In Dragon Age The Veilguard, a romance with Bellara is one of the possible love branches in the game. To start and develop it, you must fulfill certain requirements, including completing the companion's personal quests and choosing the correct response options in dialogues with her. In this guide, we will tell you how to do this and gain the approval of the elf.
Key Features of Romancing Bellara in The Veilguard
Joining a Companion to the Party and Requirements for Starting a Romance
This is one of the easiest ways to start a romantic relationship in the game. Firstly, Bellara automatically joins the main character's party almost at the very beginning of the game – you will meet her during the quest “In the Grip of Entropy”, when you are exploring the Arlathan Forest.
Secondly, there are no special requirements for this character to become Rook's romantic interest, meaning you can start hitting on the girl almost immediately when the opportunity arises.
Tips for Strengthening Your Relationship with Bellara
We'll note right away that you don't have to attach much importance to approval rating, since it is mainly required to increase the level of combat partnership and open additional skill points, that is, you will be able to develop a love relationship with this magical archer even with low rates of this parameter.
How then to express your love for this young lady? Everything is quite simple – you need to choose whenever possibleanswers with the heart icon, thereby flirting with the girl and directly showing her your intentions. The picture below shows an example of such an answer. In the section with approvals, we have indicated all the correct dialogue options.
Naturally, you also need to complete Bellara's personal quests. In fact, they allow you to advance your romance with her. We will examine this aspect in more detail below.
Developing a Romance with Bellara
As we noted above, this heroine will be with you almost from the very beginning of the game, so her personal quest is also one of the first to be issued – the “Echo of the Past” quest can be received after completing the story missions “Sea of Blood” and “The Case of the Smuggled Relic”, as well as an invitation to Lucanis's squad.
You will simply need to visit her at the Lighthouse and talk to her to receive her first quest. During it, be sure to say “You chose me!” and “For you? Anytime”.
Important: Regularly visit the Lighthouse after completing story quests and look at the map for additional icons near Bellara's portrait. They indicate the possibility of starting a dialogue with the character or taking a quest from them. During such conversations, choose the lines with a heart.
After completing her first quest, you can continue flirting with the elf. After completing the main mission “The Siege of Weisshaupt”, which awaits you about halfway through the game, talk to her again at the Lighthouse (you may have to do this several times) to take on the second quest called “Deal with the Demon”.
Continue to progress through the main story by completing Fire and Ice, then return to the Lighthouse and talk to Bellara again. When the scene where you see her writing her own novel is shown, be sure to click on the answer “That's not true, and I like you,” demonstrating to her that you are interested in developing a casual love relationship. That's when the “Sympathy” and a heart icon will appear under your relationship level in the “Companions” section.
When you complete the “Uninvited Guests” story quest related to Arlathan, you will have the opportunity to complete Bellara's third personal quest, “The Hummingbird's Cry.” It is after this that a key moment in developing your relationship with the girl awaits you. Talk to her again at the Lighthouse and say:
- “I'm sure” – this will oblige you to continue the romance only with Bellara.
All other options will lead to the interruption of the romantic relationship with the elf. So, having chosen the right answer, you will see a cute cut-scene with Bellara, and in the “Companions” section near the relationship level, the status “In love” will appear. From this moment on, it will no longer be possible to cancel the romance, but you will be able to unlock additional scenes by progressing through the story and completing the remaining personal quests of the heroine.
For example, the fourth quest, “Through the Shadows,” will become available after completing her previous quest, and then you can immediately proceed to Bellara's final mission, “Forest of Spirits,” thus seeing almost all possible scenes with her. You can watch them in the video below.
A Gift for Bellara
We also advise you to definitely buy a unique gift for the archer. We are talking about the Elven Frog Figurine, which you can buy from a merchant in the Veil Wanderers camp in the Arlathan Forest. To do this, you will have to spend 70 gold and 10 flawless crystals. Giving the gift to Bellara will start her quest.
Approval for Bellara
The table below shows all the dialogue options that are likely to be approved by Bellara. We also indicate in which situations they should be chosen.
| Icon | Description | Situation |
|---|---|---|
| Honest | Use in general interactions with the character, especially in situations where Rook might confirm his nerdiness or point out his opinion. |
| Playful and Humorous | Use in casual conversations with Bellara. |
| Sentimental and melancholy | Use in situations where Rook can express sympathy for others. |
What Bellara Approves Of
The table below shows all the situations and answer options that lead to Bellara's approval. Just in case, we've also indicated how this might affect relationships with other characters.
