#we're killing celene guys. she's gonna die

[crossdressingdeath]

Josephine: Celene has held the throne successfully for years. I see no profit in ousting her. [...] Sera: [shrugs] They're all lying, but Celene's nice to look at. Good thing we're here to save her neck. [...] Blackwall: Say what you want about Celene's ascension. She stole the throne? She seduced her way to it? Who cares? In the years since, she's proven she is the perfect mix of strength, cunning and grace that Orlais needs.

Alaris, listening to this: Am I losing my fucking mind?!

The slaughter of the alienage isn't a secret, is it? I mean, burning down the whole place can't have been subtle; people have to know, right? Leliana personally passed on the Divine's not-technically-order to shut the elves up, she must know at least, and she has no reason not to inform the others. Like... why are the companions looking their elven friend and leader in the eyes and telling him "yeah, Celene's great, just ignore how she murdered a shitload of your people to make her look slightly better in the eyes of the court"? Who thought this was a good idea? DAI's reliance on supplementary materials for important plot points that are barely mentioned in-game is at its absolute worst in this quest, but that doesn't mean the characters in-universe have any excuse for this total lack of any thought as to whether or not Alaris is at all down for helping the woman who burned down the alienage because the elves dared to get mad over the senseless killing of an innocent man and Gaspard called Celene weak.