Are people willfully ignoring that the devs said part of the reason Davrin was one of the two for that choice was bc of him surviving at weisshaupt?
Bc I've seen three people saying the devs said him just bc of assan and while I agree that comment was in poor taste that... isn't what the whole statement was. At all.
It's because he's a Warden who has lost 3/4 of his Order. It's bc he survived killing an Archdemon, which he was trained for years to sacrifice himself to kill.
Davrin's whole story isn't just about Assan. It's about resolving yourself to live past what you thought was your 'expiration date' and how to come to terms with surviving what you thought would kill you.
It's about growing to be more than you'd ever imagined or allowed yourself to be (A Warden destined to die in the Blight, the griffon bodyguard, to the hero who helped save the veil and kill gods, to the hero who saved the griffon species anew, to the hero who survived the killing of an archdemon- a fear only ever (possibly) completed by the HoF, granted they fulfilled Morrigans ritual.) He even starts to reconnect with his Dalish roots and heritage and family. To grow upwards like tree branches and to reaffirm his roots.
It's about accepting that you are more than what you thought were more and that you can have and be more. And then, depending on Rooks choices- after he has accepted that he could have a future, that he could do and be more, that he's allowed to want and to be more... he loses that future. To save the world. To give his team a chance they would never get again.
Davrin has always been more than just Assan and yet half the people I see complaining about his arc 'just being about Assan' are the very ones.. reducing his arc to that.
(I'll never ever be able to sacrifice him, but... yeah)
Like I have my own issues with some of what the devs said (like 90% of what was said about Solas, the Assan vs Harding comment instead of recognizing Davrin's importance as DAVRIN)
But like. At least be accurate in what you're criticizing