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Her Beacon And Her Shield - Chapter 25

Deserts, Amelia had decided, did not agree with her.

The Western Approach was a bleak sort of place, the sand bleached white by the unrelenting sun that beat down them day by day. It was a place of extremes - the heat at the zenith of the day obliged them to take shelter and wait for the air to cool; the nights plunged them into a chill that froze them to their bones. The wildlife pushed the standard of 'wild' farther than she was used to - lurkers and quillbacks stalked the sands; packs of hyenas were bold enough to attack openly; they had even encountered varghests guarding the only source of fresh water. Darkspawn had broken through to haunt the surface, adding a new level of danger in a place where the Venatori's foothold had been particularly difficult to pull out from under them.

She missed Cullen. She missed Skyhold. Hang it all, she missed winter. Bracing winds and brutal snowstorms were infinitely preferable to this desolate landscape that baked by day and froze by night. Every hour, she felt gritty and unwashed, soaked in her own sweat from the moment she rose in the morning. Her only consolation was that she was not the only one suffering. Iron Bull's gray skin was burned almost black by the end of each day, the great Qunari practically having to bathe in elfroot lotion each night. Blackwall had been forced to adjust to leather armor, his metal plates proved utterly unsuitable within just a few hours of their arrival in the Approach. Varric was just miserable, wilting in the relentless sunshine, shivering in the chill of the night. They were all sweaty and unwashed, and the fragrance around their campfire each evening was becoming nauseatingly ripe, with no sign of reprieve in the near future.

Yet, despite the distractions of Venatori, darkspawn, and an Orlesian scholar who had walked them straight into yet another encounter with a High Dragon, they made good time through the Approach, arriving at the Tevinter ritual tower almost three weeks to the day after leaving Halamshiral. Stroud was waiting for them, alone but for Marian Hawke, who looked about as happy as Amelia felt.

"I'm glad you made it, Inquisitor," Stroud greeted her, his every muscle tense. "My fellows are scouting other sites in the desert, but there are a handful of Wardens here."

"Just a handful?" Amelia asked.

"They're still trickling in from across Orlais," Hawke told her. "We've seen Ferelden Wardens, as well. The Calling has them all scared."

"Where are they?" Amelia needed to know. "We've seen no Wardens at all, not even in the nest of darkspawn we cleared out on the other side of that sulfur field."

"The others of our party are investigating that," Stroud assured her. "I fear they have already started the ritual here. It is simply a blessing in disguise that so few have been gathered."

"Inquisitor, be careful," Hawke warned. "I'd wager they're using blood magic up there. You can smell it ... or see the corpses."

Amelia swallowed. Blood magic was rather high on the list of things that scared her, always aware of the line she walked as a mage. That fear was worse now she knew the source of Cullen's nightmares. She never wanted to expose him to such a thing again. "Then we need to stop the ritual," she said, adjusting her sweaty grasp on her staff.

Hawke nodded grimly. "You take point," she told Stroud. "I'll guard your backs."

Together, they moved into the tower. Stroud took the lead; it didn't surprise Amelia that Bull and Blackwall ushered her to the back with Varric and Hawke, trusting to the dwarf and the Champion to keep their Inquisitor safe. The tower was not what she had expected - there was no interior to explore. The oppressive Tevinter architecture was open to the sky, and unlike the shrine of Dumat, all the Old Gods were represented in the looming grotesques that lined the wide steps up to the ritual platform itself. But it wasn't the malevolent faces of Dumat and his fellows that wound her stomach into sickening knots. She could feel the magic in the air; worse, she could smell the blood. Hawke was right.

Together, their group crept up the steps, aware of the demonic presence ahead as they listened to the voices above them.

"Warden-Commander Clarel's orders were clear." That was a Tevinter voice - male and assured, and perhaps even a little gloating.

"This is wrong!" another voice objected - Ferelden, male, and very scared.

"Remember your oath," the Tevinter said, the purpose in his tone horrifying to hear. "In war, victory. In peace, vigilance. In death -" Amelia heard the sound of a blade cutting through flesh, the death rattle of a man's life stolen from him. "- sacrifice. Good. Now bind it, just as I showed you."

