Though the glory of the Archdemon’s defeat surely inspired a new generation of potential Wardens and contributed to changing attitudes towards them, the lack of the urgency of a Blight is likely to have lessened the desire of individuals to risk the Joining. It was snuffed out in a comparatively short space of time, only 1 year, and by a small Warden force – consequently it’s likely that the Order wouldn’t have seen a swell in their numbers, particularly as mistrust of the Wardens may still have been present. Many years after the Fourth Blight, in 7:5 Storm, the Warden-Commander of Ferelden (a previous rival to Ferelden’s throne) took her chance to seize power and the Warden’s were banished, only allowed to return & rebuild in 9:10 Dragon by King Maric.Īnd then the Fifth Blight came in 9:30 Dragon. The Wardens began to pass into legend – a relic of a darker, better forgotten past. The time between the Blights ranges from 100 – 200 years and each time the Wardens defeated the blighted Old God but with 400 years between the Fourth & Fifth Blight many folk thought the Darkspawn defeated for good. Since then, they have been instrumental in the defeat of subsequent Blights, leading the nations of Thedas in their struggle against the Darkspawn hordes. It wasn’t until -305 Ancient that a group of warriors gathered in the Anderfels to perform the first Joining. The Grey Wardens have existed in Thedas since the time of the First Blight which began in -395 Ancient (800 TE for you magisters out there). So what’s next for the Wardens? It’s something I’ve found myself pondering even more since completing Dragon Age: Inquisition and subsequently reading Dragon Age: Last Flight. There will be no unmarked spoilers for the DA novel “Last Flight” however there will be a paragraph clearly marked below which will require translation using the Rot13 cipher with some reflections on the book. OBVIOUSLY, there are spoilers below for Dragon Age: Inquisition.

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