So crazy to me that this is just casually dropped into the codex entry that you unlock immediately after you recruit him in da2 as if this doesn't completely explain basically everything that's wrong with him
hummingbird 🤗
Watcher Emmrich Volkarin and Curiosity, circa 9:30 Dragon
Me: *running over, hoping my boyfriend will have something romantic to say*
My boyfriend:
The end of Neve's lock-in scene is still one of my favorite bits.
We will always struggle. But that is the test. It’s the choice to keep fighting that makes us who we are.
in the spirit of reposting meta - there are two things happening when you're choosing between minrathous and treviso: 1) gameplay and 2) narrative. both of these are very different for what they mean regarding the story.
for the gameplay, no matter what city you choose, ghilan'nain is going to be there. you are the player and there is no rng. you do not need to guess nor put together clues to figure out which city is the 'right' one because there is no right one. you are choosing which city to save. this choice does not matter in the narrative because one city will always be blighted and one companion will always be hardened. this is your choice as a player. this is, simply put, gameplay.
narrative wise, rook has some of the stupidest luck in thedas. regardless of the city you choose for the gameplay, ghilan'nain is there. this is not how the narrative responds to it because the narrative viewpoint is different.
for the sake of everyone, i'm putting this under a read more.