As one, Amelia and Hawke broke into a sprint, leaving Varric behind, reaching the top of the steps in tandem with Stroud, only to come upon a terrible scene. Six Warden warriors lay dead, their bodies discarded like so much rubbish; six Warden mages stood by, blood staining their hands; six demons lurked with them, bound by blood magic and human sacrifice to serve. And in their midst, a Tevinter mage, who turned to greet them with an offensive smile.

"Inquisitor." He bowed mockingly, pale eyes flickering to her marked hand. "What an unexpected pleasure. Lord Livius Erimond of Vyrantium, at your service."

"Dorian will be heartbroken to have missed reuniting with a former classmate," Amelia responded with biting sarcasm. Erimond had been on the list of possible Venatori her friend had put together - arrogant, too confident by half, and always on the look out for the next power boost.

"Devastated, I'm sure," Erimond responded in kind, his mouth twisted into a moue of distaste for the countryman who had clearly been telling her all kinds of accurate information.

Stroud growled with anger. "You are no Warden," he spat.

"But you are." Erimond sighed, shaking his head. "The one Clarel let slip. And you found the Inquisitor and came to stop me. Shall we see how that goes?"

"Wait!" Hawke pushed forward, addressing the Warden mages directly. "Wardens, this man is lying to you. He serves an ancient Tevinter magister who wants to unleash a Blight."

There was no reaction from the Wardens. Just the mention of a Blight usually made Wardens reach for their weapons, yet these six mages just stood there, seemingly concerned by their close proximity to the demons beside them. And suddenly Amelia knew the purpose of this ritual.

"Hawke, look at them," she urged her friend, tense and ready for the fight they could not avoid. "He's stolen their minds."

"And I was so hoping I could give you a demonstration," the Tevinter mocked. "But they did this to themselves. You see, the Calling had the Wardens terrified. They looked everywhere for help."

"They didn't come to the Inquisition," Amelia pointed out, but it was Stroud who answered her.

"The Inquisition was too new to be considered of much use," the Warden told her regretfully. "But I never thought Clarel would look to Tevinter."

"Yet she did," Erimond told him. "And since it was my master who put the Calling into their little heads, we in the Venatori were prepared. I went to Clarel, full of sympathy, and together we came up with a plan. Raise a demon army, march into the Deep Roads, and kill the Old Gods before they wake."

"Corypheus' demon army marching across Thedas," Amelia breathed. She didn't need to imagine it - she had seen it, almost a full year ago, in the false future she had visited with Dorian.

"Sounds familiar," Varric commented from behind her.

"And now you know how it begins," the Tevinter mocked their horror. "Sadly for the Wardens, the binding ritual I taught their mages has a side effect. They're now my master's slaves."

"You bastard," Hawke hissed angrily. "You used their fear against them."

"This is barely a handful of the mages in the Order," Stroud said then, aghast at how far his fellows had been prepared to go. "The others will not go along with this willingly."

"You're wrong there." Erimond chuckled, the sound painfully inappropriate uttered over the bodies of Wardens who had died believing they were doing the right thing. "This was ... a test. Once the rest of the Wardens have gathered, the mages will complete the ritual, and our army will conquer Thedas."

"Do you really want to see the world fall to a Blight?" Amelia demanded, unnerved by the silent attention of the Warden mages and their bound demons. "What do you get out of this?"

The Tevinter scoffed at her question. "The Elder One commands the Blight," he declared, clearly already feeling secure in his triumph. "He is not commanded by it, like the mindless darkspawn. The Blight is not unstoppable, or uncontrollable. It is simply a tool."

Amelia heard Hawke scoff in return, but Varric beat both of them to the obvious response. "Somebody's certainly a tool."

"As for me," Erimond continued, ignoring the dwarf's comment. "While the Elder One rules from the Golden City, we - the Venatori - will be his god-kings here in the world."

"Interesting you should say that," Amelia countered. "Your Elder One promised exactly the same thing to Grand Duchess Florianne de Chalons. I'm sure you've heard by now how that turned out for her."

"She was a fool to think she could ever stand as an equal to the Venatori," Erimond insisted airily. "The death of one woman, Empress or not, hardly compares to the corruption of the Grey Wardens."

