On the Chant of Light

Unraveling the Chant of Light is a task made for historians.

I am no historian. I study history as a hobby and as it benefits my worldbuilding. But I've picked up a few tricks. I also have the Dragon Age wiki to aid me. And strange memories.

The game-known Canticles of the Chant of Light are:

Andraste
Apotheosis
Benedictions
Betrayal
Erudition
Exaltations
Maferath
Penance
Shartan
Silence
Threnodies
Transfigurations
Trials
Victoria

The issues at hand are separating out the verses that mean something from those that do not and using those that have meaning to tease out those Canticles that might be missing or destroyed. Missing or destroyed like the Book of Enoch or the Gospels of Judas, the Gospels of Mary Magdalene. Because three of the referenced Canticles above are considered Dissonant, much like the Book of Enoch or the Gospel of Judas.

So let’s take each Canticle in order:

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