So with global war looming everywhere how do you think King Alisitair and or Anora will be reacting to the whole situation? What priorities will be greatest for the two?
And just throwing it out there if you did romance Alistair assume finding his Li is among his top priorities. What I'm more curious about are the other problems they need to deal with. Would like to see if Alistair's Skills in diplomacy have gone up for this sort of thing.
I think their highest priority would be the safety and well-being of Ferelden and its people.
Alistair Maybe...but Anora rubbed me as the Ambitious sort. I would think she would exploit Orlais's weakened state and maybe invade.
Alistair Maybe...but Anora rubbed me as the Ambitious sort. I would think she would exploit Orlais's weakened state and maybe invade.
Anora was also interested in helping people.
Even if she was interested in invading, she is smart enough not to I think. Ferelden is still recovering from the Blight and while Orlais is in a civil war, the moment a foreign nation invades the sides would rally together to face their common foe. Not to mention the obvious threats like the Veil Tears.
Eh, fair enough point I suppose.
I think their priority would be mending the Veil Tears and getting stability back to Ferelden. There seems to be a big problem in the Hinterlands due to the mage/Templar war and ordinary people are suffering because of it, plus the resurgence in dragons. I think they are probably relieved that Orlais has its own problems and so allow them some breathing space. It is possible they may offer some comment on the civil war, considering that Celene was the one who instigated the peace between the two nations and Gaspard is a known warmonger.
I seem to recall that they might be willing to give you permission to use the Hero of Ferelden logo as an endorsement of your actions, presumably if they don't view you as too radical and likely to harm the image of their hero. I'm hope there is either a quest to find out what has become of the Warden or they are at least able to fill you in on this.
Alistair Maybe...but Anora rubbed me as the Ambitious sort. I would think she would exploit Orlais's weakened state and maybe invade.
Anora may be ambitious but she's not stupid. She definitely wouldn't invade Orlais because it would cause the two sides to rally together against the invaders.
If Anora was going to want to invade Orlais though, it wouldn't be during DAI. She'd be focused on fighting against the Veil Tears but if that was her goal eventually, I can see her trying to keep the Civil War going on in Orlais for as long as possible as that would weaken Orlais even more. She wouldn't invade during the Civil War but right after one side wins so they are at their weakest.
Anora is ambitious but she does care about the people first. And I don't think it's just her own people. I can see her joining forces with the Orlaisian Queen in an offer of aid to help solve things. Quite possibly turning that help into rather decent returns for Ferelden from there.
Having an heir to the throne if they die.
Protecting Fereldon and the people as best they can.
I think their priority would be mending the Veil Tears and getting stability back to Ferelden. There seems to be a big problem in the Hinterlands due to the mage/Templar war and ordinary people are suffering because of it, plus the resurgence in dragons. I think they are probably relieved that Orlais has its own problems and so allow them some breathing space. It is possible they may offer some comment on the civil war, considering that Celene was the one who instigated the peace between the two nations and Gaspard is a known warmonger.
I seem to recall that they might be willing to give you permission to use the Hero of Ferelden logo as an endorsement of your actions, presumably if they don't view you as too radical and likely to harm the image of their hero. I'm hope there is either a quest to find out what has become of the Warden or they are at least able to fill you in on this.
I think Inq's priority is mending the veil tears. Anora or Alistair will see this as a first priority, the same way most people saw the Blight as the real threat instead of the civil war. The mage/templar war is going to have a lot of fireworks, and polar views, and is another distraction. As is the elven uprising, which Anora has reason to dread, if she's queen, and Alistair would have a reason to have feelings about, if in 10 years, he's found out who his real mother was. Both Celene and Gaspard recognized the strategic importance of having Ferelden as an ally. Gaspard went for an upfront insult, and Celene might have preferred it to end diplomatically with a state marriage and all the trimmings.
I will take issue with the statement "a known warmonger." It's not that easy. Gaspard wanted something to increase his position as the man who brought back the empire. Celene would have supported a marriage she didn't have an interest in, and both would have sold their mothers if they thought it would help. Celene is rightful ruler...yeah, because she won. She beat all odds with a bit of slaughter of innocents and betrayal of whatever feelings she was capable of possessing, but she sacrificed her own happiness so she could get what she wanted. Rah. Loghain said something about all he could wish for was being able to sit at a wartable with the men he'd sacrificed still to be there.
Ferelden and Orlais are officially at peace and that is due to Celene. She hoped to add Ferelden to the Empire by peaceful means, marrying Cailan, but that didn't work out. She wants her legacy to be known as a promoter of learning rather than winning wars and to extend Orlais' influence through its culture and learning.
Gaspard is much more comfortable on the battlefield. He and other nobles want to expand the Empire again through warfare. He deliberately tried to engineer a situation where he would be able to kill the ambassador of Ferelden in a duel because he knew this would result in renewed hostilities between the two nations. So I do not feel it is unfair to accuse him of being a warmonger.
That doesn't mean I think him any worse or better than Celene. She still has blood on her hands and is totally ruthless when it comes to maintaining her position. It is just that she sheds blood as part of the game, he prefers to do it on the battlefield (though he is not averse to shedding it in the Game either). Neither gives a toss about how many innocents are harmed in achieving their purpose. Both abuse their power but they are not alone in this.
Dealing with bloody Orlais and warmongering Gaspard. Ferelden still holds captured land from Orlais.
No they don't. (Unless if you count Fereldan i suppose)
That would be Nevarra and its mostly occupied by Orlesians.
(Sound familiar?)
Its a parallel to Danzig.
Anora may be ambitious but she's not stupid. She definitely wouldn't invade Orlais because it would cause the two sides to rally together against the invaders.
If Anora was going to want to invade Orlais though, it wouldn't be during DAI. She'd be focused on fighting against the Veil Tears but if that was her goal eventually, I can see her trying to keep the Civil War going on in Orlais for as long as possible as that would weaken Orlais even more. She wouldn't invade during the Civil War but right after one side wins so they are at their weakest.
State of chaos sounds best time to invade another country if you ask me, the country will be even more united and stronger without civil war. Civil war causes casualties and takes resources after all. Also there might be fight over who were to lead Orlais against it enemies so uniting two sides to one army would take time.
Both of them are probably pretty focused on what would be best for Ferelden, which is stopping the Veil Tears and letting the Inquisition do its work. I think Anora would be more likely to want to take an active involvement in the Inquisition once it's established as being what will stop this threat, even if she wouldn't be a battlefield commander. But I don't see either of them trying to push into Orlais - Orlais may want Ferelden, but Ferelden has no need for Orlais.
I think their main goal is protecting and restoring Fereldan. Maybe you eventually gain some support after a series of quest-lines (optional, of course).
They should totes try to invade Orlais. They can walk right through the Breach and everything, just to prove a point. "This is how we do thing in Ferelden."-reported final words
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