He leaves the templar order because they weren´t doing anything worth it after the Kirkwall´s circle fell, so with the inquisition he feels he can help the world more, i´m fine with him leaving temporarily to resolve the crisis. I´m talking more about when the game ends.
He says that some of the harsh stuff he saw as a templar disturbs him, and that "i want nothing to do with that life". To me that sounds a lot like a grey warden seeing a broodmother or ogre and going "****, this is too scary for me, i´m leaving the order. wait i´m still tainted.."
That´s the thing with Cullen, if he cures his lyrium addiction then he is no longer a templar, he effectively left the order because he no longer liked it in there, and got away with it. Do you think that sets a good precedent? Should templars be able to quit when they decide they had enough? In the military, that would be deserting.
It sounds like the lyrium addiction is what keeps them on the job, even when it becomes hard to bear, same way that the wardens put up with a lot of crap because they must - if the taint was cured, most would quit like Fiona, and do something else that fight darkspawn until they themselves become a ghoul.
I see a lot of similarities between these two orders, like both being warriors who make sacrifices, and who endure hard things normal soldiers could not. It cheapens the sacrifice if someone can just decide to quit when they no longer like it.
What do you think about Cullen and his decision to both quit the templars and taking lyrium?
Hey,
I think his decision to quit (after all, the templars had lost their way and they've become prison wardens instead of guardians to the mages!) is right - as is his decision to quit taking the drug that acts as the templars leash!
Even more so as his order brainwashed him (into hating mages) and he now sees that (he knows that his own psychological problems made it worse and that he wasn't himself while in Kirkwall)
And quite frankly:
Anything that disarms the chantry (even if it's one templar at a time) is a good thing (religions should not have armies IMHO - they should keep out of politics as well, but in Thedas that's probably not going to happen for a few centuries at least -.-)!
Oh, mages are quite able to govern themselves (after all who better to fight an abomination that a mage? - Templars need to be close to use their anti-mage abilities, while mages can just burn the abomination down, no need for close combat etc. - same for bloodmages (hell, I'd say: Teach bloodmagic! If everybody's using it, it becomes less of an advantage and is easily countered!), too so it's good that templars are leaving the order (they can join city guards or the inquisition and teach their skills to others so that mundanes can learn to defend themselves without joining the chantry!)
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ps: I would applaud any - conscripted - warden leaving the order as well (I think forcing the taint on people is WRONG - with the exception of convicted criminals...death or the wardens, that should work out well enough...a lot of people would jump at the choice of redemption and the chance to become a legendary hero after all!))...I still would have loved the option to ditch Duncan on the way to Ostagar (only to end up having to fight the darkspawn anyway, without being a warden yourself though!) or use an ice-spell during the joining and take off!
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