Thanks for the explanations. I understand Thanaton's motivations better now. The article helped, but I didn't feel like I got an adequate explanation from the story itself.

I can't figure out what rule Zash broke? I know Thanaton told my SI that Zash went against some Sith tradition when she arranged Skotia's death, but it all seemed like nonsense - basically it literally makes no sense to me in context of the Sith. Which Sith tradition states that you can't exploit a rival's (or your master's) weakness in order to kill them and take their place in the hierarchy? As Baras says in the SW story, "Every Sith must attend to his own promotion." What Zash did seems par for the course for the Sith. What I mean is I literally don't understand what rule/tradition Thanaton is talking about. He is supposed to be the villain, but I am mostly a mixture of amused, bemused, but mostly I am confused.

I'm going through the SI story and....why does Thanaton want to kill my SI, exactly? I listened to all of the dialogue and pay close attention, but I am still confused on what's happening in this story. I'm midway through part 2.

At this point I'd settle for a letter! But, yes, cutscenes are certainly preferable. ETA: So he wasn't part of Hearts and Minds, either, it seems. And no not even a letter? sigh

So any word on seeing Malavai again, or at the very least getting a letter from him at all?

Thanks for this!!!

What outfit is he in? It looks amazing on him. ETA: never mind…. found it in the cartel market.

I will gnaw bread and water for months, months I say, for this set. But also brie.

Aaaaand now I must have this set.

I forgave Theron because I felt the writer's screwed his character over and I took this approach to him: This storyline has been a hot mess, so let's just move on, shall we?

This combination sounds absolutely disgusting to me. Revolting. What I mean by "disgusting" and "revolting" is that if a slice was put in front of me I'd eat it.

I wish there were companions we could say no to. I would have left Kaliyo on Hutta. I probably would have left Ashara on Taris though I don't hate her, it's just there's no reason to take a Jedi along and my Dark Side Inq wouldn't have. One of the things I like about the Dragon Age franchise is there's a lot more opportunity for that. With almost all the companions in DA:O and Sera in DA:I. Thanks for the jar of bees, now go away. She grew on me after a while though.

You're certainly free to believe Ashara's an equal and I respect your roleplay choice to tell her that. If as you suggest she trained for that specific moment, then great; the reunion should have reflected that. It didn't. So Ashara didn't. And now we Dark Side V people are left with creating our own story because unlike you, we didn't get a roleplay choice. And again, I don't want her dead. And no, I don't think she backed it up; she block some lightning - whoopdie doo. I'd have liked for it to have been more convincing, is all I'm saying. Give my Inq a real fight; a claim with some meat on it. I would have been fine if a Dark Side character could duel her and it end in a stalemate, or even lose to Ashara. I don't need my character to be the most powerful, but I don't want them to be a chump, either. I don't hate Ashara at all, but I still won't do the alert when I get to it because of the lack of agency and OOC behaviour of my Dark Side Inq. Not because of Ashara. Use of YOU is not personal.

Me too! There's so much opportunity for stories to tell for everyone if they let us switch factions.

We should have combined the forces from the Revan story and taken down the immortal emperor and his children as part of a Ziost storyline with it weakening both factions. Then Jedi Under Siege happening almost right after. KOTFE/ET were wasted years, in my opinion.

I'm about to ask a really dumb question, but here goes: were your grouped up?

Well, there's nothing here to disagree with really and I think we're generally on the same page. I agree that it makes sense for Ashara to become stronger, but so did your Inq. Let me ask you this: your Inq killed the immortal emperor and his child(ren), who are arguably the strongest force users in the story. Do you really believe because of a lightsaber block that Ashara is your equal? Do you honestly believe that all things considered, it's arrogance to think Ashara is not at your level? I'd wager you don't, but because accepting Ashara as your equal is the only way to get her back as a companion, you just roll with it. I'd have done the same, tbh, if she were my favourite. Due to some pretty terrible writing at times we have to behave OOC to achieve our desired outcome. The lack of agency in KOTFE/ET is why I almost cancelled my subscription. Hopefully they are turning that around in the new story.

So I just watched the LS and DS reunion on youtube and I actually see the problem from the Dark Side point of view. A Dark Lord of the Sith rank V would most likely not just allow Ashara to basically say screw you and walk away. Especially after the LOL claim of being equals. My Darth V has killed people for less. Now Ashara is an LI so I don't think she should have a kill option, but I can see the problem some people had with that scene. Realistically, how many Dark Side Sith would allow Ashara to leave that room alive? I'd wager many would have killed her, but your character is no longer allowed to be a Dark Sith in that scene. Think of the class story: how many NPCs would have lived past that scene when facing a Dark Side Sith? This isn't an Ashara problem though, it's a KOTFE/ET problem: lack of character agency. It is by far my biggest problem with that entire storyline. Also I want to say again: LI's should not have kill options simply because it screws their fans out of content. If the writer's didn't do it that way, then fine, off with their heads. But they seem incapable of giving a companion who could be dead for some any content. I hope that changes.

I adore Jo Wyatt.

I only watch the big stuff like the WC, Champion's league, and the Euros. My husband is a massive Juve fan though. I only played a Republic trooper because of Jen Hale's voice. Dark side was like renegade Shep for me. I might give the JC a go though. I should at least play all the class stories to experience everything.

I might have to play a Jedi Consular just for the clothing options. Also, Forze Juve?

Why kill Ashara? She wasn't my favourite companion or anything but she did nothing worthy of death. Did I miss something in the story post-vanilla? I haven't taken my assassin into any content past the class story.

Enjoy the ride. IMO, DA:O is the best Dragon Age. Also the romances are so well done, as are character conversations in general. And now reading your post and typing this out has made me all nostalgic. I want to do another run now.

I have two SW, both human. I have two IAs, one human and the other is Chiss. My Republic trooper is human. I'm just usually not a fan of playing aliens but for my Chiss IA it works nicely. She's also the only character who doesn't have a romance because she's already in love with a man she can't be with.

I don't care one bit about Anthem and I can't wait for its launch so I can hear more about the game, aside from SWTOR of course, I care about: Dragon Age. I'm coming for you, Solas, you dbag.