Dragon Age: Origins - Recruiting and curing Tamlen

[@HatashiLuvsU]

I'm glad someone loved him as much as I did to make this mod, it broke my heart that I couldn't do anything to help Tamlen in the game; other than end his suffering.

[@ohgeethanks]

Thanks for sharing this! This mod looks lovely! It would totally fit with one of my character's storylines. Don't let anyone bash you for showcasing this mod. We all really appreciate you taking the time to upload and share this. You're amazing.

[@zenith3827]

I mean it would be made a bit more sense if Andrastes ashes were used instead.

[@jamesshelton1127]

This encounter happens the first time you try to travel to Haven so it’s impossible to get the ashes before this.

[@chelleross5132]

Is this a mod? Son of a.... I really want to save him. This looks like the PC version. I play on PS3..

[@jonnylocoloco]

+Chelle Ross same here

[@CaptainHal]

Unfortunately mods are only for PC version. But Karma seems to have taken down the Mod. Idk if there's a new version or she just took it down.

[@OneBlackCat1]

I've been on the fence about this mod for a long time, especially about recruiting Tamlen. I have to say i'm very impressed by the way that the recruiting and curing was done in keeping with the lore of both DA:O and DA:A. Not just for Tamlen, but for all the individuals. Well Done!

[@flamefoot12]

I was extremely depressed when I had to kill him. The second I reached the dialogue, I searched up every guide to see if there was a way to save him. Sadly no, but he will always be remembered.

[@williamkeltner5119]

Seems all the trouble involved by trying to save that brat Connor in the DAO base game, there could have been an option to save your best elf bud. Funny how the leader of the Dalish refers to your bud as 'her'. Grrrr....

[@sethnet1022]

I love the camp ambush. I just think "I woop your guys asses with just 4 in my party, and you attack my whole team? LMFAO"

[@randomgal190]

totally messed up lore. the warden ritual wouldn't have worked on him. the warden ritual is mastering the taint, and tamlen had already been tainted and failed to master it. giving him "more taint" wouldn't have helped.... remember when the ash warriors tell you about how regular people who fight darkspawn and get infected have a chance of mastering the taint and becoming immune? yea basically tameln was infected and couldn't win to the taint, therefore rendering the warden ritual useless and definitely past due

[@CaptainHal]

I know. In my good game I did not bring him back. Now I have the new version of Karma's companions mod and I can chose to kill him. As much as I like Tamlen he is part of my character's past. I replayed the whole game to save Loghain and there's no Tamlen in my new game. But I did it for this one play through to try the quest out.

[@eljuni365]

You really don't seem to know anything about Dragon Age. First of all, for someone to master the taint they have to undergo The Joining, in which, they mix darkspawn blood with lyrium (drinking the blood or just being exposed to it doesn't give you a chance to master it), and second, the Ash Warriors don't know anything about how to master the taint (only Grey Wardens know that), the only the Ash Warriors (from the Ostagar Camp) know is that being exposed to it cab kill you, be it human, warhound, etc.

[@randomgal190]

Hexiel154.1 you're putting words in my mouth. all i said is that the ash warriors said regular people can master it by themselves or "become immune" when they become infected. some don't die, and become immune forever. i never said the ash warriors knew how. second of all, you don't have to do what the grey wardens do to become immune. you can just become infected, and maybe survive, but that doesn't make you a grey warden, it just makes you immune later. don't put words in my mouth, i know what i'm talking about.

[@CaptainHal]

Hexiel154.1 I don't know the lore too much, I haven't played the game for over a year. I need to read the lore and codexes through next time I play since I do have to replay the whole game and DA2 as well before I play Inquisition. I haven't played Inquisition yet because I need to finish my college work /sigh...

[@eljuni365]

randomgal190 You really don't know what you're talking about. All of these are refutable facts, and again, the Ash Warriors never said that (I would really want to know to which Ash Warriors you spoke to, cause they are certainly not from the game), also, The Joining is the only way to master the raint. Where in the hell is there a living, breathing example of a person that mastered the taint without help from the Grey Wardens? Three good examples are Tamlen, Hespith, and Ruck. Three people that couldn't master the taint, so your statement is rendered null.

