Taleroth wrote...
dragonflight288 wrote...
I think you and I both know that the zealots of the Chatry categorize all mages the same. Given that the Chantry and the templars go out of their way to blur the line between apostate and maleficar as well, so they are treated as one and the same, and I think it's safe to say that all mages are targets, simply for being.
Outside of Kookwall, when did we see Templars acting as you claim?
Even Jowan was simply arrested. He was declared a maleficar, in addition to an apostate, but he wasn't treated as a target for simply being.
I dislike the Circle system as much as the next guy, but let's not let Meredith and her brigade of total wackadoodles taint all of the Templars.
It's not from Meredith that I drew those conclusions, but the codex entries themselves when it comes down to it, as well as templars DA:O as well, that is, Aneirin was run through and called Maleficar. Wynne calls Morrigan a maleficar even though Morrigan is not a blood mage, but rather an apostate, as well as the fact that Gregoire thought seven mages going to fight a war was too many, and he's one of the more reasonable templars.
And the codex and wiki make it quite clear that the Chantry and the templars alike do all they can to blur the line between apostate and maleficar, so they are confused as one and the same.
http://dragonage.wik...iki/Maleficarum - That is the wiki post that specifically says that Morrigan is called a maleficar despite not being a blood mage becuase she practices a form of magic not recognized by the Circle, and therefore the Chantry (her shapeshifting.)
There is also this codex entry on Apostates.
It is not uncommon for the neophyte to mistake apostates and maleficarum as one and the same. Indeed, the Chantry
has gone to great lengths over the centuries to establish that this is
so. The truth, however, is that while an apostate is often a maleficar,
he need not be so. A maleficar is a mage who employs forbidden knowledge such as blood magic and the summoning of demons, whereas an apostate is merely any mage who does not fall under the auspices of the Circle of Magi (and therefore the Chantry). They are hunted by the templars,
and quite often they will turn to forbidden knowledge in order to
survive, but it would be a lie to say that all apostates begin that way.
Historically, apostates become such in one of two ways: They are
either mages who have escaped from the Circle or mages who were never
part of it to begin with. This latter category includes what we tend to
refer to as "hedge mages"--those with magical ability out in the
hinterlands who follow a different magical tradition than our own. Some
of these hedge mages are not even aware of their nature. Undeveloped,
their abilities can express themselves in a variety of ways, which the
hedge mage might attribute to faith, or will, or to another being
entirely (depending on his nature). Some of these traditions are passed
down from generation to generation, as with the so-called "witches" of
the Chasind wilders or the "shamans" of the Avvar barbarians.
No matter how a mage has become apostate, the Chantry treats them
alike: Templars begin a systematic hunt to bring the apostate to
justice. In almost all cases, "justice" is execution. If there is some
overriding reason the mage should live, the Rite of Tranquility is employed instead. Whether we of the Circle of Magi believe this system fair is irrelevant: It is what it is.--From Patterns Within Form, by Halden, First Enchanter of Starkhaven, 8:80 Blessed.
I bolded the last paragraph because it makes clear that the Chantry treats all mages alike once called apostate...Anders being a notable exception, and his character bio when Awakening came out said the reason for that was his hatred of blood magic was just as strong as the Chantry's, so they couldn't reasonably call him a maleficar.
No mention of meredith and ehr cronies. I usually use her as an example of abuse of
political power and why templars shouldn't get involved with politics. Period.
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