
They found the Old God Dumat, the Dragon of Silence, and corrupted him with the Taint, turning him into the first Archdemon. Whatever the truth, the Magisters Sidereal became the first Darkspawn, and, carrying the Taint to others, First Blight began. In Inquisition, Corypheus - one of the Magisters Sidereal - suggests that when they arrived in the Golden City, the Maker's throne was already empty. They believe that by entering the Golden City of the Maker, the Magisters caused the Maker to punish his creation. To the Andrastian Chantry, this is known as the Second Sin. The Veil had originally been erected by Solas during the time of the ancient Elven empire of Thedas, where he had used it to trap the other false Elven gods in the Fade during an attempt to free his people from slavery.Įntering the Fade caused the creation of the Darkspawn. This was around 1200 years before the events of Dragon Age: Origins. Using mass sacrifices and blood magic, the Magisters Sidereal broke through the Veil and entered the Fade in -395 Ancient. In any case, the Magisters Sidereal were the seven high priests of the Tevinter Imperium, the oldest human empire in Thedas and the setting of Dragon Age 4.

It is believed that the First Blight broke out because of the actions of the Magisters Sidereal, although there are several different in-universe accounts, and the Dwarves of Thedas have no account of the origin of the Darkspawn at all.
