DarkKnightHolmes wrote...
The war started because Lambert was going to execute Rhys. Not tranquil or kept in prison for ever but actually execute him. Lambert knew about Cole but he still wanted to frame a mage for all this. He wanted Rhys to admit he was a blood mage when he clearly wasn't.
You should reread the book. First, what Lambert wants Rhys to do is confess that he has been commiting the murders under the sway of a demon which he actually had. All evidence points in that direction; such as the murders only starting after Rhys met Cole; and, at the end of the book, Rhys even admits that there is a good chance Cole was controlling him without knowledge. And we know Cole is not of Thedas.
Lambert was rigth all along and he only threatens to murder Rhys and the First Enchanters only if Rhys didn't confess. This would have made the rebellion sound like the wills of a demon.
And why was there a need to do this? Because Fiona hijacked a meeting destined to discuss what was to be done with the Rite of Tranquility; an olive branch by the Chantry; in order to propose world war and because Adrain killed Pharamond and planted evidence.
Does that exempt Lambert of all guilt? No but it shows that we can go further back in order to find a culprit for this war.
But, bottom line, had Evangeline&Co stayed put, Lambert would have controlled the mages and there would have been no rebellion.
Wynne just went back because she wanted to save her son from lies and their is even as scene where she is angry enough to kill anyone who stands in her but Evangeline destroys her staff to stop her. If Evangeline really was a traitor she could have easily let Wynne go on a rampage and kill every Templar. Wynne was actually pro-chantry and pro-templar before her son was about to wrongly murdered.
I don't begrudge mages like Wynne for placing their needs above that of others, it's just the nature of the world. I dislike them when they do this but that's all.
On the other hand, unless Evangeline is capable of policing every mage in the continent by her lonely self, then aiding in the escape of hundreds of mages who now obey to nu authority but their own and are free to do whatever they wish to whomever they wish whenever they wish is a betrayal of the highest order.
Wynne stood by her people, I can understand that. Wynne and Leliana and Justinia betrayed theirs.
Leliana helped because she is the left hand of the divine and Lambert is now a traitor because he didn't follow orders and she is a friend of Wynne.
Lambert could have been court-martialed after things had settled down. His actions, at least, had no one interfered, would have lead to the containment of mages and the protection of the people. Leliana's and the Divine's will lead to the deaths of thousands.
Cole doesn't even know what's happening and his only objective is to save Rhys. Nothinge else matters.
He isn't malicious but he still helped start this war. Perhaps more than any other.
And Shale....... well why the hell would she give a damn about templars or mage? She's just their to crack any head Wynne asks her to.
I wish my Warden had been there. Then we could see to whom Shale was truly loyal.
And no, Evangeline and Wynne didn't free the mages. It was Leliana and Cole. So yes, I can understand why templar supporters are angry with Leliana but there is no need to blame Evangeline for that one.
They might have been separate in two groups but they are both equality guilty since they worked towards the same plan. Free the mages. Evangeline was even part of the group that destroyed the Phylactery Room.
Also you know why the mages have gone to war? Because they asked Rhys in the end.
You know why Rhys decided to go to war even though he didn't want to at first? Because his mother was dead.
You know why his mother was dead? Because she gave her self to bring Evangeline from death.
You know why Evangeline died? Because Lambert killed her.
Rhys was a Libertarian from the very beginning. He, unlike Adrians, might have some boundaries and doubts but he never spoke against war.
And well your Warden might feel disgraced or whatever but my Warden would have gladly stood with them all to save an innocent man. Hell, my Warden would have killed Lambert himself.
Mine would have requested the presence of Templars to speak for the non-mages at the conclave because their lives would be affected as well. Failing that, he would have advised Lambert against intefering. Had the mages voted for separation, he would have advised to use the Templars to stand as a human shield between the mages and Val-Royeaux; to not move an inch but to not attack first. Falling all that, he would have fought by Lambert's side against Rhys and his cohorts.
Better a few dozen enchanters die than the thousands of innocents that will in this war.
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