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Killiana1a on 07 August 2010
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Slimebeast said:
Killiana1a said:

Alistair is lovable if you find dumb and logically insane endearing traits. Morrigan really exposes Alistair for the tool he is in their exchanges.

My beef with Alistair, now that the thread is offtopic, is Alistair is recruit everyone and anything at the beginning of the game, yet is too blind by his own hatred for Loghain to not see the value of Loghain as a Grey Warden. Loghain as the hero of Riverdane who freed Ferelden from Orlais is a very important political figure with many noble supporters, thus it would make sense to have Loghain on your side because of politics and because he is a badass sword and boarder.

Furthermore, how can Alistair not see Loghain abandoning a hopeless battle as a wise military decision? Why would Alistair want to endanger all of Ferelden just because some headstrong, naive King Cailan wanted to fight against overwhelming odds? Loghain made a perfectly rational military decision, eventhough it cost him politically. Alistair not seeing this conveys the depths of his lack of fitness to be king. That is why I always let Anora rule alone or choose to backstab him and marry Anora.

Honestly though,  the most complex character in DA:O is Leliana by a longshot. She undergoes a very dramatic transformation in her character from the start to the end. Alistair on the other hand, does undergo a transformation if you harden him, but is more or less still the same at the Landsmeet as he was right after Ostagar.

But Alistair represents a bigger proportion of people in the real world than Morrigan does.

There's many more naive, slightly dumb, one sided persons who tend to act on their feelings than there are cold hearted, highly intelligent individuals with rock solid integrity who always stand for what they do.

The key is to portray both types in an interesting and "deep" way while still keeping them relevant for the game and its story, which Dragon Age managed to do perfectly.

I am no fan of Morrigan believe me. I respect her intelligence, independence and feminism, but her sociopathic tendencies have me wanting to slice her head clean off at times.

Loghain I can empathize with because he felt what he was doing was right in the face of opposition. A largely redeemable character, yet fatally flawed.

Now Leliana and Wynne are more accurate representations of what I would like to see more in women. Both are kind to a fault, compassionate, Leliana has this girl next door charm that I find irresistable, and Wynne has a "I have cougar tendencies," making me want her chest to bust out of her robes everytime I have her in my party.

My favorite though has to be Shale followed by Oghren. Both are so simple and crass in their character, I cannot help but laugh everytime they open their mouth in game.

As for Zevran, he plays the scandalous foreigner to a fault. Sten is along the lines of Shale with his character and dead pan comedic lines, which are quite hilarious when you put him and Morrigan in your party.