No matter where one might be, the city is visible. Oh yeah. It's so mysterious, it ties into so much of the back story, and yet it's right there. The Ocularii, if I remember correctly, compares a lot of old god constelations with the pantheons'One thing, regarding point 3: unless I misunderstood something, the DLC seemed to make it pretty clear that Arlathan was destroyed by Solas, unintentionally, when he sundered the Fade from the world. It is believed that the Dread Wolf trapped the Evanuris in "the Eternal City" in the Fade. Could it have existed? It's the #1 theory at the moment.) Without the Fade, it literally crumbled.I wasn't taking lore notes while I was playing, but I believe I put that together based on the things said by the archivist, banter with Bull after reading a codex, and maybe some elfy talk with Solas.What's the bet it was a titan that dragged it down? I think it was also a way to try and contain the Blight, but then some uppity Magisters went sniffing around where they shouldn't have and whelp, we're fucked.I have the belief that the blight was something released by the Titans in retaliation for severing the link between them and their workers (now dwarves). After the ending of Dragon Age: Inquisition's final DLC made it very clear that … As a priest of Dumat, this was horrifying. So what was the Black City then? The Blight is the Maker's punishment for our ambition. And then, suddenly, he heard from them. It is one of the few constants of that ever-changing place. The Black City is visible in the background when the Inquisitor is Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. He believes it's foolish and will always fail. Paintings indicate that it was within mankind's history that once the city was Golden and not Black.Dissatisfied with spirits, the Maker expelled them from the Golden City, but there are conflicting accounts on the timing of this event: before the creation of menThe Saga of Tyrdda Bright-Axe mentions the Golden City as a place filled with treasure.Today the Black City is a home of darkness and nightmares The Black City is the seat of the Maker, corrupted by power-mad Magisters. (For the record, these are not unique beliefs. This is one of the most solid theory i found so far. To me, this indicates experience with it. If he succeeds in whatever he plans, the world's end will be the Maker's final punishment for our foolishness, not some grand Elfish reunification of the world.I don't even get why this thread exists. Something that he must have gotten Corypheus references a time when the gods became suddenly silent. I believe at about 95% that the Black City is the prison for the Evanuris. No traveler to the Fade can fail to spot the Black City. It's all in the Chant, guys.Fool humans, Fen'Harel will make Arlathan great again.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castPress J to jump to the feed. And what does that make regarding The Maker?We know the Veil to be construct, and that at one point the Fade and the waking world were one in the same. In the last fight with Cory he says he "walked the halls of the Golden city"Damn, son. It was probably a tool to wipe out the free workers as well which seems to be working rather well.The elves have simply misused it in their thirst for power and then Solas intervened.Is it safe so assume, then, that the Old Gods and the Elven pantheon (plus/or forgotten ones) are the same? Probably already asked here, but, The Black City being a place in the fade, and knowing the fade is as old as Solas' "betrayal", then what possibly could the Black City be before The Event? Faith was lost. What else happened then? Magic was stronger in the world when the Fade was present, and Arlathan was built in such a way that it couldn't be sustained without magic. Dragon Age 4 was, for several years, one of the most open secrets in gaming. The Dalish actually believe this 1. I can honestly say that ever since I saw the opening for Dragon Age Origins the first time, the Black City is the one place, the one setting in all of Dragon Age lore, I've wanted to visit the most. Therefore it stands to reason it started existing when the Veil arrived. Suspicious.The Black City was already black when they arrived.Something else, Solas' disdain for the Grey Wardens and implications that they aren't the only way to stop a blight means he knows something more about it as well.Gaider said they'll never confirm if he's real or not.New question: Could Hawke be alive in the fade if this is the structure of the fade?I honestly think that the Veil was not just a means to trap the Evanuris.