How the Blights Started - First Blight - Dragon Age Lore DOCUMENTARY

[@keirangray902]

In War, Victory In Peace, Vigilance In Death, Sacrifice

[@hangebza6625]

The dragon age setting (Thedas) has been one of the most interesting fantasy settings of the last decades IMO. Glad it gets its own section in this series

[@lelouche25]

Agreed, its one of my favorite fantasy settings depicting magic and mages. Immense power, but ever present threat of possession.

[@xXCroWolfXx]

It's one of the most interesting ...

[@jaymedavis1177]

This is the 2 hour long history of thedas vid by the same channel

[@DarkKing009]

The Brood mothers and how the darkspawn are created are terrifying

[@peterl.104]

It’s the miracle of birth. It might be gross but not scary once you study it as a biologis…never mind. 🤢

[@SavageDragon999]

Darkspawn in subsequent DA games are a bunch of posers lmao. They look like crap in Veilguard.

[@DarkKing009]

@@SavageDragon999 It's sad, but true

[@JohnnyElRed]

Even when they save the world, the Grey Wardens constantly seem to be getting the short end of the stick. And I'm not even talking about their blight curse. I'm talking about how ungrateful the kingdoms of Thedas could act towards them.

[@MusMasi]

surprised they all didn't just join the blight

[@nikoladedic6623]

Witchers of Dragon Age.

[@razgriz821]

And the current bioware devs too.

[@gavinbrennan4787]

Bc from the perspective of the average folk of certain nations the grey wardens are hated. In Ferelden they were banished for attempting to overthrow King Arland. They also resort to any means necessary to prevent or defeat the blight. Blood magic, demon summoning, and they ensure some criminals don't see justice via the joining.

[@TheCorrodedMan]

@@gavinbrennan4787Well hell, half of those problems could be avoided by actually paying attention to the Blight and, you know, _HELPING_ the Wardens instead of turning their noses up at them.

[@sivanlevi3867]

Seven dragons, seven mages, and the seven deadly sins reflected in both them and the demons in the Fade.

[@Xylarxcode]

Can't help but wonder how the Grey Wardens initially discovered that some people could be immune to the taint. Most people who ingest darkspawn blood die instantly. When Daveth ingested the blood, he keeled over dead in a matter of seconds and it horrified Joren so much, he refused to partake and preferred to die by Duncan's sword instead. So, at some point during the First Blight, someone must have ingested some Darkspawn blood in a battle and managed to survive somehow, realizing that he could now sense them and started to have dreams of the Archdemon. Must have been a hell of a struggle for that guy to convince people of it, when everyone can clearly see how ingesting Darkspawn blood results in instant and painful deaths. I imagine he had to prove his worth to them over and over again, predicting where Darkspawn would strike and where they would come from, time and time again. Eventually, he'd have enough pull to convince people in charge that it's possible for some to survive the ingestion of Darkspawn blood, but it was insanely risky. Desperate times being what they were, the people went for it anyway and thus the Order of the Gray Wardens was born. Imagine being that first guy, though. You're on the battlefield, fighting for your life. It's not going well and you're being overrun by superior numbers. You fight and fight until you are eventually overwhelmed as well and you go down swinging at the creature that's about to kill you. By some mad stroke of luck, you manage to deliver a killing blow with your final strike, but in the process of doing so, some of its blood sprays into your mouth and you prepare for what you believe will be your immediate and painful death. Instead, what you get is a prophetic dream of the Archdemon. And then what you know to be impossible happens. You wake up on the now deserted battlefield, alive and well. Not only that, but you can 'feel' where the Darkspawn horde move off to and which direction they took their battle in. You look around, confused and bewildered, but knowing that somehow, some way your charge isn't over yet. So you pick up your nearby sword and you head towards the nearest signs of battle, having absolutely no idea you're about to set history in motion in a major way and forever swing the balance of power around for all humanity.

