Rise of the Chantry:

After War with Tevinter ended. The armies of Divina returned to their lands and they left the rest of Thedas alone. Maferath divided his lands up but when his betray was revealed, many left him and his lands fell into Chaos. Andraste's writing were found and people claimed that there was a new God calling himself the Maker and cults worshipping the Maker began to emerge but were not popular in Tevinter and Divina. However after Maferath's lands fell into Chaos, dark cults and blood mages were common and eventually, the Inquisition was formed and they were to hunt down Dark Cults and Mages in the name of the Maker. But their beliefs were believed to be too fanatic and were barred from Divina. But eventually the cult of the Maker had a shrine in the city of Val Royeaux by their young King Kordillius Drakon and he begins a series of Holy wars in the name of the Maker and he managed to conquer Northern and Western lands but he was put under Pressure from Divina as they resisted the Maker's beliefs as they still held onto their beliefs of the Nine Divines and the Elves remained true to the Elven Gods. When his temple to the Maker was complete, Drakon declared it as the established religion of his new Empire of Orlais and he was crown first Emperor of Orlais. He created the holy position of the Divine, the head of the Chantry and a new age known as the Divine Age began.

Kordillius gave up on his attempts to spread the word of the Maker to Divina and instead entered a trading alliance. Kordillus had managed to bring peace to a world that was in chaos from the fall of Tevinter however hopes for a lasting peace shattered when 5 years after the Divine Age started, the Second Blight began. The Darkspawn amassed around the Archdemon Zazikel in the Northern Anderfells. The first target was the city of Nordbotten and Hossberg which were both slaughtered before the Grey Wardens could receive word. Then the Darkspawn spread to the rest of the world. The first big battle would happen at Cumberland where Emperor Drakon enlisted the help of the mages and allowed them to use their full force against the Darkspawn and the Nevarran Accord was established which disbanded the Inquisition and created the Templar Order and the Seekers of Truth. Drakon's forces met with the Grey Wardens and they won the hard fought battle at Cumberland. Drakon then helped relieve the Free Marches and helped spread the Chant of Light to these places and he did the same with the Anderfells.

However the Elves of the Dales remained neutral throughout the Blight. They believed that Orlais was no better than Tevinter and were fine with letting the Darkspawn crush them. This caused tensions to rise expessial in the 25th year of the Divine Age when the city of Montsimmard was nearly destroyed by Darkspawn while the Elves watched from nearby. But eventually, their close allies in Divina convinced the, to help and the Elves helped Divina fight the Darkspawn but only in the lands of the Dales and Divina.

Meanwhile by the 31st year of the Divine Age, the Darkspawn reach the capital of Tevinter, Minrathous and while they were unable to take the city, Tevinter spent a huge amount of resources to keep the city. 2 years later, the Darkspawn besieged the Grey Warden Stronghold of Weisshaupt. The Grey Warden held strong but soon they were draining their resources and it would only be a matter of time before the Elite warriors fell to the Darkspawn. It was only the arrival of Emperor Drakon that the Darkpawn were defeated at Weisshaupt. Drakon had originally wanted to conquer the weakened Tevinter but instead went to assist the Grey Wardens instead. The Wardens were impressed and they converted to the Maker and Anderfells became part of Orlais. However in the 45th year of the Divine Age, Kordillus died of old age and his son Kordillus II did not have his father's military strength and the Blight spread into Orlais and in the 65th year of the Divine Age, Anderfells declared independence.

The influence of the Grey Wardens spread into the Western Approach in Orlais where there were several major battles in the area and heroic sacrifices. Several stronghold such as Griffin Wing Keep and Adamant Fortress were built by the Grey Wardens. They also spread into Divina where they assisted in the breaking of the Darkspawn at their capital city of the Imperial City. Divina granted the wardens the ruins of Kvatch where they would build their stronghold in Divina.

The Second Blight Eventually ended in the 95th year of the Divine age, 90 years since it began. The Wardens planned a trap at the city of Starkhaven in the Free Marches and the human armies of Orlais marched with them. But the Archdemon Zazikel was aware of the trap and the army was surrounded by Darkspawn. Just as they were about to be defeated, the armies of Divina and the remaining wardens of Divina arrived led by the Grey Warden Corin. After Corin's lover Neriah sacrificed herself to protect Corin from an Emissary, Corin cut a path through the Darkspawn and finally slew Zazikel.

