ejoslin wrote...
Seymour_North wrote...
ejoslin wrote...
Out of pure curiosity, what does Alistair do at that point that sets him apart from the rest of the companions? I mean, of course he's a Grey Warden and of Theirin blood, but what exactly has HE done that has set him above anyone the Warden is traveling with?
I understand if he's king, why he should be giving that speech. He's the KING! But otherwise, why him and not the Warden or Riorden or Anora (who should be giving it if she's the solo queen and there)?
edit: Aside from making a mean lamb and pea soup that is . . .
Well...
My Warden was an Elf Mage. Now, if you were the average Fereldan footsoldier, and you were in an army with two Grey Wardens at the head of it, and one of them was a human rumored to be a son of King Maric, while the other was some elven mage...which would you expect to be calling the shots? So I figured Alistair was just clarifying what might have become an awkward question in the midst of battle.
'Sides, it was nice to hear him say all that nice stuff in front of all those people and know he believed every word of it. 
That wasn't my question though 
Edit: I've heard Alistair and Anora give the speech, and I way prefer it when Alistair gives it. But that doesn't mean it makes sense under certain circumstances for him to make it. However, as I said later, I just don't think too much about it.
Um, yes, it was one of your questions (I've highlighted it). I'll grant I only answered partially, though: in my particular game, there was a decent rationalization for "why Alistair?"
To try to answer more completely, and more generally:
1) It's a military operation, led by the Grey Wardens.
Anora isn't a soldier, even though she wears armor when she does give the speech, so it's not essential (though also not improper) for her to show up and speak. Your mileage may vary, of course, but it didn't occur to me to miss her when she didn't.
2)
Riordan is a Warden, and senior to both the PC and Alistair (and R never forgets it)--
but he's one of those "furriners" from Orlais, and thus likely to be viewed with some distrust by most Fereldans. That's plenty of reason for him not to stand up and deliver inspirational speeches to that audience.
3)
The Warden could give the speech, it's true. I think the PC voice actors could have recorded it without too much trouble, since it's just one static speech that wouldn't branch like the conversations. But maybe that's exactly the problem. Restricting every character any player can dream up to the same speech could really clash with some character concepts. ...And then there's the fact that the speech as delivered by Alistair-or-Anora is quite complimentary to the PC. That sort of thing is always more credible if someone else says it!
...OK, so my arguments for the Warden not giving The Speech aren't all that great. Here's another thought, though. I've forgotten whether there's a transition into the battle immediately afterwards, or if there's a break between the two. If they're discrete scenes, then perhaps The Speech really is just an NPC introducing the Warden, after which he or she gives the real go-get-'em speech off-screen, where it's whatever the player imagines? ;-)
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