The Mother is a powerful Broodmother and one of the main antagonists of Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening. The Mother was released from the Old Gods' call by The Architect but was driven completely insane as a result - going against the being that had freed her in order to try and reconnect herself and her many "children" with the Old Gods and relieve her intense suffering over what she had become. The Mother has many Children and is also in charge of a faction of Disciples - several of which appear in Awakening as lesser threats (the named Disciples are The First, The Lost and The Herald).