#but contextually her being a cousland AND an archetypal 'hero' chara doesnt rly slide w the whole killing children thing lol

[rosykims]

i cannot believe im saying this but ive been thinking about my cousland and sten all morning and theyre making me insane

#oc: elspeth #tay plays dao #ive been debating whether or not elspeth recruits him for WEEKS now #but contextually her being a cousland AND an archetypal 'hero' chara doesnt rly slide w the whole killing children thing lol #but ive finally settled on her recruiting him regardless and it makes sense in my head both in yhe moment AND narratively which is 🤪 #her whole arc is sort of abt her internal struggle irt being a warden (altruistic/heroic) which shes always wanted to be until she was one #vs being a noble (powerful/respected) which she never appreciated until she lost it #and feeling like both of them conflict with the other and thus feeling like shes not living up to either #she chooses to 'conscript' sten under the pretense of the warden redemption but a lot of it is her selfish noble streak #wanting to punish him for rendon howe's sins ..... #idk if this makes sense to anybody but me but obvs it also opens up more moral dilemmas #like..... she gives sten mercy and she WANTS to give loghain mercy and resents alistair for denying her the option #but she would never allow the same mercy to be extended to howe. with good reason obviously but yeah ultimately shes a noble and #quite unknowingly selfish underneath all the posturing and righteousness. she gets over it especially a bit after reaffirming her loyalty #to the wardens..... but yeah. her idea of heroes comes from very sanitized bard songs and chantry tales #she def realizes she cant have her cake and eat it too and i think sten surprisingly is the best character i have to explore that with???? #WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT ? NOT ME ❤ #anyways if u read all this ur a legend and u may be entitled to financial compensation