The Darkspawn Chronicles— why has nobody talked about it?! I’m sure people have, I just haven’t seen it lol.
I knew of its existence but never played it until last night. I was going to start a new game of Origins but was like I’ll go see the DLC and maybe do one of them.
Spoiler alert, if you’ve not checked it out yet but would like to.
I don’t know if the devs were being cruel or clever (perhaps both), giving us a canonical(?) alternative ending in which our Warden failed their joining, leaving Alistair to do the conscripting and decision-making. Clearly, he did the best he could, but maybe it only enhances the meaning of our Warden’s Hero of Ferelden title, seeing as without them, Ferelden really was lost to the Blight despite anyone else’s efforts.
Not only did you have to kill Alistair, Barkspawn, Morrigan, Leliana, Sten, Oghren, Wynne, and some other familiar faces, but since Alistair sided with the Templars, f*kin CULLEN was there, too! Bless my poor fiancé’s heart as he heard me pterodactyl-screeching from the other room. It was bad, y’all 😂
All in all though, it was a fun DLC. Broke my heart, but it was still interesting to play.