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rdfs:label	Codex entry: The Blights
rdfs:comment	My dear Anika, I would not worry about the Assembly: Let the nobles sit together and argue over whose house owns the grandest thaig. It keeps them from panicking, which they would surely do otherwise, and prevents them from making a greater nuisance of themselves. War is the business of warriors. They were leaving. Marching toward the mine shafts which lead to the surface. But I knew when I beheld them that once they have devoured what lies above us, they will be back. --From The Letters of Paragon Aeducan.== Further information ==
dcterms:subject	Dragon Age: Origins codex entries Dwarven lore and folklore (codex) Blights
location DAO	Other Origins: Interacting with a firepit after the first tunnel in Caridin's Cross. Dwarf Commoner Origin: Talk to Duncan in the Proving Grounds.
category DAO	Culture and History
number DAO	156
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Subtitle	A letter from Paragon Aeducan to his wife
Appearances	Dragon Age: Origins
px	270
Name	The Blights
Text	My dear Anika, I would not worry about the Assembly: Let the nobles sit together and argue over whose house owns the grandest thaig. It keeps them from panicking, which they would surely do otherwise, and prevents them from making a greater nuisance of themselves. War is the business of warriors. I would say that the enemy's strategy seems to be changing, but they never appeared to have a strategy before, beyond destroying everything in their path. For weeks, their numbers appeared to be dwindling. There was talk that perhaps we were getting close to wiping them out. We could not have been more wrong. For today we came upon the body of their main force. I cannot give words to it, Anika. I have never before seen so much death in one place. There were darkspawn beyond counting, and at the heart of the throng a great beast, as tall as the palace of Orzammar, with breath of fire. A Paragon of darkspawn, perhaps, for they seemed to pay it deference. They were leaving. Marching toward the mine shafts which lead to the surface. But I knew when I beheld them that once they have devoured what lies above us, they will be back. --From The Letters of Paragon Aeducan.
excerpt	I would say that the enemy's strategy seems to be changing, but they never appeared to have a strategy before, beyond destroying everything in their path. For weeks, their numbers appeared to be dwindling. There was talk that perhaps we were getting close to wiping them out. We could not have been more wrong. For today we came upon the body of their main force. I cannot give words to it, Anika. I have never before seen so much death in one place. There were darkspawn beyond counting, and at the heart of the throng a great beast, as tall as the palace of Orzammar, with breath of fire. A Paragon of darkspawn, perhaps, for they seemed to pay it deference. They were leaving. Marching toward the mine shafts which lead to the surface. But I knew when I beheld them that once they have devoured what lies above us, they will be back. --From The Letters of Paragon Aeducan.
further info	* In this letter, Paragon Aeducan appears to be describing witnessing the darkspawn horde and the Archdemon Dumat leaving to bring the First Blight to the surface lands.
See Also	House Aeducan Blight
Sortkey	Blights
abstract	My dear Anika, I would not worry about the Assembly: Let the nobles sit together and argue over whose house owns the grandest thaig. It keeps them from panicking, which they would surely do otherwise, and prevents them from making a greater nuisance of themselves. War is the business of warriors. I would say that the enemy's strategy seems to be changing, but they never appeared to have a strategy before, beyond destroying everything in their path. For weeks, their numbers appeared to be dwindling. There was talk that perhaps we were getting close to wiping them out. We could not have been more wrong. For today we came upon the body of their main force. I cannot give words to it, Anika. I have never before seen so much death in one place. There were darkspawn beyond counting, and at the heart of the throng a great beast, as tall as the palace of Orzammar, with breath of fire. A Paragon of darkspawn, perhaps, for they seemed to pay it deference. They were leaving. Marching toward the mine shafts which lead to the surface. But I knew when I beheld them that once they have devoured what lies above us, they will be back. --From The Letters of Paragon Aeducan.== Further information == * In this letter, Paragon Aeducan appears to be describing witnessing the darkspawn horde and the Archdemon Dumat leaving to bring the First Blight to the surface lands.