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Sabrae is a clan of Dalish elves traveling around southeastern Ferelden and later the Free Marches. If the Warden is a Dalish elf, they will hail from this clan.

History[]

Sabrae clan was one of the first to flee the Dales after the kingdom collapsed. They came to Ferelden and started fighting the humans who lived there, particularly the Clayne tribe. Sabrae clan allied with other Dalish clans and defeated the humans, which allowed them to settle in the area.[1][note 1]

In the summer of 8:82 Blessed, the clan resided in a remote part of the Frostback Mountains, where it flourished. When the winter came, a group of Avvar warriors attacked the camp, killing more than a dozen members of the Sabrae clan, including the Second, Sarel, and gravely wounding the Keeper. Marethari Talas, First to the Keeper, ordered her clan into the lowlands, while she entered a forest where a Witch of the Wilds was said to be found. It is unknown whether Marethari made contact with the Witch, but she reunited with her clan a few days later. Shortly after, the Keeper died and Marethari took leadership of the clan. It's believed that the Avvar tribe was killed by sylvans.[2][note 2]

Involvement[]

It is currently led by Keeper Marethari. The clan was camped in Ferelden near some ruins southwest of the Brecilian Forest just prior to the Battle of Ostagar at the beginning of the Fifth Blight. When two of their hunters were infected with the darkspawn taint after discovering an Eluvian in the ruins, the clan went north across the Waking Sea into the Free Marches. Unsubstantiated rumors of "demon elves" and walking trees also plagued the clan. To cross the sea, they booked passage on the ship Pride of Amaranthine, still fending off Chantry investigations.[3]

Once in the Free Marches, however, an incident which resulted in the death of the clan's Halla left them stranded at the base of Sundermount outside the city of Kirkwall until 9:37 Dragon.


This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age II.


After arriving at Sundermount, Marethari and her First, Merrill, find a pride demon named Audacity imprisoned atop the mountain. The demon claimed to have knowledge of the Elvhenan at its apex and offered to share it in exchange for its release.[4] Merrill also realized that the demon may have had knowledge of Eluvians and later returned to learn blood magic from it to cleanse the darkspawn taint from the shard she had kept. Doing so led to arguments between her and Marethari, as well as scorn from her clanmates. Merrill eventually left the clan to join Hawke after helping to revive Flemeth, and settled in Kirkwall to rebuild her Eluvian.

Three years later, Merrill and Hawke returned to the clan to request Master Ilen's Arulin'Holm, for the purpose of fixing the Eluvian, invoking vir sulevanan, the right of every Dalish to claim any property or artifact of the clan in exchange for a service. Reluctantly, Marethari assigned Merrill to slay a Varterral that had killed a number of their hunters, as the deal for the dagger. While collecting amulet from the fallen, they run into Pol, a city elf who had joined the clan during the Blight, who ran at the sight of Merrill straight into the varterral. Marethari later explained that she warned the clan that Merrill may potentially bring back the darkspawn taint. Though Merrill honors her side of the bargain, the Keeper does not, and instead, gives it to Hawke for safekeeping, leaving Hawke with the choice to either give the Arulin'Holm to Merrill or deny her the tool.

Another three years later, the clan still hadn't left Sundermount for unknown reasons. When Merrill and Hawke return to Sundermount to consult the demon on how to restore the Eluvian, Marethari revealed that the demon's plan was for her to complete the mirror and escape its prison, thus she chose to contain the demon within herself. Merrill is then forced to kill Marethari so Audacity would die with her. When confronted by the clan, unless Hawke takes responsibility for Merrill's actions, the clan may be wiped out by them.


Known members[]

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Alternative Heraldry in Dragon Age II

  • Keeper Mahariel – former Keeper of the clan and father of the Dalish elf Warden
  • Keeper Marethari Talas – succeeded Mahariel after his death
  • MerrillFirst to Keeper Marethari
  • The Warden – a hunter and the Hero of Ferelden
  • Ilen – the clan's master craftsman
  • Hahren Paivel – the clan's story teller
  • Maren – the clan's halla keeper
  • Tamlen – a hunter and childhood friend of Mahariel
  • Pol – a hunter and a former alienage elf
  • Fenarel – a hunter and friend of Mahariel
  • Ashalle – guardian of Mahariel
  • Junar – a hunter
  • Vinell – a clan elder
  • Variel
  • Terath
  • Ineria
  • Radha
  • Chandan
  • Harshal
  • Sarel – the Second to the former Keeper; Marethari's husband
  • Feynriel (conditional)

Notes[]

  • The Dales fell in 2:20 Glory.[5] According to Ilen, the Sabrae clan was one of the first to flee the Dales.[6] The unification of Ferelden happened in 5:42 Exalted.[7] Therefore, it's unlikely that Ilen's father had actually participated in the battle against the Clayne, as Master Ilen claims, since the conflict between the elves and the human tribes would've happened many centuries prior.
  • Ashalle says that Mahariel's father was the Keeper before Marethari. In her account of the events, Keeper Mahariel was killed by a group of bandits (made up of humans and city elves) who ambushed him and his lover. The Keeper was killed outright and his lover was wounded, but she lived long enough to give birth to the Dalish Elf and soon after disappeared in grief. This contradicts what is stated in Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 2, that the former Keeper was wounded in an Avvar raid on their camp in the Frostback Mountains in 8:82 Blessed.

Trivia[]

  • Sabrae and Zathrian's unnamed clan are closer than most, having never strayed far from one another in the Brecilian Forest.[8]
  • According to Master Ilen, the battles they've fought against the Clayne earned the Sabrae clan a reputation of having the deadliest archers.[1]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 According to dialogue with Ilen during Dalish Elf Origin
  2. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, p. 164
  3. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, pp. 163-164.
  4. Merrill (short story)
  5. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 76
  6. Dalish Elf Origin
  7. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 105
  8. According to dialogue with Varathorn when meeting Mahariel.
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