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[Mary Kirby]

Note: This interview was requested by Costin_Razvan, as apparently there is a small group of people who are not satisfied by interviews with sullen qunari or crazy old priests.  Baffling.

Me: Loghain, I need you take some time out of your busy schedule of... I guess brooding?  Looking miserable?  Actually, I guess I have no idea what it is you're doing, but take a break, okay?  I need you to answer some questions for the forums.
Loghain: What? What forums? No, don't be ridiculous. How did you get in here, anyway?
Me: Plot holes.  Look, if you don't do this interview, the Orlesians win.
Loghain: ... Just make this quick.

Q & A with Loghain

Q: What do you think of the hate the players have against you?



A. I assure you, I think of nothing else. I cry myself to sleep over their cruelty every night.

Q. Wow.  Really?

A. No. I've been hated by a lot of people in my time, many of whom I actually knew and whose opinions mattered to me.  Why would I care for the hatred of strangers?

Q: What are your thoughts regarding Ostagar?


A. Oh, Maker, this again.  Only the darkspawn came away from that place victorious.  I have nothing further to say on the subject.


Q: What are your thoughts of Alistair, Duncan and Cailan?



A. All I know of Alistair is his name.  I'm not sure what conculsions you expect me to draw from that.  I barely knew Duncan, but he seemed capable, I suppose.  I have no desire to speak further of Cailan.

Q: What is your favorite map?



A. There's a very fine one of Ferelden hanging on the wall in the war room at Denerim. It was drawn just before the Orlesian invasion, and shows every bannorn and arling, every freehold exactly as it was almost a century ago.

Q: Now that you are a Grey Warden, what do you think of the order?



A. Since "the order" presently consists of just two people besides myself, I can't find any fault with it.

Q: Do you like nugs?

A. Those hairless rodents the dwarves eat? I've never seen one that wasn't salt-cured. They're not bad with pancakes, I suppose.

Modifié par Mary Kirby, 17 janvier 2010 - 09:24 .

[Mary Kirby]

KnightofPhoenix wrote...

haha nice. Very Loghain like.
BTW, I read somewhere (forgot where) that you, Miss Mary Kirby, was the main writer for Loghain. Is this true?

Yes, I was responsible for writing Loghain.

[Mary Kirby]

I can't tell you anything about the expansion, as I've been on another project. I've got no idea who appears in it or in what capacity.



As far as the beacon goes: Loghain was supposed to hold his position until the full force of darkspawn was in that canyon. He could see some of what was happening, but he was in a side canyon with no vantage point to see the entire field. If he charged too early, his flanking maneuver would have failed spectacularly as his men got sandwiched between waves of darkspawn.

[Mary Kirby]

@ Solica: To be entirely fair, Loghain was always meant to be a character that you could justifiably kill in the Landsmeet. That's pretty much what we expected players to do. He has unquestionably committed heinous crimes. You have every reason to kill him.



The point was always that he wasn't a crazy, cackling, "I WANT TO DESTROY THE WORLD, BWAHAHAHAHA!" villain, and his motives were comphrensible if not especially admirable. He was human, and he screwed up, and by the end, he knew that. And if you so chose, you could save him from himself. I always kind of saw him as Magus from Chrono Trigger. He's definitely a bad guy even though he did have some good intentions, and sparing him sort of screws one of your buddies... but you can still make that call, and not be completely crazy to do so.



As for the effect on Ferelden society... Ferelden wasn't going to heal cleanly no matter what you chose. The civil war ends at the Landsmeet, but either way the Fereldens have been killing their friends, family, and neighbors for almost a year. If you spare Loghain, maybe his opponents continue to feel resentment, or maybe it could be seen as a gesture toward reconciliation, an example for both sides to follow. If you kill him, his supporters have no one left to follow, but that probably doesn't make their anger and resentment simply disappear. Either way, Ferelden's political climate is even more unstable than usual (and it never was very stable) for quite a long time.

[Mary Kirby]

TyroneTasty wrote...

Me: Plot holes.  Look, if you don't do this interview, the Orlesians win.

Haha! Love that line.

Hey, are you Jack Kirby's daughter? 

Nope, no relation.