[@austinaldy2150]

The joining requered two important ingredients, Darkspawn blood and lyrium. In theory the first Grey Warden could be a mage, who accidentally corrupted with the taint and survived. Hence the connection of lyrium with the joining

[@IDKwhatever555]

​@@austinaldy2150 the tevinter imperium was also still the most powerful nation in thedas before and after the first blight. Their empire wouldn't truly decline until after andraste.

[@naruhina1997]

Actually, that could be an amazing DA prequel

[@roiking2740]

@@austinaldy2150 Or it could have been an intervention of the maker...

[@tsarthunderland2275]

I think it was some barbarians tribes that drank the blood of their foes.

[@nintendoRD]

Really enjoying this series! Brings back fond memories of Dragon Age: Origins

[@mikeshogunlee]

The First Blight is honestly an underrated epic. Not in the world of Thadus obviously, but in our real life world. Dumat ravaged the world for 200 years but in between that, there is so many tales of Desperate Battles for Survival, Defiant Last Stands, and Determined Heroes that never let hope die. My favorite story from this era, (leaked or imagined) by a writer for the Dragon Age RPG Core Rulebook; is of how a Barbarian Prince of the South marched an army all the way to the heart of the Imperium in a vein attempt to stop the First Archdemon Dumat. Because this line was given in but a brief mention of the many attempts from non-wardens to kill Dumat, we do not get his motivation for doing so. He could have been offered glory by the imperium, he could have been executing a pre-emptive strike in defense of his homeland, or maybe he was a genuine hero who wanted to save the world from the blight. Regardless, in an epic battle between the Barbarian Prince and Dumat, the Barbarians gave their lives far from home to defend a land not their own. In the battle not even 100 years into the First Blight, the Barbarian Prince managed to kill Dumat in his heroic last stand, giving his life to stop the Evil god. and then Dumat was spotted again a couple days later, leading his horde south.

[@samuraigaming3042]

did you watch the video?

[@mikeshogunlee]

@@samuraigaming3042 Yes, why?

[@samuraigaming3042]

@@mikeshogunlee cuz you just said everything they did

[@mikeshogunlee]

@@samuraigaming3042 What are you talking about, they said nothing about the Barbarian Prince. And the only thing I said that they said, is that Dumat ravaged the world for 200 years.

[@samuraigaming3042]

@@mikeshogunlee so you didnt watchthanks for confirming

[@JW-jd6sn]

The best feeling in dragon age origins is when you could actually kill your first dragon enemy. You felt badass at that point

[@JW-lt8py]

are you me?

[@efaristi9737]

Meh, kill plenty of dragons in plenty of fantasy settings. They are even more common than elves lol XD

[@garretth8224]

@@efaristi9737 Okay debbie downer.

[@JW-jd6sn]

@@JW-lt8py are you me?

[@pewpewplasma3793]

I remember that first time in Origins. It was the “Andraste” dragon outside the Temple. That was a tough fight, but so worth it. Need me that dragon bling

[@Wkumar07]

I just started playing Dragon Age Origins again after many years of not even thinking about it. Within the opening scenes I was quickly reminded how good the story is.

[@AbyssalZones]

Another good video. Again, only a couple of mistakes. Chantry theology is that, by this point, the Maker had long ago already imprisoned the Old Gods beneath the earth for turning the hearts of mankind away from the Maker. The Tevinter Magisters had only ever encountered the Old Gods in the Fade, but they believed that the Golden City was the Throne of the Gods. The Chant of Light says that they weren't there at all, it was always the Seat of the Maker. Since you did talk about Broodmothers, I'm not sure where the idea that "any who beheld the tainted Magisters became Darkspawn" comes from. It's not mentioned in the Chant of Light or in any other source of lore I know.

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

Agreed. I immediately tried racking my brain and was like maybe I just forgot.

[@kevintierney5711]

I'm so glad Wizards and Warriors is growing. I never doubted you hard workers Also, I'm still amazed that Bioware got away with actually putting the Broodmothers in a game. Don't know if they could get away with that these days, M rating or not

[@JohnnyElRed]

I know, right? Seems like the kind of stuff one only would find in old kinky pulp fiction.

