Harrowmont has been part of the assembly for years, he may not use backstabbing and scheming but he's familiar with it. And while Bhelen is a backstabber and schemer he's not a very good one. Or the deadlock wouldn't have been needed to be broken by outsiders. Just look at his coup attempt if you support Harrowmont. The guy's an idiot.Madner Kami wrote:Bhelen is a backstabber and schemer in a sea of backstabbers and schemers, while Harrowmont is a traditionalist with no experience in underhanded action. Also, Bhelen is the guy who will raise an army and free massive amounts of reserves and resources when he gets into power, while Harrowmont offers you the status quo of a dying nation on it's last breath.
I can expect Harrowmont to do everything in his power to live up to the terms of the treaty, which is fine because this is during a time when the Darkspawn are heading to the surface and not attacking the dwarves underground. Once the blight is over the darkspawn will stay underground again and the soldiers Harrowmont sent will return to fighting them there.Also, looking at it from a different perspective, at best, Harrowmont is going to send a force that is just large enough to fit the promise and leave a diminished force at the actual frontline of the war, when his fighting forces are weak to begin with. At worst, Bhelen is not going to send anyone, but will do his best to strengthen the forces fighting the Darkspawn in the heart of their territory.
Bhelen on the other hand is precisely the type of idiot to use this temporary lull in darkspawn numbers underground to try and take some territory back, only to lose it and more when the darkspawn return with the end of the blight.
Both would be better off trying to get the surface kingdoms to send soldiers in to help them, but neither is going to do so, and the surface kingdoms aren't likely to agree anyway.
Can't agree at all. TBH in the end the dwarves are pretty much fucked without a lot of help from the surface that neither is going to even try and get.There's really only one logical choice, given the situation that the dwarven kingdom and Ferelden (and maybe the world at large) are in and this is undoubtably Bhelen.