The Friends of Red Jenny have appeared in Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, and Dragon Age: Inquisition as a mysterious organization alike to Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Their mission is to help the poor and the oppressed in all sorts of ways, ranging from playful thievery to serious assassinations. Despite having a companion, Sera, who is part of this organization, much is still unknown about it.

The reason so little is known of The Friends of Red Jenny is that they are leaderless (for the most part), random in their methods, and compartmentalized by location. They have worked in Ferelden, Kirkwall, Orlais, Starkhaven, Nevarra, and Tantervale so far, and fans wonder if they will see more of the Friends of Red Jenny in Dragon Age 4. There are a couple of known members outside just Sera as well.

Their Involvement Throughout The Games

Sera with bow and arrow.

In Dragon Age: Origins, some information is discovered about the organization in the Circle Tower. The Red Jennys wanted to steal a small painted box from the quarters of First Enchanter Irving. It appears as though they paid a mercenary to steal it for them, and they chickened out. A letter to a mercenary can be found, and the item can be taken and given to a Red Jenny in Denerim for a reward of three gold. It is never revealed why they wanted this box, or if it was possibly more than just a painted box.

Dragon Age 2 has an NPC simply named "A Friend" in The Hanged Man. She gives Hawke quests to kill thugs throughout Kirkwall at night for all three acts of the game. Once all thugs are killed, the NPC reveals that the work was on behalf of the Red Jennys. Another encounter with the organization is through Hawke's cousin, Charade Amell, Gamlen's estranged daughter who is also a member of the Red Jennys.

Then, of course, Dragon Age: Inquisition has a companion Red Jenny, Sera. She is high-ranking in the organization, but little more is said about her involvement outside that. Throughout the game, the Inquisitor can help Sera with some Red Jenny schemes and Sera can use the Red Jennys to help the Inquisition. Sera keeps her mouth tightly shut about the Red Jennys, even going as far as to neither confirm nor deny what Solas says he discovered about them in the Fade. The Inquisitor, if they are close to Sera by the Trepasser DLC, can become a Red Jenny.

Their History

Post Trespasser art of the Inquisitor and Sera.

In the second volume of Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, there are pages dedicated to the background of the Red Jennys. The Antivan Crows did an investigation of the organization and found out that the Red Jennys actually started at least one hundred years ago as a small assassin organization in Ferelden. Whatever, or whoever, Red Jenny is appeared to have existed longer than the organization, and that is a mystery still unsolved.

As a guild of assassins, the early Red Jennys were cheap and local enough to never be competitive with the Antivan Crows. Street urchins were most of their recruits, and they used un-recruited street urchins as a way to get or pass on information. Membership dwindled after the Fifth Blight, however, they have become much more active, spread out, and focus far less on assassinations. With their ranks being mostly composed of street urchins, it is no wonder they fight for the "little guys."

This information, however, has a lot of holes. According to Sera, not all Red Jennys are completely connected to each other. They are very spread out, so one branch out be far different from another. Sera's branch is particularly infamous though, and they are well known enough that people often credit them for both their own deeds and others they had nothing to do with.

Dragon Age: Inquisition is available on PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

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