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#51
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because Loghain was totally trustworthy and not a paranoid and power-hungry egomaniac at all, what with poisoning the arl of redcliffe and holding his own daughter, the queen of Fereldan, prisoner in her own castle. 
 
I thought the grey wardens were held in fairly high regard by a lot of people. Certainly the elves/werewolves, dwarves, mages/templars, and whoever else were willing to honor treaties that hadn't been invoked for four-hundred on the claim of a couple of nobodies... but, maybe that's just me.


Did you conveniently forget the sighing and general dislike of offering any help whatsoever, unless the Wardens do something in return?

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Calian was a mook who had no business dictating his supper little lone battle direction.
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Did you conveniently forget the sighing and general dislike of offering any help whatsoever, unless the Wardens do something in return?

How does having the wardens solve all their problems because they can't make the wardens untrustworthy? 



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Did you conveniently forget the sighing and general dislike of offering any help whatsoever, unless the Wardens do something in return?


Yeah they all had problems.

Mordin did a decent explanation of this back in ME 2

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Their secrecy is why no one trusts them with anything. Their secrecy is why someone like Loghain can think he'd be able to defeat the darkspawn without the Wardens.Not that anyone should trust them anyway. They promised the Elves to fight for their freedom once they had slain the Archdemon, during the first blight. 4 blights further and nothing has changed.


Because Loghain is a umm.. special headcase and one who wont leave an order alone to what they do best as has been recorded through the last 4 blights.

That aside. Lets see we abolish the wardens and the blight happens and no wardens but you have the potion recipie. Who in their right minds would willingly pour that down their throats? Probably a handful. So what will you do next since you need more wardens? Thats right force people to do it. And because everyone knows what happens when you drink that stuff and their life beyond should they survive the joining, you have to use force ala conscription. At the end of the day, your new order will be much worse than the wardens ever will be.
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Joining don't make you grey warden it makes you tainted you aren't involved in fact in any way with grey warden order in dao so yes the warden group was just random group of adventures that went on quest to stop blight... 

 

It absolutely does make you a Grey Warden, because that's just what a person who has gone through the joining is called.

 

The Grey Wardens put you through the joining to make you one of them, and that makes you "involved" with the Grey Warden order pretty effectively. 

 

Your post is splitting hairs to the extreme.



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When the recipe of Joining and other Grey Warden lore is known to scholars and mages of every nation and there're flasks of Archdemon blood from Denerim in every treasury and the College of Enchanters


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I don't care for the Wardens but they need to exist.
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It absolutely does make you a Grey Warden, because that's just what a person who has gone through the joining is called.

 

The Grey Wardens put you through the joining to make you one of them, and that makes you "involved" with the Grey Warden order pretty effectively. 

 

Your post is splitting hairs to the extreme.

Grey wardens are an organization the warden even if suported grey wardens and could chose not to had nothing to do with grey warden order neither he had it support or help. The warden was pretty much single individual with his/her adventurer group that united country.Grey wardens had no involvement in fifth blight outside perhaps riordan who was 1 person working for them and helping.

 

It is just ridiculous you aren't part of grey wardens unless you want to you can just say screw that im not in your order but still i will do my own job to stop blight.



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you know its funny, the treaties in origins obligated those people to help fight... yet we couldnt leave zathrian alone and find another dalish clan?  or couldnt just go to the council of dwarves and have them do something, like idk put the whole king thing on ice to deal with it...  the mage thing was kind of exempt in this case, but still...  and why should a warden have to round up other nations like garahel did...  why is there not an agreement between all countries to send troops to others that are having blights...  i understand self preservation and all that crap, but cmon a blight is best stopped early and not later... stupid politics...

 

If anything, it shows that lack of common sense is a very serious problem in thedas... whether it be the wardens, loghain, or other countries in general



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Grey wardens are an organization the warden even if suported grey wardens and could chose not to had nothing to do with grey warden order neither he had it support or help. The warden was pretty much single individual with his group of adventurer group that united country.Grey wardens had no involvement in fifth blight outside perhaps riordan who was 1 person working for them and helping.

I think someone already pointed out that the hof was one single special snowflake. Besides she/he would be a digested snowflake if riordan " a warden" did not strut his stuff.

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you know its funny, the treaties in origins obligated those people to help fight... yet we couldnt leave zathrian alone and find another dalish clan? or couldnt just go to the council of dwarves and have them do something, like idk put the whole king thing on ice to deal with it... the mage thing was kind of exempt in this case, but still... and why should a warden have to round up other nations like garahel did... why is there not an agreement between all countries to send troops to others that are having blights... i understand self preservation and all that crap, but cmon a blight is best stopped early and not later... stupid politics...

