Discussion History FanFic / Embers

The entry is problematic. It says that Loghain wanted to kill Cailan and the rest of the army under Cailan\'s command. One, that was never Loghain\'s intention -- and it\'s a common misunderstanding amongst the fandom -- because that\'s actually an asenine way to 1) kill your king, even if he was going to do that and 2) not the point.

Loghain\'s plan was, operating off of what intel they had saying the horde would be larger then before but not too large, to surround them and wipe them out using their numbers. He had repeatedly tried to warn Cailan off of the field and discuss tactics with him even before the Warden\'s arrival. But the horde was far larger then anyone had anticipated, and could be seen extending far back into the Wilds from the bridge. Even when the beacon is lit, they\'re still coming.

Add into that the delay of the beacon (due to Darkspawn, though Loghain didn\'t know that) and how Cailan\'s forces were cracking under pressure, and what would\'ve happened had he charged is that he would\'ve faced a double envelopment.

As for Cailan being an idiot, well, he is one. He goes into battle without an heir named or even legitimizing his bastard brother that he knew about, repeatedly brushes off Loghain\'s desire to talk tactics and calls it \