The entire Western Approach had become a wasteland, and thus the expense of maintaining the fortress became increasingly difficult to justify. We kept the land safe from further encroachment, but as each new Age dawned, memories of our sacrifice became fainter. It had been built as a bastion against darkspawn spilling out from the Abyssal Rift, a symbol of how we had done the impossible, pushing those creatures back into the shadows where they belonged. Of all the decisions we Grey Wardens were forced to make over the lean years, withdrawing from the fortress of Adamant was perhaps the most difficult. Known Main Locations in World of Dragon Age: Inquisition Adamant Fortress