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Bellara is a Veil Jumper you meet in Arlathan Forest inDragon Age: Veilguard. She’s very talented but sometimes unaware of it, often clumsy or goofy, though she’s also shy, intelligent, and understanding. When encouraged, she’s so sweet that she can’t hide her happiness.
Veil Jumpers tend to get into a lot of trouble, and her brother went missing because of it, which causes her ongoing inner sadness. If you’re interested in Bellara, you can pursue a romantic relationship with her, just like with the other companions, as explained in this guide.
How To Recruit Bellara
When you start ‘In Entropy’s Grasp’ main quest, Bellara will join your party. This main quest takes place after the ‘Shadows of the Ancient Arlathan’ quest. After arriving in Arlathan Forest, you will meet two Veil Jumpers named Strife and Irelin. They will ask you to find Bellara. Bellara, on the other hand, is searching for an artifact.
While searching for it,you will fight a sentinel,and after defeating it, another enemy will attack you. Bellara will stop it, and this is when you will meet her, and she will join your team.
Where To Find Bellara’s Gift
You can get a gift for Bellara quite early, as one of the first places you can freely explore in the game is Arlathan Forest. After the ‘Into The Crossroads quest’,once you arrive at Arlathan Forest,you can buy a gift for Bellarafrom the shop at the Veil Jumper Camp.
This gift is the Elven Frog Figurine.After purchasing it, you’ll receive the Fit for a Veil Jumper quest. Once you go to the Lighthouse and give the gift to Bellara, your bond with her will increase.
Bellara Romance Quests And Events
Bellara is generallyopposed to violenceand prefers resolving situations diplomatically, earning approval from her when doing so. After she joins your team in the ‘In Entropy’s Grasp’ main quest,be sure to check her room after each questto catch any time-sensitive dialogues and earn her approval.
Starting a relationship with Bellara takes quite a while, so you need to be patient. After completing one of her companion quests, ‘Hummingbird’s Lament’, you will be able to start an exclusive relationship with her.
The table below contains all the dialogues and romance options you need to choose, from the moment you meet Bellara until you start an exclusive relationship with her:
Your Answer
Outcome
After defeating The Ogre bossin the ‘In Entropy’s Grasp’ quest, you will head to the Veil Jumper camp and speak with Irelin.
Irelin:“We could ask it about the gods. Figure out their next move.”
The Dalish are priority.
Bellara approves.
In the ‘Shadows Crossing’ main quest, you mustdecide the fate of the Mayor.
Harding:“Rook, you’re a Grey Warden. You could pack him off to Weisshaupt as punishment."(If you are Grey Warden)
Leave him here.
At the end of the ‘Shadows Crossing’ main quest,after meeting Morrigan, Bellara will have a conversation about the gods.
Bellara:“Our gods are back. Our gods! And they’re killing people and blighting the world. How do we stand up against that?”
Whatever it takes.
After the ‘Into The Crossroads’ main quest, you can have an optional dialogue with Bellara at the lighthouse. However, don’t delay it too much, or you might miss it. You’llfind her trying to repair the Archive Spirit.
Bellara:“I mean, I had to re-align the matrices. But it just worked. Not like this thing.”
You’re smart. You’ve got this.
Romance option. Flirting with Bellara.
After the previous dialogue, she’ll start talking about technical stuff and rambling.
I like your rambling.
After the ‘Into the Crossroads’ quest,once you activate the eluvian in Arlathan Forestand proceed for a while, if you talk to Bellara at the Lighthouse, you will start her companion quest, ‘Echoes of the Past’.
After reaching the quest marker in Arlathan Forest, you’ll find other Veil Jumpers gathered at the beginning of the quest, and Bellara will speak with them.
Bellara:“Rook and I, we’ll handle the rest.”
You picked me?
During this quest, you’ll need to assist her twice with artifacts, placing power sources into slots.After doing so for the second artifact, another dialogue with Bellara will occur.
Bellara:“You have better things to do. I know.”
For you? Anytime.
After the ‘Sea of Blood’ quest, when you return to the Lighthouse, you will see everyone gathered around a table discussing the demon inside Lucanis.
Lucanis:“You’d have to kill me.”
There’s got to be another way.
At the end of the ‘Shadows of Minrathous’ quest,you will report what you found in the warehouse to Viper. If Bellara is with you, selecting the relevant dialogue will earn her approval:
Tarquin:“Great. Sounds like the Venatori are going to be even more trouble.”
I’m here to help.
After the ‘Shadows of Minrathous’ quest,go to the room where Neve is in the Lighthouse.You will find Bellara there. As the dialogue progresses,
Bellara:“I only see a few papers a year. I never know how the stories end!”
I’m sure it’s happy.
After a while in ‘The Smuggled Relic Case’ quest,you will find Neve and Bellara in Bellara’s room.
Neve:“Hold on. I don’t think Rook’s interested in that story.”
I love scandal.
After ‘Completing The Veilguard’ questand finishing the conversation with Solas, you will talk with your entire team about the events. If you saved Treviso:
Neve or Lucanis:“Treviso could have used a dragon hunter. That much is true.”