[@mikeshogunlee]

Sir, there is nothing kinky about the Broodmothers. I am aware that there are some humans who can derive sexual arousal from the concept of the Broodmother. What I am saying is that these people are factually incorrect, and there is factually NOTHING KINKY ABOUT BROODMOTHERS.

[@JohnnyElRed]

@@mikeshogunlee Doujinshi hentai artists would disagree on that. But don't ask me how I know. I... *puts 1.000 yards stare* I just can't go back there.

[@mikeshogunlee]

@@JohnnyElRed Thank you for your service.

[@efaristi9737]

There are games with far more horrors than Broodmothers. Ever heard of Agony? That game portray way worse than a bloated corrupted mama. It got out way after DAO and has even a sequel.

[@lukecreed5767]

I love me some Dragon Age lore! And to think, there are still so many unknown things about Darkspawn, the Black City, the possible relationship between Tevinter Old Gods and Elven "Gods"... It's no wonder you find people still churning out theories about the DA universe.

[@spectreagent00]

Great video! One lore correction: the old gods were not imprisoned underground for luring the magisters to the Golden City ("the second sin"); they were already imprisoned for turning men against the Maker ("the original sin") and wanted Corypheus to free them by claiming the throne.

[@Ghilannugs]

(According to the Chantry)

[@WardenNFG]

Nothing like some Dragon Age lore that isnt about Solas to put a smile on my face.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

Totally agree with this.

[@TheKaptyn]

agreed but a popular theory is that Solas is to blame for the blight. So, depending on what we find out in DA:D, this might indirectly be about Solas lol

[@pewpewplasma3793]

@@TheKaptynthat… kinda sucks I’m gonna be honest. The original story has so much mystery to it, I really hope they don’t make it all about Solas

[@comandercarnis]

​@@pewpewplasma3793well this might actually be incorrect, what I've heard tho however that elves might have have found the taint or something akin to the dark spawn a long time ago and tried to hide before it could spread. That the taint and corruption isn't native to the world so to speak. Solas isn't responsible for the blights especially since he was sleep during the whole debacle.

[@Joyride37]

I think he’s only indirectly responsible if we go off the theory the old gods are the evanuris that solas sealed away when he split the world with the veil. Though logistically that feels messy bc the Evanuris are supposed to be sealed on the fade side, while the old gods are physically present in the mortal realm. But they were whispering to the magisters, so maybe physically their bodies still existed but their consciousness / spirits were on the Fade side, and their whispering to open the fade to get to the golden city part of some plan that went awry (Corypheas did say it was “already black” when he walked in on it. Implying that it was corrupted by something blight like before they arrived. Or maybe their very arrival turned it black the moment they opened the fade. Who knows atm) The blight though is pretty heavily linked to the Void (maybe the void essence made manifest in the world), which is a separate thing that even the Evanuris seemed to fear when they were in power. Which begs the question to me, using the theoretical lens that old gods = Evanuris (who feared the void) and blight = from the void, and the golden city was already black (presumably from blight), why they would whisper to the magisters in the first place

[@Kentchangar]

What an appropriate timing! I've just started Dragon Age Inquisition :)

[@keiran5170]

Cor-y-fei-us = 👎 Cor-if-i-us = 👍 I'm so glad Dragon Age lore is getting some more videos!

[@danielyee5694]

Glad somebody else caught that pronunciation. I love this channel to death, but sometimes it's clear whoever gives the copy to the narrator doesn't include a proper guide to how certain fantasy names are pronounced. I give leeway on names that have maybe only been officially mentioned by an author in some obscure interview...but Corypheus' name was pronounced consistently all over DA:I by several voice actors. Unless they pronounced it differently in the DA2 DLC (which I confess to not have played), this is an oversight.

[@keiran5170]

@@danielyee5694 I never meant it in a ACKTWALLY way as well, more just help for them because like you said it just lost in the script where maybe Devon hasn't played them himself.

