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* DLC FridgeHorror *and* Fridge Brilliance from ''Leliana's Song.'' Leliana lies in a dark, dank dungeon [[spoiler: after having been betrayed by her lover Marjolaine to a cruel Ferelden Officer]]. She is sobbing and crying. She never tells us what happened to her in that dungeon, and we assume it's run of the mill torture... until the corrupt Officer makes a cruel remark to her later in the story [[spoiler: about simply asking if she "wanted more men."]] Note, in the prison cutscene, [[Squick where the blood stains are.]]

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* DLC FridgeHorror *and* Fridge Brilliance from ''Leliana's Song.'' Leliana lies in a dark, dank dungeon [[spoiler: after having been betrayed by her lover Marjolaine to a cruel Ferelden Officer]]. She is sobbing and crying. She never tells us what happened to her in that dungeon, and we assume it's run of the mill torture... until the corrupt Officer makes a cruel remark to her later in the story [[spoiler: about simply asking if she "wanted more men."]] Note, in the prison cutscene, [[Squick [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Squick where the blood stains are.]]
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* DLC FridgeHorror *and* Fridge Brilliance from ''Leliana's Song.'' Leliana lies in a dark, dank dungeon [[spoiler: after having been betrayed by her lover Marjolaine to a cruel Ferelden Officer]]. She is sobbing and crying. She never tells us what happened to her in that dungeon, and we assume it's run of the mill torture... until the corrupt Officer makes a cruel remark to her later in the story [[spoiler: about simply asking if she "wanted more men."]] Note, in the prison cutscene, [[squick where the blood stains are.]]

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* DLC FridgeHorror *and* Fridge Brilliance from ''Leliana's Song.'' Leliana lies in a dark, dank dungeon [[spoiler: after having been betrayed by her lover Marjolaine to a cruel Ferelden Officer]]. She is sobbing and crying. She never tells us what happened to her in that dungeon, and we assume it's run of the mill torture... until the corrupt Officer makes a cruel remark to her later in the story [[spoiler: about simply asking if she "wanted more men."]] Note, in the prison cutscene, [[squick [[Squick where the blood stains are.]]
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* DLC FridgeHorror *and* Fridge Brilliance from ''Leliana's Song.'' Leliana lies in a dark, dank dungeon [[spoiler: after having been betrayed by her lover Marjolaine to a cruel Ferelden Officer]]. She is sobbing and crying. She never tells us what happened to her in that dungeon, and we assume it's run of the mill torture... until the corrupt Officer makes a cruel remark to her later in the story [[spoiler: about simply asking if she "wanted more men."]] Note, in the prison cutscene, [[Squick where the blood stains are.]]

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* DLC FridgeHorror *and* Fridge Brilliance from ''Leliana's Song.'' Leliana lies in a dark, dank dungeon [[spoiler: after having been betrayed by her lover Marjolaine to a cruel Ferelden Officer]]. She is sobbing and crying. She never tells us what happened to her in that dungeon, and we assume it's run of the mill torture... until the corrupt Officer makes a cruel remark to her later in the story [[spoiler: about simply asking if she "wanted more men."]] Note, in the prison cutscene, [[Squick [[squick where the blood stains are.]]
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* At first the idea of Thedas's humans and elves cremating their dead seemed like meanginless background fluff. After thinking about it, it seems to actually have a purpose. Humans and elves all have some connection to the Fade, even after death. Considering how many demons would be happy to take on a corpse and wreak havoc, it only makes sense that they'd start up a tradition of destroying the bodies of the dead to prevent such attacks.

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* At first the idea of Thedas's humans and elves cremating their dead seemed like meanginless background fluff. After thinking about it, it seems to actually have a purpose. Humans and elves all have some connection to the Fade, even after death. Considering how many demons would be happy to take on a corpse and wreak havoc, it only makes sense that they'd start up a tradition of destroying the bodies of the dead to prevent such attacks.attacks.
* DLC FridgeHorror *and* Fridge Brilliance from ''Leliana's Song.'' Leliana lies in a dark, dank dungeon [[spoiler: after having been betrayed by her lover Marjolaine to a cruel Ferelden Officer]]. She is sobbing and crying. She never tells us what happened to her in that dungeon, and we assume it's run of the mill torture... until the corrupt Officer makes a cruel remark to her later in the story [[spoiler: about simply asking if she "wanted more men."]] Note, in the prison cutscene, [[Squick where the blood stains are.]]
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* FridgeBrilliance: In light of the development that Qunari regularly have horns. Qunari like Sten, who are born without horns are said to hold a gift of greatness. They are rare, but when we see Sten's vision in the Fade, neither of his companions have horns either. Sten wanted to believe that [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming his brethren were born great as well!]]