Yes, I know.
After completing ‘Where The Dead Must Go’ and ‘The Dragon Slayer’ quests, you will talk with everyone about the final events. Then, Neve or Lucanis will rejoin the group. Bellara will talk to the returning character:
Lucanis:“Yes. Here to stay.”
Thanks for coming back.
At the end of the ‘Something Wrong’ quest, after collecting the samples, theFirst Warden will arrive.
First Warden:“Your sensitivity to blight is useful, Warden Antoine. But you’ve had more than one snake in your ear.”
We can work together. (If you are not a Warden)
I’m on your side! (If you are a Warden)
In the ‘Siege of Weisshaupt’ quest, when confronting the First Warden, you canconvince him diplomatically.
Let’s be reasonable.
Bellara greatly approves.
When youcomplete the ‘After The Storm’ quest, you will have atimed conversation with Bellara in the kitchen.She will feel guilty because of the elf gods. Later in the dialogue, you can flirt with her.
Bellara:“Well. No one, I guess. But then what should I do?”
Keep being you.
Bellara’s ‘The Demon’s Bargain’ companion quest will appearafter ‘The Siege of Weisshaupt’ quest.When you talk to Bellara, you’ll learn that some elves have gone missing.
You will then head to the Elven Ruins. As you progress, you will encounter Bellara’s brother, Cyrian, and a mysterious figure, Anaris.
How could you?
At the end of the companion quest,after signaling and leaving the Elven Ruins, when talking to the others.
Is he being controlled?
At the end of the ‘Fire and Ice’ quest, you will return to the Lighthouse and discuss the final events with your team.
Arlathan makes sense.
You will findBellara and Neve talking in the kitchen.Afterward, Neve will leave, leaving you alone with Bellara. At this point, you can flirt with her.
Bellara:“Sorry, Rook. Not great company right now.”
Bellara:“What keeps me from doing what he did?”
We do.
After Bellara’s conversation with Neve, you will have the chance to talk to her again in her room later. You willfind her writing a serial.She will be talking to herself, and when you enter the room, she will be surprised and ask you what you heard.
Bellara:“What did you hear?”
Something good.
In the continuation of the previous conversation, Bellara will praise you, as she’s writing about you. At this point, you’re able to flirt with her.
Bellara:“And, you know. You’re all so interesting. It helps. For inspiration.”
Back at you.
As the previous conversation continues, Bellara will awkwardly talk about the two of you. At this stage, you can finallyexpress your romantic interest in her.This won’t create a commitment yet, and it’s not the point of no return. You can still flirt with others.
Bellara:“Okay. Worst possible way to ask that.”
It’s not, and I do like you.
Expresses romantic interest in Bellara.
After the ‘Unwanted Guests’ main quest, when you find the Dalish Survivor,Strife and Irelin will approach you.They will be surprised by the abduction of the Dalish. If Bellara is with you, you can gain her approval.
Strife:“You’re serious?”
It’s not over yet.
After completing the ‘Unwanted Guests’ main quest, go to Bellara’s room and talk to her. You will find her speaking with the Archive Spirit and gathering information about Anaris. Afterward, you will receive Bellara’s companion quest, ‘Hummingbird’s Lament.’
What’re you asking?
Bellara:“And that’s if it isn’t all a big trap.”
What does your gut say?
After receiving the ‘Hummingbird’s Lament’ companion quest,speak with Bellara in Arlathan Forest. Following that, you will confront Cyrian. However, your attempts to convince him will be in vain, and the quest will be completed.
After returning to the Lighthouse, go to Bellara’s room and talk to her.
Bellara:“So we can stop them. However we have to.”
I’m here for you.
After the previous dialogue,you have reached the point of no return.With this choice, you can start an exclusive relationship with Bellara, and she will become your partner. From this point on, you can no longer flirt with other characters.
Bellara:“With everything I’ve got going on… with Cyrian, I mean…”
I’m sure.
Commits you to an exclusive relationship with Bellara
During the optional’Regrets of the Dread Wolf' quest, after positioning the Wolf Statuettes you collected in the Lighthouse library, some additional dialogue options become available. These interactions allow you to gain extra approval from Bellara, provided you’ve found and placed all the statues.
After placing the first wolf statuettein the library and witnessing Solas’s first memory.
Bellara:“And the mages who declared themselves my gods. Well, mine and Davrin’s.”
Lucanis:“Then she sides with Elgar’nan over him. A betrayal.”
No wonder he was angry.
After placing the second wolf statuettein the library and seeing Solas’s second memory.
Taash:“Nah. They were doing it.”
I don’t think so, and ick.
After placing the third wolf statuettein the library and seeing Solas’s third memory.
Lucanis:“What do you think, Rook?”
The loss hurts. (If you are an Elf.)
I’m angry at everyone. (If you are an Elf.)
Harding:“Did we?”
I’m sorry this hurts.
After placing the fourth wolf statuettein the library and seeing Solas’s fourth memory.
Neve:“Davrin’s got a point. World’s not short on small-minded humans.”