[@TheBrickMasterB]

I'm so excited for the next installment of your Dragon Age series. The Blights and Wardens are just such a treat!

[@StonedHunter]

'Venom' is such a perfect comparison for the darkspawn taking the Deep Roads especially with everything we've been learning about the potential true origins of the Blight and Red Lyrium. Would definitely love to see you cover Dwarven history as much as possible. The Dwarves have been largely ignored for so long, though we have been getting a bit more thanks to Descent and Tevinter Nights. I hope the trend continues into Dreadwolf.

[@darkinnovator2479]

That is one tale of Dumat's death, another tale is the theory that Andraste was the OGB (Old God Baby) of Dumat as she was born later that year.

[@efaristi9737]

That was before Flemeth time and she wouldn't have let such a soul escape her grasp.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

I think is more likely that Andraste was Mythal's vessel before Flemeth.

[@Just_a-guy]

@@efaristi9737 That is just one of the theories. And the fact that this is same year sound like it is not a coincidence but there is tomb of warden that killed Dumant so someone had to sacrifice his soul.

[@efaristi9737]

@@Just_a-guy the aftermath of the Blight is certainly the reason Andraste revolt succeeded but i doubt there is a link beyond that. Legends says that Andraste was capable to perform miracles, there is actually no registered records that prove Andraste was more than a simple human. Good point on the tomb, though.

[@Just_a-guy]

@@efaristi9737 Yup, everything makes sense without old god child and somehow grey wardens pick one of the dead as "The Dead" so i think that Dumat was kill old fashion way. Theory on its own as i read it is only to connect Sera, Sandal, old gods and elven gods. But most of this is BS in my opinion

[@josephkiley525]

Loved it, very comprehensive. 2 things though, would prefer correct pronunciation of in-game names and would caution that some of the history we know is disputed in-game by different religions and governments. I do look forward to more videos!

[@irons6101]

Love that you guys are continuing to cover Dragon Age lore. Finished watching the Netflix series so I want context of the world as a whole.

[@44kryth]

As a new player of Dragon Age, these videos are helpful for going down the Rabbit Hole! Thanks Kings and Generals for making this channel! I have enjoyed you history videos!

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

Man I miss that feeling. DAO for me was just a kiss of perfection. I've probably (embarrassingly enough) put about 1000 hours into it. Best RPG imo I've ever played.

[@44kryth]

@@ashtonhaggitt216 I am playing catch up on so many WRPGs. I was one of those JRPGs or nothing fanboys. Since 2010 I have changed my tune. JRPGs are always the same crap. Happy go lucky hero or a brooding misfit who saves the world with the Power of Friendship. WRPGs have that more gritty feeling. Someone who is forced to save the world by sheer circumstance.

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

@@44kryth i understand that. I used to be ardently anti JRPG but they've been growing on me recently lol but you're right; the main character is almost always the same.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

Very interesting the first vid seemed just like the history of every generic fantasy setting ever but this lore seems way more intresting

[@SolThax]

Dragon Age is dark and grim full of terrors and hopelessness it's still my favorite fantasy universe of them all.

[@Quite_Gaming_3312]

So happy that your documenting on Dragon age one of my favorite games of all time and the lore is what makes it greater

[@lerneanlion]

I will be looking forward for the next episode for sure! Hope to see it every soon!

[@O_Ryodan]

Best DA's lore series on the internet

[@dominicgosselin4611]

Very happy that you finally added Dragon Age among your series. Since the beginning, I’ve always feel that your initial series lacked something. Also happy that your added other, lesser known, fantasy settings like Final Fantasy and the Cosmere. Hope to see More!

[@VLarraechea]

Right on time for my newest playthrough of the series. Thank you, guys! Will we get the origins of the Chant of Light next?

[@eunjiseong6624]

man, if bioware manages to make a game out of the first blight with the mc being the one who slayed dumat... it would be so awesome that id regain the lost hope i had from them.

