EmperorSahlertz wrote...
At the end of the story arc, yes. And Merrill's oh so great knowledge of the Eluvians extended to a whooping: "Oh I think they used them for soemthing useful!"
Incorrect. She says that they were used for communication in the days of Arlathan, which is more then Ariane's clan knew about them and the same that Finn initially knew about them.
Anyone who bothers to study the Eluvians knows that was the very least of their capabilities. The only person that exceeds Merrill in knowledge of the Eluvians is Morrigan.
This Eluvian proved to be extremely dangerous.
No, that was the Taint, which Merrill cleansed the shard of by using blood magic to amplify the healing magic Marethari had taught her prior to the Dalish Elf Origin. That same magic, when used by Marethari, was capable of fighting the Taint in an unamplified state.
Merrill thought that they could somehow be reclaimed and repurposed, despite knowing nothing about what they actually were. At the end of the story arc, Merrill still had no knowledge of what exactly the Eluvians were, and she had indirectly caused the death of her keeper, possibly clan.
Again, she knows what they're capable of, insofar as anyone in Thedas who studies them knows -- the only exception being Morrigan.
And the Keeper's death/clan's death was their own fault entirely. Marethari spread baseless lies about Merrill to the clan, which caused them to fear and revile her -- to the point that they think an Axe Crazy Varterral is safer then Merrill.
By Act 3, they're looking for a scapegoat for all the troubles they've suffered, and see Merrill as the perfect one -- in part due to the lies Marethari spread 3 years prior and due to being unable to see the truth of what Marethari did: that she failed to inform the clan of what she was going to do, became possessed and possibly endangering them, and how Merrill did the clan's duty after Marethari intentionally freed a Demon that was
sundered from the Fade and trapped in a demonic Buddha statue for centuries and centuries -- something the game and short story tells us.
A demon can't exist in Thedas without a host, so it would have to posses someone, which would most likely be Merrill in the proposed scenario.
I'd argue that it being bound to the statue for centuries and centuries, sundered from the Fade, and unable to free itself constitutes it having a host.
One it detests, but also one it couldn't do much about.
Riverdaleswhiteflash wrote...
The pessimistic one is that the demon now has its own power plus Marethari's, thus putting Merrill in more danger
This is certainly part of why I view her actions as idiotic. Marethari thinks Merrill can't handle a weakened Demon
if it managed to somehow get free and go for Merrill, but thinks she
can handle her own mother-figure and mentor possessed by a Pride Demon?
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And I thought I was good at holding grudges.
