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Cut to DA universe; my Hypothesis: The history of the DA is actually all about the elves. Elves rule Thedas and are immortals. They have a city at the center of the world called Arlathan. They practice blood-magic, but of the mild, non-evil kind. Their elders hibernate when very very old and die of malnutrition. {smile}
They worship some very powerful fade spirits (their GOOD gods) and the Demons (evil gods) which no longer exist in the fade in the present time-line. They are perhaps familiar with the use of Lyrium, but there is no evidence of that.
Humans appear from some other geographical region. Elves teach humans magic. Particularly mild blood magic. Humans being smart develop it and create crazy blood magic. They form the tevinter Imperium. Jealous of the eleven immortality they assault the city of Arlathan aka the golden city. As they lay waste to it, the powerful elders perform powerful magic to hide the city in the fade and underground simultaneously (it exists perhaps as a shadow in the fade, the shadow of all the good and golden the original was), away from the grasp of humans. The city being the source of the immortality of the elves automatically nullifies their prolonged lives. The elders booby trap the shadow city, so if the mages from the imperium reach it, they will awaken a taint, the elven elders created. The black city is connected via tears in the fade to its earthly counterpart due to massive slaughter of the elves that happened in it. The elders are powerful shape-shifters that can become High-Dragons and now decide to hibernate under the earth to await the Imperium springing their trap (actually this is the only explanation I
can think of the Arch-demons; the only place I think I will be caught mistaken later.). They sing (uthenera
) {smilie}{smilie}{smilie}{smilie} and attract the dark-spawn to lead them to attack the world. The Archons conspire with some remaining elves (who are unaware of the trap) to reach the newly appeared city (Arlathan) in the fade, to acquire the secrets to immortality that were lost with it; the elves help because they too want their immortality back. They enter the city, but the trap is sprung... they become the dark-spawn and now are forced, through blood-magic to find and awaken the Elder, hibernating elven shape-shifted Dragons to start a Blight and destroy the world of men.The warden are somehow aware of the truth (the High-wardens) and use the blood-magic in the rituals of the Joining to become anti-dark-spawns (perhaps guided by some enlightened mage). Andraste, a powerful mage, formerly slave of the imperium makes contact with a fade spirit like in the case of Wynne OR the god Fen'Harel... (here again I am unsure)... and starts the cult of the Maker, whom she believes to be the creator of the world. I vote for Fen'Harel, as to why I will explain in some time. She leads a rebellion against the imperium and decimates their forces, but is betrayed and thus is born the Chantry. Andraste's ashes are taken by her powerful mage followers (possibly Shartan) and are protected by powerful magic fueled by the Lyrium in the mountain near Haven.
The chantry rewrites history according to Andraste's version of events. The Maker is thus born {smilie}.
Now I have some Hypotheses:
Andraste is actually a woman who harbors the pure soul of one of the the so called Old Gods; like Morrigan's God Child. This is supported very very weakly. But I believe in symbolism. And there is a very
important symbolism at work about Songs. The Old Gods sing. The elves Sing. Andraste Sings. Darkspwan are
attracted to Songs (of the Old gods). Leliana sings too but its just a coninceidence {smilie}{smilie}. Thus Andraste is so powerful because of her soul. This may also explain why the haven people thought the Dragon on the Mountain top was Andraste. Similar is the thing about Flemeth. She also fits in the same category except that she does not sing. The difference is the character of the ladies. Andraste is a lawful/neutral/chaotic good, while Flemeth is Neutral Evil.
I think that the Maker is Fen'Harel because he has a motive in spreading the chant of light across th w world. If everybody forgets the Gods of the elves, they will simply seize to exist in material or fade plane and he will become the only god. This is because of the essential nature of the fade is most probably based on imagination and the dreams of the mortals. This again is quite shaky. Thus I have some doubts about my own theory: Especially about the Old Gods and the Flemeth/Andraste Old God theory and about Fen'Harel. Feel free to enlighten me.
A small proof :
http://images1.wikia...0/ThedasMap.jpg
Have a look at the center
The shape of the depression.Now I am banking solely on the fact that the Golden/Black city is in fact the lost city of Arlathan.
The fade was most probably created or discovered by the elves! They created it or used it so when they slept they could wander its ever-changing landscapes and create anything they want (matrix!). The spirits it the fade are thus consequences of collective sub-conscious of dreamers: notice how they are all named after emotions. The spirit of Valor in the Mage origin says so about his weapons that he can simply create it by thought.
If the elves created fade it can explain a lot. The fade is sub-space lying normal to our universe with the city of Arlathan at its center. Thus the city, which was the cemetery for the elves as well, was the only place which existed in both planes simultaneously.... It acted as an access point I would say. Now lets talk of some geometry:
Since the Black city is the center of fade, it would mean that all the fade is a hollow Sphere, its surface being the residence of the demon/spirit islands. It would be so important geometrically only if the fade was constructed by people who lived in it (self-importance). This kind of goes against my earlier theory but I think it can still be accommodated there. One can argue that the Imperium wanted to first conquer the Physical Arlathan, sending it to the bottom of the earth and THEN the Fade Arlathan to master it. But the elven elders hid the secret to its entry.
Then the same argument can continue....
Modifié par SirShreK, 11 juillet 2010 - 08:34 .
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(and, going further back, one of the original Magisters) 
