Summary
- An elf sold into slavery by Loghain and Howe survived the ordeal and became a Shadow Dragon.
- Lorelei’s troubled past is revealed by a codex entry written by Lace Harding.
- Unfortunately, Lorelei can still perish during the events of The Veilguard.
Dragon Age: Origins has the irreverent sort of writing that BioWare and contemporary RPG developers used to be known for – but the biting sarcasm of the original Dragon Age is often interspersed with moments of genuine darkness. One of these moments is undoubtedly the quest Unrest in the Alienage, where the Warden discovers a human trafficking ring in Denerim’s Alienage.
Loghain Mac Tir certainly has redeemable qualities, which is why he’s actually quite popular within the Dragon Age fan base. However, an extreme black mark on his character is his complicity in allowing Tevinter to enslave Denerim’s innocent elves. That’s one of the charms of Dragon Age though – not every character is necessarily a good person. In fact, I’m not sure any of the companions in Dragon Age 2 are good people… except Bethany, Bethany is too pure for that city.
Lorelei, Shadow Dragon Fence
This abhorrent crime orchestrated by Loghain and his advisor Rendon Howe is referenced in Dragon Age: The Veilguard through the character Lorelei. Lorelei is the proprietor of the pawn shop that acts as a front for the Shadow Dragons in Dock Town. She’s also the Shadow Dragons’ fence, trading items with Rook.
Of course, you can’t just strike up conversations with NPCs in Dragon Age: The Veilguard so this information is instead gleaned from the codex entry “Lorelei, the Shadow Dragon Fence.” The entry is a note written by Lace Harding, describing some of Lorelei’s background.
I thought Lorelei might be from Ferelden from the way she called her assistant “pup,” and how she seems to be just a little bit more interested in news about the South than most people live met up here.
During the Fifth Blight, Teyrn Loghain sold people from the Denerim alienage to Tevinter slavers to fund his war. Lorelei was one of those people. She doesn’t want to talk about what happened, but it sounds like she joined the Shadows after they helped free her—in a rebellion they supported.
Lorelei wears a little wood carving of Denerim’s vhenadahl (Tree of the People). It’s the one thing she kept from there. The slavers took everything else.
It’s gratifying that Lorelei survived her ordeal with the slavers, but she can unfortunately still perish if Rook decides to protect Treviso rather than Minrathous during Act 1’s big choice. If the opposite decision is made then Fletcher of the Antivan Crows will perish instead.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is the long-awaited fourth game in the fantasy RPG series from BioWare formerly known as Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. A direct sequel to Inquisition, it focuses on red lyrium and Solas, the aforementioned Dread Wolf.