| Quest or Location | Offers | Question | Choice 1 | Choice 2 | Choice 3 | Choice 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the Vise of Entropy | Irelin | We can ask him about the gods. See what they'll do next. | Except he's broken. We don't know yet. | We already know enough. We don't know yet. | We need to save the Dalish first. Harding approves, Bellara approves. | |
| City of Shadows | HardingNev (to the Grey Wardens) | Rook? Rook, you're a Grey Warden. You can send him to Weisshaupt as punishment (to the Grey Wardens). | We'll save him. Nev approves, Bellara and Harding disapprove. The mayor will end up joining the Venatori. | Leave him here. Bellara and Harding approve, Nev disapproves. The side quest Growing Corruption will open. | Exile him to the Grey Wardens (unique to the Grey Warden faction)Nev fully approves, Bellara and Harding disapprove. | |
| City of Shadows | Bellara | Our gods have returned. Our gods! They are killing everyone around them and defiling the world. How do we fight them? | Little by little.Nev approves. | Together we will prevail.Harding approves. | At any cost. Bellara approves. | |
| Sea of Blood | Lukanis | You'll have to kill me. | There must be another way. Bellara approves. | Ugh. No change in approval. | If necessary. No change in approval. | |
| The Warden's Best Friend | Nev | Wait. I don't think Rook is interested in this story. | Depends on you. Nev approves. | I like scandal. Bellara approves. | Probably not. No change. | |
| On Stained or Deadly Wings | NevLukanis | A dragon hunter would have helped in Minrathous, that's for sure. Treviso could use a dragon hunter. That's for sure. | Yes, I know. Bellara approves. | We couldn't have known that. Harding approves. | We'll be ready next time. Davrin approves. | |
| The Siege of Weisshaupt | First Warden | That's an order, Warden! | Well, well. I tried to talk. Lucanis, Davrin, Taash, Nev, and Harding all approve, Bellara and Emmrik all disapprove. The First Guardian will appear again in the quest “The Unholy and the Lost” and will be insane. | Let's be reasonable. Lucanis, Davrin, Taash, Nev all disapprove, Bellara, Harding, and Emmrik all approve. The First Guardian will appear again in the quest “The Unholy and the Lost” and will remain sane. | ||
| Fire and Ice | Harding | Arlathan, right? Help the Veilwalkers? | Let's start with the main thing. Emmrik approves. Nev approves. | What about the Wardens? Davrin approves. | Arlathan makes sense. Bellara approves. Harding approves. | |
| Blood of Arlathan | Taash | So we have help again. | What about the Venatori?Nev approves. | Any ideas?Harding approves. | What about the Veilwalkers?Bellara approves. | |
| Blood of Arlathan | Harding | I'll let her know. | Well fought today.Bellara approves, Taash approves. | We survived again.Nev approves, Harding approves. | Be ready to go.Lukanis approves, Davrin approves. | |
| When plans align | Harding | We need our own fleet to get past them. Which we don't have. | We'll find a way.Bellara approves. Emmeric approves. | This is not the time to give up. We don't know yet. | None of this is easy. It's still unknown. | |
| Echoes of the Past | Bellara | Rook and I, we can handle the rest. | You chose me! (Flirt)Promotes romance with Bellara. | What should I do? It's still unknown. | Is it necessary? It's still unknown. | |
| Echoes of the Past | Bellara | You have better things to do. I know it. | For you? Always. (Flirt)Promotes romance with Bellara. | There's work to do, but… We don't know yet. | It's vacation. We don't know yet. | This is also important. We don't know yet. |
| Beacon | Bellara | I meant that I had to reconfigure the matrices. But it just worked. Not like this. | You're smart. You can do it. (Flirting)Promotes a romance with Bellara. | You'll do better than me. We don't know yet. | Give yourself a break. We don't know yet. | |
| Beacon | Bellara | And… I'm doing it. Again. | I like your chatter. (Flirting)Promotes romance with Bellara. | It's okay. Unknown yet. | I'm here for you. Unknown yet. | Focus on the task at hand. Unknown yet. |
| Lighthouse | Bellara | But I think I need a break. Maybe a nap. And I can finish later. | Whatever helps. Unknown yet. | Good plan. Bellara approves | Don't take too long. We don't know yet. | |
| The Beacon | Bellara | I only see a few articles a year. I never know how the stories end! | Tevinter? Probably tragicNev approves | I'm sure happy.Bellara approves | ||
| The Beacon | Bellara | Well. No one, I suppose. But then what do I do? | Be yourself. (Flirting)Promotes romance with Bellara. | Don't accept easy lies. Unknown yet. | Keep fighting the gods. Unknown yet. | Do nothing. Unknown yet. |
| Beacon | Bellara | And the mages who declared themselves my gods. Well, mine and Davrin's. | Yes. Bellara approves. | They betrayed us. No change in approval. | Revelation. And that's bad. No change in approval. | Not mine. Davrin approves. |
| Beacon | Lukanis | Then she sides with Elgar'nan against him. Betrayal. | I understand Mythal's reasons. Emmeric approves, Davrin approves, Bellara disapproves. | No wonder he was angry. Bellara approves, Harding approves, Nev disapproves. |
This is all the information you need to start and develop a romance with Bellara in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. We hope that with its help you will be able to build a strong love relationship with this elf.
