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[KnightofPhoenix]

thegreateski wrote...

KnightofPhoenix wrote...

Sarah1281 wrote...

If Justice is only minorly annoying and Wynne offends people every other time she says anything can we conclude that Kristoff must have been the most awesome Orlesian that ever lived?

Or it's because he was dead.
Further proving that the only good annoying person is a dead annoying person.

Or the only good Orlesian is a dead Orlesian?



(Sounds like something Loghain would say.)

Naa, he wouldn't even consider dead Orlesians to be good. In fact, those two words cannot coexist in the same sentence.

[soignee]

Doesn't be bugger off to Orlais in Awakenings? My Loghain playthrough he's dead

[Herr Uhl]

soignee wrote...

Doesn't be bugger off to Orlais in Awakenings? My Loghain playthrough he's dead

Yes, yes he does.

Further proof that the GW are sadists.

[thegreateski]

soignee wrote...

Doesn't be bugger off to Orlais in Awakenings? My Loghain playthrough he's dead

He stops by the keep.

"I must go now Warden. The Orlesians are waiting for me. Daggers and all."

[RogueWriter3201]

Though I can see how much Fun people are having going *Way* off topic for this thread, I think I'll just try to answer the OP's question. I do have one PC that stayed single through the whole game and never once looked at Leliana or Morrigan as more than comrades in arms.

He's a Male HN Templar, and since I played him as a stout defender of both the Faith and Cousland honor I could not very well sleep with a Witch of the Wilds or a Former Orlesian Spy, so I kept him True of body and mind until he encountered Queen Anora, fell mady in love with her, and proposed a Marriage to keep Fereldan in Order and renew Trust in the Grey Wardens on both sides of the Nobility, those for Eamon and those for the Mac Tir's.

I found it an enjoyable playthrough story and even felt a little relieved that I didn't have to maintain any Warm fuzzy feelings with either Female Companions. My Templar never had trouble with Leliana since she was a woman on the path of redemption, and Morrigan became respected to an extent; so much so that my Templar agreed to the Ritual, but asked Loghain to perform the act as a Templar could not, in good mind, commit such a betrayal against his Faith and his Future Wife.   

[SnakeStrike8]

Sarah1281 wrote...

Has anybody else had a character that didn't romance (well, intentionally that is) Alistair, Zevran, Leliana, or Morrigan? If so, why? Were they still hung up on their doomed origin romance? Were they traumatized by their origin story? Did they just want to focus on stopping the Blight? Did none of the options appeal to them? Did they realize that none of the options were very practical when the Blight was over and they went off to do whatever it is they planned to do? 

Me too! My female Dalish elf was heartbroken when Tameln vanished, and she never got over it.
Then he returned and forced her to kill him, and that was the last straw. So great was her angst that she snapped repeatedly at Alistair and Zevran, then finally found release by throwing herself to the Archdemon.
Woe!

[Hechicera]

My male DN did not have a romance. Or rather, he thought Leliana was hot, but she wasn't that interested in him initially. By the time he had talked to her more, he was rather relieved by that. He got more serious as the game went on while she went all "OMG shoes!" on him. She was unhardened for the dialogs so the Maker/Chantry stuff was off-putting to him. Frivolous, crazy, both? OK, back away slowly.

Then he had to keep beating Zevran off with a stick (no not *that* way - and Zevran would have probably like it anyway) ... but was straight.

Morrigan was respected but somewhat feared. She liked him well enough but he didn't trust her. Uncontrollable, untrustworthy, man-hating, shrew-tongued thing of wild magic to a race not used to magic. Keep anything you value out of her reach! Too much of a shock after noble-hunters.

So, straight. Leliana, too much fluffy stuff. Morrigan, not fluffy enough, no rather pointy actually. I'm not a guy, but I found both of their potential romances to be sexy enough but really strange people. When Zevran makes you look normal ...

Modifié par Hechicera, 24 avril 2010 - 02:28 .

[BurningArmor]

My Circle Mage Elf (male), Alim has made no effort to win a mate in my first play through. 

For rpg purposes:  Alim remembers what he was told would happen to him over time when he first took the blood in the Grey Warden ceremony.  Talks with Alister has not helped that.  Alim is a bit concerned a son or daughter might be affected by the tainted blood in his system, and not necessarily in a good way.  I don't think this concern would allow him to instigate a relationship; at least, not until Alim felt she understood the risks.

Meanwhile, Alim has no gripes about any of the ladies in his party.  As for other members, his dog Chomps keeps trying to bring home stray children, and Alim really cannot advance the main story line until he deals with Zevron and the Crows.

[Nightfish103]

Sure, most of my characters don't romance anyone. On at least half my playthroughs I missed the one chance you have with Leliana to get things going and never bothered reloading.



I don't care much for Morrigan and can't really bring myself to take her along, much less make my poor warden romance her. So yea... While the option of having my warden get laid is nice, it's just that.

