Poor Rurik and Althea (Spoilers)

I mean we have Little Thorn coming back as a henchman... Little Thom didn't die. The badge you found as 'proof' it was him...well...when you finish that quest, you learn he had lost it gambling a few days before he disappeared. So your proof only proved it wasn't him.

How can you sympathize with Rurik? I hated him, what an arrogant, spoiled child. If I'd been Adelbern, I would have banished his ass years ago.

In any case I was overjoyed at the chance to finally off him at the end. Huh? Adelbern is more like the spoiled child. He's the arrogant king who thinks they can take on the Charr and rebuild their kingdom when the it is obvious they will get destroyed by the Charr if they stay in Ascalon. Rurik has been a leader who tries to save his people and charges head on against odds that he knows he cannot win. His voice and the way he talks might be annoying, but nowhere near as annoying as Glint, Ghostly Hero, or...Seer (OMG, worst voice ever!).

I didn't like his personality much, although I personally agreed with his stance against his father, but I did feel bad when he 'died'.

Although, I felt even worse for my poor character being forced to holler "Noooooooooo!" Oh boy, when does that happen? I'll make sure not to be leading the team as to avoid that indignity.

its because the real story the hero's don't die. They always find ways to surmount the impossibles odds. But they DO die, otherwise there won't be resurrection shrines all over the place and we wouldn't have all the resurrection spells. The only ones who could not be resurrected were those who succumbed to the White Mantle, but that was not the case with Rurik or Althea.

Go. You cannot save me. Lead our people to Kryta!

Aeris! Noooooooooooo! I lol'ed

I felt a little bad for rurik, until I had to lead...er....follow....him into battle. He drug me every step of the way on every mission we entered when i just wanted to explore and find bonuses.

In the end I couldnt help but be glad I wouldnt have to follow after that red, wrinkled, sorry excuse for a cape into battle anymore only to watch him standing around like a dolt while I struggled to keep him alive...I sware he was a war/monk with no clue how to use his healing powers

Huh? Adelbern is more like the spoiled child. He's the arrogant king who thinks they can take on the Charr and rebuild their kingdom when the it is obvious they will get destroyed by the Charr if they stay in Ascalon. Rurik has been a leader who tries to save his people and charges head on against odds that he knows he cannot win. His voice and the way he talks might be annoying, but nowhere near as annoying as Glint, Ghostly Hero, or...Seer (OMG, worst voice ever!). I actually like Glint's voice. I find it quit appropriate for a really old female dragon.

I would imagine too, that your heros normally are killed by being beaten to death. Whereas Althea was incinerated, and Rurik got his head chopped off. Some things you just can't rebound from At least it's not like a certain RPG where everyone can get ressurected, unless you died in a certain cutscene..... Well when PCs die and there's an enemy necro, he often uses the PCs corpse to create bone minions...surely that's worse than getting beheaded? Besides we didn't actually see Rurik getting beheaded. All I heard was a sickening thud, which I assumed was the axe getting embedded in his head...Undead Rurik still had a head, even if it was skeletal.