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We Were SO Wrong About Darkspawn…

saria

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This video is subject to speculation.

In this video, we're going to talk about the dark side of the Dragon Age series. We were SO wrong about darkspawn, the Blight, the Black city, and the Archdemons.

After watching this video, you'll have a better understanding of the origins of the darkspawn, the blight, and the possibility of a cure.

0:00 Birth of a New Darkspawn
0:45 A Curse of Rebirth
3:14 Intelligent Darkspawn
6:02 The Archdemons
10:01 The Cure

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20 Comments

@sarialue Creator 3 years ago (edited) Pinned

Alright Thedosians!
This will probably be my last Dragon Age video for a while. 😭
Personally I feel like there are many active communities for games that deserve my effort.
Of course, you can check out my other socials, I talk about BioWare on Twitter alot LOL
But thank you all for sticking around in these series, I had a bunch of fun!

@WeeBitIrish 3 years ago

I've always thought the darkspawn were the most interesting antagonist especially after meeting the architect.

@zachbova9935 3 years ago

Don't forget the grey warden mage in the wardens keep dlc. He is able to survive the entire time through the use of blood magic plus hold off the calling and that the demons are stumped by the blight.

@sarawawa8984 3 years ago

I’m even in dao darkspawn were often hinted at having some level of unexpected intelligence, considering the tools and armor they made and the crude shrines they often put up in areas they conquered (I’m thinking of when you go back to ostagar), so even from the very start it felt like there was something more to them, and every time we learn something new I just want more lol

@Royalscriber5633 3 years ago

I think Dragons blood could have something to do with the cure. It would actually make sense for the Darkspawn to go out their way to taint as many dragons they can to make sure the cure is non existent and why not start with those that are imprisoned in the Deep Roads. I feel like I remember them saying Archdemon blood is needed for the joining at some point too and that could expand on that. Maybe some have joined without it but when they do receive it they may or may not give them more time and/or more resistance.

@sarawawa8984 3 years ago

I really hope we see more darkspawn, and the architect again too. They are my favorite enemies because there’s still a lot of mystery about them and they are terrifying and horrifying

@RorytheRomulan 2 years ago

I preferred not knowing the answers. They were better when their origin was shrouded in myth and belief, that the Grey Wardens were the best solution born from desperation, with the hope that the world will be rid of them after all of the archdemons are destroyed. However long it takes.

@spartanhuntergaming 3 years ago

I think there's more Darkspawn out there that are advanced in their intelligence, I even think that we'll see not just Solas trying to tear down the Veil but another Blight as a result, maybe Solas is directly or indirectly responsible for this new Blight by infecting an Old God with the Idol

@KedemothThePaladin 3 years ago

Ever since Dragon Age: Origins, I was wondering if the Grey Wardens should be considered a type of Darkspawn.

@carpcarp9975 3 years ago

The darkspawn is my favorite piece of lore in Dragon Age! Thank you for this video ❤

@foxracing8973 3 years ago

I'm so glad you explained what happened to the griffins! It's been a big question I have had since becoming a DA fan and slowly learning the lore. It would be so awesome if we actually saw them/be able to ride them in a DA game at some point (if they can come up with a storyline on how they were able to make a return that is..)

@tickledpickle5671 3 years ago (edited)

12:45
Hang on, I'm going to shoot spitballs at this Archdemon while it poses for the camera!

@AtamskArchadian 3 years ago

The Black City in the Fade is the prison of the Evanuris, who used their respective dragons to reach out to the magisters to breach their prison. All I’ve said so far is a theory I have and if I’m correct, once the magisters breached the (supposedly) golden city, (which I believe was once golden, but became black) they were either cursed by the Evanuris intentionally or they were affected by some negative aspect of their prison.

@Duskwind_ 3 years ago

Awesome job Saria. The amount of information that you dig up is nothing short of amazing. I would love to watch you do a play-through of DAO 😊

@lordwark7364 3 years ago

The same blood mage that saved a few gryphons is also the one who killed them as i remember she used blood magic to alter the creatures to make them more aggressive not knowing the alterations could be transmitted to other gryphons. The animals became uncontrollable so the grey wardens started exterminating them but that same blood mage heard about what was going on and even though she was mostly insane at that point she managed to purify the eggs and place them in a magic induced suspended animation and hid them somewhere i think in orlais. I dont remember which book it was the one with cole they find the eggs.

@riverland1372 3 years ago

I had no idea that Fiona was the mother of Alistair! 😮

@lelouche25 1 year ago

ngl, if veilguard just tells me the blight was a freaking elf bioweapons all along, I'm gonna laugh.

@jglerum94 3 years ago

Just a note - The Mother was not a "born" sentient Darkspawn, but a failed experiment of the Architect, as the reception/return of sentient intelligence drove her insane. Most, if not all, of the intelligent darkspawn we find in Awakening were not inherently intelligent, but rather the subjects of the Architect. As a general rule, it would seem that no Broodmother, Hurlock, ect can be "born" with intelligence without some kind of outside intervention.

@GreyWardenArlethaVakarian 3 years ago

If the series Dragon Age Absolution is cannon and not a standalone story/alternative world in Thedas, Fiona will be alive. We saw the red templars in Absolution

@randomaccount-dq1jq 3 years ago (edited)

I feel bad for that last Darkspawn leader who will die hearing the main mans phrase that stikes awe and inspiration to his allies but dread and humiliation to his enemies "Enchantment?"