Davrin - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

I was being a bit tongue in cheek there. The Calling does not overwhelm them that quickly. If you remember Larius from Legacy, he was looking pretty dire generally and yet reasonably in control of his faculties. Isseya's hair was falling out in clumps and she looked dreadful, yet had not yet reached the stage of needing to head into the Deep Roads. Clarel looked pretty decent to me. So did most of the other Wardens. All they appeared to be suffering was a collective buzzing in their brain. That alone should have made them question what was going on. In such an event, they should at least have sent word to Wiesshaupt that something strange was happening to them and asking for guidance. That way the person in charge at HQ in the absence of the First Warden would at least be aware of what was happening and if nothing else respond that the First Warden was unavailable. Instead the plan was to summon a demon army and head into the Deep Roads on mass. Apparently they didn't even think to warn the monarchs of their respective realms where they were going or anyone else for that matter. They just withdrew from across the south. Yet Weisshaupt was getting correspondence from Denerim that suggested nothing was amiss. Whilst it was apparently normal for a local commander not to check in on time (which Clarel didn't), planning a major enterprise in the Deep Roads is something that should have been reported before they left. Of course, the fact is that would never have happened because it was never intended by Erimond to head into the Deep Roads but once the demon army had been summoned in full, the puppet Warden mages would simply have unleashed them on the surface. That is what had happened in the dark future.

I would also point out the the whole premise of DAA was that we were going to establish an official Warden presence in Denerim that would actually have political power via Vigil's Keep. This was done with the blessing of both the monarch of Ferelden and the leadership in Weisshaupt. Unfortunately, the writing team decided to ignore DAA completely in the DAI plot. If Leliana wanted to know what was up with the Wardens in Ferelden (which was after all where Blackwall was operating) the first port of call should have been Vigil's Keep, yet she never mentioned having done this.  Why didn't Leliana send a friggin raven to Weisshaupt herself?  Surely after Haven that would have been advisable?   Then again after meeting with Stoud or whoever was Hawke's contact.   If they failed to answer, send an agent.   Also, Clarel asking permission to enter Ferelden was stupid because once again it had already been established that Orlesian Wardens could travel into the country to supply Vigil's Keep. If the Hero made the ultimate sacrifice the Warden placed in charge of Vigil's Keep was from Orlais. Yet, Clarel's letter made no reference to this. Teagan also ignored this precedent when he harped on about Sophie Dryden. So, there were various aspects to the Warden story that sold them short in the narrative they conducted for DAI.