[@gabrielaleactus9932]

Origins was truly a balanced dark fantasy where there was a tragic stories like this but also hope for a better future

[@CaptainHal]

I think it's a random encounter after you get Tamlen, you find her fighting some Darkspawn and help her... argh played it long ago don't remember exactly but i think it was like that. I'll have to replay it one of these days :P

[@kylebaker1456]

Someone should really get some screenshots of Tamlen in warden armor.

[@CaptainHal]

There's a link in the description that takes you to the site where you can download the mod. You have to follow instructions there, I did it long ago and forgot it.

[@MadMonkRF]

Hey bro could you please change the title and add mod because the title is like full on click bait, thanks

[@GothicElf68]

The title is not click bait. The title states what the player did in the game; save and recruit Tamlen. It also explains in the description that the player used a MOD called "Karma's Companions" in order to do this. Trying to put all of that in the title would make the title ridiculously long. This is what the description is for.

[@ВладиславШаклеин-ч7м]

How long exactly a title look like if you add [Mod] to it? See? 5 symbols. "Ridiculously long", eh?

[@gravytrainn]

I know it’s just a mod but if Tamlen was in a taig, and it wasn’t darkspawn that got him, could it have been Sha-Brytol? The mod stated that Tamlen heard singing. Could this have been the same singing that Shaper Valta heard during the decent DLC?

[@thenethralking6032]

I think that’s unlikely. The Sha-Brytal haven’t been shown to proses anything that might effect the blight sickness in a person. Tamlen mentioned the “dark thing” want to experiment so it is likely in reference to the Architect.

[@ChampionOfDorkwall]

SPOILER The "dark thing" is apparently Architect.

[@moonwatcher99]

You wouldn't happen to have a copy of the mod files, would you? They've been deleted; everyone's going nuts looking for a backup.

[@kobold7466]

could anyone help me i cant talk to adela at camp and i cant progress the quest to cure tamlen past getting the ashes

[@zarz860]

The mod works but I could never loot the flower to complete it further and I’m stuck in the same adore state and same dialogue repeated over n over how you get it to work please tell us I hate it at the end he dies cos I can’t complete the quest please help

[@KorbalKludgeWise]

Is that a mod

[@shpol3018]

that original part with tamlan realy scared me, the way he looked ..

[@chancemattox3151]

hey I know this is an older video im a dwarf commoner and im downloading the ultimate edition on pc I downloaded this mod too can I recruit Leske as a dwarf commoner or will he always betray me

[@CaptainHal]

It is a mod, i put a link in the description but if you are playing on anything else but PC you cannot do it.

[@sserobinsse]

here is a link to the Karmas Origins Companions mod if anyone still want to find it and is looking on is video link: www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/1617

[@alix3646]

its saying the mod can't be found, would anyone know where else to find it?

[@allystarla]

I can't find the flower used to make the cure. Hoped this video would show it, but nah.

[@CaptainHal]

I played that so long ago that I don't remember any of it anymore unfortunately >

[@NinjaStripes]

This was the most heartbreaking part for me! I actually cried when I killed Tamlen to save him. My sister walked into the room and made fun of me, so I super glued her phone to the nightstand. Bitch!

[@maskedman2210]

NICE!!!

[@stephennegron7560]

👀

[@Rigby350]

C'mon man you only knew him for 2 and half minutes

[@CaptainHal]

I have Dragon Age Redesigned and it is not making mine crash, idk about other mods but in Karma's there's a list at the site with compatibility and what u need to make it compatible with your other mods, check the link in the description.

[@zarz860]

I can’t seem to get the action when you lead them to your tent or kiss th3m

[@fiksheaslim3978]

i have two question: 1. do i have to have thr original bought game for thisbmod to work or could i do it on a version downloaded from a pirate website? 2. if/when i instal the mod, do i have to start a completely new game or will the compelte game change by itself so i will be able to continue my saved games from before?

