I DIDN'T KNOW OKAY all I knew was that he was obviously an important NPC because of his voice acting, but he didn't actually do anything that bad! I mean, he was in Howe's prison and that alone made Lin like him, and then I think the worst thing he did was call Zevran, like, razor-ears or something, and I needed his support in the Landsmeet and I DIDN'T KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW