Codex entry The Gangue Shade
Dragon Age: Origins Number: 290 (+4TSP, +10WK, +4RtO, +2FDG/P) Section: Quest-Related Location: Dead Trenches

See also: Quest: The Dead Caste, Legion of the Dead Armor

Codex text

The Stone has a will that surrounds and directs; she guides even when we are willfully blind to her influence. But she is not pure. The Stone bears a corruption as old as balance. For the dwarves to prosper, the gangue--the waste and unstable rock-- must be cut away. But like the Stone, the gangue also has an influence. Each of us must face this, must carve the worst of ourselves away, but the Legion of the Dead bears a unique responsibility. Only the fully adorned of the Legion can face the gangue, can cut into darkness that afflicts the raw Stone. She encircles us, and we must protect her, here where darkness meets light.

--A Legion of the Dead inscription, undated