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'''High dragons''' are fully mature adult female [[dragon]]s, the rarest of all dragonkin. At the end of the [[Blessed Age]], many in [[Thedas]] believed that all the dragons had vanished until one went on a rampage in the [[Frostback Mountains|Frostbacks]]. [[Divine]] Faustine II declared the next age to be the [[Dragon Age (time period)|Dragon Age]].<ref>[[Codex entry: Thedas Calendar]]</ref> The sight of the dragon's rise was thought to be a good omen for [[Loghain Mac Tir]] and the rebels, who went on to defeat the [[Orlais|Orlesian]] army at [[River Dane]].<ref>[[Codex entry: Thedas Calendar]], [[Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne]]</ref>
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'''High dragons''' are fully mature adult female [[dragon]]s, one of the rarest types of dragon. They once roamed the skies in great numbers, but by the end of the [[Blessed Age]], many in [[Thedas]] believed that all of the dragons had vanished. High dragons used to be revered in the ancient [[Tevinter Imperium]], and their [[Old Gods]] took the appearance of high dragons; and many dragon cults still exist to this day.
   
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== Involvement ==
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=== ''Dragon Age: Stolen Throne'' ===
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High dragons hollow out massive lairs for themselves, for they need the space to house their harem of [[drake]]s as well as their eggs and the [[dragonling]]s. Living for more than a thousand years, they are seldom seen and spend most of their time sleeping and mating, living off the prey their drakes bring back.
  
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In 8:99 Blessed, the current [[Divine]] - Faustine II - was about to name the next age as Sun Age, but the sightings of two high dragons changed that.
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A high dragon first emerged in [[Antiva]], and then again to devastate rural Orlais and Nevarra.<ref name=":0">{{Cite wot|132}}</ref> Another dragon is also sighted by the Fereldan troops lead by [[Loghain Mac Tir]] on the Orlesian side of the [[Frostback Mountains]], just before the battle of River Dane. The sight of a dragon's rise was thought to be a good omen for the rebels, who went on to defeat the [[Orlais|Orlesian]] army.<ref>[[Codex entry: Thedas Calendar]], [[Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne]]</ref><ref name=":1">''[[Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne]],'' chapter 19</ref> The Divine decided that the next age should be called [[Dragon Age (time period)|Dragon]].<ref>[[Codex entry: Thedas Calendar]]</ref>
   
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=== ''Dragon Age: The Calling''===
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Once every hundred years or so, the high dragon prepares for clutching by emerging from her lair and taking wing. She will fly far and wide, eating hundreds of animals, most often livestock, over the course of a few weeks and leaving smoldering devastation in her wake. She then returns to her lair to lay her eggs and will not appear in the skies again for another century.<ref>[[Codex entry: Dragon]]</ref><ref>{{cite wot|164}}</ref>
  
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In 9:10 Dragon, a group of Grey Wardens lead by the [[Warden-Commander]] named [[Genevieve]], consisting of [[Duncan]], [[Fiona]], [[Julien]], [[Utha]], [[Nicolas]], [[Kell ap Morgan]], his dog [[Hafter (dog)|Hafter]], as well as King [[Maric Theirin]] encounter a high dragon underneath the [[Deep Roads]] on their way to the [[Ortan Thaig]]. After a long fight, Duncan jumped onto the dragon's back and stabbed it in the skull and neck, before being thrown off its back. The dragon still had enough life force left in it that it could attack the injured Duncan, but Julien pulled him out of the way, and in retaliation the dragon attacked him instead, throwing him across the lair. Julien landed with a broken neck, and was killed. The dragon was finally slain by Genevieve, who stabbed her greatsword into its head after it was already weakened by Duncan's daggers.
   
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=== ''Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker'' ===
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== Involvement ==
  
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In 9:22 Dragon, a [[Blood mage]] cult launches a plan to disrupt the Chantry. They kidnap a young elven mage [[Avexis]] and force-feed her dragon blood to augment her ability to control beasts. Several high dragons are used by [[Frenic]] and his followers in the attack on the Ten Year Gathering at the [[Grand Cathedral]].
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There are two (optional) high dragon encounters in ''Origins'' and two in ''Awakening''. Please see the relevant quests for details.
  
