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How to find the false Sovran in Dragon’s Dogma 2 The Nameless Village quest

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When planning to dethrone Disaā€™s False Sovran, Brant gives you a number of options, one of which is finding out who the False Sovran is and where they came from. Here’s how to start and complete The Nameless Village quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2.

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How to start The Nameless Village quest in Dragonā€™s Dogma 2

Youā€™ll come across The Nameless Village quest as part of the main questline in Dragonā€™s Dogma 2. When you speak with Captain Brant, heā€™ll give you a selection of quests. If you choose the option ā€œTell me of the false sovranā€ heā€™ll tell you about hidden payments funneled to Arthur through the supposed purchase of sweet crownflowers. These are only found in a village on the far east of Vermund. 

While Brant admits itā€™s shaky grounds to go off of, you can then accept the quest. This adds ā€œThe Nameless Villageā€ to your log.

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How to complete The Nameless Village in Dragonā€™s Dogma 2

As Brant said, your destination is to the extreme east of the map. Itā€™s a bit of a trip, and thereā€™s no Oxcart that travels that way, so make sure that youā€™re prepared. I will note that this village has the usual comforts of a shop and inn, so you can restock and recharge.

Once you arrive at the eponymous village, youā€™ll get a cryptic warning at the gate. If you proceed to the inn, youā€™ll hear more hushed talk about something strange in the village. Furthermore, no one knows who Arthur is. Even if you climb to the top of the village and speak to Flaude, he wonā€™t give you much information.

There are multiple ways to go about this quest, and to be honest, I solved it through my knowledge of video game world design, rather than through quest cues. A gift and a curse.

For example, thereā€™s a letter on the table in a home on the east side of the village. It has the phrase ā€œa piece of brassā€ on it. If you take it to Flaude, he will tell you that ā€œbrassā€ means ā€œimitating someoneā€ in thief-talk. However, he wonā€™t tell you much more than that. If you go to the west side of the village, a child will attempt to lead you somewhere and disappear. A woman will supposedly follow you (I didnā€™t see her actually do this; she just spoke like she was caught in the act). The woman suggests you do to someone what she did to you, which I assume means follow them.

I assumed she was talking about Flaude, so I went up to the house overlooking the town then sat on the bench out front. I waited a few times, but Flaude stayed glued to the spot. Frustrated, I surmised that if I assumed I was supposed to follow Flaude, his destination must be somewhere near the house.

Sure enough, a short ways (like 30 feet, maybe) from the house that overlooks The Nameless Village, thereā€™s a hole with a ladder leading down. This leads to ā€œNameless Village Depths.ā€

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The Nameless Depths holds a series of balancing platforms and obstacles that are presumably there to test thieves. Youā€™ll need to cross these, which I didnā€™t find too difficult. However, if youā€™re playing as a Mage or Sorcerer and have the levitate ability, you can use that to bypass a great deal of the challenges, making this sequence rather painless.

Once you arrive, pretty much the whole village is waiting there. Speaking to Srail, heā€™ll tell you that Arthur, the false sovran, is from the village and was formerly known as Darragh. He suffered a chest injury and used that as a way of ā€œprovingā€ that he was the arisen. The villagers hate him for abandoning his ideals for a comfortable job as an imposter, so Srail gladly hands you a wanted poster with his face on it.

Thatā€™s exactly what you need. Take Darraghā€™s Bill of Arrest back to Brant. He says heā€™ll ensure that the posters will be disseminated across the town, and while that wonā€™t prove the False Sovran is not truly The Arisen, it will sow doubt and make it easier to convince people when the time comes. Youā€™re then paid for your work, and The Nameless Village is now complete.

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Another of Brant’s quests involves attending a masquerade to confront the False Sovran. You need formal clothing, which can be found in a variety of places (don’t waste your money at the store). Once you have it, go to the Masquerade Hall in the evening.

When entering the Masquerade Hall, make sure you’re wearing the mask provided by Brant, as well as your formal attire. Once inside, you’ll see a cutscene of someone walking in the hallway that surrounds the dancefloor. Go there, and you won’t find the person ā€” they’ve escaped through a secret door in the back of the building. I say “secret,” but it’s pretty obvious when you’re looking for it. Look for a vaguely door-shaped extrusion in the brickwork, then just walk into it, and it will swing open.

Continue down the pathway to Chateau Bordelrie. Enter there, and you’ll be treated to a cutscene exposing the False Sovran. You’ll then be told you need to escape before the guards arrive.

To do this, I fell off the nearest balcony. It wasn’t intentional, but it was quite funny. I maybe wouldn’t recommend it, but the fall is completely survivable, so it is the quickest way to escape.

Return to Brant and the quest will be concluded.


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