Ruck

“It's my claim, not yours! Crunch your bones!”

Ruck
Race	Dwarf (Tainted)
Gender	Male
Family	Filda (Mother)
Voice	Nolan North
Buy price	25%
Appearances	Dragon Age: Origins

Ruck is a dwarf deformed by the taint of darkspawn found in Ortan Thaig in the Deep Roads.

Background

According to his mother, Filda, Ruck left Orzammar as the only smith of an expeditionary force into the Deep Roads five years ago. While in the expedition, he accidentally killed a fellow dwarf in a quarrel. Rather than stay and endure the punishment of being sent to the mine, Ruck ran away. In order to survive in the Deep Roads, Ruck fed on the corpses of darkspawn, becoming severely tainted by the Blight. He is also a scavenger, and will attack the Warden if he fears having his "treasures" stolen. Ruck seems to remember his previous life in Orzammar, or at least his mother, and it pains him greatly to even think of those good times.

Involvement

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Quests

A Mother's Hope

Inventory

You must persuade or intimidate Ruck to trade with you; otherwise, he will attack.

Name	Price
Lifestone Lifestone (x99)	30 0
Frostrock Frostrock (x5)	30 0
Frozen Lightning Frozen Lightning (x6)	30 0
Fire Crystal Fire Crystal (x3)	30 0
Deep Mushroom [[File:|20px|middle|link=Deep mushroom|Deep mushroom]] Deep mushroom (x99)	0
Dwarven Waraxe Dwarven Waraxe	18 99
Dwarven Longsword Dwarven Longsword may refer to: Dwarven Longsword (Origins), a longsword in Dragon Age: Origins Dwarven Longsword (Inquisition), a sword in Dragon Age: Inquisition Dwarven Longsword Schematic, a tier 3 sword schematic in Dragon Age: Inquisition Dwarven Longsword Grip (Level 11), a common one-handed grip weapon upgrade with +4 Willpower in Dragon Age: Inquisition Dwarven Longsword Grip (Level 15), a common one-handed grip weapon upgrade with +6 Willpower in Dragon Age: Inquisition Dwarven Longsword Grip Schematic, a tier 2 one-handed grip weapon upgrade schematic in Dragon Age: Inquisition This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.	0
Dwarven Mace Dwarven Mace	27 0
Heavy Dwarven Helmet Heavy Dwarven Helmet	90 0
Dwarven Heavy Boots Dwarven Heavy Boots	81 0
Armor of the Divine Will Armor of the Divine Will	57 0 0
Shield of the Legion Shield of the Legion may refer to: Shield of the Legion (Origins) for Dragon Age: Origins. Shield of the Legion (Darkspawn Chronicles) for The Darkspawn Chronicles DLC. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.	0
Dwarven Large Round Shield Dwarven Large Round Shield	22 50
Destructionist's Belt Destructionist's Belt	5 10 0
Grandmaster Cold Iron Rune Grandmaster Cold Iron Rune	27 0 0
Etched Silver Symbol Etched Silver Symbol	39 0

Bugs

• If a playable character can cast the spell Force Field, they may use it on Ruck during their initial meeting to quickly speak/trade with Ruck without following him into the spider's ambush. That said, upon leaving Ruck, they must trigger the ambush.

Quotes

• "Shinies!"
• "They takes things of paper and metal! They takes the shinies and the words!"
• "No you cannot! The mother remembers a child with bright eyes. Not this, tell her he is dead."
• "The dark master calls them with his beautiful voice!"
• "Once you take in the darkness, you not miss the light so much. You know, do you not? Ruck sees you, he sees the darkness inside you".
• (About the Grey Wardens) "Grey like the stone. Guardians against the darkness".