The Warden's Party (Origins)

"You tend to get up to interesting things. You meet interesting people and then you kill them."

- Zevran Arainai

The Warden's Party are a group of various individuals gathered together by the Warden during his quest to stop the Fifth Blight. The group first began with Alistair, a Templar Grey Warden fresh from his Joining, and the Warden at the Battle of Ostagar. After the Darkspawn horde left the Grey Wardens decimated and the two remaining Wardens barely alive, the Witch of the Wilds Morrigan joined them at request of her mother, Flemeth. Leaving Flemeth's hut, they are joined by a stray mabari war dog that had bonded to the Warden.

Arriving in the town of Lothering, the Warden then recruits Leliana, a Chantry lay sister, and Sten, a Qunari beresaad imprisoned for murder. The party leaves Lothering, recruiting the dwarf berserker Oghren in Orzammar after finding his wife Paragon Branka, and the senior mage Wynne at the Circle Tower in Lake Calenhad. While travelling, the Warden is nearly assassinated by Zevran Arainai, a Dalish Antivan Crow. Showing mercy, Zevran joins the Warden's party while hiding from the Crows. They also happen upon Shale, a stone golem frozen in the town of Honnleath without any memory of its past.

As the party bonds over their mission to recruit armies to stop the Fifth Blight, they ask the Warden to fulfill a personal quest for them. The Warden is more than willing to comply, despite the time it takes from their mission; Oghren bonds with a former lover called Felsi, Sten's original sword Asala is recovered, Leliana's past ties to the bards of Orlais are severed, Alistair meets his half-sister Goldanna, Wynne makes amends with one of her former apprentices, and Morrigan's mother Flemeth is slain.

Once the armies have been gathered and the matter of Loghain Mac Tir is settled, the Warden's Party leads the charge against the mighty Darkspawn horde. Defeating them at the gates of Denerim, the party makes final good-byes to all of his companions before leading a small force of his most trusted and powerful allies to defeat the Archdemon. Slaying the beast and ending the Fifth Blight, the party depart, with all of its members scattering to the wind, likely never to see each other again.