See, I totally get why he does it, but believing that the ends justify the means doesn't actually make the means any less manipulative or horrible.

Also, I don't get why he has to kill Jory. If it's because Jory's a coward, well, I'm not sold on the idea of Jory as a coward. There's a difference between cowardly and cautious, and at least for the dialog options I chose, he's cautious, not cowardly. He doesn't abandon the party, he doesn't shy away from battle when they find it, I really think he's just a thoughtful, cautious soldier who doesn't want to die needlessly.

After all, he has a pregnant wife to go home to. I'd be cautious too.

And he balks at drinking darkspawn blood not because it's icky, but because it apparently has a high chance of killing him. Again, Jory doesn't want to die needlessly, and that looks pretty needless, I must say. Especially since he has all of maybe five minutes to process this turn of events.

Mileage may vary, especially with different dialog options, but I really want the "Jory and Daveth live" AU. Maybe the "Jory and Daveth and Duncan all live" AU. That would be fun to write. I may have to consider this more thoroughly.