Maker's Breath.... (Official Cullen Rutherford discussion)

Tevinter's not a very friendly place in many people eyes. I can understand them. This is war. Full of Venatori, and crazy cultists, how they know, Dorian's not a spy? Because he's charming? 
Mother Giselle may be rude, but still honest. I know that's not a popular opinion.

Yes, Dorian's great, but at the moment, the suspicion cannot be forgiven? My Inquisitors always send her to the Void, but I can understand also her position.  And as phoray wrote as well, she apologizes later.

At most, Cullen had been at the Circle a year. he was only 19 in Origins, I think.

I think Wynne learned her lesson when the Warden put her in her place. Also, Cullen and Quiz are totally not the same situation as two wardens or warden + other. Wardens are doomed to an early death, and they were mid Blight, making the risk even higher.

Actually, that's a good question - where does the Templar training occur? The tower or separate school/church or both, or maybe school and practicum at the tower before actually joining? Cullen said the Templars took him in at the age of 13 and before that he repeatedly would sneak away from home to watch them practice since eight. They were amused by his interest and humoured him by letting him practice and then 'I must have shown promise' that's when he's accepted.

@cati My problem with that scene is that Giselle didn't come to warn the Inq, she came to harass Dorian, while she was trying to make it look like she's there out of good intentions. She just wanted to do Wynne to Loghain thing and came with her own prejudices rather than on behalf of other people who have that prejudice.

I TOTALLY understand Mother Giselle's concerns about Dorian. Especially when you consider she herself is an important person in the Chantry, which Dorian's entire country regards as a fraud. So her back is already up against the wall around him. But the fact that a "magister" (even though socially he is something different) is so closely potentially influencing the Inquisitor, a.k.a. The Herald of Andraste (she no doubt believes the Inquisitor is divinely influenced and so this matters greatly to her) is probably deeply troubling to her. Also consider the fact that at this very moment, a group of Tevinter cultists are actively working against the Inquisition. Mother Giselle has NO reason to trust Dorian, none at all. 

The only thing that bothers me is that it seems like she is accusing Dorian and the Inquisitor of being in a relationship, which pissed me off b/c if that were the case, what fucking concern is it of hers??? (You can see this irritates me lol) But I learned that she also says the same thing to a female Inquisitor, so I guess I can assume her concern has nothing to do with homophobia, which is the only thing I would truly damn her on.

I said she's rude. I can appreciate if someone able to apologize. Dorian's father not really was able to do it when he committed orders of magnitude more serious sins against him...

That doesn't give her the right to follow Dorian into a library and harass/interrogate/tell him how unwelcome he is. If she has concerns that he's a blood mage influencing Inq's mind, bring your concerns through the official channels to Cullen. It's his job to kick information out of blood mage suspects.

It's one thing not to trust someone. It's another to follow them around and keep telling them to go get lost because they're not welcome.

It's not just about her being rude.

I found this situation to be threatening because it could escalate into violence against Dorian. Rather than diffusing the situation, which is her direct job to help people find some peace of mind and keep panic at bay, she cannot because she's feeding her own prejudices into it and making it worse. This doesn't negate that she means well because she also sees the possibility of this violence and wants to eliminate it. But, her solution is not to enlighten the idiots, but to make Dorian go away or at least make him stay away from the Inquisitor.

I imagined my Hawke with Anders in Templar costume...
...like this?:

No, I just found it.

I can never get enough of these two boys!
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He looked a lot more like Cullen in the first video reveals. Not sure what happened to change that. Maybe that was why they changed him?

Probably because no one would know who the heck he was if called by his last name. Maybe they should have made Rutherford his first name?