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Orphanage
Dragon Age: Origins

Orphanage

Navigate the Orphanage in Dragon Age: Origins. Defeat demons, find the Knight Commander's Shield, and unlock the 'Hearing Voices' quest. Get the Imperial Edge from the Hospice.

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Navigate the Orphanage in Dragon Age: Origins. Defeat demons, find the Knight Commander's Shield, and unlock the 'Hearing Voices' quest. Get the Imperial Edge from the Hospice.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Open the door and watch the spirit run off.
  2. 2
    Enter the room to the right and check the broken chest.
  3. 3
    In the room to the left head up to find two wooden crates.
  4. 4
    Continue through the Orphanage as the side doors open up and release Mabari on you.
  5. 5
    Check one of the rooms for a wooden crate.
  6. 6
    Follow the path and defeat the Tormented Woman and the Rampaging and Rioting Spirits.
  7. 7
    Check the two charred corpses then enter the next room.
  8. 8
    Defeat the Demon and the Lesser Shades that are summoned.
  9. 9
    Check the chest and charred corpse then continue north.
  10. 10
    Defeat the enemies in the next room and check the charred corpse then go left to find another.
  11. 11
    Go up through the door and unlock the other one to find a chest and wooden crate; looting them will summon some enemies.
  12. 12
    In the room to the east is another charred corpse and up from there is a Greater Shade.
  13. 13
    West from here are four Rage Abominations; kill them and proceed through the final door.
  14. 14
    Defeat the Demon and Ser Otto will die then the final Demon will come out.
  15. 15
    It summons Lesser Rage Demons to its side but they are easily dispatched of.
  16. 16
    There are two charred corpses and a chest that has the Knight Commander’s Shield and a Worn Amulet which unlocks the quest “Hearing Voices“.
  17. 17
    Leave the Orphanage and speak with the Deranged Beggar and give her amulet back to her to finish the quest.
  18. 18
    Head to the north side of the Alienage and loot the two Deathroots.
  19. 19
    Speak with the Elf Guard. You can give him six sovereigns or kill him for the Hospice Key.
  20. 20
    Enter the Hospice and kill the Guards and the Supervisor, who holds the Imperial Edge.
  21. 21
    Check the chest and the wooden crate, then the pile of coins and the note.
  22. 22
    Open the door behind you and release the elves that are held captive here.
  23. 23
    Head out the front door and take out the healers and guards.
  24. 24
    Talk with Shianni afterwards and tell her about the note and key.
  25. 25
    Head back to the north end and enter the apartments.
Tips
  • This place is filled with demons.
  • In the last room, unlock the chest to get the Knight Commander’s Shield and Worn Amulet.

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