Jerrik Dace

Jerrik Dace
Title	Noble
Race	Dwarf
Gender	Male
Class	Rogue
Specialization	Ranger, Duelist
Family	Brogan Dace (brother)
Voice	Brian Bloom
Appearances	Dragon Age: Origins - The Golems of Amgarrak

Jerrik Dace is the cousin of the House Dace's patriarch Lord Anwer Dace and a companion in the The Golems of Amgarrak DLC.

Background

He has a growing reputation for getting difficult tasks done. An elite veteran of many Deep Roads expeditions, Jerrik has survived The Battle of Umgol Hale, The Last Stand of Paerin Aeducan, and was pivotal in the recent campaign that pushed the darkspawn from Orzammar's mining tunnels out past Caridin's Cross.

Jerrik Dace favors fighting with a longsword and dagger. Piotin Aeducan calls Jerrik a stalwart ally and implacable foe, adding that "you'd be wise to make sure he's the former." Dace is always accompanied by Snug, the faithful bronto that he nursed back to health on his first military campaign. Snug is fiercely loyal, surprisingly intelligent, and rarely leaves his master's side.

Rumors persist that when Anwer Dace dies, House Dace may support Jerrik over Lord Ronus Dace's son, Mandar. Certainly, these two dwarves are bitter rivals, having fought multiple times in the arena with Jerrik always emerging victorious. This rivalry may be connected to several assassination attempts on Jerrik, from which he survived with apparent ease.

Recently, Jerrik Dace sought the aid of the Grey Wardens on an urgent matter. All he would tell others is that he's mounting a small, nimble expedition to find his missing brother, Brogan, who is lost in the Deep Roads. Some say he's in fact mounting an expedition to find the fabled halls of Amgarrak Thaig, but few believe such an outlandish notion.

Involvement

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This section contains spoilers for:
Golems of Amgarrak.

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Jerrik asks the Warden-Commander to search Amgarrak Thaig for the expedition his house sent to investigate the area. He, like his peers, are keen to salvage Amgarrak and use it to their advantage. Brogan convinces him to search for Darion, the leader of the failed expedition. Together with the Warden and his brother, Jerrik finds the remains of Darion as well as the final page of his diary, at which point Brogan begs him to destroy the Forge in the deepest part of Amgarrak to make sure that the experiments and subsequent mistakes within could not be repeated. Realizing the chaos that Amgarrak's research into Caridin's work has wrought, Jerrik reluctantly obliges, and then sets off to kill the Harvester, the creature responsible for the destruction of both the expedition and the thaig. During the battle with the Harvester, Amgarrak incurs heavy structural damage. After the Harvester is dead Jerrik reluctantly abandons all the golem research and escapes the thaig along with Brogan and the Warden-Commander.

Initial statistics

Specilization

Duelist   Ranger

Skills

Improved Survival   Poison-Making   Master Combat Training   Master Combat Tactics   Vitality   Clarity

Talents

Racial abilities		Dwarven Resistance   Summon Bronto
Duelist		Dueling   Upset Balance   Keen Defense   Pinpoint Strike
Rogue	Dirty Fighting	Dirty Fighting   Combat Movement   Coup De Grace
	Below the Belt	Below the Belt   Deadly Strike   Lethality
	Deft Hands	Deft Hands   Improved Tools   Mechanical Expertise   Device Mastery
Dual Weapon	Dual-Weapon Training	Dual-Weapon Training   Dual-Weapon Finesse   Dual-Weapon Expert
	Dual Striking	Dual Striking   Riposte
	Dual-Weapon Sweep	Dual-Weapon Sweep   Flurry   Momentum

Equipment

Weapons	Dumat's Spine   Dumat's Claw
Armor	Quicksilver Arming Cap   Pushback Strikers   Vest of the Nimble   Silverhammer's Tackmasters
Accessories	Fencer's Cinch   The High Regard of House Dace   Ring of Resistance   Ring of the Warrior

Notes

• Due to Snug being classed as a summon, Jerrik will be unable to summon any ranger pets while he is present; however, the Master Ranger talent will increase Snug's stats.

• The BioWare wiki also mentions that Jerrik Dace is the nephew of Lord Anwer Dace which contradicts to an in-game codex entry. It is not known which one of these versions is correct.

Bugs

• pcxbox360ps3 If you use Memoirs of the First Wardens on Jerrik he will lose one specialization point (can only choose 2 specializations instead of 3).
• pc At least on PC Jerrik doesn't have as many points distributed in attributes as he should have. On level 20 there are missing 14 points, increasing with higher levels up to 31 points missing on level 35. No change when using the Memoirs of the First Wardens.

References

BioWare wiki