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=== ''Dragon Age: Origins'' ===
  
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Sometime during the Dragon Age, the remnants of the [[Disciples of Andraste]] became dragon cultists, and started worshipping a high dragon who settled at the [[Mountain Top]] by the [[Ruined Temple|Temple of Sacred Ashes]]. The cultists tended to the dragon's eggs, offspring, and its mating drakes. They believed the dragon to be a reincarnation of Andraste. [[The Warden]] stumbles across the high dragon during their search for the [[Urn of Andraste]].
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==== Mountain Top ====
  
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{{See|[[High dragon (strategy)]] for details on defeating this high dragon}}
  
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[[The Warden]] is given the option to battle a high dragon during or any time after [[The Urn of Sacred Ashes]] quest. After (optionally) battling [[Kolgrim]] and emerging onto the [[Mountain Top]], a short cutscene of a dragon flying above the Warden is seen. The Warden can engage the dragon by using [[Kolgrim's Horn]] (PC), by hitting the gong seen shortly after emerging on the Mountain Top area (X360 and PS3), or by attacking her on her perch (for example, with spells such as Winter's Grasp). If the Warden decides to help Kolgrim and follows through, the party won't be able to fight the dragon before killing Kolgrim and his followers. This can be done by speaking to him and selecting the option stating that he is too dangerous to be left alive. When he is slain, the gong can be interacted with again (or the party gains the horn).}}
  
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Notably, this could be the dragon which the Dragon Age was named after since the dragon which rampaged in 8:99 Blessed was from the Frostback Mountains.
  
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{{CodexConditionalParagraph|If the Warden joins the cultists|Father [[Kolgrim]] convinces the Warden to join the order. He asks the Warden to pour the high dragon's blood into the ashes of Andraste. As thanks for doing so, Kolgrim bestows upon the Warden the secrets of the way of being a [[Reaver]]. Kolgrim promises the help of the dragon in the [[Fifth Blight]], but states that Andraste may not be ready yet.}}
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{{CodexConditionalParagraph|If the Warden doesn't join the cultists|The Warden chooses to kill father Kolgrim and take [[Kolgrim's Horn]] {{PC}} from his body, or hit the gong located in the ruins {{PS3}}, which summons the dragon down from its nest in the mountains. The Warden may also choose to attack the dragon with ranged attacks. The dragon is killed by the Warden and their party; see [[high dragon (strategy)]] for details on fighting this dragon.}}
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{{See|[[Flemeth the Shapeshifter]] for details on defeating Flemeth}}
  
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In addition to the Mountain Top encounter, the Warden can fight another high dragon if they choose to kill [[Flemeth]] in the quest for her grimoire. She will shapeshift into a high dragon, which must be killed. The attack can be avoided using certain dialog options. If you do so, you will be able to fight Flemeth at a later date.
  
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=== ''Dragon Age: Awakening'' ===
  
=== ''Dragon Age: Awakening'' ===
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A high dragon is encountered near the entrance to [[Drake's Fall]] in the [[Dragonbone Wastes]] during the quest [[Depths of Depravity]].
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A third high dragon is encountered near the entrance to [[Drake's Fall]] in the [[Dragonbone Wastes]]. It has a chance of dropping minor random loot.
  
   
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The [[Queen of the Blackmarsh]] is a spectral high dragon that can be encountered at [[Blackmarsh]] after completing the main quest of that area.}}
  
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[[File:High dragon (The Silent Grove).png|right|200px]]
  
 
=== ''Dragon Age II'' ===
  
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In Act 3, a high dragon may be fought at the [[Bone Pit]] during the [[Mine Massacre]] questline; see [[Mine Massacre (strategy)]] for details on fighting this dragon.
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{{SpoilerDA2|*Flemeth uses her high dragon form to save [[Hawke]], their family and [[Aveline Vallen]] when they were fleeing from [[Lothering]] (Act 1).
  
