Sorry if this was in a Codex entry somewhere, but aside from a passing mention here or there about the difficulty of flushing out the Deep Roads of Darkspawn infestation, how come Thedas has never united and run the Darkspawn out of the underground kingdom of the dwarves?
I mean, if we're to think this through logically, one can assume that if Thedas had a stronger foothold beneath the surface, it would be harder for the Darkspawn to 'blight' the world above. And, of course, the working theory is that if the Darkspawn are outright killed into extinction then an Old God will not be woken up on the wrong side of the dragon's lair ala taint. And even if they woke to become Archdemons sans Darkspawn they'd at least not have an army at their beck and call.
So strictly within fiction, how come Thedas had never united and journeyed into the Deep Roads? Is it because of politics? "Dwarven problems are for Dwarves"? Is it Dwarven stubborness about not accepting surfacer help? Is it simply an issue of prolonged exposure to the pockets of lyrium littered about in the Deep Roads?
Thedas against the Darkspawn Horde: Clean out the Deep Roads?
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EthanDirtch
, janv. 20 2010 03:24
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Posté 20 janvier 2010 - 03:30
David Gaider
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Consider a comparison to the war in Vietnam -- send an army into hostile territory, one that you don't know very well and which your enemy is well-suited to, and it doesn't really matter how large your army is. It's a losing proposition.
The Deep Roads are dark... and foreign to surface armies, with most places having insufficient room to actually fight in. Plus once the blight (meaning the disease) got hold in a cramped army like that it would spread like wildifre -- creating many ghouls that would just make your foe stronger.
Does this mean that they couldn't try? Of course they could. The worth of doing so when most people have enough problems of their own to content with without sending their armies to possible death in the Deep Roads is questionable, however.
The Deep Roads are dark... and foreign to surface armies, with most places having insufficient room to actually fight in. Plus once the blight (meaning the disease) got hold in a cramped army like that it would spread like wildifre -- creating many ghouls that would just make your foe stronger.
Does this mean that they couldn't try? Of course they could. The worth of doing so when most people have enough problems of their own to content with without sending their armies to possible death in the Deep Roads is questionable, however.
Modifié par David Gaider, 20 janvier 2010 - 03:31 .
