Thedas

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Thedas is a place that features in Dragon Age.

History

Ancient Age

Thedas was a continent that was located in the southern hemisphere of the world.

During the Ancient Age, the Elves arose to become a powerful and mighty civilisation due to their use of magic and ties to the Fade. This resulted in their immortal leaders establishing and ruling the Elven nation of Elvhenan.

At some point, the elves came to make contact with the underground dwelling civilisation of the dwarves.

It was then that Darinius united the kingdoms Tevinter and Qarinus to form the Tevinter Imperium where he declared himself to be the first Archon. Elven and human relations were said to had been hostile in this era with the Tevinter leading the way in aggressive retaliation against the elven city of Arlathan. The elves responded by retreating from human contact with Tevinter coming to flourish and spread. The first 'dreamers' came to learn to use lyrium to enter the Fade from elven captives and these dreamers later became the first of the Imperium's ruling magisters. Eventually, the hostility between the Tevinter Imperium and the elves erupted into open war with the armies of the Imperium coming to surround the fabled elven city of Arlathan. A horrifying blood ritual was enacted that sank Arlathan into the earth destroying it utterly and ending the conflicting in Tevinter's favor. The conquest of the elven kingdom was complete where all those who did not perish with their city were enslaved with the elven spirit crushed and their ancient culture destroyed forever. Bolstered by their new elven slaves, the Tevinter Imperium came to expand rapidly allowing them to nearly take all of northern Thedas and conquering the lands across the Waking Sea.

Divine Age

In 6:30 Steel, the Qunari began to arrive in Thedas on-board their fleets of dreadnoughts that came from an unknown eastern land across the Northern Ocean. Their presence began to grow to the point that they threatened the entirety of Thedas leading to several Exalted Marches being mustered against them. This chain of events resulted in the Qunari Wars where the Qunari lost much of the territory they claimed on the continent.

Dragon Age

Overview

In appearance, Thedas was a landmass that was bounded to the east by the Amaranthine Ocean, to the west by Tirashan Forest and the Hunterhorn Mountains, to the south by the snowy wastes that lie beyond the Orkney Mountains, and to the north by Donark Forest. The name 'Thedas' was of Tevinter origin which originally referred to lands that bordered the Imperium. However, as the Imperium lost its hold over conquered nations, more and more lands came to be called Thedas until eventually it was a name given to the entire continent. The northern part of Thedas was divided amongst the Anderfels, the Tevinter Imperium, Antiva, and Rivain, with islands off the coast. Central Thedas consisted of the Free Marches, Nevarra, and Orlais, with Ferelden to the south.

Locations in Thedas included:

• Minrathous : capital of the Tevinter Imperium and the largest city on the continent.
• Antiva City :
• Frostback Mountains :
• Gamordan Peaks :
• Hunterhorn Mountains :
• Vimmark Mountains :
• Kal-Sharok :
• Orzammar :
• Weisshaupt Fortress :

Creatures native to the continent included:

• Dragon :
• Titans : massive ancient beings that dwelt beneath the earth.
• Werewolves :
• Ghast :

as a result of the taint, the lands of Thedas came to be infested with the corrupted races that made up the Darkspawn.

Races that inhabited Thedas included:

• Humans :
• Elves :
• Dwarves :
• Qunari : these muscled horned humanoids were not native to Thedas but arrived from a different landmass.

Organizations that existed in Thedas included:

• Dalish :
• Legion of the Dead :
• Carta :
• Antivan Crows :
• Chantry :
• Circle of Magi :
• Templar Order :
• Grey Wardens :

Kingdoms on the continent included:

• Anderfels :
• Antiva :
• Elvhenan :
• Estwatch :
• Ferelden :
• Free Marches :
• Nevarra :
• Orlais :
• Par Vollen :
• Rivain :
• Seheron :
• Tevinter Imperium :

Inhabitants

• Solas :
• Flemeth :
• Morrigan :
• Alistair :
• Warden :
• Leliana :
• Hawke :
• Isabela :
• Inquisitor :
• Iron Bull :
• Lady of the Forest :

Notes

• Thedas was created by BioWare and served as the primary setting of Dragon Age.

Appearances

• Dragon Age: Origins:
• Dragon Age II:
• Dragon Age: Inquisition:

External Links

• Dragon Age Wiki Entry

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