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*A high dragon is fought in the [[Bone Pit]] during the quest [[Mine Massacre]] (Act 3). {{See|[[Mine Massacre (strategy)]] for details on defeating this high dragon.}}
  
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*In the [[Legacy]] DLC, the final form of the secret boss [[Malvernis]] is a spectral High Dragon.
  
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=== ''Dragon Age: The Silent Grove'' ===
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Several high dragons reside in the [[Silent Grove]] in the [[Tellari Swamps]], protected by [[Yavana]].
   
 
=== ''Dragon Age: Inquisition'' ===
  
=== ''Dragon Age: Inquisition'' ===
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There are a total of twelve high dragons found across ''[[Dragon Age: Inquisition]]'' and its [[Downloadable content (Inquisition)|DLC]]s. All twelve have greater resistance to the elemental damage they produce. This in turn can allow for strategic planning from the vulnerability of the opposite element: Fire breathers are vulnerable to cold, cold breathers to fire, and electricity breathers to spirit. Eleven of them count towards the Dragon Hunter collection, the twelfth, [[Ataashi]], does not. Ataashi is also the only known poison-based dragon.
   
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There are ten high dragons in ''[[Dragon Age: Inquisition]]''. For all ten of these dragons, they have greater resistance to their breath element and this also determines their vulnerability: Fire breathers are vulnerable to cold, cold breathers to fire, and electricity breathers to spirit.
  
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[[Corypheus]]' [[Red lyrium dragon]] is revealed to be a high dragon that has been corrupted by [[red lyrium]] and augmented by Corypheus's magic. It apparently works as a tribute to an [[Archdemon]] or [[Old God]]. The [[war table]] mission [[Learn More about Dragons]] reveals that all dragons possess a high resistance to the darkspawn [[taint]] though they are not immune. Ultimately the Inquisitor will slay this dragon at the end of the main quest [[Doom Upon All the World]].
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If the Inquisitor drinks from the [[Well of Sorrows]], a high dragon named the [[Guardian of Mythal]] must be fought to complete the main quest [[the Final Piece]]. Afterwards, the dragon will side with the Inquisitor against Corypheus and will challenge the Red Lyrium Dragon. The Guardian of Mythal is killed during the final confrontation.
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* [[Corypheus]]'s [[Red lyrium dragon]] is revealed to be a high dragon that has been corrupted by Red Lyrium and augmented by Corypheus's magic. It apparently works as a tribute to an [[Archdemon]] or [[Old God]]. Additionally at the [[War table]] can be revealed that all Dragons possess a high resistance to the [[Darkspawn]] Taint though are not immune.<ref>[[Learn More about Dragons]]</ref>.The Inquisitor kills the dragon at the end of the main storyline.
  
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* If the [[Inquisitor]] drinks from the [[Well of Sorrows]] a high dragon named the [[Guardian of Mythal]] must be fought to complete [[The Final Piece]]. The dragon then battles Corypheus's dragon, but is killed during the fight.
  
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* If [[Morrigan]] drinks from the [[Well of Sorrows]] she, just like [[Flemeth]], gains the ability to shapeshift into a high dragon. She will battle with the [[Red lyrium dragon]]. In the middle of the battle she is knocked out for the remainder of the fight.
  
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* The [[Avvar]] god Hakkon is revealed to have been bound to the body of a high ice dragon and frozen in time by the efforts of Inquisitor [[Ameridan]]. The [[Inquisitor]] must slay [[Hakkon Wintersbreath (creature)|Hakkon Wintersbreath]] when Ameridan's magic fails.}}
  
   
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==== ''Jaws of Hakkon'' ====
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{{:Hakkon Wintersbreath (creature)|style=iconmini}} - during the events of the ''[[Jaws of Hakkon]]'' [[Downloadable content (Inquisition)|DLC]], [[Ameridan]] states that the [[Avvar]] god Hakkon was bound to the body of a high ice dragon frozen in time by his prior efforts. The Inquisitor must then slay Hakkon Wintersbreath as Ameridan's magical hold over Hakkon is fading.
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*The [[Qunari]] tried to use the poison extracted from a high dragon called [[Ataashi]] to destroy the Inquisition and all of the southern noble houses of Thedas. In order to stop them, the Inquisitor either kills the dragon or sets it free.}}
  
