I think it's meant to be the new Red Templar insignia. People noticed they had a different one in the PAX demo.
Naw, that turned out to be nothing. It was just a bad photo, R2 found a better picture and it's definitely the Sword of Mercy on the Red Templar's armour.
I use scrivener, a Mac product on PC, which... Well, it's good for organizing your story like this, and way slick, but I still prefer writing in Word. So a FREE product like this would probably make me appreciate it a bit more. LOLI thrive on YWriter. I don't have any idea what I'd do without it.
So this is kinda cool. Replaying the end of Best Served Cold, for... reasons, and I've never really messed around with all the options before. It's my pro-templar playthrough, so I'm reporting back to Meredith about Thrask, et al. She asks if Orsino was behind it, and if you're sarcastic and tell her to work it out on her own, she says, "Cullen tells me the first enchanter was not behind this, that one of our own led this scheme. I do not believe it." Imagine how tough it might be, as Meredith's subordinate, to disagree with her interpretation. Good on him!
So this is kinda cool. Replaying the end of Best Served Cold, for... reasons, and I've never really messed around with all the options before. It's my pro-templar playthrough, so I'm reporting back to Meredith about Thrask, et al. She asks if Orsino was behind it, and if you're sarcastic and tell her to work it out on her own, she says, "Cullen tells me the first enchanter was not behind this, that one of our own led this scheme. I do not believe it." Imagine how tough it might be, as Meredith's subordinate, to disagree with her interpretation. Good on him!
Which one was Best Served Cold, again? It's been a while since I played through properly.
So this is kinda cool. Replaying the end of Best Served Cold, for... reasons, and I've never really messed around with all the options before. It's my pro-templar playthrough, so I'm reporting back to Meredith about Thrask, et al. She asks if Orsino was behind it, and if you're sarcastic and tell her to work it out on her own, she says, "Cullen tells me the first enchanter was not behind this, that one of our own led this scheme. I do not believe it." Imagine how tough it might be, as Meredith's subordinate, to disagree with her interpretation. Good on him!
So Cullen dobs in Thrask? LMAO! Little sh!te.
The more I think about it, the more I believe that Cullen just wants to do what's right (regardless of whether it's one of his own breaking the rules) ... granted, he's not quite figured out what "the right thing" is yet, but he's getting there slowly, bless him.
Completely random, but I found a thing the writers here might like! So here's the thing. c:
Thanks I knew lurking on the Cullen thread would be a good idea and provide a positive benefit to me. <- This so is not an excuse to hid the fact that I might be a Cullen fan and slowly coming to terms with it
So Cullen dobs in Thrask? LMAO! Little sh!te.
I think that's the smartest possible route he could've gone if he said Grace ran the show Meredith would've put even more pressure on the mages but since it was her own Templars she didn't have an excuse to tighten her grip.
The more I think about it, the more I believe that Cullen just wants to do what's right (regardless of whether it's one of his own breaking the rules) ... granted, he's not quite figured out what "the right thing" is yet, but he's getting there slowly, bless him.
From what I gathered Cullen knows what's right and that's protecting people I think that he doesn't know the best way to go around it. He was betrayed and tortured by Mages and that drove him to a more Templarist approach and now that he's been betrayed on that front because he believed in Meredith in a way before she went crazy. He may become a lost soul, not searching for a purpose but searching for a way to fulfil the purpose. Or a more poetic way of putting he sees the light at the end of the tunnel but he does not see the path.
Sheesh the Cullen thread is addicting I lurk for a few week and then I just think about posting and I've developed an addiction.
Thanks I knew lurking on the Cullen thread would be a good idea and provide a positive benefit to me. <- This so is not an excuse to hid the fact that I might be a Cullen fan and slowly coming to terms with it
I think that's the smartest possible route he could've gone if he said Grace ran the show Meredith would've put even more pressure on the mages but since it was her own Templars she didn't have an excuse to tighten her grip.
From what I gathered Cullen knows what's right and that's protecting people I think that he doesn't know the best way to go around it. He was betrayed and tortured by Mages and that drove him to a more Templarist approach and now that he's been betrayed on that front because he believed in Meredith in a way before she went crazy. He may become a lost soul, not searching for a purpose but searching for a way to fulfil the purpose. Or a more poetic way of putting he sees the light at the end of the tunnel but he does not see the path.
Sheesh the Cullen thread is addicting I lurk for a few week and then I just think about posting and I've developed an addiction.
Welcome to the fray!
Thanks I knew lurking on the Cullen thread would be a good idea and provide a positive benefit to me. <- This so is not an excuse to hid the fact that I might be a Cullen fan and slowly coming to terms with it
I think that's the smartest possible route he could've gone if he said Grace ran the show Meredith would've put even more pressure on the mages but since it was her own Templars she didn't have an excuse to tighten her grip.
