 Cover of the original edition of Dragon Age: The Masked Empire | |
| Author | Patrick Weekes |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Stefano Martino, Andres Ponce, German Ponce, Alvaro Sarraseca (deluxe edition) |
| Language | English |
| Series | Dragon Age |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Tor Books (NA) Titan Books (UK) Dark Horse Books (deluxe edition) |
Publication date | April 8, 2014 (NA) April 11, 2014 (UK) June 18, 2019 (deluxe edition) |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Original - Print (Paperback) Deluxe Edition - Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 384 344 (deluxe edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1-466-83134-6 |
| OCLC | 1466828102 |
Dragon Age: The Masked Empire is a fantasy novel released on April 8, 2014 and written by Patrick Weekes. The novel is set in the Empire of Orlais on the continent of Thedas, the setting for the role-playing video game franchise Dragon Age. The Masked Empire describes the events that culminate in the Orlesian civil war waged between the ruling Empress Celene I of House Valmont and her cousin, Grand Duke Gaspard de Chalons and serves as a tie-in novelization for Dragon Age: Inquisition. Besides Celene and Gaspard, other notable characters introduced in the novel who later appear in Inquisition include Celene's elven handmaiden and secret lover Briala, Celene's champion Michel de Chevin, Mihris the sole survivor of the Dalish Clan Virnehn, and the ancient demon Imshael.
A preview of the deluxe hardcover version of The Masked Empire published by Dark Horse Books, featuring three pages of prose as well as illustrations by Stefano Martino, Andres Ponce, German Ponce and Alvaro Sarraseca, was released on June 1, 2019.[1] The deluxe edition of the novel was published on June 18, 2019.
- ^ Rollin Bishop (June 1, 2019). "Dragon Age: The Masked Empire Preview Offers a Look at New Illustrations From the Hardcover Edition". Comicbook.com. Retrieved April 16, 2020.