Alistair discussion while I'm waiting for stuff to copy to a backup hd. My favorite ending for Alistair is an unhardened Alistair, Anora takes the throne and Alistair stays as a GW. He only leaves his loves side to go to Highever to memorialize Duncan. Here's the reason. Thirty years is a long time. Think about it. He and the femWarden are in their early 20s. Alistair has only been a GW for 6 months longer than the warden. So when and if they go to their calling, they'll end up going together so even in the end they'll be together. Now if I'm not metagaming and playing a mage which I normally do, my warden trusts Morrigan. My warden never wanted to be in the circle, helps Jowan and stands up for him even after she finds that he's a blood mage. She's not a blood mage, she's a healer and an arcane warrior, she's a good mage but understand what friendship means. The templars and the chantry on the other hand have rubbed her the wrong way. Anyway, she trusts Morrigan and though Morrigan has an attitude problem, she understands her. Who wouldn't have an attitude problem being hunted by templars all the damned time. Since my warden trusts Morrigan, she believes that Morrigan will do the right thing by raising OGB and convinces Alistair to do the DR because as I said before, 30 years is a long time and to have happiness for 30 years for both Alistair and my warden, doing what they love to do, protecting Fereldon, is a very happy ending and fits in with Awakening much better than any other ending. Awakening takes place shortly after DAO so it is conceivable to Alistair is in Highever when Anora asks the warden to go to Vigil's Keep/Amaranthine and conceivable that since Alistair is in Highever he is taking a leave of absence from the GWs temporarily to do his own business so femWarden is considered the only living GW in all of Fereldon. The seneschal doens't know about Alistair just like Rhiordan, though he had Duncan's recruiting records, didn't know about femWarden being a warden. Just my early morning thoughts.
BTW, my warden can't bring herself to romance anyone else but Alistair. Heck, maybe it's his voice, or his charming demeanor. She loves Zev to pieces and it glad he wants to stay with her and the GWs but she can never seem to romance him, even though he is morphed into a cute Zev. Alistair it is for me all the time. Now off to work for me. Have a good day.