Listening to Zevlor's voice lines all the way through is so interesting....and enlightening. Because this is a proud man whose confidence in himself is shattered, but he's still proud none the less.
Zevlor threatens you if you punch him. Just straight out says, I WILL kill you if you do that again. He punches Aradin if he spews slurs. He asks you to kill khaga, he asks you to kill the goblin leaders. No hesitation on any of that. Just ..hey buddy you wanna do a couple of murders since I am currently incapable of doing those murders. But he also fights if you ask him to, defends his people through everything. And he won't beg you to do any of that yourself if you reject him. If you don't say yes, he respects it and respects your decision...though he does get snippy as hell about it. If you do turn on him, he'll call you a coward, but he will not beg because once again. Zevlor is proud.
Zevlor is also possessive. You can hear it in the way he says MY people. Sure that could just be the way he speaks because they elected him leader, but he was a commander before that. He was a man who spent his life fighting to have that position of power and respect. Plus he almost sells his soul to the absolute to keep them, both the people and the power. As he says....those people are HIS. His to look after, his to care for his to protect. There's gotta be something in there, deep inside of him that clutches at these people like a dragon does their gold. They are his after all. They're all he has left of the life he once lived. He would rather die than give them up to anyone. Even when the absolute pushes into his mind, it offers him power to keep them safe, plays at his devotion to his oath and his people....and his pride which.....as we've established...is not an insignificant part of him.
He is also protective and caring. That obviously comes with the territory of becoming a paladin of helm, a hellrider and taking the oath of devotion. From what he does for his people to what he's done with his life ...well.....nothing more really needs to be said about that. Its his most prevalent trait and his most commendable.
Zevlor also curses a lot. He is very quick to anger, though he tries to keep himself from flying off the handle and can be reeled back in. He still throws punches and threatens lives with very little prodding. Which, once again, harkens back to his pride. Its quite entertaining to hear every other line be a curse or a shout or some growling threat. Sweetheart where? That man is FERAL.
Another thing is that Zevlor definitely respects you if you are a selfless Tav/Durge/Origin. I think he tries so hard to be selfless as well. Sees it as a good trait to have, but he isn't. Not really. Not where he thinks it counts. Its probably what he percieves as a fatal flaw, which I would guess comes from living in holier than thou Elturel where you basically sign your life away to "protect" the city. I personally don't think total selflessness is a fantastic trait to have, but I could see where Zevlor could pick that up as the Ideal trait for a paladin to have.
Throughout the game, you see this man crack under insurmountable pressure. You see the chips in the facade that he puts up but if you look, you can see the good and the bad trapped underneath those chips. It tends to be frustrating that people only see the cracks and not what's underneath of them and I think thats what annoys me the most. He's a fun character. He's a strong, powerful man who has shattered like iron under pressure but at the end of it all he IS a good man and a menace and a half with such an interesting mindset and backstory that I can't help but wonder if anyone who sees the character, sees him at all.
In summation.
I love him, Your Honor. 10/10 would let him go feral and smite my ass for talking back to him.
...𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑙'𝑠 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑘𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑. 𝐼𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑊𝑎𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑇𝑖𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠... 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛: 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓.
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