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[gandanlin]

How would you describe Morrigan at the point when she first meets the Wardens in the Korcari Wilds?

How would you describe her when the Wardens reach the gates of Denerim on the day of the final battle?

Did Morrigan develop the way you expected her to develop as a character as she journied through Ferelden?  Which aspect -- if any -- of her character changed the most during her journey with the Wardens?

[gandanlin]

[maybe this topic should have been in Storylines, but since it relates to a specific character and her development (or build) I put it here...hope that is okay]

[seekr34]

First met her, being in the wilds all her life, it's understandable she isn't all that socialable. Only gotten far as Redcliffe thus far, so can't answer the 2nd.

[Megaton_Hope]

Ehm, I felt like her story arc was kind of flat. It would have been nice to see a little more progression from th' devoted acolyte of Flemeth's to staunch ally of the Warden's. Maybe things get a little more interesting if you play Witch Hunt, I dunno.

[Ferretinabun]

I think the most telling aspect of Morrigan's personal arc is that near the beginning of the game she tells the story of when she stole a mirror, and Flemeth was angry with her for risking her life for a bauble and smashed it. She says, 'She was right to do it'.

Morrigan starts every inch the pragmatist, but it's been forced on her. Deep down she still loves pretty 'girly' trinkets - jewellery and the mirror are her best gifts. And, of course, she may have experienced love, or at least friendship for the first time, whereas she was pretty flippant about such sentimental things at the start. She has, in short, leanred to accept her sentimental side a little.

[gandanlin]

She does seem to have some very deep inner conflicts boiling away inside her.

I always sort of had the sense that she would be desperately unhappy after leaving the Wardens. She might have the child of the Dark Ritual growing within her, but I wondered if that would really fill the unfulfilled longings she seemed to struggle with on a personal level.

[Ferretinabun]

If she grew to like, even love, the warden, then I can imagine she might be sorry to have to leave them behind. But I can't say I think she's desperately unhappy to do so. No matter what, she always chooses the ritual and she always chooses to leave. She may have softened a little, but she still picks the Old God Baby over her feelings for you (whatever those may be) in the end.

Quite what the OGB represents for her, we can't say yet. Maybe it represents power for her. Maybe it's just an opportunity that's too good to miss. Maybe she's doing it out of desperation (to escape Flemeth, perhaps...? Who knows?).

There was a little fan-fic comic which centred around the night of the ritual:

http://blog.bioware....velation-comic/

I have to say I don't like it. It shows Morrigan having regrets and being conflicted about the ritual - something I never got from her at all in-game. She seems quite self-assured when she visits you to propose the ritual. I honestly think she feels the ritual is a good idea.

[gandanlin]

I suppose I read the hard front she put out to the world as mere bluster on her part.

Must be some chinks in her armor somewhere....

[Ferretinabun]

Perhaps. I admit I was a little surprised that she gets jealous if you enter a relationship with her and someone else. Compare this with, say, Zevran who only makes you choose because the OTHER person wouldn't like it, not because HE has any objection to polyamory. Morrigan says she doesn't like to share, so she does let her emotions rule her head sometimes. Jealousy is something she understands.

I also still say she's conflicted on the issue of beauty. She knows it's pointless and impractical, and yet she still has a fondness for pretty things. Make of that what you will.

[gandanlin]

I suppose anyone who grew up in the isolated conditions she did would likely be a little lacking in social graces. There'd be no point of reference for "normal" except Flemeth and the woodland animals whose shapes she had learned to imitate.

I wonder who her father was? Is there ever a mention of him?

[Ferretinabun]

Nope. I think Morrigan mentioned once that, according to the legend, Flemeth occassionally ensnared men to seduce when she felt like producing daughters, but it was a point Flemeth didn't care to fill her in on. Morrigan still has no idea if she has sisters when she leaves to join you.

And yes, considering her social interactions have been limited to Flemeth, with whom she has an extremely prickly relationship anyway, it's amazing Morrigan turned out as sociable as she is - which isn't saying much.

[vixvicco]

I think that Morrigan went from rude to a lot more toned down. In my first play through I played a girl warden and I was Morrigan's friend. In my second play through I played a male warden and I romanced her. She is so much sweeter when you romance her than just as her friend, but you can see she cares more for you as time goes by in either instance. What really stuck out was the ring she gives you when you romance her. I thought that was sweet. As her friend, she is less nice, but as I said, you can tell she cares about you. I don't know if its fake, and I don't know if it was part of some elaborate plan all along, but I can only hope its sincere to some extent.

[vortex216]

Ferretinabun wrote...

If she grew to like, even love, the warden, then I can imagine she might be sorry to have to leave them behind. But I can't say I think she's desperately unhappy to do so. No matter what, she always chooses the ritual and she always chooses to leave. She may have softened a little, but she still picks the Old God Baby over her feelings for you (whatever those may be) in the end.
Quite what the OGB represents for her, we can't say yet. Maybe it represents power for her. Maybe it's just an opportunity that's too good to miss. Maybe she's doing it out of desperation (to escape Flemeth, perhaps...? Who knows?).
There was a little fan-fic comic which centred around the night of the ritual:
http://blog.bioware....velation-comic/
I have to say I don't like it. It shows Morrigan having regrets and being conflicted about the ritual - something I never got from her at all in-game. She seems quite self-assured when she visits you to propose the ritual. I honestly think she feels the ritual is a good idea.

my dalish romanced her and on witch hunt i went with her through the mirror