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[NWN-Ming-Ming]

So I was just wandering through the Emerald Graves, taking care of some rifts, when I found this lovely vine-covered chateau gate.  I thought to myself "Let's see what this pretty place is like!"

 

OMG!  This was a totally unexpected little adventure.  I loved it!   The atmosphere, the sound effects, it was GREAT!  It was so creepy-horror film-like, I loved it! 

 

But once I finished exploring the chateau and got to 'the end', everything happened so fast, it left me with with a ton of questions.

 

Spoiler

• From reading all the journals and clues, I got the impression there was a daughter kept hidden by the parents, and that she developed mage talents.  But it was very hard to piece together her eventual fate and what happened to the family.  There was some kind of 'ball' or dance, likely magically initiated by her, I think? 
• But was the Arcane Horror at the end supposed to be the daughter herself?  'It' greeted me with a very cheery "Welcome!" and I felt kind of bad about not having an option to put her to proper rest if indeed that was her.
• The puzzle box granted me some kind of stat reward, but it flashed on the screen so damned fast, I couldn't read it...  I think it was a +10 to some stat, my eyes thought it said +10 Cunning, but being a mage, I wondered if I read it right as normally Bioware tailors those kind of rewards to your class.

Anyone got some answers?

 

But wow... all in all... this was a HUGE plus for me that pushed me well-into the 'thumbs-up' support for DAI.  It was a great return to form for Bioware, the 'feel' of some of their old puzzles and mysteries in RPG's.  Kudos guys!

 

 

[Mr.House]

I really like that you could stumble into places that would not look like much but end up being a fun dungeon. Chateau D'Onterre is a very good example of that.

[iheartbob]

Where in the Emerald Graves is this? I found the other Chateau but it was for the main side quest for the region with the Freemen.

[NWN-Ming-Ming]

Where in the Emerald Graves is this? I found the other Chateau but it was for the main side quest for the region with the Freemen.

I'll put the location in spoilers, so people who want to be surprised can still be surprised...

 

Spoiler

The Chateau is located South-East of the Direstone Camp.  Which if you don't have that discovered yet, would be the Center-Upper East portion of the Emerald Graves map.  The Chateau will appear on your map as a cave icon, just like the other chateau did.  Make sure when you go to have a mostly empty inventory, and that you have the Deft hands perk.  I ended up having to make three trips back and forth from the chateau! 

[herkles]

I love dungeons like this. it makes me enjoy dugeoning by adding stories to it. The fun thing is that it is all optional. You can easily miss it. It is also small enough not to be an issue, just  a simple but fun dungeon. It does help I love reading In character letters and notes and putting together what happened. 

 

and yea, get the deft hands perks, I am headed back there later once I get my next influence level to finish looting. 

[Lucky Mame]

I really like how I ended up there through one of the side quests. It's about the dead woman's body. You find her diary/journal and it's pretty haunting. It sets quite nice mood for the chateau.

[Lvl20DM]

That effing journal...totally creepy. I'm still not clear on what was going on there. Did she accidentally fall while trying to recover herbs? And was it for the Arcane Horror?

[Tiffiny]

My two cents...for what it's worth.

 

 

Spoiler

Yes it's +10 cunning. Also, What I think it's pretty good to assume is that the arcane horror was no longer...really the girl. In previous dragon ages, mages can be corrupted by demons from the fade. Which is part of why they are so feared...they can be corrupted. I suspect, the demon offered to 'cure' the girl...her parents apparently thought her magic was a sickness and instead of sending her off to the circle to be properly taken care of, decided to try to have her bound and hidden away...because she was an embarassment. Resulting in her befriending a demon who makes her a promise to fix her.

[XMissWooX]

I came across this place whilst exploring the Emerald graves earlier, but I didn't bother to explore it until just now. I thought, 'hey, this could be fun, let's take a look!' and within 5 seconds of entering that place I was resisting the urge to nope right back out.
Amusingly, I also had Varric in my party, so it was about like Bartrand's place all over again.

[NWN-Ming-Ming]

I came across this place whilst exploring the Emerald graves earlier, but I didn't bother to explore it until just now. I thought, 'hey, this could be fun, let's take a look!' and within 5 seconds of entering that place I was resisting the urge to nope right back out.
Amusingly, I also had Varric in my party, so it was about like Bartrand's place all over again.

