#anoter reason in fic is that i considered idris bailing on celene and not going at all

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i replayed inquisition so many times and just realized that every time i went about the main quests in the same order: first here lies the abyss, then wicked wicked eyes and wicked hearts. it was just such an obvious choice for me i never really considered doing it other way round.

my logic: an army of demons is quite a bigger threat than orlesians continuing their bs. which i still stand by, but in practice i feel like the decision where to go first would entirely rely on when celene's ball would take place - it's not like the inquisition could ask her to postpone it. so in rp scenario either order is fine, the question is just when celene is organizing the ball and can we fit the siege of adamant before it.

but then the siege of adamant itself - yk, marching your inquisition army through absolutely entire orlais for them to get to western approach. never thought about it before, but it would be a true logistical nightmare if they had to move through the country not only not friendly, but also in the middle of a civil war. having secured safe passage through orlais should be the prioritiy.

i still like how the plot bits turned out in my fic, and there are other little reasons why i like my original order (playing exclusively as someone orlesians are bigoted towards i feel like having just defeated an army of demons would add to my credibility), but i feel i should go with the new order of quests from now on, it just makes way more sense.