So after 10+ playthroughs I actually talked to him at the start of act 3. I know from MoA the guy has a strange side but hey who am I to judge. What I don't understand is why is he so hostile toward Hawke? I am playing a mage and could see that as a reason, especially since the templars have all but assumed control of the city. Is he like that if a warrior or rogue? I assume so but don't have a save to test it.
Seneschal Bran question
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Posté 15 août 2012 - 01:20
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Yes, though I assume its because he doesn't want to end up working for a fereldan turnip, who mage or no has a known strong line of magic in the family (strong comparatively to andrastian nations, probably only a meager line by tevintar standards).
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Posté 15 août 2012 - 01:59
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Yeah I think it's just that he resents your rise. Bran's a Kirkwaller who's probably worked very hard for most of his life to attain his position. In rides Hawke and after only 4 years in the city he's got an estate in Hightown and is having private meetings with the Viscount. At that point you're encroaching on his position but then you become Champion and surpass him.
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Posté 15 août 2012 - 08:53
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Y'all are giving really practical reasons for his resentment. I decided it was because Hawke spread word of his STDs throughout Kirkwall and now Bran can't get certain needs met. Anders really should explain HIPAA to his friends. 
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Posté 15 août 2012 - 05:51
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That explains why Brann has to take the female Elf with the male voice from the Blooming Rose as his "date" to the hunt in MotA.LadyJaneGrey wrote...
Y'all are giving really practical reasons for his resentment. I decided it was because Hawke spread word of his STDs throughout Kirkwall and now Bran can't get certain needs met. Anders really should explain HIPAA to his friends.
(I get the feeling that the female elf having a male voice was a mistake, but then, they made it canon that the elf's a transvestite in MotA. To quote Tallis, "Awkward.")
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Posté 15 août 2012 - 06:07
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I figure that Bran is just a huge ****** who doesn't appreciate sharing the Viscount's confidence with some Fereldan upstart.
Still, I give the guy some credit: if you badmouth Seamus after the end of Following the Qun, he calls out Hawke for being a jerk.
Still, I give the guy some credit: if you badmouth Seamus after the end of Following the Qun, he calls out Hawke for being a jerk.
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Posté 15 août 2012 - 06:26
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If Hawke does anything other take his leave of the confrontation with the Viscount and his son, Bran shows his displeasure with Hawke's interference in a personal matter of the Viscount.thats1evildude wrote...
I figure that Bran is just a huge ****** who doesn't appreciate sharing the Viscount's confidence with some Fereldan upstart.
Still, I give the guy some credit: if you badmouth Seamus after the end of Following the Qun, he calls out Hawke for being a jerk.
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Posté 15 août 2012 - 06:44
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ReggarBlane wrote...
(I get the feeling that the female elf having a male voice was a mistake, but then, they made it canon that the elf's a transvestite in MotA. To quote Tallis, "Awkward.")
I doubt Serendipity was a mistake, there were 'female' companions (transvestites) at the Pearl in DA:O (they show up if you choose 'show me some of both').. plus.. well the name Serendipity (meaning - "making desirable discoveries by accident").
sorry to go a tad off topic
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Posté 15 août 2012 - 06:58
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ReggarBlane wrote...
If Hawke does anything other take his leave of the confrontation with the Viscount and his son, Bran shows his displeasure with Hawke's interference in a personal matter of the Viscount.thats1evildude wrote...
I figure that Bran is just a huge ****** who doesn't appreciate sharing the Viscount's confidence with some Fereldan upstart.
Still, I give the guy some credit: if you badmouth Seamus after the end of Following the Qun, he calls out Hawke for being a jerk.
Bran generally shows disfavor for anything Hawke does.
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Posté 16 août 2012 - 12:34
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My God Bran is the Turian Councillor of Dragon Age. Next game there'll be air quotes I'm calling it.
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Posté 16 août 2012 - 02:59
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I dunno how valid the "I hate Fereldans" theory is regarding Bran. He's fairly cordial to Aveline the Guard Captain, who pretty much is a woman that made a name for herself in short order. Shorter then it took Hawke to acquire everything.
I think what Bran really takes issue with is just how Hawke acquired everything. First he was a fortune-hunter whose fame in the Deep Roads and prior contact with the Qunari caused him to become important, next he just stumbled into the position of Champion through a brief war.
It's not the who, but the how. His belief is that Kirkwall has far too many mercenaries and fortune-hunters, and Hawke is simply one more of them. Still, he's not hostile towards Hawke. He's not nice to Hawke either. He's simply just a tired politician, being used by the Templars by Act 3.
That said, his comments to a pro-Mage, anti-Meredith, anti-TemplarsInPower Hawke are shortsighted and not befitting of someone with experience in politics, because he'd benefit from working with Hawke on such a thing.
To be fair, it's not exactly uncalled for. Hawke's a stranger to the Viscount interjecting in a personal and very private discussion the Viscount is having with his son.
Not so much Bran as the entire collective nobility of Kirkwall, when Hawke presents them with information on the Qunari sleeper cells after MotA's end.
I think what Bran really takes issue with is just how Hawke acquired everything. First he was a fortune-hunter whose fame in the Deep Roads and prior contact with the Qunari caused him to become important, next he just stumbled into the position of Champion through a brief war.
It's not the who, but the how. His belief is that Kirkwall has far too many mercenaries and fortune-hunters, and Hawke is simply one more of them. Still, he's not hostile towards Hawke. He's not nice to Hawke either. He's simply just a tired politician, being used by the Templars by Act 3.
That said, his comments to a pro-Mage, anti-Meredith, anti-TemplarsInPower Hawke are shortsighted and not befitting of someone with experience in politics, because he'd benefit from working with Hawke on such a thing.
ReggarBlane wrote...
If Hawke does anything other take his leave of the confrontation with the Viscount and his son, Bran shows his displeasure with Hawke's interference in a personal matter of the Viscount.
To be fair, it's not exactly uncalled for. Hawke's a stranger to the Viscount interjecting in a personal and very private discussion the Viscount is having with his son.
DPSSOC wrote...
My God Bran is the Turian Councillor of Dragon Age. Next game there'll be air quotes I'm calling it.
Not so much Bran as the entire collective nobility of Kirkwall, when Hawke presents them with information on the Qunari sleeper cells after MotA's end.
