Emmrich Volkarin

Emmrich Volkarin is a member of the Mourn Watch within the Mortalitasi and a companion in the upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
== Background ==
Emmrich Volkarin is a necromancer scholar that takes the task of protecting innocents from the occult as seriously as his interest in the mysteries of the Fade and his studies. He has been a member of the Mourn Watch for at least thirty years, and has a skeletal assistant named Manfred.
== Involvement ==
=== Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights ===
=== Short Story: The Flame Eternal ===
In 9:22 Dragon, Emmrich and a fellow Mourn Watcher called Johanna Hezenkoss put a spirit at rest by reuniting him with the remains of his wife. Johanna notes that Emmrich is very talented and that he has honed his skills in sub-astral manifestation.
=== Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance ===
Emmrich Volkarin was riding through Nevarra in a horse-drawn carriage during a stormy night. Seeing as the storm was preventing further safe travel, Emmrich orders his driver, Rolet, to pull his carriage to the side of the road and hunker down until the storm passes. He also orders Rolet to release the horses, believing their insticts will guide them to safety and that they will return once the tempestuous weather has passed. While releasing the horses, Rolet hears Nadia Carcosa crying for help, which leads Emmrich and Rolet to help her. They find Nadia and her gravely wounded companion, Drayden Kiel, mired in the mud—with Drayden dying from poisoning of the Black Rot—and rescued them. Once Nadia revealed she is in need of a necromancer to save her friend, Emmrich reveals himself to be one and brings the two travelers to his carriage to treat Drayden. 
After examining Drayden, Emmrich questions how Drayden was able to contain the spread of infection for so long. Nadia says that Drayden being Fade-touched may have helped them resist death. Emmrich has his assistant, Manfred, and Rolet prepare Drayden for a magical ritual in the carriage but another earthquake occured that damaged the land and a fallen tree smashed Rolet's ankle. Emmrich has Manfred tend to Rolet while Emmrich and Nadia tend to Drayden, whose condition appears to be worsening. Rolet notes that he may have seen a castle on top of a hill and the group decides to seek shelter there. 
As they made it up the hill, Emmrich sent a message beyond the Veil to let Drayden's spirit know that they will soon be able to return to their body. Once inside the castle, the group meets Pascal De La Forsa, the master of the castle. Since Emmrich is a Mourn Watcher of the Grand Necropolis, Pascal welcomes the group to use his castle so they can recuperate. Pascal leads the group to the Oratory where Emmrich tells everyone that he needs to perform blood magic in order to treat Drayden's advanced poisoning, although Emmrich assures Pascal that no demons will be summoned from his ritual. Pascal sends everyone else to their bed chambers and leaves Emmrich and Manfred to their work. 
After administering the potions to Drayden, Emmrich performed the blood magic ritual to cleanse Drayden of the poison. The ritual was a success and Drayden was healed, but Drayden woke up to frantically warn Emmrich that Nadia was in danger. Emmrich, Drayden, and Manfred head to the East Room, where they discover Pascal and his sister Spinella were actually demons that had possessed a woman, controlling Rolet, and were also scheming to turn the other living beings into abominations. Emmrich uses his magic to fend off the abominations and orders them to relinquish their hosts, but Spinella killed her host with a broken bottle to punish Emmrich's resistance. Rolet is freed of the demon's influence after the fight and tells Emmrich that he remembers the demons mentioning the castle crypt; everyone concluded that the crypts is where they are holding a drugged Nadia, who Pascal intends to deliver to a demon named Maeror. 
Since Drayden is too weak from their treatment, they stayed behind with Rolet while Emmrich braves the crypts to save Nadia. Emmrich arrives in time to witness Nadia recover from her debilitation and goes to Emmrich who has erected a magical wall to fend off the demons. Emmrich thinks that if they can hold out, the Fade tear the demons manifested will grow unstable and shut itself down. Nadia however, calls on her lover Elio (a name Emmrich is familiar with) to aid them, and someone who appears to be Elio manifests to vanquish the demons. The Elio that arrived convinces Nadia to return with him to the Fade despite Emmrich's warnings and efforts to prevent her from leaving. When Drayden catches up to Emmrich, Emmrich reveals that something in the guise of Elio had tricked Nadia.Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance, Episode 7: The Demon that Came
Emmrich explains that his expertise with death and magic has enabled him to distinguish that there was something unnatural about the Elio who ushered Nadia away. Although Emmrich was concerned about the recovery of Drayden's health, Drayden was determined to rescue Nadia from the danger in haste. Emmrich tells Drayden that the Elio entity had said he and Nadia were intending to go "home", which Drayden deduced to be Minrathous. Seeing Drayden's resolve to follow Nadia, Emmrich gifts Drayden some tonics and potions for their journey and wishes them luck in their quest.Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance, Episode 8: All Roads Lead Home
== Quests ==
This is a preparatory section for Emmrich's personal quests.
== Approval ==
This is a preparatory section for Emmrich's approval and disapproval.
== Romance ==
This is a preparatory section for Emmrich's romance content.
== Statistics ==
This is a preparatory section for Emmrich's starting statistics.
== Quotes ==
This is a preparatory section for select Emmrich quotes.
== Codex Entries ==
This is a preparatory section for Emmrich's codex entries.
== Notes ==
* In Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, his last name is spelled Volkahrin.
== Trivia ==
* Emmrich was written by Sylvia Feketekuty.
* Emmrich is in his early fifties.
== Gallery ==
The Eternal Flame.jpg
Emmrich Tarot.jpg
Emmrich Concept Art.jpg|Concept art for Emmrich
== References ==
Category:Characters
Category:Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights characters
Category:Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance characters
Category:Dragon Age: The Veilguard characters
Category:Humans
Category:Magi
Category:Necromancers
Category:Companions
Category:Dragon Age: The Veilguard companions
Category:Mourn Watchers
Category:Blood mages
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