The Architect is a powerful Darkspawn and the main antagonist of Dragon Age: The Calling as well as returning in role of a secondary antagonist in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, he does not appear in Dragon Age II but is mentioned in passing during the in-game dialogue. The goal of the Architect was to bring peace between the Darkspawn and the other races of the world, however he had no sense of right or wrong when it came to the methods by which to obtain said "peace".