Canon Grey Wardens

[lea_hazel]

I've heard some people refer to their "canon" Wardens, out of all their various incarnations. Closing in on the end of my second playthrough (f!Surana blood mage), I'm interested to hear about other people's experiences. Do you have a canon Warden, is it the first one you played, and what sort of Warden were they?

I haven't played all the origins yet, but from the hints in the game and from other people's stories, I can already see myself developing elaborate "canon" versions of each origin, separate and different from how my game might have turned out. See, I make a lot of choices that are specifically to experience parts of the game I haven't played yet, and also to unlock achievements. But, what I play is not necessarily what makes most sense to me from a characterization POV.

That's part of the reason I picked Surana for my second game, because she's kind of a wild card in my eyes. Maybe I put too much stress on characters being a product of their upbringing, though.

Anyway, everyone loves talking about their characters, and I'd love to hear your stories.

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[i_paint_the_sky]

I don't really have a "canon" Warden really. I do have preferred versions of each Warden though and that is often based on how I played them. For example, I prefer the Aeducan who does kill Trian (this is actually the Origin I first played on a friend's game and I'm sad that the Aeducan Warden who I've played the whole way did not actually do this). And I like my Cousland Warden to be politically savvy. But I don't consider any of that to be canon.

I do have a few thoughts as to what would be canon as pertains to the other characters. I feel like ending with Alistair and Anora on the throne together is vaguely canonical (which is funny since I've never had that happen but my two full playthroughs have both been Alistair romance so ... XD).

I also do try to have characters act according to their characterization, unless its something I really want to see. But even then sometimes I just make a new Warden for that purpose, I have a nice blood mage that I'm having fun with since his goal in life is to make Alistair hate him.

[lea_hazel]

That's a very noble goal in life. Let me know how it goes.

I really feel like the origins have a lot of cues and hints in them as to what people expect the Warden to behave like, and why. As for which choices are canon for the storytellers, I have lots of opinions about that, too. Then again, I'm not sure if maybe my favored choices aren't seeping through just a little bit. Or a lot.