Monica21 wrote...
Sandtigress wrote...
It has nothing to do with love - necessarily. It can be a political match, and a strong one, simply because she is a Cousland. When I say "powerful" I mean it in a purely political fashion - her family is the second ranking in Ferelden. Marry the first and second families, and who can stand against you? Alistair knows his history - he knows this. Regardless of his feelings for the PC, he will agree to marry her because that union can rally the entire nation behind them to stop the Blight dead in its tracks. Its the only thing that should matter to a Grey Warden. If he also gets to marry the woman he loves, so much the better.
But that's my point. He doesn't need to marry you to get the nation to rally behind anything. Ferelden simply needs to settle on a ruler and either Anora or Alistair will do.
If he's not in a relationship with the PC, then at least he's marrying a known quantity, rather than picking at random from the other nobles. He admits in a romance that he never expected anyone culd make him feel that way - this is a man who does not believe he will ever find love, though he hopes that he does. Its why he's willing to marry Anora - he'll do what he has to to end the Blight, even if it means marrying someone he despises.
I suppose I just see Alistair differently, but this is where I disagree. How does Alistair suddenly become politically savvy at the Landsmeet? How is he able to not only see past the part where he doesn't love you, but also past the part where there's no chance you'll have an heir? The latter is the reason he gives to break up with someone he loves. What would make him cave on a point he feels that strongly about to someone he doesn't love?
You have to remember that he doesn't
know that he doesn't need your political marriage in order to win their support. As far as you know, either you know nothing about the political situation, or you know that his position is weak because the nobles don't like the idea of a bastard on the throne. Knowing that Alistair can take throne without you is meta-gaming. ;-)
Alistair's never been not-politically savvy. He doesn't have training, but that doesn't mean he's entirely naive either. He's had a good education, he knows how Ferelden politics work, just like you or I know to some extent how our countries are goverened. He knows, for instance, that Arl Eamon is popular enough to be put forward as heir.
He doesn't love Anora either - and he'll marry her. It has nothing to do with love, it has everything to do with politics and getting the support necessary to end the Blight. He'll do what he has to do.
As far as the heir thing goes - an HNF doesn't necessarily have to know that Wardens can't have children together. Especially if they're not in a relationship with Alistair, they won't know this point because he only reveals it if certain answers are picked in a romance dialog. And if you've done RtO, you know there is a potential for Anora to be barren as well, and he'll still marry her. So he's got the choice between two politically powerful, potentially barren women to rule with to get the bannorn on his side. It might be that you're a better choice than Anora.
He'll break up with someone over the childless thing only after he's made King. Before that, there's still some hope that he won't be crowned, and he can go on living like he'd like. Afterwards, he realizes that since you're not queen and you can't become queen (if you're elven, dwarven, or a mage), he ends it because he knows he's going to have to pursue a marriage with someone else, and its not fair to try to keep you both (unless you convince him otherwise). If you're already agreed to be in a marriage with him...well, that part of the problem is solved. He won't be cheating on his wife then. Alistair is nothing if not made of honor.
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