berelinde wrote...
An alternative to the Circle already exists. Mage!Hawke lived it.
Mage!Hawke and Bethany never needed to be imprisoned to know that demons were bad or that they had a responsibility to show restraint. They grew up as a part of their community, taught by an experienced, highly trained mage, yes, but they were not excluded from society and told that their Maker-given gifts were evil. As a result, Hawke's humanity was never stripped from him. The only time he goes on to do unspeakable, monstrous things for the sake of his own ambition is if he actively pursues the viscount's seat, which involves siding against his own people, the mages.
That model can work on a larger scale, it just requires more thought. Young mages need to feel invested in their communities, and that means an end to persecution and isolation. They need training, certainly, but a locked tower in the middle of a lake is not the only place this training could take place.
Very true and I agree mages as a whole should not be treated based on the evils of just a few, but remember that prior to the Chantry, Circle or even the common belief that magic is evil Tevinter was this all consuming force that ruled the all of Thedas enslaving everyone non-magical and even sacrificing droves of them in a desperate attempt to gain more power. Now I'm not saying that the alternative is perfect or since their dethroning it's been better in fact I'd say it's simply reversed the roles in a lot of respects but when the mages were not considered evil, not that they are now, just their power (which I don't agree with) they weren't exactly these innocent group o individuals. Probably not all of them I admit but the vast majority left without rules haven't been exactly uh nice I guess is what I'm saying.
Just to play Devil's Avocado if Hawke, Bethany and Malcom hadn't been afraid, oppressed and overall just hunted they might not have been so...nice, know what I mean? That is just conjecture though and I like to think that my Hawke in all realities would have been a responsible user of magic. Not that I think they SHOULD be oppressed, scared into submission etc for any reason. But for instance when guns didn't have the restrictions they did well we had the Wild West
It's funny because as I write this I've thought of a pretty good alternative to the Circle. Gun control basically, it eliminates the major need for circles and you have city guards or soldiers with Templar units that are trained as such to speciffically deal with abominations, demons and the like. Each nation would then have their own punishement plans; execution, relocation etc or it'd be dealt with on a case by case basis.
Again I see the neccesity for the Circle simply because in a world where the most advance thing they have is swords (Qunari excluded) they need a bit more time to come to the right conclusions and I hope we get to help it get there, but until then I hope we can help better the system we already have if only to prevent the atrocities of Tevinter that happens to this day.
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