Saddest warden death ending zevran romance "Zevran lingered in Denerim for a time, mourning the loss of his love and working for the Fereldan throne as a distraction. Eventually the Crows came after him once again and he elected to take the fight to their doorstep, returning to Antiva. After four master assassins disappeared, the Crows readmitted Zevran--as their leader. He maintained a distance from his former comrades even then, and despite frequent offers of new bed mates, never loved again."

When he said "I thought we would be together forever." I died a little inside.

I teared up a little but only because in one of my play-throughs I developed an attachment to him. Quite frankly I was disappointed in his reaction. I was expecting more emotion

i chose to die because i didnt want alistair to sleep with morrigan haha....

I wish this autonomy had more of an impact to DAI. You'd think it would, but nothing comes of it. Like wtf.

I was sort of hoping he'd be banging his fists on the ground, yelling "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"

Wow, this ending is actually really good. The fact that Alistair, the templar, who despises blood magic and has the whole "watch mages carefully" attitude branded into him even if he hasn't completed his training telling Greagoir that the new Circle will have complete autonomy is a big step.

The first time I played this through, I was like "Oh its okay, Alistair doesn't need to have sex with Morrigan....Riordan can take the final blow, nobody cares about him." But then....RIORDAN FREAKING DIED IN ADVANCE. AND I HAD TO SACRIFICE ALISTAIR. I was actually crying....I was like "WAAAAH :( RELOAD RELOAD RELOAD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN." ahaha

It's surprising, I was thinking, Alistair being the most openly emotional person in the party would be more sappy about this ending but this is a bit disappointing. There's no love in what he's saying, I wonder if they kept every other dialogue the same other than the "I thought we'd be together forever" line, which is sad...

Damn.. That's horrible. I feel so guilty for letting Morrigan do that ritual, but I was too egoistic to let Alistair or my warden die.. I couldn't live with this ending here

i did the blood magic thing with Morrigan. I cannot kill my warden nor Alistair :(

No, thats what I did in my first game as a human noble. :) There was no way I was going to die or let him die. As a bonus, she is Queen of Ferelden. But I had to see all the endings...

“We are gathered here to pay respects” F

How did you get that ending ? I mean ... the one time I was playing a Warden romancing Alistair without doing the dark ritual, he threw himself in my way to do it before I could do it because he could not bear the thought of losing me. He said that it would be his greatest act as king, and I answered that it wasn't the only reason that he had a duty to his people to uphold, and then he just said 'You're right, that's not the real reason - I couldn't bear to lose you' and then he charged before I could react. A genuine tear was shed before the utter hubris of that moment.

@keatyton Actually, it DOES give you the sugary happy ending if you make Alistair sleep with Morrigan. Then neither you nor Alistair have to die, and for the (relatively small compared to Alistair having to sacrifice himself) price of Alistair having to have sex with someone he hates and also for the (again relatively small compared to you having to sacrifice yourself) price of you having to watch your boyfriend sleep with someone else, you and Alistair can both have a happy ending.

I'm glad I watched this, because now I don't have to sacrifice my warden to see what happens lol My wardens will survive and have half-elf babies with Zevran ^^;;

I did this. It actually made me cry. It was amazing.

Omg this is what is going to happen to my Mage. How sad. ( yes I know you can get Alistair to have a child with morrigan or have Alistair die but my Mage would never do that. Not her type )

I'm not crying, my face is leaking.

Cried soooo hard at the end of this game. My Warden had just become engaged to Alistair after the Landsmeet...and then she ended up having to sacrifice herself to kill the Archdemon. (Cause I definitely wasn't going for Morrigan's plan) And I was not going to let Alistair sacrifice himself. So, I found myself with only one option left. Gahh...SO HEARTBREAKING.

the ending is so awesome. one of the few games where i get a real sense of accomplishment when i complete it. dragon age origins; a modern classic.

This is SO good game. When I finished the game it was kind of a bittersweet thing. I was happy that the archdemon was defeated,but at the same time sad for this to end ( This sounds freakish and no-life,but it had a great story and characters) Best story ever in game. they should make a movie out of this

That was seriously the saddest ending ever. Poor Alistair. I love the new tower thing - very powerful. What a game =)

it the games like these i never want to forget when i get older

I thought my "best" ending was hardening Alistair, making him marry Anora, and letting Loghain sacrifice himself. Alistair hated my dalish elf for letting Loghain live, but he doesn't run off if he's stuck marrying Anora.

@SolaceLight He doesn't go to your funeral in that case, Anora gives your eulogy.

Oh god.. Why did I watch this.. My heart hurts.

Thank you! :D I'm glad you enjoy them.

