I have to disagree. The fact that the Warden makes the deciding factor is a pure game mechanic and for most of the origins, it makes no freaking sense whatsoever, unless you're playing a human noble character. The same way it makes no sense that you decide the fate of the dalish or the dwarves or whoever. And Bioware does this in every game they make, Mass Effect, KoTOR and others all have the "Your PC decides the fact of everything, no matter if it makes sense or not because this is what our players like." It has no further meaning than the fact that Bioware knows what sells their games.
Alistair is a man, whose sole qualification for being king is his bloodline. This is a guy who refused to lead two grey wardens across Ferelden and making him king makes no sense whatsoever, unless you have a political stake in getting rid of the Queen and think you can control him, which is the best explination I think the bannorn (and the Warden) has for backing him. He has no training, expierence, or any of the skills necessary to run the country, without some major help from someone else. It would be like taking a fortune 500 company and handing it over to your brother's doofy best friend. It simply makes no sense if you are baising the decision on skill and merit.
The bannorn only has the Warden's opinon that he should be king, and really other than the game mechanic, I don't believe that they'd give two shits about the opinion of a warden who was a city elf, or a dalish elf or any of the other non human noble backgrounds.
Frankly, Anora hasn't demonstrated that, for all that she has been a capable administrator during peacetime.
This is completely ignoring game cannon and the evidence within the game. Even her enemies talk about how skilled of a Queen she is.
But the moment the fighting started, she took a back seat to her father and let him start a reign of terror that trampled over the rights of the banns and weakened their defenses against the darkspawn until half the country was overrun. She's not the one who has been out there actually fighting the darkspawn and gathering an army.
1) We've been round and round on this, but her father had the military. There isn't a hell of a lot she could have done. And she does move against him, when she can, despite the obvious fact that she loves him.
2)Fighting darkspawn is not the same skillset as being a good administrator and King or Queen. So why a Grey Warden would be at all qualified to choose who the next leader is of Ferelden makes no sense at all. Again, this is a typical bioware game mechanic.
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Alistair is a man, whose sole qualification for being king is his bloodline. This is a guy who refused to lead two grey wardens across Ferelden and making him king makes no sense whatsoever, unless you have a political stake in getting rid of the Queen and think you can control him, which is the best explination I think the bannorn (and the Warden) has for backing him. He has no training, expierence, or any of the skills necessary to run the country, without some major help from someone else. It would be like taking a fortune 500 company and handing it over to your brother's doofy best friend. It simply makes no sense if you are baising the decision on skill and merit.
The bannorn only has the Warden's opinon that he should be king, and really other than the game mechanic, I don't believe that they'd give two shits about the opinion of a warden who was a city elf, or a dalish elf or any of the other non human noble backgrounds.
Frankly, Anora hasn't demonstrated that, for all that she has been a capable administrator during peacetime.
This is completely ignoring game cannon and the evidence within the game. Even her enemies talk about how skilled of a Queen she is.
But the moment the fighting started, she took a back seat to her father and let him start a reign of terror that trampled over the rights of the banns and weakened their defenses against the darkspawn until half the country was overrun. She's not the one who has been out there actually fighting the darkspawn and gathering an army.
1) We've been round and round on this, but her father had the military. There isn't a hell of a lot she could have done. And she does move against him, when she can, despite the obvious fact that she loves him.
2)Fighting darkspawn is not the same skillset as being a good administrator and King or Queen. So why a Grey Warden would be at all qualified to choose who the next leader is of Ferelden makes no sense at all. Again, this is a typical bioware game mechanic.