And so it came to be that our favourite knight arrived to the lands of Amaranthine... but he is not alone! Your loyal mabari is also with him.

The Grey Warden commander arrives to Vigil's keep, where two new companions are waiting for him to help vanquish the Blight once and for all!

You will find Ser Gilmore and your mabari at the Vigil´s courtyard.






In this mod you have...

• Ser Gilmore and your dog will join your party and accompany you through Awakening!
• Many dialogs! Player initiated and Ser Gilmore initiated, distributed throughout the expansion!
• Ser Gilmore recognizes your relationship from Origins! Are you lovers? Are you friends?, and recognizes world events (do we have a King or a Queen? etc.)
• New abilities for your loyal mabari!
• Fun stories, gifts, and interjections.
• Different endings and epilogues for both Ser Gilmore and your dog!
• Banters with all your party members! (fully voiced!)
• Full VO, face animation, cutscenes!
  
  

As a player, you can choose...

* Do you know Rory from Origns?

• Keep your romance alive! Learn what happened after you defeated the archdemon and went home happily ever after! Learn about your family and your life in time of peace!
• Are you his friend? Find out what he's been up to once the blight ended!
• Were you friends with benefits? Rory will remember what happened and talk to you accordingly! Find a new friendship path!
• Rory will also bring your mabari back with him! Learn where your dog was and why he has returned!
  
  

* Are you a new Warden from Orlais?

• Get to know Ser Gilmore, a new Warden in your ranks!
• You can befriend him and get to know about his life!
• Ser Gilmore will also bring you a gift from Highever: your very own mabari hound!
  
  

* The conversation path follows this schema:

ORIGINS - AWAKENING

- Romance - Romance
- Friendship - Friendship
- Open Relationship - Friendship
- Recruited in Origins (no relation or Gilmore pissed at you) - Possibility of friendship
- New Warden (or never recruited in origins) - New relationship, Friendship


* The lore will be different depending on your paths.

• For people who recruited Rory in Origins: Rory helped you fight the blight, obviously, and knows everybody, just as per the Origins mod.
• For people that did not recruit Rory in Origins and for New Wardens: Rory fought the blight somehow, but NOT with the Origins group. He does not know them. The only exception is that he obviously knows Fergus and the Warden if HN.
  
  

Installation.

* DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR INSTALL WITH NMM! Download and install manually, otherwise the mod will not work!

1- It's always a good idea to uninstall any mod that is not for Awakening before you play Awakening. There are many mods out there that are incompatible with the expansion itself, and will obviously also interfere with this mod.

1bis - BEFORE INSTALLING A NEW VERSION OF THIS MOD, UNINSTALL THE OLD ONE, AND THEN DELETE THE FOLDER DocumentsBioWareDragon AgeAddInsSer_Gilmore_NPC_A

2- Download the rar: Ser Gilmore and dog companions in Awakening v1.1.

3- Unrar (right click - "extract here"). If for some reason it tells you a file is broken, use the WinRAR option to repair.
If you are a MAC user, download Ez7z and register it (cost $7) then extract both files.

4- The result is a file named ser_gilmore_and_dog_in_awakening_v_v1.1.dazip (121MB), and a folder named ser_gilmore_awakening

5- Use daupdater.exe (in your Dragon Agebin_ship directory) or DAModder (which I recommend, and you can download from the Nexus) to install the dazip file.

6- Place the 'ser_gilmore_awakening' folder in your 'BioWareDragon Agepackagescoreoverride' folder.

7- Once done, go to the game and activate it (usually, this is done automatically.)



HOW TO IMPORT YOUR SAVEGAME IF YOU WANT TO PLAY YOUR ORIGINS CHARACTER

In Origins, make a last save in the post coronation chamber, right after you've talked to Rory and chose your destiny.

When starting an Awakening game and importing a savegame, select the "ADVANCED" button and select that last savegame.

Rory will not recognize you in Awakening otherwise!



Compatibilities and important notes.

Please READ THIS POST for more information about compatibilities: Compatibilities and list of compatible and incompatible mods. Read the compatibility list carefully!

It's a good idea to deactivate/uninstall Origins mods that will not be used in Awakening. Some Origins mods will still interfere with the Awakening campaign even if they are not designed for the expansion.



Credits.

Original idea:
Immortality

Project lead:
Immortality

Writing & Vo scripts:
Immortality

Toolset scripting:
Theo

Everything else in the toolset:
Immortality

Voice talent:
Jonathan von Mering

Voice edition:
Immortality

Technical consultant:
Sunjammer

Proofreading:
StoneDog
Torilund

Photoshopping:
Immortality

Initial BETA testing:
Immortality

Thanks:
To the team.
To everybody that collaborated in Rory Origins, and everybody thanked there.
To Sunjammer for helping out with scripting and technical issues.
To the toolset forum lurkers, TimelordDC, and Noob766 for their great tips.
To veterangamer for enlightening me in many aspects of the game.
To Questorion for his input.
To Cuv for his help with FMOD.
To clandlan.net, of course.
And to YOU, for playing this mod.



Do you still have questions? - Read the FAQs.


Información en español.