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* DecompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:It's heavily hinted that the Elder One is ''not'' Corypheus, but instead someone from Arturia's past in Camelot.]]

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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, the Herald of Andraste/the Inquisitor and the Elder One/[[spoiler: Corypheus]] had no history beyond the events of ''Inquisition'' and didn't know each other on a personal level despite being mortal enemies. [[spoiler: Here, due to the former's place being taken up by Arturia and the latter's place being taken by Morgan, things are as personal as can be, with the two embodying the CainAndAbel and ArchEnemy tropes as much as possible.]]



* UnknownRival: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] when it comes to Arturia and the Elder One:

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[[spoiler: The moment that Arturia learns that the HumanoidAbomination GodSeeker whose been trying to reshape Thedas InTheirOwnImage is none other than her own half-sister, Morgan Le Fey, she does not hesitant in laying into her for still being so self-centered and destructive after all of this time. Note that Arturia does this ''while'' Morgan has her in a chokehold.]]

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** [[spoiler: The moment that Arturia learns that the HumanoidAbomination GodSeeker whose been trying to reshape Thedas InTheirOwnImage is none other than her own half-sister, Morgan Le Fey, she does not hesitant in laying into her for still being so self-centered and destructive after all of this time. Note that Arturia does this ''while'' Morgan has her in a chokehold.]]

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--->'''The Elder One:''' [[spoiler: You would have done better there than running a kingdom. Wouldn't you agree, dear ''brother?"]]

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--->'''The Elder One:''' [[spoiler: You would have done better there than running a kingdom. Wouldn't you agree, dear ''brother?"]] ''brother?'']]


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Bedivere. By nearly killing Morgan, Durmat was able to get in contact with her and bring her over to Thedas, leading to an unspeakable amount of disasters that the world is still dealing with today.]]
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[[spoiler: The moment that Arturia learns that the HumanoidAbomination GodSeeker whose been trying to reshape Thedas InTheirOwnImage is none other than her own half-sister, Morgan Le Fey, she does not hesitant in laying into her for still being so self-centered and destructive after all of this time. Note that Arturia does this ''while'' Morgan has her in a chokehold.

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[[spoiler: The moment that Arturia learns that the HumanoidAbomination GodSeeker whose been trying to reshape Thedas InTheirOwnImage is none other than her own half-sister, Morgan Le Fey, she does not hesitant in laying into her for still being so self-centered and destructive after all of this time. Note that Arturia does this ''while'' Morgan has her in a chokehold.]]
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[[spoiler: The moment that Arturia learns that the HumanoidAbomination GodSeeker whose been trying to reshape Thedas InTheirOwnImage is none other than her own half-sister, Morgan Le Fey, she does not hesitant in laying into her for still being so self-centered and destructive after all of this time. Note that Arturia does this ''while'' Morgan has her in a chokehold.

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* BigBad: The Ancient One ([[spoiler:a.k.a. Morgan Le Fay]]) is the main antagonist of the story.



** [[spoiler: When learning that the Elder One is Morgan Le Fay and had been around Thedas for a long time, Arturia called her out for being the same petty spiteful woman who bring nothing but death and misery wherever she goes.]]

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** [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:Upon learning that the Elder One is her evil sister Morgan Le Fay and had has been around Thedas for a long time, Arturia called calls her out for being the same petty petty, spiteful woman who bring brings nothing but death and misery wherever she goes.]]

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%%* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A former female king from another world with a glowing hand and no people skills; a blunt and religious Seeker with a secret romantic nature; a ''incredibly'' snarky Dwarven novelist with the world's only automatic crossbow; a mysterious elven mage with knowledge of the Fade beyond anyone else [[spoiler: due to being elven lore's rebel trickster god]]; an eccentric elven archer who fights for the common people on her own particular terms; a Qunari mercenary company leader who is actually a spy for the Qun and is open about it; a foppish necromancer from Tevinter; a lost spirit of compassion who somehow turned human and used to be a mage serial killer but now is devoted to helping people no matter what; the equally fabulous and cold-hearted previous enchanter of the court of Orlais; a Grey Warden [[spoiler: who has secretly taken up the identity of the recruiter when he was a wanted criminal.]]; a bard turned ruthless spymaster of the previous Divine after aiding in stopping the Fifth Blight; a traumatized and introspective former member of the Templar Order; and a polite, graceful, and intrepid diplomat and ambassador who is ''much'' more flintier and tougher than she first appears; and all of the other strange personalities that join the organization outside of the described Inner Circle. [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Nobody expects the Inquisition indeed...]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lord Seeker Lucius tries to do the same "The Inquisition is nothing!" speech from canon, but Arturia takes it and turns it around by pointing out the deeds of the Inquisition in the Hinterlands and the Templars' lack of contribution to quelling the chaos there. She asks him what he has done to earn ''any'' of the respect he demands and then essentially declares to the world that it is the Templar Order that is of no worth.

