Cazlee wrote...
Here is what Loghain says in-game concerning Alistair's background (for what it's worth). It is implied that Alistair is older than Cailan and so Rowan is alive when he was born.
PC: Why would Eamon support Alistair's bid for the throne then?
Loghain: Because Eamon, for all his merits, is a conservative man that believes in tradition and inheritance, and would never see the daughter of a freeholder, however gifted, in power.
PC: But Alistair's mother was a commoner.
Loghain: And if there had been any other heir, Eamon would have never suggested the boy.
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PC: Why didn't [Maric] acknolwedge Alistair?
Loghain: He nearly did. Maric was never one to avoid his duty, and given his preference he would have acknowledged his son no matter the circumstance, but he had more than his honor to think of. It would have ruined Rowan, after all. She'd be reduced to a concubine in the eyes of our neighbors and put Cailans status as heir at question. So Maric made the hard choice. Eamon offered to raise th boy and that was that.
1- PC: So it was all politics?
Loghain: Kings dont get the luxory of escaping politics.
3- PC: So that's it? Honor and politics and no concern for Alistair?
Loghain: What do you think would have become of Alistair if Maric had claimed him? He would have been the bastard prince and a continual reminder to Rowan of Maric's infidelity. At least with Eamon, Alistair had a childhood.
Again, in the Stolen Throne, it is said that Loghain stayed away from Maric and Rowan as much as possible, due to his history with Rowan. He was not a councilor to the King until after Rowan died, up to that point he was at home with his wife and daughter. Any supposed information he had about Alistair would be suspect.
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