Awwww... did you mean you didn't like it?  Or was it just, the creepy vibe?

[AtreiyaN7]

I finally found it two days ago and popped in - quite enjoyed the experience, but I like haunted houses (also found some of the companion's comments funny and/or interesting depending on who it was - had Blackwall, Cole, and Solas with me at the time).

[XMissWooX]

Awwww... did you mean you didn't like it?  Or was it just, the creepy vibe?

I liked it well enough, I'm just a bit of a coward when it comes to 'horror' in video games. Once the enemies started spawning a sense of normality was restored and I was fine. The whole 'no enemy we could show you could possibly be as scary as your own imagination' thing.

I finally found it two days ago and popped in - quite enjoyed the experience, but I like haunted houses (also found some of the companion's comments funny and/or interesting depending on who it was - had Blackwall, Cole, and Solas with me at the time).

Does Solas or Cole mention anything specific about it? Just wondering because of their connection to the Fade.

[Goutan]

Where did you get this cunning bonus from? I've completed the quest but didn't receive a puzzle box or a skill bonus that I know of.

Awesome quest though...my favorite side quest in the game so far.

[AtreiyaN7]

I liked it well enough, I'm just a bit of a coward when it comes to 'horror' in video games. Once the enemies started spawning a sense of normality was restored and I was fine. The whole 'no enemy we could show you could possibly be as scary as your own imagination' thing.


Does Solas or Cole mention anything specific about it? Just wondering because of their connection to the Fade.

 

Spoiler

Yeah, Cole seems to comment on the spirit that was there and has occasional comments throughout. I do remember that at the very end he says something about the spirit not being angry anymore (I think). I don't remember anything specific with Solas, but I believe that Blackwall said something like..."Well, that's not creepy or anything."  when the lights turned on by themselves right after we went in.

[AtreiyaN7]

Where did you get this cunning bonus from? I've completed the quest but didn't receive a puzzle box or a skill bonus that I know of.

Awesome quest though...my favorite side quest in the game so far.

 

Spoiler

That's weird - I saw the box floating around, and it should have been reachable because of the path you have to take? I dunno - it was floating outside in the balcony area.

[Goutan]

I'm an idiot. I just got on an looked at my cunning - I have 10 extra that I definitely didn't get from gear. Thanks for the response Atreiya

[XMissWooX]

Spoiler

Yeah, Cole seems to comment on the spirit that was there and has occasional comments throughout. I do remember that at the very end he sayis something about the spirit not being angry anymore (I think). I don't remember anything specific with Solas, but I believe that Blackwall said something like..."Well, that's not creepy or anything."  when the lights turned on by themselves right after we went in.

That's interesting, thanks. I considered going back to put Cole in the party, but I didn't want to ruin the atmosphere by skipping all the way back to camp.

[AtreiyaN7]

@Goutan: No problemo!

[aisyla]

I really liked it too!! Creepy as hell and I ate it all up. This side quest was kinda a pleasant and creepy surprise for me. I, too, went in there thinking awwww what a pretty place and then WOW. I love that about bioware, that I could run into something like this.

[kashew514]

I love this dungeon, HOWEVER, what really got me was the fact that the entire place was so dark while it was broad daylight outside.  I know it is trivial, but what kind of design went into the place?  Did they have to keep lanterns on at all times to navigate the place when they were alive?

[Daishar Vneef]

Just found this place today and did the whole run through. I was also left with a lot of questions and want answers. Bioware, we demand answer! We want to know the truth and yes, we can handle it!

[Reznore57]

I think the daughter was a mage , and the parents tried to keep it secret?

I can't remember if the parents hired an apostate to teach her stuff..but anyway I think at one point the girl got in touch with a demon?

And probably killed everyone.

[WildOrchid]

*shudders* This place, man... I loved everything, it was so creepy (i would have liked it to be more creepy though since i'm crazy and I love getting scared)

 

I love these kind of missions, wish there were more haunted chateaus to explore.

[Avejajed]

Sera was hilarious to bring there. She is not ok with things lighting themselves lol.

[TheJediSaint]

It is not easy to creep out players controlling a high-level party. Bioware should do more horror.