There are many corpses around Hawke, yes, but Anders would draw the attention if too many Templars would disappear in Darktown. This would against his causes: to keep his clinic safe place, and working on the Mage issues. I don't deny he able to kill who directly attack him, but as long as they just snooping around his clinic, I suppose he just try to avoid the open conflict and the massacre, he doesn't want to lose the control and scare the people. This wouldn't serve his purpose. He can not risk it. At least according to my opinion this wouldn't too logical. True, sometimes he passionate and hot-headed, but he even fears from his own/Justices anger, so: try to restrain. And in the scene of Meredith's quest, if Hawke let Anders provoke Meredith, Meredith can say to Hawke: Anders in safe just because he's the Champion's companion. So: Meredith's Templars at first doesn't arrest him, probably because he's "useful" (and perhaps, the Carta –Varric– and Aveline's guards also help him), later he's untouchable, as Hawke's friend. He doesn't need to risk. But of course, this is only my opinion, there are many explanations. (Don't get me wrong, I have no problem if he kills Templars, only I think, he don't do it.)CharlesPhipps wrote:Eh, a lot of people die around Hawke in general. Templars and mages. Anders isn't seeking them out but I'm assuming if any Templars did identify him and try to go after him then the result would be pretty obvious. I imagine by the early part of the game he's inclined to run from them but by the end of the game, he'd just lie about any murders he committed.
Besides, a lot of Templars die in Kirkwall.
Mages too.
That's part of why it's the powder keg which ultimately destroys the Mage-Templar detente. They are already in a state of Cold War by the time the game begins. Hawke doesn't find out about ALL of the murders and guerilla war but he finds enough.
There are many plotholes in DA2... I just try to explain these with more or fewer successes...
