Should You Accept or Refuse Makal Damas' Deal?

Accepting or refusing Makal Damas' deal occurs during The Cobbled Swan Case quest and affects Neve's companion questline in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Check out the consequences of each choice and see if you should accept or refuse Makal Damas' deal here!

Notice	The following page contains spoilers for Neve Gallus' story line.

Should You Accept or Refuse Makal Damas' Deal?

Affects Neve's Later Companion Quests

The choice to accept or refuse Makal Damas' deal will affect how Neve's following companion quests play out. Choosing to accept Makal Damas' deal now will lock Neve into working with the Threads, affecting her later quests.

Choosing to refuse his deal will lead to Neve not having the Threads' support in her following Companion quests, which in turn allows players to make a choice tied to Neve becoming a Hero of the Veilguard.

Outcomes of Accepting or Refusing Makal Damas' Deal

Summary of Choice Outcomes

Prompt
Makal Damas: Consider it my thanks.
Choice	Outcome
Deal. Bataris threatenl lives.	・You accepted the Threads' deal. ・Disables Neve's Hero of the Veilguard choice during a later Companion quest. ・Receive the help of the Threads in Neve's following Companion quests.
No, we'll find a better way.	・Allows players to make Neve's Hero of the Veilguard choice in a later Companion quest. ・The Threads do not help Neve during her Companion quests. ・If the player saved Treviso over Minrathous: Neve disapproves.

Accept Makal Damas' Deal

Accepting the deal will allow the Threads to aid Neve and Rook during Neve's Companion quests, but will disable a choice tied to Neve becoming a Hero of the Veilguard on her final Companion quest.

Note that Neve will still become a Hero of the Veilguard after completing all of her companion quests. Working with the Threads just locks her to a result, whereas if she did not work with the Threads, she would have a choice to make.

Refuse Makal Damas' Deal

Refusing the deal will allow players to make the choice tied to her Hero of the Veilguard status during the events of her final Companion quest, but the Threads will not provide more support during later Companion quests.

Neve Will Take the Deal if You Saved Treviso

If the player chose to save Treviso over Minrathous, her home's state of chaos will lead Neve to accept the deal regardless of what players chose as a response, locking her onto a path of working with the Threads.

When Does the Choice Appear?

After Defeating Makal Damas

The choice appears after defeating Makal Damas during the events of The Cobbled Swan Case quest. It appears as a Companion quest, should the player choose to save Minrathous.

Saving Treviso instead makes this quest appear as a part of the main story, wherein Neve will automatically accept the deal.

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