The Kirkwall Chantry is the seat of the Orlesian 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.[1] It was rebuilt and converted into the city's religious center after the slave uprising.
Involvement
Grand Cleric Elthina
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 and all its occupants are destroyed 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
- Sister Alema – an elderly sister with a potential drinking problem
- Sister Colinda
- Grand Cleric Elthina
- Hayder
- Jatia's mother – a noblewoman who worries over her unmarried daughter with Sister Colinda
- Karl Thekla
- Sister Lorena – frequently gossips with Sister Samea about Sister Alema
- Sister Petrice
- Brother Plinth the Archivist
- Sister Samea – frequently gossips with Sister Lorena about Sister Alema
- Sebastian Vael
- Chanter Taletha – in charge of the Kirkwall Chantry Chanter's Board
Quests
Kirkwall chantry interior
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Codex entries
Map of the area
Act 1
Andraste: Bride of the Maker- The Commandments of the Maker
- The Maker
- The Sermons of Divine Renata I
- The History of the Chantry: Chapter 1
- The Founding of the Chantry
- Par Vollen: The Occupied North
Act 2
- The History of the Chantry: Chapter 2
- The History of the Chantry: Chapter 3
- The Enigma of Kirkwall
- Forbidden Knowledge (unlocked upon interacting with the Evil Tome)
Act 3
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 storytelling.
References
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