Shepherding Wolves - p. 1 Dragon Age II Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Received from: automatically after meeting Sister Petrice [Lowtown]

Step 1: Dealing with the thugs

You will receive this quest automatically after completing Rumour: Shepherding Wolves, that is after finding Sister Petrice at Lowtown during the night (M13, 11) and watching a cutscene in which a thug will try to make her follow him into a back alley #1. Immediately go there, that is to the foundry district. After getting there, you will be automatically attacked by bandits #2 (M13, 12).

You will have to eliminate a small group of Undercity Thugs and Street Thugs #1. Defeating them all will be rather easy and additionally there won't be any more appearing in their place. After the fight you will have a short conversation with Petrice #2. Irrespectively of the chosen dialogue options, you will be asked to visit her in a nearby house.

Step 2: Meeting with Sister Petrice

Stay in Lowtown and head to the residential district located in the northern part. Find the entrance to [Lowtown - Petrice's Safehouse] #1 (M13, 13). Upon entering (M14, 9) a conversation will automatically start and Petrice will ask you to escort Ketojan through Undercity. You can of course ask additional questions and say that you know Arishok (Blackpowder Promise main quest), but it won't influence the conversation too much. The meeting can end in two ways #2:

• agreeing to escort the Qunari mage (upper right dialogue option)
• expressing unwillingness to the idea of escorting the mage (lower right dialogue option): this option unfortunately isn't too different, as eventually the hero will agree to complete the errand either way

Step 3: Escorting the Qunari mage through Undercity

Stay inside the safehouse and go to the next room to use the hatch (M14, 10) leading to [Undercity Streets] #1 (M40, 1). Move forward. In the distance a group of spiders should appear eventually #2. I wouldn't recommend running to them at once, as you could run into a trap on your way (unfortunately there are lots of them inside this location).

It's better to wait for the spiders to approach the party, activating the mentioned trap on their way #1. Apart from Giant Spiders you will also meet Poisonous Spiders #2 and it's worth to look out for the venom they spit, as it can poison your team members.

After disarming the trap, go up the stairs but look out for another unpleasant surprise #1. Be sure to disarm this common trap, as otherwise you will get caught in a spider-web. More spiders are waiting around the corner #2 and it would be best to retreat to the lower level and wait for them to come.

Return upstairs after the fight and look out for a new common trap around the corner #1. Disarm it and head to another room with spiders #2. In this case you don't have to wait for them to come to you, however it would be of course possible.

Carefully approach the stairs, as another trap has been set on them #1. Disarm it and head upstairs, where there's yet another trap #2, so try to disarm it fast if you want to fight the spiders here.

Follow the only possible path until you reach a bigger area #1. Make a few steps forward here and you will be stopped by a group of Thugs #2 (M40, 2). Irrespectively of the chosen dialogue option the Qunari mage will strike them down and you will have to fight them.

There will be two thug groups to eliminate in total. Try to attack the thugs from the first group as fast as possible #1. Luckily they will be lightly-armoured warriors. Be ready for the second group to appear soon behind your party #2. However also in this case you shouldn't have big problems.

After the fight you will be able to talk with the mage #1 and try to persuade him to refrain from such aggressive actions in the future, but choices you make won't influence the conversation too much. Search the area, including a chest inside which you will find the Last Descent Boots. In the end head to the passage leading to [Vimmark Mountain Pass] #2 (M40, 3).