[ SECRET POST #2938 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2938 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Constantine]


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03.
[Dragon Age]


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04.
[Merlin]


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05.
[Pokemon]


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06.
[The Americans]


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07.
[Doctor Who]


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08.
[Twisted Toyfare]


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09.
[Black Books]


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[World of Warcraft]













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Comments

[kallanda_lee]

I'm presuming this is something from Inquisition or the comics? In an case, you don't know that at the time, though.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes. And no you don't, but you have Morrigan's explanation and her assurance the child will be just fine. It all comes down to whether you believe her or not, of course. But never before had I seen someone worrying about the taint as a reason not to do it - it's always the old god soul and fear about what's Morrigan's plan.

[(Anonymous)]

You do know, though. The ritual involves conceiving a tainted child, yes, and she's characteristically opaque about what exactly the child will be like, but she seems to believe that the taint will be somehow canceled out when the child "absorbs" the archdemon's essence, leaving the child unharmed, albeit possessing a cleansed old god soul:

"From this ritual, a child shall be conceived within me. The child will bear the taint, and when the archdemon is slain, its essence will seek the child like a beacon. At this early stage, the child can absorb the essence and not perish. The archdemon is still destroyed, with no Grey Warden dying in the process. [...] [The child] will not be hurt. It will be changed. [...] The child will represent freedom for an ancient power, a chance to be reborn apart from the taint."

Obviously there's room for doubt, but I do doubt that Morrigan would consider a child with its lifespan severely shortened by the taint to be unharmed, and it wouldn't make sense for the archdemon essence to be cleansed but the child to remain tainted.