So this is based on a challenge brought up in the Dragon Age Writer's Corner, but it originally came from a Tumblr blog - see MsBarrow's story Arren'sAlphabet for more info on that one. Anyway, the idea is to choose a character and do 26 stories about them, using the "A is for..., B is for..." format. It looked like fun, so I decided to take it up, and explore one of my favorite evil characters - Morrigan. It's going to bounce all over the place in time and space, and not follow any particular order other than alphabetical. So without further ado, here's Morrigan: From A to Z.

A is for Alistair

No. No, no, nononono. No. Flemeth couldn't be serious. She just couldn't. But why else would she make her travel with these so-called- Grey Wardens?

She knew what Flemeth wanted from her – a child conceived of herself and a Warden, born with the taint and the soul of an Old God. She'd known that was expected of her for a long time; since the threat of the Blight became apparent. But there were only two Wardens left in all Ferelden; a red-headed Dalish elf girl and... him. Flemeth couldn't possibly expect her to sleep with the most pathetic man ever to submit to the taint. Her child would come out wrong in the head.

During the weeks while the elf was in and out of consciousness, the idiot – Alistair - just sat and moped. Oh, he was mourning the loss of the other Wardens, but it still frustrated her to no end. He was alive with a world to save and an Archdemon to kill; something only the Grey Wardens could do, and all he did was sit around and wait for the Dalish girl to wake up. Even when that happened he did nothing; he followed Faleni Mahariel around like a lost puppy despite the fact that he was the elder and supposedly more experienced Warden. That had been five days ago. The three of them had only just left the Kokari Wilds and so far Alistair was proving himself to be completely inept. Even Faleni's slobbering mabari was of more use.

And none of it changed the fact that she was going to have to sleep with Alistair. Oh, she had slept with men she didn't like before but this... this was different. She was actually going to have to spend time with him and she wasn't going to get the chance to destroy him afterwards. No, in fact, she'd save this idiot's life by sleeping with him. Hopefully something better would turn up, but with Ferelden turning away Orlesian aid, and these two unable to recruit more Wardens, she was most likely stuck.

Why did Flemeth save these two, out of all the Wardens at Ostagar? Her mother may be cruel and harsh, but never stupid. She generally never did things without a reason. Maybe there was something to this Faleni Mahariel and Alistair the idiot that she was unaware of; she hoped so, because otherwise this was going to be the most unpleasant adventure of her life.