SkunkyArt | StormSlayer728 — Ralinor Lavellan

The Alamarri (the guys who became Ferelden) crossed the Frostback Mountains , fleeing a "Shadow Goddess". The First tribe of Humans in Thedas was known as Neromenians. They broke down in others tribes , one was Tevinter. And another tribe the Barindur seems to have simply vanished. It seems those tribes had magic ,dreamers , and worshiped the old gods since the earliest period of recorded history and there is nothing about the elves teaching them anything.

The first human to use blood magic was Thalsian the first priest of Dumat, he said Dumat taught it to him.

Fifteen years before the first Blight a group of Kossiths(The big horned guys that primarily compose the qunari.) landed in the Korcari wilds and then stuff happened and that is how we get Ogres.

In elven language "Banalhan" means the place of nothing. It's what the elves use to refer to the Blight , or where the blight came from.

A merchant traded with Kal Sharok (one of the remaining Thaigs) and noticed they had fabric from Orlais and book of poetry written 300 years ago by a free marcher. This is very strange because everyone thought everyone in KS was dead until just recently. And the merchant felt a corruption that reminded him of the grey wardens and the Blight.

In current days Nevarra's ruler Markus Pentaghast is really old and has no direct heir, all except for his brother who's also pretty old and has no children himself.

In Nevarra there is a powerful order of mages called the Mortalitasi. They are experts in mummification and necromancy.

Outside of Nevarra city there is the Grand Necropolis in which wealthy mummies live, It looks like a city with all kinds of things like mansions, gardens, and bathhouses in it.

There's some speculation that the current First Warden (The Top Warden Commander) wants to take the throne of the Anderfels.

There are four classes in Tevinter with two being for mages and two for non mages. The first and highest class is the Altus who are the descendants of the first dreamers who used to talk with the Old gods. When the Chantry rose to power in Tevinter they were killed in large numbers, but they managed to return to power. The second highest class is the Laetans who are mages with regular heritage, a lot of them are mages born in non mage families. The third class is the Soporati (non mage)they can own land and join the military etc, but they can't rule. The fourth and lowest class is the Slaves however there is a major subdivision in this for the recently freed who are called Liberati, they however have few rights.

Dwarves and Tevinter have a long history of friendship and there's a whole community of dwarves living in Tevinter. They have some political power in the country via the Lyrium trade.

Minrathous , Neromenian, and Qarinus have their dwarven embassies underground and the Dwarves there are not casteless like the rest of the surface dwarves.

In Rivain the chantry and templars used to work with the seers (female Apostates who communed with spirits) and were much less strict then normal, this however did not last as in 9:40 the circle in Dairsmuid (which was more a facade to appease the chantry than anything ) has been annulled after some Seeker investigation.( they decided they didnt like all these seer stuff afterall.)

In Tevinter Mage's Circles exist and are pretty much autonomous and being in one is considered a great honor.

In Par Vollen and Seheron the Humans used to build pyramids. These pyramids seem to match the constellation Solium and in a lot of carvings there are tall people with horns who are universally presented in positions of power and respect. Those carving seems to have been made before the first recorded Qunari presence in those lands.

You can cast a spell on somebody with his phylactery not just track them.

There's a whole text about the old Inquisition.It basically says the inquisition was cool though it's very In-universe text and some of the other texts that talk about them basically paint a picture of a bunch of Religious Hardliners even more extreme then The worst of Present Day Templars.

Violence or death makes blood magic spell more powerful.

From an early age , Andraste suffered troubling dreams of the Maker.

The Neromenians (first human tribe in Thedas , and ancient Tevinter) used to think their fallen heroes were reborn as dragons and worship them. It seems as though their rulers the Dreamer mages met the old gods first in the fade and then people start worshiping them as dragons too.

Tevinter is the first state to adopt Andraste's Teachings. After Archon Hessarian converted. A lot of Altus magisters and old god priests were killed during a period called the Transfiguration. A lot who converted said they saw Andraste spirit in the fade. Archon Hessarian tends to get almost as much attention as Andraste in the Imperial Chantry

For a time non mages had significant power in Tevinter and they were part of the imperial Chantry.

Before the qun the Kossiths worshipped animist gods.

The fade appears to have a raw form. A world of dark rock and lyrium where it's always night.

The Veil is thinner at night when people are dreaming.

It seems elves believe some of their gods are trapped in the Eternal city in the Beyond(IE the Black city.) and that the fade is the holy place of their gods.

The Qunari believe the fade is the place of the dead. Of course it's forbidden to go to the fade.And they claim they do not dream like others.

The Tevinter Chantry split occurred when the First Divine was proclaimed. Tevinter felt like Orlais was usurping their power and making unacceptable changes (No-male priests and no Mages in the Chantry).

There are a number of Positions in the Grey Wardens that have become useless since the Extinction of the Griffons.

Same Sex Relations are really not discouraged anywhere save maybe the Qunari. In fact in Tevinter it is borderline encouraged for people to have one with their favorite slave.

Tevinters really like Dragon artwork.