10 Best Video Game Side Characters Who Made Everything Better

10. Morrigan - Dragon Age Series

With the release of Dragon Age: Origins in 2009, Bioware crafted an RPG in its purest form. Once again its talent for character writing came through. Early on in the game, the player stumbles across Morrigan. As an elusive witch who joins the party, she quickly became the lead magic user of the group, laying down a volley of offensive spells in combat.

Yet outside of questlines, Morrigan boasted an equally engaging backstory. Easily the most strong-willed of the party in the original Dragon Age, Morrigan's hidden motives and mannerisms make her an endlessly intriguing character, one who didn't always get on with the rest of the team.

Morrigan proves critical in the lead-up to the final encounter with the Arch-Demon. It order to fully defeat this ultimate foe, a Grey Warden must die; however, the witch offers an alternative solution. Should the player character perform a forbidden ritual or concieve a child with her, the Arch-Demon's soul will be destroyed for good.

Keeping with her mysterious ways, Morrigan vanishes at the game's conclusion, leaving many a player motivated to track her down. In addition to the romance sub-plot, Morrigan received her own focus in the "Witch Hunt" DLC shortly after the base game's release. She would make a return in Dragon Age: Inquisition as a minor character.