[GUIDE] Should I Kill Flemeth? Acquiring the Grimoire

If not doing it and confessing to Morrigan, will that impact her romance?

I always end up killing Flemeth...for some reason, I get the impression she wants you to and would look down on you if you didn't try. Morrigan is my favorite female party member and I like how my friendship (as a female warden) and my romance (as a male warden) works out.

I always want to keep her in my party, so I wouldn't refuse to do it and I would feel too guilty about lying to her when I gave her the grimoire if I didn't, so yeah, I always do battle with Flemeth's dragon.

I always do it. I have no reason to believe that Morrigan is lying or misinformed. She's working with the best information she has, and so am I.

The main reason I can think of not to do it is that, y'know, Flemeth saved the Warden's life. Hardly ever go for it, though.

After some playthroughs most of my decisions in Origins and Awakening based on which part gives more xp.
My impression is that fighting to Flemeth gives xp.

I can't bring myself to lie to Morrigan, it just feels far too underhand and rotten - so I kill her. I don't feel particularly good about killing her either, but I rationalise it by reminding myself that Morrigan had said 'I doubt she will truly be dead'.

Around level 11 seems to be the optimal level to fight her, as long as I have Wynn in the party with the Forcefield ability and both healing spells. I typically use a three ranged/one tank setup. Sten, configured as a pure archer, using the Sorrows of Arlathan bow, the Warden also attacking with a bow, and Alistair tanking with plenty of potions and a Greater Warmth Balm. When she uses her grab attack I forcefield him and heal him up while he's invulnerable, and then have him manually taunt her. The other three stay well back and attack from range while Wynn keeps health topped up.

I ended up letting her go after repeatedly getting destroyed in the fight. Sorry, Morrigan.

I love Morrigan she is one of my all time favorite female companions and love interests. But I am not her blind servant we do butt heads. Like when deciding whether or not to purge the circle. She says yes I say no. In this instance I agree to kill Flemeth because Morrigan is my boo. But when I confront Flemeth we work out a deal. She gives me the Grimoire and I let her go. Both Morrigan and future mother in law are happy.

First Warden (blind Playthrough) I showed up ready to fight Flemeth, but fretting because I expected it to be a hard fight. Flemeth was all like, "Morrigan finally sent you to murder me, did she? That inccorigable youngin' of mine!" and it totally threw me so off, she sounded so reasonable and like Morrigan had blown things way out of proportion and I just...caved. I was swayed. So I faked that I killed her.-----------only to go through like, the most extreme guilt trip I've ever been accidentally given by a digital character when Morrigan said I was her best friend, sister, ever with her voice cracking and everything. 


so 2nd PT (hadnt played DA2 yet, so didnt know she would come back), even though it was a different warden I would not let myself be swayed, I would be the friend sister Morrigan thought me to be, and I slayed Flemeth.

3rd PT, I was playing a shrewd mage who didn't get along with Morrigan, and essentially Morrigan threatened to leave if she didn't do it. So my 3rd Warden Begrudgingly showed up to not so much slay Flemeth as get some deets. And it was super amusing, because Flemeth was all like, "here to kill me? and I was like "nah, just here to talk and ask questions." and Flemeth was surprised which was a nice touch. It was a business deal- get the book to keep Morrigan around kinda thing.

Cant remember what my 4th Warden did. I think just slayed her with little preamble, very simple Dust town Dwarf that one. Shed been given a job, and the job was to kill, and she would do it.

I always kill her. My characters tend to be on good terms with Morrigan. And while the latter fights at your side for weeks and months throughout the game, no doubt saving your life several times, you're only ever told that Flemeth saved you and never given a clear picture of how or why, making it rather hard to feel grateful.

And this is a fantasy world that discriminates rather heavily against malicious-seeming witches hiding out in the woods manipulating people's lives for Maker knows what reason. Human and mage PCs have without a doubt been prejudiced against mages exactly like her, even if they have the good breeding to be polite to her face.

The same could be said for Morrigan, of course, but she's young and beautiful and spends aforementioned months actively defending you in battle. Caustic attitude or not, most would be more likely to forgive her for what she is than they would Flemeth.

Aside from that, every Origin has something that could be said to parallel Morrigan's apparent situation with her mother.

A Dwarven noble like my current canon, or a Cousland for that matter, might feel a kinship over familial betrayal and exploitation, and feel compelled to help protect her from it. Dwarven and Elven commoners might deeply understand her need to break free from her mother's oppressive power. And any Mage would understand the magic Flemeth apparently uses to be evil and corrupt, and in need of vanquishing, remembering Jowan's flirting with blood magic and the ancient Tevinters' dark rituals the effects of which have been threatening the world ever since.

And that a shemlen witch has been vulgarly imitating the ancient elves' immortality by murdering and exploiting others and needs to be put down would surprise no Dalish hunter ever. Certainly not one who hasn't made the connection between "Flemeth" and "Asha'bellanar", which I don't remember if she ever introduces herself as in Origins.

Also, it's the only time in the game that your dragonbone plate armor from the high dragon actually gets to shine with its fire resistance.