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[Colonelkillabee]

Pssh, Fiona cheated. And the HoF's special. We are but mere mortals

Fiona found herself some really good D, lol. That dragonblood does wonders for preggers bebs.

[Colonelkillabee]

Except it was the elves of old who got slaughtered 

I meant the darkspawn thing

[flabbadence]

I watched it.  It... wasn't that funny.

 

Sorry.  I think I failed.

 

Nah, you've just got a more distinguished sense of humor than me 

[Colonelkillabee]

The devil that we know...

Are total pusses. I'm tired of these fancy pants idiots. Tevinter, Orlais... give me a REAL enemy to fight! Give me villain Arishok Sten!

[flabbadence]

I meant the darkspawn thing

 

Oh ok, got it. I think 

[Caddius]

So about the Qun taking things over...

What on earth are they doing?

They had ambitions to annex all of Thedas and convert it to the Qun, right?

And they managed to overrun much of the North (except Minrathous), and fought a very long, brutal series of conflicts with basically all the civilization we players know of. And it was a near thing.

But now they've spent a hundred years building up. They've had a few generations of Antaam. They've had time to study and lay Ben-Hassrath agents throughout all of Thedas. They've obviously still got the ambition. 

But Tevinter destroys any attempt at a mainland attack. It's fascinating to me that they seem to be locked in a stalemate, but the Qunari are struggling with Seheron so much. (Admittedly, a jungle island with multiple juggling factions who all hate each other tend to be, um, difficult to subdue.)

Are they going to explode back into power, steppe nomad style, or remain as a curiosity off the northern shores?

[Colonelkillabee]

Oh ok, got it. I think 

I was referring to during the blight, when the darspawn were attacking orlesian villages, and the elves just stood and watched. Which gets a lot of people's panties in a bunch, but one does not help those who were douchebags to you.

[flabbadence]

So about the Qun taking things over...

What on earth are they doing?

They had ambitions to annex all of Thedas and convert it to the Qun, right?

And they managed to overrun much of the North (except Minrathous), and fought a very long, brutal series of conflicts with basically all the civilization we players know of. And it was a near thing.

But now they've spent a hundred years building up. They've had a few generations of Antaam. They've had time to study and lay Ben-Hassrath agents throughout all of Thedas. They've obviously still got the ambition. 

But Tevinter destroys any attempt at a mainland attack. It's fascinating to me that they seem to be locked in a stalemate, but the Qunari are struggling with Seheron so much. (Admittedly, a jungle island with multiple juggling factions who all hate each other tend to be, um, difficult to subdue.)

Are they going to explode back into power, steppe nomad style, or remain as a curiosity off the northern shores?

 

I'm actually thinking it's the Blight that keeps the Qunari in check. They send Sten in to check it out because they have no clue what it is, and until they've figured it out, they're probably hesitant to take over the lands continuously plagued by it

[Avejajed]

I want to talk about the blight today because....well because it's a thing that's been stressing me out.

 

The Blight

 

• What is it? ?????
• What does it do? Infects, Corrupts, Transforms, Kills.
• Where does it come from? ?????
• How is it transmitted? Being close to it seems to do the job well enough? Other ways?
• How do you stop it? ?????

 

We know red lyrium is lyrium infected with the blight. This means that lyrium is alive, because the blight can only infect living organisms. This leads to many other issues (like what the frickityfrak is lyrium). We also know only one person that we know of has ever been cured of the blight.

 

I think were I the Warden, I'd lock Fiona up and let Dagna at her.

[flabbadence]

I was referring to during the blight, when the darspawn were attacking orlesian villages, and the elves just stood and watched. Which gets a lot of people's panties in a bunch, but one does not help those who were douchebags to you.

 

Ah, ok. And that's a good motto to live by

[Siha]

Are total pusses. I'm tired of these fancy pants idiots. Tevinter, Orlais... give me a REAL enemy to fight! Give me villain Arishok Sten!

 

All in due time.

Problem is that would be it. Either side would end up dead or conquered. That's not the same as a petty rivalry with some neighbor nobody takes serious.

[flabbadence]

I want to talk about the blight today because....well because it's a thing that's been stressing me out.

 

The Blight

 

What is it?

What does it do?

Where does it come from?

How is it transmitted?

How do you stop it?

 

We know red lyrium is lyrium infected with the blight. This means that lyrium is alive, because the blight can only infect living organisms. This leads to many other issues (like what the frickityfrak is lyrium). We also know only one person that we know of has ever been cured of the blight.

 

I think were I the Warden, I'd lock Fiona up and let Dagna at her.

 

Wasn't Avernus cured too? Or did he just delay the calling?

[Caddius]

Wasn't Avernus cured too? Or did he just delay the calling?

Avernus used Blood Magic to manipulate the Taint. I'm not clear on the details, but it seems his longevity was a direct result of the Taint.

It seems the Taint endures. There's that Ancient Darkspawn in Origins who is implied to have been the one to slay that one Warden, I think it was, many centuries ago. The Architect and Corypheus are silver foxes. Avernus...is a bit grubby, but quite spritely for a man his age.

