The Wending Wood is an area of forested slopes and lush greenery, divided by the trade route known as the Pilgrim's Path—named for the faithful devotees of Andraste who walk that very road to reach the City of Amaranthine, and who have left ancient relics scattered about the wood to honor Andraste and the Maker.
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Background[edit | edit source]
The wood was once a home to an Avvar tribe of the Alamarri, and the location of one of the battles between the magisters and the barbarians in the ancient times. The wood was a sacred place of an Avvar god known as Uvolla. For centuries, the wood had been known as a place of breathtaking beauty and tranquility.
Involvement[edit | edit source]
If the main quest Champions of the Just was completed:
There are rumors of blood mages lurking about the Wending Wood. Cullen has received several complaints from various merchants traveling the Pilgrim's Path trade route between Denerim and the City of Amaranthine. Amaranthine's arl asks a favor from Josephine to have the Inquisition's templars investigate.[2]
Leliana's agents and the templars Cullen assigned to the region uncover several murdered mages just off the main road. The reports confirm that the bodies had been dragged from where they were originally killed to road, but purposely not well hidden. All the victims appear to have been stabbed. The investigators deduce that someone wanted them discovered—either the work of blood mages or local merchants who decided to deal with the "rumors" themselves.
If the victims were blood mages, there were no obvious signs—no cuts on the palms or the like—but it's difficult to say. It's also possible maleficarum are responsible, using their fellows to power some ritual. Or possibly just former Circle mages, killed by ordinary men over hearsay.
However, a dangerous cell of rebel mages have been tracked to a remote location in the region. They have extremist leanings and the group fears the Inquisition's association with the templars will permanently crush what remains of their rebellion and have been actively working to stir up anti-templar and anti-Inquisition sentiment.[3]
We unravelled that the Wending Wood mages are directly responsible for the death of the seven mages and a noblewoman's daughter. We offered amnesty to those willing to surrender; however, only a few of the mages accepted—one was nearly killed by her fellows as she joined us against them. Those who surrendered were young, clearly in over their heads, and grateful for a way out. They have returned with us to Skyhold and will be monitored closely. After Therinfal, it's good to know we still serve those who need us. The Wending Wood should be safe for travelers.
—Knight-Captain Briony[4]
Quests[edit | edit source]
Dragon Age: Awakening[edit | edit source]

Map of the area
The Righteous Path
Brothers of Stone
From the Living Wood
Heart of the Forest
Ines the Botanist
Maferath's Monuments
The Merchant's Goods
Trading Troubles
What is Built Endures
Dragon Age: Inquisition[edit | edit source]
Rumors of Maleficarum (war table)
False Accusations (war table)
Rumors of Maleficarum (war table)
Characters[edit | edit source]
- Ines Arancia
- Olaf (militia survivor)
- Scared bandit scavenger
- Velanna
Hostile creatures[edit | edit source]
- Giant spider (Spiders, Normal)
- Poisonous spider (Spiders, Normal and Lieutenant)
- Wolf (Wolves, Normal)
- Blight wolf (Darkspawn, Normal)
- Alpha blight wolf (Darkspawn, Lieutenant)
Enemies[edit | edit source]
- Bandits
- Bandit (Humans, Normal and Lieutenant)
- Bandit Scavenger (Humans, Normal)
- Scavenger (Humans, Normal)
- Darkspawn
- Sylvan
- Undead
- Ancient Magister (Arcane horror, Boss)
Notable items[edit | edit source]
Ash, source: darkspawn corpse
Illumination, source: Mystic Chest
Heart of the Forest, source: from Velanna
The Winter Blade, from Statue of War
Greater Spirit Balm Recipe, from Statue of Peace
Potent Stamina Draught Recipe, from Statue of Peace
Master Stamina Draught Recipe, from Statue of Peace
Superb Health Poultice Recipe, from Ines Arancia
Superb Lyrium Potion Recipe, from Ines Arancia
Ancient Sylvanwood x5, source: ancient sylvans
Battered Journal, source: scholar
Fine Silks x9, source: barrels, bundles of cloth & crates
Heartwood, source: The Old One
Strange Stone, source: scholar
Northern Prickleweed Seeds, source: plant node
Notable gifts for companions:
Bronze Sextant, source: corpse
Elven Prayer for the Dead, in abandoned Dalish camp
Elven Trinket, source: Hurlock emissary
Ingredients:
Madcap Bulb x3
Rashvine Nettle x5
Blood Lotus x5
Deathroot x3
Elfroot x2
Codex entries[edit | edit source]
Codex entry: The Canticle of Maferath
Codex entry: Charred Sylvan
Codex entry: Orders to the Militia
Codex entry: A Scholar's Journal
Codex entry: Velanna
Special objects[edit | edit source]
- Wending Wood stone puzzle
- Maferath Statues
- Corpse Pile
- Abandoned Dalish Camp
- Granite Deposit
- Brothers of Stone statues
- Magister's Remains
- Ruined Caravan
- Bandit Camp
- Makeshift Lean-To
- Darkspawn Camp
- Cocoon
- x2 Tripwires (Difficulty 40 XP)
- x1 Leghold Trap (Difficulty 40 XP)
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wending Woods. BioWare wiki. (archived)
- ↑ Rumors of Maleficarum
- ↑ False Accusations
- ↑ Confront Mages in the Wending Wood