Flemeth

The mother of Morrigan, Flemeth has a difficult, at times adversarial relationship with her daughter, whom she has raised to hold mankind in contempt and value power above all else. She is a strong-willed woman, with a lust for power. However, early in the game, she is quite helpful and friendly to The Warden, and also appears to have become very forgetful in her old age.

Background
The name "Flemeth" apparently belonged to a legendary and fearsome personage that walked the wilds centuries ago. According to legend, the daughters of Flemeth can kill a man by fear alone. The "Witch of the Wilds" is not a clan so much as a superstitious name the locals of the Korcari Wilds have given to the infamous Flemeth and her daughters. According to Morrigan, she is in fact possessed or in a symbiotic relationship with a demon, thereby classifying her as an abomination, albeit a strangely human-appearing abomination.

Quotes

 * "You are required to do nothing, least of all believe."
 * "Either the threat is more or they realize less. Or perhaps the threat is nothing! Or perhaps they realize nothing! (Laughs)"
 * "Such manners! And always in the last place you look... like stockings!"
 * "Men's hearts hold shadows darker than any tainted creature."
 * "Why dance? Why not sing? (laughs)"
 * "It is a dance old Flemeth knows well... Let's see if she can remember the steps!"
 * "Shut one's eyes tight or open one's arms wide, either way, one's a fool."


 * Flemeth: "Yes, men desired Flemeth then, and some even killed for her...."
 * Warden: "Are you sure they didn't die from horror?"
 * Flemeth: "You will need that smart mouth for more than asking me silly questions."


 * Warden: "I'm not sure what to believe."
 * Flemeth: "A statement that indicates more wisdom than it implies."

Trivia

 * To the Dalish, Flemeth is known as asha 'belannar or the "Woman of Many Years."