The Wardens thing is a shitty job, and yet they're responsible for saving the world. Sort of reminds me of the "was Hitler the good guy" arguments on the internet, in that the OP has a rather poor understanding of the phrase "good guy." But I cannot accept him as one of the good guys because of the reasons I've listed. I can understand if people don't think of Duncan as evil, because believe me there are far worse people in this game than him. Now I know he claims self-defense in that by saying Jory was reaching for his sword, but as far as I'm concerned, he killed him just because he was trying to get out of what Duncan wanted for him, to be a Grey Warden. Again, he could have taken the good guy option and just let him go, this guy who has a wife and child waiting for him back home, but no, he gives him death instead. Duncan responds to this by outright killing the guy. During the recruitment, one fellow candidate changes his mind about joining and wants to back out. But he's no hero, but an opportunist to took whatever opportunity he had to achieve his end, even recruiting people who had little choice but to go with him in order to avoid death or worse.Īnd then there's Ser Jory.
But even so, he's treated as some sort of hero by characters like Alistair, who mourn his passing later on in the game. And that's true, desperate times and all that. There was a blight at the time and his order needed every able body it could get it's hands on to fight against it, so obviously he'd want to recruit in any way he could. Now many at this point will be saying that it was necessity on his part. He could have helped them out of the goodness of his heart or something, but no, he asks for something in return. He knows that it's your only choice, that or death, thus giving the characters in question no real choice at all. Now, rather than simply helping you out of what various problems you're involved with, many of which would probably result in your death, he insists that you pay him back by joining his order. In every one of them, you are essentially being removed from a bad situation and thrust into this life of adventure, and Duncan is the one who holds the keys to get out.
However, as I look back over those various origin stories, a thought comes into my mind. Apologies in advance if this is a thread that's been done before.Īs those who have played Dragon Age will ell you, in every origin story you pick, you are recruited one way or the other by a man named Duncan, who later inducts your into the order of the Grey Wardens.
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