littlenikki wrote...
Narcia_ wrote...
Based on what Alistair indicated the chantry teaches them about sex, and based on his conduct so far I definitely see him as a courteous and polite individual. I mean, he's obviously considerate (the letter about Aveline, the paying you because Keran's sister can't afford to. Even the coming clean to your mage about his role at his/her harrowing). It definitely isn't a stretch for me to imagine him extending that professional courtesy to everyday things as a matter of course.
I get the impression that Cullen often thinks about others before himself. As we've seen, he has his doubts about a great many things, but he will inevitably act based on what he believes is right rather than staying silent forever. He does not take pleasure in abusing his authority or acting like a bully, he considers himself a protector of the public and mages alike. Personally I see his real problem being demons or those who would seek power by contracting with demons (blood mages). He's certainly well aware of how power corrupts regular folks too, thanks to Meredith. I think she may have also taught him that the chain of command isn't all it's cracked up to be ... Add to that, that one of his mental problems after his torture at the circle was probably a serious case of survivors guilt.
Whatever they have him do in the next game, be it staying loyal to the chantry, rebelling, striking out on his own or getting court marshalled, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. I just hope he is a companion so we can have a chance to ask him why he made the decisions he did.
Very good point Narcia! I forget that part about the Chantry, but for Alistair he learned that by growing up by their guidance. Not sure they'll make Cullen have that same background, but I'm sure the Chantry tries to instill some chivalry in their knights. Doesn't seem to be very sucessful, as there are talks of many corrupt and lewd Templars, recruits going to visit the brothel and such.
I always wonder if there's a bit of difference in the training between the rank and file and those intended to be officers, like boot camps vs. candidate school. There are some tantalizing mentions in the
Chantry hierarchy codex that suggest that some templars take vows as initiates and part of their academic education is martial.
Only those folk who take vows become initiates. These are men and women
in training, whether in academic knowledge or the martial skills of a
warrior. All initiates receive an academic education, although only
those who seek to become templars learn how to fight in addition.
So it could be that not all templars are 'created' equal, with perhaps the officers receiving an actual Chantry education.
Of course, this also muddies the waters about the nature of templar vows. I think of an initiate's vows being like those Sebastian took that include chastity, whereas we know from DG that templars don't take a vow of chastity. So... maybe this codex is just wrong in general. :shrug: It's ostensibly from "a guide for ambassadors from Rivain." LOL
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That never even occurred to me lol That would be cool though. Someone make a steampunk game!
