"The true name of Corypheus in life was Sethius Amladaris," Cullen says, very softly. He's absently running his thumb over Alistair's hand. "Dorian Pavus found it, late in the war. One of the seven Magisters Sidereal, who breached the Golden City. If this is what initiated the Blight... perhaps the seven returned not only Blighted, but with an understanding of how to control it. And thus the knowledge was passed."

His expression might become familiar to Alistair: it's the same abstracted look he'd sometimes get when contemplating intelligence reports. "It would then stand to reason that if this Architect could pass it to First Enchanter Remille, then there is no reason the knowledge of Blight magic that we could access would be limited to intelligent darkspawn. There will be someone out there who knows."