[@patrycjajaroczyk133]

Finally my favourite univers I waited for this for soooooo long. Love you

[@Kikithekid.]

I love dragon age lore, never new anything about it but it's just fascinating

[@TheMakumakumaku]

DA:O is one of my all time favorite games

[@ArcaneAnouki]

"Marvel at perfection, for it is fleeting; you have brought sin to Heaven, and doom upon all the world." -Canticle of Threnodies

[@legate-lanius]

they ruined the arch demons and the blight in veilguard, you can tell that they’re trying to do their own thing and do away with anything from the past games

[@lololol924]

Actually this was the original intention for the origin of the blight, even as far back as the first game. The writer (I forget his name) says he had it planned out to be elven origins from the start

[@patrickcurrie7440]

You can literally not do enough Dragon Age Lore. It is my all time favorite RPG series on Xbox.

[@theliato3809]

The battle of the silent planes must have been a sight to behold with a very strange grand army of ancient styled fantasy peoples taking on the warped hordes of the darkspawn beings. And even then the damage to the world of thedas must have been brutal

[@rifatnoor9956]

Best Lore Channel.

[@pewpewplasma3793]

I’ve always said that a prequel game to DA:O covering the waning years of the very first Blight would be so cool. It’s got all the classic trappings of why people loved the first game so much. A nameless Warden who is part of an army that helps saves the world and strikes the killing blow against Dumat, the very first Archdemon. Can you imagine it? Seeing the inception of the Grey Wardens, riding the Griffons into battle, watching the collapse of the Tevinter Imperium, witnessing the Dwarven Empire stand on its last legs with Aeuducan. It would be awesome

[@mattjvr6189]

Loved the first game when it released. I finally bought Inquisition, but haven't have the inkling to play it until these videos, which, as always, are so well done.

[@Knight1029]

Thanks for making another video. The last one was really great! I love all the Dragon Age games and hope you will make more. Maybe even one about Kirkwall.

[@laabitres]

The Dragon Age lore is PEAK cannot wait for what they have in store for the 4th installment

[@Aesirlee97]

The video i always needed… dragon age is such a great world

[@peterl.104]

The forgotten horror of Dumat is his last theorem.

[@GarkKahn]

I think only warcraft needs to be covered now to finally become an encyclopedia of fantasy lore

[@danb9460]

Very nice! I definitely wanna see more of dragon age!

[@Frubs97]

One of the best series yet, keep up the good work:)

[@boodstain]

It makes me sad we'll never see anything like the DAO setting again in Dragon Age because modern Bioware no longer wants Dragon Age to be a Dark Fantasy, which is why the Blight is now treated like side villains nowadays. Bioware has forgotten the Grey Wardens and thus they are at risk of a blight.

[@Knight1029]

Well there was no Blight to make the Wardens relevant and the games didn't involve the darker elements of the series. The Darkspawn only become involved after a hundred years or less. I don't think they should force it. It should be natural.

[@ericharrison7518]

@@Knight1029 Dragon Age Inquisition was quite literally about you fighting Corypheus, the most senior archmage who started the Darkspawn/Blights, yet still no Grey Wardens. They hid out in their fortress almost the entire time you were chasing the literal creator of Darkspawn around.

[@Knight1029]

@@ericharrison7518 Because in the DLC for DA2 only Wardens a knew who he was. Most Wardens don't know the Magisters are real and that some of them are alive. Additionally at the end of the DLC it is implied that Corypheus took the last Warden's body their. Meaning that the Wardens didn't even know Corypheus got out until much later. Also they didn't know what the extends to his power was. The Wardens didn't appear that much in DAI because there was no logical reason for them to be there for their preceptive. The only time they do get involved is when Corypheus creates a fake calling. Bioware didn't reduce the role of the Wardens because their bad or hate them. They did it because there was no natural way to have them there.

