Kirkwall Chantry

Kirkwall Chantry

Location: Kirkwall Chantry

Location: Hightown

Inhabitants: Priests, templars

Appearances: Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Hard in Hightown

The Kirkwall Chantry is the seat of the Chantry in Kirkwall.

Background

Kirkwall's chantry towers above the estates of Hightown, rivaled only by the Viscount's Keep. The chantry serves as a symbol as much as it does a place of worship: a symbol of the Chantry's importance in the tradition and the lives of Kirkwall's citizens, and its iron grip on the mages.

The chantry was constructed by the dwarves and originally served as a wealthy magister's estate during the Tevinter Imperium's rule over Kirkwall. It was rebuilt and converted into the city's religious center after the slave uprising.

Involvement

The chantry is home to Grand Cleric Elthina, the voice of the Divine in Kirkwall. It also houses the dispossessed Prince of Starkhaven, Sebastian Vael.

Mother Petrice kidnaps Saemus Dumar and executes him in the Kirkwall Chantry in an attempt to pin his death on the Qunari.

During Act 3, the chantry is destroyed, along with all within it, by Anders in an attempt to ignite a full-scale war between mages and templars. Knight-Commander Meredith Stannard invokes the Right of Annulment in retaliation for the obliteration of the chantry and the death of the Grand Cleric.

Characters

Grand Cleric Elthina

Grand Cleric Elthina

Hayder

Karl Thekla

Sister Lorena

Sister Petrice

Brother Plinth the Archivist

Sister Samea

Sebastian Vael

Quests

Kirkwall chantry interior

Act 1

Tranquility, Duty, Fools Rush In, Locks of the Golden Fool, The Remains of Sister Plinth

Act 2

Following the Qun, Repentance, Questioning Beliefs, The Starkhaven Longbow (gift), Forbidden Knowledge

Act 3

Faith, Questioning Beliefs

Codex entries

Map of the area

Act 1

Codex entry: Andraste: Bride of the MakerCodex entry: The Commandments of the MakerCodex entry: The MakerCodex entry: The Sermons of Divine Renata ICodex entry: The History of the Chantry: Chapter 1Codex entry: The Founding of the ChantryCodex entry: Par Vollen: The Occupied North

Act 2

Codex entry: The History of the Chantry: Chapter 2Codex entry: The History of the Chantry: Chapter 3Codex entry: The Enigma of KirkwallCodex entry: Forbidden Knowledge (Upon clicking on an Evil Tome)

Act 3

Codex entry: The History of the Chantry: Chapter 4

Notes

In Act 2, if Aveline Vallen is in the party and spoken to while in the chantry, she will sometimes remark "I'm uncomfortable around chantry sisters. All because of that red-haired trickster in Lothering." This is a reference to Leliana from Dragon Age: Origins.

In Act 1 Bethany Hawke claims that she misses Sister Leliana's story telling.