Hate is a strong word. But my paragon does feel an amount of regret over Saren and Tela Vasir, among a number of other less significant personalities.
Tela Vasir did what she thought was best, she defended her stand as a champion of the council to the very end. Doing what she had to do to keep the council safe. She wasn't evil per-se, but one of those necessary personalities that are needed in this life of ours, people who don't let morals and ethics blind them to the simple and obvious facts. Except her facts weren't quite as up to date as Shepard's, with regards to the Shadow Broker's motivations and the reality of the impending Reaper invasion. With more information, in another life, Tela Vasir could've been a valuable friend.
Saren even more so. I haven't read the books still, which is something I'm sort of ashamed of, but I retain my right to make estimates of his personality based on ME1. Saren was hailed as a legendary Spectre, also someone to let ends justify the means. Something that Shepard is forced to do on a regular basis as well, although potentially with more compromises. To me, Saren was a great personality. While he started as a one-dimensional evil, the few discussions he had with Shepard over the course of ME1 seemed to show between the lines the reality of his motivations and situation. Saren did what he did to save the galaxy, doing what he believed was ultimately best for all involved. But Sovereign's indoctrination changed and twisted his motivations without him even knowing, killing his own reason and making him blind to what was actually going on.
The scene in the end of ME1 where you have a chance to convince him over what's going on, where he kills himself, was to me an extremely powerful event effectively finally revealing his real character, his real strength. And further emphasizing the great amount of respect he had for Shepard, who was undoubtedly the only person alive Saren felt truly understood the situation. Saren's respect for Shepard grew slowly over the course of the story, but ultimately reached such heights that through her persuation and reasoning, he was forced to realise what Sovereign's indoctrination had done to him. He had so much respect for her achievements that he actually believed her words more than he did his own. And in that single second of mental clarity, he took his own life to buy a mere fleeting chance for Shepard to do what Saren had initially tried to do: to save the council, and the galaxy with it.
To me, Saren died a hero. A tragic hero, and an unsung one. Someone whose deeds even before the events of ME1 were anything but what is typically considered good or acceptable. Someone who did a number of horrible and unforgivable deeds. But a hero of his own kind nevertheless.
Modifié par Zan Mura, 14 septembre 2010 - 07:10 .