Dorian Pavus Thread "He's More Handsome Than A Cockroach"

Hi there, as you can see, I have made an Avatar of sorts because Nightscrawl insisted. It is better than baby face, I'll give you that.

The main reason I like doing Champions of the Just now is not so much for Calpernia but because of seeing Dorian in a different light and just how noble and self sacrificing he can be when he knows that no one appreciates him. He is absolutely doing what he does because it is the right thing to do. It is touching seeing him being so caring for Rodderick and I just love the way he stands up to Cullen. There is also a nice irony when doing it as a romance run because you start off being just as prejudiced as everyone else in not trusting him (I always go to Redcliffe first) but then coming to realise just how unjust you were towards him (the realisation first comes to my guy when he does turn up at Haven and then sees everything that follows), trusting him as a friend and then end up loving him. Then to finally have him declare his love in Trespasser, promising there "will always be an us", made it complete.

It is just a pity there is no way you can still save Alexius and Felix on that route and you never do discover exactly what happened to them. The fact that Dorian says it is as though they never existed makes me think that Alexius did one too many attempts at turning back time and removed them both.

Whilst I do love Dorian's physical appearance, I equally love him because he is beautiful inside.   His spirit matches his outward appearance or vice versa.    In his case beauty isn't only skin deep, it goes right through to the core of his being.

I'm not sure but doesn't Dorian say something in Trespasser about dealing with Alexius' estate when he went back to Tevinter? May be I'm imagining it. I'll have to go back and check now.

Have been back.  I only got the conversation on my friendship run, so I don't know if that is because Alexius was still alive and serving Inquisition in the main game, since I'd done Hushed Whispers, or whether it was because I was a friend rather than a lover.   Anyway, it was when I next talked to him after the farewell party.   He said about his trip to Tevinter, how he'd returned home, seen his mother drunk, visited Maevaris in Qarinus and then he says: "Then I settled some of Alexius' affairs.  That wasn't fun."   Normally you only settle people's affairs if they are dead but I suppose it could have been some outstanding business that he left behind.    May be Alexius eventually just gave up on life after he knew that Felix was dead.   It is rather sad but from what Dorian said about seeing him when he was working for the Inquisition and being a shadow of his former self, I suppose that it isn't surprising.