"I know the official Chantry version. Beyond that, it happened so long ago that it's all we have to go on." Korrin shrugs, not having planned to spout Chantry doctrine upon a first meeting, but since she was asked.... "When the Tevinter Imperium was at its height, seven magisters did this huge-ass blood sacrifice so they could enter the Fade. Their plan was to reach the Golden City, seat of the Maker...or the Old Gods, depending on perspective. In their greed for more power, they didn't realize that their very presence was corrupting the city, turning it black. The Chantry always holds this up as proof that the living aren't meant to make that journey, and in their hubris, the magisters were cast out, turning into the world's first darkspawn. The started the First Blight, the one that lasted for a couple hundred years and nearly destroyed everything. If it wasn't for the Grey Wardens, none of us would be around today."