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How did Wynne...
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:19 pm
by Ragin Cajun
Playing through a second time now and just realized that Wynne is at Ostragar and then appears at the Circle of Mages Tower later in the game when you go there. How did she survive if everyone at Ostagar was wiped out? I don't recall running into any other characters later in the game.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:34 pm
by GoldDragon
First, she's a mage...
Second, she has a quest (which gives a partial explanation), which starts in a wierd way... don't worry. you CAN'T miss it.
Third, off-hand, I can think of 2 others (and a third that's origin-specific) that you DO meet.
EDIT: and that's without Return to Ostagar.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:42 pm
by holeraw
Although I don't remember Wynne's story let me note that definitely not everyone at Ostagar was wiped out. A lot of people obviously survived - specifically those who where under Loghain's command, and that should have been a considerable amount.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:21 pm
by mr_sir
If you talk to Flemeth then she explains to you that there are other survivors of the battle that she left to fend for themselves and find their own way to safety, I assume Wynne was one of these - especially if you get to know her a bit and unlock her story.
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:02 pm
by Scottg
mr_sir wrote:..especially if you get to know her a bit and unlock her story.
Yup, her story explains it, going back home/circle tower after the battle and finding it a mess.
SPOILER:
She wasn't even a survivor of the battle.
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:28 pm
by iMikeyyyy
Same with Uldred too, He was also at Ostagar and escaped.
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:01 pm
by Xandax
I believe in some of the dialogue with Wynne she said she wasn't in the fighting, but in the "back". Or something....
She's a healer after all
Or it could be her "special condition" which have helped her as well - if wanting an expanded (out of game) reason.
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:25 pm
by iMikeyyyy
Im going more with the in the back theory. After all that "special condition" didn't come till later, ya know.?
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:05 am
by Xandax
iMikeyyyy wrote:Im going more with the in the back theory. After all that "special condition" didn't come till later, ya know.?
Sure it did - you (the player) just don't know about it. Wynne does.
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:12 pm
by swcarter
There seems to be some confusion about Wynne. As I understood her story...
Spoliers:
... she survived Ostagar just fine. She'd been watched by a good spirit / demon for her entire life, but she didn't get inhabited by one until Uldred tried to take over the Circle Tower. That's when she "died."
SWC
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:48 am
by Elevoros
I think that Wynne is one of the most masterfully crafted NPC's in this game.
huge SPOILERS
During the course of the entire game the player is listening to her complaining about how much little time she has left and thinks that it is simply because she is an old woman living her last adventure, but it is later revealed that she was being watched over by a benevolent spirit of the Fade for her entire life, and she propably owes her innate magical ability to it. When the blood mages plot with Loghain to destroy the Circle Wynne dies(!) but she is being brought back to life by her guardian angel! That is not a necromantic transaction however, the spirit grants her only a limited amount of time in order to help the Grey Warden, that is why she keeps on telling that her time is running out! Of-course there is a little controversy here with Shale since she is obvioulsy being granted some extra time( after the end of the adventure) to escort ther(Shale) to Minrathus in order to turn Shale back to a...mortal form.