#greagoir

Ship Tournament — Round #2 / Match 10 of 44

Greagoir/Irving

"they argue and bicker, but they also care for each other, there is a reason why Gregoir spares the mages only if he sees Irving alive (also we need old peopl yaoi)"

vs. Elthina/Meredith

""Go back to the Gallows and calm down, like a good girl.""

Dragon Age Origins. First Enchanter Irving/Knight-Commander Greagoir. [ bsky ]

greagoir’s an interesting one! i think it’s important to remember he is presented as “the model templar” and can in many ways be taken as a standard. from a templar perspective including his own, he can be considered “one of the good ones”, an honour-driven man running one of the supposedly better and more lenient circles (as always, yikes!) with a considerable amount of grudging respect for his first enchanter counterpart

i don’t think greagoir hates mages, it’s not that passionate, and he would certainly object to the accusation. i do think that mages, to greagoir, are largely an inconvenience in the way of him performing his duty, especially the young ones who haven’t “settled down” into circle life, or refuse to. and that frustration can reach a little more of a boiling point with irving’s favourites, who i suspect he thinks take far too many liberties, especially with the recent history of anders’ various debacles. while he isn’t sure how, during the mage origin he definitely recognises that in some way irving has outplayed him, and he would certainly have punished irving’s student to see that balance restored. (arguably, just as irving wanted to see lily punished. this is a game of lives they’ve been playing for a long time, though the stakes for irving are naturally much higher and more personal.)

Sten: "This is why we cut the tongues from mages, in Par Vollen."

Greagoir: "I will admit to agreeing with your companion. Maker knows the Qunari would not have gotten themselves into this position."

greagoir wouldn’t start cutting tongues from every mage—he is a lawful man who acts according to the chantry’s will. he also wouldn’t vindictively want to start cutting tongues from every mage—he considers himself a reasonable man doing his duty, purposeful not cruel, and that would be monstrous. but what he does think is that it would be a practical solution to the problem he faces

i think a lot about his line, “it is the innocent folk of ferelden who matter. i would lay down my life, and the life of any mage, to protect them.” i take that as a very genuine assertion of his principles. it’s also an admission that the mages, from the children to the eldest, are fundamentally not “innocent folk”, whether because they are by nature “guilty” or because they are not quite people

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Greagoir is hinted at being the father of Rhys (Wynne's son) in The World of Thedas Vol. 2 (emphasis my own):

As a young templar, Greagoir was described by his superiors as a "model templar. Strong, skilled, and devoted to both the Chantry and the mages, he was thought by many to be the picture of what the templars should be at their best... Though Greagoir spent most of his career at Kinloch Hold, the knight-commander's journals show that Greagoir was sent away to Denerim for a period of about a year and a half, just before the beginning of the Dragon Age. Though his absence was attributed to the chantry in Denerim requiring templars, rumors abounded that he was ordered to leave as part of a punitive sentence for trespasses unknown. However, the knight-commander was quick to take action against any who repeated the rumors, and the gossip soon stopped. When Greagoir returned, he seemed to be the same templar he always was, as focused and dedicated to his duties as ever.

We also know that Rhys's father gave Wynne a letter, which she held on to for the rest of her life (emphasis my own):

Warden: Greagoir. Good to see you again.

Greagoir: Well, look who's back. A proper Grey Warden now, are we? Glad you're not dead.

Warden: You're truly glad I'm not dead? OR You don't mean that.

Greagoir: Perhaps. Now, we're dealing with a situation that doesn't involve you, Grey Warden.

As a now-belated birthday gift to my beloved little warden Amaryllia, I decided to finally try my hand at erotic art—and I’m so glad I did!