Misconception: zevran is entirely blood thirsty.
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Zevran is 100% a pragmatist. Yes, he kills people for money. So does everyone else in Thedas, only Zevran is more honest about it.
You could say he’s killed innocents, to which he would respond: who among us is truly innocent? Now that he’s free, he has a little more leeway to pick and choose his clients, but when he was with the Crows, it was either their life or his. He has to justify it, because if he couldn’t, the guilt would destroy him.
He supports necessary ruthlessness when it serves a purpose; He supports Bhelen because “a nice guy” does not a good monarch make. (And he’s right, by the way.) But he will disapprove of senseless violence. He speaks out against you slaughtering the Dalish, and he speaks out against you annulling the Circle, because he recognizes that the actions of one person shouldn’t condemn an entire group.
Post-origins, during his campaign to dismantle the Crows, while he kills a lot of Crows out of self-defense (and likely regrets it, considering their circumstances) he also takes disillusioned assassins under his wing.
Zevran is capable of being very ruthless, just as he is capable of showing mercy.
Zevran: The killing just signals the end of the hunt. Without it, the chase goes on. You killed your marks cleanly, I hope.
Leliana: Whenever possible.
Zevran: Good, when the prey is caught, it deserves a good death, a clean death.
Zevran: Perhaps you are right; we have much in common.
