How to solve the In Memoriam murders in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

There are plenty of opportunities to communicate with, fight, or otherwise interact with the undead in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. In Memoriam offers a profound murder mystery aided by a benevolent spirit aptly named Compassion. In Memoriam is a bit of a sneaky quest, as you might not realize you're in the middle of it until you've already stepped too far in to turn back.

Fortunately, this makes for a more natural progression of events, as you're drawn into the unusual story you uncover through a series of notes. Whether you've already discovered the beginning or aren't sure where to start, we've got everything you need to complete In Memoriam.

How to start In Memoriam

To begin In Memoriam, go to Razikale walk, where you will notice a corpse with a sword sticking out of it under a yellow exclamation point, indicating a mission.

Approach the body and examine it, triggers a creature called Despair to appear next to Superior shades.

Despondence and Shades are both weak to Fire and resist Cold.

Despair is a powerful enemy with Glass cannon and Exploding modifier. It will use an attack that darkens your surroundings, blinds you for most of the battle.

Follow defiance closely and continue to deal damage as quickly as possible to end this fight as soon as you can or you risk being taken on a trip across the map as Despondence escapes and slows you down with enemy spawn.

Once you finish this difficult engagement, examine the sword from the beginning and witness the emergence of a spirit, which comes officially begin In Memoriam.

How to solve the murders and find the victims

The good news is that from the moment you get the quest popup, you have already made progress, and both of your current goals will be half-finished.

Follow the closer marker to the next clue to the bridge word and examine the small shed to find Hortensia's garden magazine.

Reading this diaryI will automatically summon the spirit to talk to you again, and they want to know more about the other victims.

This will complete the objective, “Solve the crossword.”

From here you follow your marker east along Razikale's walk to Urthemiel place, unlocks the fast travel point along the way.

Go up series of ladders near the marker and jump over the gaps to reach Spare coin way.

Progress through the corridor i Temple of Andraste to Andraste's watch, where you find a second victim tipped with a sword.

Defeat the Shades shown here, including another challenging enemy: Regret, which is weak to Fire but resists cold.

This enemy has too Devours and Truck modifier, so it can be extremely tanky and hard to kill if you get hit by too many attacksso that the enemy can devour your HP.

Remorse will use the same blinding attack that darkens the world around you, launching cold magic at you in the darkness.

Pursue remorse as it attempts to escape over Andraste's Watch and nearby areas until it eventually goes down.

After the fight, Compassion will reappear and ask you to find out more about murder victim, updating it aim for two out of three, while adding a new target: solve the temple murder, at one of two.

From here, follow your marker south to Spare Coin Way, where you find another victim to the right from where you climbed the ladders earlier.

Another demon called Insulation will be displayed. Aside from the colossal, sadistic, and knockback modifiers that make this enemy a challenge, it is weak to Fire but resists Cold damage.

This enemy is just as difficult as the previous two demons and will require just as much effort and patience to defeat. Keep going and it won't be too bad.

Once you win, approach the third victim's body, triggering Compassion's appearance again.

This will complete your goal of finding more victims and leaving you behind one of two progress on two goals:

• Loose Temple murder

• Loose market murder

Follow your marker to the Temple Courtyard and defeat the Venatori you find in the area, then continue on the northern part of Andraste's Watch, where you will find a note called Property of Marcus, scholar.

Compassion appears and speaks, complete your goal to solve the temple murder.

This leaves you with only the market murder to solve, so go to Urthemiel place again and locate ladder around same area on the map like the expressway beacon.

Climb up the ladder to the top, where you will find some notes; the one you need is Carbon Drawing Of A Roof.

Read this note and Compassion will appear for the last time and reveal the truth behind the murders.

What rewards do you get from In Memoriam?

Once Compassion has finished speaking, you will complete In Memoriam, which will reward the following

• 500 XP
• The pawn increases with your companions
• Gold
• Fade-touched crystals

While the rewards aren't great, you should collect more XP and loot along the way to each objective, so it evens out.