I used spirit dmg resist pots and had the troops melee the dragon and die. My mages attacked from a distance and I used the ballistas. Alistair just follows the group around because the dragon moves too much until the very end. Watch out for the exploding darkspawn!

@moarinternets if you talk with bodahn just prior to your first year (before the deep roads expidition) he will mention that your character is deceased, which had me pissed as my game happened to be glitching awfully during the arch demon battle so when i uploaded the save it still dubbed me as dead even though alistair had romanced morrigan, i would imagine you to encounter a similar conversational option.

Oh cool, Jowan is there.

@JammyGit07 no one mentions that your warden is dead. Anders mentions that "a mage saved us all from the blight" but doesn't mentioned she died doing so. I think it might be bugged. This warden had romanced Alistair, who is King and I revived the same line from Tegan about needing to return to see the Warden-Commander. I hear that those whose PC died and romanced Zevran got some acknowledgement of that from Zev. I don't have a save like that tho.

@padawanmage71 no I never posted the actual battle. A lot of others had, so I never bothered with it.

The end of this just breaks my heart everytime :/

I wished they would have named the tower after my mabari "winston"! That would have been awesome!

@StreetlightEagle you have the option of asking riordan about that when you first release him from the prison. he says it's not just plain darkspawn blood, you need a drop of archdemon blood, and the archdemon blood that the Grey Wardens had stored in Ferelden was cleared out of the safe -- along with everything else -- by Loghain.

I thought we would be together forever

@freidian I agree. I'm playing Awakening now. It's good as well. I get a kick out of it every time they call me "Commander of the Grey" or "Hero of Ferelden". Plus I had to make some rulings last night. I was feeling like probably my ancestors did, who were actual nobles with lands and serfs. Oh, the power! :-D

@LMAO614 You can marry Alistair if you're not a human noble. You have to make him harden. So when you meet his sister you have to tell him the dialogue option "People are only out for themselves." Or something like that.

I completely agree... but you do get a hint of how affected he was at the very end when he says "you will be missed" and the fact that he's addressing a full crowd as the new King... I figure he's keeping it together just because he has to with all the people around. It would have been great, though, if they could have shown him clutching some personal affect of hers as he talked... and that single tear as he turned away would have been awesome. But... I'm a sappy girl, not a programmer.

holy shit alister actually being serious.

@piwikiki it's the kings armor he gets it automatically in the ending scene.

YEAH!! Someone finally does something good for the mages! I love this ending :3

I chose this ending for my canon gay Warden who romanced with Alistair, with no future is very fitting and dramatic. Heartbroken.

@theaarontheblackmage not until Return to Ostagar comes out. Its just the Alistair model for the cut scene.

@Jowain92 you have to leave Alistair at the gates of Denerim. You can't take him with you to fight the archdemon.

Well he is King, he can't lose his nuts in front of everybody it will look careless and scary. I'm sure he did in private and all.

A really touching scene. Since the music is very low here I played "MGS- Life's end" Simply beautiful

Cailan's Armor You can get it through the 'Return to Ostagar DLC'

I am surprised that Fergus doesn't have anything to say since it is his sister that gave her life to destroy the Archdemon.

i wanted too see this ending with my PC also, but i was an idiot and saved the game after i had picked allistair too go with me :S tried every sentence of dialog once but he stil doesn't let me do it :( only had a save game left from half way through the game, but didn't feel like playing for 3 days again just too see this ending. so thanks for the upload.

@LMAO614 if u harden alistair, and have a high enough cercion, i believe the dragon age wikia said it is possible to take the throne with alistair as a city elf. im a city elf, i was all the way up to the battle with the archdemon, and i read that, so i went all the way back to alistairs personal quest to harden him, and i have to do it all over again >< but itll be worth it i hope lol

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@Chalanthea i couldnt bear letting alistair watch his lover die in front of him. So i accepted Morrigan's offer and he married my character and she became a queen at his side XD.... IMO this is the happiest ending of all the races.

@Devanelle the only way Loghain lives is if he becomes a grey warden, in which case Alistair leaves the party entirely.

Honestly I think this is my favorite ending.

The problem with that ending is you don't get to talk to anyone about how miserable you are about losing Alistair. That's what makes it so awful. The only person to whom you can say anything about it is to Wynne and even she doesn't want to hear it.

No, if you don't make Alistair king, Anora does your eulogy, if you choose to die. In my playthrough I was bugged and Alistair wasn't at my funeral, Loghain was. Crazy, since I had killed him myself.

@StreetlightEagle Have you considered the possibility the other might not want to be grey wardens? Only the dwarf guy made it in awakening you know.

