Thanks to Lady Seryl's trebuchets, the Inquisition soldiers broke down the Adamant Fortress's gates in no time. It was both tough and disheartening to fight the Grey Wardens and Ellana'ra was grateful Garrett was there to help them, and even more delighted when they managed to convince the Grey Wardens that they were there to fight Erimond and the demons, not the Wardens.

After fighting through demons after demons, Ellana'ra's team and Garrett reached the courtyard in time to see Erimond presiding over Warden Commander Clarel's sacrifice to bind a demon to her. Ellana'ra and Stroud tried to explain to the Grey Wardens that Erimond was trying to enslave them to Corypheus. The Grey Wardens, including Clarel, became doubtful of their actions. Enraged by the failure of his plan, Erimond summoned Corypherus' dragon to attack Ellana'ra and her team.

Urghhh! Not that same dragon that destroyed Haven again!

By then Warden Commander Clarel understood that she had been deceived by the magister. She ordered the Grey Wardens to help Ellana'ra's team to fight the Pride demon that was summoned and took off to pursue Erimond. After the Pride demon was defeated, Ellana'ra and team ran after the dragon and found Clarel at the top of the battlements. She was about to kill Erimond when the dragon attacked, mauling her. Before dying, she cast one last spell to kill the dragon. The dragon was injured and flew away. However, the force of Clarel's powerful spell shattered the walkway and all plummet. Ellana'ra and team were free falling when she suddenly remembered her anchor. Hastily, she opened a rift beneath and all fell through it.

Ellana'ra groaned as she landed on the ground. She got up and looked around. The "sky" was bright green, and a unrelenting fog seemed to be floating in the air.

"Where are we?"

Ellana'ra turned around and saw a very disoriented Stroud. But at least he was not hurt. "I opened a rift. I think this is the legendary Fade." Ellana'r shrugged.

Wait. Where is Garrett? Oh Mythal! I think he was the last one behind! Did he manage to get into the rift?

As she started to panic, she heard that familiar voice. "If this is the afterlife, the Chantry owes me an apology. This looks nothing like the Maker's bosom." She looked up and saw Garrett hanging by the cliff. Well, he was hanging upside down in her perspective, but she looked the same in his view.

"Garrett! Andruil's arrows! What are you doing there?! Come down!"

"Ella... you're the one hanging upside down..."

"You are the one! Now get down here you stupid idiot Hawke!"

"How?!"

"I don't care! Try jumping!"

Garrett looked at Stroud. The both of them tried jumping and sure enough, they dropped onto the same "ground" that Ellana'ra stood on. Ellana'ra ran over as Garrett picked himself up painfully, and leaped onto him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down for a kiss. "Thank Mythal you came through the rift!"

Garrett kissed her back gently. "I told you I'll follow you, silly, so I'd make sure I squeeze my butt through the rift no matter what."

At a short distance away, Cassandra made a disgusted noise.

And then another very exhilarated voice followed. "I never thought I would ever find myself here physically. Look! The Black City! Almost close enough to touch!". Of course it was Solas.

Stroud cleared his throat loudly. "Perhaps we should get going? In our world, the rift the demons came through was nearby in the main hall. Can we escape the same way?"

It was the Fade. So apparently the place was filled with demons like Shades and Wraiths. Fortunately they were not stronger even though they had the home advantage. As they walked further in, Ellana'ra spotted an old woman dressed in Chantry clothing. The old woman did not seem as evil as the other demons in the area. In fact, she had a rather benevolent look. The old woman smiled and spoke. "I greet you, Warden. And you, Champion."

But it was Cassandra who stepped forward and answered. "Divine Justina? Most Holy?"

"Erm... Cassandra? This is the Divine? That Divine? Your Divine who died in the Conclave?"

"I... don't know... It is said the souls of the dead pass through the Fade and sometimes linger. But... we know that spirits lie. Be wary, Inquisitor."

The so-called Divine just smiled and spoke gently. "You suspect my survival is impossible, and yet here you stand yourselves. In truth, we don't have time to argue and justify who I am."

"Really?" Garrett snorted. "How hard is it to answer one question? One, I'm the Divine. Two, I'm a demon pretending to be the Divine. Three, non of above. Four, all of the above."

The so-called Divine ignored Garrett's question and spoke directly to Ellana'ra. "All you need to know is that I'm here to help you. You do not remember what happened at the Temple of Sacred Ashses, Inquisitor."

"Wait. How do you know I am the Inquisitor if you're really the Divine who kind of died before I was made the Inquisitor?"

"I know because I've examined memories like yours, stolen by this demon. It is called the Nightmare, which you forget upon waking. It feeds off memories of fear and darkness. And it serves Corypheus. The false calling that the Grey Wardens are hearing? Its work."

"I will avenge the insult this Nightmare dealt my brethren!" Stroud grunted.

"Then you'll have your chance, brave Warden. This is its lair." The so-called Divine looked back at Ellana'ra. "When you entered the Fade at Haven, this demon took a part of you. You must recover these memories." And she pointed to some Wraiths nearby.

Halla poo... how did my memories become Wraiths?!

