branch of the dwarven army that answers directly to the monarchy of Orzammar and sworn to fight the Darkspawn to the death. The Warden-Commander finds her in the thaig Kal'Hirol, which is accessible via a giant chasm which had opened up in the ground, caused by the Blight or other Darkspawn activity. Her entire squad was killed during their investigation of the Darkspawn incursion in this thaig, but she ran away and survived, which she repeatedly expresses guilt over throughout the game, as the Legionaries are considered already dead and therefore should not value their lives anymore. The Warden-Commander may offer to accompany her into the thaig and help defeat their common enemy. After the Warden kills the Broodmothers breeding beneath the thaig, the Warden-Commander may choose to let her be on her way, or offer her a place in the Grey Wardens. She will accept after some minimal encouragement, and survives the Joining, which must be initiated by talking to Seneschal Varel at Vigil's Keep. Once her approval rating is high enough, her personal quest is triggered in Amaranthine where she bumps into someone from her roguish past. Velanna Voiced by: Grey DeLisle Velanna is a Dalish Keeper who is the sole survivor of a small group of Dalish dissidents that had been wiped out by the Darkspawn. The Warden-Commander encounters Velanna in the Wending Wood, where she is behind the mysterious attacks on the human-run caravans passing through the area. It is revealed that she was manipulated by the Darkspawn into believing that it was humans who attacked her tribe and kidnapped her sister, not the Darkspawn themselves. The Warden-Commander later confronts her at her camp, with the choice of killing Velanna in retribution for the murders she has committed, or attempt to reason with her. She may lead the Warden-Commander into a nearby mine to find her sister, where they meet the Architect, who reveals that Velanna's sister had joined him of her own free will. Once the Warden-Commander makes it through the mine, Velanna demands that the Warden-Commander induct her into the Grey Wardens so she is better able to fight the Darkspawn and save her sister. If her approval rating is high enough, a random encounter on the world map will trigger and more of her past actions will come to light. Recurring antagonists Arl Rendon Howe Voiced by: Tim Curry Rendon Howe is the