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== Trivia == |
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== See also == |
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Urthemiel, the Dragon of Beauty, was a draconic Old God worshiped as the god of beauty in the ancient Tevinter Imperium. Urthemiel was awakened by darkspawn and transformed into an Archdemon in 9:30 Dragon, precipitating the Fifth Blight.
Among the ancient Tevinter people, Urthemiel was the fairest and most graceful of the Old Gods. His beauty is now a horrid mockery of the being he once was. If not religious canon of the Tevinters, at least some dragon cults believed Urthemiel sired a daughter, Urzara.
Background
Urthemiel, the fifth Old God[1]
There was a holiday dedicated to Urthemiel back in the times when the Old Gods were still widely revered. It was called "Urthalis" but this holiday is now known as Wintersend and is dedicated to the Maker. It is celebrated at the beginning of Pluitanis.
Allegedly, the ancient Tevinter associated the constellation "Bellitanus", depicted as a beautiful woman, with him.
Like the other Old Gods, Urthemiel endorsed the ancient Tevinter Magisters attempt to reach the Golden City and spoke to the High Priest of Urthemiel, who used the alias, "Architect of the Works of Beauty" and told them to join in the endeavour. [2]
Involvement
Dragon Age: Origins
Urthemiel is first viewed by The Warden in dreams, before actually witnessing the archdemon firsthand at the Dead Trenches, where it commanded the darkspawn horde to move towards the surface.
Urthemiel led the darkspawn horde to attack Denerim, the capital of Ferelden, where it was promptly slain by the last two Grey Wardens remaining in the country. The Fifth Blight was the shortest in history, ending the same year it began.
If Morrigan performs the ceremony before the final battle to prevent a Grey Warden from dying in order to destroy the archdemon, Urthemiel's soul is transferred into the body of Morrigan's unborn child. She claims that the Old God will not be evil, but simply become a child with his soul.
Dragon Age: Asunder
Dragon Age: Inquisition
The child containing Urthemiel's soul, Kieran, is encountered in Dragon Age: Inquisition if Morrigan's Ritual was performed in Dragon Age: Origins.
Flemeth will locate Kieran and call to him through Morrigan's Eluvian. Within, Flemeth reveals she is possessed by the elven God Mythal and offers Morrigan the choice of giving Kieran to Flemeth or keeping him by her side and thus never being free of Flemeth. Morrigan, believing that Flemeth intends to steal Kieran's body, chooses her son. Flemeth removes Urthemiel's soul from Kieran and takes it into herself.
Trivia
- The last RPG Guide refers to Urthemiel as female. "Originally the Tevinter goddess of beauty, she is now terrifying, evil, and hungry."[3] However Patrick Weekes confirmed that Urthemiel was indeed male.[4]
See also
Codex entry: Constellation: Bellitanus
Gallery
References
- ↑
Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, pp. 122-123
- ↑
Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, pp. p.56-57
- ↑ Dragon Age (tabletop RPG), Game Master's Guide, set 3, p. 35
- ↑ Talk:Urthemiel#Gender
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