"But the Venatori have nothing to do with this," Amelia pointed out. He was too confident; what did he have planned? "Corypheus himself influenced the Wardens, forced them onto this path."

"Ha! Forced them?" Erimond's laughter scratched at her taut nerves. "No. Everything you see here? The blood sacrifices to bind the demons? The Wardens did it of their own free will. Fear is a very good motivator, and they are very afraid."

Behind her, Amelia heard Blackwall's anger erupt. "That's a lie!" her friend snapped; she could only imagine how he felt seeing all this before him. "The Grey Wardens are heroes - they would never do this willingly!"

"The Grey Wardens will do anything to stop the Blights," the Tevinter scorned him. "You should have seen Clarel agonize over the decision. Burdens of command, I suppose."

"Why would Clarel risk using demons?" Hawke demanded. "She's a mage herself; she knows the dangers better than most."

"What a foolish question." Their adversary seemed to be tiring of his opportunity to gloat. "Demons need no food, no rest, no healing. Once bound, they will never retreat, never question orders - the perfect army, now bound to my master."

Amelia straightened her shoulders, readying herself for a fight. "Release the Wardens from the binding and surrender," she ordered him, her voice bleak. "I won't ask twice."

"No," Erimond agreed conversationally. "You won't."

He raised his hand toward her, and Amelia felt a horribly familiar tug from the Anchor on her palm. It resisted for just a moment, erupting into a sparking frenzy of undeniable agony that ripped up her arm as the mark flared with forced Fade light. She cried out, gripping her wrist as the pain drove her to her knees, her entire being focused on the devastating sensation of the mark trying to resist being torn from her very soul as the mage continued to speak over her torment.

"The Elder One showed me how to deal with you, in the event you were foolish enough to intervene again," he said, his tone smug with victory as her companions closed around her, as Varric reached out to touch her back. "That mark you bear? The Anchor that lets you pass safely through the Veil? You stole that from my master. He's been forced to seek other ways to access the Fade."

"Duchess?"

Amelia growled through the pain. "I'm all right, Varric," she promised her friend. "Just be ready."

She barely heard him passing her warning on to the others, fighting through the agony that had engulfed her arm and hand to bring her will to bear. This was why she had been studying Rift Magic, knowing that eventually Corypheus would try to kill her with the Anchor again. It was hers now, an indelible part of her, and she had learned how to use it. Forcing herself to ignore the pain, she sent her awareness searching for what had to be there. She had learned the Anchor well over the last year or so; this pain related to a connection of some sort - an unwelcome connection, for the pain was magnified a hundred-fold. There. That was where the mage's power had touched her.

"When I bring him your head," Erimond was crowing, "his gratitude will be -" He broke off suddenly, thrown back as Amelia forced his touch from the Anchor, gifting him with just a taste of the pain he had inflicted on her, pain that made him scream like the coward he was. He scrambled back as she rose onto her feet. "Kill them!" his shrill voice demanded in terror. "Kill them all!"

The mindless Wardens and their bound demons turned to strike, but Amelia and her people were ready for them. She raised the Anchor, letting it retaliate for the attempt to destroy its host. A rift opened above the attackers, tendrils of Fade energy reaching to drag the demons back beyond the Veil, where they could do no harm to the world of the living. Without their bound allies, the Warden mages were no match for the enemy they faced - an enemy that was angry and more than motivated enough to shrug off underpowered spells. It was just as well, really; even as she caught sight of Erimond's escape, Amelia collapsed onto her knees, her muscles seizing with just the echo of the pain so recently endured.

"You were right," Stroud said in disgust, shaking the blood from his sword. "Through their ritual, the mages are slaves to Corypheus."

"And the Warden warriors?" Hawke asked in an acid tone. Her gray eyes flicked down to the corpses at their feet. "Oh, of course. It's not real blood magic until someone gets sacrificed."

Eased back onto her feet with Blackwall's help, Amelia scowled. They might have won this round, but this wasn't a victory. "Who looks at this and thinks it's a good idea?" she asked in a hopeless voice.

