Into the Mages' tower we went.
Upon arriving, we were told that there had been some sort of Demon outbreak, but demons don't scare us, so we ventured forth in an attempt to save any surviving Magi.
The door was barred behind us, so we were stuck there.
The Islands
Initially, the quest was good. We fought through many floors of the tower and killed anything that got in our way.
Then, we were confronted by a sloth demon, who put us in a trance, and I awoke, alone, in a dream world.
I had to fight through multiple islands single-handedly to rescue my companions and defeat each boss to get out of this horrible place.
Bear in mind, though, my character felt very underpowered; I don't have decent gear, and I used all of my health items, so I found this section really tough.
I was getting nuked by certain mages I encountered, I died and reloaded a lot, and one particular encounter was tough to get through that I had to lower the difficulty... which never feels good.
The Final Boss
Upon defeating this boss, we awoke and continued on through the tower to confront the true final boss of this questline.
There were multiple mages trapped, and we fought to save them.
Throughout the battle, they were getting turned into abominations, but I had acquired a book that stopped the demon from turning the mages.
However, I forgot about this book, and sadly, all of the mages died.
Poor Isolde
In the Redcliffe questline, the son of the Arl Connor, has been possessed by a demon who we have to expell.
The options are: kill Connor, kill his mother, Isolde, or go and do the Broken Circle questline to recruit the mages to help expel the demon without anyone dying.
Sadly, I failed that questline, so I was made to choose. It seemed as though the mother was the only decent choice, but it felt terrible and left this entire section of the playthrough depressing.
Zevran
After we left Redcliffe and headed for Denerim, we were encountered by a hired killer who was hired by Loghain.
We defeated him, and because his life was forfeit for failing, he decided to join us.
I remembered this character when he first appeared, but forgot he was a companion of ours.
Funnily enough, my being an elf rogue means that I essentially have two characters in the party who are pretty much the same.
Broken Circle broke me, to be honest, I hated the questline, and it took 3 or more evenings to finally complete.
The fact that I was underpowered didn't help, but also, failing it and Redcliffe kind of sucked the fun out of the game for a while, and I haven't really played it since then.
I am currently in Denerim, and am enjoying it again, but I'm finding it hard to really get back into the game.