Now that I'm done with one DA2 play through, I had to come back to this meme question of yours!
I too have been thinking (meta-gaming) about how to construct an extremely pro-templar, pro-chantry Hawke purely so I can uncover different parts of the story, hers included, through different eyes.
Given how I played my mage-supporting "canon" run, I cannot say I ever fully understood the root of Meredith's motivations but only that she was a military despot with paranoid tendencies who, in the end (or earlier?) was corrupted by the idol. During that final set of battles at the Gallows, all I felt was the shear dread whenever Hawke had to stand next to Meredith because I knew she and Hawke looked at each other as mortal enemies and absolutely nothing between them would conclude well, especially if Cullen (through fear, apathy, or worse) ended up feeding Hawke to the wolves.
I look forward to learning more about her as a sort of ally.
Now that we know too much about her, it is interesting to think about where that breaking point occurs --- when would a pro-templar/chantry Hawke *stop* thinking of Meredith as an ally?
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I too have been thinking (meta-gaming) about how to construct an extremely pro-templar, pro-chantry Hawke purely so I can uncover different parts of the story, hers included, through different eyes.
Given how I played my mage-supporting "canon" run, I cannot say I ever fully understood the root of Meredith's motivations but only that she was a military despot with paranoid tendencies who, in the end (or earlier?) was corrupted by the idol. During that final set of battles at the Gallows, all I felt was the shear dread whenever Hawke had to stand next to Meredith because I knew she and Hawke looked at each other as mortal enemies and absolutely nothing between them would conclude well, especially if Cullen (through fear, apathy, or worse) ended up feeding Hawke to the wolves.
I look forward to learning more about her as a sort of ally.
Now that we know too much about her, it is interesting to think about where that breaking point occurs --- when would a pro-templar/chantry Hawke *stop* thinking of Meredith as an ally?