Editing Unrest in the Alienage

{{Quote|Oh, you're "helping" us, are you, shem? Like Valendrian and my uncle Cyrion, you helped them, didn't you? Helped them never to be seen again!|[[Shianni]]}}

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|location    = [[Elven Alienage]]
|start       = [[Anora]]
|end         = [[The Landsmeet]]
|previous    = [[Rescue the Queen]]
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'''Unrest in the Alienage''' is the final required quest before calling [[The Landsmeet]]. It begins when [[the Warden]] talks with [[Anora]] and [[Eamon Guerrin|Arl Eamon]] after completing the [[Rescue the Queen]].

== Background ==
{{Note|[[City Elf Origin|City Elf Wardens]] will have some significant changes in dialogue during this quest.}}

After rescuing the queen from [[Rendon Howe|Howe]], Anora informs the Warden that something is wrong in [[The Alienage]]. She believes that her [[Loghain Mac Tir|father]] is behind it and she expects the Warden to find proof in order to erode Loghain's support in the Landsmeet.

== Walkthrough ==

There are several basic steps to complete the quest. Take advantage of the easy side-quests along the way.
# Enter the Alienage; look for clues.
# Investigate the Hospice
# Search the Apartments
# Run down the source in the Warehouse

=== Plague in the Alienage ===
[[File:Map-The Denerim Alienage.jpg|thumb|270px|The Denerim Alienage]]
With the gates unbarred, you can now reach the Denerim alienage from the [[Denerim Market District|Market District]]. In the slums, the elves are suffering from an apparently blight-related sickness. Those identified as ill are quarantined at a [[Tevinter Hospice|Hospice]] by members of the [[Tevinter Imperium]]. However, it turns out that none of the sick have been seen and many elves, led by [[Shianni]], are questioning the Tevinter healers: Veras and Saritor.

* Optional: Talk to the [[Starved Veteran]] or [[Soris]].
* Speak with Shianni to get the basic background: Elder [[Valendrian]] and [[Cyrion Tabris]] are missing, as well as a number of other residents. Shianni will eventually tell you about a possible back entrance.
** Optional: you can learn a bit more from a nearby vendor, [[Alarith]]. 
* You have four choices for getting to the bottom of things:
** Aggravate the healers and guards outside the main entrance until they attack, then enter through the front. This can risk the lives of bystander elves.
** Enter the hospice through the back by bribing (6{{g}}) the guard or killing him.
** Pick the lock of the [[Run-Down Apartments]], skipping the hospice.
** Pretend to be sick, if The Warden is an elf. This requires leaving the companions outside and a solo fight inside.

Regardless of methods, you will end up killing approximately the same number of foes; feel free to use the technique most suited to your character. However, note that you can do both the hospice and the apartments, which will get you more experience.

=== Tevinter Hospice ===
[[File:Map-Tevinter Hospice.jpg|thumb|270px|The hospice in the Alienage]]

After killing the guards in the [[Tevinter Hospice|hospice]] who have good swords and shields to loot, you can free a group of elves from the back room, where they are being held in cages. On the desk is a [[Key (apartment)|key]] wrapped inside a [[Note|note]]. You can loot a crate, chest, and a pile of coins, too. Exit the building and battle with Veras and Saritor if you have not already dealt with them; their corpses will have two sets of mage armor, [[Tevinter Enchanter's Robes|Enchanter level]] and [[Lesser Tevinter Robe|lesser robes]]. After the battle, Shianni will suggest that the Tevinters might be using another one of the buildings, so head for the alleys behind the hospice.

{{Note|When the Caged Elves ask you to release them, you may tell them to "wait here"; if you release them, they will flee immediately. That will give you the opportunity to pickpocket all of the caged elves for a nice little haul of coins and minor items. The caged elves will vanish when you re-enter the scene if you don't release them when you exit the hospice. However, it has no outcome on the plot.}}

=== Run-Down Apartments ===
[[File:Map-Run-Down Apartments.jpg|thumb|270px|The Run-Down Apartments in the Alienage]]

Enter the [[Run-Down Apartments]] in the far north-west of the district, after talking with Shianni. Can be entered without checking the hospice first. Investigate the evidence that elves were hustled away quickly. You can question one of the remaining elves about what has happened using [[Coercion|intimidate]], persuade for 2{{g}}, or simply wear him down to get the information. When ready, exit through the south-west door to the central area of the slums; [[Rogue talents (Origins)#Deft Hands tree|pick the lock]] (60 XP) or use the [[Key (apartment)|apartment key]]. The Alley Guard will sound the alarm, bringing five more Tevinter Soldiers; half will close for melee and the others will use ranged attacks. Kill them and proceed to the warehouse.

Other items of interest:
* A chest in the north-center room has the [[Free Sailor Sextant]] for [[Fazzil's Request]] from the [[Chanter's Board|Chanters]].
* Pick the east-side locked room, kill the Elf and 3 Tevinters to find [[Codex entry: The City Elves]].
* In the alley between the apartments and the warehouse you can change your party members.

