#bioware would never have the cojones to do it though

[lavellaned]

Actually the more I think about elgarook the more obsessed I get. Because like. It's absolutely not out of the realm of possibility.

Rook is portrayed as this impulsive, never-takes-anything-seriously, sarcastic rando who canonically never really regrets anything they do. Then you have Elgar'nan, megalomaniac extraordinaire, completely bonkers because of blight infection, and just got out of a 10000 year long cosmic prison stint. And he's obsessed with rook.

All that combines into what I think is the most compelling relationship rook could have with any other character in the game. It's a pretty great recipe for a hero corruption arc. Also it's the funniest fucking foil to solavellan.