Corypheus

"Beg that I succeed, for I have seen the throne of the gods, and it was empty."

Corypheus (lit. "The Conductor") is an ancient darkspawn who was trapped inside a Grey Warden prison in the Vimmark Mountains.

Quotes

 * "Be this some dream I wake from? Am I in dwarven lands? Why seem their roads so empty?"
 * "The light. We sought the golden light. You offered... the power of the gods themselves. But it was... black... corrupt. Darkness... ever since. How long?"
 * "The City. It was supposed to be golden. It was supposed to be ours."
 * "If I cannot leave with you, I will leave through you! I seek the light!"
 * "You are nothing! All you love will be ground under the Imperium's heel!"

Trivia

 * Defeating Corypheus earns the player the achievement "Conductor". Classical Greek κορυφαῖος (koryphaîos) means "conductor of the chorus," or "the leader of a party or interest".
 * Corypheus is described as relentless, ambitious and beyond arrogant. He is arrogance personified, and believes he operates on a level no other being can comprehend.
 * According to writer Patrick Weekes, he sees Leliana as the character having the most in common with Corypheus. Both are "burned believers." In fact, Weekes refers to Corypheus as Leliana's "dark mirror."
 * Sethius had a wife; it is not known whether he had any children.