[Pacing away from the window, she plops back down on a nearby stool. Barkspawn follows, plopping down on the ground.]

A broodmother. It used to be human...or dwarven or elven or maybe even qunari. Some darkspawn kidnapped them, tainted them, turned them into...that. Broodmothers only live for one thing; making more darkspawn. Yet another reason to stay the hell away from the Deep Roads unless there's no other choice.