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. The novel is set in the Empire of Orlais in the content of Thedas, the setting for the role-playing video game franchise Dragon Age. Dragon Age: The Masked Empire is a fantasy novel released on Apand written by Patrick Weekes.