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%%* * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A former female king from another world with a glowing hand and no people skills; a blunt and religious Seeker with a secret romantic nature; a ''incredibly'' snarky Dwarven novelist with the world's only automatic crossbow; a mysterious elven mage with knowledge of the Fade beyond anyone else [[spoiler: due to being elven lore's rebel trickster god]]; an eccentric elven archer who fights for the common people on her own particular terms; a Qunari mercenary company leader who is actually a spy for the Qun and is open about it; a foppish necromancer from Tevinter; a lost spirit of compassion who somehow turned human and used to be a mage serial killer but now is devoted to helping people no matter what; the equally fabulous and cold-hearted previous enchanter of the court of Orlais; a Grey Warden [[spoiler: who has secretly taken up the identity of the recruiter when he was a wanted criminal.]]; a bard turned ruthless spymaster of the previous Divine after aiding in stopping the Fifth Blight; a traumatized and introspective former member of the Templar Order; and a polite, graceful, and intrepid diplomat and ambassador who is ''much'' more flintier and tougher than she first appears; and all of the other strange personalities that join the organization outside of the described Inner Circle. [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Nobody expects the Inquisition indeed...]]
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Lord Seeker Lucius tries to do the same "The Inquisition is nothing!" speech from canon, but Arturia takes it and turns it around by pointing out the deeds of the Inquisition in the Hinterlands and the Templars' lack of contribution to quelling the chaos there. She asks him what he has done to earn ''any'' of the respect he demands and then essentially declares to the world that it is the Templar Order that is of no worth.worth.
** [[spoiler: When learning that the Elder One is Morgan Le Fay and had been around Thedas for a long time, Arturia called her out for being the same petty spiteful woman who bring nothing but death and misery wherever she goes.]]
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** The Elder One is revealed to be [[spoiler: Morgan Le Fey, who also took Corypheus as identity while acting as Durmat's high priestess.]]


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* GreaterScopeVillain" Durmat, the Old God of Silence. [[spoiler: Morgan reveals that he is the one who brought her to the world of Thedas when she was near death and made her his High Priestess, making him directly responsible for all of her actions as the Elder One, not to mention her part in leading the other six magisters on breaking into the Fade and unleashing the Blight upon Thedas for Ages.]]


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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: [[spoiler: Excalibur says as such to Arturia at the end of their first battle with the Elder One aka Morgan.]]

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* RevengeIsNotJustice: [[spoiler: Arturia is heartbroken to learn that Bedivere dedicated himself to avenging her, hoping that he would be able to move on and find peace.]]



** Chapter 32: [[spoiler: Arturia finally meets the Elder One face to face after willingly choosing to delay the invading forces ''by herself'' in order to give the survivors of Haven enough time to escape.]]
** Chapter 33: [[spoiler: The Elder One is revealed to be Morgan Le Fey, who was saved from certain death by Durmat, the Old God of Silence, and was brought over to Thedas by him. The current incarnation of Excalibur sacrifices himself to save Arturia from her encounter with her half-sister. And she nears death, Avalon returns to Arturia in front of the survivors of Haven.]]



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*** [[spoiler: When Arturia finds herself at the mercy of the Elder One, this exchange reveals just who and what the Elder One is:]]
--->'''The Elder One:''' [[spoiler: You would have done better there than running a kingdom. Wouldn't you agree, dear ''brother?"]]
--->'''Arturia:''' [[spoiler:Mo... Morgan?!]]
*** At the very end of the chapter, once Arturia [[spoiler: is on death's bed as something descends from the sky.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Arturia:''' Avalon...]]



** Chapter 32: [[spoiler: Arturia finally meets the Elder One face to face after willingly choosing to delay the invading forces ''by herself'' in order to give the survivors of Haven enough time to escape.]]

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the invading forces ''by herself'' in order to give end of the survivors of Haven enough time to escape.chapter, the Avalon descends from the sky.]]
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* PercussivePrevention: [[spoiler: The Inner Circle rejects the idea of Arturia staying behind to prevent the Elder One's forces from following the rest of Haven's residents to the hidden passage Chancellor Rodrick knows about, with Cassandra being the most adamant about them following her back into the fight. Arturia's response is to punch the former Seeker of Truth out before making it clear to the rest of the group that she's going, with the heavy implication that she'll do the same to the rest if they try to stop her. They don't.]]

