Girl Analyzes Dragon Age Inquisition - The Fall of Arlathan

SPOILERS -- Thanks to my friends at /r/Solasmancers for helping me put my thoughts together!

TL;DR:
The theory is:
-The Elven gods Andruil, Falon'din, Dirthamen, and Ghilan'nain conspired against Mythal, bringing the blight and/or red lyrium corruption to the Elven people, and civil war broke out among them.
-In this mess, Mythal was murdered, thus making Fen'Harel snap, forcing him to take action against the gods, trapping them away behind an Eluvian in the Black City (the corrupted remains of Arlathan)
- He moved that city into the Fade (physically), constructing the veil to separate it, accessible by his orb.

0:59 - Given: Mythal was murdered
1:20 - Given: The elven gods warred among themselves
2:52 - Given: Falon'Din & Andruil had run-ins with Mythal
6:05 - Theory: Andruil brought & spread the blight/red lyrium corruption
7:25 - Theory: The Elven gods used blight magic as a weapon
9:10 - Theory: Mythal made Andruil tranquil
9:43 - Theory: Dirthamen and Ghilan'nain were up to something
13:00 - Theory: Civil war broke out, corruption spreading, Mythal murdered.
13:15 - Theory: Mythal's murder made Fen'Harel lock gods away (to protect the common elves)
14:20 - Theory: The Black city is the remains of Arlathan (physically locked away behind the veil)
14:39 - Theory: Fen'Harel locked gods in the Black City (Arlathan) behind the veil
15:14 - Theory: The veil was constructed for this prison
16:07 - Theory: The veil was constructed at Skyhold
16:55 - Theory: The veil was constructed by Fen'Harel
17:21 - Theory: The prison can be accessed via Eluvian
21:56 - TL;DR


Addendum to include information from Jaws of Hakkon DLC and World of Thedas vol. 2:    • Girl Analyzes Dragon Age: Inquisition...  
Elven Murals video:    • Girl Analyzes Dragon Age: Inquisition...  
The Black City = Arlathan video:    • Girl Analyzes Dragon Age: Inquisition...  
The motivations of Fen'Harel video:    • Girl Analyzes Dragon Age: Inquisition...  

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