[@TwinsoftheEclipse]

How did u get all those allies I only got little please help out

[@Skogze]

How do you get Soris? do you need to visit the alienage?

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Can you initiate/re-initiate a romance with Tamlen with the mod?

[@ShotgunsAndSalt]

I don't know if you're still here but does anyone know how to get the cure. I asked the other grey warden and I have no clue where to go now. It said "ask around". I asked all the other companions, random people who may have some knowlege. I even tried to ask Ruck I have no clue how to progress from asking Adela

[@CaptainHal]

It's been years so I'm not sure anymore. Is the mod still available on Nexus? They might have info on the forums or comments on the mods page maybe.

[@ShotgunsAndSalt]

@@CaptainHal No worries, I figured it was a long shot, no sadly it's been deleted from nexus since or I'd have tried asking there. Thanks for the vid though btw.

[@RoachCGamer8024]

And how do u make ur person look so realistic

[@RoachCGamer8024]

What mod is this I know one mod the kurmas mod but is this a different mod

[@patrickchow8745]

Ywhere do you access the lab in the deep roads?

[@CaptainHal]

When I got the mod it wasn't finished yet and I could not because my character is male. I think female can but not sure >

[@CrocodileTears97]

The music at the beginning of this encounter ALWAYS creeps the shit out of me. My hair literally stands on end...

[@CaptainHal]

All mods are from the Dragon Age Nexus

[@PacificViceroy]

can I ask something? if I install karmas origins companions, will that conflict with my mods for the original companions? also, what will happen if I installed this mod while having a Dragon Age Redesigned mod installed? I'm just curious because I would really like to use this but am afraid my PC might crash

[@mariahgibson8468]

Does this work only on pc or does it also work on Xbox 360

[@RoachCGamer8024]

What mod is this I know the kurmas one but is this a different one

[@zarz860]

How do I do the joining* I did everything else

[@CaptainHal]

Because this is not in the game, it is a mod and it does not have voice acting yet.

[@Knudsen121]

where can I get all those mods, which site is it? And can I also get those mods to Dragon Age: Origins awakening? I like to have before I buy it...

[@TheDJPattyP]

after ur wanted logain sends out a wanted letter / poster

[@serkandincel1440]

hi i did it same but he attack me ... so how you do that ?

[@amauryribeiro1860]

+Serkan Dinçel already I tried all the dialogue options, it happens to me too

[@meepmeep3659]

+Nivestar it's a mod...

[@amauryribeiro1860]

Meep Meep I could have thanks

[@Knudsen121]

How can I recruiting and curing Tamlen on PS3? In my game is it different. Please give me an answer if You will.

[@RoachCGamer8024]

How do I get this mod? Where did you get the mod? I’m trying to figure out how to get this mod for my PC. I really want Tamlen on my team. This mod is awesome and really cool. I love Dragon Age. Best game ever! It’s an absolute amazing game ever IMO. 😃

[@CaptainHal]

I put the links to the mods I use in the description. If it's not available anymore I'm not sure. I did this many years ago =/ maybe the dragon age Nexus has an updated version if the one in my link doesn't work anymore.

[@RoachCGamer8024]

@@CaptainHal oh. So this mod is old? 😕

[@CaptainHal]

@@RoachCGamer8024 yeah. I made this video years ago. So I'm not sure if it's still there. It might be. Just check the dragon age Nexus. They might still have it. I think it was part of Karma's conpanions

[@RoachCGamer8024]

@@CaptainHal I will definitely check the link in the description and let you know if it’s still there or not.

[@brucesbanner5057]

where did you find the cure?

[@yaoguaislayer7671]

Nitpick; I think Tamlen should've remained bald. The potion and ceremony might've cured him, but I doubt he would've instantly regrown his hair...

[@CaptainHal]

Yeah, I thought that too when I played it :P

[@icyhugs]

Happy tears!

[@CaptainHal]

Using Karmas Origins Companions mod and you go in front of the Alienage gates, he is there.

