Dragon Age 2 (Steam version Ultimate Edition) unable to access any of the DLCs
I am brand new to the Dragon Age series. I decided to play them in order and now I am playing Dragon Age 2. 13 hours in, and I've just now realized that none of my DLCs are enabled. I realized this after I looked online and saw mentions of a DLC companion named Sebastian that I'm supposed to run into in front of the Chantry after a cut scene. I've spent quite a bit of time now looking up solutions, and none of them are working.
My Steam account is linked to my EA account.
The EA app says all the DLCs are installed.
I changed my EA password to something that no longer has any special characters.
I am unable to login to EA via the in-game main menu (it says the servers are down).
I edited the manifest files in each DLC folder (removed the MID line and changed Required Authorization to 0). After doing this, the DLCs no longer say unauthorized. However, I still cannot trigger a cutscene in front of the Chantry to start the dlc and do not see any dlc items in my home chest.
I do not know what else to do. Is there anything else I can try?