EmperorSahlertz wrote...
dragonflight288 wrote...
Morocco Mole wrote...
Merrill points out that the clan kills a mage who becomes an abomination; they aren't as virtually unstoppable as you make it out to be.
The keyword here is 'clan' it takes all of the warriors to hunt down and kill a rogue keeper.
Not necessarily true.
I suppose it would take the entire clan if a Keeper was possessed by a Desire Demon or Pride Demon, possibly even a more powerful sloth demon, but a hunger or rage demon? It would probably only take a handful of trained hunters and the First.
If the rage or hunger demon was strong enough to take over a supposedly powerful Keeper, then said hunger or rage demon would be immensly powerful. And bringing a mage to fight an Abomination is one of the stupidest things you can possibly do, lorewise that is.
We know for a fact that forcible possession isn't the only way a mage can get possessed. A mage can also get possessed by making a deal with a demon, or deliberately summoning one and losing control of the demon.
Let's use a hypothetical. A Keeper led his clan to the outskirts of a human settlement to explore some ancient elven ruins in the area and doesn't plan on being there longer than a few weeks to a month. The locals get agitated by the Dalish taking the game for hunting, or they're a particular racist settlement that despises elves in general, or may simply be terrified of the rumors of the Dalish in general, and they organize a raid and attack. The Keeper is cornered and is going to be killed.
Say the violence tears the veil, and a rage demon comes through, the Keeper, busy fighting with the humans, isn't fully prepared to defend himself and ends up possessed, or made a deal in order to survive or something.
As to the point of bringing a mage to fight an abomination being stupid? I completely disagree for one very good reason. The demon in question is already possessing a mage, and doesn't need another. Bringing a mage to fight a demon not possessing anything, however, puts that mage in considerable danger. but if that demon is already on this side of the veil, the lore specifically says that demon will probably possess the first thing it comes in contact with. Human, elf, mage, mundane, tree, corpse...whatever.