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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


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Dragon Age: Origins.


The Warden faces a broodmother in order to pass through the Dead Trenches during their search for a missing Paragon. 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.


Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening


This section contains spoilers for:
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 hurlock broodmother who was subjected to an awakening by the Architect.


Abilities

Rotting Gas Rotting Gas

Grab may refer to:

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Spit Spit

Scream Scream

Sweep may refer to:

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Vomit Vomit

Note: They seem to be immobile, however, their tentacles will erupt from the ground anywhere within their chamber to attack ranged/magi opponents.

Strategy

Trivia

  • To date, no specific broodmothers of elven or qunari origin have been shown or described.

Gallery

References

  1. BSN David Gaider (18 July, 2010). "What do darkspawn eat?" . The BioWare Forum. Retrieved on March 5, 2014.
  2. Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 1, p. 148
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