Sharnad

Sharnad was a high ranking mage in the Kirkwall Circle of Magi until during the Second Blight, he decided to begin using blood magic to help him fight his battles. When the rest of the mages and First Enchanter learned about what Sharnad was doing, they exiled Sharnad and chased him to the border between Kirkwall and Fereldan. Sharnad crossed over into Fereldan and began biding his time until he could rise up and bring down all non-blood mages. Hundreds of years later, the Fifth Blight began. Sharnad who had been using blood magic to keep himself alive, saw this as an opportunity to begin recruiting more blood mages to his cause. When Uldred and other mages began using blood magic to destroy the Fereldan Circle of Magi, Sharnad made his way to the Circle Tower to meet with Uldred. When he arrived, the templars mistook him for help to combat the blood mages and allowed him in. Using this to his advantage, he proceeded to the Harrowing Chamber and confronted Uldred. Uldred refused Sharnad's help and Sharnad left the tower. After the defeat of the Archdemon, many blood mages began to flee the tower and Sharnad began recruiting these blood mages. Five Months after the events in Denerim, Sharnad now had enough blood mages to takeover Fereldan. His first move was to attack the dwarves of Orzammar. Sharnad and his blood mage army marched to the Frostback Mountains and began their siege. King Harrowmont send a messenger to Denerim asking King Alistair to send aid. Alistair along with ten thousand templars and mages marched to Orzammar and fought Sharnad and his blood mages. Three days into the fighting, Sharnad was all that remained of his blood mage army. Alistair had Sharnad arrested and sent to the Circle Tower where First Enchanter Irving and his Senior Enchanters made Sharnad tranquil and he was then brought to Denerim and placed in the rebuilt Fort Drakon Prison.