Grey Wardens
Grey Wardens are an organization that features in Dragon Age.
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History
The Grey Wardens were a group of humans that formed to fight the threat of the Darkspawn that emerged on Thedas. Around 90 years ago, the lands were afflicted with the rise of the first Blight. During these years, a group of soldiers from the Tevinter Imperium met at the Weisshaupt fortress in the desolate Anderfels. These seasoned veterans had known nothing but hopeless war and during the meeting had renounced their oaths to the Imperium. Thus, the Grey Wardens had formed as they set upon their new task as they left the fortress. They began an aggressive campaign against the Blight where they struck back against the Darkspawn and reclaimed lands that were lost. Though far from defeated, their victories brought notice to the fledgling order who began to receive aid from every nation on Thedas.
Overview
Though their ability to detect Darkspawn was a crucial talent, this could also be a hindrance as the tainted creatures were likewise able to sense the presence of a Grey Warden. Older Wardens were also able to understand the Archdemon as it communicated with their horde.
A critical element of becoming a member of the Wardens was a ritual known as the Joining. This was a secret kept within their order and not known to outsiders or even newly taken recruits. This was a brief ritual though one that required a small element of preparation before the initiation could begin for the prospective recruit. It involved the selected candidates journeying into Darkspawn ravaged territory in order to slay the creatures and bring a vial of their blood. A number of vials needed to be collected with these numbering the number of recruits selected by the Grey Wardens. Upon completion of their task, the prospective recruits returned to their base where they were required to drink the tainted blood that was mixed with other compounds such as Iyrium. Following ingestion, the recruit would either die quickly from the taint of the Darkspawn blood or be able to hear their hive mind and become partially immune to the taint. Death was a high possibility for the recruits as some of them could not survive the process. Refusal was not an option and those that resisted the Joining were slain by the Wardens. Those that survived were formally welcomed into the ranks of their organization. Initially, they did not experience the dreams normally associated with Grey Wardens nor were they detectable by Darkspawn.
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