However, during the events of Dragon Age: Asunder the phylactery chambers of the White Spire were destroyed. Phylacteries of all First Enchanters were stored in the White Spire, an Orlesian Circle and the Templar Order stronghold. It seems that phylacteries are transferred off-site soon after a mage’s Harrowing. In Kinloch Hold, the phylacteries of apprentice mages are kept in the basement of the tower behind protective wards, but those of full mages and enchanters are kept at an undisclosed location in Denerim. Various phylacteries placed in protected places The Circle of Magi and the Chantry use small phylacteries filled with blood-taken from an apprentice mage by the First Enchanter of their Circle-to track down mages that turn apostate. Appearances: Dragon Age comic, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, Dragon Age: Redemption, Dragon Age: Asunder, Dragon Age: InquisitionĪ phylactery is a vessel, often a glass vial, containing the essence of a magical being.
