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[Akrabra]

 First of all let me just say that i really enjoy Dragon Age II alot. its a great game in many aspects. I recently picked it up again for a save from Origins and with a goal to become Viscount. I was stunned to be honest, first of all it was much better than i remember it and the characters that i can sway was still there, Merill is the best example of this.

The Arishok is so well written and sure in his conviction that i am actually terrified of him. And the question is about just that, the Qunari. At this time i was playing a rogue, so i do my thing, i backstab some people and just in general enjoy the game. In the quest Act of Mercy where you transport a Saarebas for Sister Petrice. At the end of the quest you meet a team led there to find him, a Qunari entourage. If you have a mage in the party and you tell them that, or if you are a mage yourself, they will attack you without hesitation. So strong is the Qun's conviction. So here it is, why doesn't the Arishok strike you down at the first sight of you? Obviously he should know you are Saarebas in your dealings with his people and more, and you can still be his "perfect" rival as he explains it. Worthy i mean. So why is it so?.

Thats it, i realize this thread became more about airing my feelings on the game, a game which i truly love and has much more choices than what is apparent. Also my first thread on the forum, yay. 

[Forst1999]

Arvaarat attacks you when he realizes he was speaking to a mage the whole time. He thinks this was a deliberate deception on your part. If the Arishok knows, he probably doesn't see deception.
Or he thinks it's just not his role to attack you because of this.

Modifié par Forst1999, 04 janvier 2014 - 12:43 .

[otis0310]

The game was rushed so there are a lot of loose threads that make no sense, but this is not one of them in my opinion.

Farmers are always farmer, merchants are always merchants.
The Arvaarad's job is to take care of mages, this is not the role of the Arishok.
The Arishok therefore will not attack you because that is not his role, he will leave that to the Arvaarad.
However the Arvaarad should attack you for just that reason when he sees you, and does.

[Akrabra]

Well that does make sense. I just like how they have written the Qunari, its the best thing about the second game. Origins does it just aswell with Sten, but you get a different kind of respect from him, even as a woman. Can't wait till Inquisition and we can actually play them. Hope we can have a that way to look at the world. Thanks for the answers.

[Magdalena11]

Neither Hawke nor any mages use magic in sight of the Arishok. It's only when you tell the Qunari or use magic that they decide you need to die. By the time magic is used in front of him he already wants you dead.

I think the Qunari are the only race in Thedas that can't recognize a mage on sight. I wonder if we'll get a Fenris-type reaction from Iron Bull (if he's a companion) in DAI.

[abearzi]

I think because most (all?) the interactions with the Qunari are through the Beresaad that makes everyone assume everyone in the Qun is like that. But they are all prone to individual faults and weakness and failings. Sten in DAO is quite receptive of a baas Saarebas, and so that leads me to believe that even within the Qun there are those who are more or less prejudiced against mages. The Arvaarad is particularly hostile, probably in large part due to his specific role within the Qun of dealing with their own mages. Talis also offers some insight into how people within the Qun struggle with its demands, even when they don't reject them as the Tal vashosh do.

Modifié par abearzi, 20 février 2014 - 01:07 .