tell me about thosk and paragon of her kind pls
godddd he did it last when he’d had a lot of character development and Wow he saw Orzammar so differently. He also saw Dust Town. For the first time in his life. He tracked down and visited all his kids and gave them as much money as he could spare. But like, while he’s going around Orzammar surprising everyone by being much less of a conceited asshole than he used to be, he’s also very determinedly looking for ways to bring Bhelen down. He is absolutely behind Harrowmont and as soon as he sees Vartag, tells him to either fight or fuck off and tell Bhelen that Thosk is going to bring him down.
But he’s seeing more of Orzammar than he noticed or cared about before, and in the Deep Roads Oghren points out things Thosk never thought about (while they both realise this guy is much more than they thought he was, and grow to respect each other a little). He finds Ruck who only Filda still cares about, when he knows nobles lost in the Deep Roads would be searched for for years. He finds ancient records for Orta that mean she’ll suddenly be afforded more rights. And then he finds Caridin and the Anvil of the Void and he knows the easy answer here, the way to save Orzammar, would be to turn the casteless into golems, because they don’t legally exist anyway. And he knows that’s wrong.
When Thosk gets back to Orzammar he visits Harrowmont immediately and asks what he’d do about the caste system if king, which is a question Harrowmont really doesn’t have time for. He tells Harrowmont to get out of Orzammar now, because he knows his brother, and Bhelen won’t leave Harrowmont alive and able to threaten him once he’s king. Harrowmont is A Little Surprised at this change in Thosk to say the least. But as much as Thosk would love to make Bhelen suffer, to just give him some kind of punishment for what he did to him, Bhelen would be far better for the casteless - and everyone not a noble - than Harrowmont would. And he tells Harrowmont, and Bhelen, and his companions, and anyone else who asks “But it’s not about me”. He’s taken his fucking time getting here, but this boy is going to be selfless now and let go of his revenge for the good of others, because it’s the right thing to do. It’s the big turning point in his character arc and wow I’m proud of him.