HolyAvenger wrote...
Blood magic's potential for abuse makes it something that needs to kept under strict control. Calling it "evil" is just a means of achieving that. I don't trust it in the hands of anyone.
It's not under strict control - it's used by Grey Wardens, or people suspected of being blood mages (like Morrigan in Witch Hunt, who has a bounty on her during the Orlesian Warden playthrough because they think she's a blood mage) are simply killed.
antigravitycat wrote...
LobselVith8 wrote...Why is that? Because Morrigan never tries to kill you for ridiculous reasons like Wynne does?
Err... It is obvious why Morrigan stays with the Warden and does not turn against him, she reveals that at the end of Origins. So in fact her only reasons are her personal goal. She and/or Flemeth planned the Dark Ritual. That is why she assists the Warden. Not to save Ferelden, not to save innocent people from the Blight or anything else. Turning against the Warden would destroy her own plan. That's everything, she is callous in everything else.
She's pragmatic, that's why she always advocates choosing options that enpower the Warden. Also, she wants to save the Warden because she's either a good friend (to the point of being a sister) or she's in love with him. If the relationship is much cooler, it's the sole reason that she wants to preserve one of the remaining mysteries of the world from extinction.
antigravitycat wrote...
What is completely incomprehensible that many people hold more grudge against Wynne.
This may surprise you, but some people take murder attempts a little more seriously than others, especially when the attempted murder makes no sense. Morrigan has an opinion? Wynne tries to kill the Warden. The Warden thinks Cullen is right? Warden has to die, but she won't do anything if Greagoir decides that the Circle needs to be culled. The ashes are ruined? Then let's murder the last hope for Ferelden because the Urn is no more. Better that everyone in Ferelden die at the hands of the darkspawn because the Urn is gone instead of focusing on the goal of stopping the Blight.
antigravitycat wrote...
Especially the scenes in the Circle tower are often wanted to substantiate how "false" Wynne is. Quite contrary I think her reaction is completely understandable. When she turns against the Warden it is because she realizes he is a threat to the people she loves, her family. The Circle has been home to Wynne for many years, it was her family, and there were many people who were dear to her. Many of those have been slaughtered and the Tower is overflowing with the blood of many innocents. She even actually died before to protect the children from being slaughtered.
Yet she has no problem disregarding the safety and lives of the children because Morrigan voiced her opinion. It's also "false" of Wynne to disapprove if the Warden doesn't like the Circle when she later agrees with the Warden (of the Circle of Ferelden) that it's an
oppressive place.
antigravitycat wrote...
All that caused by malificar, who in this case use Blood Magic, recklessly trying to free themselves from the grasp of the Chantry, at all cost.
Wrong. Uldred used demonology, not blood magic, and the oppressed will always seek to free themselves. After all, Andraste didn't write the Imperium a strongly worded letter when she wanted to free her people. Why should the mages?
antigravitycat wrote...
Then the Warden shows up in the scene, the player of course thinks he is right in everything he does, he has his reasons. But view it from NPC's perspective, from Wynne's view. A person that claims to be a Warden, a dubious figure suddenly he shows up inmidst the greatest devestating situation you have ever seen before. What are his intentions? When the Warden brings Morrigan it is even worse, Morrigan who just scoffs at all the dead people and does not care at all if there are even more innocents slaughtered. Even in the sight of the children she does not care one bit. I think that is outrageous.
You mean, the Warden
dared to agree with Morrigan's opinion of the Circle? Of course he should he killed! Opinions are clearly evil.
antigravitycat wrote...
The decision with the ashes. I would consider desecrating anybody's remains more than disrespectful. Then, desecrating the remains of the person who is seen as the holiest by the majority of Thedas is not only disrespectful but also unwise. If I was inhabitant of Thedas I would at that point have no doubt that the presumed Warden is not what he claims to be. An imposter or one that is not true to the codex of the Wardens, the unifier against the Blight, protector of the people.
So better to let everyone in Ferelden die at the hands of the darkspawn because of the loss of some lyrium enchanced Urn?
antigravitycat wrote...
When you really are roleplaying, you get what I mean by this. Of course you can play the whatever you call the "good" or "evil" way. But not forget the perspectives of the other characters in that roleplay. Not all choices the player makes are by itself the right ones, thing is that may players expect that and expect the sourroundings to adapt to his liking. It is understandable that npc characters who do not comply to this will suffer in regard.
I think there are some intriguing decisions that force the player to decide how they want to leave the world and what sort of person they are - the decision with the Anvil and the choice to spare the Architect come to mind. The golems beat back the first Archdemon Dumat and gave the dwarven kingdoms a hundred years of peace, while the Architect could endanger women and humanity as a whole because of his desire to provide darkspawn with intelligence. It's a matter of perspective, of course, what the correct decision is.
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He lies to you and pretends "Oh I'm an innocent wibble victim." when the fool was actually using blood magic and brought his fate on himself! 