If anything, it shows that lack of common sense is a very serious problem in thedas... whether it be the wardens, loghain, or other countries in general


Loghain sealed the borders and closed ports later on.

The Orlesian army was turned around with their Wardens.

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The wardens need better leaders,the whole true neutral alignment/stance when there's a problem that doesn't involve darkspawn isn't going to help. 

Sacred villager:"Help me warden."

Warden:"What is it? Darkspawn?"

Sacred villager:"No bandits."

Warden:"Sorry can't get involve."

Warden leaves. :mellow:


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I think someone already pointed out that the hof was one single special snowflake. Besides she/he would be a digested snowflake if riordan " a warden" did not strut his stuff.

Hardly anyone could do what riordan did well anyone with battle traning not mention there were plenty others way to bring archdemon down.Hell that situation was far more difficult than it should be because of incredibly extreme conditions like only 1 country dealing with blight and it was during civil war if not circumstances it would be far easier to end it and yet 1 charismatic individual was enough.



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The wardens need better leaders,the whole true neutral alignment/stance when there's a problem that doesn't involve darkspawn isn't going to help.

They do what needs to be done. If alistair and hof waited for the time when someone finally takes the throne in orzammar and denerim.. well..i dont see that ending well.
But i agree outside of the blight, they should take a neutral stand
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The wardens need better leaders,the whole true neutral alignment/stance when there's a problem that doesn't involve darkspawn isn't going to help. 

Sacred villager:"Help me warden."

Warden:"What is it? Darkspawn?"

Sacred villager:"No bandits."

Warden:"Sorry can't get involve."

Warden leaves. :mellow:

Except we've been shown more than once that this is not true.

 

DAO, you spent the entire game helping people

DA2, Wardens fought in Kirkwall

DAI, Wardens saved some people in Crestwood

 

It's just that in all cases there were bigger issues for the Wardens to attend to then dropping everything every single time shyt hits the fan.



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Hardly anyone could do what riordan did well anyone with battle traning not mention there were plenty others way to bring archdemon down.Hell that situation was far more difficult than it should be because of incredibly extreme conditions like only 1 country dealing with blight and it was during civil war if not circumstances it would be far easier to end it and yet 1 charismatic individual was enough.


Maybe but i highly doubt it. And Riordan was in self distruct mode as i assume he's already starting to hear his calling. That gave him the extra zest.

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Except we've been shown more than once that this is not true.

 

DAO, you spent the entire game helping people

DA2, Wardens fought in Kirkwall

DAI, Wardens saved some people in Crestwood

 

It's just that in all cases there were bigger issues for the Wardens to attend to then dropping everything every single time shyt hits the fan.

 

Dao is about single individual with taint in his blood the warden isn't avatar for order and has nothing to do with grey warden order.In fact you can be anyone from hero to villain going against blight for own reasons in dao you are more independent adventure with own mindset than member of grey wardens.Not to mention that order condemned the warden actions in dao.

Da 2 has them fighting in kirkwall because they were caught in fight they pretty much were leaving and they say that to you.

DaI same crap.


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Joining don't make you grey warden it makes you tainted you aren't involved in fact in any way with grey warden order in dao so yes the warden group was just random group of adventures that went on quest to stop blight... As i said grey wardens screwd themselves making themselves look like nothing more than mooks to hunt darkspawn and this is pretty much how whole world sees them.

As i said loghain and Teagan divided ferelden creating civil war in that without the warden loghain would pretty much win civil war but still sadly would lose with blight without someone who is tainted because archdemon can be killed only by tainted person.Still grey warden order wasn't part of defating blight in anyway only their role was being killed by darkspawn so you can throw your quote as clarel did it means nothing.

Clarel and her wardens yeah...
Do i have to mention that pretty much almost all ferelden forces plus that warden gathered were with the warden the moment darkspawn attacked denerim because archdemon tricked them into thinking he tried to attack redcliff.Also i never said they were doing great job because mentioned civil war but they were doing much better job than grey warden order who well was killed and did nothing and yet blight was defated without their help.


Joining does make you a Grey Warden - once it's done, that's what you are, but hey, please continue to blithely ignore the realities of Thedas and the Warden order itself. You might be a new Warden, but surviving the Joining is all that it really takes.

Whatever rank you have or don't have is entirely irrelevant. Your silly claim that the Wardens weren't involved at all during the Fifth Blight is invalid as far as I'm concerned, because the HoF, Alistair, Riordan, and Duncan were Wardens, and all of them did contribute to stopping the Fifth Blight. Without all of them, without the Warden treaties, and without their Warden ability to permanently kill the archdemon, then all of Ferelden (and the rest of Thedas) would've been doomed.

