Dragon Age II Creature Profiles

Before heading out for the weekend, BioWare has slapped up new creature profiles of the hurlock and emissary to the official Dragon Age II website. Check out the concept art in our image gallery, if you prefer, then proceed below for the descriptions:

Taller than their genlock cousins, the hurlocks are roughly of human-size but are possessed of considerable strength and constitution. During a Blight they will often be found on the surface in large numbers, each equipped with crude armor that is often assumed to have been scavenged, though there is some evidence to suggest they also build and repair their own weapons. The darkspawn are a living plague, and the black ichor that leaks out of a hurlock’s eyes onto it’s pale face makes this fact plainly apparent.

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The most intelligent of the Darkspawn become gifted sorcerers, with many abilities akin to blood magic. These are called ’emissaries’ because of their rumored ability to speak, though they negotiate no more than others of their kind. They are usually seen on the surface only during a Blight, but any who venture far enough into the Deep Roads will encounter them at any time… and will regret doing so.