Dragon Age Origins Walkthrough Part 22 – Urn of Sacred Ashes, Part 2
Ruined Temple
Follow Genitivi up the slope to the door. He will open the door and head into the temple. Head over to the first pillar on the left to find a book. This gives you the codex entry, “Andraste: Bride of the Maker”.
Now continue on to the West down the passage in that wall. Continue to the end of it to find the corpse of an Adventurer. Investigate it to gain the sealed letter which opens the quest, “Unbound”. Now turn to the South and head into the chamber below. Deal with the Cultist inside and open the Cabinet to the East of the door. Inside is a Taper which you will need later on in the Temple. Loot the other for a gift and some other useful items.
Now head across the main chamber into the Eastern passage opposite the one you were just inside. Continue to the end to find a door in the Eastern wall. Open it and head through to find a ruined library. The Scroll pile yields some Ancient Encrypted Scrolls. This opens the side quest, “Forgotten Verses”. Continue on to the book beyond it. This gives the codex entry, “The Old Gods. Continue to the East to find the Ancient Texts. Investigate it to get the “Scroll of Banastor”. Now head into the Southern portion of the room. Behind the book cases you will find a chest with some good loot inside it. Return to the Main Chamber.
Head North, up the stairs, to the next landing. As you ascend you will be attacked by a number of Cultists. After their defeat, continue upwards to the next level. Once there, go into the Western Passage there. Down this passage you will encounter both Cultists and a creature named Bronto. Continue down to the West to enter more Cultists. Defeat them all and press on into the Western Chamber. There, investigate the Ancient Texts pile to find another Scroll of Banastor. Loot the chest in the room to get some goodies then turn to the South. Head into the Southern room to trigger another fight with Cultists. Defeat them all then loot the Southern and Southwestern room in this area.
In the Southwestern room, on the second bench from the door in the first row, you can find a book. This gives the codex entry, “The Sermons of Divine Renata I”. Next head over to the Southwestern corner of this room to find a pile of Dusty Scrolls with some loot in it. Continue onto the door and open it up. Get at the Ornate Chest just inside to find the key (and the important Black Pearl inside) for the South-East Chamber.
Backtrack down the stairs and go into the lower East passage (this room is marked on your map under the same name). As your party descends the stairs, it will be attacked by more Cultists. Use the key to get inside it. Inside, go at the first chest you see to acquire the Main Hall Key. Turn around to find 2 more chests to loot.
Head back up the stairs. Before you start down the Main Hall, there is still a second cooridor to explore. Head into the Eastern cooridor there and go to the end. You will find a Fallen Knight's corpse. Loot it to collect the Armor of Diligence and sometimes a bit more.
Now return to the Main Chamber and head North to find the door into the Main Hall. On the other side of the door you will find more Cultists awaiting you there. They are backed up with a more powerful Mage and a pair of Ash Wraiths. Take them all out. Head to the top of the stairs after the fight. Investigate the Brazier there and the Taper will ignite it, giving you the “Holy Brazier” codex entry. Now head to the Metal door just above it.
On the other side you will find even more Cultists awaiting you. Defeat them and head through the next door into the following chamber. There is an Ash Wraith with Cultists support which includes a Mage. Kill the Mage immediately to stop the damage they are inflicting. After that is time to explore. This room has a pair of passages. They both lead to the same place but what is in them is different.
Western Passage:
Head West then turn South when you find the door. Run through the next 2 chambers. AT the far end of the second chamber you will find a Cultist Mage who is supporting 2 Ash Wraiths. Kill the Mage then the Wraiths. Head through the door that the Mage was blocking then break to the West.
In the following chamber you will find a number of chest. Many of these are trapped. The one that is to the North of the door you came through has an Ash Wraith inside it. Turn to the South and investigate the 2 chests there. The one of the left has 2 Ash Wraiths inside it. The one next to it has 3 Ash Wraiths inside it. Turn to the locked chest on the Western Wall. It has loot inside it. Now continue to the North up the stairs. At the top of the stairs the Party will be attacked by more Cultists. Beyond that is a door that leads to the Wyrmling Lair.
Eastern Passage
Head into the Eastern room and turn South. Go through the pair of doors there. On the other side of the second door lingers a group of Cultists with a Mage in their ranks. Head all the way to the South then turn to the East. In this corner chamber the party needs to face down a Mage with 2 Ash Wraiths beating on you. As always, immediately attack the Mage then deal with the Wraiths.
Turn North after that. At the top of the stairs the Party has another group of Cultists to deal with. After them, just head to the East and up the stairs to reach the Wyrmling Lair.
