About the templar in the Broken Circle quest in DA:O, the player got a codex entry from his corpse.
Notice of Censure
Templar Drass, your remarks in front of the recruits are only the latest in a series of troubling events. I am beginning to suspect that you may not be suited to the devotional requirements of training. Perhaps it is time for a personal evaluation of your career path within the templars. I will schedule some time after the current deployment to discuss options elsewhere in the organization.
--Attendant Cerand, assistant to Knight-Commander Greagoir
(A note is scribbled in the corner.) "Attendant who? Options? Code for dead-end duty on a hedge-mage hunt in the Bannorn."
To me, this suggests that there was some kind of cause and effect relationship between Drass's lonliness and the prohibition against involvement. It isn't clear to me whether his poor job performance was due to his desire for a different life or whether he craved a family because he was dissatisfied with his career, but one way or another, the man had issues. Desire demons exploit existing weakness.
David Gaider has said that templars are permitted to marry, but only in cases where the templar's devotion is above suspicion and only where the spouse has an independent means of support. Wesley was allowed to marry because Aveline could support herself emotionally and economically without distracting him from his duties. When Merrill asks her why they never had children, she cites his calling as a reason. In other words, they couldn't have children unless she was in a position to raise them without him... or unless he left the Order.
Since the templars are now officially dissolved, there would be no one to tell Cullen to keep it in his pants. Plus, we don't know that he hasn't left the Order voluntarily. Or he could pull an Alistair and break it off with the PC because of a conflict of interests.
Edit: Cerand's letter suggests that templars who are not posted at Circles are allowed greater lattitude. Rhys's existence proves that not all templars are as scrupulous about fraternization as some of the ones we've met. Kinloch Hold's geographic isolation may have contributed to the problem. Of the Kirkwall templars, about the only one we *don't* see participating in sexual shenanigans is Cullen. Others, up to and including the Knight-Lieutenants, don't seem to have any problem relieving their needs with prostitutes or even with Circle mages.
Modifié par berelinde, 07 octobre 2012 - 12:10 .
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