"The fearful and the foolish," Hawke said simply. She turned, concern clouding her expression as she considered the Inquisitor. "Amelia, are you all right?"

"I just need to rest, that's all," Amelia assured the Champion. "That's the second time someone's tried to kill me with my own hand. It wasn't any more pleasant this time around."

"Kill you?" Hawke sounded shocked. "Is the pain that bad?"

"Worse, probably," Amelia told her wearily. "But the Anchor always hurts. I've grown used to it. I don't think they'll be trying that again, though. I threw a fair amount of the pain straight back at our blood mage friend there."

"You need to rest," Blackwall told her, his tone brooking no argument. "You're barely on your feet as it is."

"We can track back to Griffon Wing Keep," Bull suggested. "Safest place to rest up before we go looking for the Wardens."

"I believe I know where they are," Stroud offered them, his voice sombre. "The direction Erimond fled ... there's an abandoned Warden fortress that way. Adamant."

"Then that's where we'll go," Amelia began, but to everyone's surprise, it was Varric who headed that off.

"You're not going anywhere, Duchess," the dwarf said firmly. "We did what we came to do. Let our Wardens find the others, and you can send a message to Skyhold when we know more."

"He's right," Hawke said, overriding the objection that rose on the tip of Amelia's tongue. "Stroud and I can scout out Adamant, and confirm that the other Wardens are there. We'll meet you back at the Keep. You've faced enough for one day."

Had anyone else said that, Amelia might have argued. But this was Hawke, a woman who had been at the forefront herself, who knew that one person could not do it all and survive. Accepting the advice, she sagged against Blackwall gratefully. "All right," she conceded. "If you're not back by sunset, we'll come for you."

That decided, Hawke and Stroud were quick to get going, but Amelia refused to leave the tower before one more task was completed. Despite their ignoble deaths, the Wardens were still heroes; she refused to leave their bodies to rot beside the remains of Tevinter victims from centuries before. To her surprise, there was no argument from her companions. Blackwall set her down in the shade to rest, ordering her not to move, and he, Varric, and Iron Bull got to work building a pyre from the bleached wood that littered the sands. They wouldn't even let her light it, concerned by how weary she was after her encounter with Erimond. Varric intoned the chant for the departed over the pyre, and they each stood for some time in quiet contemplation of what this all meant.

Though it pained her to admit it, the circumstances all pointed toward the inevitability of an assault on the Grey Wardens, a war to save them from themselves. That was not a prospect that filled Amelia with hope. The Wardens were legendary fighters; they would fight all the harder with the Calling in their hearts, and with demons to bolster them ... Her mind shuddered back from the thought of those casualties. Yet it could not be helped. Corypheus could not be permitted to corrupt the Wardens so thoroughly.

At Griffon Wing Keep, she was examined by healers and finally allowed to rest, but the sound of raised voices roused her from sleep before the sun dipped below the horizon. She groaned, every part of her aching, dragging herself up from her bedroll to look out through the flap of her tent. Hawke and Stroud were no more than ten feet away, snarling at each other.

"The Wardens are wrong, Hawke, but they have their reasons," Stroud was saying, in deep tones of exasperation.

"All blood mages do," Hawke countered hotly. "Everyone has a story they tell themselves to justify bad decisions ... and it never matters in the end. In the end, you are always alone with your decisions."

"They are not alone," Stroud argued as forcefully as he dared. "That Tevinter has used their fear against them -"

"Fear is no reason to consort with demons!" the Champion shouted, throwing up her hands. "Kirkwall was rife with fear and blood magic, and what did that accomplish?"

"This is not Kirkwall!" the Warden snapped back at her. "This is the fate of the world!"

"A world saved by blood magic is not a world I want to be a part of!"

"That's enough, both of you," Amelia interjected, stepping painfully out of her tent. "We don't have so many friends that we can afford to alienate each other through differing opinions."

"Blood magic is wrong," Hawke insisted. "My own mother lost her life to blood magic!"

"Yes, it is wrong," Amelia agreed, "but ... Grey Wardens use whatever means necessary to end a Blight. They believe they are all dying out. In their place, I would probably have made the same decision."

