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The Scrolls of Banastor is a side quest obtainable from The Mages' Collective Quest Board. The Collective requests that an individual with a certain moral flexibility scour Ferelden for five ancient and powerful Scrolls of Banastor. The scrolls contain information pertaining to "dark and terrible" blood magic rituals.

Walkthrough

Depending on how soon you acquire this quest, it can go one of three ways:

Get this quest as soon as possible, because you're going to visit all of the places (as mandated by the plot) anyway. In this way, it pretty much solves itself.
Get the quest later in the game, and just revisit the places.
Simply acquire all five scrolls during the course of the game, then hand them in as soon as you receive the quest in Redcliffe.

Scroll Locations

The location of the five scrolls are as follows:

Senior Mage Quarters of the Circle Tower: Ancient Texts in the southeast ruined room. In the same room as the first 3 blood mages, but on the other side.
Great Hall of the Circle Tower: Ancient Texts In first room in the northwest large room.
The Ruined Temple visited in The Urn of Sacred Ashes quest, directly south of Haven. It is in a library in the southeast corner of the map. There are several bookshelves with books on them so you can't miss it.
Western section of the Ruined Temple, called the Cultist Chambers. From the Main Hall map marker, take the west door to the Cultist Chambers area. The scroll is in the room just northwest of the Cultist Chambers map marker, in a pile of books marked 'Ancient Texts'.
Lair of the Werewolves. The scroll is in a pile of books marked 'Ancient Texts' in the southeastern chamber, the area just north of your final meeting with the Lady of the Forest and Zathrian. (It is possible to miss this one on your initial visit, due to the cutscene where the Warden interacts with the Gatekeeper wolf. If this happens, simply return to the Lair after the conclusion of Nature of the Beast and collect the scroll.)

Reward

175 XP
5

Notes

Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a set scroll for each location; if you're missing one, your only option is to revisit each location until you find which one you missed.
A common problem is to miss the scroll in the Lair of the Werewolves. Many players neglect to explore the rooms in the final area when interrupted by the werewolves' dialogue and ensuing quest line.

