Parent is a Scary Word
How to Train a Griffon
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Limited Conversation
Rook walks into Davrin’s room.
Rook: It looks like our boy Assan is feeling his oats. Or… whatever griffons feel.
Davrin: He’s getting the hang of it. When he listens.
| Pre-Weisshaupt | Post-Weisshaupt |
|---|---|
| Rook: He seems to be able to handle himself so far.Assan: (Proud squawk)Davrin: You got lucky the Gloom Howler didn’t tear you to pieces, boy. You wait for my command, we attack together—then we can kill stuff like that. | Rook: He didn’t back down at Weisshaupt.Davrin: Can’t tell if he’s brave or doesn’t know any better.Rook: There’s a difference?Davrin: I don’t want to throw him into the fire like that. |
Rook: At least he’s learning.
Davrin: The instincts kick in. Griffons see darkspawn, and it’s a fight to the death. Like wolves hunting deer. Just need to corral it.
Dialogue options:
- Affable: He looks so tame. [1]
- Sarcastic: Glad I’m not a deer. [2]
- Stoic: He’s a perfect Grey Warden. [3]
+ Davrin Approves - Afraid: Unless he loses. [4]
1 - Affable: He looks so tame.
Rook: You’d never know it to look at him. Seems friendly enough.
Davrin: As long as he likes you.
Rook: So what I’m hearing, Assan, is… gingerwort truffles for life?
Assan: (Happy squawk)
2 - Sarcastic: Glad I’m not a deer.
Rook: Never be a deer. Good to know.
Davrin: He’d probably leave them alone.
Rook: “Probably?”
Davrin: You and I see a deer. Maybe he sees venison soufflé?
3 - Stoic: He’s a perfect Grey Warden.
Rook: Sounds like the perfect soldier. And he even flies.
Davrin: Aerial cavalry. A full-grown griffon is a force of nature.
4 - Afraid: Unless he loses.
Rook: Deer don’t bite back. Darkspawn do.
Davrin: But darkspawn can’t fly.
5 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Davrin: Every muscle in him—every talon, every feather—honed into a killing machine. Assan’s ancestors took on Archdemons.
Asssan: (Proud squawk)
Rook: Like his name says: he’s an “arrow”.
Davrin: Half-lion, half-eagle, with the instincts of both. Griffons will always be hunters.
Rook: Just like his daddy, Davrin.
Davrin: Heh. I suppose we are our nature.
Rook: Not sure about that?
| Pre-Weisshaupt | Post-Weisshaupt |
|---|---|
| Davrin: Most my life I’ve hunted the darker things in the world. But caring for a griffon? What do I know about that? Yet here I am.Rook: That’s not so bad, is it?Davrin: Not the path I expected. Makes me wonder. About Assan. His brothers and sisters. Still young. Pure. | Davrin: I was, right up until we killed Ghilan’nain’s Archdemon. Then my life’s purpose vanished, and I have to find a new one. Who knew it’d be griffons?Rook: That’s a good thing, isn’t it?Davrin: I want it to be. Can’t help but wonder about him, about his brothers and sisters. Still young. Pure. |
Rook: You’re worried?
Davrin: I’m responsible for the future of every griffon alive. I want it to be a good one.
| Pre-Weisshaupt | Post-Weisshaupt |
|---|---|
| Davrin: These animals live to fight—but I wonder if there’s another path for them? | These animals live to fight—but I wonder if there’s another purpose for them, too? |
Dialogue options:
6 - Don’t go against their nature.
Rook: I don’t know. That’s like asking a fish to crawl on land. It might work at first, but it’s not going to end well.
Davrin: Fair point. Griffons are darkspawn hunters at heart.
Rook: This one sure takes after his dad.
7 - Give him time.
Rook: It’s still early. Assan’s just a kid. Let him test the waters, see what shakes loose.
Davrin: You mean like a parent.
Rook: Yep.
8 - There is for everyone.
Rook: I’d like to think everyone can find a new path. Even griffons.
Davrin: Just wish I knew what it was.
Rook: Doesn’t every good parent?
9 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Davrin: “Parent’s” a scary word. I’m supposed to be his bodyguard.
Rook: What do you think you’ve been doing this whole time?
Davrin: Trying to ignore it. If I get myself killed by a hurlock, that’s on me. If it’s Assan… I just don’t want to mess it up.
Rook: I think that’s where trust comes in. That “turlum” idea you keep talking about. Trust Assan to find his way. Don’t force things.
Davrin: He’s headstrong.
Assan: (Indignant squawk)
Rook: Good thing you are, too.
Davrin: (Chuckles) Right. Thanks for the chat.
+ Davrin Approves