Calling

Just as Grey Wardens keep secrets from outsiders, such as the Joining, the Wardens also keep secrets from their own.Codex entry: Regarding the Calling It is heavily implied that the Calling—also known as the Long WalkMentioned by Janeka during Legacy.—was a ritual created by the first Grey Wardens to prevent future members from watching themselves ultimately succumb to the darkspawn taint.
The Calling begins with nightmares and bad omens.According to dialogue with the Warden Ally in Dragon Age: Inquisition. The warden then begins to hear eerie music and whispers, the same call the darkspawn hear to search for the Old Gods. Although Alistair claims that it takes a person about thirty years after the Joining to hear the Calling, this should be considered the upper limit. The gap varies depending on the willpower of an individual Warden and the level of their interaction with the darkspawn. As such, Grey Wardens during a Blight are likely to have shorter lifespans. Some Wardens go on their Calling after only five to ten years.Thedas UK (January 14, 2012). "David Gaider Interview". Retrieved January 29, 2012.
According to ritual, a Grey Warden who hears the Calling celebrates as they see fit before descending underground and entering the Deep Roads to slay as many darkspawn as they can before being overwhelmed and killed. Many within the Order believe that this ritual is done for practical reasons, to take down as many enemies as a Grey Warden can before dying.
It is also implied that even if a Grey Warden would run away, given time all Wardens would find themselves in the Deep Roads, Blight-Lands or pursued by darkspawn, for they all are connected by the taint that draws them to each other. "You'd seek them out... or they'd seek you out."According to dialogue with Riordan in Dragon Age: Origins.
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== See also ==
* Short Story: Won't Know When
== References ==
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