Some people had their wardens die in Origins but came back in Awakenings.  Was that ever explained?  I don't know because Morrigan has my baby.

The whole "import your dead Warden" was never given an explanation, basically they just let you retcon your ending if you didn't want to create a new character.

" Some people had their wardens die in Origins but came back in Awakenings.  Was that ever explained?  I don't know because Morrigan has my baby. "

How did they explain it? They didn't. It's a super lazy retcon, but what are you going to do?

Yeah no explanation whatsoever. Which really sucked for me since I started Awakening immediately after I finished Origins, and my char died in Origins so it was a bit of an immersion-breaker. 

The main character dieing is the joke ending. They assumed only idiots would kill off their own character on their first playthrough.

Is an explanation really necessary? Even if there was one, what would it be? "You're too stupid to remember your character died or decided to import it anyway so its magically alive again." The onus falls entirely on the player. If your character died, you shouldn't import it and then complain that its not dead anymore. It's not the game's fault you did it.

" Is an explanation really necessary? Even if there was one, what would it be? "You're too stupid to remember your character died or decided to import it anyway so its magically alive again." The onus falls entirely on the player. If your character died, you shouldn't import it and then complain that its not dead anymore. It's not the game's fault you did it. "

Dragon Age isn't Mass Effect, there's your explanation. 

I think it was a damned if they do, or damned if they don't situation. Though I think the they could've worked out a better explanation than just "close your eyes and pretend it didn't happen."

If I'm remembering it correctly the original idea was imported saves with dead Wardens would have the player create a new warden from Orlais (which is an option for playing Awakening). Even though the player is always given at least one way out of death in the end, some people didn't like the idea of permanent death and Bioware threw in the option to please those people, without giving it an explanation at all. 

Bad decision from Bioware to bend to such silly demands, but stupid expectations from the people. You will know if your Warden is going to die or not before it happens in the game anyway.