The Kingdom of Divina had saved the world from the Blight however tensions were soon to start rising. Divina's refusal to convert to the Maker caused Tensions with Orlais who they had just saved. Their ways of free mages caused issues with the Chantry and soon the Chantry and Divina were soon to enter a time of huge tensions which would continue to the modern days.

In the 99th year of the Divine Age, a new age would begin the next year which would be called the Glory Age. But this next year would have several civil Wars. The Elves of the Dales remained strongly independent and by the 5th year of the Glory Age, tensions between the Elves and Humans of Orlais developed into small scale border clashes. This countined until the 9th year when a border clash at the town of Red Crossing resulted in Orlais declaring war but the Elves struck back and took the town of Montsimmard. Divine Renata declared and exalted march against the Dales but Divina took this as the Chanry breaking Andraste's word and issued an Ultimatum and ordered the Chantry to withdraw. Renata was said to have laughed when she heard but Divina entered the Dales to help defend the Dales.

The war carried on until the 20th year of the Glory Age and the war came to an end. The Elves with help from Divina's navy sacked Val Royeaux and captured Divine Renata. Also Divina's army smashed against the Chantry's army besiegeing the Elven capital of Halamshiral and captured their leaders. They were all taken back to Divina and what happened there was shocking.

The four leaders of the Exalted March were taken before the throne of the Imperial city, the capital of Divina. Divine Renata was one of them and also had the three army leader, Sister Amity, Ser Brandis of Lac Celesine and Lord Demertrius Aron. In front of the stood the leader of Divina and the Dales, King Caedmon of Divina, General Rajmael and the Elven leader Lindiranae.

"So" Caedmon spoke "These are the traitors who dared to try and break Andraste's promise."

"Don't you speak of Andraste like that" Renata hissed only to be hit on the head by one of the guards

"Shut it" Caedmon hissed "Andraste would be disappointed that you broke her promise. At least we try to keep her word and don't force our beliefs on other like your fucking Chantry has done."

"There is only one God here, the Maker" Amity hissed "Your so called Divines are false."

Caedmon looked at Rajmael and nodded. Then Rajmael swung his sword and cut Amity's hand off "Don't speak to us about our Gods!" Caedmon hissed "We saved you. We saved you people from being whipped out when the Archdemon nearly destroyed your armies at Starkhaven. Well I guess we should have left you alone and it's clear that the Elves of the Dales were right about you. You really are no better than Tevinter. Well guess what, now the Dales and Divina will be in a military Alliance. No chantry person shall ever set foot in our lands and to make sure you get the message, I'm going to kill one of you." It was then that Caedmon was handed a large mace and before everyone's eyes, he bashed Lord Demertrius' head. With a few more swings, Lord Demertrius was dead and two guards took hold of Brandis "Now you two fucking cunts will be returning to the ruins of your grand city where you will be rebuilding. But your Silver Knight will remain with me here as a hostage. Also your city of Montsimmard will now be part of our Empire. Anyone sets foot in our lands, and we will wage war against your Chantry."

And so the Exalted March on the Dales ended in disaster for the Chantry who had been humiliated. Worse other nations condemned the Exalted March as a power grabbing move. Brandis vanished from history and some say he died in prison, others said that he converted to the Nine Divines and pledged himself to fighting in the Name of Talos. Renata returned home but her position was in tatters. During the sack of Val Royaeux, the Elves and Divina's forces recovered all Elven art and writing to protect it from the Chantry. Amity would go one to become a Revered Mother and soon a Grand Cleric. After Renata's death, she pushed to become the next Divine but failed as others saw her as too fanatic who would lead the Chantry to destruction. After her return from the Dales and the loss of her hand, she spoke against other religions and called them heathens and pushed to create a holy army to stamp out other Religions but was hated by people who saw her as too Fanatic but she had a lot of influence which allowed her to become the next Divine. After her failure to become Divine, she returned home in shame where she eventually passed away in her sleep.

