"I gave him a better life than I had, if you choose to believe it. No I did not approve of much of what Eamon did and I had to watch him grow up in letters, but his situation...could have been much different. The alternative would be letting him smother under Cailan's shadow as a rival and usurper, slandered everywhere he went...I'm aware he dealt with it enough as the truth came out. As a child?," Fiona didn't want that for Alistair either, there was no situation that would have been perfect, but Alistair was whole and healthy now. A good man. A success as a person as far as she was concerned, and that was enough, "You speak of Loghain as if he were a puppet? The man I remember, if looks could kill I would not be here for your appraisal. Loghain had Maric on a leash and he had a loathing for the Grey Wardens simply because we were from Orlais. In his eyes we'd come to Ferelden to kills Maric and make the way for Orlais, if he could have had us killed then I sincerely think he might have. It was safer for Alistair not to have any ties to Orlais."