Exactly. This opens up problems: if the Red Templars were a minority and thus Cullen didn't know then how were they able to overthrow Hawke? Wouldn't Hawke have the city guard since Hawke rules the city plus support from the Templars unless they also supported the Red Templars which opens up its own can of worms. Also, if that was the case, shouldn't Hawke be able to easily deal with them considering how much stuff Hawke beats throughout the game? If the Red Templars were a minority, Hawke+city guard+possible loyal Templars should have been enough to stop them
If the Red Templars were a majority of the Kirkwall Templars, Cullen is incredibly incompetent since red lyrium exposure should be pretty obvious. Plus, Cullen should have noticed if they stated to overthrow the viscount.
Its clearly that the wiriters didnt know what the others wrote.
Cullen was promoted to Knight Commander after he helped stabilize the situation in Kirkwall, a few years later he was summoned by Lambert to a meeting and agreed to leave the Chantry to hunt mages, his man started using red lyrium and, if Hawke sided with the Templars, threatened the Viscount and in the end he chickened out from his decision to hunt mages and left the Templars to join the Inquisition.
- Its clear that when David Gaider wrote Asunder he didnt know Cullen was going to be a Templar Commander.
- His writer in DA:I didnt know all Templars Commanders went to the meeting with Lambert and agreed with him.
- The writer of "Here lies the abyss" didnt know he was the Templar Commander of Kirkwall and he/she needed Hawke to leave the city, the original explanation was going to be in the Exalted March, but since its was cancelled they needed a new one, and they screwed up.
You cant confront Cullen about it, so to me he either a completely idiot (if he didnt know about the red lyrium) or a coward who doesnt want his mistakes to be know. i would never trust the lives of the men in my arm to this incompetent person.