Great Caesar's GHOST, what were you thinking?
To be fair, I'm sure you didn't realize that he repeated that "I was named after the sound of a lion...really!" even after he left the orphanage, but still...adopting Hroar is the Skyrim equivalent of buying a 3DO when they first came out (or one of those first gen, $600+ PS3s with the 5 or 15 gig HD...OUCH...).