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-'''The Scrolls of Banastor''' is a side quest obtainable from [[The Mages' Collective]] [[Quest Board]].
+'''The Scrolls of Banastor''' is a side quest obtainable from [[The Mages' Collective]] [[Quest board|Quest Board]]. The Collective requests that an individual with a certain moral flexibility scour [[Ferelden]] for five ancient and powerful [[Scroll of Banastor|Scrolls of Banastor]]. The scrolls contain information pertaining to "dark and terrible" blood magic rituals.
-==Background==
+== Walkthrough ==
+Depending on how soon you acquire this quest, it can go one of three ways:
-The Collective requests that an individual with a certain moral flexibility scour Ferelden for five ancient and powerful Scrolls of Banastor. The scrolls contain information pertaining to "dark and terrible" blood magic rituals.
+* Get this quest as soon as possible, because you're going to visit all of the places (as mandated by the plot) anyway. In this way, it pretty much solves itself.
-==Walkthrough==
+* Get the quest later in the game, and just revisit the places.
-Depending on how soon you acquire this quest, it can go one of two ways:
+* Simply acquire all five scrolls during the course of the game, then hand them in as soon as you receive the quest in [[Redcliffe]].
+=== Scroll Locations ===
-The first method is to get this quest as soon as possible, because you're going to visit all of the places (as mandated by the plot) anyway. In this way, it pretty much solves itself.
-The second method is to get the quest later in the game, and just revisit the places. Easier, perhaps, but annoying in that there is a decent amount of traveling involved.
-Alternatively, you can acquire all five scrolls and then proceed to hand them in as soon as you receive the quest.
-===Scroll Locations===
 The location of the five scrolls are as follows:
-{{:Circle Tower|style=iconmini}} - [[Senior Mage Quarters]]: Ancient Texts in the southeast ruined room. In the same room as the first 3 blood mages, but on the other side.{{clrl}}
-{{:Circle Tower|style=iconmini}} - [[Great Hall]]: Ancient Texts In first room in the northwest large room.{{clrl}}
-{{:Ruined Temple|style=iconmini}}: This is the temple you visit in the “Urn of Sacred Ashes” quest. Directly south of the 'Village of Haven'. It's in the first part of the temple called the 'Ruined Temple'. It is in a library in the southeast corner of the map. There are several bookshelves with books on them so you can't miss it.{{clrl}}
-{{:Ruined Temple|style=iconmini}}: This is also the temple you visit in the “Urn of Sacred Ashes” quest. From the Main Hall map marker, take the west door to the Cultist Chambers area (There should be two mages in two bedrooms, near the chantry). The scroll is in the room just north-west of the Cultist Chambers map marker in a pile of books marked 'Ancient Texts'.{{clrl}}
-{{:Lair of the Werewolves|style=iconmini}}: In the Brecilian Ruins. In a pile of books marked 'Ancient Texts' in the south-eastern most chamber.{{clrl}}
+* [[Senior Mage Quarters]] of the [[Circle Tower]]: Ancient Texts in the southeast ruined room. In the same room as the first 3 blood mages, but on the other side.{{clrl}}
+* [[Great Hall]] of the Circle Tower: Ancient Texts In first room in the northwest large room.{{clrl}}
+* The [[Ruined Temple]] visited in [[The Urn of Sacred Ashes]] quest, directly south of [[Haven]]. It is in a library in the southeast corner of the map. There are several bookshelves with books on them so you can't miss it.{{clrl}}
+* Western section of the Ruined Temple, called the Cultist Chambers. From the Main Hall map marker, take the west door to the Cultist Chambers area. The scroll is in the room just northwest of the Cultist Chambers map marker, in a pile of books marked 'Ancient Texts'.{{clrl}}
+* [[Lair of the Werewolves]].  The scroll is in a pile of books marked 'Ancient Texts' in the southeastern chamber, the area just north of your final meeting with the [[Lady of the Forest]] and [[Zathrian]]. (It is possible to miss this one on your initial visit, due to the cutscene where the [[The Warden|Warden]] interacts with the [[Gatekeeper]] wolf.  If this happens, simply return to the Lair after the conclusion of [[Nature of the Beast]] and collect the scroll.) {{clrl}}
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-MagesBanastor.jpg|Circle Tower, First Location
+MagesBanastor.jpg|Circle Tower (second floor), The Scrolls of Banastor, first location
-Tower_3rd_floor.jpg|Circle Tower, Second Location
+Tower_3rd_floor.jpg|Circle Tower (third floor), The Scrolls of Banastor, second location
-RuinedtempmapBanastor.jpg|Ruined temple (first floor) Scrolls of Banastor
+RuinedtempmapBanastor.jpg|Ruined temple (first floor), The Scrolls of Banastor locations '''{Note: The location of the first scroll is marked incorrectly on the map. Check the room just above, on the left.}'''
-WerewolvesBanastor.jpg|Lair of the Werewolves Scrolls of Banastor
+WerewolvesBanastor.jpg|Lair of the Werewolves, The Scrolls of Banastor location
 </gallery>
-==Result==
+== Reward ==
+* 175 XP
-<!---descr="What happens as a result of the quest - rewards, events, etc."--->
+* 5 {{g}}
-Return the scrolls to any representative of the Mages' Collective for a reward.
-* 5 [[File:DAO_goldpiece.png]]
-==Notes==
-*If the descriptions listed above are too confusing to you, then don't hesitate to click on the pictures of the maps to the right of this Wikia page. If you enlarge the map you will see the pictures of the maps indicating where you need to visit.
+== Notes ==
-*A common problem is to miss the scroll in the [[Lair of the Werewolves]]. Many players neglect to explore the rooms in the final area when interrupted by the werewolves' dialogue and ensuing quest line.
+* Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a set scroll for each location; if you're missing one, your only option is to revisit each location until you find which one you missed.
+* A common problem is to miss the scroll in the Lair of the Werewolves. Many players neglect to explore the rooms in the final area when interrupted by the werewolves' dialogue and ensuing quest line.
-==See also==
+== See also ==
-{{:Codex Entry: Scrolls of Banastor|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
+{{:Codex entry: Scrolls of Banastor|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
+{{Mages' Collective quests}}
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+[[Category:Dragon Age: Origins side quests]]
-[[Category:The Mages' Collective]]
+[[Category:The Mages' Collective quests]]
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-[[Category:Origins Quests]]