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The Blessed Age (8:00–8:99)[note 1] is the eighth named Age in the history of Thedas.

The end of war with the Qunari and the birth of twin boys, Reville and Gratien, to Emperor Etienne I of Orlais in the final year of the previous age is declared an omen by the Chantry. A long period of childlessness and fears of a civil war on the emperor's death dissipates with the onset of the Blessed Age, heralded as an age of bounty and prosperity.[1]

Chronology[]

  • 8:05 Blessed: Kirkwall rebels against Orlais and gains the status of a free city.[1]
  • 8:10 Blessed: In a grand gesture, Qunari in Par Vollen welcome a group of Rivaini diplomats. The visit dispels many myths about Qunari society.[2]
  • 8:21 Blessed: Emperor Etienne Valmont passes away. His son, Reville Valmont, is crowned Emperor.[3]
  • 8:24 Blessed: The Orlesian Empire, under the direction of the "Mad Emperor" Reville, launches the Second Orlesian Invasion of Ferelden. Thanks to the clandestine support of number of powerful banns undermining Ferelden defence, Orlais quickly establishes a strong foothold.[2]
Vigil's Keep and the City of Amaranthine are taken by the Empire, as is Redcliffe. At the Battle of Lothering, Ardal Cousland, Teyrn of Highever, is slain defending his king, Vanedrin Theirin.[4] The King is also killed by the Orlesians, and Calenhad the Great's sword, Nemetos, is lost.[5]
  • 8:25 Blessed: Though Vanedrin is succeeded by his son, King Brandel Theirin, the youth is unable to unite the country beneath him, and for the next two decades, Ferelden is mired in blood and battle.[5]
  • 8:44 Blessed: The Orlesian Empire finally sacks the city of Denerim, claiming victory in Ferelden and driving King Brandel into hiding.[7]
Though routed, the King and others among the true Fereldan nobility continue to wage guerrilla war against their oppressors. When Brandel finally dies, several years after the birth of his grandson Maric Theirin, Orlais crowns Meghren as King of Ferelden, though Brandel's daughter, "the Rebel Queen" Moira Theirin - considerably more popular and charismatic than her father - keeps the resistance alive.[8]
  • 8:47 Blessed: Emperor Reville, fearing the court turning favor toward rival Grand Duke Gratien, has Gratien, his wife, three grown children, and all eight grandchildren murdered. The youngest, Camille, is only eight months old.[9]
  • 8:51 Blessed: Emperor Reville dies after spending more than a year locked in his room, fearing retribution for his assassination of the Gratien family.[9] His son, Etienne Valmont II, is crowned the Emperor.[10]
  • 8:55 Blessed: War between the Qunari and the Tevinter Imperium continues as the Qunari land and conquer Seheron within three years. Tevinter is left on its own to fight its war with the Qunari, though the peace between the Qunari and other lands is considered fragile.[11]
Several attempts by the Qunari to land on the continent and attack Tevinter directly are repulsed.[11]
Emperor Etienne Valmont II of Orlais dies. His brother, Judicael Valmont, is crowned the new Emperor.[12]
  • 8:62 Blessed: The Antivan city of Treviso is burned to the ground after a fire started in a warehouse full of lamp oil.[14]
  • 8:70 Blessed: Emperor Judicael dies. His son, Judicael II is crowned the Emperor.[15]
  • 8:77 Blessed: The Hundred Days Cough epidemic begins in Orlais; it claims the lives of the twin sons of the Emperor Judicael II and the infant daughter of his brother Florian.[17]
  • 8:82 Blessed: Nevarra begins a bloody campaign of conquest within the Free Marches, encouraged by their taking of Perendale. They are stopped by Cade Arvale, who is named Champion of Tantervale for his deed.[20]
  • 8:84 Blessed: After Emperor Judicael II dies during a fox hunt, his brother Florian Valmont ascends to the throne of Orlais, much to his chagrin.[17]
Eamon Guerrin, the future arl of Redcliffe, is born.[21]
Endrin Aeducan takes the throne of Orzammar.[28]
  • 8:98 Blessed: The Fereldan rebels, led by the young Prince Maric, take the isolated port town of Gwaren, their first major victory since the death of Queen Moira.[28]
House Tethras is exiled to the surface for denying the Voice of the Ancestors and willfully manipulating the sacred Provings.[29][30]
  • 8:99 Blessed: At the battle of West Hill, the Fereldan rebel army is devastated by the royalist forces. Survivors retreat to Gwaren. Maric is presumed dead.[31]
With the aid of the Legion of the Dead, Prince Maric emerges from the Deep Roads under Gwaren and wins an important battle and is coming much closer in liberating Ferelden than he or his mother ever did. Afterwards, he also kills Bann Ceorlic as well as the other three nobles who betrayed and killed his mother.[32]
Believed hunted to extinction, dragons emerge first in Antiva, then devastate rural Orlais and Nevarra.[32] Another dragon is also sighted in the Orlesian side of the Frostback Mountains, just before the battle of River Dane.[33]
In light of this, Divine Faustine II who was ready to declare the Sun Age, named for the symbol of the Orlesian Empire, instead names the next age as the Dragon Age. It is predicted to be an age of violence and upheaval.[34]
At the Battle of River Dane, the last two legions of chevaliers that the Emperor sent to the occupied Ferelden are defeated by the rebels who are led by Loghain Mac Tir.[33]
The Seekers of Truth abandon Therinfal Redoubt in Ferelden due to lack of funding.[35]