=== Tevinter Warehouse ===
[[File:Map-Tevinter Warehouse.jpg|thumb|270px|The Tevinter Warehouse in the Alienage]]After entering the [[Tevinter Warehouse]], you will be met by [[Devera]], a Tevinter elf involved in the [[Slavery|slave]] trade. Regardless of how you deal with her, you will end up meeting with the boss slaver, [[Caladrius]] in the northern room who will recognize the Warden's identity as well as [[Alistair]]'s, if he is in the party. If patient, you can learn something about how the slavers have been operating; in particular, Caladrius will confirm Loghain's tacit involvement in their schemes. There are a number of ways of handling the next series of events:

; Devera
* With a sufficiently high rank in [[Coercion]], you can intimidate Devera and her minions to go without a fight.
*[[File:Devera.jpg|thumb|[[Devera]] aiming with the [[Bow of the Golden Sun]]]]The fight contains herself, 6 soldiers and 3 crossbow using soldiers.
* You must fight everything in the room, which is basically impossible unless you have all mages, and proceed to fight more soldiers as you leave the room. 

; Caladrius
* Refuse to parley and attack.
* Allow him to make an offer wherein the Warden will pay him 100{{g}}, allow him to leave with his slaves, and get the evidence confirming Loghain's involvement.
** Accept the offer, ending discussion.
** Refuse the offer, leading to battle.
**[[File:Caladrius.png|thumb|190px|[[Caladrius]], the leader of the Tevinter slavers]]Counter-offer: [Persuade] "I'll accept your deal, but you give me the letter for free."
** Counter-offer: [Intimidate] "Leave the profits and the letter. Take your slaves and go."
** Counter-offer: [Intimidate] "Leave the elves and the letter. Take your money and go."
** Counter-offer: [Intimidate] "You leave everything. Get out with your hides."

{{Note|Caladrius is less intimidated if Devera brought you to him as he has more help. Even with maximum coercion he won't give you the documents for free. He can still be persuaded to however.}}

{{Note|Caladrius will not accept offers that lose him his slaves. Most of the party disapproves, except for Morrigan and Sten; see [[#Result|below]] for details.}}

; Battling Caladrius
{{Main|Talk:Caladrius#Strategy_suggestions|Calaldrius}}

Unless you got rid of her earlier, Devera will join in this fight; she will be the only foe in melee range of the party. Caladrius' troops are in the other half of the room, down a half-flight of stairs. The boss himself usually starts the battle casting [[Blizzard (Origins)|Blizzard]] or [[Inferno]], so it helps to get some distance.  Few of his troops will follow you, although they have some deadly ranged attacks. An easy technique is to run into the corridor behind you and defend from there.  If engaged in close quarter, he likes to use [[Cone of Cold (Origins)|Cone of Cold]]; if his health is taken down enough, he may even unleash the potentially devastating [[Blood Wound]].

Running out of the room is possible; however, whichever door did not trigger the cut-scene cannot be opened even though the mouse cursor will show it is unlocked.  Party members will be stuck standing in front of it.

Micromanagement may be required to systematically move characters out properly. If you select an entire party, the game engine will try to avoid bottlenecking at a doorway by splitting the party so that some move towards the other door even though it cannot be opened.

That said, there is enough room to cast [[Storm of the Century]] and still leave the corners out of the area of effect.

Caladrius has a rather high mana pool. If you are a mage, and you have most of your points in magic, a single [[Mana Clash]] will end the battle. At a high difficulty level this is harder than it sounds due to his ability to resist, and even if he fails to resist it will not kill him outright on Nightmare difficulty. A [[Templar (Origins)|templar]]'s Holy Smite could yield better results with the automatic stun. Possibly even more reliable for higher difficulty is [[Paralysis Explosion]] if you have two mages to cast the required spells immediately. Neither will kill Caladrius, but can buy the party time to move to a more tactically advantageous position. If in low health, Caladrius will cast [[Blood Sacrifice]], sacrificing his allies to gain some health (he may also sacrifice Devera).

When Caladrius is down to a few points of [[health]], he will offer to surrender. He will make another offer: 
* Kill him.
* Allow him to turn over the documents.
* Allow him to surrender and accept his offer of a [[Attributes (Origins)#Constitution|constitution]] +1 boost; this kills all remaining elven slaves.

== Result ==
Once the situation is resolved, the quest updates to indicate the [[Slaver Documents|documents]] are in the Warden's possession from Caladrius via negotiation or looting his corpse; it remains incomplete until the Landsmeet. Arl Eamon will be ready to discuss the next step and Alistair will be forced into the party, in order to confront Loghain at the Landsmeet.

