Ok I finished Legacy, and must say I am quite pleased. Finally some more fodder for the world story. I tried to find all pieces of paper, and I sided with the women (name?) who wanted to free and control Corypheus. Not because I really believed it would work, but I felt it would open more dialogue WITH Corypheus and thus give more info.
So what I learned was this:
- apparently Corypheus was one of the original Tevinter Mages who tried to invade the "Golden City"... which was QUITE a remarkable thing, I must admit
- Corypheus was apparently once a sort of Priest of Dumat; Dumat was the God of Silence of the "Older Gods", and obviously Dumat (and/or the Older Gods in general) actually ordered the Tevinter Mages to invade the "Golden City", Dumat and the Older Gods had promised the Tevinter Mages "the Light", but instead they found something different, a great darkness of sorts; Corypheus clearly said that what they found was not what they expected/had been promised
- we also know, Dumat was the first Dragon/Demon to be contaiged by the Blight and thus start the First Blight, which happend in Anderfels if I recally correct, from the expansion of DA:O and the "Architect" we know the Blight tainted the Old Gods/Dragons in a way, so they were not originally so demonic as we know them from DA:O. Which does not necessarily mean they were demonic or evil.
- Cory says the city has been black "ever since"; it can mean both: it has always been black (at the inside) or it was black ever since they got there
- Corypheus also says, Dumat promised them "the power of the Gods", plural! Not "the power of God" or "the power of the Maker"! Actually Corypheus does not mention The Maker with one word, which IMVPO is the most striking fact. If the Chantry version was true, would this not be one of the topics he would speak about? But instead Corypheus mentions the Maker not in one word. Remarkable, given it is assumes the Golden City was his, or so the Chantry claims.
EDIT:
- also the Altar of Dumat "works", so Dumat can apparently still grant wishes. Even though the reward is kinda crappy. I onder what that implies??
Two Questions remain open:
a) The Dalish speak of the Creators (their good Gods) and the "Forgotten Ones", another more chaotic race of Gods, and those two were ar war. But who are the "Older Gods" Dumat belongs to? The Elven Creators, the Forgotten Ones? Or is the Dalish religion just hogwash? OR are they all the same? My personal idea at the moment is, that the Older Gods like Dumat are the Forgotten Ones.
What REALLY happened in the Golden/Black City? I found it quite remarkable that one of the original Tevinter Mages still lives. Didn't the Chantry say they were imprisoned in the Black City? I don't recall exactly what the Cantry said about the fate of these mages. And Coryphus said, what they found was not what they expected. How? I still have a VERY hard time, that some mages, with whatever power, just invade the city of the Maker himself... But what else was there? You see, the Blight hit the Old Gods/Dragons bad, it didn't work well for them. So was the Blight contained within the city? Was it a prison for some yet unknown evil? I mean, sure we can assume the Elven Gods are just imaginary, but it strikes me, that they are apparently the only group we hear nothing from, ony Fen'Harel banished them just like the other gods, the Forgotten Ones.
Oh man... just such a small puzzle piece. *sigh*
I really hope, whatever DA3 brings, we get to know a LOT more. (And IMVPO I would be very disappointed if the Chantry were true... but I guess that's just me.)
EDIT 2:
After some thought I came to this idea:
The Old Gods are apparently identical with the Dragons, Dumat being the first. These Dragons lived under the earth. And Dumat and the Old Gods told the Tevinter Mages how to invade the Golden City and promised them power. "The Power of the Gods", Corypheus says. This indicated there were other gods besides the "Old Gods". In the Dalish myth we hear of two God pantheons, the Creators and the Forgotten Ones. The Creators lived in Heaven and the Forgotten Ones in the Abyss.
If we assume Heaven is the Fade and the Abyss the deep roads, it makes sense. So we can assume the Creators, the Elven Gods lived in the "Fade", maybe in the Golden City? And the Forgotten Ones would be identical with the Old Gods, who also are the Dragons/Demons of the Blight. Then Fen'Harel who banished them both could indeed be the Maker. For why else should Dumat and the Old Gods direct the Tevinter Mages to conquer the Golden City, if not to overthrow their old enemies, the Elven Creator Gods? But what had happend with the Creators? Did they die? Did they turn into something dark, being imprisoned inside the Golden City by Fen'Harel/The Maker?
Must further investigate. Rorschach journal over...
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