From what I gathered Cullen knows what's right and that's protecting people I think that he doesn't know the best way to go around it. He was betrayed and tortured by Mages and that drove him to a more Templarist approach and now that he's been betrayed on that front because he believed in Meredith in a way before she went crazy. He may become a lost soul, not searching for a purpose but searching for a way to fulfil the purpose. Or a more poetic way of putting he sees the light at the end of the tunnel but he does not see the path.
Sheesh the Cullen thread is addicting I lurk for a few week and then I just think about posting and I've developed an addiction.
I agree with you about Cullen knowing what's right, but not knowing quite how to get there. 
And I know exactly what you mean about this thread. When the new board was opened, I was all, "I should check this out for a second." And I'm still here. 
So Cullen dobs in Thrask? LMAO! Little sh!te.
The more I think about it, the more I believe that Cullen just wants to do what's right (regardless of whether it's one of his own breaking the rules) ... granted, he's not quite figured out what "the right thing" is yet, but he's getting there slowly, bless him.
Well, I think it's right in keeping with his character, rule follower that he is. Of course he would report the truth to Meredith. And, of course, I reckon she wouldn't be able to cow him into recanting his report, despite her "certainty" that Orsino's behind it anyway. I dunno. I suppose it's also what I would've done! Guess Cullen and I have that in common: we're tattlers. 
What's funny is that apparently Aveline's also pretty annoyed that Hawke "tells" on Thrask. You can refuse to tell the names, and then change your mind, "I can name names." And Aveline makes a grumbled comment like, "dunno why you'd name them HERE."
Thanks I knew lurking on the Cullen thread would be a good idea and provide a positive benefit to me. <- This so is not an excuse to hid the fact that I might be a Cullen fan and slowly coming to terms with it
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Sheesh the Cullen thread is addicting I lurk for a few week and then I just think about posting and I've developed an addiction.
LOL The BEST kind of addiction. An addiction to AWESOMENESS! (and welcome!)
From what I gathered Cullen knows what's right and that's protecting people I think that he doesn't know the best way to go around it. He was betrayed and tortured by Mages and that drove him to a more Templarist approach and now that he's been betrayed on that front because he believed in Meredith in a way before she went crazy. He may become a lost soul, not searching for a purpose but searching for a way to fulfil the purpose. Or a more poetic way of putting he sees the light at the end of the tunnel but he does not see the path.
I agree that he wants to do the right thing and may not always know the best way. I tend to headcanon him in Act 3 as constantly tortured about what to do about Meredith since he told himself he "would never again question the Order." And yet, he obviously is. Poor guy.
In this case, though, I really believe the right thing to do about Thrask is set the record straight. Meredith is on a witch hunt. No matter what you say or do in this quest, she's not even after all the 'bad' mages. She's after Orsino, full stop. Letting her think that this was just a mage thing would have let the situation blow up even more. Probably triggering the Annulment earlier.
I also tend to imagine that finding out your own brethren were rebelling against the Order would be a huge kick in the gut for Cullen. But I don't imagine him hiding from that truth. Rather, I see a big ole House Cleaning in store for the Gallows, as far as he's concerned.
Thanks I knew lurking on the Cullen thread would be a good idea and provide a positive benefit to me. <- This so is not an excuse to hid the fact that I might be a Cullen fan and slowly coming to terms with it
I think that's the smartest possible route he could've gone if he said Grace ran the show Meredith would've put even more pressure on the mages but since it was her own Templars she didn't have an excuse to tighten her grip.
From what I gathered Cullen knows what's right and that's protecting people I think that he doesn't know the best way to go around it. He was betrayed and tortured by Mages and that drove him to a more Templarist approach and now that he's been betrayed on that front because he believed in Meredith in a way before she went crazy. He may become a lost soul, not searching for a purpose but searching for a way to fulfil the purpose. Or a more poetic way of putting he sees the light at the end of the tunnel but he does not see the path.
Sheesh the Cullen thread is addicting I lurk for a few week and then I just think about posting and I've developed an addiction.
Welcome! Always glad to see a new Cullenite!
I think your point is pretty accurate. I think he knows the right path, in his gut, but the established paths are the only ones he can see and they veer off in opposite directions. He'd have to stumble through brambles to get to what he knows is right and I think that makes him question his convictions. That if no one else is traveling in that direction, he must be wrong but his compass keeps telling him to go that way. Each time he picks one of the established paths, he finds himself back where he started, looking at that scary, untested direction.
Now, see, if Cullen were like most templars he would have emphasized Grace's involvement. Meredith is fanatical enough that accusing her of enthralling Thrask would have sold like free porn! Alrik would have done it to be mean. Other knights may have done so because they believed there was no other explanation for Thrask's behavior. In short, others would have either saw an opportunity or just choose to believe the worst of mages rather than their own comrade's decisions. It would be far too tempting to just roll with Meredith's beliefs and pander to them. Insisting on making the truth known puts one in disagreement with their Knight Commander. It takes a brass set to stand there and tell her that her assumptions are wrong. Especially considering the paperwork involved... 
Edit: Oops. Double post.
Interesting interchange about the "fast"ness of DA:I. Faster than DA:O, but slower than DA2?
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