#ArchDemon

[shewolfofvilnius]

having heard the spoilers regarding the history of the Blight made me think back to a conversation in INQUSITION. Spoilers and spoiler-talk below the cut.

Specifically thinking of a convo between the egg and Blackwall in Inquisition. One of those "Solas knows something but the truth's so bad he's going to play dumb" conversations.

Solas: The Wardens see themselves as the world's defense against the Blight, do they not?

Blackwall: Yes...why do you sound so skeptical? Doesn't everyone know this?

Solas: When an Archdemon rises, they slay it. What will they do when all the Archdemons are slain?

Blackwall: Retire?

Solas: Without Archdemons, there can be no Blights. Is that the reasoning?

Blackwall: Right. Where are you going with this?

Solas: Nowhere. I hope they are correct.

Solas knows good and damned well that the blight precedes the "Old Gods" whispering to the seven Tevinter magisters. Solas KNOWS that the Blight preceded the archdemons. Meanwhile Blackwall is just on the back foot desperately trying not to get found out as a fraud (especially in front of the Inquisitor <3) having NO idea what Solas is talking about.

The egg was out here TEN-PLUS YEARS AGO warning us that no, killing the seventh Archdemon isn't going to stop the Blight. Because that's not how it started.

Then, later, he's apoplectic about the idea of Wardens preemptively seeking out the Archdemons and killing them first.

Solas: To seek out these Old Gods deliberately in some bizarre attempt to pre-empt the blight..."

The Inquisitor will make a joke about the army of demons, but Solas is steamed.

Solas: Even if they could succeed, the entire idea is wrong. The blight is not something one smugly outsmarts.

Because he knows good and damn well what the Blight is, and he knows good and damn well who started it. We see Ghilan'nain wielding the blight as part of her planned ascencion towards Godhood.

But he can't tell anyone lest he tip his hand.

[diesvitae]

My one reaction to the spoilery text in the Combat Video released today. Sounded like she has a lil cute pet. She's walking it. What a good lady.

(what are the tags you want me to use for the spoilers? I will probably do a lot of spoiler art... probably I am already, I don't wanna ruin your experience tho!!)

[maierwynn]

Archdemon Dumat

My rendition from 2018-2019, part of my series of recreating the Old Gods in my own infernal image.

“In silence is the beating heart of wisdom.”

[absyntheartref]

── Dymitr Amell, Battle of Denerim, 9:31 Dragon ──

"When I was sixteen, I won a great victory. I felt in that moment I would live to be a hundred. Now I know I shall not see thirty." - King Baldwin IV, Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

[daily-plush]

2019 Square Enix Dragon Quest Archdemon Plush

[goatanarchy]

Archdemon

[solasyoulittleshit]

"Weisshaupt Fortress is under attack from a blighted elven god and her Archdemon. Rook and the Veilguard must stop her."

and??!?! AND her archdemon??!?

[nurabelmax]

Day 15 - Blight

[cuppanova]

Abbadon + sketches! (And a Lilac)

As the king of the underworld, he spends much of his time giving orders from his throne. He has an intense disapproval of anything made by angels, above all their technology. Because of this, tech is forbidden in his kingdom. He also has high expectations of his son Lilac, and their strained relationship both keeps them from connecting, and keeps the prince from his sight.

[aberrantcreature]

Archdemon of the Abyss.

[roguetrevelyan]

Corypheus’ dragon having a stroke, Haven. Lol.

tap on gifs if they’re showing up blurry

[diesvitae]

My contribution for the @dragonageannual 2024 calendar! The Magisters Sidereals and the chaos they brought to the world. Reflections of a past long gone, devoured, tainted.

[maierwynn]

Archdemon Zazikel

Old God of Freedom, Dragon of Chaos. The second Archdemon.

“Run if you can. Madness has filled the silence.”

[kinghomebody]

HOW I'M PREPARING FOR OCTOBER!

[thekingofwinterblog]

So, i see a lot of anger in the Dragon Age fandom regarding the Evanuris turning out to not be real gods/being evil, and it being planned from the start.

I don't think the reveal was handled particularly well(Like most dalish reveals in DAI)... But I very much disagree with the notion that it was a retcon, not planned out, and there were no hints at all.

This is a statue of Falo'din, one of said elvhen gods, as portrayed in dragon age origins.

And this is the kind of imagery you will find all over darkspawn lairs as they constantly build shrines to this image.

The same image is also raised in a secret blood mage tevinter cult in Denrim...

And in the same house you will also find statues that are similarly revered by the blood mage cultists that are flat out Falo'din statues. Only with more hands.

And when we see concept art for how the arch demon was supposed to look like we have the key that ties all these statues and imagery thats worshipped by three different people together.

Urthemiel, the dragon of beauty, the fifth Old God to be awakened by the Darkspawn, is Falo'din, the Elvhen God of death and fortune.

And in case you still aren't convinced, notice the giant gold plate that all of these(except the Dragon form of Urthemiel) has on it's forehead?

This is the symbol later games gave Urthemiel.

The foreshadowing and evidence that the Elven gods were not what they appeared, but were evil and on top of that was the old gods, was there from day one.

I do wish they had handled this better, and given some more context and clues when the obvious form of the Archdemon(and the implications it had) was changed, but its abundantly clear that when they designed the first game, they really did want to make the ultimate plot twist rather obvious.

I really wish they had stuck with that foreshadowing, rather than keep their secrets tight to the chest all the way until tresspasser. There were so many times they could have foreshadowed this connection between the evanuris and the old gods before that, but they chose not to, in order to keep the twist as long as possible, rather than using foreshadowing to enhance the story.

[the-northern-continent]

With all the hints toward the ocean, I wonder if Lusacan and/or Razikale have been hanging out in the ocean this whole time.

Would explain why they’re the last ones left. That would be so much logistical work for the poor darkspawn lol. Every time they hear a call from that direction, they probably just hang up.