Originally Posted by autistichalsin
Thinking about the writing choices for Halsin and how he comes across in act 3, one thing I love about Halsin's writing is his leadership arc. Usually, in fiction, you have characters who are just... destined to be the leader, and that's that. Their entire arc is about learning that they are meant to be a leader.

But instead, Halsin is a character who acknowledges that leadership isn't for him. It's a set of skills not everyone has or wants to have. He's a man with things he likes and things he doesn't like, and leadership responsibilities keep him from the things he loves.

Larian is so good at writing realistic characters with realistic flaws, and I would actually love to see this explored more with Halsin, one day.

I was just thinking about this because I've seen criticism for how he jumps at the chance to leave the Grove, and people saying it makes Halsin inconsistent. I feel like Halsin has a lot more going on in act 3 than a lot of people realize, sometimes.

I really thought they were going somewhere with this too. It really seemed like he was kind of bogged down by the daily grind of leadership and seemed a bit upset when he realized how well the grove was doing without him. It seemed like he felt like he played an insignificant role or that he is sad that he diddnt seem make a difference, and the thing with Kagha diddnt help that. I really thought that we were gonna be able to connect with him on some level. I really wanted to tell him theres so much more to being a leader than being incharge and keeping people in line. That he contributes so much more than just being a leader and a boss. That true leaders inspire their people and that he inspired us and made us want to do our best when when things got real hard.