“Oh, I am the monster? Not the casteless wretch that filled my daughter with his brat? I've got a family and reputation to protect. I'm not letting one stupid child drag us all down.”
Ordel is the patriarch of a Mining caste family. He is also a regular patron at Tapster's Tavern.
Background[]
Ordel's daughter, Zerlinda, was involved with a casteless man and bore his son. As the caste system dictates that a child assumes the caste of their same-sex parent, Zerlinda's son was considered casteless too. Ordel couldn't petition the Assembly for status for his grandchild, and it would have been too shameful to keep a casteless within the family, so he expelled his daughter from his house and told her she could only return if she abandoned her son.
Involvement[]
Dragon Age: Origins[]
The quest choices in Dragon Age Keep
After speaking to Zerlinda in Dust Town and hearing her tale, the Warden can decide to help her by speaking with Ordel in Tapster's Tavern. There, the Warden can talk to him and either persuade (requires Improved Coercion) or intimidate him (requires Expert Coercion) into taking both Zerlinda and her son back into the family home.
Dragon Age: Inquisition[]
Within the Storm Coast Fissure, the Inquisitor can find an unsent letter next to a corpse written by Ordel and addressed to the king's second. He complains about the lack of action from the king regarding the recent earthquakes beneath the Storm Coast threatening the vital lyrium mines. It is unknown if this corpse is Ordel or someone else.
Quests[]
Quotes[]
- "I have no daughter. Could be you met that casteless whore claiming she was once mine."