"But you know Corypheus is behind this!" Hawke protested.

"And they don't," Amelia reminded her forcefully. "I don't agree with their decision, of course I don't. But I do understand it. Taking out your anger on a friend is not going to help the situation." As Hawke subsided, bowing to the logic in her argument, Amelia turned her gaze onto Stroud. "Neither is trying to force others to see the Wardens' argument," she told him. "Blood magic evokes visceral reactions in everyone. All you are doing is inviting angry words and tempers."

She watched them both absorb her words, glad she still had their ear when it came to this. There was an awkward exchange of glances, muttered apologies, and Stroud moved away to join his fellow loyal Grey Wardens at their camp fire. Hawke scowled after him, clearly angry he couldn't or wouldn't see this from her perspective, but she let him go, turning back to Amelia.

"You look marginally better than you did earlier," she commented, gesturing for the Inquisitor to sit. "Whatever Erimond did, it took a lot out of you."

Amelia sighed softly. Her hand still throbbed, sending ripples of that pain up along her arm every now and then, but it was a vast improvement on how she had felt in the immediate aftermath. "I'll be fine in the morning," she promised, with a certain amount of feigned confidence. "Did you find anything?"

"We tracked that Venatori mage back to Adamant Fortress." Hawke nodded as she, too, sat down by the fire, meeting Varric's gaze with wry humor. "Stroud estimates that around a third of the Wardens haven't yet reached them."

"We should try to slow them up, if we can," Amelia mused thoughtfully. "It'll take time for Cullen to get our forces here."

"So we're going up against the Wardens," Varric said, his voice heavy. "That's just great."

"I don't see that we have much choice," Amelia admitted, not exactly thrilled with the idea herself. "We have to stop them before they all complete the ritual, and with Erimond whispering in her ear, Clarel isn't even going to know I want to talk to her."

"So we have to get you to her," Hawke said firmly. "The Wardens won't make that easy."

"We?" Amelia asked in surprise.

Hawke flashed her a bright grin. "You didn't think I was going to let you have all the fun, did you?"

"Only you would call this fun," Varric chuckled, sobering as he looked over at his best friend. "Thanks for coming."

"You did well, Varric," Hawke told him with a fond smile for her friend. "The Inquisitor is ... just who we need."

"Oh, it's been great," the dwarf drawled sarcastically. "Murderous Wardens, archdemon attacks, plenty of blood mages and crazy templars. Just like home."

Hawke chuckled lightly. "All the same, you're where you need to be," she pointed out mildly. "I know how much you hated leaving Kirkwall."

"This is the ass end of Thedas," Varric declared. "You know they eat snails here?"

"And grilled drake in deathroot sauce," Amelia added, laughing at his grimace.

"Don't remind me," he groaned, shuddering just at the thought of that particular local dish. "Still, I think ... I need to finish this out. If it weren't for me and Bartrand, none of this would have happened." He sighed, shaking his head. "So much for changing our lives."

"That's what happens when you try to change things," Hawke told him regretfully. "Things change. You can't always control how."

"Well, getting rich without the side order of crazy doesn't seem too much to ask," Varric grumped, but Amelia could see how much Hawke's mere presence was a comfort to him. What a gift, to have a friendship like that.

She excused herself, not wanting to intrude on the best friends' conversation. Besides, there was something she needed to do, sooner rather than later. The ravens watched from their cages as she wrote carefully on the little message slip, trying to cram as much in there as she possibly could. This situation was beyond her. She needed help.

C,L,J - assault necessary on Adamant Fortress ASAP. Agents required to prevent remaining Wardens' arrival. Will meet army in Hissing Wastes and clear Venatori presence. Bring friends. Come soon. - A

