Now, I for one do not understand how Hawke's deeds lend much truth to this title. Sure, she/he went into the Deep Roads deeper than anyone had before, but that was with great assistance as a partner that assisted in funding the expedition. It seems likely the expedition would have failed if not for Hawke, but the partial success of the operation should not be acredited to Hawke solely. Recovering the Lyrium idol may have been what drove Meredith insane years later, but that was only the catalyst for the Mages - Templar conflict. No doubt the Grey Warden expedition headed by Nathaniel may have turned up some interesting intel had they gotten all the way to the Primeval thaig, but that detail is minor at best.
Secondly, while Hawke tpk'ing the Arishok and his hipster crew may have more or less ended the attempted invasion, but it seems likely Orisno and Meredith would have (albeit with some difficulty) been able to do the same. These actions quite rightly so gave Hawke the title of Champion of Kirkwall, but once again that doesn't make him particularly important outside of The Free Marches or Par Vollen.
Thirdly, the Mage - Templar conflict. Regardless of personal decisions, Anders destroyed any chance of compromise by nuking the Chantry and kicked off a civil war about the Thedosian circles. Hawke played some part in this by chosing a side, but the fact that Orsini panics and signs his death warrant to either side makes the choice itself more or less irrelevant. Meredith effectively turns on you even if you side with her, claiming that you're more deceitful than those infiltrating blood mage rapists she believes are EVERYWHERE. The Lyrium Idol, as stated earlier made these rising tensions worse by riding Meredith paranoid at the very least, but this was only an indirect effect of the Deep Roads Expedition that Hawke only saved from being a complete botch job. You could argue that taking any part in the mini conflicts constitutes as choosing as thus makes it all worse in the long run, and sitting back does little to make **** worse.
Lastly, the side and companion quests may have some influence on his standing in and around Kirkwall, but that hardly set Hawke to be the most important person in Thedas. If importance is measured by side quests performed, I'm sure that makes Mass Effect 1-era Shepard to be more important than the Reapers. Deciding to, say, assist Merrill in reconstructing the Eluvian could be pretty damn important if it bears fruit, but that may just link in to the Morrigan sub-plot in Origin's endgame/ Witch Hunt DLC. Assisting Anders with his godawful Sela Petrae (read: Salt Peter/ Potassium Nitrate) and Dragon **** quest. It was no doubt added to add some shock factor when he reveals the purpose, but ultimately occured regardless so Anders was much more important in this. If anything, Hawke was at best an assistant in Ander's vendetta against Templars in general.
Anyway, a lot of that turned into incoherent rambling towards the end, but I just wanted to make a point that Hawke wasn't really as important as marketing suggested; especially not in comparison to say, the Warden/Warden-Commander who with some assistance ended a blight and (optionally) helped the Darkspawn to become a sentient species.
tl;dr- Hawke, I am disappoint.
Modifié par Eternalist, 12 mai 2011 - 11:42 .
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