He is a darkspawn, a close kin of an archdemon. he can move his soul to another blighted being when his body is killed but,, after Hawke killed him, he had to take the shape of either Janica or Larius for a time. hence his remark "I have gained the will to return under no name but my own." He gained that power when he (as Janica or Larius) gained access to red Lyrium. He needed the dragon ally for the coming war he was planning, to help him make all of Thedas worship him and, he invested a part of himself into the dragon as a means of both empowering and controlling her.
Unfortunately for him, he invested a bit too much and, by the time Quizzy gets to him, he cannot reincarnate without the power that was himself that his dragon now holds. Apparently he gave whatever bit of himself that lets him do that to the dragon. Question is can the dragon reincarnate like an archdemon can? If so, was there a blighted being close at the final battle, or did that power manage to return to Cory. before the Inquisitor destroyed him? Have we really seen the end of that magister?
A Horcrux is really just a receptacle for a part of your soul. It's similar to a lich's phylactery from D&D. A phylactery isn't part of the lich; it's just the container where a lich regenerates if his physical body is destroyed.An horcrux is a part of a being.
He didn't seemed unaware about red lyrium rather he needed Bianca to have access to it.
Unfortunately for him, he invested a bit too much and, by the time Quizzy gets to him, he cannot reincarnate without the power that was himself that his dragon now holds. Apparently he gave whatever bit of himself that lets him do that to the dragon. Question is can the dragon reincarnate like an archdemon can? If so, was there a blighted being close at the final battle, or did that power manage to return to Cory. before the Inquisitor destroyed him? Have we really seen the end of that magister?
I think we are vastly over-estimating the importance and abilities of the Dragon, because at no point do we get any indication that the Dragon has the ability to resurrect or has any degree of Corypheus' power stored within it. Rather, it always seemed to me that the Dragon's unique abilities were because of the Red Lyrium it had been corrupted by, nothing more.
The real reason that Corypheus uses the Dragon is because it's a powerful weapon and extremely durable meat-shield, which also allows him to mock the Old Gods he formerly served, while simultaneously playing on people's fears of a new Archdemon and Blight. In addition to the obviously more practical reasons that Dragons are extremely resistant to the effects of the taint (as a war table mission tells us) and because the Dragon is tainted, he can use it as a convenient replacement host to body-swap into if his current vessel is killed.
The reason he doesn't have the Dragon around him all the time is because he doesn't want to have it close enough that he'd jump into it rather than a nearby Warden or Red Templar. Think about it, if you've gone to the effort of setting up that kind of awesome trap card in your deck, you want to save having to use it for as long as you possibly can?
In both Haven. Adamant and the Arbor Wilds, we see that Corypheus doesn't summon the Dragon onto the field until enemy resistance has been crushed enough he can risk it taking part, or things have gone badly enough that he needs more fire support or he's lost suitable hosts among the Wardens or Red Templars under his command as they've been lost in the battle.
The reason he doesn't have the Dragon around him all the time is because he doesn't want to have it close enough that he'd jump into it rather than a nearby Warden or Red Templar. Think about it, if you've gone to the effort of setting up that kind of awesome trap card in your deck, you want to save having to use it for as long as you possibly can?
Which imply that he is not able to jump where he want but always to the nearest in terms of distances,basically the same weak point of the Archdemon.
Which imply that he is not able to jump where he want but always to the nearest in terms of distances,basically the same weak point of the Archdemon.
I suspect that Corypheus cannot chose his new vessel, but is automatically drawn into the most heavily tainted individual in proximity to him when he's mortally wounded or outright killed, similar to the Archdemon.
Would explain why (barring story reasons) he jumped in to Larius/Janeka in Legacy, rather than other potential Wardens who might have been nearby such as Anders or Bethany/Carver, if they were brought along during the DLC.
According to World of Thedas Vol 2, Larius had spent over thirty years as a Warden before he went to his Calling, while his replacement Janeka was a Senior Warden who had served within the ranks for many years beside him. In comparison, Anders and a Warden Bethany/Carver had only been joined for six or seven years at the very most when Legacy occured, so the corruption probably hadn't progressed as much in their systems.
World of Thedas Vol. 2 implies that Corypheus would have ridden the dragon into the Fade had he gotten the Anchor. How better to arrive at the gates of the Black City than on the back of a corrupted dragon?
World of Thedas Vol. 2 implies that Corypheus would have ridden the dragon into the Fade had he gotten the Anchor. How better to arrive at the gates of the Black City than on the back of a corrupted dragon?
Corypheus can fly on his own
Corypheus can fly on his own
World of Thedas Vol. 2 implies that Corypheus would have ridden the dragon into the Fade had he gotten the Anchor. How better to arrive at the gates of the Black City than on the back of a corrupted dragon?
Depends on whether he's yelling the Ancient Tevene equivalent of, "I'm back, b*****s!" as he triumphantly kicks down the door? 
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