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[Ulicus]

When the Archdemon is slain, Riordan tells us that its soul will automatically seek out the nearest tainted creature as a vessel in which to be reborn. This is why slaying the Archdemon requires a Grey Warden.  Yet, when describing her ritual, Morrigan explains that it will transform her unborn child into a "beacon" that overrules the "nearest" tainted creature stuff, instead forcing the Archdemon's soul to be drawn into the child.

Does this mean, then, that should a character choose to allow the Dark Ritual, anyone can now slay the archdemon without the risk of it being reborn in another darkspawn?

Because that's whats implied, and it occurs to me that raising the number of people who can put the Archdemon down from "3 Wardens" to "the entire army of Ferelden" doesn't seem so much "selfish" as it does a very sound tactical decision.

Anyhoot, thoughts? What do you think? I'm certain I'm not the first person to have had thoughts along these lines, so have any of the writers already answered this question? If it's still only a Warden who can put the Archdemon down... why? Does the Archdemon's soul need to enter a "non-empty" vessel before it can drawn to the child, or something?

[David Gaider]

I remember our thinking at the time was that the Archdemon's essence had to enter a Grey Warden first-- and that the Dark Ritual would effectively "pull" the essence from the Grey Warden into the child. It didn't seem like it was important enough to explain (certainly even if that wasn't the case the player is probably the only person with the personal power to kill the Archdemon as it is), and Morrigan has a lot of explaining to cover.

Seeing as it was never mentioned, however, you can opt for whichever explanation you prefer.