The Flemeth scenes don't just have more comments on tone/intent for voice-over than the rest of the game, they also have plenty of "Editor Comments" - and many of these show the "Original Line" - presumably the original writing from David Gaider, possibly from before many other scenes in the game were even written given the importance of Flemeth and Morrigan to the overall story.
In morrigan_main.dlg under "I am at your disposal, Grey Wardens" (just after she joins the party), look for her response to the line "Are you really Flemeth's daughter?" - the actual response is not very interesting, but the 'Original' in the "Editor Comments" box on the "Editing" tab for her response is extremely interesting:
Of course, that could be a lie from Morrigan (which they later decided to change into another one) or they could have changed her ancestry during the development process. If they did not, it's also very possible they decided Morrigan shouldn't know about it (like Alistair doesn't know his mother is presumably Fiona). Either way this does fit very well. Is Morrigan Flemeth's first daughter in a thousand years? No, that doesn't make sense whether there is a biological link or not.Technically, I am her grand-daughter. Perhaps there is a "grand" or two to add to that, but regardless it was she who raised me and thus I consider her my Mother. Or was your question really something else?
There's something else that hints at this in the actual game:
This is either an evil magic ritual (my assumption when I first heard it), a lie to disturb Leliana (unlikely), or it's hinting at reproduction.Leliana: My mother told me stories too. She was the one who kindled my love of the old tales and legends.
Morrigan: Hmph. my mother's stories curdled my blood and haunted my dreams. No little girl wants to hear about the Wilder men her mother took to her bed, using them till they were spent, then killing them. No little girl wants to be told that this is also expected of her, once she comes of age.
Why? There are many theories, none of which are very likely... Maybe Flemeth is no longer fertile. Or maybe she hasn't been ever since she supposedly met a demon. And why maintain such a line of daughters? Who knows. The voice-over comments (which aren't necessarily accurate but better than nothing) say that Flemeth "knows very well that Morrigan has lied to the player." So if she doesn't want Morrigan's body - then what?
One recurring theme with Flemeth is her bitterness. She clings to the past; she wishes things had been different. She regrets her lost beauty; she often mentions song and dance which probably remind her of her first lover, Osen the bard. So here's a crazy far-fetched theory: what if she was pregnant from Osen when she fled to the Wilds? What if she maintained her line of daughters mostly out of a sense of regret for what could have been? It would certainly make for a good story and turn Flemeth into an even more complex character than she already is.
But if Morrigan is telling the truth in Witch Hunt when she says Flemeth "is no blood mage, she is no abomination. She is not even truly human" then we still don't know what she actually is. My favourite theory remains that she was once human but met Fen'Harel when she fled into the Wilds and he became part of her (perhaps like the spirit who is helping keep Wynne alive - if that can extend Wynne's life by a few years, surely Fen'Harel could extend Flemeth's by much more than that).
Why would the Trickster God who imprisoned all other gods care about what was then a simple mortal mage? Well, we don't even know if he truly did imprison anything, and we don't know why he'd do it except simple amusement. So it's hard to guess at what his motivations might have been - and I describe all this as one of many possible far-fetched theories for a reason.
So that's that - sorry for the long post, but hopefully the Original Line quote alone made it worth the trouble even if it's not technically an ultimate proof of anything...
Modifié par Utoryo, 02 janvier 2011 - 07:26 .
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