I can''t even believe you're trying to claim that the Order wasn't involved in stopping the Fifth Blight. So what was the HoF exactly? Because as far as I can tell, everyone since the end of DA:O has always referred to the HoF as a Warden. As for the Denerim thing: again, if everyone else is so much better than the Wardens, why didn't they see through the archdemon's little feint? Because if they didn't see that, then I guess they're not any better (and are arguably worse since they're totally useless in killing an archdemon) than the Wardens from DA:O (the HoF and Alistair - unless you turn Loghain into a Warden).

Also, I really don't know why you think that yammering about how the darkspawn keep decimating the Wardens makes any kind of actual point. The Wardens are willing to - and do - sacrifice themselves out of necessity, and no matter how good they are, they're relatively small in number and always will be. So they will always take heavy losses in order to stop Blights and to protect the rest of the world. Were all the armed forces who died in WWII incompetent because they took heavy losses? Were all the soldiers who died during the Civil War fighting for their respective causes incompetent because they suffered heavy losses? I think not. And trying to paint the Wardens as incompetent boobs for the entirety of the Order's existence because they similarly suffer heavy losses while doing something extremely dangerous is laughable.

As for the issue of Clarel, I will point out again that the Wardens were scared out of their minds in DA:I (basically) - all because of Corypheus's false Calling, which they believed to be real because they didn't know any better. I think they have since learned their lesson if you spare them and appear to have a better perspective on how they should interact with the rest of the world after their close call. If you spare the Wardens and bother to watch the epilogue, you will see that the Orlesian Wardens split from Weisshaupt because they feel it's time to end their isolation and to be at least a bit more connected to what goes on around them.

Dude, seriously, your attempt to claim that all the Wardens throughout the entire history of Thedas are incompetent - except for your Warden (who you say isn't a Warden despite everyone else in Thedas acknowledging that the HoF actually is a Warden) - is completely silly. And I'm done for the night because I'm going to go sleep instead of arguing over something that is now officially an inane argument.
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Dao is about single individual with taint in his blood the warden isn't avatar for order and has nothing to do with grey warden order.In fact you can be anyone from hero to villain going against blight for own reasons in dao you are more independent adventure with own mindset than member of grey wardens.

Da 2 has them fighting in kirkwall because they were caught in fight they pretty much were leaving and pretty much they say that to you.

DaI same crap.

You are still a GW no matter what and like all GWs you have other priorities than aiding random villages. But you can still aid Redcliffe, help out random folks if you like et al. Pretty much what all GWs have been shown doing in all three games. Even in awakening when The Warden is the freaking Commander of the Order. You can stop bandits in the city if you choose to.



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Joining does make you a Grey Warden - once it's done, that's what you are, but hey, please continue to blithely ignore the realities of Thedas and the Warden order itself. You might be a new Warden, but surviving the Joining is all that it really takes.

 

Whatever rank you have or don't have is entirely irrelevant. Your silly claim that the Wardens weren't involved at all during the Fifth Blight is invalid as far as I'm concerned, because the HoF, Alistair, Riordan, and Duncan were Wardens, and all of them did contribute to stopping the Fifth Blight. Without all of them, without the Warden treaties, and without their Warden ability to permanently kill the archdemon, then all of Ferelden (and the rest of Thedas) would've been doomed.

 

I can''t even believe you're trying to claim that the Order wasn't involved in stopping the Fifth Blight. So what was the HoF exactly? Because as far as I can tell, everyone since the end of DA:O has always referred to the HoF as a Warden. As for the Denerim thing: again, if everyone else is so much better than the Wardens, why didn't they see through the archdemon's little feint? Because if they didn't see that, then I guess they're not any better (and are arguably worse since they're totally useless in killing an archdemon) than the Wardens from DA:O (the HoF and Alistair - unless you turn Loghain into a Warden).

 

Also, I really don't know why you think that yammering about how the darkspawn keep decimating the Wardens makes any kind of actual point. The Wardens are willing to - and do - sacrifice themselves out of necessity, and no matter how good they are, they're relatively small in number and always will be. So they will always take heavy losses in order to stop Blights and to protect the rest of the world. Were all the armed forces who died in WWII incompetent because they took heavy losses? Were all the soldiers who died during the Civil War fighting for their respective causes incompetent because they suffered heavy losses? I think not. And trying to paint the Wardens as incompetent boobs for the entirety of the Order's existence because they similarly suffer heavy losses while doing something extremely dangerous is laughable.