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felassan · 4 months ago

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"Journal #3 Dragon Age: The Veilguard is coming October 31 Pre-orders Open Now Hello everyone, We’re excited to finally share the release date for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which is officially October 31, 2024 worldwide! Please note, this is a simultaneous release; we will announce exact timing at a later date. We want to extend a huge shout out to the Dragon Age community for your patience and enthusiasm; we can't wait for you to jump into the role of Rook and embark on your journey to save Thedas. We know the wait has been long, but the wait will be worth it. In the meantime, we want to give you a hint at what's in store for you in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. You're leading a desperate fight for the future of Thedas with your companions, the stakes are higher than ever. So grab a seat and click on the thumbnail below to watch this brand new trailer (includes some small story spoilers). “As someone who’s been working on Dragon Age for over 15 years, I know just how much our community has been looking forward to this day, and I’m equally excited to share and celebrate that the game will officially launch on October 31,” said John Epler, Creative Director of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. “We wanted to give you the choice to really express yourself, and do that in a world full of adventure and danger. So whether you’re a Warrior, Rogue or a Mage, we can’t wait for you to gear up, gather your party, and set out for another thrilling adventure through Thedas this Halloween.” As a character-driven RPG, Dragon Age: The Veilguard offers you a crafted experience woven from the threads of rich storytelling and fantasy worldbuilding the franchise is known for. In this bold, heroic adventure, you will experience expansive and dynamic stories that navigate love, loss, and complex choices that affect relationships and the fate of each member of the Veilguard. In true Dragon Age fashion, these bonds of fellowship are the foundation upon which Rook’s journey is built, and it will be up to you to determine how their personal story unfolds. Pre-Orders Now Open Fans who pre-order* the Standard Edition of Dragon Age: The Veilguard for $69.99 USD‡ on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, or $59.99 USD‡ on PC via Steam, EA App and Epic Games Store will receive cosmetic Blood Dragon Armor sets for Warrior, Mage and Rogue classes. EA Play Pro† members on the EA App will enjoy unlimited access to the EA Play Pro Edition* starting October 31st. Check out the full breakdown of the different editions we have available here: Digital Editions"

"- Standard Edition - Dragon Age: The Veilguard - PC: $59.99‡| Console: $69.99 USD‡"

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Snippets. 🐺💜

The DA:TV release date reveal trailer is considered to contain only mild story spoilers [source]

In the week of August 19th (week of the High-Level Combat & PC Spotlight), specifically the gameplay will be "high-level warrior combat gameplay" [source]. The Rook shown will be a Warrior Elf [source]

User: "Morrigan 😍" / Dragon Age on Threads: "She 💜" [source]

User: "Will there be any other editions of the game or just the Standard and Deluxe?" / Dragon Age on Threads: "We have a collector's edition too! [link]" [source]

User: "Everyone greatly approves 💜✨" / Dragon Age on Threads: "Rook's feeling especially approved-of today 💜" [source]

BioWare: "We can't wait for you to jump into the role of Rook and embark on your journey to save Thedas." [source]

BioWare describe the physical merch/bonus items that come with Rook's Coffer as Rook's personal effects, and the tools of their resistance [source]

User: "Id love to preorder if the bloody website worked!" / BioWare on Twitter: "Sorry about that, the page is working now! [link]" [source]

User: "WHERE IS THE COLLECTOR EDITION????? 😭😭" / BioWare on Twitter: "Right here! [link]" [source]

User: "Will there be a physical version purchasable in stores ? My internet is slow lol I would need almost a week to download the game via internet" / BioWare on Twitter: "Yes, retailers will have physical copies available :)" [source]

User: "Thank the whole team from the bottom of my heart… Dreams come true… Trailer is amazing 💜" / BioWare on Twitter: "Thanks for being a fan, we appreciate you too!" [source]

User: "Is it just digital or will there be physical copies (I'm fine with either, but if a physical is going to be available, would want that)?" / BioWare on Twitter: "Physical copies will be available for PO through retailers :)" [source]

User: "where can we preorder a physical copy for consoles?" / BioWare on Twitter: "Retailers will be offering physical copies for PO, the Game Stop page is already up!" [source]

User: "It’s also being released on my birthday!!!!! 🥳🥳" / BioWare on Twitter: "🎶Happy birthday to you!" [source]

User: "Omygoddess….!!! I am so happy…. This was even better than I could have imagined. Thank you thank you thank you!!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥" / BioWare on Twitter: "You are so welcome!" [source]

User: "Pre-ordered!" / BioWare on Twitter: "Can't wait for you to play it! Is it October yet!?" [source]