[@CaptainHal]

Yes, If you want it you can get it from the link in the description =)

[@Acebender]

Wait, is the color of the eyes part of the mod or it's just that my game sucks and for that I don't have eye color in almost every character?

[@silvertora5793]

Wow was that a mod and if so can you send us the link - it would be great to save Tamlen - tks for the vid

[@CaptainHal]

I put the link to the mod in the description. Not sure if it's still there though. It was very long ago.

[@CaptainHal]

OMG I just clicked it and it's gone. The modder must have taken it down =(

[@Dakeryas95]

Ok if seen the site in your description a few times is it possible to put these mods on the ps3 version because if it is i would probably kiss you lol thanks

[@destineegray6325]

After you install the mod where do u recruit him?

[@CaptainHal]

As you see in the video, when they attack your camp and you find him instead of killing him you recruit him. You have to wait for that attack, you cannot find him before that.

[@zarz860]

how do you get this mod?

[@twilightnite13]

Wait is Tamlen talking about the Architect?

[@GothicElf68]

+twilightnite13 The Architect is a character featured in the Dragon Age Awakening DLC who unlike most of his kind, was born different and does NOT hear the calling of the Archdemons.

[@twilightnite13]

I know, I wanted to know to make sure that Tamlen is talking about the Architect

[@GothicElf68]

It doesn't come right out and say that. Meaning Tamlen never mentions the Architect by name. But from what I read (granted it was hard to catch all the dialogue) it does seem to imply that. Personally, I would assume so, were I playing through those scenes.

[@twilightnite13]

That's what I mean and think of it which dark spawn cares about getting samples of blood?

[@GothicElf68]

The Architect is the only one you actually meet playing the games (not including DA2 and DAI as I have not played those, so cannot comment on them.) But if you choose the right conversation options in Awakenings, the Architect states he has been actively experimenting on Grey Wardens and Darkspawn, using Grey Warden blood to create the Disciples: enlightened and self-aware darkspawn who no longer hear the calling of the "old Gods." Because he is the only Darkspawn who seems interested in collecting blood samples and doing experiments to see what happens, it seems a logical conclusion that the potion Tamlen has was one crated by the Architect, even if he is not mentioned by name.

[@marcusgames4518]

This is a PC mod

[@CaptainHal]

I never got any.

[@bigcente70]

Tamlen attacked me but I saved it before he did that so please tell me how did you do that!?

[@CaptainHal]

You can only do that with a mod. It is not part of the game, in the game Tamlen attacks you and you have to kill him. I modded the game so I didn't have to with the mod that is in the description.

[@Cotaqownsu]

Hekil Yang The mod link is broken.

[@CaptainHal]

Conor Healy I just clicked the link and it worked for me... idk >

[@christianmedina8749]

where is the cure? Poison

[@davidbujna8480]

One think, isnt the Joining the cure for taint?

[@randomgal190]

***** technically it could cure if the taint hasn't "set in", but in tamlen's case (lore wise) he's way too far gone to save. he had already lost against the taint.

[@davidbujna8480]

randomgal190 I see, thanks

[@catastrophobia]

The joining isn't a cure for the taint. It slows it down so to speak Grey wardens are tainted. After a time an old warden will hear the calling which is the song that the dark spawn and ghouls follow and it will get louder and harder to ignore.( 30yrs after ritual give or take) Thats why they go to the deep roads to go out on a last stand while they are still able to resist the worst of the the calling. That does make me question how many do go out like that or just get caught by the architect or just fall to the taint and become ghouls.

[@davidbujna8480]

catastrophobia I thought it is because they drank the blood, cause not every GW is infected.

[@SkyExplosion]

+catastrophobia A goood example of a grey Warden who didn't follow the calling is in DA 2 DLC.

[@Yazmarohma42]

Is that Jowan? How did you recruit him? Do I need a MOD to recruit Jowan?

[@CaptainHal]

Yes, the link to that mod is in the description.

[@GothicElf68]

+Yazmarohma42 Yes, this video is basically an 'advertisement" for lack of a better term, for the Karma's Companions mod that allows you to recruit any and all of the companions from the 6 Origin stories.

