Prologue
"And so is the Golden City blackened
With each step you take in my Hall.
Marvel at perfection, for it is fleeting.
You have brought sin in Heaven
and doom upon all the world."
-Canticle of Threnodies 8:13
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The Chantry teaches that it was the hubris of men which brought the darkspawn into this world. The mages of the Tevinter Imperium opened a portal into the Golden City seeking to usurp Heaven, but instead they destroyed it; they were cast out, twisted and cursed by their own corruption.
They returned as monsters, the first of the darkspawn. They fled underground and quickly grew in number as they delved deeper and deeper into the earth searching for the old gods.
Finally, deep underground, they discovered the resting place of the Old God Dumat and released him from imprisonment. The darkspawn corrupted Dumat with the Taint that they bore.
Dumat led the darkspawn hordes up to the surface and they became a Blight on the lands, unstoppable and relentless. The monsters destroyed everything in their way, warping the land.
The dwarven kingdoms were the first to fall, and from the Deep Roads the darkspawn drove at the above world again and again until we neared annihilation.
Until the Grey Wardens came.
Men and women from every race, warriors and mages, barbarians and kings. The Grey Wardens sacrificed everything to stem the tide of darkness.. And prevailed.
It has been four centuries since that victory and the Wardens have kept their vigil. They have watched and waited for the darkness to return. But those who called them heroes have forgotten.
The Wardens are few now, and their warning have been ignored for too long.
It may even be too late for the darkness now gathers with strength not seen for years on the horizon.
Maker help us all.
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