Culture of Ferelden

Codex Entry – Culture and History
Entry Number 119

Installation: Base Installation

The Fereldans are a puzzle. As a people, they are one bad day away from reverting to barbarism. They repelled invasions from Tevinter during the height of the Imperium with nothing but dogs and their own obstinate disposition. They are the coarse, willful, dirty, disorganized people who somehow gave rise to our prophet, ushered in an era of enlightenment, and toppled the greatest empire in history. / There are few things you can assume safely in dealing with these people: First, they value loyalty above all things, beyond wealth, beyond power, beyond reason. Second, although they have nothing in their entire country which you are likely to think at all remarkable, they are extremely proud of their accomplishments. Third, if you insult their dogs, they are likely to declare war. And finally, the surest sign that you have underestimated the Fereldans is that you think you have come to understand them. / –Empress Celene I of Orlais, in a letter to her newly appointed ambassador to Denerim.

Location(s):

Castle Cousland – Received from book on table in study during Human Noble origin story
Denerim (The Pearl) – Received upon inspection of book near Sanga