; If the Warden refused Caladrius' Blood Ritual
* City Elf Wardens can return to their home, where [[Cyrion Tabris|Cyrion]] will give them the [[Fang]] dagger that belonged to their mother.  The Warden must not have already accepted the 40{{g}} bribe from Vaughan at the start of the game.
* Other Wardens can speak with Valendrian at his [[Valendrian's Home|home]], who gives them the [[Gift of the Grey]] dagger that was wielded by [[Duncan]] as well as 250 XP.
* The party can trade with Alarith. City elf Wardens must not have accepted the 40{{g}} bribe from Vaughan at the start of the game in order for this to happen.

; If the Warden accepts the Blood Ritual
* Most companions disapprove.
* Alarith will not trade unless the Warden is a city elf. City elf Wardens must not have accepted the 40{{g}} bribe from Vaughan at the start of the game in order for this to happen.

; Approvals

The companions generally disapprove of slave trading. The following table lists how each responds to allowing Caladrius to escape with the elves in captivity:
{| class="daotable"
! Companion !! Caladrius escapes with slaves !! Ritual accepted !! Ritual not accepted
|-
| Alistair ||{{ColorNegativeStat|-10}}           || {{ColorNegativeStat|-10}} ||
|-
| Leliana ||{{ColorNegativeStat|-10}}           || {{ColorNegativeStat|-15}} ||
|-
| Morrigan || ({{ColorPositiveStat|+3}} if intimidated) || {{ColorPositiveStat|+4}} || {{ColorNegativeStat|-5}} (0 if spared Caladrius)
|-
| Sten || {{ColorPositiveStat|+4}}          || {{ColorPositiveStat|+4}} ||
|-
| Wynne || {{ColorNegativeStat|-5}}          || {{ColorNegativeStat|-40}} ({{ColorNegativeStat|-3}} for even considering it)  ||{{Template:ColorPositiveStat
|+6
}}
|-
| Zevran || ({{ColorNegativeStat|-5}} if persuaded)         || {{ColorNegativeStat|-20}} ({{ColorNegativeStat|-8}} if persuaded) ||{{ColorPositiveStat|+4}} 
|-
| Oghren || {{ColorNegativeStat|-5}} || ||
|-
| Shale  || || ||
|}

== Rewards ==
* 1250 XP - upon reporting back to Arl Eamon in his [[Arl of Redcliffe's Estate|Estate]]
* {{:Fang|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Cyrion]] (City Elf Warden Only){{clrl}}
* {{:Gift of the Grey|style=iconmini}}, source: [[Valendrian]] (other Wardens){{clrl}}

== Notable items ==
* {{:Bow of the Golden Sun|style=iconmini}} - dropped by [[Devera]], also unlocks a [[Codex entry: The Bow of the Golden Sun|codex entry]]{{clrl}}
* {{:Robes of the Magister Lords|style=iconmini}} - dropped by [[Caladrius]]{{clrl}}
* {{:Slaver Documents|style=iconmini}} - dropped by Caladrius{{clrl}}
* {{:Free Sailor Sextant|style=iconmini}}, source: {{TextContainer|chest}} in [[Tevinter Warehouse]]{{clrl}}
Notable [[Gifts (Origins)|gifts]] for [[companions]]:
* {{:Andraste's Grace|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}
* {{:Veal Bone|style=iconmini}}{{clrl}}

== Bugs ==
* Looting the corpse of Caladrius and finding the Slaver Documents before speaking to Valendrian will update the quest to say that you still need to collect evidence. Talking to Arl Eamon will allow you to complete the quest regardless though, even if he has no quest marker.
* After saving Valendrian and having talked to him there is the chance of getting his dialogue when he is home and receiving the [[Gift of the Grey]] from him at the warehouse. This seems to occur when Valendrian is interacted with before the cutscene where he is freed has occurred. Interacting with Valendrian will automatically begin the cutscene, and will cause the dialogue you get when he is home to occur immediately after. To prevent this, simply wait for the cutscene to occur on its own.
** This bug and its solution also applies to a City elf Warden with [[Cyrion Tabris]].

== Trivia ==
* Much of the dialogue from the characters in the [[Elven Alienage]] was written by [[Ferret Baudoin]].<ref>{{BWF|title=Writers of Dragon Age.|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412045523/http://forum.bioware.com/topic/43582-writers-of-dragon-age/page-6}}</ref>
* Underscoring the racism that pervades Thedas, if the guards in front of the Hospice are questioned about the possibility of Tevinter "foreigners" bringing the [[darkspawn]] plague to the alienage, they will reply sarcastically, "Of course! The mage-lords of the Imperium tremble in vague fear of you, and sent us into this filthy little hole in order to kill impoverished slant-eared [[Ferelden|Fereldan]] dog-lovers."<ref>According to conversation with Tevinter guards during Unrest in the Alienage.</ref>
* Upon first entering the alienage during this quest, a group of elves can be seen harassing a human passing through the alienage. These are the same three elves who are seen drunk by the alienage gate during the [[City Elf Origin]].

== References ==
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[[Category:Dragon Age: Origins quests]]

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