Stabbing at Shadows is Aza’s companion quest, and it looks into her past with the Glorious Dawn. While helping her track down an old friend, you uncover secrets, betrayals, and a whole lot of danger coming her way. This guide walks you through every step, from triggering the quest to confronting the people who put a target on Aza’s back.
How to Start the Stabbing at Shadows Quest
While you’re out adventuring with Aza in your party, she’ll eventually walk up to you on her own and ask for help. When she’s ready, you’ll see a speech bubble pop up over her head. If you don’t feel like waiting, you can trigger the quest yourself by taking her to any Glorious Dawn camp.
Meeting Severin
When Aza brings up the quest, she explains that she needs to reach a friend inside the Glorious Dawn named Severin. He’s supposed to have left her a message at one of their camps. The right camp is on Praetor, just west of Central Control, right across from it. Head over there and interact with the communication device so Aza can pull Severin’s message.
Make your way to the Cloister next. Severin admits that the Exalted Leader, Dagmar, personally told him that Aza was supposed to be killed. And since Aza is ready to take his head off on the spot. If you want to calm her down and stop her from killing him, you’ll need to pass an 11 Speech check. Fail it, and Severin, plus the Protectorate Sentinels he brought along, are going down. Once Severin is handled one way or another, Aza has to face an even bigger truth: her Exalted Leader, Dagmar, has been working with the Protectorate behind her back.
Meeting Dagmar
Head into Central Control and use the terminal inside. You’ll find a message from Dagmar to the Protectorate Consul that spells everything out, including the kill order on Aza. The message also exposes Dagmar wearing full Protectorate gear, confirming she’s actually a Sentinel.
Dagmar’s office is located inside Central Control, but every door to it is locked. To get in, you’ll need to use a hidden route. Go into the nearby room and look for a small wall panel you can remove. Crawl through the vents, follow the path, and you’ll eventually drop into her office and come face-to-face with Dagmar.
