Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150430090807/@comment-25555436-20150501230332

1-Not saying you should make him a Warden, just saying that you could be smart to avoid losing everything Alistair carries if you chose to.

2-Like I said, if Alistair is hardened and becomes King, and you or someone that isn't Alistair beats Loghain and you make him a Warden, Loghain (maybe) lives, Alistair lives, Anora is...wherever. Of course, if you instead want to see drunk Alistair then don't harden him, but then Anora is the only remaining choice for the throne if you let Loghain live.

3-She did a great job before Loghain took the throne, remember? She wasn't allowed to do anything, nor did her father listen to her instead of Howe. She couldn't stop the blight and the war because she wasn't in a position of power at the time after Cailan died, and Loghain was too paranoid and blind to do something good, both practically and morally.

You could be the greatest FPS player ever. But what's that any good for if you are not even allowed to play FPS games? Same deal here.

Besides, choosing between Alistair and Anora is basically choosing someone with good personality, or someone with political knowledge and skills. Who would be the better ruler? The 2nd one. As proven by history, old and modern, the greatest presidents are the ones that have the skills and brains to do something, not the ones that have a charming smile. And yes, there's evidence too of the charming people not always being good kings and presidents. There's even 1 good example, in the EEUU, right now.