Sarah1281 wrote...
I think the abuses of the Templars are greatly exagerated. The only verified abusers were dealt with by Hawke. Bethany, a woman who spent most of her life free, didn't think the circle was the total hell some people paint it as, and good Templars are better represented in the game than good mages.
Bethany also says that she feels that she wouldn't be able to fully understand what life was like for mages without having to endure the circle herself at the end of the game. I think it's pretty clear she didn't enjoy her time there.
Oh I'm not arguing that things were sunshine and rainbows. I think Kirkwalls circle is the worst around. Just that the situation is hardly as simple as Templars = Total Evil, Mages = Pure Innocent and how dare Elthina not run Meredith out of town and liberate the Circle--She totally deserves to die! Which is what many who support Anders seem to be saying. I haven't seen one argument approving her death that suggests a course of action she could have taken and still acknowledges the problems existing on both sides.
And what are the odds that Hawke personally observed and dealt with all or even a significant portion of the abuses that went on in Kirkwall? I know that every other mage you met was a blood mage or abomination but everyone acts like this is a very unusual situation (outside of the Tevinter, I guess).
It seems a bit hypocratical to say that all of Kirkwall's blood mages were just an abberation and also claim that rampant abuse among the templars has to be the status quo because we meet a few templars in game who are abusive. (Not just repressive and overly strict.)
What other explanation is there for the Kirkwall mages being so much more likely to go crazy and turn to blood magic and demons besides the fact Kirkwall has some of the worst mage treatment around?
Read the Codex. Kirkwall was the site of massive blood rituals where over a thousand died every year for centuries. The Veil is so thin in the undercity even normal people can see demons there. It also says that ancient Tevinter lore is fairly easy to come by on the black market, and there are still secret chambers where you can find old books and relics. It also suggests there might be a cult within the circle or at least Kirkwall devoted to Blood magic, reasearching Tevinter lore and/or trying to achieve whatever it is the old Tevinters were trying to accomplish with their rituals.
It makes me question how many are blood mages purely out of desperation and how many are part of this group.
And honestly, am I the only one who thought some things mentioned in the game indicated when things are working right, circle mages were treated
better overall than previously thought? Hawke mom being able to visit Bethany and write letters. Even the big blow up before Anders blew Elthina up. It was about searching the circle. Sure, mages should have some right to privacy, but searching your rooms is something that most of us have probably had nosy parents or siblings do and I took it for granted that the Templars would have already been doing it.
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