 

As for the issue of Clarel, I will point out again that the Wardens were scared out of their minds in DA:I (basically) - all because of Corypheus's false Calling, which they believed to be real because they didn't know any better. I think they have since learned their lesson if you spare them and appear to have a better perspective on how they should interact with the rest of the world after their close call. If you spare the Wardens and bother to watch the epilogue, you will see that the Orlesian Wardens split from Weisshaupt because they feel it's time to end their isolation and to be at least a bit more connected to what goes on around them.

 

Dude, seriously, your attempt to claim that all the Wardens throughout the entire history of Thedas are incompetent - except for your Warden (who you say isn't a Warden despite everyone else in Thedas acknowledging that the HoF actually is a Warden) - is completely silly. And I'm done for the night because I'm going to go sleep instead of argue over something that is now officially an inane argument.

:lol:  Joining don't make you grey warden as i said grey wardens are an organization and you can just leave see you aren't grey warden if you don't want to be grey warden taint ofc stays but you don't belong to organization finito.

 

Your claims are just ridiculous as HoF had nothing to do with grey warden order he was in practice tainted individual so i don't see point of future discussion if you ignore fact that some kind ritual don't make you member of organization if you don't want to...

 

 

You are still a GW no matter what and like all GWs you have other priorities than aiding random villages. But you can still aid Redcliffe, help out random folks if you like et al. Pretty much what all GWs have been shown doing in all three games. Even in awakening when The Warden is the freaking Commander of the Order. You can stop bandits in the city if you choose to.

No you aren't you can say pretty much you don't give fops about grey wardens and have own intrest why want stop blight.The warden is tainted individual and don't rly have any connection to grey warden order he decides wheter if he helps peoples or not pretty much even in da 2 it is said order didn't liked the warden way of acting during blight as it was against grey warden policy don't involve.



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I'd leave the blood magic part out ;)

 

 

OP's suggestion would involve leaving that decision in the hands of whatever royal is sitting on a throne at any given time, along with complete control over the Grey Wardens within their nation. How would you suggest insuring that the next time a lunatic ends up with the reigns, they don't do whatever they damn well please with, and to, the Wardens?

 

 


 

but I see no harm in sharing why only they can kill the archdemom.

 

 

I don't necessarily disagree, although I could see a lot of discerning mages figuring out that blood magic is involved thanks to that information. 



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Loghain sealed the borders and closed ports later on.

The Orlesian army was turned around with their Wardens.

 

closing ports is fine to keep the blight from spreading, but closing your borders to keep allies out is dumb...  orlais invading is nothing compared to the blight destroying everything... the smart person would have gained them as allies and stopped the blight first, then dealt with the other threat if at all...  i mean seriously, orlais had ferelden under its thumb for about 100 years, where four blights have had half of thedas under its thumb when added up, for most of the millenium... yeah pretty sure orlais is nothing compared to the blight...  i dont hate loghain at all, but hes far from the top of my like list for his lack of common sense



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No you aren't you can say pretty much you don't give fops about grey wardens

 

Yet you still end up doing GW busywork and can even die like a GW by killing the Archdemon. And if you live and don't manage to cure the taint, you will die a GW death.



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Because Loghain is a umm.. special headcase and one who wont leave an order alone to what they do best as has been recorded through the last 4 blights.

That aside. Lets see we abolish the wardens and the blight happens and no wardens but you have the potion recipie. Who in their right minds would willingly pour that down their throats? Probably a handful. So what will you do next since you need more wardens? Thats right force people to do it. And because everyone knows what happens when you drink that stuff and their life beyond should they survive the joining, you have to use force ala conscription. At the end of the day, your new order will be much worse than the wardens ever will be.


Why do I need more? I only need an army of normal people (who are more likely to die than anyone doing the ritual btw, yet they're there) and 1 Grey Warden to deliver the final blow. Sure, more would be nice, but you don't need an army of Wardens to defeat a blight.

And considering how easily people turn to fighting the Darkspawn, I don't see how I'd face difficulties finding enough volunteers to drink their blood. Just ask for volunteers in the armies.
 

How does having the wardens solve all their problems because they can't make the wardens untrustworthy?


The Elves are still waiting for their promised liberation, for one. (I was actually responding to your claims that they were held in high regard everywhere, but fine :P)



btw, I see people saying a lot that Archdemon blood is necessary for the joining. It is not. It's used pretty much all the time but there are ways around it. Using Archdemon blood is the most effective, but not absolutely necessary.