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A '''broodmother''' is a giant sessile [[ghoul]] capable of spawning vast numbers of [[darkspawn]] in a manner reminiscent of an insect queen.<ref>{{BWF|author=[[David Gaider]]|date=18 July, 2010|url=http://forum.bioware.com/topic/125558-what-do-darkspawn-eat/?bioware=1|title=What do darkspawn eat?|access=March 5, 2014}}</ref> |
A '''broodmother''' is a giant sessile [[ghoul]] capable of spawning vast numbers of [[darkspawn]] in a manner reminiscent of an insect queen.<ref>{{BWF|author=[[David Gaider]]|date=18 July, 2010|url=http://forum.bioware.com/topic/125558-what-do-darkspawn-eat/?bioware=1|title=What do darkspawn eat?|access=March 5, 2014}}</ref> |
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Broodmothers give birth to a large litter at once, between twenty and fifty children.<ref>{{Cite wot|148}}</ref> They emerge from her womb as toddlers, often already able to walk, and grow rapidly in their first few weeks of life. A broodmother will birth thousands of darkspawn young in her lifetime. |
Broodmothers give birth to a large litter at once, between twenty and fifty children.<ref>{{Cite wot|148}}</ref> They emerge from her womb as toddlers, often already able to walk, and grow rapidly in their first few weeks of life. A broodmother will birth thousands of darkspawn young in her lifetime. |
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+ | Female captives are usually made broodmothers by the darkspawn. They contract the [[Darkspawn#The Taint|taint]] by being force-fed on darkspawn tissue. This gives them cannibalistic urges but also mutates them. These females turn into fully-fledged broodmothers after devouring massive amounts of flesh even from their own kin. |
The race of the broodmother determines which kind of darkspawn she will give birth to. An [[Elf|elven]] broodmother will spawn [[shriek]]s, a [[Dwarf|dwarven]] broodmother [[genlock]]s, a [[human]] broodmother [[hurlock]]s, and a [[Qunari]] or [[kossith]] broodmother [[ogre]]s. Each broodmother is capable of spawning thousands of darkspawn. |
The race of the broodmother determines which kind of darkspawn she will give birth to. An [[Elf|elven]] broodmother will spawn [[shriek]]s, a [[Dwarf|dwarven]] broodmother [[genlock]]s, a [[human]] broodmother [[hurlock]]s, and a [[Qunari]] or [[kossith]] broodmother [[ogre]]s. Each broodmother is capable of spawning thousands of darkspawn. |
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+ | In ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'', [[the Warden]] faces a broodmother in order to pass through [[the Dead Trenches]] during [[A Paragon of Her Kind]]. The dwarven broodmother encountered here was one of the women of [[House Branka]] named [[Laryn]]. Branka willingly allowed her to be corrupted in order to use her "children" to probe the traps protecting the [[Anvil of the Void (object)|Anvil of the Void]].}} |
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=== ''Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening'' === |
=== ''Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening'' === |
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A broodmother is a giant sessile ghoul capable of spawning vast numbers of darkspawn in a manner reminiscent of an insect queen.[1]
Background
Broodmothers give birth to a large litter at once, between twenty and fifty children.[2] They emerge from her womb as toddlers, often already able to walk, and grow rapidly in their first few weeks of life. A broodmother will birth thousands of darkspawn young in her lifetime.
Female captives are usually made broodmothers by the darkspawn. They contract the taint by being force-fed on darkspawn tissue. This gives them cannibalistic urges but also mutates them. These females turn into fully-fledged broodmothers after devouring massive amounts of flesh even from their own kin.
The race of the broodmother determines which kind of darkspawn she will give birth to. An elven broodmother will spawn shrieks, a dwarven broodmother genlocks, a human broodmother hurlocks, and a Qunari or kossith broodmother ogres. Each broodmother is capable of spawning thousands of darkspawn.
Involvement
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
Several broodmothers are killed by the Warden-Commander at the end of Last of the Legion in the Lower Reaches of Kal'Hirol during Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.
The Warden later confronts the Mother, a hurlock broodmother who was subject to awakening by the Architect and is distraught by her awakening.
Abilities
Grab may refer to:
- Grab (broodmother), a talent used by Broodmothers.
- Grab (high dragon), a talent used by High dragons.
- Grab (ogre), a talent used by ogres.
- Grab (strategy), for strategy against grab.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
Sweep may refer to:
- Sweep (broodmother), a talent used by Broodmother.
- Sweep (high dragon), a talent used by High dragons and Archdemon.
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Strategy
- See Broodmother (strategy) for details on fighting the broodmother in A Paragon of Her Kind.
- See The Mother (strategy) for details on fighting the Mother in the Depths of Depravity.
Trivia
- To date, no specific broodmothers of elven or qunari/kossith origin have been shown or described.
Gallery
References
- ↑ David Gaider (18 July, 2010). "What do darkspawn eat?" . The BioWare Forum. Retrieved on March 5, 2014.
- ↑ Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 148
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