So, in Origins, upon getting to Lothering and past the bandits, Alistair will pipe up suggesting places to go from there. And he will offer you directions, if you want.

Ask about the mages, and he says "That would be at their tower on Lake Calenhad to the north. We'll be looking for the First Enchanter, whoever that is."

...Alistair. Six months ago, you were ready to take your vows as a Templar. You're Ferelden, and stood a decent chance of being stationed at Kinloch Hold.

It seems like Irving has been in charge for a while... How do you not know about that?

You'd think that would be on the list of Things to Know.

He was too busy yelling for funsies to learn actual useful information?

It is possible that Irving migh thave been on the verge of stepping down?

/shrug

Or like he barely pays attention so he could have been elsewhere too.

Since if you play a mage origin you have no clue who he is. Maybe templars arent assigned to the circle until after their vows are complete.

/throw random thoughts at wall like:

Probably not, but it still seems weird.

It does.

It's even funnier considering how Alistair will argue with Morrigan about his education. Alistair, you don't even know an important figure.

lol

Yeah

Weird.

Alistair took all the easy footballer classes ok? Don't judge

well think of it like this, I have no idea who Mr mayor is, or governor. I vaguely know they've been there a while

my*

there's multiple circles with their own politics. and Alistair is very up front about not giving a shit about politics for a long while

it wasn't directly pertinent at the time, so he didn't retain the information. Doesn't make him uneducated, just uninterested

alistair also hated the templar training and admits he wasn't paying attention to like half of it

he only really threw himself into the combat training

Still, dude. Dude. 95% sure this would have come up during history class.

HAHAHA

yeah....................

Which seems like the one class he liked, because that's the one he talks about most.

TRUE...

he's such a nerd

And like. He doesn't even make a stab at the name. Like he genuinely has no clue. No clever nickname, Alistair? I'm disappointed.