No there wasn't. In a hypothetical scenario where Elthina isn't a pathetic, spineless **** who masks bigotry with false sympathy, the situation could've been improved, yes. But only in a very minor sense. Maybe Cullen replaces Meredith as Knight-Commander. Maybe. But he's only more sane, not less bigoted, and would likely still overlook (or be completely unaware) of the abuses occurring among the templar ranks.
The overall problem, the oppression of the Circle, would still exist, and and would still be grossly unjust. The Chantry is the real power of Thedas and every word it teaches is how magic is the source of all evil and mages get what they deserve just for existing. Any mage who speaks openly against Chantry teachings risks being made tranquil, if not being executed outright. There is no compromise because the Chantry refuses to listen to, and actively silences any dissenters. The Chantry doesn't want a compromise and it doesn't need one. Why would it? It has all the power while the mages have none. The only way a real compromise is going to happen (as opposed to a ****ty pretend one where nothing actually changes) is if the mages forcibly emancipate themselves from the Chantry and start actively fighting for their interests. Which, surprise surprise, they finally did. And about time too.
I know why Templars exist, that's not the issue. The problem is that they are given absolute power of life and death over a group of people that they have been indoctrinated to hate and fear from childhood. Not every mage is a blood mage, and blood mages are not inherently evil. Merrill and Jowan never knowingly hurt anyone and opt to use their powers to help and protect others, should they be hunted down and killed?
Not that it matters because the templars aren't hunting down anything anyway, they spend the bulk of their time in the Circle, apparently abusing their power and status to bully mages who are only guilty of the crime of being born.
Mages have the potential to be extremely dangerous. Every human being does. But we don't lock people up for **** they didn't even ****ing do. Imprisoning mages by default, without proper cause, only serves to alienate them from humanity and breed the anger and resentment that leads them to turn to demons in the first place.
Calm down bro. Mages are the problem, the solution is compromise. When you have one subset of people that can practice blood magic, and be posessed by demons they will have be controlled. There's no way around that little fact. You may not like the chantry/circle/templars but they do exist for a reason and that reason is important. Mages cannot police their own, hence the templars, and not EVERYONE is a mage, mages aren't a distinct group, they can't go form their own country somewhere. They need to coexist
Replacing Meredit and Orsino would have easily rectified the majority of the abuses against the mages. Not all the templars were against mages and not all the mages were doing blood magic, that was my impression anyway. Starting a war helps no one, especially mages.
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