Editing Razikale

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'''Razikale''', the '''Dragon of Mystery''', is one of the [[Old Gods]], ancient draconic beings said by the [[Chantry]] to be imprisoned underground by the [[Maker]] for usurping His worshipers. The [[darkspawn]] have not yet discovered Razikale, thus, the old dragon still slumbers somewhere in the underground of [[Thedas]].

== Background ==
Razikale is the [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]] [[Dragon]] of Mystery. Worshiped by the Tevinter Imperium of old like her siblings, she is an enormous draconic figure of immense power. The current [[Circle Tower]] in [[Minrathous]] was once a Temple dedicated to this Old God.<ref>{{cite wot|78}}</ref> There was also a temple called [[Codex entry: Razikale's Reach|Razikale's Reach]] in the [[Frostback Basin]]. In ancient Tevinter, it was thought that the waters of [[Lake Calenhad]] carried the blessing of the Dragon of Mystery,<ref>[[Codex entry: Lake Calenhad]]</ref> and the constellation [[Astronomy#Eluvia|Eluvia]] was associated with her. 

Razikale is likely the [[Old God]] that the [[Planasene]] people were said to start worshipping to resist the [[Neromenian]]s' attacks in [[Chant of Light#Threnodies|Threnodies 6]].<ref>{{Cite wot2|51-53}} Threnodies 5 refers to the Old Gods as demons and Razikale is the only Old God confirmed to be female.</ref>

Like the other Old Gods, Razikale endorsed the ancient [[Tevinter]] [[Magister]]s' attempt to reach the [[Golden City]] and spoke to the High Priest of Razikale, who used the alias "The Augur of Mystery", and told them to join in the endeavour.<ref>{{Cite wot2|56-57}}</ref>

During the [[War against the Elder One]], it was widely believed that the [[red lyrium dragon]] was the next archdemon, though this was disproved later on when no darkspawn horde was seen massing alongside the [[Venatori]] and the [[Red Templars]] under [[Corypheus]]. Thus, only Razikale and [[Lusacan]] have yet to be corrupted by the darkspawn as all the other Old Gods have been awakened, corrupted and eventually defeated in the previous five [[Blight]]s.

== Known priests and priestesses ==
* Livia - high priestess of Razikale; high queen of Tevinter and birth mother of [[Darinius]]<ref>{{Cite wot2|34}}</ref>

== Related Texts ==
There is a number of ancient Tevinter writings dedicated to Razikale inscribed on the ruins of her temple and other structures in the [[Frostback Basin]]. The writings are not included in the Codex.

=== Tevinter Inscription ===
::''To She Who Winds the Skein of Wisdom, we dedicate this citadel.''
::''Dragon of Mystery, bestow upon your faithful servants your ineffable truth.''
::''Grant us eyes to pierce the darkness and souls to bear the wounds of your labyrinth.''

=== Tevinter Inscription ===
::''Silence has fallen.''
::''Those who call our to her in dreams hear nothing.''
::''Our letters to the capital go unanswered. No supplies have been sent, and our messengers do not return from the north.''
::''We are alone.''
::''Razikale, O Shadow Which Obscures the Path Ahead, deliver your faithful, save us from the silence which devours.''

=== Tevinter Carving in Razikale's Reach ===
::''Dragon of Mystery, return to us, we beg you.''
::''Your servants falter.''
::''The paths ahead are lost in darkness, and those who walk them find only ruin.''
::''Those who should guide us instead wage war upon each other, vying for a throne that does not exist.''
::''The blood of the sacrifices that seeps into the stone here shall be the only truth we reveal in the end.''

=== Tevinter Carving in the Old Drains ===
::''If the Imperium has fallen, we shall build it anew.''
::''This citadel shall be a new Minrathous, and we who serve the Twisted Path shall be its Magisterium.''
::''Praise be to Razikale—may our raised voices reach her and bring her back to us at last.''

=== Barely Legible Tevinter Writing ===
::''Run if you can. Madness has filled the silence. Do not return to this place.''

== Codex entries ==
:{{:Codex entry: Constellation: Eluvia|style=iconmini}}
:{{:Codex entry: The Grey Wardens|style=iconmini}}
:{{:Codex entry: Lake Calenhad|style=iconmini}}
:{{:Codex entry: The Lost City of Barindur|style=iconmini}}
:{{:Codex entry: Mouth of Echoes|style=iconmini}}
:{{:Codex entry: Razikale's Reach|style=iconmini}}

== Note texts ==
:{{:Note: Tevinter Carving (The Old Drains)|style=iconmini}}
:{{:Note: Tevinter Carving (Razikale's Reach)|style=iconmini}}
:{{:Note: Tevinter Inscription|style=iconmini}}

== Trivia ==
* Razikale is the only Old God confirmed to be female.
* [[Xenon the Antiquarian]] once owned a candle holder made out of the severed hand of a first acolyte of Razikale. In the [[Blessed Age]], he sold it to an ancestor of [[Josephine Montilyet]]. It's uncertain whether the Montilyets still have it in their possession.<ref>Remark by [[Xenon the Antiquarian/Dialogue|Xenon]].</ref>

== See also ==
:{{:Scepter of Razikale|style=iconmini}}

== Gallery ==
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Frostback Basin - Razikale's Reach.png|Temple to Razikale in the [[Frostback Basin]]
Razikale idol - Western Approach.png|Idol depicting worshippers of Razikale engaged in a religious ceremony.<ref>Landmark in the Western Approach - "[[Landmarks_in_the_Approach#The_Lost_Idol|The Lost Idol]]"</ref>
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== References ==
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