[@ericharrison7518]

@@Knight1029 The time span between those events and the start of DA:I are months at the very least. The time span of the events of DA:I would have to be much, much longer, considering the setting. Naturally, it makes zero sense that the Wardens had no clue of a being, who started the entire mess that caused their creation in the first place, rampaging across the known world for months and/or a year+. Either the Grey Wardens *couldn't* respond to the threat of Corypheus, due to events not seen during the game, or its a massive plot hole by Bioware, most likely due to them losing so many experienced and well versed writers/creators. It's not as if Grey Wardens just sit and wait for a Blight to happen. They are constantly undertaking expeditions against Darkspawn, wherever they're found, as well as having an extensive intelligence network throughout the known world. Personally, my money is on it being a glaring plot hole. Bioware's writing has went downhill from Dragon Age 2/Mass Effect 3 and onwards, which is honestly a shame considering the properties we're talking about. The golden age of Bioware ended with Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins release.

[@Knight1029]

@@ericharrison7518 you do realize Duncan says in DAO that the Grey Wardens are forgotten about after each Blight again. That we learn in DAO that the Darkspawn are thought as creatures not real to common folk and to nobles as threats not an issue. From that we can clearly see the Wardens don't do much other than literally wait around for another Blight. Wardens don't get involved with politics or the goings on in the world. This is literally a thing that is baked in their culture. Additional Corypheus isn't a secret most Wardens know? Literally only a few selected people do know. In DA2 it shows us and further implies that only few people know. My guy the Wardens are what your Warden is. They don't get involved at all and just focus on Darkspawn. It isn't hard to see why.

[@vincentcorvus3063]

Gawd damn! The art style goes so hard

[@BattleHistories]

Very nice! Dragon Age lore! I'm all in on this one, keep it coming 😉

[@MuddieRain]

"In peace, vigilance. In war, victory. In death, sacrifice." - Grey Wardens

[@christinamacfarlane7345]

Thanks for doing this series.

[@cafeacupiper]

Can't wait for Andraste's story!!

[@Coach-nb4sq]

Yessss dragon age!!! Would love to see some final fantasy content or mass effect in the future!!!

[@Philly8366]

Yessssssssss! I was hoping you guys would do dragon age!

[@DarkKing009]

The Grey Wardens, some magic still lingers in the very name

[@Asdwak]

Great narration.

[@Lexxal_]

I loved this! More Dragon age lore pls :D

[@Moon222]

Dragon Age is not the same after Origins. it was more medieval, now its more magical.

[@sivanlevi3867]

Yay! Dragon Age lore! Keep it up WW!

[@sterasigma8734]

One can imagine how desperate things must've been if drinking Darkspawn blood was considered an option.

[@nahtanlladoow7576]

Get ready for all this amazing lore to be UNDONE in veilguard… I’m here if you want to talk about it 😂😂

[@SplendidFactor]

We knew there was a connection between the 7 Evanuris and the 7 Old Gods of Tevinter, but the way the writers went about it was not subtle at all. The Archdemons are now just pets of the False Elven Gods, as Dragon-Thralls.

[@dragonflames2226]

​@@SplendidFactorI figured it was something like that but the reveal could have been better, just Solas saying you want to know a secret 😅

[@datemasamune2904]

Someone show these to the writers of Veilguard

[@peterh2828]

This is glorious, so gooood :-) And Andraste next !

[@munteanuiulian7427]

I just started replaying the games last week. This a good surprise.

[@skopde]

The mispronounciation of Corypheus is somewhat painful. Sera would be proud though.

[@stanleywilliams1605]

He kept annunciating the "h" in thaig. The "h" is silent.😒

[@redpanda3339]

Thing is the dread wolf seems to have some ideas where the blight originate from but the annoying thing about him is he says sooo little about the old world..

[@vulcranstorm2023]

I constantly hope for dragon age origin for switch I know it probably won't happen but I can hope.

[@kwstasdelipeleas762]

Excellent video, I'm glad you started the dragon age series, just a small comment there in the video about kossith , we don't really know if the look like qunari just that they are the "fathers" of them

[@AltSchwiftSiberia]

How unexpected but very welcome! I hope DA4 is a good single player experience.

