Codex entry - Dane and the Werewolf

Codex entry: Dane and the Werewolf

Codex entry: Dane and the Werewolf

Dragon Age: Origins

Number: 199 (+1TSP, +6WK)

Section: Books and Songs

Location: Obtained in the Pearl, from a book found near Isabela

Appearances: Dragon Age: Origins

See also: Creature: Werewolf, Tale: Dane and the Werewolf

Codex text

Let me sing of heroes and honor lost and found,Of monsters and men in all forms,Of Dane, hunter without peer,Feared by the forests of Ferelden,Who one autumn morn spiedA hart of pure white in beam of warmest sun,A prize for huntsman's spear.Through the greenwood they ran, hart and hunterBringing the stag to spear at last in a long-forgotten grove,Heedless that the chase had waked a hunger in the golden wood,A werewolf, a creature with mind of man,Lured by the hunt and come forth to lay claimTo the hart as rightful tributeDrawn by the scent of cooling blood. In the silence the two hunters held.Dane, spear-armed against the wolf with all his brood,Knew with sinking heart he was lostSteeled for the winding roads of the FadeThen the beast spoke, human-like in voice,"You have taken this stag from my woods, and my packBut nothing comes without a cost."The wolf pack circled, ever closer, and heWho felled boars and bears with his bright bladeKnew fear. They spoke his name in roarsLike gravestones, offering a beast's bargain."Die here, huntsman, aloneAnd forgotten, or take my place amongst the wolvesAs I take your place amongst man."Thus was a bargain struck,And Dane the wolf pack served in wolfen form,And the werewolf to his family sped, as Dane,One year and a day all told.But some things cannot be repent,Some coinage cannot be unspent,When hearts are wagered, a fissure rent.

—From the saga Dane and the Werewolf, as recorded by the minstrel Uccam, 4:85 Black

Further information

Console entry (requires getsetplotflag): cod_bks_dane_werewolf 0 1

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