Ellana'ra and team fought Wraiths after Wraiths. With each Wraith destroyed, a piece of Ellana'ra's memory was restored. Eventually she regained all her memories and remembered interrupting Corypheus's ritual at the Temple of Sacred Ashes accidentally, saving the Divine and touching one mysterious orb which gave her the anchor. Most importantly, she remembered that the Grey Wardens were the ones assisting Corypheus in the ritual. They were the ones restraining the Divine for her sacrifice.

"So it was the Grey Wardens' actions that led to the Divine's death huh!" Garrett glared at Stroud. Stroud's brows furrowed as he defended. "Corypheus might have been controlling their minds. You've seen him do that before. If you want to, we can argue after we left this damn place."

"You bet I will!" Garrett groaned and walked ahead. Ellana'ra sighed and signaled the team to move along.

Like the so-called Divine warned, the Nightmare detected the team's presence eventually and taunted each of them, possibly hoping to demoralize them.

"Your Inquisitor is a fraud, Cassandra. Evidence has also proved there is no Maker. All your faith has gone down the sea."

"Go die in the void, you demon!"

"Once again, Hawke is in danger because of you, Varric. You were the one who found the red lyrium. You are the one bringing him here now."

"Yeah yeah yeah, blah blah blah, just keep talking, Smiley!"

"Warden Stroud. How must it feel to devote your whole life to the Wardens, only to watch them fall? Or worse, to know that you're responsible for their destruction? Will you be blamed when the next blight comes?"

"With the Maker's blessings, I'll kill you first."

"Did you think anything you ever did mattered, Hawke? You couldn't even save your city. How could you expect to strike down a god? Ellana'ra is going to die. Just like your family and everyone you ever cared about."

"I will not let her die." Garrett held Ellana'ra's hand tight and looked at her. Ellana'ra smiled and nodded. She believed him.

And then the Nightmare said something in Elven to Solas that even Ellana'ra did not understand, so everyone just ignored Solas when he replied something else in Elven.

The team fought more Wraiths and Ellana'ra recovered more of her memories. This time, she remembered that the Divine was the green Lady Ghost who pushed her out of the Fade and saved her. Not Andraste. The Divine sacrificed herself for her so this so-called Divine they were seeing had to be a spirit.

"So you're the spirit of the dead Divine?" Ellana'ra asked as the so-called Divine transformed into a spirit.

"Well, one thing for sure, we now know the Divine indeed died at the Temple, thanks to the Grey Wardens!" Garrett snorted at Stroud.

"I told you they were probably under the influence of Corypheus' mind control!" Stroud defended. "We can argue about this when we're back at Adamant Fortress."

"Provided your Grey Wardens and their pet demons did not destroy the Inquisition while we are here!"

"How dare you judge us! You destroyed the whole city and started the mage rebellion!"

"I was protecting the mages, not mad men drunk on blood magic!"

"Urghhhh! Stop! You two!" Ellana'ra shouted in frustration. "You can argue all you want when we're back in the real world. For now can we concentrate on getting out of this hell hole?!"

Of course all these loud commotion attracted the attention of the Nightmare again, and it sent giant multiple-eyes spiders known as Fearlings to attack them. The team fought off those Fearlings and many more demons and finally reached the rift opening. However the rift was blocked by the Nightmare, who looked like yet another humongous spider. The suspected spirit of the Divine asked Ellana'ra to pass a message back to Leliana then sacrificed herself to subdue the demon. Her sacrifice temporarily indisposed the Nightmare, and Ellana'ra and team fought the Aspect of the Nightmare left behind, a Fear Demon and its Fearlings. After they killed the Aspect, the humongous spider reappeared to block the rift again. Ellana'ra's team managed to escaped through the rift and left her with Garrett and Stroud.

Halla poo! Is this how I'm going to die?! To become spider food?!

"We need to clear a path!" Stroud looked at the two of them with certainty. "I'll cover the both of you. The Grey Wardens caused this shit. A Warden must end this."

"A Warden must rebuild the order! That's your job!" Garrett rebutted. "Corypheus is my responsibility."

"Garrett, no!" Ellana'ra grabbed Garrett's hand with both hands and shook her head.

"Ella... "

"You can't stay here! You can't... leave me..." Tears started to well in Ellana'ra's eyes.

"Ella... I said I'll follow you. I... I'm sorry. I lied." Garrett cupped Ellana'ra's cheeks and kissed her deeply. He wanted the kiss to last longer. but he knew the Nightmare would not be that patient. He looked at Ellana'ra's green orbs one last time and smiled. "I love you. And I said I will not let you die."

With that last statement, Garrett turned and charged towards the Nightmare. "No! Garrett!" Ellana'ra started to run after him but Stroud grabbed her arm just in time. With all his might, he pulled and dragged Ellana'ra into the rift opening as she struggled.

Upon returning to Adamant Fortress, Ellana'ra closed the rift and destroyed the remaining demons with her anchor. The Inquisition captured Erimond back to Skyhold for judgement, while Ellana'ra agreed to have the Grey Wardens stay to help the Inquisition. After all things were settled, Varric ran over.

"Where is Hawke?"

Ellana'ra's legs gave way instantly and she knelt down. The pain in her heart was too much to bear and her tears flowed non-stop. Varric understood the answer. He knelt in front of her and hugged her head against his chest.