[@Knight1029]

It probably will since they removed the multiplayer.

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Time for some Chantry Hymes, looking forward to the next one 😉

[@tsopanisgidovoskos9127]

Something tells me that the Old Gods and the Elven gods,sealed in the veil from Solas,are the same and that Solas and Flemeth might be the 2 remaining.....But what happens then,remains to be seen in the forth game(lets hope soon enough)

[@Ghost-ql3hl]

God the Grey Wardens are so fucking cool Just that line from the first game “Until the grey wardens came” Like the fucking rohirim coming to save the day at helms deep

[@attemptedunkindness3632]

Even when I've played nearly every possible pixel and turned every twist in Dragon Age Origins, I would helplessly repurchase this game any time they did even a minor graphical tweak.

[@Bleatmop]

This is great! I'm looking forward to the new DA game, especially after the Netflix series. Hoping you guys produce a lot more of this content!

[@AlexIncarnate911]

Dragon Age Origins has such an amazing lore

[@Dual_Singularity]

Really good video! Looking forward to more in the Dragon Age franchise! So is the hero whose name was lost to history a protag of one of the dragon age games? If so which one?

[@michaelfinnerty7240]

None, all this is history. Set over a thousand years before the first game. To give you an idea. Dragon Age: Origins, which is the first installment in the series, takes place in the year 8:30 Dragon Age. in other words eight hundred and thirty years after the Founding of the Chantry. An Age in Thedas is another word for Century, and are always named after a historically significant event from the previous century as an augur of things to come. example, the Dragon age was named after a surprising discovery that Dragons had not gone extinct like people in the previous Age had assumed. and the sighting of one actually helped turn the tide in a major war between the future kingdoms of Orlais and Fereldan. A priestess assumed this as a sign of great turmoil and change to gome. and thus named the eighth century after the Founding of the Chantry, the Dragon Age. Anyway. The first blight ended around 305 years BEFORE the Founding of the Chantry. meaning that this video ends approximately 1,135 years before the first game starts in 8:30 Dragon. the second game took across the timeline of 8:30 - 8:38 Dragon, and I believe Inquisition takes place in the year 8:40 or 8:41 Dragon

[@Dual_Singularity]

@@michaelfinnerty7240 thanks so much that’s clarifies the timeline for me so much. Again new to the games so getting caught up on the lore and super interesting stuff so far.

[@MrHat.]

​@@michaelfinnerty7240 it's the ninth age, not the eighth

[@lightdirewolfen3764]

I am so happy you all are covering the world of Thedas. It is my favorite fantasy world. Now i just hope for the day that i see the first Wheel of Time video on this channel. My favorite series. I most see The Last Battle in this format and all battles leading to it. Please tell me it is in the works?

[@_flufflle]

Would you be willing to make your next video on the topic of the Void and Wellspring, the Titans, how they tie into the history of the Elvhen and the Old Gods, and the speculation of the Old Gods being the Evanuris? Would the post-veil Fade have tainted them as well, given they were locked in there for so long, and would that turn them into dragons? Does the Fade go underground as well, far enough to make a path to where the Arch Demons sleep? If lyrium is down there I don't think it's too farfetched a theory. I'd be curious to know your thoughts on it. The DLCs of Inquisition are probably the most thrilling parts of the game as far as uncovering history goes.

[@SanityCheckOfficial]

Incredible video. ❤

[@robbabcock_]

Very interesting!

[@Bloody__Crow]

Thanks for this video 🫶🏼

[@sarij3950]

The lifespan of Grey Wardens after the Joining has been retconned, as I understand. Yes, the first game says it's thirty years until the Calling takes the Warden, but writers have since said that they regret giving a specific time for it and that it can in fact vary greatly between Wardens.