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* FridgeBrilliance: In light of the development that Qunari regularly have horns. Qunari like Sten, who are born without horns are said to hold a gift of greatness. They are rare, but when we see Sten's vision in the Fade, neither of his companions have horns either. Sten wanted to believe that [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming his brethren were born great as well!]]well!]]
* At first the idea of Thedas's humans and elves cremating their dead seemed like meanginless background fluff. After thinking about it, it seems to actually have a purpose. Humans and elves all have some connection to the Fade, even after death. Considering how many demons would be happy to take on a corpse and wreak havoc, it only makes sense that they'd start up a tradition of destroying the bodies of the dead to prevent such attacks.
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* The official cover art for Dragon Age is a blood motif of a dragon, right? Okay, I get that, it's in the [[ExactlyWhatExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin name]]. It's because the BigBad is the archdemon and all that. Plus, there are lots of gore in the game so that makes sense too. And then it hit me like a rampaging ogre: [[spoiler: the blood represents [[TheVirus The Blight]] itself! The darkspawn blood, the blood that taints everyone, and that binds the darkspawn demons themselves to the archdemon. Not to mention the Grey Wardens themselves are joined this way: through blood!]] Wow. -{{Tropers/Raverine}}

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* The official cover art for Dragon Age is a blood motif of a dragon, right? Okay, I get that, it's in the [[ExactlyWhatExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin name]]. It's because the BigBad is the archdemon and all that. Plus, there are lots of gore in the game so that makes sense too. And then it hit me like a rampaging ogre: [[spoiler: the blood represents [[TheVirus The Blight]] itself! The darkspawn blood, the blood that taints everyone, and that binds the darkspawn demons themselves to the archdemon. Not to mention the Grey Wardens themselves are joined this way: through blood!]] Wow. -{{Tropers/Raverine}}
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** There's another element to this as well, and that is this: Riordan and Anora suggest making Loghain a Warden as his punishment for his crimes, in lieu of executing him. Alistair will ''never'' see being made a Warden as a punishment; for him, being a Grey Warden is an honor and the Wardens are his family, so to him, the suggestion of making Loghain a Warden is tantamount to asking Alistair to accept him as a brother and let him off scot-free for everything he did.
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* If playing the Mage storyline when you encounter Uldred in the Circle Tower you can pick options saying you aren't so different from him to which he'll agree happily. [[spoiler: The demon possessing Uldred is a Pride demon and what demon did you encounter trying to tempt you in your Harrowing? A Pride demon. Especially FringeBrilliance if your playing a morally ambiguous or evil character.]]

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* If playing the Mage storyline when you encounter Uldred in the Circle Tower you can pick options saying you aren't so different from him to which he'll agree happily. [[spoiler: The demon possessing Uldred is a Pride demon and what demon did you encounter trying to tempt you in your Harrowing? A Pride demon. Especially FringeBrilliance if your playing a morally ambiguous or evil character.]]]]
*FridgeBrilliance: In light of the development that Qunari regularly have horns. Qunari like Sten, who are born without horns are said to hold a gift of greatness. They are rare, but when we see Sten's vision in the Fade, neither of his companions have horns either. Sten wanted to believe that [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming his brethren were born great as well!]]
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** Both Dwarf characters are male if not the PC, the king died mourning his ''sons''.
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**From his point of view, retreat at the battle was the right move. He could not have saved the king (who was on the field against his advice) since he died less than a minute after the signal was lit. His lies and plans afterwords were hastily thrown together. Also, Return to Ostagar DLC reveals Cailan ''really was'' preparing to make Fereldan part of Orleis by marrying the Empress.
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* There's a Chantry brother trying to set up a Chantry in Orzammar. Sounds innocent, right? If you know your theology (And you should, if you are a Mage!) Chantry clergy must only be female, and the only other Revered Father in the game is, shall we say, slightly crazy and into child sacrifices to Dragons. Yeah, just don't do it.
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----*If playing the Mage storyline when you encounter Uldred in the Circle Tower you can pick options saying you aren't so different from him to which he'll agree happily. [[spoiler: The demon possessing Uldred is a Pride demon and what demon did you encounter trying to tempt you in your Harrowing? A Pride demon. Especially FringeBrilliance if your playing a morally ambiguous or evil character.]]

