Battle of Denerim (conflict)

The Battle of Denerim was the final engagement of the Fifth Blight, and the battle which ended the Blight.

Background
Unexpected, the darkspawn horde marched to the capital en masse, led by the archdemon. Every Grey Warden in Ferelden (three in total), were present at Redcliffe Castle, when the news broke. The Warden who had led the formation of a coalition against the darkspawn, along with the Guerrin brothers Eamon and Teagan led a forced march to Denerim with the few forces at their disposal.

Battle at the Gates
Upon arrival at Denerim, the coalition were rallied by the newly appointed monarch of Ferelden, before storming the city gates under the leadership of the Senior Grey Warden Riordan. A skirmish took place between the Fereldans and dakrspawn at the city gates, where the monsters were driven back into the city. The Wardens promptly decided upon their course of action, and entered the city separately (though joined by a substantial number of troops from varying factions of the united army), so as not to draw the attention of the archdemon.

Within the City
One of the most heavily assaulted areas of the city was without doubt the market. One of the darkspawn generals wreaked havoc there along with his monstrous kin, devastating most of the buildings including the city's cathedral. The attacking dakrspawn were promptly dealt with, before the Warden-led force fought their way to the city alienage.

After saving the alienage elves by defeating the huge dakrspawn force assaulting their home, the Warden and their companions were cut off from the city by the archdemon.

The Second Wave
Despite dealing with the initial threat, the handful of knights (along with some companions of the Warden) were left to defend the gates from the vast wave of darkpsawn approaching the city gates. A large fight took place, though the approaching darkspawn were at last defeated.

At the Palace
Riordan, the Grey Warden who led the forces assaulted the archdemon from atop the battlements of the palace. He managed to cause the beast great damage, tearing it's wing and causing it to crash atop Fort Drakon, no longer able to fly. Before it landed however, the archdemon knocked Riordan off, causing him to fall to his death.

The remaining Warden proceeded to the palace district of the city, cutting through the penultimate garrison of darkspawn stationed there, and fought to the base of Fort Drakon.

Atop the Fort
At long last, the Warden reached the top of Fort Drakon where the injured archdemon was decimating troops. After a long, bloody battle, the archdemon was slain, and with it's death, the darkspawn horde broke, the Ffith Blight ending with it.

Aftermath
With the death of Urthemiel, the darkspawn horde scattered, and broke into small bands. Shortly afterward, the Darkspawn Civil War ensued. However, immediately following the cataclysmic battle atop Fort Drakon, the focus among Fereldans was the victory over the Blight. The nation had been saved, and with the coronation of the new monarch, Ferelden rose up in joy to greet it's new ruler.