Axekix wrote...
Well when you question Morrigan about Flemeth being her mother she does mention something about Flemeth perhaps taking on a more attractive form to seduce a Chasind willingly.
I do wonder if there's a deeper meaning behind the form she chose to show Morrigan/the Warden... and the new form in DA2.
Hmmm.. well, there is this
story from the Tome of Knowledge on Flemeth taking different human forms to kill a Templar:
“Once there was a great templar, shining and proud, righteous in his faith in the Maker’s will. So proud was he that, upon hearing legends of Flemeth, the Witch of the Wilds, he embarked on a quest to find and slay her on his own, leaving his home in Redcliffe behind.
On his way to the Korcari Wilds, the templar came to the village of Rossleigh on the western roads. There he spoke to a young woman that had heard tales of the witch from the Chasind wilder folk. ‘She is a monster,’ said the woman, ‘terrible in her temper and wild in her beauty. She is the hand of the cold, the wet, and the dark. Above all these things she is a myth, and not worth any man’s pain to find.’ But the templar would not heed such hearsay, and so he pressed on.
The templar came to Lothering, where the world gathers at the edge of the Wilds. There he met a woman, a mother that had been telling her child of the dangers of the great forest. ‘Yes, I know of her,’ said the mother. ‘She is a creature of legend, a cautionary tale of the limits to where man should go. Not even a powerful templar can kill a warning, sir.’ But the templar was sure that the Witch was more than just a symbol, and so he continued his quest.
And then the templar entered the Korcari Wilds, home to the savage Chasind people, and he found a village elder, a cracked and bent old woman who was willing to speak in his language. ‘She steals men’s souls at the end of the green,’ said the crone, ‘where hearts turn to ice and blood runs blue. Even a templar dare not go after her, for the land bends to her will, and that templar’s life will be drawn before his sword.’ But the templar bristled against such doubt of his skill and the Maker’s glory and he charged off to find the witch.
And he reached the end of the green, where the Wilds touch snow and frost, and there he did indeed find a cabin huddled against the wind. And there he found a lovely young woman tending a garden that grew even through the frost, and he approached her to ask after the witch.
‘You have come far, good templar,’ purred the young woman, exotic and dark in her beauty. ‘And it is time that you should rest.’
‘I will rest only when the Witch of the Wild has been killed,’ said the templar, ‘Tell me where she is!’ The templar pointed his sword at the young woman, who smiled warmly as the templar felt a knife enter his back.
‘I am myth, and warning, and the thief of souls,’ whispered his killer. ‘I am all those things you heard of me, and I was all those people with whom you spoke.’ And the templar doubled over and fell to his knees, turning to face the voice and finding but a blur. ‘And I am the last thing you will never see.’
The templar’s quest ended there, at the feet of the Witch and her dark daughter. Ever since, all have known never to ask after the Witch of the Wilds, never to seek the one named Flemeth, lest they find her.”
---- “The Witch of the Wilds”, as told by the minstrel Ensuelo in the taverns of Antiva
And specifically, these are Morrigan's lines in the scene where she talks about shapeshifting into a human:
Warden: Can you change into other human forms, as well?
Morrigan: The form of an animal is different from my own. One may study the creature, learn to move as it does, think as it does.
Morrigan: In time, this allows one to become as it is.
Morrigan: I gain nothing by studying another human. I already am the same as they are, I learn nothing. So the answer is no, my human form is the only one I possess.
What I'm wondering is the act of shapeshifting into a human any different than the act of shapeshifting into an animal, in terms of required magic?
While it seems Morrigan cannot change her form because she "gains nothing" by studying a human, is it that Morrigan is simply lacking the required magical certification in the Human Shapeshifting 101 course or is the act of human shapeshifting like Flemeth does somehow tied to Flemeth's more abomination, otherworldly characteristics? If Morrigan sought to learn that ability would she be able to or is there some other blood mage/abomination prerequisite beyond simply reading about it out of a book?
Modifié par Brockololly, 12 novembre 2010 - 03:17 .
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