To add to the photos someone else posted I took photos of the apron early morning to give an idea of what it looks like. For myself I know I had a hard time googling what it looked like.
I am standing at the finish line.
Also some photos of USS Valor in the winners’ circle; just because.
I feel like each of the Stark children gets what they wish for in the absolute worst possible way.
Robb - Wishes to live up to his ancestry. Becomes a war commander and king at 15.
Sansa - Wishes to go to a southron court and marry a handsome man. Goes to court at king’s landing and is abused by the handsome prince and the evil queen.
Arya - Wishes to learn how to fight and stop getting treated like a lady. Becomes a homeless street urchin and a killer.
Bran - Wishes for adventure and to leave Winterfell. Winterfell is destroyed forcing him to leave and now he’s Beyond the Wall and a greenseer.
Rickon - Wishes to be left alone (except Shaggy). On Skaagos almost entirely alone and forgotten about.
Jon - Wishes to prove himself. Eventually elected to the position of Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch by his peers at 16. Arrives just in time to deal with the largest wildling force seen in well over 100 years and the return of the Others (Whitewalkers).
Even Theon gets sucked in (I guess the ward gets a turn at the paw).
Theon - Wishes to go home and be Prince. Is made prince by betraying Robb and is hated by “his people”.
Mind Your Biscuits sadly passed away suddenly in Japan at age 13. The Japanese connections are shocked as he wasn’t sick and seemingly healthy. As a NYer who followed Biscuits’ career this one hits a bit hard for me.
Stallion Mind Your Biscuits Dies in Japan at 13
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292399/stallion-mind-your-biscuits-dies-in-japan-at-13
In addition White Abarrio is to enter stud on the in 2027 at Gainesway. Good for him, he’s had a nice career and I wish him the best.
White Abarrio to Enter Stud at Gainesway in 2027
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/292421/white-abarrio-to-enter-stud-at-gainesway-in-2027
My case for thinking he is, or at least has some sociopathic tendencies. I am not including any non-cut scene murder (and no optional objectives in 1 or I’d include those since they’re canon).
- Many other voice actors had more emotion in their dialogue, Altaïr was more flat, even in life threatening situations. You can choose to believe this is a meh voice actor, I choose to accept it as canon and that Altaïr showed little emotion.
- Altaïr opens the game by murdering an innocent old man.
- There are several quests where you beat the shit out of people for information; most of them don’t know shit about who the Templars are or what their goal is, they’re just like random blacksmiths who had a dude place a large weapon order with them. Some of them profess to only working for the dude under duress. Altaïr doesn’t care, he kills them after getting the information.
- There are beggars in the streets that bother the player, in all other games with such beggars we are given the option to throw coins. The only option Altaïr is given is to punch them. If you don’t punch them then they obstruct your path on the ground and throw rocks at you if you climb; the game kinda pressures you to punch them.
- The only way to deal with the mentally ill people who block your path is to grab them and throw them.
All in all I felt like Altaïr exhibits sociopathic tendencies, and these tendencies don’t go away as the game progresses, he just gets better at controlling his behavior.