Way around "Shepherding Wolves" ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥t?

[Fleet_of_Mind]

I cannot find anything but I wanted to put the question out anyways, just in case. Does anyone know of a mod or any other way around this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥t quest which I cannot for the life of me see how my Hawke would accept? I declined (answer with a BIG RED "X"), but the♥♥♥♥♥♥game behaves as if I accepted anyways, seemingly (obviously) because it is a "Main Plot" that I stumbled upon five minutes earlier. So annoyed... :P

[Warm Fuzzies™]

its a main quest, you have to complete it.

However, if after completing the quest, after turning it back in to Patrice, if you go and tell the Arishok about it, you can gain respect from him for killing Avaraad.

He respects you for killing him, saying that it was no easy feat.

He then demands that you not tell anyone that he respects you for it lol.

http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/A_Worthy_Rival

Minor spoilers in that link, but nothing past act 2.

[Fleet_of_Mind]

Thank you for the reply.
It is simply a very poorly designed "RPG". Still, I had some fun a couple of playthroughs. It pales compared to the first game, which had many poor design choices, but was all in all a pretty good game. In my opinion.