Par Vollen

Par Vollen is an island home of the qunari. It is a tropical island chain, which is covered mostly by rainforest, and located far north of Ferelden beyond Rivain. A sentient race called the Fex has inhabited this island since before the qunari arrived.

Background
Elven lore holds that the humans first arrived to Thedas from Par Vollen. They are thought to have arrived around 4,500 years after the founding of Arlathan, and nearly 2000 years before the official foundation of the Tevinter Imperium.

Par Vollen was occupied by the qunari when they landed there 300 years ago. Almost immediately they went to war with the rest of Thedas. The Prima Special Collector's Edition notes:

"'Par Vollen has been assimilated to the point that it is now a peaceful Qunari nation with no resistance. The humans who once lived there were more primitive than elsewhere in Thedas, building pyramids in their jungle cities and generally being isolated from other cultures furhter south: therefore little hue and cry went up to free them from Qunari domination. Now they have been part of the Qunari culture and Qun philosophy for so long that the could not even imagine going back. For their part, the Qunari treat Par Vollen as their homeland. Contact with their original hmeland was intermittent at best across the turbulent Northern Ocean before it finally ceased altogether two centuries ago. Several ships have been sent home to restore contact, but they have not returned. The Qunari are here to remain and have accepted this. While the pyramids of the original human society were impressive, the Qunari have topped that with the great domes and aqueducts of Quanandar, which is the only city of real importance on the isaland and easily a rival to the size of Cumberland.'"

Peace was obtained 150 years later however, but tensions still remain high between the qunari and the rest of Thedas. As a result, most people tend to fear and distrust any qunari with whom they meet. The only known inhabitants of Par Vollen are the qunari and the Fex. No outsiders are ever permitted to visit its shores.