See, that's one of the reasons that Cullen probably won't be a companion/LI, but that doesn't stop me from hoping that he is one lol. That being said, the Templar Order is now in complete disarray because not only have the Mages gone rogue but the Templars have rebelled too, however, I can't see Cullen siding with the rebel Mages because he's so regimented when it comes to following the Chantries rules, and since the Templars have broken away from the Chantry he'd probably go straight to the Divine to seek guidance. If that's the case then it opens up several possibilities as to how he could end up becoming a companion.
In DA, you tend to have much more freedom to pick your allegiances than you do in ME. I hope this continues to be the case, but I don't quite see Cullen following you down the path I would take.
During the course of DA2, over time he begins to voice his concerns about Meredith and the Order. There's no denying that in Act 1 he's a extremely anti-mage, but don't forget he's still suffering PTSD after his torture at the hands of the blood mages in DA:O; BUT over time he does start to mellow, to the extent that a pro-mage Hawke can influence his views, hell, if he hated mages that much then he wouldn't have spoken to Hawke about our female Amell Warden so wistfully. And let us not forget that he spared the 3 escaped mages at the end of Act 3 and defended them against Meredith (you only get to see it if you side with the Templars though.)
I find Cullen interesting. I sympathize with Cullen. But I don't like him in the slightest, and that templar ending scene does nothing to change this. He's slaughtered an uncounted number of mages who were only defending themselves. Finding a pitiful shadow of a conscience here does not make him likeable to me, not until he follows up on this far more.
But Cullen already showed very clearly at the end of DA2 that he's
prepared to follow what he thinks the Order stands for, not necessarily
the powers that be. And, thus, he can defy Meredith not once, but twice
if you let the mages surrender on a pro-templar run. So, it is perfectly
conceivable that he would be one of the Templars who remain loyal to
the Chantry and does not follow the official (Seeker-led) Order into
their separation and subsequent war on the mages. We'll just have to
wait and see where all the cards fall. Moreover, the Seekers themselves
are technically no longer under the authority of the Chantry either. So,
if the PC were a Seeker, there's also no telling which side he/she
would be on, standing with the official Seekers of Truth or remaining
loyal to the Chantry.
Since the Chantry is a "neutral" faction between mages and templars, it'd make far more sense if the PC started out there. As for the rest... he defies Meredith, but Meredith is so completely nuts that I doubt even Lambert would endorse her "accuse absolutely everyone of being a blood mage thrall and try to use an eldritch artifact to crush people with Tevinter statuary" policy. Defying, say, Greagoir, would have much more impact.
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