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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. |
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. |
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+ | They swarmed the southern [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]] cities of [[Marnas Pell]] and [[Vyrantium]], as well as the [[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 == |
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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 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 – a legend about the blade that killed Toth
References
- ↑ Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, pp. 83, 157
- ↑ Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 84
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, pp. 84-85, 158
3:00 Towers 1394 TE 7799 FA |
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