The Dragon Age: Inquisition Retcon That Saved Morrigan

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Dragon Age: Inquisition changed a lot about what players thought they knew about the world of Thedas, but few were as interesting as to how it changed series favorite Morrigan. The mage has always been a divisive figure in the fanbase, due to her being the devil on the main character's shoulder throughout the original game, her bottomless cynicism when it comes to other people, and her seemingly betraying The Warden during the first game's climax. But Dragon Age: Inquisition changed her character in a way that recontextualized every interaction The Warden had with her back in Origins.

In Dragon Age: Origins, Morrigan joins player character The Warden's party very early on, acting as the countering perspective to the kind but naïve Alistair. Morrigan was portrayed as someone The Warden shouldn't trust under any circumstances but left that choice open to the player regardless. She was the one quickest to suggest the fastest way to get to one's goal, regardless of the moral lines that needed to be crossed to get there.

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At once a scheming manipulator and a refreshing pragmatist, the game always left it ambiguous whether Morrigan was truly evil or simply had no patience for RPG fetch quests. Dragon Age: Inquisition, on the other hand, removed such ambiguity. As a result, Morrigan is far stronger a character thanks to this retcon in the story.

The fact that, despite her demeanor, Morrigan loved The Warden's dog was always the biggest clue toward her ultimately kind nature. The expansion Witch Hunt then revealed the ultimatum she gave The Warden at the end of the original campaign — to impregnate her so she can bind the Archdemon's soul to the fetus or die