The player is able to clear the keep with the aid of Mhairi, an able female warrior and prospective Grey Warden, and two others: Anders, an apostate mage who seeks refuge away from the Tower of Magi, and Oghren, a Dwarven berserker returning from Dragon Age: Origins. However, the keep is discovered to have been assaulted by Darkspawn, and something amiss is noticed as such an organized attack would have taken an intelligent leader to direct, something thought impossible without the presence of an Archdemon. Named the Warden Commander, the player travels to Vigil's Keep to assume command of the Grey Wardens there.

Set six months after the events of Dragon Age: Origins in the land of Amaranthine, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening places the player in the role of a Grey Warden trying to rebuild the order while also dealing with political matters as the Arl of Amaranthine. Main article: Characters of Dragon Age: Origins The expansion continues the story, including five new recruitable party members and Oghren from Dragon Age: Origins, new spells and abilities, a raise in the level cap, new enemies such as the Inferno Golem and the Queen of the Blackmarsh, and new items. If the character is imported, the story in Awakening will continue from that determined by the player in Origins and the character will retain their attributes, skills, spells etc. If a new character is created, the story from the main game is set to a default ending.

The player has the option to either import their character from the main game or start over as a Warden from Orlais, starting a new origin story. It was released for the Mac on August 31, 2010. Awakening was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on March 16, 2010, in North America, March 18 in Europe, and March 19 in the United Kingdom. The game features new class specializations and skills for the player to develop. Awakening adds a new campaign that takes place during the aftermath of Dragon Age: Origins. Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening is the expansion for the role-playing video game Dragon Age: Origins.

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