Morrigan, also know as the Witch of the Wilds, has become one of the most synonymous characters when it comes to theDragon Ageseries. She first appeared inDragon Age: Originsand then reappeared inDragon Age: Inquisition, as well as featuring in the browser-basedDragon Age: The Last Court. Perhaps her exclusion fromDragon Age 2is one of the reasons it isthe worst rated of the franchise.
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Morrigan is a complex character with many facets to her intriguing personality, resulting in times when her actions can drastically change between cold-hearted and heroic. Be warned, there are spoilers ahead in this list.
10Worst: Matricide
InDragon Age: Origins, Morrigan asks the Warden to kill her mother Flemeth as she suspects the older witch plans to possess Morrigan’s body to prolong her own life. While Morrigan may have had just reasons, considering she then leaves the Korcari Wilds where she lived with her mother anyway, Morrigan could have simply left to escape her mother.
Whatever the player decides to do, it is revealed in theDragon Age: OriginsDLCWitch Huntthat Flemeth has not been killed and the older witch reappears in both of the following sequels.
9Heroic: Saves the Warden
Near the end ofDragon Age: Origins,it is discovered that a Grey Warden will die when the Archdemon is defeated as its soul will travel into the warden who kills it, whereupon the two souls will destroy one another. However, Morrigan tells the Warden of another option, explaining that if she conceives a child with a Grey Warden that the Archdemon’s soul will transfer to the unborn child rather than the Grey Warden who deals the killing blow.
Though it could be argued that Morrigan does this entirely for selfish reasons in order to gain an old god soul, the results remain the same and she is even willing to sleep with Alistair or Loghain to achieve them.
8Worst: Disappears with Baby
Based on player choice, inDragon Age: OriginsMorrigan can potentially end up impregnated with a child from the Warden, Alistair, or Loghain. Regardless, she will disappear after the Battle of Denerim and leave the player or the other characters without their son.
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In theWitch HuntDLC, you are able to track her down and it is possible as the Warden to join her and walk through her Eluvian mirror to meet your son. However, that doesn’t change the fact she just upped and left with potentially your kid in tow in the first place.
7Heroic: Protects Empress Celene
InDragon Age: Inquisition,the player first encounters Morrigan in the Orlesian court, acting as an Arcane Advisor to Empress Celene. While Morrigan’s motives for being in that role are unclear,leaving fans with many questions about their favorite witch, Morrigan does take the role seriously and goes above and beyond in her loyalty to the Empress.
Morrigan explains to the Inquisitor that she has already found and killed a Tevinter agent in the court, saving Empress Celene from assassination. It definitely pays to have a highly skilled witch watching your back.
6Worst: Abandons Warden Before Final Fight
If the player chooses not to take Morrigan’s advice inDragon Age: Originsand doesn’t utilize conceiving a child to save their soul, Morrigan will not be happy and will abandon them before the final fight. In fact, she’s still pretty sore about it when you catch up with her in the DLCWitch Hunt.
This is particularly frustrating as Morrigan is a great asset to your party as she is a powerful mage and losing her at the last minute without any warning can damage your chances of success if you don’t have a well-rounded team/back up options.
5Heroic: Invaluable in Stopping Elder One from Reaching the Well
Despite her self-serving motives for wanting to find the well, Morrigan is invaluable in ensuring the Inquisitor gets to the well before the Elder One inDragon Age: Inquisition, ensuring that Corypheus doesn’t win.
There’s even some character growth shown here, as despite wanting the well for herself, Morrigan will stick around if you choose that the Inquisitor drinks instead. Though she won’t let you hear the end of why you should have chosen her instead of yourself, at least she doesn’t abandon you to the final fight as she does inDragon Age: Origins.
Though Morrigan is a firm fan-favorite character, she actually has a pretty dislikable personality and constantly bullies and belittles those she considers inferior to herself. InDragon Age: Origins,Morrigan often insults Alistair in particular, with comments such as,“How odd. We now have a dog and Alistair is still the dumbest one in the party.” This makes it all the weirder if Morrigan and Alistair have to conceive a child together.
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Her sharp tongue and cruel mannerisms could be the result of being raised alone with her mother in the wilds, but her selfish tendencies and barbed words can be hard to overlook.
3Heroic: Offers Own Body To Save Her Son
InDragon Age: Inquisition,players meet Morrigan’s son, Kerian, if the ritual was performed inDragon Age: Origins. After Morrigan or the Inquisitor has drunk from the well, they find out Kerian has disappeared through Morrigan’s Eluvian mirror and they find him with Flemeth, who is revealed to be the vessel of Mythal.
Flemeth gives Morrigan a choice: either she hands over Kerian to her or be forever hunted by her mother. Instead, Morrigan chooses to offer up herself to save her son. However, Flemeth only draws the essence of the old god from Kerian and explains to Morrigan that she was never in any danger as a soul cannot be forced upon an unwilling host.
2Worst: Power Hungry
Morrigan is extremely power-hungry and it leads to many times where her actions are questionable, it is made clear that she has no qualms about killing in cold-blood or using others to get what she wants in her pursuit for power and knowledge.
Even her most heroic actions could arguably be deemed as fueled by her own selfish motives, even if fans aren’t exactly sure what it is that she’s gaining at the time. The only time she is truly selfless is when she offers herself up to her mother to save her son.
1Heroic: Fights Corypheus’s Dragon
InDragon Age: Inquisition, if Morrigan is the one who drank from the well and becomes tied to Mythal’s will, she gains the ability to shape-shift into a dragon and will take on Corypheus’s dragon on your behalf during the final fight.
Regrettably, Morrigan doesn’t win the fight and is knocked out in the middle of it, but she still gets points for trying. Morrigan disappears at the end ofDragon Age: Inquisition, butperhaps she will make a returninDragon Age 4.