   
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{{:Ataashi|style=iconmini}} - during the events of ''[[Trespasser (quest)|Trespasser]]'', the [[Qunari]] tried to use poison extracted from the high dragon called Ataashi to destroy the Inquisition and all of the southern noble houses of Thedas. In order to stop them, the Inquisitor can either decide to kill the dragon or set it free.
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*A High Dragon is used to allow [[Avexis]] to control others of its kind by the [[Blood mage]] cult.
  
   
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=== ''Dragon Age: Dark Fortress'' ===
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*Several High Dragon are used by [[Frenic]] and his followers in the the attack on the Ten Year Gathering at the [[Grand Cathedral]].
  
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A shackled high dragon in [[Castellum Tenebris]] empowers [[Danarius]]' sarcophagus with dragonfire to enable [[Shirallas]]' transformation.
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== Behavior ==
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[[File:Dragon eggs.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Dragon eggs]]High dragons hollow out massive lairs for themselves; as an abundance of space is needed to house their harem of [[drake]]s, raise their [[dragonling]] offspring, and shelter their eggs. Living for more than a thousand years, they are seldom seen and spend most of their time sleeping and mating, living off the prey produced by the drakes.
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*Another high dragon guards the [[Silent Grove]] in the [[Tellari Swamps]] and its mistress; [[Yavana]].
  
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High dragons are extremely territorial and will typically attack anything on site that trespasses within its claimed vicinity. Even larger creatures such as [[giant]]s will be attacked, as [[The Inquisitor]] witnessed [[Vinsomer]]'s combat with a giant on the [[Storm Coast]].
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*[[Sten]] recounts how a mysterious [[Witch of the Wilds]] leads a simple [[Mabari|dog]] handler to a cave where an ancient high dragon lays dying, after which [[Calenhad Theirin|the man]] slits the beast's throat and [[Reaver|drinks its blood in order to gain its power]].
  
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Once every hundred years or so, the high dragon prepares for clutching by emerging from her lair and taking wing. She will fly far and wide eating hundreds of animals, most often livestock, over the course of a few weeks and leaving a path of devastation in her wake. During this time entire villages and forests can be reduced to ash. She will then returns to her lair to lay her eggs and will not appear in the skies again for another century.<ref>[[Codex entry: Dragon]]</ref><ref>{{cite wot|164}}</ref>
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== Quests ==
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=== ''Dragon Age: Origins'' ===
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=== ''Dragon Age: Awakening'' ===
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=== ''Dragon Age II'' ===
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:{{:Mine Massacre|style=iconmini}}
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=== ''Dragon Age: Inquisition'' ===
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:{{:The Abyssal High Dragon|style=iconmini}}
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:{{:Breeding Grounds|style=iconmini}}
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:{{:Dragon Hunter|style=iconmini}}
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:{{:The Final Piece|style=iconmini}}
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:{{:Doom Upon All the World|style=iconmini}}
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:{{:Hakkon Wintersbreath (quest)|style=iconmini}}
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:{{:Trespasser (quest)|style=iconmini}}
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== Codex entries ==
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== Notes ==
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* There are multiple known beings in the ''Dragon Age'' series that are able to take the form of a high dragon, though not a "true" dragon.
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** In ''Origins'', [[Flemeth]] will change into high dragon form to fight the Warden for her grimoire; see [[Flemeth the Shapeshifter]] for details on fighting Flemeth in her dragon form. She also uses her high dragon form to save [[Hawke]], their family, and [[Aveline Vallen]] from a [[darkspawn]] ambush while they are attempting to flee from [[Lothering]] during the prologue to ''[[Dragon Age II]]''. This high dragon form is unique compared to other high dragons, as it is larger in size, has a dark red/purple tint, and has multiple head spikes.
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** In ''Inquisition'', if [[Morrigan]] drinks from the [[Well of Sorrows]], she, just like Flemeth, will gain the ability to shapeshift into the form of a high dragon. She will then confront the Red Lyrium Dragon. Midway into the battle, Morrigan will be knocked unconscious rendering her and her dragon form unavailable.
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** Other notable creatures that take high dragon forms include: [[Archdemon]]s, who take the form of corrupted high dragons;{{ref wot|166}} the [[Queen of the Blackmarsh]], a ghost or spirit of a former high dragon that retained its shape in spectral form; and [[Malvernis]] from the ''Dragon Age II'' DLC, ''[[Legacy]]'', whose final form is revealed as a spectre in the form of a high dragon.
   
