Stephenc13 wrote...
I picked the Mages the first time I played through, and Templars the second time.
I feel that the Mages were overall the wrong side after both playthroughs.
When I picked the mages, I was thinking "They can't be killed off for no reason, most of them are probably innocent!"
and a few seconds into the killing and I see a mage turn into an abomination, I was thinking "uhhhh... maybe I picked the wrong side"
A little more into the playthrough, and I realized that the mages were definitely the wrong side.
The Templars were most likely formed because they witnessed many mages letting demons into their bodies.
So the Mages brought the Templars onto themselves, and they complain about how oppressive the Templars are when many of their fellow mages keep turning to blood magic and demons.
The mages rebelling against the Circle give the Templars more reason to tighten their grip on mages.
Reasons why Templars and the Circles are important.
The Demons are like ants,
The Circle is like a basket,
The Templars are containers and ziplock bags
The Mages are fruits and foods.
1. It's impossible to rid of all the ants because there are countless amounts of ants as there are demons in the Dragon Age world.
2. It's possible to rid of the basket but everything will be disorganized and harder to maintain, everything will be on the picnic blanket. Without the Circles, Templars could not do their job well if every mage was scattered thoughout the world.
3. If foods weren't in containers or ziplock bags, if they were in the basket or not, ants would still be seeking out the food and eventually finding a way into the basket to get to the food. If there were no Templars, but the Circles contained unsupervised mages, Demons still would find a way to invade the Mage bodies.
4. If there were no fruits and foods, there wouldn't be as much of an ant problem. If there were no mages, there wouldn't be much of a demon problem. Ants may still crawl around the picnic area, but there wouldn't be a specific thing to feed on.
Ants may still get into the containers, but the containers keep the ants from feeding on all the other foods.
You are entitled to your opinion and are allowed to express and debate it freely.
I, however, cannot agree with you.
Mages like humanity on a whole are not evil. Its unfair to corral all mages under fear.
I do find it also unfair that in all the negotiations and dealings my Warden and Hawke have had with demons that nothing adverse has occurred to them because of it. Regardless, I am still in full support that responsible people can make responsible decisions.
The templars treat mages like a menace that must be 'controlled' for the greater good. By that, they mean since the general populous has no magic ability they cannot defend themselves against rogue mages whom are bent on revenge, power, or some other deadly sin that ultimately pushes them into a chaotic state of mind.
I have no problem with their being templars, however, I have a big problem with them being put into circles like concentration camps and being made tranquil for the sake of 'mastering themselves' a fluffy term for 'tamed'.
Templars could be, as they were in Tevinter, a guard force, and army, whatever would suit their talents as the only non-mage answer to the magically gifted, save for other mages. Mages don't have to turn into 'magisters'. If they own property or have status as a noble family sobeit. This doesn't mean they will resort to blood magic, and if they do, there is no reason to immediately believe they will use it for ill as every mage like people in general are inquisitive and curious about the unknown. Too much one-sided propaganda has been circulated to scare the general populous into the Chantry taking authority with the templars as their sword.
Why do the mages rebel? Would you like your freedom restricted? Told you are a worthless thing that must be taken from your family at a young age to be put into a camp 'circle' because you are already labeled as a future menace? No?
Instead of doing this, how about allowing them to attend an academy that is supported by the crown and taught by mage instructors and the Chantry Templars alike? Of course the templars would need better educations as well, but that only supports a stronger curriculum and teaching base. A Magical Academy that puts the needs of exploring magic for the good of all and not for insideous means. Magic cannot serve man if it is being restricted under a terrorish leash. Caged, and put into a corner long enough and even the most sane individual will rebel.
I cannot abide by the ideology that oppression and fear are good reasons to enslave and outlaw humans that are different and have different abilities that others. God only knows what will happen when humans IRL start showing ability to do the extraordinary, guess we should cage and leash them too, hmm?
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