[Korva]

I'm not overly interested in romances and find platonic bonds to be somehow more engaging and satisfying than the "googly-eyed" stuff as someone called it in this thread. Still, I like to see same-sex relationships as a matter of principle and may take a peek, as it were, if the woman in question doesn't put me off IC or OOC. I just don't make characters for the sake of a romance, or bend them to suit a romance that wouldn't fit my original concept of what they are.

Mayat Cousland, my only actually played character, was with Leliana -- until she made the ultimate sacifice that is. I roleplayed her as someone who did have a "normal" young person's interest in sex and relationships, but with her own standards and tastes. If Leliana had not fit in with them, I would have ended it or never started it (depending on when the incompatability would show) and remained single. Having heard descriptions of Leliana as "girly" instead of the kickass type like in the Sacred Ashes trailer, I actually didn't expect the relationship to go far because my Cousland gal does not "get" clothes and shoes and shopping and sappy stories at all.But you don't have to gush over that sort of stuff to get or stay close to the bard. I guess they both were a bit amused at each other's tastes (or lack of taste), but didn't let such minor things get into the way of their friendship and affection, especially with a Blight and civil war raging around them. Mayat honestly did care for Leliana, but there was never really a contest when it comes to duty versus love because she was a "paladin" kind of person, all about responsibility, doing the right thing and protecting people.

The three unplayed alts (human mage, Dalish rogue, dwarven noble warrior) I have would all stay single for a variety of reasons. This is partly due to them having other, more improtant things on their mind than sex and romance (admittedly, so did Mayat, but she did allow room for those feelings as long as they didn't get in the way of duty). Party it's because no one in the game would remotely appeal to them. And partly it's because romances don't appeal to me enough. A romance is basically just a long-ish side quest with hopefully some tender and enjoyable moments that is worth checking out for fun if it suits a character. But it's not really as emotionally involving as other things, especially since it has zero impact on or recognition by the game. (Wynne having that talk with the Warden being the only exception, which was rather nice and fun to see.)

Modifié par Korva, 24 avril 2010 - 11:56 .

[Lyrandori]

My very first DAO playthrough was without romance because I didn't know how to end up romanced with any of the companions that could be romanced, simply put. I focused on game-play eventually and just forgot about the romance part, since I don't actually play *for* the romance, and I knew I would play it again anyway. That playthrough was for my female Dalish Elf (Warrior), and I recently completed Awakening with her as well (although romances in Awakening are irrelevant).



But ever since my second playthrough I've always romanced Leliana, I've yet to "try" Morrigan since I still haven't played a male character so far, and the only male character I plan to do, a Dwarf, would certainly not end up with Morrigan or even Leliana, so that playthrough will have no romance for sure, I might just end up at the Pearl a few times to fill up the primal needs.

[zchen]

first play through with Dalish Elf male did not romance anyone. As he's very aware the elfs cannot produce elf off springs with human woman, so to ensure the survival of the race he just stays away from females of other race.

[Terra_Ex]

Any dwarves that I play as tend to remain single and they have been quite enjoyable playthroughs, with the warden maintaining a strong bond of friendship with his companions. Pretty much all my other characters - humans and elves end up with someone, it just adds to the experience.

[GodWood]

My DN tolerates the other races but could simply never see them in that way, if he wished companionship he'd take a trip to the Pearl and let that nice dwarven lady warm his bed.

He does this up until he returns to Orzammar and learns that Mardy is with child and from that point on remains loyal to her and his son (despite not being in a proper relationship)

[Taiyama]

My dwarf noble, Speirs Aeducan, didn't romance anyone due to the circumstances of his origin and his particular philosophy. He was set to be a wise, just noble of Orzammar (one of the few, really) when he was wrongly accused of killing his own brother and cast into the Deep Roads, branded a traitor and kinslayer. Orzammar was EVERYTHING to him and he truly believed that Speirs Aeducan died in the Deep Roads. When he became a Grey Warden, he saw himself as merely Speirs, a soldier waiting to die. It was because of this belief in his own mortality (not unlike that of a member of the Legion of the Dead--and I had thought up this backstory for him before I played the game and discovered what the Legion was) that he never romanced anyone. Besides, if he had survived (which he didn't; he sacrificed himself on the top of Fort Drakon to end the Blight) he probably would have gone back to Orzammar and married the noble hunter who bore his son, Gorim.

[Yendi]

Does it count if they had a very quick romance for the achievement and then broke up and stayed single? In that case my female Cousland is single after a short time with Alistair, she kind of has Morrigans attitude towards love (too bad she wasn't an option there) and she is the only one of my characters that I can't imagine together with Zevran.



My male city elf might also end up single simply because I somehow made him look so young that I would feel dirty trying to get him into someone’s tent.

[uuuhcantthinkofaname]

My main Warden (City Elf female) didn't romance anyone. I made the character a 'tomboy' who was prepared to drop everything and run away from the Alienage than to be married off. She probably would have if the wedding actually went through. After all the big mess however, she felt guilty for treating her betrothed like dirt after he was killed saving her life (still has the ring he made).



Basically a fine looking sword catches her eye more than charming and handsome man. She generally gets flustered when someone compliments her looks and doesnt understand it all etc.