Random thought I had a few days ago, which has something to do with pretty much every topic you've made as of late: Flemeth, the Elven Pantheon, the Forgotten ones and possibly even Arlathan...
In one of your previous topics we spoke of the Elven Pantheon, the Forgotten Ones and Fen'Harel, the so-called Dread Wolf. There were nine gods in the Elven Pantheon including Fen'harel and an unknown number of Forgotten Ones.
Now, it is commonly assumed that either of the two groups might have been/become the entities also known as the Old Gods and that Fan'Harel had something to do with the disappearance of both groups and that all this occurred around the time of the fall of Arlathan.
"Ancient elves worshipped a pantheon of five gods and four goddesses. Their mythology also mentions another set of gods called the "Forgotten Ones", the enemies of the elven pantheon. Only Fen'Harel, the trickster god of the elven pantheon, was able to walk freely between both groups. Elven legend attributes the failure of their gods to intervene in the fall of Elvhenan to Fen'Harel, who, it is claimed, deceived both the elven pantheon and the Forgotten Ones, trapping the former away in heaven and the latter in the abyss, where they could no longer influence events in the mortal world."or
"The gods of good would remove themselves to heaven, and the lords of evil would exile themselves to the abyss, neither group ever again to enter the other's lands. But the gods did not know that Fen'Harel had planned to betray them, and by the time they realized the Dread Wolf's treachery, they were sealed in their respective realms, never again to interact with the mortal world."Why did Fen'Harel betray everyone? Did he sense the inevitable upcoming war between both groups? If so, did he do what he did for the sake of protecting the mortals he didn't care about or to prevent having to choose between two groups which both saw him as an equal?
What if the Golden City, which may or may not be Arlathan, was simply used as a prison for Fen'Harel's former comrades? Then, in an act of balance, the Forgotten Gods/Old Gods, which could technically have been 'merely' physical gods in the form of High Dragons or preferred to assume this form, were used as the seal on the Golden City?
If you'd look at it, it would be the perfect setup: At one end you have the group of spiritual gods trapped inside a city within the dream world, and at the other you have the psysical gods not only eternally slumbering underground, far away from civilzation, but also acting as the living seals keeping the other gods trapped. Sure, everyone is pissed, but Fen'Harel would be safe and the mortal lands protected. That is, however, until the Old God Dumat contacted what would become the first Imperial Archon while in the fade, taught him powerful (blood) magic and eventually instructed him and his people to invade the Golden City...
Why? Either as a means of still having their way with the Elven Gods or perhaps thinking that having the Magisters break or bypass the seal would also cause them to awake or something. Whatever happened, they apparenly did not succeed nor were they probably able to reach the heart of the then Golden City. What we do know is that that is when the city turned black. Who or what actually kicked threw them down from there, could be anyone's guess, but once again Fen'Harel, is the likely suspect. As the only free god at that moment, he would surely be powerful enough to claim to be "the Maker". Why they were cursed with the blight I do no know, but I'll get back to that later on.
Somehow, the former Tevinter Magisters had become Darkspawn, ghoulish abominations attracted to the calling - or song if you will - of the sleeping Old Gods. They eventually reach the Old God known as Dumat and the first Blight begins. Blablabla, known history and the newly formed Grey Wardens eventually end this Blight at Battle of the Silent Plains.
Now there is a cycle: The Darkspawn keep looking for a slumbering Old God, either awaken and corrupt it, the resultin Archdemon and the Darkspawn start a Blight and eventually they are killed by the inhabitants of Thedas. Result: one Old God less and the seal on the now Black City weakens. Back to the nature of the blight: it would seem counterproductive for Fen'Harel, aka "The Maker", to indeed curse the magister lords with something such as this. It is more likely to be the result of the Magisters connection to the Old Gods/Dumat or perhaps a desperate attempt by the Elven Gods to be sure of their eventual freedom. There are too much possibilities here, so onwards to the next section.
As for the the Archdemon never going for the other Old Gods first, I assume it has something to do with the bestial - instinctive if you will - nature of the Blight. If a curse by the Elven Gods, it would be the obvious "design flaw" in making sure that the the other gods and the Darkspawn do not actually succeed. So far, it is obvious that Thedas is just able enough to handle one Archdemon at a time, two or more leading the horde would be the end of everything as we know it.
It would not seem logical for this corruption to have come from Dumat himself (herself), because a cycle of one of them awakening at a time would not be efficient nor would the Old Gods getting corrupted by it themselves seem logical.
There is also the possibility of it being the result of the Magisters apparently entering the Fade with their physical bodies caused them to be corrupted by the Fade itself, or that something, be that the Fade itself or some demons, clung onto them as they were cast out by the "Maker".
About two centuries later, Andraste happens and the Chantry is made. This would likely mean that the Chantry is merely a means to an end of Fen'Harel's (as in keeping the mages under control, make sure nobody tries to enter the Black City again).
Now, if we skip to the time of Origins and try to look what became of the Fen'Harel or the Maker, we discover that there is only one character who truly knows more of the Darkspawn and the Old Gods than we do, one who may be just as manipulative as Fen'Harel. No, not Morrigan, she is only as manipulative (although she does know more than us). 'Tis her 'mother', Flemeth. If one were to accept all I wrote above as fact, her actions and motives suddenly become a whole lot clearer: the whole "Dark Ritual", of which none other than a god could know, now suddenly has become a way to make the Old God doesn't die
and make sure that the seal does not weaken. Not just for her own sake (survival), but for the entire world. Or just her own, we might never know...
Then there's the case Flemeth meeting Maric, telling him that Loghain would eventually betray him if he kept him close, and making him promise her something. The promise is more likely than not allowing the Grey Wardens to return to Ferelden. What she told him about Loghain might have been the first in a large series of events that led to Loghain's betrayal at Ostagar. Nope, no crazy "OMG Maric impregnated Flemeth, Alistair and Morrigan are half-siblings!" theory here, as the rest of my speculation is crazy enough.
Also, if Flemeth is indeed the Maker (and Fen'Harel), Leliana's vision from the Maker might make more sense in that the old Witch of the Wilds merely set her daughter up to have another traveling companion, just in case.
To focus on lovely Morrigan for a moment: it may be noteworthy how she transforms into wolf after denying to go along with the Dark Ritual, while Fen'Harel is known as the Dread Wolf. Nothing major, but it might be a slight hint for what may yet be revealed.
Morrigan might have other plans for the child, however, though what those may be remains to be seen. The whole "soul transfer to another body" might eventually lead to either taking over the child and thus the Old God's soul, thus becoming part of the seal. There's too many paths for this part of the story to take here, though. We'll have to wait for the sequel for that.
I'm sure that the Architect fits in somewhere as well, but that will be a tale for another day. For now, allow me to end this session of Kaiser's Wild Mass Guessing. Until we meet again!
Modifié par Kaiser Shepard, 20 juillet 2010 - 04:54 .
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