berelinde wrote...
We have met two Seekers in-game. Both were Andrastian. I find it difficult to believe that no one would have noticed that the entire wiki entry for the Seekers was in error. The article states over and over that the Seekers are an Andrastian order. They do not say that they are Andrastian in nature. There is no ambiguity about it. What Order admits members who do not meet the defining requirements?
Do we know Cassandra's beliefs regarding the Maker? No.
And it's pointless to assert that because 2 people believe in the Maker -- which for Cassandra we don't actually know -- then so too must it hold true to the rest of the Seekers.
The Grey Wardens predate the Chantry. While it is mentioned in passing in one sentence in the wiki article (which you claim to be an unreliable source), there is absolutely nothing in game to suggest that the Wardens have any religious affiliation at all. There are numerous in-game references to the Wardens' policy of recruiting members without regard toward background, race, or politics.
It may not have been supported in-game, but I am certain that it was supported elsewhere. In either the BSN or some sort of guide.
And their origins are irrelevant. I knew this would be the counterargument used against me. By the logic employed that because a group serves the Chantry they must all believe in what the Chantry preaches, that same logic must hold true for the Grey Wardens since they served the Chantry at one point.
But it doesn't. They served the Chantry but did not all believe in the Maker.
The Wardens have one purpose: they stop the Blight. They do not exist to spread the Chant or to "spread the belief around".
Wrong. Their purpose was twofold in days old. Their purpose was to protect humanity from the Darkspawn/Blights and spread the Chant of Light/Chantry's influence.
Only during the 3rd Blight when they had to mediate and convince two nations to fight the Blight did they sign an proclamation of their neutrality from then onwards.
Sacred_Fantasy wrote....
Granted. Now this leave one last question.
Out of many people who do believe in the Maker, why is my character be chosen to be a Seeker?
Surely there must be a solid reason because not all players like the idea to be associated with religious order.
See my link on the previous page or the one before that. I gave a very general synopsis of why you were sought out.
My Amber Cousland had reason to join the warden because she had no one else and she did it for her father.
My Maverick Cousland join the warden as a ticket to go to landsmeet and seek revenge against Rendon Howe.
My Mahariel was sick and joining the warden was the only way to save her life.
My Aeducan was wronged by her brother and she seek justice through warden organization.
You can still employ reasoning on why you joined the group.
BioWare's Hawke, on the other hand had no solid ground to be involved with Mage-Templar. I don't want to be in this situation again if i am to play the Seeker's role. There must be a reason or something to gain because my character doesn't interested with anything that has nothing to do with him/her.
I disagree that Hawke had no reason to get involved in the war. He had plenty of reasons, if you stop to think about it.
There's Bethany, if she's alive.
There's the estate and the safety of the city -- which is threatened by the measures of Meredith -- which means you want to protect that.
There's Hawke, if he's a mage.
There are reasons, but I won't deny that those reasons become not as great and more along the lines of a hollow sham because of how bad the story is IMO.
So yes, the reasons exist. The continuance of those reasons, however, doesn't.
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