Considering that to people outside of the Grey Wardens Darkspawn are pretty much a legend, I would not be surprised that tales of Darkspawn ravaging through the earth at will are likely treated as such by most people: legends, not solid fact. Also, the battle-accounts we know of that describe surface battles don't mention any such tactics on the Darkspawn part.
Crosscut drifters.
They saw that the Darkspawn were working their way towards a highway expansion, digging away at the caverns connecting them.
The Crosscut Drifters happened to come across this and planted explosives that made the cavern collapse.
Additionally, one of the Facebook games ended with Darkspawn digging tunnels for some reason. I believe the Facebook DA games are considered canon.
And any Thedosian that ever believes Darkspawn are a legend should check their facts and consult with the Dwarves. It's foolish to believe such a thing.
And we do know they dig tunnels in search of the Darkspawn. It may take them a while to find them, but that's not indicative of them being bad at digging.
of whom it is mentioned that they are not exactly the most efficient diggers, needing centuries to unearth their next dragon master
That doesn't mean they're lousy diggers. They don't exactly know where to dig to find the Old Gods, and thus go more on instinct. That it takes them centuries doesn't mean they're bad at digging tunnels.
If all you had to go off of was a song that you're hearing in your head and not because it's actually being sung out loud, then you're going to have a tough time finding one of the sources for it.
We don't even know how deep within the earth the Old Gods are. They could be miles and miles beneath the deep roads.
And even considering insider knowledge of the Wardens, the whole situation is somewhat odd: if they are such an elitist, far-sighted order, why did the Ferelden-branch, or rather Mr Duncan, not press the issue that the lower chambers are a back-door?
I would say the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence here.
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. He obviously didn't do it at the war council, but then again do you think Loghain would trust the Wardens -- who he pretty much makes known he doesn't trust during Ostagar -- with information that he (Loghain)
just found out about a fortress?
I blame Loghain more then the Wardens for why the lower chambers weren't rendered unusable as should've been done, because he was the one devising the strategy.
Why not confer directly with Loghain, the military brains of the army, instead of that foolish toad Cailan?
Again, Loghain doesn't exactly trust the Wardens. From what I can tell, it has to do with what happened in The Calling.
Pointing out their uptight idiotic need for secrecy, as was mentioned by Dave, can be seen as something not exactly promoting trust in them on Mr Mac Tir's part.
Which I agree with. I said earlier that they do need to inform the heads of state about why they're needed and how they know it's a Blight.
But I don't completely blame the Wardens for that, because common sense would say that the Wardens know what they're talking about -- based on events that happen in-game with Duncan -- as well as the fact that the issue should've been pressed by the soldiers and Loghain just as much as Duncan should've done the pressing.
That said, I once again must say that Loghain wasn't really trusting of the Wardens to begin with, and from what I can tell it's due to what happened long before Ostagar.
Because the thing there is, the Dark Roads are not a Darkspawn invention, they are merely "hijacked" and occupied by the Darkspawn, of whom it is mentioned that they are not exactly the most efficient diggers, needing centuries to unearth their next dragon master, making practical usage in battle on their part even less likely...
Again, my point about the Crosscut Drifters.
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