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|Image = Blight helmet detail.png
 
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|Date = 3:10–25 [[Ages#Towers|Towers]]
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|Date = 3:10–25 [[Towers Age|Towers]]
 
|Location = [[Thedas]]
 
|Location = [[Thedas]]
|Result = Toth is destroyed<br>Orlais takes Nevarra<br>Tevinter takes Hunter Fell
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|Result = Toth is destroyed <br> Orlais takes Nevarra <br> Tevinter takes Hunter Fell
|Belligerent1 = [[File:Orlaisheraldy.png|20px]] [[Orlais]]<br>[[File:H impchanta 0.png|20px]] [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]]<br>[[File:H greywrada 0.png|20px]] [[Grey Wardens]]<br>[[Free Marches]]<br>[[Nevarra]]<br>[[Hunter Fell]]
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|Belligerent1 = [[File:Orlaisheraldy.png|20px]] [[Orlais]] <br> [[File:H impchanta 0.png|20px]] [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]] <br> [[File:H greywrada 0.png|20px]] [[Grey Wardens]] <br> [[Free Marches]] <br> [[Nevarra]] <br> [[Hunter Fell]]
 
|Belligerent2 = Darkspawn
 
|Belligerent2 = Darkspawn
 
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The '''Third Blight''' began when [[Toth]], the [[Old God]] of Fire, awoke in 3:10 [[Ages#Towers|Towers]], and the [[darkspawn]] erupted in the central lands of [[Thedas]] in greater numbers than ever before.
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The '''Third Blight''' began when [[Toth]], the [[Old God]] of Fire, awoke in 3:10 [[Towers Age|Towers]], and the [[darkspawn]] erupted in the central lands of [[Thedas]] in greater numbers than ever before.
   
They swarmed the southern [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]] cities of [[Marnas Pell]] and [[Vyrantium]], as well as the northern [[Orlais|Orlesian]] cities of [[Arlesans]], [[Churneau]] and [[Montsimmard]]. The Grey Wardens quickly organized a defense, and despite heavy losses in the besieged cities, the darkspawn were pushed back.<ref>''[[Dragon Age: The World of Thedas]]'', vol. 1, pp. 83, 157</ref>
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They swarmed the southern [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]] cities of [[Marnas Pell]] and [[Vyrantium]], as well as the northern [[Orlais|Orlesian]] cities of [[Arlesans]], [[Churneau]] and [[Montsimmard]]. The Grey Wardens quickly organized a defense, and despite heavy losses in the besieged cities, the darkspawn were pushed back.<ref>{{Cite wot|83, 157}}</ref>
   
 
== Battle of Hunter Fell ==
 
== Battle of Hunter Fell ==
Darkspawn went east and in 3:18 they ravaged the [[Free Marches]], attacking the city-states along the [[Minanter]] river. At first Orlais and Tevinter did nothing, preferring to rebuild their ravaged lands. However, steady pressure from the Grey Wardens convinced both nations to send aid.<ref>''[[Dragon Age: The World of Thedas]]'', vol. 1, p. 84</ref> Their armies met with the Wardens in [[Hunter Fell]] in 3:25 and destroyed Toth in one of the bloodiest battles in history. It was said that the darkspawn corpses were piled as high as a hundred feet and then burned.<ref name="WT1">''[[Dragon Age: The World of Thedas]]'', vol. 1, pp. 84–85, 158</ref>
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Darkspawn went east and in 3:18 they ravaged the [[Free Marches]], attacking the city-states along the Minanter river. At first Orlais and Tevinter did nothing, preferring to rebuild their ravaged lands. However, steady pressure from the Grey Wardens convinced both nations to send aid.<ref>{{Cite wot|84}}</ref> Their armies met with the Wardens in [[Hunter Fell]] in 3:25 and destroyed Toth in one of the bloodiest battles in history. It was said that the darkspawn corpses were piled as high as a hundred feet and then burned.<ref name="WT1">{{Cite wot|84-85, 158}}</ref>
   
 
== Aftermath ==
 
== Aftermath ==
In the same year Marcher states, still celebrating the end of the Blight, were taken by surprise as the victorious armies turned on them. Orlais took [[Nevarra]], while Tevinter claimed Hunter Fell. Marchers fought back, and eventually regained their independence – Hunter Fell in 3:49, Nevarra in 3:65.<ref name="WT1" />
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In the same year Marcher states, still celebrating the end of the Blight, were taken by surprise as the victorious armies turned on them. Orlais took [[Nevarra]], while Tevinter claimed Hunter Fell. Marchers fought back, and eventually regained their independence – Hunter Fell in 3:49, Nevarra in 3:65.<ref name="WT1"/>
   
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
{{:Codex entry: Thorn of the Dead Gods|style=iconmini}} – a legend about the blade that killed Toth
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{{:Codex entry: Thorn of the Dead Gods|style=iconmini}} – a legend about the blade that killed Toth{{clrl}}
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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Revision as of 10:48, 7 August 2013

The Third Blight began when Toth, the Old God of Fire, awoke in 3:10 Towers, and the darkspawn erupted in the central lands of Thedas in greater numbers than ever before.

They swarmed the southern Tevinter cities of Marnas Pell and Vyrantium, as well as the northern Orlesian cities of Arlesans, Churneau and Montsimmard. The Grey Wardens quickly organized a defense, and despite heavy losses in the besieged cities, the darkspawn were pushed back.[1]

Battle of Hunter Fell

Darkspawn went east and in 3:18 they ravaged the Free Marches, attacking the city-states along the Minanter river. At first Orlais and Tevinter did nothing, preferring to rebuild their ravaged lands. However, steady pressure from the Grey Wardens convinced both nations to send aid.[2] Their armies met with the Wardens in Hunter Fell in 3:25 and destroyed Toth in one of the bloodiest battles in history. It was said that the darkspawn corpses were piled as high as a hundred feet and then burned.[3]

Aftermath

In the same year Marcher states, still celebrating the end of the Blight, were taken by surprise as the victorious armies turned on them. Orlais took Nevarra, while Tevinter claimed Hunter Fell. Marchers fought back, and eventually regained their independence – Hunter Fell in 3:49, Nevarra in 3:65.[3]

See also

Codex entry: Thorn of the Dead Gods Codex entry: Thorn of the Dead Gods – a legend about the blade that killed Toth

References

  1. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, pp. 83, 157
  2. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 84
  3. 3.0 3.1 Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, pp. 84-85, 158