[ Brennan absorbs that information for a moment. He'd wanted to like Celene, he really had. But in the end, she'd proved just as underhanded and manipulative as the others contending for her throne. ] That sounds like her. After all, Orlais would have been next, had Ferelden fallen to the Blight.

[ Alistair's blunt statement gets a sputtered laugh from Brennan as he glances over at the Warden. ] Well, that's vehement of you. That wasn't quite the impression I got, but I'm sure you have your reasons for thinking such. She does tend to rub people in the worst way possible, doesn't she? [ He'd seen it with his advisers and with Solas, after all. ]

Rainier? I found him to be so. [ The betrayal had come as a hard shock, but Brennan couldn't fault the man for his efforts, no matter how much he'd wanted to. ] He did his best to make a difference, no matter how he ended up where he did.