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andrasteI debated for quite some time about which hub to go to after Lothering. The Brecilian Forest was right out - Wulfric wasn't used to life in surface civilisation yet, let alone ready to go hiking in the woods where there were apparently even MORE annoying bugs and weird animals that want to eat you. (I mean, the Deep Roads have their own annoying bugs and weird animals that want to eat you, not to mention annoying weird bugs that want to eat you, but he's used to those.) He was also less than keen to return to Orzammar begging for help and doubted that they wouldn't just execute him on the spot for breaking his exile. That left the Tower and Redcliffe.
After talking to Alistiair and hearing a few rumours around town, he ultimately decided on the Tower since it didn't sound like Arl Eamon would be a lot of help. (He was incredulous that the humans thought they could solve their problem by finding a burned up corpse. Guess how pleased he's going to be about that quest. Of course, the Tower did not turn out to be in a better state, but he hadn't heard those rumours in Lothering.
After Shale threatened to crush Carroll's head (good golem friend!) Wulfric quickly learned he was going to get a lot more practice fighting abominations than he really wanted. He was pleased to see that cool old lady he chatted with at Ostagar was still alive, and delighted to dump Morrigan out of the party in favour of her. Wulfric actually agrees with Morrigan about a lot more things, but for just that that reason he doesn't trust her as far as he could throw her. While she was shapeshifted into a bear. And while he may not agree with Wynne about much he admires her willingness to stand up for her principles and the fact that she obviously has her head on straight. Morrigan saying they should kill all the Circle mages because they didn't fight for their freedom was the absolute last straw for Wulfric.
I mean, if you asked him what he thought of the Casteless, he would tell you that they were pathetic, not proper dwarves, and that if they wouldn't fight for a better station in life then they didn't deserve one. But if you said '... so let's go to Dust Town and kill them all!' he would be horrified. He believes in killing his enemies, but he also believes in making sure people are his enemies before getting out the murderknife. The fact that there were mage children present when Morrigan made her 'survival of the fittest' speech didn't help win him over, either. (He's got a soft spot for kids. Hope he remembers that when he runs into that noble hunter again ...) Not having any particular fear of mages or demons, he wanted to make sure that the people in there were actually horrible monsters before he agreed to kill them.
Anyway, up the endless stairs he went with Alistair and Shale and his new ally Wynne, and all was going quite well until they ran into that one Sloth demon ...
(Apparently I had way more to say about not very much gameplay than I thought I did. So tomorrow: the Fade.)
After talking to Alistiair and hearing a few rumours around town, he ultimately decided on the Tower since it didn't sound like Arl Eamon would be a lot of help. (He was incredulous that the humans thought they could solve their problem by finding a burned up corpse. Guess how pleased he's going to be about that quest. Of course, the Tower did not turn out to be in a better state, but he hadn't heard those rumours in Lothering.
After Shale threatened to crush Carroll's head (good golem friend!) Wulfric quickly learned he was going to get a lot more practice fighting abominations than he really wanted. He was pleased to see that cool old lady he chatted with at Ostagar was still alive, and delighted to dump Morrigan out of the party in favour of her. Wulfric actually agrees with Morrigan about a lot more things, but for just that that reason he doesn't trust her as far as he could throw her. While she was shapeshifted into a bear. And while he may not agree with Wynne about much he admires her willingness to stand up for her principles and the fact that she obviously has her head on straight. Morrigan saying they should kill all the Circle mages because they didn't fight for their freedom was the absolute last straw for Wulfric.
I mean, if you asked him what he thought of the Casteless, he would tell you that they were pathetic, not proper dwarves, and that if they wouldn't fight for a better station in life then they didn't deserve one. But if you said '... so let's go to Dust Town and kill them all!' he would be horrified. He believes in killing his enemies, but he also believes in making sure people are his enemies before getting out the murderknife. The fact that there were mage children present when Morrigan made her 'survival of the fittest' speech didn't help win him over, either. (He's got a soft spot for kids. Hope he remembers that when he runs into that noble hunter again ...) Not having any particular fear of mages or demons, he wanted to make sure that the people in there were actually horrible monsters before he agreed to kill them.
Anyway, up the endless stairs he went with Alistair and Shale and his new ally Wynne, and all was going quite well until they ran into that one Sloth demon ...
(Apparently I had way more to say about not very much gameplay than I thought I did. So tomorrow: the Fade.)