Originally Posted by Tarlonniel
Originally Posted by Laras
2. There was a dialogue in EA, I don't remember him at the release, where we were wondering if he was comfortable in the camp and he says he misses his books Tav replies that he finds books all the time.

This is definitely still in the game. Becomes available after the tiefling party.
Yeah, it is, I remeber it. Sadly, we only speak about books and you can't give him any. Would be nice to have an option to present him book or to have a quest from him to bring specific book. Or to bring him with Gale to store in Baldur's Gate (since Gale is also a bookworm) and have an extra dialogue.

Originally Posted by EMar
It's more likely that the author had a clear vision for Halsin's journey throughout ACT 1-2 and spent a considerable about of time perfecting that vision (with the help of editors, sensitivity readers etc). Then they realized people had fallen in love with the character and decided to write more for him. Here comes the problem.

These late additions were to be added to an already established character, and due to time constraints and a tight schedule (where the author probably also had A LOT of other things to write), Halsin's character didn't get enough working time, and not enough editor time to really match his earlier parts to the new ones. Hence, the discrepancy between ACT 1-2 Halsin and the guy in ACT 3. Halsin in ACT 3 is one big contradiction to the character we got to know in ACT 1-2 and that makes him hard to get a grip of. And I fail to see how THAT was a conscious decision from the writer. I strongly believe that this for the most part is due to rushed writing.
Yes! Not enough time is, I'm pretty sure, was the core problem why his romance ended up being so clumsy and has no logical ending. So let's hope for the best. Hope is what we have now.