The first thing Sereda felt when she woke was the Taint. It was all around her pressing in on her, suffocating her senses.
That could only mean one thing. The Darkspawn had won. She had lost.
Waking up properly now she examined her surroundings. She was in a small stone room with no windows and one door. It was fairly chilly in the room and Sereda was surprised to find herself shivering.
She made her mind up there and then. She would have to get out.
Now the Darkspawn had taken Orzammar, what would happen next? Would they take the rest of the world? And what in the name of the Ancestors had the Architect got to do with it all?
The door opened and Sereda jumped up quickly and stood in a defensive stance.
A common genlock had opened the door, which was a rarity in itself as darkspawn usually smash things.
"Come," it grunted. "Master wants to speak!"
A common genlock was speaking?
That had crossed the line from rare to downright impossible.
Cautiously, she tagged behind the foul creature as it scurried down a corridor similar to her cell.
Then Sereda realised. This wasn't Orzammar! The architecture was all wrong! So where in Thedas was she?
The genlock stopped outside a plain looking door, knocked three times and paused, as if waiting for a signal.
"Come in!" a child-like voice called from behind the door.
"In!" the genlock grunted.
Wondering what lay behind the door, Sereda pushed the door open and was greeted with a comical sight.
Sitting on a throne, in full armour, a sword and shield strapped to her back was, what appeared to be a small child no older than seven years old.
Sereda was struggling not to laugh until she saw the eyes. Those dreadful, merciless eyes that she had seen before.
The eyes of Urthemiel, Old God of the Imperium and the fifth Archdemon to lead a
campaign of terror on the surface.
Looking closer at the features of the face she recognised an old friend in them: Morrigan.
This was Morrigan and Alistair's child, born of the dark ritual.
Looking at this child, she realised what a mistake it had been going along with Morrigan's plan.
"Hello, Warden Commander." The child said, its voice uncannily similar to its mothers "Surprised to see me?"