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Why do Arch Demons initialise a culling campaign instead of pursuing other Arch Demons?
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Posté 04 novembre 2012 - 02:30
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When an Arch Demon arises why do they always assault Thedas’ surface instead of seeking out other Arch-Demons. Wouldn’t an Arch Demon be more sensitive to the song that another slumbering Arch Demon emits? You’d think it would be more logical for the tainted Old Gods to seek each other out; instead of launching an all-out campaign to end life on the World’s surface.
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Posté 10 novembre 2012 - 12:53
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Vincent Laww wrote...
When an Arch Demon arises why do they always assault Thedas’ surface instead of seeking out other Arch-Demons. Wouldn’t an Arch Demon be more sensitive to the song that another slumbering Arch Demon emits? You’d think it would be more logical for the tainted Old Gods to seek each other out; instead of launching an all-out campaign to end life on the World’s surface.
Maybe this is the plot for Dragon Age V?
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Posté 10 novembre 2012 - 02:08
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Two reasons off the top of my head:
1) The Archdemon doesn't know where its fellows are hidden. It takes years for the darkspawn to find one Old God and the Archdemon doesn't want to waste time searching for them.
2) Evil is not one big happy family. The Archdemon doesn't want to vie with one of its fellows for control of the darkspawn horde.
1) The Archdemon doesn't know where its fellows are hidden. It takes years for the darkspawn to find one Old God and the Archdemon doesn't want to waste time searching for them.
2) Evil is not one big happy family. The Archdemon doesn't want to vie with one of its fellows for control of the darkspawn horde.
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Posté 10 novembre 2012 - 03:01
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Face of Evil wrote...
Two reasons off the top of my head:
1) The Archdemon doesn't know where its fellows are hidden. It takes years for the darkspawn to find one Old God and the Archdemon doesn't want to waste time searching for them.
2) Evil is not one big happy family. The Archdemon doesn't want to vie with one of its fellows for control of the darkspawn horde.
Also, insanity.
One would think the Taint twists the Old Gods into maddened husks of their former selves like it does to other living things in Thedas. I mean, aside from a physical change for the Old Gods, mentally they probably suffer as well. Certainly, Zathrian believes Urthemiel to be just that.
Wouldn’t an Arch Demon be more sensitive to the song that another slumbering Arch Demon emits?
No. There's nothing to relaly indicate the Archdemons/Old Gods can hear the Song of other Old Gods. The Darkspawn can hear the Song of all the Old Gods, but that's about all we know.
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Posté 10 novembre 2012 - 03:30
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There's also the fact that having more than one Archdemon doesn't significantly strengthen the Blight. Just one Archdemon commands the loyalty of ALL the darkspawn; having two is just redundant. And it's not like the Old Gods can perform a fusion dance to form some kind of SuperDemon to battle Majin Buu and save the universe.
In fact, it might be kind of detrimental to their cause. As it stands, the Old Gods have seven shots at wiping out all life on Thedas. If two or more of their number are wiped out in a single Blight, then their chances of winning the Super Bowl just shrank by that much. And if they don't win the championship, then how will they raise the money they need to save the orphanage where they all grew up?
In fact, it might be kind of detrimental to their cause. As it stands, the Old Gods have seven shots at wiping out all life on Thedas. If two or more of their number are wiped out in a single Blight, then their chances of winning the Super Bowl just shrank by that much. And if they don't win the championship, then how will they raise the money they need to save the orphanage where they all grew up?
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Posté 10 novembre 2012 - 12:08
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So I guess the simplistic answer would be the taint has stripped them of all rationality. and rendered them insane. Prior to the incursion into the Golden City the Seven Old Gods would've coexisted together. Therefore I believe they would be intimately attached and attuned to one another. So long as the Old Gods exist in the realm of the living, they must be able to recognise aspects of their counterparts. May be banishment into their subterranean prison interfered with their awareness of each other.
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Posté 10 novembre 2012 - 12:43
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Or it could be because they don't want the competition. Gods feuding with eachother over their importance in the Phanteon is common in mythology
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Posté 10 novembre 2012 - 03:14
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When a Darkspawn awakens an Old God it becomes an Arch Demon. An Arch Demon may not have any affinity for its previous existence, it has become a new entity. One that is separate from its former self. The taint has changed into an primordial being that seeks only death and destruction. I guess they prefer to reign as a sovereign ruler.
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