awakening) "That is a lot of nipples."
Aye. I've tried twenty-seven different types of ale and learned I'm just the right height to give a human girl a good time. That doesn't make me a good man.
(Awakening) "Where's the tavern?"
(Awakening) "No one touches Oghren's junk and lives!"
(In Awakening imitating Anders) "Oh no, big templar man! What are you going to do with that sword?"
(To the Architect) "Yeah, the sort of 'misunderstanding' that ends with a field of dead bodies. Uh huh, I get those sometimes."
(Awakening) "Anyway, can I have a pony?"

Dialogue

See Oghren's Dialogue.

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The Warden: "A lover in the dark, no wonder she left Oghren."
Oghren: "Eh, if I knew she had those interests I would have made some...adjustments."

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Shale: "There was a man in the village who reminded me of the drunken dwarf."
Oghren: "They had some dwarves just like me, huh?"
Shale: "No. None of the dwarves were similar. They were quiet and respected, more or less. No, the one I remember was a human. He vomited in the street constantly. Then he wandered into a snowstorm and froze to death."
Oghren: "Huh? And how is that like me?"
Shale: "Did I say similar? I meant I hoped he was similar."
Oghren: "I think I had a wife like you, once."

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Shale: Go on, order me to do something.
The Warden: Throw Oghren as far as you can.
Oghren: Hey! No dwarf tossing! (This is a reference to The Lord of the Rings movie by Peter Jackson, when Gimli claims "No one tosses a dwarf!").

Trivia

Oghren concept art — Oghren's Concept Art

According to Sheryl Chee, though Oghren was written mostly by Jay Turner, most of the BioWare writers, including herself, Mary Kirby, and David Gaider, have had a hand in writing him.
Steve Blum, the actor who voices Oghren, also provides the voice of the temporary companion Gorim. Steve Blum also voiced the character Vincent Valentine in the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children film. Other roles include Spike Spiegel in the English version of Cowboy Bebop, Wolverine in Wolverine and the X-Men, and Grunt in Mass Effect 2.
Oghren is one of two companions with their own unique hairstyle, the other being Morrigan.
Although Oghren is barred from bearing arms in the city, nothing happens if you equip him with weapons in Orzammar. He even joins your party with an axe equipped.
In Awakening Oghren will get a second codex entry about his new role.
Oghren's battle cry "Let's see what your innards look like!" may be a referance to the dwarven companion of a very chaotic nature, Korgan Bloodaxe in the Bioware video game Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn who shouts "Let's see what yer guts be lookin' like!" during combat. Korgan is also a berserker and has an insatiable bloodlust.