User: "Can't wait!! Bought my copy. I am so psyched!!" / BioWare on Twitter: "We can't wait for you to play it!" [source]

User: "Asdfghh finally😩 [image of Mass Effect Space Hamster bursting out of their cage]" / BioWare on Twitter: "Please return the space hamster to the Normandy before it gets lost!" [source]

Also, some recent snippets from the official BioWare Discord server:

Platform-specific pre-order links: PlayStation Store, XBox Store, Steam, Epic Games storefront Standard edition, Epic Games storefront Deluxe edition. Also [this] is the GameStop pre-order link. The GameStop one is physical

User: "Will [Rook's Coffer] be for sale by Canada retailers?" / Community Manager: "Please check in with your local retailers as I do not have this information, sorry!"

User: "When are the physical edition preorders going up?" / CM: "this is retailer dependent so you'll need to check in with your local retailer! there will be physical discs available for consoles."

EA's own buy page for DA:TV was broken (led to 404) but is now working for both digital standard and digital deluxe pre-orders

User: "What’s the Vyrantium pack? Is that the steelcase version?" / CM: "you'll need to check in with local retailers on that one!"

CM: "There will be a physical edition for consoles. I've seen the preorders go up on Game Stop, but please check in with your local retailers!"

CM: "Some retailers haven't stood up their buy pages yet (Barnes and Noble, Amazon) so keep checking back!"

CM: "I am working in the background on just more emotes [for the Discord] in general"

User: "just to be sure i dont buy the wrong thing. thers no collectors edition with the game. deluxe is the highest and then the coffer is extra but no game right?" / CM: "thats correct, everything is pretty laid out here [link]"

User: "For "Rooks Coffee Edition" it says the game isn't included. Does that mean I need to buy this edition and the game separately?" / CM: "correct"

For a while Steam said that the game's release date was October 10th. This was incorrect and a CM let them know, it has since been amended to the real October 31st date

User: "What would be the storage size for the game for consoles and PC?" / CM: "100gb approx"

User: "So the roadmap said release date trailer and announcement, do we know what the announcement is?" / CM: "release date announcement" / User: "Is the “announcement” from roadmap just that we’re getting blood dragon armor? Or am I missing something" / CM: "release date trailer + release date announcement"

User: "do we know when preorder date ends? i might have to wait until october 1st paycheck" / CM: "When the game comes out! (the Rook's Coffer is limited amount, but the digital game should be available until Oct 31)"

Violet: "Whoever wants to know - this is my first blog at EA that I have authored - [link] (thats my fun tidbit)"

User: "Will the rooks coffer edition be available after release or is it only preorder?" / CM: "its limited run, so itll be available until it sells out"

User: "is the artbook on the bioware store the same one as the one on dark horse?" / CM: "there's 3 editions, but its all the same book"

User: "not sure if you can talk about this (either because Bioware isn't ready or because you personally don't know), how will the cosmetics be delievered in game? IIRC, there is no online connection" / CM: "wdym? Its just there when you start it up or it isnt (like if you dont preorder)" / User: "In DAI it was stored in a chest in Haven and later at Skyhold (the armors)" / CM: "It's just in your inventory I think? I don't remember like "picking it up" or anything."

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User: "One last question about the specs! Does anyone know if GeForce GTX™ 1660 Ti will be good enough for Veilguard? I feel like it's a lot worse than required" / CM: "Obv I can't really say much yet but let me quell your fears a touch - it looks NICE. game is BEAUTIFUL"

User: "If you guys win [Game of the Year at TGA] we demand an award speech in here 😆" Violet: "I'll be at TGAs in person this year, so wont be here in the discord"

CM: "Retailers like gamestop are selling physical editions. Think you'll just have to find a retailer in your area that has some ordered (I dont have links for that)''

CM: ''all pre-orders should receive the Blood Dragon cosmetic armors''

CM: "Still a LOT more info coming before launch 👀"

User: "i always played dragon age on pc... looks like this one is meant for console. anyone knows if its more controller oriented or stick to pc" / CM: "we have a whole PC spotlight coming if you want to wait for that to decide."

[source: the official BioWare Discord server]

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