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Creature
Pride demon

Affiliation:

Demon

Rank:

Boss, Elite boss

Locations:

Harrowing Chamber, Ortan Thaig, Blackmarsh (Origins)
Darktown, Sundermount, The Fade (Dragon Age II)

Quests:

Broken Circle, Asunder, Shadows of the Blackmarsh (Origins)
Night Terrors, A New Path, The Awiergan Scrolls: Pride Unbound (Dragon Age II)

Appearances:

Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
Dragon Age Legends
Dragon Age II

Pride demons are the most powerful demons that are encountered within Thedas. They can possess any corpse to become a revenant while possessing a corpse of a mage to become an arcane horror. It should be noted that there appear to be three different variants of the Pride Demon, with the last two are extremely rare.

The first is the common variant with purple skin fought in most encounters. The second is a dark green skinned version with glowing green eyes (The Baroness in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and the last Guardian in the Legacy DLC of Dragon Age 2 are the only ones of this variant to have been encountered). The last is a dark glowing red skinned version with glowing orange eyes and an affinity to fire which all its techniques are based on (the first Guardian in the Legacy DLC of Dragon Age 2 is the only one of this variant to have been encountered).

Abilities Edit

Dragon Age: Origins Edit

Dragon Age II Edit

Fire type

Fire Bolt
Fire Shield
Fire Fist
Crushing Prison
Stomp
Charge

Poison type

Poison Bolt
Poison Shield
Crushing Prison
Stomp
Charge

Locations Edit

Note: Any revenants or arcane horrors encountered may be possessed by a pride demon.

Dragon Age: Origins Edit

“We now have a dog and Alistair is still the dumbest one in the party.” — Morrigan
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An example of this is the pride demon in the quest Asunder. The Fade Beast lies dormant until the Warden assembles its body parts, at which point it will attempt to barter for its freedom.
Another notable pride demon is the one encountered in the Circle Tower when the abominations are unleashed within. Uldred attempted to summon demons under his control but like many before him succumbed to its will and became an abomination himself.
During The Harrowing in the Mage Origin, another pride demon seems to make an appearance. In the Fade, after the Spirit of Rage is defeated, Mouse will ask for help to leave. If the mage decides against it, he will tell them that they have just passed the true test and will transform into a Pride demon

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening Edit

“I do not seek to rule my brethren. I only seek to release them from their chains.” — The Architect
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The Baroness reveals herself to be a dark pride demon, a more powerful variant of the pride demon.

Dragon Age II Edit

“There are men who embrace destiny; these are the ones that change the world forever.” — Flemeth
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A pride demon, named Wryme, is confronted during the quest Night Terrors.
A second one by the name of Audacity^[1] is fought during the quest "A New Path".
A third one, named Hybris, is encountered at the last stage of the side quest The Awiergan Scrolls: Pride Unbound.
An unnamed one is fought on the Docks during the quest The Last Straw in conjunction with a blood mage and many shades. This encounter is not optional.
Two can be fought simultaneously in The Last Straw in the Templar Halls, along with several shades.
A dead pride demon can be seen amongst the demon and abomination corpses in the hallway with Sandal during The Last Straw.
Each seal in the Legacy DLC is guarded by a Pride Demon of each variant. The first seal is guarded by the fire variant, the second by the common variant, and the last by the dark variant.