Dragon Age Origins Walkthrough Part 38 – A Lord's Trust, Part 1

Dragon Age Origins Walkthrough Part 38 – A Lord's Trust, Part 1

Harrowmont – A Lord's Trust: The First Task
Head into the Harrowmont's Estate that is North of the Entrance to the Diamond Quarter. Dulin, Harrowmont's Lieutenant, is straight ahead from the entrance. Talk with him and say you want to work with Harrowmont to take down your brother. Dulin tells you the Bhelen has gotten most of Harrowmont's fighters to back down. Dulin, if you say you want to find out why the Fighters, Baizyl and Gwiddon, dropped out, will encourage this. Foremost though he wants you to enter the Proving as Harrowmont's champion to work against Bhelen. With that in place, head back to the Merchant District and go to the Proving Grounds in the center of it.

Once in the Proving Grounds the first priority is talking to the 2 fighters who backed down. Baizyl is found to the left of the Proving Master. Talk with him and you quickly can find out through persuasion or intimidation just why he withdraw. He reveals that Bhelen's men have turned up Love Letters between him and an old flame. If he fights the letters will be exposed, causing a lot of trouble for everyone involved. You can offer to get the letters back. He tells you that Bhelen's fighter Myaja has the letters. Head to the South from here and through the metal door there. Head into Myaja's quarters, which are locked and head over to the chest on the left to claim the old love letters. Bring them back to Baizyl. You can get some money from him if you care then get him back in the fight.

Head to the North through the Metal Doors to find the second fighter, Gwiddon. He reveals that he has heard that Lord Harrowmont is going to withdraw his claim. You can refute it on your own merit if you chose a Dwarven Noble otherwise it is up to intimidation or persuasion. After that, head over to the Proving master and it is time to start the Proving in the name of Harrowmont. Talk with the Proving Master to get things started.

The Proving
Round 1
Seweryn
He comes at you with Sword and Shield. While he can do some good damage, it is easy enough to keep him stunned or in trouble to take him down. As it is a One on One fight, focus most of damage or incapacitating as effectively as possible.

Round 2
Lucjan and Myaja
It is Two on One here. Myaja is the more straight forward fighter and will come at you. Lucjan is a Rogue and aims to get some Backstabbing in. This means it is much better to move around and not let him get behind you. Start with spread attacks that can hit at least 2 opponents to get some good, quick damage in on both. Focus on Lucjan first as he is coming at you with 2 weapons and has a higher attack speed. Myaja is good to take down second because of the sword and shield combination.

Round 3
Hanashan
She comes in with a 2-handed weapon. This means more power but less speed. Getting a stun and just tearing into her is a swift way to end the fight. Otherwise just focus on getting some defenses up to withstand some attacks and pound away on her.

Round 4
Velanz and Wojech
This is paired combat so you can a friend along. This can be anyone in your party or either Baizyl or Gwiddon (if you got either or both back into the Proving). Wojeck comes out with a Sword and Shield while Velanz has a short sword and mace. The fights are fairly even here so go after whoever your partner is not attacking.

Round 5
This is Squad on Squad combat. It is time for a full on battle here. You can call in both of the Harrowmont fighters for aid here and it is highly recommended as 4 on 1 is a horrible fight. Piotin should be the focus of all your attacks. He is the strongest of the squad and will take the most work to finish off. He works with a Shield and Axe. When possible use area attacks to hit both Piotin and his men to thin their numbers. This will aid in getting your support to Piotin more quickly.

With all this completed, head over to the Tapster to talk with Dulin and complete the quest.