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----*If *If playing the Mage storyline when you encounter Uldred in the Circle Tower you can pick options saying you aren't so different from him to which he'll agree happily. [[spoiler: The demon possessing Uldred is a Pride demon and what demon did you encounter trying to tempt you in your Harrowing? A Pride demon. Especially FringeBrilliance if your playing a morally ambiguous or evil character.]]
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--------*If playing the Mage storyline when you encounter Uldred in the Circle Tower you can pick options saying you aren't so different from him to which he'll agree happily. [[spoiler: The demon possessing Uldred is a Pride demon and what demon did you encounter trying to tempt you in your Harrowing? A Pride demon. Especially FringeBrilliance if your playing a morally ambiguous or evil character.]]
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*** Don't forget, you can [[spoiler: taint Andraste's ashes with/drink dragon ''blood''.]]
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* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler:note that Riordan's surprise attack successfully crippled the Archdemon's wing, which is the ''only'' reason the damn thing hangs around the top of Fort Drakon waiting to be killed by you instead of just ''flying away from the city''.]]
* FridgeBrilliance: During the mage origin story, Uldred is described as the leader of the Libertarians, the faction of the Circle that believes that mages should be free to use their powers as they like rather than submitting to the oversight of the Templars. He's one of the few mages who is genuinely ''proud'' of his abilities. [[spoiler: Which is perhaps what leaves him vulnerable to possession by a Pride Demon]].
* FridgeHorror: This sets in when you realize that [[spoiler: becoming a Broodmother might very well have been the fate that awaited a female dwarven noble PC had Duncan not been around to rescue her]].
* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: Flemeth really raised Morrigan to be StupidEvil; she can't afford her daughter having an alternative world view as she's going to posess that body one day with all the magic that comes with it.]]
* FridgeHorror: Flemeth is [[spoiler: technically Morrigan's sister. Sure, biologically, they're mother and daughter, but whoever Flemeth's current body used to belong to is Morrigan's sister,]] at least in the spirit of things.
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* The Old Gods names, prior to their fall to Archdemons, are as follows:
-> Dumat, the Dragon of Silence and the archdemon of the First Blight
-> Zazikel, the Dragon of Chaos and the archdemon of the Second Blight
-> Toth, the Dragon of Fire and the archdemon of the Third Blight
-> Andoral, the Dragon of Chains and the archdemon of the Fourth Blight
-> Urthemiel, the Dragon of Beauty and the archdemon of the Fifth Blight
-> Razikale, the Dragon of Mystery
-> Lusacan, the Dragon of Night
** Here's the FridgeHorror part. By the game's naming patterns, Razikale is female. If the Darkspawn find her, she's not going to be an Archdemon, she'll just be a Broodmother making them.
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* Leliana's tale about Flemeth off-handedly mentions that Flemeth can steal a woman's beauty through mirrors, and Morrigan's one piece of property as a child was a stolen mirror, later broken by Flemeth. These seem minor elements, a common superstition and a cruel lesson, respectively, until Witch Hunt, wherein Morrigan escapes through a magic mirror, implied to be bound to Flemeth's will...
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** Made all the more sad if you're romancing him, get him to stay and marry Anora, and ask him afterwards about the relationship; he comments that what happened with Loghain has tainted it for him and "there is no us". At first this just comes off cruel and almost childish until you realise that what happened has added your character to the long list of things Loghain took from Alistair... and now Alistair has to marry Loghain's daughter and probably see him every day. [[BreakTheCutie No wonder he's snide and angry for the rest of the game.]]
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* I finally realized why Alistair leaves you if you spare Loghain, and why you don't get a choice to spare Loghain if Alistair fights him. Throughout the game, despite his cheery demeanor, whenever Duncan and the other Wardens are brought up, Alistair invariably becomes sad and distant. It's quite clear that he loved his fellow Wardens, especially since they were the first family he'd ever really had and gave him a life he wanted to live outside the maddening, strict life of the Chantry. And Loghain ''took that away'' from him. ''That's'' why he follows the Warden around if the Warden is a monstrous, selfish, murdering asshole, and that's why he'll leave you even if he's your best friend (unless you do a damned good job convincing him otherwise). Throughout the whole adventure, deep down, Alistair has been carrying a deep-set hunger for ''revenge'' against Loghain for what he did. The best part is how marvelously understated this is. He doesn't go off into rants about vengeance or hatred, he doesn't make declarations of his intentions, and he doesn't talk to anyone about this bottled-up fury and hatred and pain he's carrying around. It only comes out when you bring up Duncan and the Wardens, and otherwise he keeps that incredibly bitter hatred for Loghain to himself. It may seem abrupt that he'll leave you if you spare Loghain, but I think that's just a result of the player not paying attention to what motivates Alistair. It makes an already-interesting character much deeper and more faceted.
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* It took this troper three playthroughs, but listen VERY closly to the Sloth Demon in the Circle Of Magi. His voice combined with his putting the player to sleep and controling dreams makes the demon a pretty clear (and clever) expy of Freddy Kruger!

