I was playing origins for the umpteenth time today and started a dalish elf. Something Tamlen said during the origin made me think of this. What if the Golden city was a trick, an idea planted in the minds of the old Tevinter magisters by ancient elven dreamers. The elves manipulate the magisters into opening a portal to what they believe is this wondrous city they see in the fade but actually leads to the sunken Arlathan. Upon their arrival the vengeful elves release their taint weapon and then send the now darkspawnish Cory and company back to destroy their old foe (and every innocent bystander in sight but who cares about that stuff when you've been trapped underground for that how long). If what we have been told about uthenera and the ability of some elves to draw sustenance from the fade is true then I believe that it's possible that some of these ancients could have survived the sinking and plotted their vengeance. This would explain what Cory said about it already being black and it was supposed to be golden. It would also explain what Tamlen said about the city underground full of blackness that turned him into a darkspawn. The fact that the city is now black in the fade I guess could be the dreamers taunting the survivors.
Tl/dr the golden city was a trick by ancient elven dreamers to unleash the taint.
The Golden City is the greatest revenge prank ever
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, avril 30 2014 01:20
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:07
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Not a bad idea actually. With the eluvians tainted the magisters then became darkspawns. And according to TME elven dreamers were often killed by thier servants.
With the masters + war with tevinter and eventually the 1st blight these eluvians remained tainted since no body alive knew how to work them anymore.
But not sure darkspawns will seek out the old gods.
With the masters + war with tevinter and eventually the 1st blight these eluvians remained tainted since no body alive knew how to work them anymore.
But not sure darkspawns will seek out the old gods.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:07
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I really would love this to be true tbh
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:09
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I really would love this to be true tbh
Who's side are you on? 
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:09
Hanako Ikezawa
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I don't like it. Imagine how worse the elves lives are going to get if they are blamed for the Blights too.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:09
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A final FU to Tevinter by poisoning their Gods.But not sure darkspawns will seek out the old gods.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:10
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I'm currently playing a Dalish elf origin and I recall Tamlen saying something to that effect though I didn't read too much into it at the time.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:11
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I don't like it. Imagine how worse the elves lives are going to get if they are blamed for the Blights too.
They deserve it tbh, they had a powerful empire, magic, immortality and they threw it all away..
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:11
Divine Justinia V
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Who's side are you on?
Oh I just read the tl;dr version lol, I thought it was something against the Chantry
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:12
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Oh I just read the tl;dr version lol, I thought it was something against the Chantry
olol
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:12
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They deserve it tbh, they had a powerful empire, magic, immortality and they threw it all away..
They deserve to be punished for the crimes of their ancestors?
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:13
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Oh I just read the tl;dr version lol, I thought it was something against the Chantry
wowowow
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:13
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lol stopppp don't be mean!!!!
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:15
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lol stopppp don't be mean!!!!
don't worry I got you later on lol 
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:15
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They deserve to be punished for the crimes of their ancestors?
They deserve nothing really. They are content with being second class citizens and wild outcasts.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:16
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A final FU to Tevinter by poisoning their Gods.
Actually, thats right. Now that they are kinda mindless the the last thing they remember and obsessed about was Dumat. Reading the wiki it was suggested that the magisters were already looking for Dumat way before they entered the city.
Which kinda explains the belief that old gods being tainted is also a form of punishment.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:16
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They deserve nothing really. They are content with being second class citizens and wild outcasts.
Content isn't the word that comes to mind.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:17
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Content isn't the word that comes to mind.
Well it was their choice, and still is.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:18
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In the end it was still mages that did it. Talented elf mage can still become magisters in teventer
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:18
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Well it was their choice, and still is.
No it wasn't. It was again their ancestor's choice. You don't get to choose where you are born.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:19
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No it wasn't. It was again their ancestor's choice. You don't get to choose where you are born.
But you get to choose what to do with your life.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:20
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But you get to choose what to do with your life.
Elves don't have that freedom. That's like saying the Casteless get to choose what to do with their lives. Both have a set range of options, all of them terrible.
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:22
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Elves don't have that freedom. That's like saying the Casteless get to choose what to do with their lives. Both have a set range of options, all of them terrible.
If everything is terrible what's the point of living?
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Posté 30 avril 2014 - 02:24
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If everything is terrible what's the point of living?
Because they have family and friends?
