Hello Thedosians and welcome back to my channel, the Dragon Age series is to this day one of my favorite games. Surprisingly, I never expected it to scare me. And You’d think that you’d expect some creepy moments when a game has enemies that look like this...
So here are 5 Creepy Secrets you May Have Missed in the Dragon Age series:
Well of Sorrows Backwards
Surprisingly, not many people in the Dragon Age fandom understand what the voices in the Well of Sorrows say backwards.
"She speaks...she's fallen...go to him (dirth)...the calling, the calling."
Of course, by themselves, the voices are extremely creepy, and it doesn't help when you can make out words from them.
Other players have sought to fill in the blanks claiming that the audio says "She is telling the truth. She's fallen, lost, Mythal, and Solas calling from behind, go to the altar "But it's indisputable that the audio is saying she's fallen, the calling, the calling.
Those words may still seem absurd until you consider some of the greater Dragon Age lore. I'm not sure who the audio is referring to when it says she speaks the truth—it could be Morrigan or Mythal/Flemeth, who, as we all know, is sort of the same person. What is evident is the part about the calling.
If Mythal was in charge of the calling, it would really shake up the Dragon Age series, including how the next game might play out. If an elvhen goddess is truly behind a horrific Blight that has infected all of Thedas, the Wardens and Darkspawn may have some explaining to do. Sadly, it is only a theory. But it's a cliffhanger in the story, so it's never been a stretch to assume Bioware would explore it further in the first place.
Desire Demon-Possessed Cat
It's almost always upsetting when children are involved in this series. Because they are so naive and innocent, they are continuously manipulated by demons. There is already Connor and the demon that possessed him (he did, after all, harm a whole village of people), and Feynriel with his nightmares about demons.
The worst, in my opinion, has been this little girl and her kitty. Of course, I'd be thrilled to hear a kitty speak to me! But, even in a fantasy game like Dragon Age, everyone who has played the game knows that cats don't talk.
Of course, this is from a quest in The Stone Prisoner DLC from Dragon Age: Origins, called the Golem in Honnleath.
As you progress deeper into the cellar, you will encounter a dilemma: a Desire Demon possessed a cat (named Kitty) who was sealed in the laboratory by a magical puzzle lock.
The demon has charmed Amalia, and she will not leave without her new kitty. Kitty is magically prevented from touching the puzzle, and Amalia is unable to solve it, so it is up to you to solve the problem. You have several options:
The agonizing part is that saving the little girl is nearly impossible unless you have strong coercion or are willing to solve Kitty's puzzle without making any mistakes. We are easily left with the option of letting the demon eventually corrupt and possess the little girl...
As if Connor's situation wasn't traumatizing enough!
Caridin's Research
The Golems of Amgarrak DLC from Dragon Age: Origins is a strange place. The entire area has been magically torn apart, which is extremely strange given that it is mostly inhabited by golems and dwarves. And of course, we know Dwarves are not able to use magic.
You start seeing these creepy creatures skitter past you every now and then as you explore this area. They are fast enough to startle you without allowing you to get a good look at them. Finally, you discover that these creatures are made from dwarven body parts and that they can combine to form a giant deformed flesh golem.
When you finally discover this, it's both disgusting and terrifying. Jerrik discovers Darion's remains as well as the final page of his diary with the Warden and his brother, at which point Brogan begs him to destroy the Forge in the deepest part of Amgarrak so that the experiments and subsequent mistakes within cannot be repeated.
Yeah, let's not hope that sort of experiment happens again in Dragon Age...
Armour Made out of Flesh
In the Trespasser DLC from Dragon Age: Inquisition, there's a unique special armor you can loot from a sealed chest in the Ancient Jail section of the Crossroads after defeating the enemies.
It includes a codex entry that describes an elvhen god who performed rituals and experiments when creating this specific armor.
According to the codex, after four attempts, "adjustments to the underlay were a great success, and will allow the recipe to be made with material taken from lesser animals, if the need arises."
Below the letters, possibly in lieu of a signature, is the stamp of a stylized halla head. In Dragon Age lore, we know that the halla is a representation of Ghilan'nan who created monsters and beasts during ancient times in Thedas.
The creepy part of the codex is that the armor is described as having "threads that look like hair" and "a liquid that flowers a sluggish red." It also says it feels "clammy" and compares it to "flesh."
With that aside, some people in the fandom refuse to wear this armor because it might have truly been made out of the skin and flesh of former elven slaves.
How terrifying...
Broodmother's Ritual
It's no secret that darkspawn are the creepiest made creatures in Thedas to exist. What terrifies me is the making of a true Broodmother.
“First day, they come and catch everyone.
Second day, they beat us and eat some for meat.
Third day, the men are all gnawed on again.
Fourth day, we wait and fear for our fate.
Fifth day, they return and it’s another girl’s turn.
Sixth day, her screams we hear in our dreams.
Seventh day, she grew as in her mouth they spew.
Eighth day, we hate it as she is violated.
Ninth day, she grins and devours her kin.
Now she does feast, as she’s become the beast.”
— Hespith's poem
According to Hespith's poem from Dragon Age: Origins, her haunting voice retails the events of what really happens to tainted women left in the Deep Roads.
The captured women become tainted after being force-fed darkspawn tissue, which the darkspawn "spew" into the prisoners' mouths.
At this point, Hespith describes the women who have survived as "violated," implying that they have been sexually assaulted by a swarm of darkspawn. They gradually develop cannibalistic urges and mutate heavily as a result, eventually becoming full-fledged broodmothers after devouring massive amounts of flesh.
Broodmothers have large litters of Darkspawn, ranging from twenty to fifty infants. They emerge from her womb as toddlers, often already walking, and grow quickly in their first few weeks. In her lifetime, a broodmother will give birth to thousands of darkspawn children.
Of course, what makes this creepier is that there really had to be a first Broodmother to truly create massive swarms of darkspawn. This leads the fandom to theorize that one of the original Darkspawn from the Magister's Sidereal is female and is the first Broodmother...
But with that, we are going to wrap up, 5 Creepy Secrets you May Have Missed in Dragon Age. Which on this list was your personal favorite, for, me to be honest, it's probably the demon-possessed cat, I just again found that to be pretty creepy...
Also, what scary scenes have you encountered throughout Dragon Age that others may not have, leave a comment down below!
Thank you for watching, and I will see you in the next video!
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