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* The official cover art for Dragon Age is a blood motif of a dragon, right? Okay, I get that, it's in the [[ExactlyWhatExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin name]]. It's because the BigBad is the archdemon and all that. Plus, there are lots of gore in the game so that makes sense too. And then it hit me like a rampaging ogre: [[spoiler: the blood represents [[TheVirus The Blight]] itself! The darkspawn blood, the blood that taints everyone, and that binds the darkspawn demons themselves to the archdemon. Not to mention the Grey Wardens themselves are joined this way: through blood!]] Wow.

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* The official cover art for Dragon Age is a blood motif of a dragon, right? Okay, I get that, it's in the [[ExactlyWhatExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin name]]. It's because the BigBad is the archdemon and all that. Plus, there are lots of gore in the game so that makes sense too. And then it hit me like a rampaging ogre: [[spoiler: the blood represents [[TheVirus The Blight]] itself! The darkspawn blood, the blood that taints everyone, and that binds the darkspawn demons themselves to the archdemon. Not to mention the Grey Wardens themselves are joined this way: through blood!]] Wow. -{{Tropers/Raverine}}
** Just doing a replay and I stumbled through Wynne's conversation about how phylacteries contain the ''blood'' of mages in case they go rogue. Also, who could've forget? '''BLOOD MAGES!''' Everything about the game is ''blood''!
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* So I was feeling a little guilty about my decision to slay the Architect (thus preventing any more future blights) but then I remembered: the Darkspawn are a parasitic race; the reproduce by preying on other peoples. There will never be peace with them and making sure they don't get any more intelligent is probably the best you can hope for!
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* During a replay of the Dwarven Noble origins story, when ThisTroper was about to enter Trian's room because King Endrin asked to summon him after the feast, I found it a little unnecessary that Trian's journal was lying there for me to see. And then, it makes perfect sense. [[spoiler: His writings served as a warning all along! I found it interesting how much Trian kind of dissed me throughout the beginning, but his writings showed a different kind of brother: pragmatic, good-hearted, and just acting like a brother who have good intentions. We also see early on how much a manipulative bastard Bhelen was.]] Awesome!

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* During a replay of the Dwarven Noble origins story, when ThisTroper was about to enter Trian's room because King Endrin asked to summon him after the feast, I found it a little unnecessary that Trian's journal was lying there for me to see. And then, it makes perfect sense. [[spoiler: His writings served as a warning all along! I found it interesting how much Trian kind of dissed me the player throughout the beginning, but his writings showed a different kind of brother: pragmatic, good-hearted, and just acting like a brother who have good intentions. We also see early on how much a manipulative bastard ManipulativeBastard Bhelen was.]] Awesome!
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** I remember a particular cutscene where Howe informs Loghain about some of the Grey Wardens surviving the battle at Ostagar. I expected him to go all mad like most villain would. But he just looks off in the distance, a contemplative look in his face, as if he's regretful about what he's done. He maintains that look even after hiring Zevran to assasinate them. After that, well, I knew he just did what he had to do. Too bad Alistair didn't get to see that tragic side of him.
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* The official cover art for Dragon Age is a blood motif of a dragon, right? Okay, I get that, it's in the [[ExactlyWhatExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin name]]. It's because the BigBad is the archdemon and all that. Plus, there are lots of gore in the game so that makes sense too. And then it hit like a train: [[spoiler: the blood represents [[TheVirus The Blight]] itself! The darkspawn blood, the blood that taints everyone, and that binds the darkspawn demons themselves to the archdemon. Not to mention the Grey Wardens themselves are joined this way: through blood!]] Wow.

