Daneken

Daneken was the Warden-Commander who had the Warden prison sealed to bind Corypheus in perpetuity.
== Background ==
In the wake of the First Blight, the Grey Wardens discovered several darkspawn capable of speech and prodigiously powerful magic. They were also able to command large portions of the darkspawn horde, even in the absence of an Archdemon. Warden Sashamiri, acting on the orders of Warden-Commander Farele, set a trap in the Vimmark Mountains to capture the most powerful of these creatures—a darkspawn calling himself Corypheus. In -189 Ancient, Sashamiri imprisoned Corypheus in a tower stemming from the Deep Roads in the middle of the Vimmark Mountains.Codex entry: Privileged to the Wardens To capture him, she used the blood of Dumat, whose remains had been preserved in Weisshaupt Fortress. To ensure that no one would know the secret of the spell she'd used to seal Corypheus away, she destroyed Dumat's remains.
Daneken in the mean time was placed in charge of the Warden's prison; he and the other Wardens initially hoped they could use Corypheus as a weapon against the darkspawn, but interrogation proved futile, as any Warden in his vicinity became mysteriously drawn to his influence. When removed from the area, they had forgotten anything prior and were left dazed.Codex entry: A Change of Course This appears to be a type of call to anyone bearing the taint, similar to that emitted by the Old Gods, which draws darkspawn and Warden alike to the prison. When it became clear that the Wardens could not be in Corypheus' presence without being directly influenced by him (rendering controlling or killing him impossible), now a Warden-Commander, Daneken in -181 Ancient (1014 TE) had the prison sealed to bind Corypheus in perpetuity. One of the prison's floors was named after him after permanently sealing off the prison.
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