Soldiers of the Imperium, seasoned veterans who had known nothing their entire lifetimes except war, came together. The darkspawn were found to be led by an immensely powerful dragon tainted with the darkspawn corruption this creature was named an Archdemon and believed to be one of the Old Gods worshiped by Tevinter.Īt Weisshaupt fortress in the desolate Anderfels, a meeting transpired. Thedas was in chaos and entered a dark age.

Nevertheless, this invasion of darkspawn - named the Blight - soon destroyed most of the underground kingdoms of the dwarves and spread to the surface world. The cult of the Maker claimed this was the result of Tevinter magisters entering the Fade through a ritual and attempting to usurp the throne of the Maker in the Golden City, although this theory has been disputed by others, most notably the dwarves. These creatures seemed limitless in number, and spread a Taint that infected other living creatures, mutating them into monsters, and corrupted and poisoned the very environment around them. The Deep Roads, underground highways built by dwarves, were swarmed with monstrous creatures that became known as 'darkspawn'.

The First Blight began in -395 Ancient (800 TE) and lasted 192 years.

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