The Rescue at Ishal
⚪ Last updated 2024Preview

🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #36 of 336 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
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Marcus (Khaar Machinima) has remastered our mod's existing bink videos (BIKs)
The video package can be found under Optional Downloads.
There are two comparison shots in the photos section.
Your own images may vary depending on your PC setup, monitor, mods, and any ReShade/ENB or texture and lighting mods.
Marcus is the creator of Dragon Age BIK Improvement Konversion (DABIK)
Check it out! It does a tremendous job of refreshing DAO.
The final Ostagar battle scenes look amazing and play smoothly with this mod’s cutscenes and remastered BIKs.
See the DABIK mod page for an explanation of the process used to upscale and remaster the game's BIKs.
Please see sticky note in comments section for additional information.
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SPOILER ALERT
:There is a spoiler in this mod and in the videos attached to it.
While it can be assumed that most fans know the secrets of Flemeth and Morrigan at this point-
For new players who have never played any DA game or have never played DA2 or DAI
do not watch them
Following Loghain's betrayal and the ambush at the top of the tower,
both Alistair and the Warden are left to die at the hands of the darkspawn.
A gravely injured Alistair attempts to shield his fellow Warden from further harm, not knowing Flemeth is on her way to rescue them both.
This was a part of the story that Bioware chose not to include in the vanilla game.
Tinimaus and I got to talking one day and decided to create this missing part ourselves.
This is the end-product of lots of hard work.
With carefully designed, lore-friendly scenes, based partially on Morrigan's description of the events to the Warden,
our mod attempts to show this rescue.
The Rescue at Ishal extends the ending of the battle of Ostagar in Dragon Age: Origins, adding two new cutscenes and two pre-filmed movies that show the aftermath of the battle and what happened to Alistair and the Warden. This is a narrative expansion for players who want more story depth.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Strong community support with 2,550 endorsements
- High download count (60,383) shows real demand for story expansions
- Fills a narrative gap for lore-hungry players
⚠️ Cons
- Contains spoilers for the battle of Ostagar, so play the original first
- Last updated in March 2024 — may not be compatible with the latest game patches
For Dragon Age: Origins players who want more story after Ostagar and are curious about Alistair's fate. Skip if you're not interested in cutscene-only content or prefer gameplay changes.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to back up your save before installing, as the mod alters a critical story moment.
- Check the mod's comments section for any known compatibility issues with other Ostagar mods.
- If you use a mod manager, install this mod manually to avoid conflicts with other narrative mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Dragonage Mods
- Author
- Marawen - SarahCousland and Andrastini - Tinimaus
- Version
- FINAL
- Downloads
- 60,383
- Endorsements
- 2,550
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 6/12/2017
- Updated
- 3/10/2024
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