[@dwrrock87]

Is this a mod?! I wanna do this on the 360!

[@FlubbyMcFlubberButt]

it is a mod yu need jowan anyway aswell

[@cleveranonym74]

Wait.. so you are telling me that the only way to encounter Tamlen again is through a mod? That's fked up. I mean I know the background stories are not the most important things in the game, but when they designed the elvish story, they just slipped through Tamlen and that's it?!

[@miathehedgehog]

can that actually work or is this a mod

[@melanieturpin7038]

where do i find tamlen i can't find him

[@dickwwee9366]

you can't put your blood in the urn, I think.

[@Mannetasi]

You find him automaticlly after you have finished 3 of the Warden Treaties after you have been ambushed by darkspawn in your camp. The Recruiting part is just a mod though.

[@CaptainHal]

I don't think it is possible, mods are usually PC only =(

[@Krieglein]

Is his dialogue and plot finished in this mod, or still wip? :)

[@CaptainHal]

Hrm idk when I got it it was wip, haven't played in over a year or more and now I looked it up it's not on nexus anymore... maybe moved it to another mod and is finished but it's not in the link anymore so idk what's up with it =/

[@icyhugs]

Hekil Yang The mod is still here inNexus www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/1617/

[@followernumber1]

Is that a group of armatures (fans) or professionals (company)?

[@Darkwolf523]

Hy Warden, guess who? youre enemy in awakening. Lol

[@Redrokk22]

do you get any viruses in this mod, or any mods on nexus?

[@Killercheese4285]

the grey figure was the architect

[@mouthy9779]

wheres the swamp flower i gweren

[@hannahmeaker3297]

meeeh. im stuck on getting to jowan's fat cow in the mage prison >:/

[@4eva96]

heres a thought, how do people recognise you as a grey warden? you don't exactly have warden armour

[@mithrandirsilvertongue1406]

Wait you can recruit him? I was forced to kill him! That sucks I wanted to save him :(

[@DavidJoh]

I'm pretty sure that's cut content from the earlier version of the game where you were turning everyone into Wardens.

[@RoachCGamer8024]

U can't do this on a 360

[@giannalowell3523]

is this a mod?

[@hannahmeaker3297]

never works when i put in this cheat

[@Redrokk22]

why doesn't he talk?

[@SquideyDoesMinecraft]

i did the same. its fucking unfair. i tried fucking everything to save him. the game should have let me use the sacred ash's but i couldn't so i faced the fact and cried.

[@dogbonetv4821]

interesting. but i dunno why you want to use these mods, kinda ruins the way the game was intended to be played.

[@klkl9090]

WetDogBed Or enhances the experience Bioware left out due to rushing things. Some mods (Grey Warden of Fereldan, Morrigan restoration patch and etc) give you the chance to experience the full circle.

[@GothicElf68]

+WetDogBed Perhaps, but sometimes when you play the origin stories you get attached to a particular character or what not. The mod allows you to be able to save and / or recruit those companions. There are a few I've always wondered why they were not recruitable. Especially Jowan, as he appears later in the game, in a place where you SHOULD have the option to save his ass like Duncan saves a few of the PC Wardens (City Elf, Dwarf Commoner for example) by invoking the Rite of Conscription.

[@Knudsen121]

* I like to have a reply or an answer before I buys it...

[@CaptainHal]

You cannot, only PC has mods =/

[@BrunoGamer1000]

HA with four people the Warden can Kick an High Dragon's Ass with the Whole Party they would end the Fucking Blight

[@germanmejor]

Good Mod

[@jorfelts]

The cheat doesnt work

[@Chuningirl]

Extreme maybe XD Just joking might have been what I would have done if I was in that situation XD

[@ImAviex]

This mod makes no sense lore wise.

[@RoachCGamer8024]

What mod is this I know one mod the kurmas mod but is this a different one

[@RoachCGamer8024]

What mod is this I know one mod the kurmas mod but is this a different one