Dragon Age II: The Exalted March

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The Exalted March had been in development until March 19, 2012 when executive producer Mark Darrah confirmed that the expansion pack had been cancelled due to "other DA opportunities." Years later it was clarified that at the time the team was moving to EA DICE’s Frostbite engine and the Bioware team had a lot of work ahead of them to adapt it for an RPG like Dragon Age. Exalted March was cancelled so that all effort could be focused on what would then become Dragon Age: Inquisition.

The story kicked off from the ‘red lyrium’ shenanigans of the end of Dragon Age II. In Exalted March, the Qunari would have been starting to cause trouble in the now quite shaken-up Free Marches, leading Hawke to be called to save the day once again. This time, however, s/he had help from Starkhaven (AKA DLC character Sebastian’s homeland and birthright) and the pirates of the Armada. While it would have started at the Hanged Man like most of Dragon Age II’s plot, the expansion would have branched out to new locations, such as the Felicisima Armada’s base in Estwatch.