Maker

The Maker is the being worshipped by the Chantry. He is referred to as a male, and the prophetess who founded the Chantry is considered to be his wife.

While the Chantry believes that the Maker created all things, he has also often turned away from them. The Chantry believe this to be because of the faults of his creations.

The first children of the Maker were the spirits of the Fade. The Maker turned away from his first children, because while they could alter their world at will, they lacked a soul, and could only copy, not create or imagine for themselves.

The next realm that the Maker created was one that his next creations would not be able to change at will. He separated it from the first by putting the Veil in between them.

The children that populated this new realm had the spark of the divine within them, which pleased the Maker. While their world was more solid than that of the spirits, these creatures were able to imagine, and dream new things because of it.

But then the First Sin was committed. The spirits whispered to men from across the Veil, and turned them to the worship of the Old Gods. The Maker turned away from mankind, and left the Golden City. Much later on, Andraste managed to convince the Maker to forgive his creations, but with the Second Sin Andraste was betrayed, and burned at the stake.

Now the Maker has left the world. The Chantry teaches that one day, when the Chant of Light is sung from all the corners of the world, the Maker will finally return and transform the world into a paradise.

Until that day, however, He only watches for those few who follow Andraste's teachings. When they die, the Maker brings them to his side. All others wander the Fade throughout eternity, forever lost to the Maker's sight. The Chantry refers to this state as "Oblivion".