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* The official cover art for Dragon Age is a blood motif of a dragon, right? Okay, I get that, it's in the [[ExactlyWhatExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin name]]. It's because the BigBad is the archdemon and all that. Plus, there are lots of gore in the game so that makes sense too. And then it hit me like a train: rampaging ogre: [[spoiler: the blood represents [[TheVirus The Blight]] itself! The darkspawn blood, the blood that taints everyone, and that binds the darkspawn demons themselves to the archdemon. Not to mention the Grey Wardens themselves are joined this way: through blood!]] Wow.

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** Plus, the symbol of the Grey Wardens, griffons!



* During a replay of the Dwarven Noble origins story, when ThisTroper was about to enter Trian's room because King Endrin asked to summon him after the feast, I found it a little unnecessary that Trian's journal was lying there for me to see. And then, it makes perfect sense. His writings served as a warning all along! [[spoiler: I found it interesting how much Trian kind of dissed me throughout the beginning, but his writings showed a different kind of brother: pragmatic, good-hearted, and just acting like a brother who have good intentions. We also see early on how much a manipulative bastard Bhelen was.]] Awesome!

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* During a replay of the Dwarven Noble origins story, when ThisTroper was about to enter Trian's room because King Endrin asked to summon him after the feast, I found it a little unnecessary that Trian's journal was lying there for me to see. And then, it makes perfect sense. [[spoiler: His writings served as a warning all along! [[spoiler: I found it interesting how much Trian kind of dissed me throughout the beginning, but his writings showed a different kind of brother: pragmatic, good-hearted, and just acting like a brother who have good intentions. We also see early on how much a manipulative bastard Bhelen was.]] Awesome!
*The official cover art for Dragon Age is a blood motif of a dragon, right? Okay, I get that, it's in the [[ExactlyWhatExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin name]]. It's because the BigBad is the archdemon and all that. Plus, there are lots of gore in the game so that makes sense too. And then it hit like a train: [[spoiler: the blood represents [[TheVirus The Blight]] itself! The darkspawn blood, the blood that taints everyone, and that binds the darkspawn demons themselves to the archdemon. Not to mention the Grey Wardens themselves are joined this way: through blood!]] Wow.
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* During a replay of the Dwarven Noble origins story, when ThisTroper was about to enter Trian's room because King Endrin asked to summon him after the feast, I found it a little unnecessary that Trian's journal was lying there for me to see. And then, it makes perfect sense. His writings served as a warning all along! [[spoiler: I found it interesting how much Trian kind of dissed me throughout the beginning, but his writings showed a different kind of brother: pragmatic, good-hearted, and just acting like a brother who have good intentions. We also see early on how much a manipulative bastard Bhelen was.]] Awesome!

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* DragonAge: Origins does this to me on a regular basis, but the first moment that hit me was when [[spoiler: Duncan kills Jory because he refuses to drink the darkspawn blood and carry out the Joining. At first, it feels like a needlessly grimdark moment where he simply offs an NPC to show how dark and grim this world is, but it also gives a justification for why a selfish, self-motivated character might become a Grey Warden: you do it not because you want to kill the darkspawn or save the world, but because Duncan will effing stab you in the stomach if you don't.]]



* DragonAge: Origins does this to me on a regular basis, but the first moment that hit me was when [[spoiler: Duncan kills Jory because he refuses to drink the darkspawn blood and carry out the Joining. At first, it feels like a needlessly grimdark moment where he simply offs an NPC to show how dark and grim this world is, but it also gives a justification for why a selfish, self-motivated character might become a Grey Warden: you do it not because you want to kill the darkspawn or save the world, but because Duncan will effing stab you in the stomach if you don't.]]
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* I had a tiny epiphany when confronting Flemeth as part of Morrigan's personal quest. When you run into her the first time, she's wearing regular clothes. The same is true for your second encounter, shortly after she saves you. But when you return to the Wilds to kill her, she's wearing a set of mage robes. She knew you were coming and had prepared for your arrival.

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* I had a tiny epiphany moment of Fridge Brilliance when confronting Flemeth as part of Morrigan's personal quest. When you run into her the first time, she's wearing regular clothes. The same is true for your second encounter, shortly after she saves you. But when you return to the Wilds to kill her, she's wearing a set of mage robes. She knew you were coming and had prepared for your arrival.
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* I had a tiny epiphany when confronting Flemeth as part of Morrigan's personal quest. When you run into her the first time, she's wearing regular clothes. The same is true for your second encounter, shortly after she saves you. But when you return to the Wilds to kill her, she's wearing a set of mage robes. She knew you were coming and had prepared for your arrival.

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