 
== Trivia ==
  
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* To become a true [[Reaver]] a ritual must be done using dragon blood, although, [[wyvern]] blood may be used to unlock the Reaver powers, as possibly done with the [[The Warden|Warden]].
  
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Dragons 2.jpg|High dragon in ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
  
Dragons 2.jpg|High dragon in ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
 
HighDragonDAII.png|High dragon in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''
  
HighDragonDAII.png|High dragon in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''
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DAI Dragon Attacking.jpg|The Fereldan Frostback ambushing Varric & Cassandra
 
DAIHighDragon.jpg|High dragon in ''[[Dragon Age: Inquisition]]''
  
DAIHighDragon.jpg|High dragon in ''[[Dragon Age: Inquisition]]''
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highdragondots.png|High dragon in ''[[Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker]]''
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HighDragonHoDA.png|Tier progression of a High Dragon in ''[[Heroes of Dragon Age]]''
  
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Red Lyrium Dragon Image.png|Red Lyrium high dragon
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Hakkon Wintersbreath Image.jpg|Hakkon Wintersbreath
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highdragondots.png|High dragon from ''[[Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker]]''
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High dragon (The Silent Grove).png|Silent Grove high dragon
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HighDragonHoDA.png|Tier progression of a High dragon in ''[[Heroes of Dragon Age]]''
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DragonDF.png|High dragon in ''[[Dragon Age: Dark Fortress]]''
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Flemeth High Dragon form in Origins Image.png|[[Flemeth the Shapeshifter]] encountered in ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''
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Spectral Malvernis Legacy DLC Image.png|[[Malvernis]]' spectral high dragon form
 
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High dragons are fully mature adult female dragons, one of the rarest types of dragon. They once roamed the skies in great numbers, but by the end of the Blessed Age, many in Thedas believed that all of the dragons had vanished. High dragons used to be revered in the ancient Tevinter Imperium, and their Old Gods took the appearance of high dragons; and many dragon cults still exist to this day.

Involvement[]

Dragon Age: Stolen Throne[]

In 8:99 Blessed, the current Divine - Faustine II - was about to name the next age as Sun Age, but the sightings of two high dragons changed that. A high dragon first emerged in Antiva, and then again to devastate rural Orlais and Nevarra.[1] Another dragon is also sighted by the Fereldan troops lead by Loghain Mac Tir on the Orlesian side of the Frostback Mountains, just before the battle of River Dane. The sight of a dragon's rise was thought to be a good omen for the rebels, who went on to defeat the Orlesian army.[2][3] The Divine decided that the next age should be called Dragon.[4]

Dragon Age: The Calling[]

In 9:10 Dragon, a group of Grey Wardens lead by the Warden-Commander named Genevieve, consisting of Duncan, Fiona, Julien, Utha, Nicolas, Kell ap Morgan, his dog Hafter, as well as King Maric Theirin encounter a high dragon underneath the Deep Roads on their way to the Ortan Thaig. After a long fight, Duncan jumped onto the dragon's back and stabbed it in the skull and neck, before being thrown off its back. The dragon still had enough life force left in it that it could attack the injured Duncan, but Julien pulled him out of the way, and in retaliation the dragon attacked him instead, throwing him across the lair. Julien landed with a broken neck, and was killed. The dragon was finally slain by Genevieve, who stabbed her greatsword into its head after it was already weakened by Duncan's daggers.

Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker[]

In 9:22 Dragon, a Blood mage cult launches a plan to disrupt the Chantry. They kidnap a young elven mage Avexis and force-feed her dragon blood to augment her ability to control beasts. Several high dragons are used by Frenic and his followers in the attack on the Ten Year Gathering at the Grand Cathedral.

Dragon Age: Origins[]

Sometime during the Dragon Age, the remnants of the Disciples of Andraste became dragon cultists, and started worshipping a high dragon who settled at the Mountain Top by the Temple of Sacred Ashes. The cultists tended to the dragon's eggs, offspring, and its mating drakes. They believed the dragon to be a reincarnation of Andraste. The Warden stumbles across the high dragon during their search for the Urn of Andraste.

If the Warden joins the cultists:
Father Kolgrim convinces the Warden to join the order. He asks the Warden to pour the high dragon's blood into the ashes of Andraste. As thanks for doing so, Kolgrim bestows upon the Warden the secrets of the way of being a Reaver. Kolgrim promises the help of the dragon in the Fifth Blight, but states that Andraste may not be ready yet.
If the Warden doesn't join the cultists:
The Warden chooses to kill father Kolgrim and take Kolgrim's Horn pcpc from his body, or hit the gong located in the ruins ps3ps3, which summons the dragon down from its nest in the mountains. The Warden may also choose to attack the dragon with ranged attacks. The dragon is killed by the Warden and their party; see high dragon (strategy) for details on fighting this dragon.

Dragon Age: Awakening[]

A high dragon is encountered near the entrance to Drake's Fall in the Dragonbone Wastes during the quest Depths of Depravity.

Dragon Age II[]

In Act 3, a high dragon may be fought at the Bone Pit during the Mine Massacre questline; see Mine Massacre (strategy) for details on fighting this dragon.

Dragon Age: The Silent Grove[]

Several high dragons reside in the Silent Grove in the Tellari Swamps, protected by Yavana.

Dragon Age: Inquisition[]

There are a total of twelve high dragons found across Dragon Age: Inquisition and its DLCs. All twelve have greater resistance to the elemental damage they produce. This in turn can allow for strategic planning from the vulnerability of the opposite element: Fire breathers are vulnerable to cold, cold breathers to fire, and electricity breathers to spirit. Eleven of them count towards the Dragon Hunter collection, the twelfth, Ataashi, does not. Ataashi is also the only known poison-based dragon.

Name Location Breath Element Level
Fereldan Frostback Fereldan Frostback Hinterlands Fire 12
Northern Hunter Northern Hunter Crestwood Electricity 13
Abyssal High Dragon Abyssal High Dragon Western Approach Fire 14
Gamordan Stormrider Gamordan Stormrider Exalted Plains Electricity 15
Greater Mistral Greater Mistral Emerald Graves Cold 17
Hivernal Hivernal Emprise du Lion Cold 19
Vinsomer Vinsomer Storm Coast Electricity 19
Sandy Howler Sandy Howler Hissing Wastes Fire 20
Kaltenzahn Kaltenzahn Emprise du Lion Cold 21
Highland Ravager Highland Ravager Emprise du Lion Fire 23
Hakkon Wintersbreath Hakkon Wintersbreath Frostback Basin Cold 25
Ataashi Ataashi The Darvaarad Poison 25

Corypheus' Red lyrium dragon is revealed to be a high dragon that has been corrupted by red lyrium and augmented by Corypheus's magic. It apparently works as a tribute to an Archdemon or Old God. The war table mission Learn More about Dragons reveals that all dragons possess a high resistance to the darkspawn taint though they are not immune. Ultimately the Inquisitor will slay this dragon at the end of the main quest Doom Upon All the World.

If the Inquisitor drinks from the Well of Sorrows, a high dragon named the Guardian of Mythal must be fought to complete the main quest the Final Piece. Afterwards, the dragon will side with the Inquisitor against Corypheus and will challenge the Red Lyrium Dragon. The Guardian of Mythal is killed during the final confrontation.