[lynroy]

Wasn't Avernus cured too? Or did he just delay the calling?

Avernus used the power in the taint to extend his life somehow.
Edit: 

[Colonelkillabee]

All in due time.

Problem is that would be it. Either side would end up dead or conquered. That's not the same as a petty rivalry with some neighbor nobody takes serious.

If it were just a simple "Get at me bro! 1 v 1 me, noob! Shotty Snipes!" Thing, and no one else got involved, sure, but I don't think that'd be the case. Not if the Qun's invading the mainland like Sten keeps hinting at and Bull too.

[Caddius]

Avernus also mentions that he's been seeing the Black City in his dreams, and that he just knows that it's connected to the Taint. Also that the Taint is foreign to demons.

I guess this could imply he just delayed his Calling by magicking his blood and telling it, 'Not today,'. 

[Mims]

I want to talk about the blight today because....well because it's a thing that's been stressing me out.

 

The Blight

 

• What is it? ?????
• What does it do? Infects, Corrupts, Transforms, Kills.
• Where does it come from? ?????
• How is it transmitted? Being close to it seems to do the job well enough? Other ways?
• How do you stop it? ?????

 

We know red lyrium is lyrium infected with the blight. This means that lyrium is alive, because the blight can only infect living organisms. This leads to many other issues (like what the frickityfrak is lyrium). We also know only one person that we know of has ever been cured of the blight.

 

I think were I the Warden, I'd lock Fiona up and let Dagna at her.

 

It is also worth mentioning although the blight hasn't been cured, the Architect has figured out a way to restore sentience to darkspawn. 

 

It also seems that red lyrium corrupts more slowly than direct darkspawn taint. But what came first? Red lyrium, or the blight? 

[Caddius]

It is also worth mentioning although the blight hasn't been cured, the Architect has figured out a way to restore sentience to darkspawn. 

 

It also seems that red lyrium corrupts more slowly than direct darkspawn taint. But what came first? Red lyrium, or the blight? 

Blight as a pure distilled essence from the Void that messed with lyrium which messed with the Titans which led to the Creators panicked sealing of it away. Only for it to come back to bite them in the ass.

That's my current guess as of this second. 

[flabbadence]

The Blight

 

What is it?

 

A virus? A force? A song? A spell gone horribly wrong?

 

What does it do?

 

Infects living things (probably everything that has a fadeshadow, though Grey Wardens and dragons have resistance)

Corrupts (lyrium, land, potentially archdemons)

Transforms (ghouls and darkspawn)

Kills (everything but darkspawn eventually)

Disrupts life (Blight babies are weaker, land becomes barren)

Makes creatures hear the Calling

 

Where does it come from?

 

No idea, but people have theorized it's:

1. a biological weapon that got out of hand, probably brought about by blood magic

2. stuff from the Void leaking onto Thedas

3. from Elgar'nan's overthrowing of the primordial beings of Thedas

4. from the Black City

 

How is it transmitted?

 

Ingesting it, either through the mouth or through wounds (Joining, ghouls)

Broodmothers

Dunno how it works with red lyrium

 

How do you stop it? 

 

You bang a Theirin?

Dragons are somehow involved

[kalasaurus]

Here's a fan video I made dedicated to the women of Dragon Age.  It stars my Lavellan.  It's not really Solas related, but I hope you guys enjoy it regardless 

 

(warning: the song has some profanity)

[Avejajed]

The answer to the blight's got to be in the black city.

[flabbadence]

It is also worth mentioning although the blight hasn't been cured, the Architect has figured out a way to restore sentience to darkspawn. 

 

It also seems that red lyrium corrupts more slowly than direct darkspawn taint. But what came first? Red lyrium, or the blight? 

 

Did the Architect ever explain how he managed that? I can't remember, was too shocked by broodmother

 

Red lyrium's just blighted lyrium, so it's a matter of whether lyrium or the blight came first

[Addai]

I'll go back and reread Last Flight.  It's been a while.  I'll get back to you if no one else has.

The battle took place at Ayesleigh, but the archdemon fled to the harbor for his final confrontation with Crookytail and Garahel. Ayesleigh is near the coast.

 

Doesn't Gaspard invade Ferelden if you put him in power?  

He didn't in my game, but I did the war table quest to reconcile Ferelden and Orlais, so maybe that affected the outcome.

 

About the Blight, it's so obvious that it's a shadow version of the Fade, the same way the old gods are shadow versions of the elven gods. I just can't figure out how it fits together, though.

[lynroy]

Did the Architect ever explain how he managed that? I can't remember, was too shocked by broodmother

 

Red lyrium's just blighted lyrium, so it's a matter of whether lyrium or the blight came first

Giving them Grey Warden blood.

[Colonelkillabee]

It is also worth mentioning although the blight hasn't been cured, the Architect has figured out a way to restore sentience to darkspawn. 

 

It also seems that red lyrium corrupts more slowly than direct darkspawn taint. But what came first? Red lyrium, or the blight? 

My money's on the blight. The Last Flight opens the possibility that it was created magically, maybe even by bloodmagic.