Shadows Crossingis an early quest inDragon Age: The Veilguard, and the first one that asks you to make any sort of major decision. Since it’sfairly short, it’s not the best advert for the complex choices the game features, as Dragon Age: The Veilguard takes a while to get going.
However, it does still havesome importance. It helps you as a player define the decisions your Rook will make, itimpacts approval, and hiscan have further reaching consequencesdepending on what decision you make. While choices get tougher and more meaningful from here, it’s still worth considering the impact of the events of Shadow’s Crossing.
Establish Contact With The Village
Most of Shadow’s Crossing is awalking simulator,as is the case on theOuting quests you’ll pick upthrough the game. You will learn that thepeople of the village have been killed, and that theBlight has taken them. You will discover thatthe Mayor is nowhere to be seen.
Disappointingly,you’re able to’t interact much with many of the villagers here, nor can you explore the houses or find any treasure. It’s sort of a tutorial, and thus is very narrow and linear. While The Veilguard does open up further as the game goes on, there’snot much to see in D’Meta’s Crossing.
As you continue through the linear route, you will see some Blight Boils and can destroy them to squeeze through,leading to a dragon. However, there’s no need to worry (yet), asthe dragon is called back by Ghilan’nain. That leaves you with the mayor.
Should You Save Or Leave The Mayor In D’Meta’s Crossing?
Saving or leaving the Mayoris thefirst choice your Rook makesthat shows who they are inside. The Mayor confesses to his part in this affair - working with the gods to offer his own people as sacrifice for their rituals - and to having slim motivations - money. But as he begs for his life, you face a choice. Are youa hero of justice, or a hero of vengeance?
If yousavehim, you getapproval from Neve, butdisapproval from Bellara and Harding, and the quest wraps up shortly after. If youleavehim, you getdisapproval from Neve, and this timeapproval from Bellara and Harding. Therefore, on simple mathematics,leaving him is better unless you intend to romance Neve- though this decisiondoes not lock you outeither way.
However,a secondary consequence arrivesin the form of the questA Growing Corruption. If youleave the Mayor, he will turn Blighted, andyou will need to fight him laterin the game as he continues to ravage the countryside. If yousave himhere, that questdoes not happen.
