Amid the political intrigue of Vernworth Castle, a cryptic letter sets the stage for a shadowy investigation-unravel the secrets behind Queen Regent Disa’s mysterious correspondence in Dragon’s Dogma 2’s “A Veil of Gossamer Clouds” quest.
Sven, if you’ll recall, is the son of Queen Disa who you met in “Disa’s Plot” and “Ornate Box.” You just have to meet him in his quarters to get the quest underway.
Our Dragon’s Dogma 2 guide shows you how to start the “A Veil of Gossamer Clouds” quest and offers a full walkthrough, including how to find Sven’s room and complete the objectives in Battahl.
Where to find Sven in Vernworth Palace
To find Sven in Vernworth Palace for the “A Veil of Gossamer Clouds” quest in Dragon’s Dogma 2, head to Vernworth Castle and make your way inside through the main entrance. Once inside, look for a hallway on your left and take the winding staircase up to the second floor. Sven’s chambers are located in the northwestern corner of this floor, in the room furthest west past the Guest Chambers. If you enter during the day, you’ll have no trouble accessing his room, but at night, guards may restrict entry unless you’re disguised. There’s no quest marker for his chambers, so check your map for “Sven’s Chambers” on the second floor to help guide you. Enter the room at the end of the hallway, where you’ll find Sven waiting to give you the quest.
The very first step in “A Veil of Gossamer Clouds” can be tricky because all you know is that Sven wants to speak with you in his quarters and, if you haven’t ventured into the kid’s bedroom before, it won’t show up on your map. Sven’s Chambers are located down the hall from Disa’s Chambers.
This is where you found the torn note during the “Disa’s Plot” quest and in the opposite corner from Allard’s Chambers that you visited during the “An Unsettling Encounter” quest.
The quickest path is to enter the palace through the main doors, take an immediate left, and go up the staircase directly in front of you. Go up the next flight of stairs and follow the corridor to the end. Sven’s room is on your right.
Sven will be waiting for you inside. He’ll reveal that he’s found a letter from Disa to Phaesus and asks you to investigate. You have no further clues than that, but it turns out you need to get to Bakbattahl. You can take this letter to Magistrate Waldahr, who will either be in Vernworth gaol or in the library of tomes beneath the slums to discover this information, but it’s entirely optional and can be skipped by just heading straight to the Battahl capital.
How to investigate the letter intent in ’A Veil of Gossamer Clouds’
To investigate the letter’s intent in the “A Veil of Gossamer Clouds” quest, start by reading the unfinished letter given to you by Sven in his chambers at Vernworth Palace. The cryptic message references Phaesus and hints at a deeper plot involving the royal family. Your task is to decipher the meaning behind the letter, which leads you to Bakbattahl, specifically the Forbidden Magick Research Lab beneath the Flame Palace. There, you must locate and examine a second letter addressed to Lord Phaesus, which reveals Disa’s plan to use a tragedy to restore Sven’s claim to the throne. After gathering this evidence, return to Sven and present your findings to complete the investigation and maximize your quest rewards.
Getting into Battahl is its own process. You can get there through a back route or by completing the main story quest “Nation of the Lambent Flame.” “A Veil of Gossamer Clouds” isn’t a timed quest, and you can head to the capital of Battahl in your own time.
When you do get there, head for the Flamebearer Palace. This is, as the name implies, at the end of Flamebearer Palace Road, which is marked on the map.
When you’re in the Prayer Hall, take the path in the northwest corner that leads downwards. Don’t dawdle anywhere for too long as the guards will get suspicious and you may end up getting arrested. If this happens, just break the crates in your cell and you’ll find a Makeshift Gaol Key to escape. Go get your things back and try again.
Follow the spiral staircase down and you will eventually reach a room with a slain dragon in the middle. Walk past it and a cutscene will begin as you eavesdrop on a conversation between Yglie and Jerome talking about a delivery from Vermund. After they’ve finished talking, you want to find Laboratorium Workshop #2, which is the second room to the right of the dragon when facing it from the spiral stairs.
The letter to Lord Phaesus will be on top of a table in the middle of the room. Grab it, then all that’s left is to return to Sven in his chambers. If you haven’t already, we’d highly recommend setting up a portcrystal in Bakbattahl as there isn’t a permanent one here and traveling back is quite the slog otherwise.
Get the letter back to Sven and you’ll complete “A Veil of Gossamer Clouds,” netting yourself 20,000 gold and a ferrystone.
What secrets does the letter in ‘A Veil of Gossamer Clouds’ reveal about the queen regent
The letter in “A Veil of Gossamer Clouds” leads to two main revelations, depending on how the quest is completed:
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If you show the unfinished letter to Waldhar and report back to Sven: The letter is revealed to be a love note from Queen Regent Disa to a man named Phaesus, which surprises Sven but does not uncover any sinister plot.
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If you pursue the delivered letter to its recipient in Battahl: The true nature of Disa’s intentions is exposed. The delivered letter reveals that Queen Regent Disa’s real aim is to place her son on the throne of Vermund by orchestrating a “tragedy”-implying a scheme that may involve violence or deception to secure power.
These discoveries highlight the complexity and political intrigue surrounding Disa, showing her as both a figure of personal affection and ruthless ambition.
What does the love letter reveal about Queen Regent Disa’s true intentions
The love letter itself, when first discovered and shown to Waldhar and Sven, suggests Queen Regent Disa is involved in a romantic relationship with Phaesus, which appears to be a private and personal matter rather than a political plot. However, the true intentions of Queen Regent Disa are revealed not by the love letter alone, but by the context and outcome of the quest.
If the player follows the questline to its completion-particularly by tracking the delivered letter to its recipient-they discover that Disa’s intentions are far more ambitious. The delivered letter exposes that Disa is scheming to place her son on the throne by orchestrating a “tragedy,” implying a plan that could involve deception, betrayal, or even harm to secure power. This means the initial love letter serves as a red herring or cover for her deeper, more ruthless political motivations.
In summary, the love letter initially conceals Disa’s true intentions, which are ultimately revealed to be about securing her son’s ascension through underhanded means.
