Orlesian Empire

Lore & Background

This conflict involves the loyalists of Empress Celene fighting against a powerful noble facti on. The narrative context for this unrest is set after the events of Dragon Age II and the 2011 novel Dragon Age: Asunder, which saw the Circle of Magi go rogue and the Templar Order secede from the Chantry to wage war on mages. A peace conference was orchestrated by Divine Justinia V near Haven in Ferelden to temporarily halt this Mage-Templar war before the events of Inquisition began. The prequel novel Dragon Age: The Masked Empire, written by Trick Weekes, details this specific civil strife within Orlais.

In Their Own Story

Instead, it outlines the political backdrop leading into Dragon Age: Inquisition. It states that following the Kirkwall Chantry explosion and the events of Dragon Age: Asunder, the Circle of Magi went rogue and the Templar Order seceded from the Chantry. A Conclave was held near Haven in Ferelden, where Divine Justinia V attempted to organize a peace conference between mages and templars. The source confirms that the civil war in Orlais is detailed in the 2014 tie-in prequel novel Dragon Age: The Masked Empire by Trick Weekes, which covers the conflict between Empress Celene's loyalists and a powerful noble faction.

Reader's Guide

It only establishes that a civil war is occurring in Orlais between Empress Celene's loyalists and a powerful noble facti on. The text notes this conflict is detailed in the novel Dragon Age: The Masked Empire by Trick Weekes. The only interaction mentioned regarding Orlais is the existence of this internal conflict as a plot point.

Did You Know?

• The civil war in Orlais between Empress Celene's loyalists and a powerful noble faction is detailed in the prequel novel Dragon Age: The Masked Empire by Trick Weekes.
• A peace conference orchestrated by Divine Justinia V near Haven in Ferelden temporarily halted the Mage-Templar war before Inquisition began.
• The explosion of the Kirkwall Chantry and events from the 2011 novel Dragon Age: Asunder set the stage for the Circle of Magi going rogue.