Jaws of Hakkon[]

Hakkon Wintersbreath Hakkon Wintersbreath - during the events of the Jaws of Hakkon DLC, Ameridan states that the Avvar god Hakkon was bound to the body of a high ice dragon frozen in time by his prior efforts. The Inquisitor must then slay Hakkon Wintersbreath as Ameridan's magical hold over Hakkon is fading.

Trespasser[]

Ataashi Ataashi - during the events of Trespasser, the Qunari tried to use poison extracted from the high dragon called Ataashi to destroy the Inquisition and all of the southern noble houses of Thedas. In order to stop them, the Inquisitor can either decide to kill the dragon or set it free.

Dragon Age: Dark Fortress[]

A shackled high dragon in Castellum Tenebris empowers Danarius' sarcophagus with dragonfire to enable Shirallas' transformation.

Behavior[]

Dragon eggs

Dragon eggs

High dragons hollow out massive lairs for themselves; as an abundance of space is needed to house their harem of drakes, raise their dragonling offspring, and shelter their eggs. Living for more than a thousand years, they are seldom seen and spend most of their time sleeping and mating, living off the prey produced by the drakes.

High dragons are extremely territorial and will typically attack anything on site that trespasses within its claimed vicinity. Even larger creatures such as giants will be attacked, as The Inquisitor witnessed Vinsomer's combat with a giant on the Storm Coast.

Once every hundred years or so, the high dragon prepares for clutching by emerging from her lair and taking wing. She will fly far and wide eating hundreds of animals, most often livestock, over the course of a few weeks and leaving a path of devastation in her wake. During this time entire villages and forests can be reduced to ash. She will then returns to her lair to lay her eggs and will not appear in the skies again for another century.[5][6]

Quests[]

Dragon Age: Origins[]

The Urn of Sacred Ashes The Urn of Sacred Ashes

Dragon Age: Awakening[]

Depths of Depravity Depths of Depravity

Dragon Age II[]

Mine Massacre Mine Massacre

Dragon Age: Inquisition[]

The Abyssal High Dragon The Abyssal High Dragon
Breeding Grounds Breeding Grounds
Dragon Hunter Dragon Hunter
The Final Piece The Final Piece
Doom Upon All the World Doom Upon All the World
Hakkon Wintersbreath Hakkon Wintersbreath
Trespasser Trespasser

Codex entries[]

Codex entry: Urzara's Tooth Codex entry: Urzara's Tooth
Codex entry: Yusaris: The Dragonslayer Codex entry: Yusaris: The Dragonslayer

Notes[]

  • There are multiple known beings in the Dragon Age series that are able to take the form of a high dragon, though not a "true" dragon.
    • In Origins, Flemeth will change into high dragon form to fight the Warden for her grimoire; see Flemeth the Shapeshifter for details on fighting Flemeth in her dragon form. She also uses her high dragon form to save Hawke, their family, and Aveline Vallen from a darkspawn ambush while they are attempting to flee from Lothering during the prologue to Dragon Age II. This high dragon form is unique compared to other high dragons, as it is larger in size, has a dark red/purple tint, and has multiple head spikes.
    • In Inquisition, if Morrigan drinks from the Well of Sorrows, she, just like Flemeth, will gain the ability to shapeshift into the form of a high dragon. She will then confront the Red Lyrium Dragon. Midway into the battle, Morrigan will be knocked unconscious rendering her and her dragon form unavailable.
    • Other notable creatures that take high dragon forms include: Archdemons, who take the form of corrupted high dragons;[7] the Queen of the Blackmarsh, a ghost or spirit of a former high dragon that retained its shape in spectral form; and Malvernis from the Dragon Age II DLC, Legacy, whose final form is revealed as a spectre in the form of a high dragon.

Trivia[]

See also[]

Gallery[]

True high dragons[]

Entities with high dragon forms[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 132
  2. ↑ Codex entry: Thedas Calendar, Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne
  3. ↑ Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, chapter 19
  4. ↑ Codex entry: Thedas Calendar
  5. ↑ Codex entry: Dragon
  6. ↑ Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 164
  7. ↑ Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 166
  8. ↑ Dragon Age: Until We Sleep Vol 1., mentioned by Sten as the Arishok.
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