Zevran discussion thread- The Antivan Crows send their regards

I just noticed this thread and I'm glad to see it. I loved Zev and thought he was a real sweetheart.He's my favorite DAO romance and I always have to take him up on his offer in DA2. That whole "Are you gonna tie me up, gag me and manhandle me' or take me to nuncio line makes chuckle everytime.

I ~finally~ feel satisfied with my Warden. Alina Tabris:



She's in Ostagar now! Watch out, Zevran

I'd romance him with any warden but a human noble. Maybe not even a human Amell. I have romanced him with Surana and loved it. I've seen enough Zev Dwarf art to find it amazingly adorable as well.

Yeah Zev's not usually moralistic in a general way, I feel. He's a bit too cynical for that. I think he'd be sad for your loss if he cared about you, yes. I think the same goes for the other origins and their respective tragedies, though I suppose he might be more sympathetic to city elves.

So, Surana but not Amell? Why not?

 

Well, Mahariel's origin is rather outside the normal. Friend/lover absorbed by a magic mirror that simultaneously tainted you is not exactly "just another day in Thedas."

When it comes to the city elf origin, I can almost see Zevran as like a pre Justice Anders. He doesn't like it, but nothing to be done. City elf may be the type to try to fight against the system, and inspire Zevran to do so as well.

I don't know as much about Brosca, and don't want t spoiled, but seems they could sort of bond over being forced into a life they both didn't want due to birth.

I'm biased about Surana, because the Surana I crafted fell for Zevran by no intention of my own. She was, on the surface, cold and deadly and kept telling herself she was willing to do anything for freedom. She devoted herself to the study of magic in the Circle so she could get travel rights. By lack of free time, and lack of interest in those present, she has no experience in the romance department, although bad things had been done to her by a now dead templar when she first arrived there.She was targeted specifically because she was an elf. Because she'd been stand offish and hard edge, boys in the circle were too afraid to even approach her. Jowan, a brother figure, was her only source of affection. And then there was Zevran, his life literally in her hands, calling her a sex goddess; also acting like he was cold and deadly when he wasn't trying to charm your pants off of you. He likes "dangerous things" like the Warden. Both disenchanted of the Dalish through personal experience. I don't know, it was odd, because I'd heard his flirt lines with two other wardens, but when he did it with this Character, she was just ...whew! And when he finally proposed, her line about how she was no wiser in love than he was was so very true. It was a great romantic story arc for me.

I don't like Aeducan as an origin, so I won't comment on that and already shared thoughts on human noble.

So, Amell. Used to be a snot nosed noble until their silver spoon was taken by fate. I dunno. It may just be that I prefer Zevran, who is a minority to be with another minority although we all know he doesn't care.

I've romanced him with human and elf, I've only played a dwarf once and I romanced Alister with her.

Personally I find it really hard to romance the same character with a different PC. Actually, I find alternate playthroughs difficult in general. I start a lot but never finish because somewhere in the back of my mind I'm like 'I've been here before, and that's not how it really happened." Not to mention characters have a mind of their own. That's why to this day I've still never seen the end of the Alistair romance.

With 6 Origins and only 4 LIs, how does Alistair get left alone if you never romance the same LI twice?

Um. Because I'm one of those people who only ever finished the game with one character? So I've only played one romance (Zevran's) all the way to the end. I've played all the origins as far as Ostagar, and some beyond, but I've only ever finished the entire game with my 'main' Warden, who I got so attached to I actually played through her story more than once.  I had two or three other characters who I tried to romance Alistair with, but I think the furthest I ever got was tent time. Like I said, I have trouble with alternate playthroughs and tend to lose interest eventually. I know how Alistair's romance can end, from what I've read online, but I've never seen it for myself. Same goes for Lels and Morrigan.

Human Mage

I love maging in Origins. Fireballs 24/7!

Lol, partly. It's not that I think everyone's favourite origin should be the same as mine! You mentioned you'd pair him with Surana but not Amell, and to my mind both had more in common than not, at least in the confines of the Circle. But of course that wouldn't be the case once outside the Tower, in that they wouldn't be treated the same by others. I don't know if the difference would significantly affect their interactions with Zevran, though. I guess it depends on your Warden's character.

I'll say about my Amell that her common ground with Zev was that they both grew up in environments that were not very 'child-friendly' and that somewhat skewed their view of the world.  They had a similar baseline level of cynicism about human nature that Alistair, for instance, wouldn't have understood. Growing up with the ever-present possibility of death will do that to you. I don't think my Amell expected the worst quite as much as Zev, but she was never surprised by it either.