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Location
Amgarrak Thaig

Terrain:

Underground

Type:

Lost Thaig

Location:

Deep Roads

Inhabitants:

Brogan Dace

Enemies:

Darkspawn, Golems, The Harvester

Appearances:

Dragon Age: Origins - The Golems of Amgarrak

Amgarrak is an ancient dwarven thaig hidden in the Deep Roads. In the dwarven tongue, Amgarrak means "Victory". It is the main area in the DLC The Golems of Amgarrak.

Jerrik Dace's brother, Brogan led an expedition to Amgarrak, but has yet to return. Jerrik writes to the Warden in hopes of finding his brother.

Background Edit

Before Queen Getha was deposed, it is said that she delivered the only remaining fragments of Caridin's research to House Dolvish. Legends say that House Dolvish bankrupted itself by establishing a secret research laboratory in the Deep Roads. With the help of a Tevinter magister, they sought to recreate Caridin's work. Fedrik, the last scion of House Dolvish, promised the Assembly a new golem fresh from Amgarrak, knowing it would raise the Dolvish clan again to prominence. But when no golem materialized, Fedrik was ruined. He died years later, and with his death, House Dolvish was no more.

Amgarrak was once a forge where dwarven smiths sought to research, replicate and improve Caridin's work by studying and altering existing golems. However, the thaig was evacuated and sealed off when an experiment went horribly awry. The operation was performed under the jurisdiction of an unnamed dwarven noble has well as a Tevinter mage known as Nereda, which explains both the presence of lyrium and the scale of the disaster.

Scattered throughout the thaig are strange machines known as Lyrium Wells, which are capable of shifting anyone who uses them between different levels of the Fade. Certain parts of the thaig are only accessible on specific levels. Each level has a distinct hue which everything within it shares, and are reachable via the use of the corresponding switch.

“It'll wear your face, Jerrik. Take it off in rips and strips...” — Brogan Dace
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The thaig was overrun when Nereda sealed a Fade spirit inside a makeshift flesh golem. When it came alive, the head removed itself from the body and seemingly disappeared; this was to become the Harvester, a monstrosity that harvests the dead and amasses it as a grotesque construct of flesh. Darion's Journal mentions that something "found a body", presumably referring to the Harvester retaking control of its original body.

Characters Edit

Brogan Dace is found after the Ancient hall room in a cave, though when you first meet him he is a blue tinted ghost. When in the blue dimension, you can recruit him.

Enemies Edit

Ancient hall

Watchers x 2 (Golem, Lieutenant)
Sentinels x 2 (Golem, Lieutenant)

Sunken Grotto

Phantasmal Crossbowman x 2 (Undead, Lieutenant)
Phantasmal Shadow (Undead, Lieutenant)
Phantasmal Warrior (Undead, Boss)

North of the First Lyrium Well

Warped Watcher x 2

Northwestern most room - White

Watchers x 4 (Golem, Lieutenant)

Northwestern most room - Blue

Ancient Hall - Blue

Warped Watcher (Undead, Boss)
Twisted Sentinel x 4 (Undead, Lieutenant)

Foyer - Blue

North of Sunken Grotto - White

Enraged Watcher x 2 (Golem, Lieutenant)
Enraged Sentinel x 4 (Golem, Boss)

Second Lyrium Well - Purple

Phantasmal Crossbowman (Undead, Lieutenant)
Phantasmal Shadow (Undead, Lieutenant)
Primal Phantasm (Undead, Lieutenant)

Second Lyrium Well South

Primal Phantasm (Undead, Boss)
Phantasmal Warrior x 2 (Undead, Lieutenant)

Second Lyrium Well South - Red

Forge Area

The Harvester (Elite Boss)

Items and Codex Entries Edit

Greater Tome of the Mortal Vessel x2: Chest in the first Lyrium Well; Tombs (northwestern-most room) in the blue dimension.

The Reaper's Cudgel: Treasure room (north of the sunken grotto) in the green dimension

Sash of Forbidden Secrets: Southeast alcove from the second lyrium well

Golem Research Notes: Mechanics x2: Ancient hall in the blue dimension; Northeast alcove from forge in the red dimension, before triggering the Harvester fight.

Golem Research Notes: Fire: In an alcove in the ancient hall in the blue dimension

Golem Research Notes: Healing x2: Tomb room; Treasure room in the green dimension.

Golem Research Notes: Lightning: Treasure room in the green dimension

Codex_Entry: Darion's Journal x5: Foyer; Sunken grotto in the normal and blue dimensions; South of the foyer in the blue dimension; Second lyrium well south.
Codex_Entry: Ancient Writings x3: Tattered Notes: Sunken grotto; North of the first well near a chest in the blue dimension; South of the foyer in the purple dimension.
Note about the Switch puzzle: Southeast alcove from the second lyrium well
Rune Anvil: Ancient hall
Dimensional Switch Green: Treasure room; initially accessible only from the purple dimension -- You cannot leave the treasure room while in the green dimension.
Dimensional Switch Blue: First Lyrium Well
Dimensional Switch Purple: South of the foyer; initially accessible only from the blue dimension
Dimensional Switch Red: North of the second lyrium Well -- Must solve the switch puzzle.
[Xbox 360} Dimensional Mystery Switch: Outside of the map around where you find Darion. There is no known way to access it.

Involvement Edit

Amgarrak's Secrets

Harvest of Amgarrak

Trivia Edit

Amgarrak Thaig's layout is almost identical to the Kal'Hirol - Trade Quarter in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, down to the locations of treasure rooms.
The Nexus Golem in Dragon Age II mentions Amgarrak.

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