Why do the writers hate Foulques?

[Belhi]

What do you mean where did the cliff come from? You fight right next to the cliff.

Foulques story is sad, not badly told. What happened to him was not something just yesterday. Foulques was a complex issue but he was punished for a crime he did commit. He was betrayed by friends in the lancers and the former leader was wrong to judge him by his race. However as I said earlier, the people involved and the people he targeted weren't the same. That's very apparent.

Again, a tragic tale and a badly told tale aren't the same thing.

@Naunet: The fact you see him as sympathetic shows that there was an intention to create player sympathy towards him. His story clearly showed that racism lead to his disturbed state.

Further, Tragic stories aren't about being dismissive but learning from. Knowing how such stories end is the reason why it is important to stop them from happening in the first place. From a narrative standpoint I think it also has a important role in showing players that the WoL, as powerful and world changing has they are, cant save everyone and are only human in the end. That makes others important. It means you need others. Its not just about the WoL. It also tells your character that they need to be stronger. Maybe next time if you are you could get through to Foulques before its too late.

This is the burden of a hero and its one that comes up again and again. For all the WoL tries their is always those they cant save but that only gives them reason to try harder. It makes those tragedies not be in vain. As I said before HW is full of these stories.

The WoL can't make cultures change by force. They can only lead by example and try to empower that change by aiding those among those cultures that are striving for change. Also on your comparison to a puppy, a dog that attacks every human can't just be let to do it's thing even if it was abused by its owner.

There are quite a lot of quests that touch on issues the city states have. Hell, even the Hildibrand quests do.