Notes[]

  • The "Ages" description in Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 1 page 21, erroneously describes every age starting with year 1 and ending with year 99, claiming the Glory Age took place between 2:1-2:99, the Towers Age between 3:1-3:99 etc. This is directly contradicted in the timeline within the same book, which cites the existence of 3:00 Towers, 4:00 Black, and 9:00 Dragon. Such a system would result in each age lasting ninety-nine years, not one hundred.
  • Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 1 sets the Perendale war in 8:70 Blessed.[27]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 122
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 123
  3. Denoted under the portrait seen in the Winter Palace during Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts - "Emperor Reville, 8:21 - 8:51 Blessed".
  4. Shield of Highever
  5. 5.0 5.1 Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 124
  6. During the Of Somewhat Fallen Fortune quest, dialogue reveals the contract was taken out one hundred and nine years ago from the current year of 9:41 Dragon
  7. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 125
  8. Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne
  9. 9.0 9.1 Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 127
  10. Denoted under the portrait seen in the Winter Palace during Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts - "Emperor Etienne II, 8:51 - 8:55 Blessed".
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 128
  12. Denoted under the portraits of Orlesian Emperors seen in the Winter Palace during Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts. "Emperor Etienne II, 8:51 - 8:55 Blessed", "Emperor Judicael I, 8:55 - 8:70 Blessed"
  13. Codex entry: Judicael's Crossing
  14. Codex entry: A Vessel of Tears
  15. Denoted under the portrait seen in the Winter Palace during Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts - Emperor Judicael II, 8:70 - 8:84 Blessed".
  16. Codex entry: Cold-Blooded
  17. 17.0 17.1 Codex entry: Emperor Florian
  18. Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, p. 3 - Maric is said to be 18 years old when his mother is assassinated, which happens in 8:96 Blessed.
  19. In conversation with the Warden if recruited, Loghain says he is the same age as Maric Theirin.
  20. Codex entry: Mantle of the Champion
  21. Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, Chapter 12. It's mentioned that around the time of the lost battle of West Hill in 8:99 Blessed, Eamon was fifteen years old.
  22. Note: Halamshiral Investigation - Clues (Grand Library)
  23. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, p. 102
  24. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, p. 105. It's mentioned that when the Guerrin family left Ferelden in 8:93 Blessed, Teagan was only two years old.
  25. Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, Chapter 12. It's mentioned that around the time of the lost battle of West Hill in 8:99 Blessed, Teagan was eight years old.
  26. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, p. 46
  27. 27.0 27.1 Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 129
  28. 28.0 28.1 Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 130
  29. Codex entry: Bartrand Tethras
  30. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 131
  31. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 131
  32. 32.0 32.1 Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 132
  33. 33.0 33.1 Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, chapter 19
  34. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 133
  35. Therinfal Redoubt. Dragon Age.


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