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* DrinkingContest: Arturia gets into one with Iron Bull and Blackwall during the celebration after sealing the Breach. She wins handedly.



* MirrorCharacter: Both Barris and Fiona are struggling with leading their factions - the Templars and the Mages respectively - in the aftermath of being lead astray by someone who they thought had their best interests.

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* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 32 in a nutshell. It goes from a light hearted party to [[spoiler: Haven getting ravished by the forces of the Elder One.]]


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** Arturia, of course. This actually helps to further her image as [[{{TheMessiah}} The Messiah]] due to the fact that [[JesusWasWayCool Andraste]] [[ArtisticLicense (maybe)]] had this trait as well. PlayedForLaughs when [[EdibleThemeNaming Varric comes up with her nickname due to being inspired by this trait.]]

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** Arturia, of course. This actually helps to further her image as [[{{TheMessiah}} The Messiah]] the Messiah due to the fact that [[JesusWasWayCool Andraste]] [[ArtisticLicense (maybe)]] had this trait as well. PlayedForLaughs when [[EdibleThemeNaming Varric comes up with her nickname due to being inspired by this trait.]]
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* CommonalityConnection: Fiona and Barris are able to overcome their initial wariness of the other in their first meeting with each other by finding common ground on the fact that they and the groups they represent both almost fell for the Elder One's manipulations for corruption.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Arturia to Cole, whom she feels like she is talking to a little brother everytime they interact.


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* MirrorCharacter: Both Barris and Fiona are struggling with leading their factions - the Templars and the Mages respectively - in the aftermath of being lead astray by someone who they thought had their best interests.
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* TeensAreShort: [[{{Troll}} Sera]] keeps making fun of Arturia for this. Is actually an SubvertedTrope since Arturia is [[OlderThanTheyLook not a teenager despite looking it.]]
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* NoSympathy: Vivenne towards Fiona and the Mage Rebellion's situation after getting banished by King Alistair and Queen Anora. While she makes it clear that she ''does'' empathize with them and their cause, Vivenne thinks they were reckless and in over their heads for starting the rebellion just right after the Chantry explosion at Kirkwall.
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* After calming down from her short rampage, Fiona can only fall to the ground and cry.

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* ClusterFBomb: Fiona curses up a hell of storm - in Orlesian - after discovering how Alexuis used his time magic to trick her in to thinking her situation was far worse than it actually was.



* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: From the Elder One's perspective, Arturia has and is ''still'' doing this by not only taking the Anchor, the very thing that would allow then total victory, but by also [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using that very magic]] to undo everything they have built over the years.

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: From the Elder One's perspective, Arturia has and is ''still'' doing this by not only taking the Anchor, the very thing that would allow then them total victory, but by also [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using that very magic]] to undo everything they have built over the years.


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* TantrumThrowing: Fiona is reduced to this after being informed just how much Alexuis used his time magic to gaslight her and her group.


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* After calming down from her short rampage, Fiona can only fall to the ground and cry.


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** Discussed between Vivienne and Cassandra in Chapter 30, with the former assuring the latter that she's already very experienced in working with people she outright detests, so there won't be any issues when Fiona and her faction arrive to help to seal the Breach.
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** The magisters that ruled over Ancient Tevinter are revealed to have markings on their hand, representing the blessing of the Old God they represent. The ones on Remerien's hand [[spoiler: matches the one on Arturia's chest.]]

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** Chapter 29: [[spoiler: Dorian informs Arturia of the existence of an eighth Old God before they both return home where Arturia's eyes go back to normal. Remerien Pavus reveals that he has markings on his hand that match Arturia meaning that said Old God might be connected to what's going on with her. Back in the present, after subduing Alexius, the Inquisition manages to recruit the Mage Rebellion after they get kicked out of Ferelden by the king and queen.]]



** Chapter 29: [[spoiler: Magister Remerien reveals that his hand has markings that represent the blessing of an Old God - with his markings matching the ones across Arturia's chest.]]



** Arturia delivers a whole speech to the Templar Order in order to convince them to actually make peace with the Mage Rebellion. [[spoiler: Considering there was an uproar at this suggestion ''after'' they all just finished killing the Envy Demon and all of the Red Templars that infiltrated their organization, this is well-deserved. ]]

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** Arturia delivers a whole speech to the Templar Order in order to convince them to actually make peace with the Mage Rebellion. [[spoiler: Considering there was an uproar at this suggestion ''after'' they all just finished killing the Envy Demon and all of the Red Templars that infiltrated their organization, this is well-deserved. ]]
** As per the original storyline, King Alistair and Queen Anora call out Fiona for allowing Tevinter mages to take over Redcliffe [[spoiler: before kicking her out.
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