Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Downloadable content

Since the release of Dragon Age, there has been a large amount of optional, downloadable content.  This ranges from anything from new equipment, new quests, areas, and even new playable characters.

The Stone Prisoner
The first released piece of downloadable content, and my personal favorite DLC, is The Stone Prisoner.  The content adds a new quest, a new town, and a new playable character, the golem, Shale.  It begins with the player's party finding a strange item called a control rod.  After asking a local merchant, the player learns that the rod can control a golem.
Shale in 'The Stone Prisoner'
After much investigating in the town of Honneleath, the player awakens Shale, the sleeping golem, and can ultimately convice him to join the party.  Shale can be used throughout the entire game, and has his own personal history and storyline to add.  In addition to this, Shale's presence can also affect what happens towards the end of the game concerning Wynne.

Leliana's Song
Another lengthy piece of downloadable content is Leliana's Song.  This campaign takes place years before the events of Dragon Age: Origins in Orlay, the continent across the ocean from Ferelden.  In Leliana's Song, the player plays as Leliana and her Orlesian companions and follows the events leading up to and following her betrayal.

Leliana's Song


She is living as an assassin/bard and gets caught up in a treasonous conspiracy and is ultimately left for dead by her mentor, Marjolaine.  In Dragon Age: Origins, the player along with Leliana can confront Marjolaine one last time.  Marjolaine can also be killed during this encounter.  The campaign lasts about 3 hours and adds a great amount of depth to the character of Leliana.

Witch Hunt
The final DLC for Dragon Age: Origins is a campaign called Witch Hunt.  The campaign takes place after the defeat of the Arch Demon, and can only be played in the Warden does not die at the end of the story.  It begins with the Warden feeling unsatisfied by Morrigan's disappearance at the end of the game.  It is important to note that if the Warden ever slept with Morrigan, that she will be pregnent by the end of the story, this happens even if the Warden declines Morrigan's offer.  After gathering a small party of random adventurers, the Warden sets out to find Morrigan, the reason for which, can be a variety of things.
Morrigan returns in 'Witch Hunt'
Depending of the events of the first game concerning Morrigan, the player can be pursuing Morrigan for a range of reasons.  If Morrigan was the Warden's lover in Dragon Age, and it ended well, the Warden pursues Morrigan because he loves her and wants to see his child.  If the player refuses Morrigan's deal, and never romanced her, the Warden can be pursuing Morrigan to either kill her or ask her questions about her disappearance.  

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