Pantherus wrote...
I'm looking to make my next play through a Dalish Rogue Archer (Ranger/Bard Build) and am considering key decisions to make throught the storylines in the main quests.
The character I'm looking to role-play is that of a very patriotic Dalish and borderline Xenophobic of everyone NOT Dalish - especially Humans. To that end I'm looking to setup the party as "No Humans Allowed" or at least "No Loyal Ferelden Humans Allowed" - specifically Morrigan, Sten & Dog (possibly switch to Ogren later) with the idea that she wouldn't side with the Humans but will settle for a Qunari, Hermit-Witch and Puppy 
Zevran would fit better for roleplaying but at this point I put my meta-gaming cap on and don't want to double-up my rogues...This would also fit with some alignment-related decisions made as her attitude torwards helping humans (i.e. DON'T) would largely coincide with the attitudes of Morrigan and Sten.
Anyway - to the main quest decisions:
- Nature of the Beast: Will obviously side with the Dalish against the Werewolves but will probably take the "Kill em all" tact rather than curing them - "Shoot first and ask questions later" will largely be the attitude...
- Broken Circle: Little harder - who would such a Dalish prefer to side with - the origin of Human Corruption in the Mages, or an Oppressive band like the Templars? I'm thinking of sticking with the Mages as a lesser of two evils as it were...not sure Morrigan or Sten would agree but you never know...not sure yet whether I'll switch Wynne in for Morri or Dog during the Tower...or can you kill her and her allies yet still ultimately side with the Mages?
- Sacred Ashes: Tough call - Desecrating the ashes seems to fit the attitude and allies (plus ticking off the humans) yet Andrastre helped free the Elves (for a while) and so desecrating her ashes seems to go against that
- Connor - Kill or go into the Fade - I'm thinking Kill...
- Paragon of her Kind: tough call - really not sure either way but thinking side with Bhelen and Branka...
Any thoughts or insight would be highly welcome
Nature of the Beast: I would cure them if I'm a Dalish. The first thing I do is help Elora with the Halla, and then I go talk to the Dales that are all
gathered around the campfire and ask them about the werewolves and the forest. They say that the werewolves ambushed them, and if you ask how mindless creatures can plan an ambush, they say that they were wondering this as well. Apparently when they asked Zathrian, he had insisted that the werewolves were mindless beasts. However, the Dales know that they can't be mindless if they ambushed them, and are extremely suspicious of the Keeper and suspect that he is lying. The question is why. Knowing this, my Warden had enough information - especially when found out that the werewolves could talk - to start looking for answers. Therefore, she wouldn't simply "shoot first and ask questions later". After finding out that killing Witherfang would help the Dalish, but not the werewolves, she knew that it would only further provoke the werewolves and that they'd keep attacking the Dalish. So she convinced Zathrian to end the curse, saying, "Would you really let your clan die for this?"
Broken Circle: Merrill is a mage, and while my Warden was slightly angered that Merrill wanted to give up searching, she still loves her, and the same goes for the Keeper. Being a mage is looked at as a gift among the Dalish. All my elf Wardens are simpathetic to mages, since they can relate to the cruelty and discrimination they face.
Sacred Ashes: desecrate the Ashes and ****** off the humans? Umm, no thanks. For this one I had more of a "shoot first and ask questions later" outlook. They tried to kill me, they killed Redcliffe knights, Weylon, tried to kill Genitivi, threatened the guy at the inn in Lake Calenhad. I don't really give a damn about what they have to say. I don't want them to keep hurting people.
Connor: this one really isn't as simple as "Because of my Origin, I am going to do this." In the case of a Dalish Warden, I think that there could be a wide variety of outlooks they might have on it. Mine saved Connor, but that's her character. It really depends on how you plan on shaping your Warden
Paragon of Her Kind: being a Dalish elf, and having more of a "traditional" outlook on things (the Dalish sure do love their traditions) my Dalish Warden sided with Harrowmont. She didn't side with Branka, since, if she supported enslaving living souls, how is she any better than the humans who had enslaved the elves?
As for party, relations with humans, et cetera, my Dalish Warden kind of just said to herself, "Remember, the Keeper told you to do this, so try not to make any rude comments to the humans at Ostagar." Not insulting Cailan was indeed very difficult, but she managed to suppress any rude or angsty comments. If you're Warden would recruit Zevran, then you should do it, even if it means you have another rogue. He says he was sold as a child, so my Warden sympathized (the whole elf-slavery thing again) and let him come along. She ended up getting along with him pretty well, considering his Dalish heritage.
The Dalish outlook on humans also depends on the outlook on Duncan. And we all know that there are a million ways to look at Duncan: he helped protect Bryce Cousland, but he drags away the Noble Origin character whether they want to go or not; he gives Sorris and you a sword so that you can go save the women, but he doesn't bother doing anything except sitting back and watching to see how it all turns out; he helps save you from the taint, but he tells you to give up searching for your friend and doesn't care about whether you would rather die than become a Warden. If you like Duncan, then I think you'd be willing to give humans a chance; if you hate him - not so much.
Not to mention it's kind of easy to determine where a human stands when it comes to elves. There's the armorer at Ostagar who yells at you and treats you like dirt because he mistook you for a red-headed elf, because apparently all elves look alike to him, and then there's Alistair, who doesn't mention that you're an elf even once.
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And Zevran's mother was Dalish. This is a good motivating factor (RP wise) to drag him along for the party. 
