AllThatJazz wrote...
If Hawke DOES leave Lothering for
cowardly reasons, then hooray! A chance at complex motivations and a
redemptive storyline, where Hawke throws herself constantly into near
suicidal situations to compensate for that moment of weakness when she
ran.
I'd relish the chance to play a character who doesn't start
out as the epitome of heroism, but instead as someone pretty normal who
gradually learns how to be a hero.
Plus, how is this really
different from DA:O? As I recall, all of the Origins ended with a sort
of Hobson's Choice. Yeah, my Human Noble could have stayed at her
parents' side and been murdered by Howe's men, but chose instead to
escape with Duncan.
Complexity is good. I've been trying to
advocate the point that a past act of cowardice can be a great way to
flesh out Hawke.
Regarding the Human Noble comparison I'd like to
point out that the major difference so far is that the Cousland
character stayed and fought Loghain, Howe and the Blight. Of course we
don't know for sure about Hawke's motivations yet but it's a good idea
to stress the analogy.
AbounI wrote...
My theory:
Perhaps Hawke has been asked
to leave Lothering for delivering a message to Kirkwall.Just a
messenger, not a coward.A message talking about the coming Blight, and
the Loghain's intentions.The Free Marchs is known to be the breadbasket
of Thedas, so it's easy to imagine there's a lot of commercial roads,
specially with Ferelden.
Bringing this message to Kirkwall will make
him an important person, who allows the Free Marches to take political
decisions, and to unite and prepare against these threats.
It's
an interesting hypothesis and it's refreshing to read some new input in
the thread that is not utterly dismissive but an attempt at coming up
with another possible explanation. A messenger
has a vital mission but is not required to fight. Not to mention that
it can be very dangerous.
The reason why I decided to post in
this thread was because of the phrasing of what has been posted at
gameinformer. The information we have makes it clear that it was a
conscious decision on Hawke's part. Whether or not he was on a mission
that took him away from Ferelden is unclear right now but the messenger
idea has some merits (although I like the idea of a cowardly start
leading to atonement and redemption).
yummysoap wrote...
There's nothing cowardly about trying to face an enemy you have absolutely no chance of defeating. There's plenty stupid, though.
It could be argued that heroism is defined by the willingness to do one's duty no matter what the circumstances are.
Now, in The Lord of the Rings for instance (as I'm pretty sure everyone knows the story) if the people from Gondor and Rohan turned their backs and fled, Minas Tirith would have fallen. They all knew they were fighting a fight they could not possibly win without literally a miracle, or a series of miracles (like for instance the death of the Nâzgul, the Witch-King). You could point out that in the Moria, Gandalf ran away from the Balrog. But he sacrificed himself to allow his companions to escape. Some of them might have been willing to make a stand but they had a greater mission to accomplish and couldn't allow Frodo to be captured.
What I'm trying to say here is that there is wisdom in the
live to fight another day thing (what many characters did in the origins in DAO and what they all do in Lothering) but there's a major difference between living in order to be able to fight and living in order to just run away and escape.
If indeed we learn that Hawke in Lothering was nothing more than a glorified peasant (which doesn't make for a heroic start but that is interesting in itself) then it's fair to assume that Hawke was overwhelmed by the task at hand and the phrase that I've quoted at least twice in this thread states that Hawke had a
choice between fighting and leaving and that Hawke
decided to leave Ferelden (and not just Lothering).
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