Andraste Spell is the prophet whose teachings later served as the foundation of the Chantry. Andrastianism has since
become the dominant religion in Thedas. The Andrastian Chantry believes her to be the spiritual wife of the Maker.
According to Chantry scholars, Andraste was born into a prosperous Alamarri tribe in -203 Ancient (992 TE) in Denerim,
though both the date and place of her birth are hotly contested.Her mother was a Ciriane[5] woman
named Brona and her father, Elderath, was the chieftain of one of the largest Alamarri tribes in what is now
northern Ferelden.[6] She had a half-sister, Halliserre, born of Elderath and his advisor on matters of alchemy. Halliserre
died in a violent incident under mysterious circumstances with Andraste present. This incident scarred Andraste in
In -187 Ancient,[8] Andraste was married to Maferath to create a unified Alamarri border that stretched from the
Planasene through the Fertile Crescent to the Bannorn. It was at the time the largest alliance the barbarians of the
South had ever attempted. Due to an incident in her youth[9], Andraste was too weak to bear children[10] when she
married Maferath, so he sired three sons with the concubine Gilivhan: Isorath, Evrion and Verald. Andraste adopted
them as her own following Gilivhan’s death. She did manage to eventually give Maferath two children: daughters
named Ebris and Vivial.[11] The daughters were never counted as heirs and were not permitted to marry though
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