The Darkspawn Chronicles

"You now fight as the darkspawn! The city of Denerim, jewel of Ferelden, girds itself for war. As a hurlock vanguard, you alone hold the power to make thralls of your fellow darkspawn and drive them into the heat of battle. Heed the archdemon's call--Denerim must burn!"

The Darkspawn Chronicles is a piece of downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins. It provides a look at an alternate history, providing a chance to see what would have happened if your character had died in the Joining ceremony, and the Grey Wardens marched under Alistair's command instead.

It was released on May 18, 2010, on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 ND costs 400 BioWare Points, 400 MS Points (US$5) and US$4.99 on PSN.

Overview
It begins at the final conflict between Fereldans and the darkspawn. Denerim is set ablaze, the terrified civilians flee in all directions, seeking refuge from the onslaught.

The particular hurlock which the player controls has the ability to enthrall other darkspawn in his service. By doing this, the player's party can number up to four, much like the original game.

Darkspawn Thrall

 * Blight Wolf
 * Genlock
 * Genlock Archer
 * Genlock Sapper
 * Hurlock
 * Hurlock Archer
 * Hurlock Emissary
 * Ogre
 * Shriek

Bugs

 * The initial Genlock you are told to Enthrall is immortal. Attempting to kill him causes him to explode and lose his head, but then the headless corpse will stand back up again, and you can Enthrall him again.
 * In the palace district, when you free the ogre by opening the gates, his approval will be set to 1 if it was at 100 when you lost him before entering the district and enthrall him again.

Trivia

 * The dog is named Barkspawn like in the Penny Arcade comic.