Alienage

Alienages are squalid city wards in which elven citizens dwell. 
== Background ==
Alienages were established by Divine Renata I following the Exalted March of the Dales, as a space within a human settlement set aside for those of the elven people who submitted to human rule.Codex entry: The City Elves
Though elven enslavement is an uncomfortable memory in most parts of Thedas, the lot of city elves is far from equal in these ghettos. While there are rarely laws which strictly prohibit elves and humans integrating, an elf who moves into a human area from the alienage is likely to be subjected to insults, torment, and in many cases, violence. The alienages exist as a place for elves to mix among their own, where they do not stand out as much. 
The consequence of this isolation is that humans tend to let the elves in the city fend for themselves, at times to their detriment, such as during riots when the alienage is sealed while the elves destroy their own homes in outrage until hunger forces them to relent.Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, p. 337 This indifference extends to allowing the alienages to go on without access to regular city services human inhabitants might take for granted.
== Known alienages ==
* Amaranthine alienageDragon Age: Warden's Fall
* Ansburg alienage
* Denerim alienage – a filthy and dilapidated place; prior to the events of Dragon Age: Origins it suffered at least one purge; many of its inhabitants were cut down during a rebellion in 9:30 Dragon; following the Fifth Blight, many residents fled the region;Codex entry: Sera home of the City Elf Warden
* Edgehall alienage – unlike most alienages, this one is located outside the city properDragon Age: Knight Errant
* Ghislain alienage
* Gwaren alienageAlienage Culture. BioWare wiki.Alienage Culture from Sarethia, Elder of the Gwaren Alienage. BioWare wiki. – home of hahren Sarethia[note] 
* Highever alienage – home of the City Elf Warden's betrothed Nelaros or Nesiara; home of hahren Sarethia[note]Codex entry: Alienage CultureCodex entry: The City ElvesCodex entry: Vhenadahl: The Tree of the People
* Kirkwall alienage – a collection of cramped slums tucked away in the city's poorest district
* Montfort alienageDragon Age: The Masked Empire, pp. 357-358, 375Dragon Age tabletop RPG, Faces of Thedas, p. 76
* Redcliffe alienage Mentioned by Alarith.
* Val Royeaux alienage – birthplace of Fiona; a cramped and overcrowded alienage of ten thousand elves who are confined to an area the size of Denerim's market; the alienage's walls are so high sunlight does not reach the vhenadahl until midday
* Verchiel alienageCodex entry: Eluvians
* Wycome alienageSee Investigate Duke Antoine of Wycome, Stop Purge of Wycome's Elves, Break Venatori Hold on Wycome
== Notes ==
* It is unclear when Sarethia became the hahren of the Gwaren and Highever alienages or how long she stayed in each alienage.
== Trivia ==
* The cultural centerpiece of many alienages is the vhenadahl, or "tree of the People." In some alienages it is well-tended and peppered with small offerings or decorations, and in others it has been cut down for firewood.
* Halamshiral does not have an alienage, as it is still mostly elven. Humans instead wall themselves off in the High Quarter.Dragon Age: The Masked Empire, p. 40. Despite the distinction, the section of Halamshiral burned when Empress Celene put down an eleven rebellion is referred to as an alienage in Dragon Age: Inquisition.Dialogue with the elven servant who provides material to blackmail Briala during Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts
* Revered mothers will sometimes venture into an alienage to dispense advice, the Chant of Light and alms, and if they do are usually escorted by wary templars.Dragon Age: The Calling, p. 199
== Gallery ==
Alienage wotv1.jpg|Alienage concept art
Alienage from WoT V2.png|Alienage from The World of Thedas Volume 2
== References ==
Category:Locations
Category:Elves
Category:City elves
Category:Elven lore
de:Gesindeviertel
uk:Відлюдинець