Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »And then there's the members of the TG: Quen, Zeira, Velsa, Walks-Softly and Silver-Claw
I was surprised by how much I cared for the TG members. I didn't find the quest line all that great, but I connected with these characters much more than with the Orsinium and the DB characters. I think it was because of the personal quests we did for them, and they were also very well-written and believable. Really, kudos to the team that wrote them and for their VAs too.
Its also because youre all "on the run" from the Iron Wheel. It creates this you vs them sort of mentality. Where as Orsinium is very political and has a lot of shady maneuvering by a character thats asked you to help them. Only for it to be revealed you were another pawn in the grand scheme of things.
Korah_Eaglecry wrote: »And then there's the members of the TG: Quen, Zeira, Velsa, Walks-Softly and Silver-Claw
I was surprised by how much I cared for the TG members. I didn't find the quest line all that great, but I connected with these characters much more than with the Orsinium and the DB characters. I think it was because of the personal quests we did for them, and they were also very well-written and believable. Really, kudos to the team that wrote them and for their VAs too.
Its also because youre all "on the run" from the Iron Wheel. It creates this you vs them sort of mentality. Where as Orsinium is very political and has a lot of shady maneuvering by a character thats asked you to help them. Only for it to be revealed you were another pawn in the grand scheme of things.
I see the point about Orsinium, but I don't know about the DB, we are like that in the DB story line too - we vs. the Order of the Hour plus the Black Dragon. And they actually kill a bunch of members. I think the DB story didn't really flash out the characters as much as TG did. I really think the personal quests did it for me. The only "personal quest" on DB is the Kor/Hildegard one, and I found it to be cheesy and uninspired.
The only character in the DB we really take our time to get to know is Elam, because we know him through his repeatable quests (he actually finds it creepy if you try to get to know him early on, when you are told to go get to know your Brothers and Sisters in the DB). I believe that's why he is the only DB character I really care about. Although, I swear I would be devastated if they killed Speaker Terenus too; I feel a mighty need to get his approval for some reason. I think it is because everything about him is so... Imposing, you know?
In Orsinium, I got a soft spot for Talviah since the beginning, and I love that we got him on small doses over time instead of being with him more often, like with Eveli (I actually didn't really connect with her). Young, naïve, polite, sweet and always trying to be helpful, I was sure from the beginning that Talviah would die. I'm glad it ends up being a choice, at least - and of course, I could never hurt someone so adorable, so my perfect cinnamon roll is safe and sound in all of my characters' stories (I don't have any character that would actually kill someone like him on that situation, not even my DB character. If I did, I think I wouldn't touch the Orsinium quest line with a character like that). But that was all, I didn't really care for other (non-recurring) Orsinium characters. I think I see a pattern, here. I like characters that I get to know little by little