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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 darkspawn tissue and consuming darkspawn vomit that is forcefully spewed into the captive's mouth.<ref>[[Hespith#Poem]]</ref> 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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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 darkspawn tissue and consuming darkspawn vomit that is forcefully spewed into the captive's mouth.[3] 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 in the Lower Reaches of Kal'Hirol.
The Warden later confronts the Mother, a human broodmother who was subjected to an awakening by the Architect.
Dragon Age: Inquisition
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.
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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 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
- ↑ Hespith#Poem
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