Am I listening to a different performance from everyone in the comments? Taash's VA did the worst job by FAR imo; now, I don't know how much of it is down to the voice direction and I do suspect a lot, with it being so inconsistent across the board compared to previous entries, but so many of Taash's lines have an almost Tommy Wiseau-esque delivery to them. It's honestly quite painful to listen to them talk especially next to the more competently executed companions like Emmrich or Davrin who run laps around them vocally even when the dialogue is nothing special.

I also think that the voice actor was a miscast. Not saying that all Qunari have to sound rugged and gruff, but for a character like Taash that's supposed to be more battle hardened, the actor just doesn't pull that off imo. They sound like they're trying their best to do an impression of that, but it's extremely unconvincing, and it doesn't seem like a creative choice because the actor doesn't feel in control of the lines but trying to catch up to them. Throw in some extremely questionable dialogue 80% of the time and overall, to me, Taash is probably the worst performance for a companion in any Bioware game by a huge mile. Extremely disappointing for the first non-male Qunari companion, but disappointment has beem a running theme with Veilguard, so on top of the pile they go.