haroldhardluck wrote...
For me the decision was easy. Morrigan was directly helping me. Flemeth was not. When it came to deceptions, while Morrigan was not telling me everything, Flemeth was hiding even more. The game makes an effort to coordinate facial expressions and body language with dialogue. In many cases it shows that Morrigan was the victim of a rather abusive childhood. Which is more reason to believe her over Flemeth.
Keep in mind, saving the PC and Al was Flemeth's idea, not Morrigan's, and Morrigan was only with you (initially) at her mother's behest. And though Morrigan is the product of Flemeth's upbringing, which makes her the more sympathetic of the two, she still fully subscribes to her mother's beliefs; whether or not Flemeth had any sinister plans for her daughter, killing her for power is the kind of thing you would expect Morrigan to do given the opportunity.
In the end, I too sided with Morrigan. Either way, I'm betraying someone, and either way, I'm potentially being decieved and used. I might as well side with the one currently working for me, who I'm kind of bonding with...and who can still be subject to a little manipulation and influence of my doing.
I found the ritual intriguing. I hope very much that it is not wasted and the consequences will show up in the future. Basically my gut instinct was to do it.
Only thing we can do is wait and see...
haroldhardluck wrote...
Do you dislike the charity and relief work the Chantry does? How about their quest board offering rewards for helping out people? It is very obvious that helping people is one of the major tasks of the Chantry. Just listen to the casual conversations between NPCs about how much work is being done to help the refugees in Lothering, However it is also obvious what the Chantry is supposed to be and the game is clearly pushing all the emotional
buttons people have about the real thing to make the gamers schizophrenic about the Chantry.
Can't speak for SusanStoHelit, but I think I know where she's coming from. Personally, I'm all about religious freedom as well, and bear no ill will towards small Chantry priests, who indeed have good intentions and do a great many charitable deeds. But the larger organization of the Chantry itself, however, I regard as very dangerous. I support religious freedom, it does not, a core of its belief is to convert those who do not abide by it, and stamp out all other religions. This has largely been done to the Elven faith(s), and has worked to further suppress their culture and keep them in line (on the bottom rung of society), and has added insult to injury by removing most references to Andraste's sole Elf disciple. Furthermore, the Chantry has a lot of political clout in Fereldan and across Thedas, its own military force in the Templars, and through them, has an almost monopolistic hold on
mages. Simply put, the Chantry has a lot of power in its hands that is subject to abuse, and it's only seeking more. Opening a Chantry in Orzammar (at the behest of a priest who himself gave off a very arrogant air) only gives it another foothold to expand its influence. And my Alienage elf couldn't have that.
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