Scouting Report for "Scout the Hinterlands"

by Lead Scout Harding

We avoided the fighting as best we could-it's every bit as bad as we'd feared. The apostates are mad, attacking anything that moves, and it appears that the templars here aren't following anyone's orders any longer. We located Mother Giselle and are trying to protect her, but she refuses to leave the refugees until we've ensured their safety. That will be hard to do without troops to push the apostates and the templars out of the area.

Commander Cullen asked me to make inquiries of Master Dennet, a retired horsemaster of Redcliffe, who lives in the area. We tried to contact him about obtaining better horses for the Inquisition, but we've been unable to get through the fighting.

Advisors Suggestions

Cullen: N/A

Josephine: N/A

Leliana: If Giselle dies, any hope of Chantry support dies with her. My scouts will slip past the fighting, find her, and protect her with their lives.

Operations, or Advisor-specific Quests

Mission operations are completed by one advisor of your choice. An advisor can only undertake one mission at a time and will perform said mission for a set time. Some advisors will finish the mission in a shorter amount of time. Depending on which advisor engages the operation, the Inquisitor may receive different rewards. Or different repercussions.

Operation: Contact Clan Lavellan

The quest Contact Clan Lavellan is one of the Inquisitor background stories exclusive towards a certain race/class Inquisitor. In the case of the demo, which included a Dalish Elf from the clan Lavellan, one of the quests directly involves the clan from which the Inquisitor originates from.

Clan Lavellan offers greetings to the Inquisition and wishes it well in sealing the Breach that has opened in the sky. While some Dalish clans hate humans and wish nothing to do with them, Clan Lavellan has always dealt fairly with all and wished only for peace. That said, we have on occasion been forced to defend ourselves from those who saw us only as potential victims.

It has come to our attention that a member of our clan is being held captive by your Inquisition. She went to the Conclave only to observe the peace talks between your mages and templars, and we find it highly unlikely that she intentionally violated your customs. If she has been charged with a crime, we would appreciate hearing of it. If not, it would ease our concerns to hear from her to know that she remains with the Inquisition of her own will.

We await your reply.

Keeper Istimaethoriel Lavellan

Advisor Suggestions

Cullen (12 Minutes): My troops can deliver news of your safety and make it clear that the Inquisition should be taken seriously.

Josephine (15 Minutes): Your people must be approached carefully. One of our elven scribes could deliver a message and share news of the Inquisition's fair treatment.

Leliana (15 Minutes): The Dalish respect deeds, not words. Let my elven agents deliver something the clan needs as a show of good faith.

[Ashe's Speculation: Choosing Cullen's suggestion would reduce the time by 3 minutes, but considering the second part noticeably marks the objective of making sure the Inquisition is "taken seriously", this can foreshadow a negative impact on the relationship between the Lavellan clan and the Inquisition. Some advisors may be ill-suited for certain situations, while others are much more amiable.]