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* In [[Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns]], it is played perfectly straight by the dwarven noble protagonist, of all people. You'd think that a politician that spawns one [[Xanatos Gambit]] after another and who has the whole world on his shoulders would be a bit less eager to go into potentially deadly situations with just his dog as help. Turns out that he [[{{spoiler:|doesn't think too hard on whether or not to totally go out of his way in the opposite direction (about ''a day's journey'' too) and check on Honnleath and if anyone was still alive there, even though {{spoiler|he'd finally seen the first human after roaming the Korcari Wilds for weeks, during which time he almost got killed several times, nearly dyed of starvation and refused a deal with Flemeth that she would not outline until agreed upon. And his armor was so rusted and worn that it didn't even survive the trip to the golem village, although, true enough, the demon shattered most of it.}} Raonar does reason that it's important to assess whether the horde really reached so far west in such a short time or if it's just a group of stragglers. One would think this is just him looking for justification, but that wouldn't fit with his [[Brutal Honesty]] [[Honesty Is the Best Policy|policy]] that he uses on everyone, including himself, meaning that he manages to play this trope AND''and'' avert [[Honor Before Reason]] altogether (after all, he had gained some nifty magical abilities to tip the scales).