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Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening Hints
How can I clear the courtyard?
1 of 8: Have Mhairi hold position a ways back in the west field while your main character goes through the hole in the north fence and lures darkspawn out a few at a time. (Note that one of them is an ogre, so do your best avoid having to fight him along with other darkspawn.)
2 of 8: Get Mhairi to follow you again, then to through the wall hole and head NE to find a Vigil soldier under attack by hurlocks. Quickly kill them so the soldier survives, and he'll take up position next to the main gate.
3 of 8: Go up the wooden stairs that are directly west of the main gate and rush to the aid of a terrified merchant. Save him and loot the nearby chest, then go along the north path to find a wooden crate.
4 of 8: Just NE of the wooden crate is another Vigil soldier who's under attack. Go save him so he can help guard the main gate.
5 of 8: Go up the stairs that lead to the big gate on the upper floor, then approach the gate to get it blown open. Two hurlocks and a spellcasting genlock emissary will attack you. (Run your party to a spot to the left of the gate to lure the emissary in.)
6 of 8: Run north path the gate and then west to find another soldier under attack. Save him to get the "A Medical Necessity" optional quest.
7 of 8: Finish that quest, then go up the stairs next to the soldier and look for a chest and two wooden crates.
8 of 8: Check the blacksmith's area east of the area transition gate to find a locked chest with a magic belt for mages and a rune in it.