Meanwhile Divina and the Dales emerged stronger than ever and the two nations were now one. The Dales became part of Divina though the Elves ruled the Dales, they were a client kingdom of Divina which meant they were protected by their army and were in a military alliance. The two nations eventually agreed on the construction of a great Wall to keep the Chantry forces out. The wall took most of the Glory age to complete but when the wall was finished, it was a grand wall and spanned from the Waking Sea to the southern tip of the Dales and was guarded at all times with just one Gate to get through which was the main path that originally went to the Montsimmard.

While the Chantry recovered from their failed March, Western Thedas was hit with more Chaos. From 2:15-2:45 Glory, King Fyruss of Starkhaven became a series of wars to build his own Empire. The Antivian cities united to defend themselves against Fyruss but in 2:45 Glory, Fyruss was betrayed by his Tevinter allies and overtrown. The Chantry declared another Exalted March against Starkhaven to retake the city from Tevinter. But the Chantry was still weakened and it wasn't until 2:80 Glory that Starkhaven was retaken. Then the Chantry created another idea that Divina condemned. The Right of Annulment.

After a dispute at the Neverran Circle led to an Abomination slaughtering both parties, Divine Galatea creates the Right of Annulment to Grand Clerics which allow the Templars to put all Mages in Circles to the sword. Divina comdmned this Action as Barbaric and more Mages fled to Divina. Even escaped Circle Mages as Templars couldn't get in as they would risk being executed if caught.

In the year 2:99 Glory, the Grand Cathedral of Val Royeaux was complete around the same time as the Great Wall of the Dales was finished. Both these became symbols of each nation and the next age became known as the Towers Age and this next Age would be one that would further split the Chantry and Divina. Near the start of the new age in 3:09 Towers, the Right of Annulment was enforced for the third time since it was created on the circle in Antivia. Hundreds of Mages were killed and many fled to Divina. Divina would accuse Grand Clerics of using the Right as a way to keep their powers.

One year later in 3:10 Towers, the Third Blight began when the Archdemon Toth emerged and the Darkspawn attacked the Tevinter cities of Marnas Pell and Vyrantium while the city of Arlesans in Orlais was attacked along with Montsimmard in Divina. They Grey Wardens organised a quick defence and were able to drive the Darkspawn back despite heavily loses. But by 3:18 Towers the Darkspawn ravage the countryside in the Free Marches destroying many settlements while Tevinter, Divina and Orlais do nothing. Divina refuses to help Chantry lands after the failed Exalted March on the Dales while Tevinter and Orlais just want to help themselves. Pressure from the Grey Wardens manages to get both countries to send aid to the Free Marches. In 3:25 Towers, both Tevinter and Orlais' armies met at Hunter Fell and join the Grey Wardens in the final battle of the Third Blight. Archdemon Toth is slain and the Darkspawn are slaughtered in one of the bloodiest battles in history with Darkspawn piling 100 feet high. The Free Marches never forget the smell of burning Darkspawn or the image. However things soon fell apart as both Tevinter and Orlais took control of the lands they had just saved with Orlais taking Neverra and Tevinter taking Hunter Fell. Hunter Fell broke away from Tevinter in 3:49 and Neverra broke from Orlais in 3:65 with secret support from Divina. This would create the long dislike between Neverra and Orlais and the quite friendship between Divina and Neverra.

Thedas had split into two separate camps with the Chantry and the Nine Divines. But in 3:87 Towers, many years of argument in Tevinter causes Tevinter to separate from the Chantry and name their own Black Divine, a male mage called Valhail. The new Imperial Chantry takes a more positive view on Magic like Divina but argues on the main line that 'Magic exists to serve man and never to rule over him' and allow Mages to rule as long as Blood Magic is forbidden. They also claimed that Andraste was not of Divine Origin and was a Mage who wanted change, something which Divina agreed with. Both of these arguments did not sit well with the Divine in Orlais so Divine Joyous II took measures to limit the Circle of Magi's power in Tevinter but Tevinter split completely from the Chantry and ruled their own way. The Chantry created propaganda against Tevinter and the Circle of Magi as well as against Divina.

In 3:99 Towers, Divine Joyous II dies and her death is celebrated in Tevinter and the date of her death is declared a holiday in Tevinter by the Black Divine. The Towers Ages ends and the new Age is named the Black Age as the Chantry calls for Retribution against the Black Divine or the false Divine of the North and this Age would be one of Wars between different ideas.