Parrk wrote...
I hated him too, until my third run when he was in my party at the and I had actually done all his personal quests.
Sebastian sticks by your side if you do the right thing. IT just so happens that killing anders IS the right thing to do.
See, he isn't there because he is your best buddy (varric) , or your GF/BF (Isabella/Fenris), or an ostracized pariah and GF (Merill), or your sister/brother, but rather he is there because he believes that you are a good person and a great leader.
I'm not sure I can convey this properly, and I'm certainly not a very religious person, but his respect for Hawke somehow makes her seem more epic to me.
If you've never used him heavily and had him at full friend at hte end (which is done by basically doing his quests), you should try it.
He actually isn't a bad guy.
If you love anders you may feel differently, because you have to kill anders to keep him (not sure if he leaves if you have friend maxed and dont kill anders), but I was going to kill anders anyway because he is a liability and a cold-blooded murderer.
Killing anders is the single act that redeems a mage-supporting hawke. otherwise you are jsut a bully who is really good at fighting and cares nothing for justice. I like to see hawke as an impartial distributor of comeuppance, and that requires the death of anders.
I'm not trying to sound elitest, but this is your opinion which others may share. But I played a Rogue with a heart of gold, but a rogue nonetheless. And killing outside of self-defense was not the persona of my Hero Hawke.
Even for what Anders did. Am I that selfless? Or righteous? I don't know. But my hawke walks a fine line of greed and heroism. Killing Anders may or may not be the right thing. In the makers eyes in their lore? Who knows. In their courts? Most likely? By the hand of a champion who is neither guard, nor poltical figure in kirkwall?
Hawke was merely a noble, short of that people just asked for his help.