Changes: The Black Vials

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The Black Vials are six small glass phylacteries that can be found around Ferelden. The area around them is unnaturally cold. Dark shapes swirl around a slip of paper within each vial. When the Warden takes a vial, the glass fractures and releases a hostile revenant. Upon their death, each revenant drops a scrap of vellum that updates the Codex entry: The Black Vials.

Walkthrough

The vials may be taken in any order.

Locations

Cale Viazagat, The First Corpse Walker:
- Toppled Statue in the desecrated chapel in the Senior Mage Quarters. Can be collected during the Broken Circle quest or afterwards.

Nethamas Bigal, The Second Corpse Walker:
- Glass phylactery in a room in Orzammar Royal Palace (the eastern-most room/kitchen).

Argruth Massaad, The Third Corpse Walker:
- Glass phylactery near the centre of Caridin's Cross (see map to right).

Map BlackVials4 — Location of the third Corpse Walker: Expand thumbnail to see yellow dot marking location.

Quametha Kagat, The Fourth Corpse Walker:
- Glass phylactery in the far bottom room on the right side of Lower Ruins in Brecilian Forest. The glass phylactery is directly in front upon entrance. It resembles a pile of filth with two vases sticking out of it.

Shamas Goodson, The Fifth Corpse Walker:
- Glass phylactery in Werewolf Lair, the top left room in the middle of the map.

Anton Wither, The Sixth Corpse Walker:
- Glass phylactery in one of the Back Alley random encounters in Denerim. In this encounter you start on a stone platform up a set of steps and the glass phylactery is on the platform with you. It is the same encounter during which bandits trap one of your party members by dropping a portcullis that must be lifted using a lever. (This vial can only be found during this one and only random encounter, so be sure to pick it up!)

Creature-Revenant3 — A Corpse Walker: revenant and perversion.

Rewards

XP and loot dropped by revenants:

Dead Coat of Arms

Emerald Ring

Notes

There is no journal entry for this quest other than the codex entry.
A black vial can also be found in the Mark of the Assassin expansion for Dragon Age 2 during Aveline's The Du Lac Sign companion quest.
In the basement of the Riverside Garrison in the Exalted Plains there is a bottle of wine called "Finale By Massaad", and is said to come from Ferelden. Massaad is one of the names of the Revenants.

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 |start       = Find a glass phylactery at any of the specified locations
 |end         = Destroy all six Corpse Walkers
-|location    = [[Circle Tower]] <br> [[Lower Ruins]] <br> [[Werewolf Lair]] <br> [[Orzammar Palace]] <br> [[Caridin's Cross]] <br> [[Back Alley]] in [[Denerim]] (random encounter)
+|location    = [[Circle Tower]] <br> [[Lower Ruins]] <br> [[Werewolf Lair]] <br> [[Orzammar Royal Palace]] <br> [[Caridin's Cross]] <br> [[Back Alley (Origins)|Back Alley]] in [[Denerim]] (random encounter)
 |appearances = [[Dragon Age: Origins]]
 }}</onlyinclude>
-'''The Black Vials''' are six glass [[Phylactery|phylacteries]] that can be found around [[Ferelden]] and can be tackled in any order. Each is a small glass vial which contains ''dark shapes which swirl around a slip of paper''. When [[the Warden]] takes a vial, it fractures and releases the [[revenant]] trapped in stasis. Each Black Vial Revenant drops a scrap of vellum that, when burned, is added to the [[Codex entry: The Black Vials]].
+'''The Black Vials''' are six small glass [[Phylactery|phylacteries]] that can be found around [[Ferelden]]. The area around them is unnaturally cold. Dark shapes swirl around a slip of paper within each vial. When the [[the Warden|Warden]] takes a vial, the glass fractures and releases a hostile [[revenant]]. Upon their death, each revenant drops a scrap of vellum that updates the [[Codex entry: The Black Vials]].
 == Walkthrough ==
+The vials may be taken in any order.
 === Locations ===
 * '''''Cale Viazagat, The First Corpse Walker:'''''
-** Toppled Statue in the desecrated chapel in the [[Senior Mage Quarters]] during the [[Broken Circle]] quest. Can be collected after the quest, as well.
+** Toppled Statue in the desecrated chapel in the [[Senior Mage Quarters]]. Can be collected during the [[Broken Circle]] quest or afterwards.
 * '''''Nethamas Bigal, The Second Corpse Walker:'''''
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 ** Glass phylactery near the centre of [[Caridin's Cross]] (see map to right).
 [[File:Map_BlackVials4.jpg|thumb|200px|Location of the third Corpse Walker: Expand thumbnail to see yellow dot marking location.]]
 * '''''Quametha Kagat, The Fourth Corpse Walker:'''''
 ** Glass phylactery in the far bottom room on the right side of [[Lower Ruins]] in [[Brecilian Forest]]. The glass phylactery is directly in front upon entrance. It resembles a pile of filth with two vases sticking out of it.
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 * '''''Anton Wither, The Sixth Corpse Walker:'''''
-** Glass phylactery in one of the [[Back Alley]] random encounters in [[Denerim]]. In this encounter you start on a stone platform up a set of steps and the glass phylactery is on the platform with you. It is the same encounter during which bandits trap one of your party members by dropping a portcullis that must be lifted using a lever. (This vial can only be found during this one and only random encounter, so be sure to pick it up!)
+** Glass phylactery in one of the [[Back Alley (Origins)|Back Alley]] random encounters in [[Denerim]]. In this encounter you start on a stone platform up a set of steps and the glass phylactery is on the platform with you. It is the same encounter during which bandits trap one of your party members by dropping a portcullis that must be lifted using a lever. (This vial can only be found during this one and only random encounter, so be sure to pick it up!)
 [[File:Creature-Revenant3.jpg|thumb|A Corpse Walker: revenant and perversion.]]
 == Rewards ==
+XP and loot dropped by revenants:<br>
-* Complete [[Codex entry: The Black Vials]].
+{{:Dead Coat of Arms|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
-* XP and loot dropped by revenants, which may include the [[Dead Coat of Arms]] shield.
+{{:Emerald Ring|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
-{{Note|There is no journal entry for this quest other than the codex entry.}}
+== Notes ==
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Black Vials}}
+* There is no journal entry for this quest other than the codex entry.
+* A black vial can also be found in the [[Mark of the Assassin]] expansion for Dragon Age 2 during [[Aveline Vallen|Aveline]]'s ''[[The Du Lac Sign]]'' companion quest.
+* In the basement of the Riverside Garrison in the [[Exalted Plains]] there is [[Bottles on the Wall|a bottle of wine]] called "Finale By Massaad", and is said to come from Ferelden. Massaad is one of the names of the Revenants.
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Black Vials, The}}
-== Other appearances ==
-A black vial can also be found in the [[Mark of the Assassin]] expansion for Dragon Age 2 during [[Aveline]]'s ''[[The Du Lac Sign]]'' companion quest.
 [[Category:Dragon Age: Origins side quests]]