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You ask what happened to [[Arlathan]]? Sadly, we do not know. Even [[Elf#Dalish_elves|those of us]] who keep the ancient lore have no record of what truly happened. What we have are accounts of the days before the fall, and a fable of the whims of the gods.
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You ask what happened to [[Arlathan]]? Sadly, we do not know. Even [[Dalish elves|those of us]] who keep the ancient lore have no record of what truly happened. What we have are accounts of the days before the fall, and a fable of the whims of the gods.
The [[human]] world was changing even as the elves slept. Clans and tribes gave way to a powerful empire called [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]], which--and for what reason we do not know--moved to conquer Elvhenan. When they breached the great city of Arlathan, our people, fearful of disease and loss of immortality, chose to flee rather than fight. With [[mage|magic]], [[demons]], and even [[dragons]] at their behest, the Tevinter Imperium marched easily through Arlathan, destroying homes and galleries and amphitheaters that had stood for ages. Our people were corralled as [[slavery|slaves]], and human contact quickened their veins until every captured elf turned mortal. The elves called to their [[elven pantheon|ancient gods]], but there was no answer.
The [[human]] world was changing even as the elves slept. Clans and tribes gave way to a powerful empire called [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]], which--and for what reason we do not know--moved to conquer Elvhenan. When they breached the great city of Arlathan, our people, fearful of disease and loss of immortality, chose to flee rather than fight. With [[mage|magic]], [[demons]], and even [[dragons]] at their behest, the Tevinter Imperium marched easily through Arlathan, destroying homes and galleries and amphitheaters that had stood for ages. Our people were corralled as [[slavery|slaves]], and human contact quickened their veins until every captured elf turned mortal. The elves called to their [[elven pantheon|ancient gods]], but there was no answer.
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Whatever the case, Arlathan had fallen to the very humans our people had once considered mere pests. It is said that the Tevinter [[magisters]] used their great destructive power to force the very ground to swallow Arlathan whole, destroying eons of collected knowledge, culture, and art. The whole of elven lore left only to memory.
Whatever the case, Arlathan had fallen to the very humans our people had once considered mere pests. It is said that the Tevinter [[magisters]] used their great destructive power to force the very ground to swallow Arlathan whole, destroying eons of collected knowledge, culture, and art. The whole of elven lore left only to memory.
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''--"The Fall of Arlathan," as told by Gisharel, [[keeper]] of the Ralaferin clan of the [[Elf#Dalish elves|Dalish]] elves''
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''--"The Fall of Arlathan," as told by Gisharel, [[keeper]] of the Ralaferin clan of the [[Dalish elves|Dalish]] elves''
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