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Arrival at Ostagar - Alistair

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Oh gosh, I'm a little nervous.  Introducing party members is a big deal.  Fan favorites.  PRESSURE. 
Also I've had this set of pages in my sketchbook for going on four years now.  If there are any costume discrepancies, now you know why.

Okay, so my take on Arlana meeting Alistair is... she's not even sure what to do with this guy.  When Duncan told her to go find their new recruit she just pictured a mini-Duncan.  I think the "legend of the Grey Wardens" has made them feel stoic and flawless and larger than life.  Only the proud and severe can become Grey Wardens.  (She forgets that she isn't that either, but she isn't technically one yet and nothing feels real right now anyway.)  And then she finds,... this guy.
 
This is the opposite of mini-Duncan.  He's arguing with mages and cracking wise and just generally being a goober.  He's friendly and welcoming, and he almost immediately says all the wrong things. 

He is the antithesis of quiet dignity.

I imagine it would be a little like starting a really important group project and realizing you've been paired with the class clown.  Up until now she's had literally two things on her mind: 1) revenge on Howe and 2) the blight.  Alistair doesn't really seem like he's going to fit into her long term plans.  And then he starts musing on the fact that there aren't a lot of women in the Grey Wardens and she's like, "you want more women, huh. Oh brother."

It's a beautiful beginning.
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