It's true that the other active Halsin thread was started mainly as a critique of his romance path, and given that framing understandably focuses on specific elements of his character and of his romance, and one element in particular. It's also valid to start up another thread that has a broader and more positive focus.
I'll just jump in early with an appeal to folk to not tread the same ground here as already covered in
https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=918913, which remains open for discussion of the specific topics raised there. Not that anyone has done that yet, so apologies for my possibly unwarranted pessimism
