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I usually don't start topics here because I don't care for starting them. But, as some may know, during a trailer for DA:I there are hints at assaulting a Warden Stronghold. And, while I don't like Wardens being vilified as much as the next DA player, I think there is "proof" we might be actually helping the Wardens recover a Fortress rather than trying to Conquer the Warden's Stronghold for our own reasons. This proof comes from Dragon Age: Asunder. Spoiler Alert: The place where Pharamond was conducting his experiments: the Adamant Fortress. It was previously a Grey Warden's Keep. Not much else to say, really. But yeah, that's my two cents on that being us trying to help Wardens take it back. Dabuddah (talk) 07:50, May 10, 2014 (UTC)

Agree with you here. I on the other hand at first thought that it may be a bunch of rogue wardens who were helping mages -and a certain type of them- and that you may help the wardens recover it. Plus again, to all those who are against the wardens -or a certain amount of them- getting vilified is pretty off in my opinion. For all we know, the wardens' hierarchy is probably doing some dodgy shit. But other than that, it would make for a nice plot twist if we can object the wardens in orlais i guess. Lazare326 (talk) 09:27, May 10, 2014 (UTC)

I should've known that it would be you, Lazare, that comes up with the most interesting theories :D I never even thought about the Wardens siding with the mages/templars, but now that you bring it up, I would like to add the Grey Warden Rebellion of Fereldan. When Sophia Dryden used the Grey Wardens to rebel against King Arland, the then current Monarach of Fereldan. The reason the rebellion failed was because too many Grey Wardens realised that they were doing something the Grey Wardens shouldn't, intefereing in local politics. So yeah, i can totally see a rogue faction of Grey Wardens, doing what they thought they believed in, splintering off from the Grey Wardens to do what they believed in. Using strongholds and resources that did not belong to them. And their brothers, sadly, but resolutely putting an end to the rebellion themselves, less the other nations think that the whole of the Grey Wardens are taking one side or the other. Kaspar Sinclair (talk) 11:32, May 10, 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Kaspar! You yourself come up with brilliant/cohesive arguments. As you said it's not completely unknown that the Warden's have dabbled in things that is not for them to "dabble" into, and it wouldn't surprise me if there was in fact a rogue faction of wardens- and the warden companion you have is the one who is possibly against it, thus joins you out of a need to stop wardens like that. Lazare326 (talk) 12:00, May 10, 2014 (UTC)

I hope the wardens we'll have to fight are some kind of rebels or possessed former members of the Order. I don't want to go against the only few that are capable of facing a Blight! "In War, Victory. In Peace, Vigilance. In Death, Sacrifice." --Turuzzusapatuttu (talk) 12:24, May 10, 2014 (UTC)

I have a theory that it is Corypheus, the alleged first darkspawn and magister who entered the Golden City, who forces the Wardens, or maybe a small faction of them, to fight the Inquisition. If you remember from playing DAII's Legacy DLC, it is implied that he survived by transferring his soul to the nearest Grey Warden, Larius/Janeka, the same way an archdemon soul would transfer to a darkspawn if not slain by a Grey Warden. Think about it, Corypheus projects his own calling, able to control darkspawn and Wardens in proximity to himself. Now that he'S free, he'll mostly likely be trying to build his own power base, get worshipped and try to restore Tevinter's old glory.--Unic of the borg (talk) 12:51, May 10, 2014 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure one of the Inquisitor's companions is a Warden, which suggests to me that after an initial (violent) misunderstanding, the Wardens will ally with the Inquisition. After all, a Warden is hardly going to throw their hat in with someone who decimated their brotherhood, unless (A) there was a damn good reason those Wardens were attacked, or (B) they were a particularly lousy Warden. My theory? Whoever is behind the Veil tear knows the Wardens and the Inquisition are a threat, and so manipulates them into fighting each other. It makes the most sense. 12:53, May 10, 2014 (UTC)