I always sacrifice my Tabris and my Mahariel Try and get Morrigan or Leliana to sacrifice in every other playthrough

That is /so/ sad! This wasn't the ending I got, what a tear-jerker. ):

i don't know why i spelled alistair incorrectly. i feel really dumb. i've totally fallen for an NPC and was so caught up that I spelled his name wrong *sigh*

@yaktr12 Your choice. You can continue with your old character, even if they gave their life by the end (the expansion pack isn't very big on continuity).

Nm. I just read online that he won't let you sacrifice yourself so you have to leave him at the front gates.

@cisjeay If you romanced Alistair and refused Morrigans help, just leave Alistair behind when you fight the Archdemon. He lives and you die.

@thedragonblue123 yes you can put anora on the throne instead. You can't like Alsitair be your champion. You or another party member needs to duel Loghain and then Eamon will make you choose the next ruler.

She is at the Maker's side now.

That's cool. Maybe I'll try to get that part sorted out next time. I actually wanted to allow Loghain to do the grey warden ritual, but i was afraid that i'd lose Alistair :P

@TheDragonblue123 and you get to ask your party members what they plan to do next and if you are a human noble *SMALL SPOILER* You see fergus, your brother who was lucky enough to be knocked unconscious in the kocari wilds before Ostigar

@Jowain92 Don' take Alistair with you to the battle of the archdemon. There is also a Combined Romance mod for Alistair you can download which includes the opition to knock him out at the battle of archdemon to prevent him taking the final blow.

Uuuurrrggg...For me, this ending was actually a step up. Alistair sacrificing himself nearly killed me ded. *sobs*

and now al we need is for the warden to get up and say "sup, how you guys doin'?" just to see everyone faint

You can download dragon age mods that allow the armor. Check Dragon age nexus I believe they have a mod for the armor along with many other things. Adds a nice touch.

This is why I agreed to go through with the ritual.

Omg *cries* ....It just broke my heart to see Alistair so sad. He lost his love :( I'm glad I got a happy ending....this would have killed me to get this on my first try through the game.

Yeah me to, you think the first girl he ever had sex and was very close with would be all depressed and sorrowful and even angry at the world he lives in. But... Alistair actually took it better than I thought. Either that or Bioware forgot what it's actually like to lose someone you love. But if I saw that kind of drama it would touch me very deeply to.

Alistar won't let me take the final blow! Which conversation should i select with him? Damn his undying love. *sigh*

He loses over 9000 approval.

@efebuyuran you can't have him in your party when you kill the archdemon. You have to leave him at the gate.

Ow! Stop that!! *slaps away the feels*

If I didn't have Awakening, Angmarrek and Witch Hunt, this would be the perfect ending for my Warden (admittedly a male Warden...so not this exactly). I just can't bear to kill the Warden, I prefer him to leave with Morrigan at the end of Witch Hunt

Well... nice hair. I love how it looks like it's made of stone XD

@StreetlightEagle That would probably because Wynne is too old to survive the joining.

@freidian An animated one is due out next year

ohmygosh! haha thank youuu!!!

omg i actually cried a bit- how sad of me lol i havnt finished the game yet, but i basically know the entire story on where im up to. it's so sad when he says "i thought we'd be together forever."

I'M CRYING FUCK

@Jowain92 Just don't take him with you when you fight the arch demon. And don't do the ritual morrigan offers if you want to sacrifice yourself.

Huh in my game Alistair would not let the Warden commit the ultimate sacrifice.

@StreetlightEagle Hell, Sten would jump at it the first chance he got with the whole "honor" deal.

thats calian (the kings) armor. you'll be able to wear it in the new dlc

@StreetlightEagle Because there's a chance that some of the good ones die. What if Leliana, Zevran, or Oghren died in their Joining?

Leliana was my love and i made the sacrifice, almost got me crying several times after i heard she died, also its a shame that she isnt in awakening

@ditawakeman if Alistair had a romance with you and even if he broke it off or you broke it off, you can't convince him to NOT kill the Archedemon. You have to leave him behind. He will not let his ladyfriend take the final blow.

My Heart just broke a little. :,(

strange thing, this is the ultimate sacrifice ending, it's required (for me anyway) to do this to a: get the ultimate sacrifice trophy b: have a partial chance to get the perfectionist trophy the ending i got i talked to anora about what "boon" i wanted, both trophies were earned on my first playthrough

@moarinternets No, a message apear saying he/she died and etc then goes to Make a Character

You have the option of seeking the help of the mages in chasing the demon out of the boy's mind.

Argh how did you get this ending!! Every time i get to the archdeamon and have that cut scene no matter what i say he just charges off and takes the blow. Could you tell what speech patterns did you use in that cutscene to get this ending pleaase!?

Its ok once you import her to Awakening she will be alive once again somehow lol i guess someone in dragon age started there own Lazarus project for the warden