DS Reproduction does not require the Architect to be alive or dead to happen (it has happened for hundreds of years without his interference, what difference does it make without him?). As long as the taint is round, the DS population would increase as the result. The only way that it could decline if some mage creates a poison that harms the population or lock up all the women and kill all the broodmothers. The Architect is the only DS that resisted the call of the Old Gods and has free will. He is willing to bring peace at any price just like the Grey Wardens but the only reason we call him a monster is because he doesn't understand our concepts and ideals. No. I think DS are bad enough. I don't want to deal with intelligent ones.