It makes all sorts of sense for them to try and invade Ferelden, especially if, like you say, they thought the blight was for real. For one thing, if the Ferelden screws this up, then it makes things bad for Orlais in the long run. Better to go in there and take care of it yourself, then letting the noobs handle it and standing on the sidelines hoping for the best.
However, I think assuming that Orlais is somehow more appreciative of blights more so than Ferelden is quite a logical leap. Hasn't it been hundreds of years since the last blight? It's human nature for people to forget how bad things in the past were and not appreciate appreciate the danger. Look at the brutal Orlesian occupation as an example - it's still within living memory, and yet you already have the king of the next generation being dumb enough to consider marrying the Empress and handing over Ferelden without a fight. And that's within 30 years, not with a few hundred year gap between blights.
I mean, really, we don't know if Celene actually has taken the blight seriously or not. There's no real evidence for this in the game either way. And from Loghain's point of view, even if there has been no saber rattling from Orlais, with the brutal Orlesian occupation only 30 years prior, it makes a lot of sense to be wary of this huge occupational force that is there to "help." It is entirely possible that the Orlesians would come in with their much larger forces, fight the blight and then never actually leave. So really, it's entirely rational of him to keep the Orlesians out, especially in this circumstance.
Where he makes his mistake, I think, is that he doesn't take the blight seriously enough, which is unfortunate and gets people killed as he's busy sending assassins after the grey wardens, poisoning Eamon and whatnot.
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It makes all sorts of sense for them to try and invade Ferelden, especially if, like you say, they thought the blight was for real. For one thing, if the Ferelden screws this up, then it makes things bad for Orlais in the long run. Better to go in there and take care of it yourself, then letting the noobs handle it and standing on the sidelines hoping for the best.
However, I think assuming that Orlais is somehow more appreciative of blights more so than Ferelden is quite a logical leap. Hasn't it been hundreds of years since the last blight? It's human nature for people to forget how bad things in the past were and not appreciate appreciate the danger. Look at the brutal Orlesian occupation as an example - it's still within living memory, and yet you already have the king of the next generation being dumb enough to consider marrying the Empress and handing over Ferelden without a fight. And that's within 30 years, not with a few hundred year gap between blights.
I mean, really, we don't know if Celene actually has taken the blight seriously or not. There's no real evidence for this in the game either way. And from Loghain's point of view, even if there has been no saber rattling from Orlais, with the brutal Orlesian occupation only 30 years prior, it makes a lot of sense to be wary of this huge occupational force that is there to "help." It is entirely possible that the Orlesians would come in with their much larger forces, fight the blight and then never actually leave. So really, it's entirely rational of him to keep the Orlesians out, especially in this circumstance.
Where he makes his mistake, I think, is that he doesn't take the blight seriously enough, which is unfortunate and gets people killed as he's busy sending assassins after the grey wardens, poisoning Eamon and whatnot.