"Hey Hawke, how's your life?" "You know, a little dark, a little gloomy, and as always, FULL OF DEAD PEOPLE"
Also, talk to Aveline because the dialogue you have with her at this point is my absolute favorite in the entire game
~TIME TRAVEL INTERLUDE~ > (purple) In a manner of speaking. >Investigate >Why have you waited so long? >Investigate >Alessa's blood? Blood magic? >Do it.
And it's a good thing Varric does that, because without him you have to have a set diplomatic or aggressive personality to either cajole or threaten Gascard into helping you. With purple, he just helps Quentin, because he's a lying goddamn bastard. :T
Anyway, moving on (in that timeline, since I fucked up and somehow overwrote my non-Gascard saves): (green, charming-purple, red) >_?