The Mother is a powerful, intelligent broodmother who holds a large group of awakened darkspawn under her spell. She is utterly insane, orchestrating twisted schemes with the darkspawn she controls. The Mother and the Architect appear to be in conflict. The Mother's darkspawn brood are twisted mutations that prey on all who cross their path... even other darkspawn. The Architect confessed that the Mother was one of his failed creations. He attempted to free her from the call of the Old Gods, but her awakening drove her mad. She has plotted against the Architect ever since.