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[TheBlackBaron]

LobselVith8 wrote...

I disagree about the Qunari. There's this reference to the New Exalted Marches:

"The greatest advantage that the Chantry-led forces had against the qunari was, in fact, the Circle of Magi. For all their technology, the qunari appeared to harbor a great hatred for all things magical. They possessed mages, but these were little better than animals kept on leashes… and none of the qunari mages possessed anywhere near the skill that the Circle’s mages had. Faced with cannons, the Chantry responded with lightning and balls of fire and it proved effective indeed. "

That's in a battlefield setting utilizing what amounts to combined arms, with the mages being artillery and heavy weapons supporting and protected by templars acting as infantry. 

With the mages breaking off and the templars doing the same to fight the mages, that just means any qunari invasion (and dialogue with Sten heavily implies that they're making plans for it) is going to be facing small disparate groups instead of a disciplined, unified force. I believe the reason the Seekers are looking for Hawke and the Warden is so the Chantry can bring the two opposing forces back in line and direct them against whatever threat it is that's looming (couldn't say for sure exactly what it is, of course, but there are plenty of hints laced throughout the game that something big is about to go down). 

[Satyricon331]

Village Idiot wrote...
I suppose my question is this: why haven't the mages chosen to go this route?  A group of mages peacefully fasting (like the Vaels and company did) might be the edge needed for the common folk to reconsider their own personal stance and the Chantry's "subjugation" of mages.  Imagine how it would look to the general public if the mages enacted this sort of rebellion?  The mages aren't acting dangerously and if the Templars were to attack, then they would seem like bullies There IS a precedence for this type of mass action after all.

I don't know.  What do you lot think?   Non-violent passive resistance ftw?

I think one problem would be that the public would never even know about it.  In DAO, the boatman who lives within sight of the Circle Tower had no idea there were abominations on the loose; all he knew was that the Templars cut off access to the tower.  At best the mages could hope to appeal to Templar moderates with such a tactic, but in Kirkwall at least it wouldn't likely have made a difference.