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Dragon Age Inquisition: the worst moment in the game.
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I am planning to series of post based on the art, imagery and story telling of Dragon Age Inquisition. Talking to my eldest daughter I explained to her what I found possibly the worst moment in the game.
Without some background my choice is probably hard to understand, so I try to explain it here and on my wordpress site(wordpress.com/post/37456814/2195/).

Probably the most remarkable thing about the game is the mediocre story(telling). And when I write that, I have to give proof of such. And so I give you my first piece of evidence: the worst moment in the game, with an explanation why I consider the following the worst moment in Dragon Age Inquisition.

Flemeth in Dragon Age I.

In Dragon Age Origins(DA I), the first game, the hero is asked by Morrigan(that is the darkhaired woman in this movie clip) to kill her mother Flemeth(the older lady in the movieclip). Morrigan explains that Flemeth is an evil witch who rears children to use their bodies to perpetuate her own life. In other words, she is a truly evil being. It is never hinted at in DA I that Morrigan has it wrong and in fact the game goes as far as suggesting that Morrigan wants to do the same as her mother, which seems to be the reason why she asks you to kill Flemeth and then help her get her pregnant. In fact, if you do not help her in becoming pregnant she leaves your party. Which was basically a disaster to me as at that time I played the game on nightmare level and it was centered around my three magic users party. In other words I was forced in the game to support a dubious and potential evil being to retain her assistance. And I consider this a good piece of writing because it forced me to make a moral choice. If I had done the right thing I probably should have denied her request, thus losing a magic user.

When the hero in DA I confronts Flemeth with Morrigan's accusations the hero has but two options. Either attack Flemeth or leave her be.There is no way to check that Morrigan is lying or has it wrong. You either attack Flemeth or not. It is up to you. In my opinion the writers at that point never considered Flemeth to be anything more than an part of the background of Morrigan and the choices you made had nothing to do with Flemeth, but with Morrigan and gave the hero an boss battle in the bargain as Flemeth turns into a dragon.

Flemeth in Dragon Age II

In Dragon Age II Flemeth appears at the start of the game for a brief span to rescue the hero, named Hawke, from the Darkspawn, explaining that she survived the killing in the first DA through some magical means. After that Flemeth has no role in the game except that she asks Hawke to do her a favor in return for saving Hawke's life. However, considering how Flemeth turns out in DA II, even in the brief moments she appears, it might well be that the writers thought of making more of her. One can't deny she has a certain interesting quality.

Flemeth in Dragon Age III

In Dragon Age Inquisition(DA III) Flemeth appears only in the below scene and her role is totally at odds to the first DA for now she seems to be the embodiment of the good Elven god of justice Mythal.
This sudden change of events makes no sense at all. It is never hinted at in DA I or II. It is not even hinted at in DA III until this scene gets inserted and it doesn't follow from what is told before nor does it fit in the story line nor does it fit with the character of Flemeth. It is just too much awkward writing to tie up loose ends from the previous games and turn Flemeth from an evil witch who kills children into some kind of good celestial being and for all purposes even an Elven god.

Flemeth is also talking about justice and we have no clue what she is on about. We get some mystical claptrap to make all her confusing lines interesting and we end with a total nonsensical series of delivered lines.
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@johanjarvinen

9 years ago

You are wrong. Firstly, Morrigan doesn't know the true nature of Flemeth; she's an unreliable narrator. Secondly, It is made clear in DA:O that Flemeth made a deal with a Spirit or Demon when she became the Witch of the Wilds. That Spirit was Mythaal, as in fact all Elven gods were Spirits, thus the dual nature of Mythal spoken of by Solas in the temple, as a noble spirit she is Justice, at her worst she becomes Vengence, similar to the spirit that posessed Anders in DA2. This is actually very well written, it just wasn't spelled out for you.

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@Raveneye2000

9 years ago

Why are you assuming Mythal was plain good? Inquisition strongly implies through the Temple of Mythal main quest that the elven gods had very dark sides to them. It's especially clear if you bring Solas along. Flemeth was always an immortal being. When you confront and kill her in Origins she was not at all alarmed at the prospect at being killed, and outright states that this sort of confrontation has happened many times in the past. In Dragon Age 2, she asks Hawke to go to a mountain with ancient elven ruins and peform a ritual there. There was plenty of foreshadowing for the reveal in Inquisition.

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