[@SeventhheavenDK]

There has never been said something like that by the writers. And the information you mention is actually in the game itself, but a lot of people are taking it out of context. It is simply mentioned that for Wardens recruited during a Blight is harder to deal or block the nightmares, because the Archdemon is calling the Darkspawn and the Wardens can hear it. It has nothing to do with the Wardens getting the Calling before time, and dying prematurely, or Wardens getting the Calling in before or after others.

[@maddogbasil]

Oh shit let's goo We got an update Still looking forward to that mongol alternate history

[@tjmcfadden5137]

This was great please do every blight.

[@tugbatok9008]

i love dragon age episodes! i'm waiting for the new game!

[@Kowalaman72]

Great video.

[@ashfox7498]

More Dragon Age, please!

[@JLH111176]

ready for the next epsiode

[@atnasingetnamn2887]

I think I enjoy these documentaries more than the battles; not the fault of the channel, but honestly, fantasy battles lack the rich history, detail and absurdity real battles have and so it always comes off as a bit insufficient. The production value with world building and so on however, authors are better at- and I love revisiting worlds like this!

[@markusskram4181]

Cool video

[@victorv1151]

F yeah! Dragon Age lore! lest go! thanks!

[@irish-italianintrovert.8600]

Death is much preferable than becoming a Broodmother. 😖

[@747GhostDogg]

Shared away love love love this series and both channels

[@Erebus04]

You would think the Warden who killed the first Archdemon's name would not be forgotten over time but oh well

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

This honestly (DAO) is my favorite RPG of all time. Then the second one happened. Inquisition is ok, but the lore for this series is so vast and deep. I spent hours in the first game just collecting all the codexs and then reading them. Which drove to online research, which led me to find out there's not enough lore for my liking. Hopefully the fourth keeps this series alive.

[@Knight1029]

To me all of them are great because they keep the core of the series in each of them. The companions and the lore. It is all pretty great.

[@patrik3482]

DA2 isn't as good game as Origins, but it only expanded on the lore. Cisquisition ruined it.

[@Knight1029]

@@patrik3482 I loved both of those games.

[@sveipr]

Also, while they're mainly called the "high priests" of the old gods, based on one of the murals you find in Inquisition, at least one of the magisters that broke into the golden city was female

[@hawkegarret7678]

My biggest questions on the first blight is how did thedas survive them for 200 years and how did the dwarves not notice the darkspawn till it was too late

[@S.Solmazturk]

Tevinter Empire was incredibly strong. Mages, strong militaries, competent leaders. These guys managed to reach heaven through magic. Dwarves were always weak and stupid in this universe.

[@URKCEHinoSuu]

@@S.Solmazturk to be fair, if I too lived in a civilization where society is segmented into castes, and that there is a social unrest going on empire-wide, I'd want to station more troops from the outer frontiers to the inner cities for more law and order management. Can't really blame them much since they didn't even know of the darkspawn's existence. For all they knew, they were the only ones down there.

[@S.Solmazturk]

@@URKCEHinoSuu doesn't expain why they still have stupid cast system when they need every single people who can fight. They lack manpower. Dwarves are badly written plain and simple.

[@URKCEHinoSuu]

@@S.Solmazturk well, i wouldn't say they were badly written. They served a purpose within the story, and once they fulfilled it, they were discarded by the authors to the side. But like I said, what little manpower they had was enough to contend with the other races. Not the darkspawn. Besides, I kinda like the caste system in the dwarves. It's unique, I've never seen it before. Well unless The Dwarves series count, and even then they are divided into proto-siblings, such as firstlings, secondlings upto the now extinct sixthlings.

[@bismarck5537]

@@S.Solmazturk Well, dwarves aren't stupid at all. They are the best inventors and smiths in Thedas. It is just that, like most fantasy dwarf stereotypes, they are stubborn, prideful and very traditional. It is explained in the video, the dwarves lost to the darkspawn because they were too divided with their internal problems. The fact that they were too prideful to send for help above ground might also be reason why many Thaigs fell. They are incredibly stubborn but they defended their own cities and Thaigs to the very last man.

[@Gwyned]

I'm waiting for more 🙃