what are darkspawn
Darkspawn are a race of tainted humanoids in the Dragon Age series of games. According to the main religious group in the series, the Chantry, they were created when mage-lords of the Tevinter Imperium into the Golden City of the Maker, which is basically the game's version of Heaven.heir actions corrupted themselves and the Golden City, and they returned as darkspawn. They are led by a demon-dragon known as the Archdemon, who is created when they find and taint one of the old gods that the Chantry count as false idols.