Xilizhra wrote...
Velanna was simply deceived. Zathrian's motivation seems too personal for me to ascribe anything Dalish-specific to it. And the irony of your statement is that I actually had sort of planned on my Dalish Inquisitor being like that... minus, perhaps, the "uncompromising" part. But definitely committed to the success of the elven people.
Velanna was decieved yes, the fact that it was so easy to decieve her in that fashion however is what I aimed for. She had a very easy time believing the lie.
As for Zathrian, sure... it was his individual traits that made him scary. But that's what I want to see... individuals. The ones that through weakness or desire takes out the most rotten parts of their culture and uses it to achieve their ends.
Also... I think your character concept sounds awesome.
Wut? The spirit school isn't forbidden as far as I know. As for the culture... well, culture itself is frequently wrong.
World of Thedas page 104. Bottom of the page in the right column. "Unlike other spellcasters, Dalish mages does not use any magic involving spirits, as they believe them to be dangerous.".
This coupled with statements from Marethari and Merrill leads me to infer that spirit magic is forbidden. Maybe it isn't, I could be wrong (but have yet to see any evidence that I am). But even if I am... according to the lore of the Dalish, what Merrill is doing is -very dangerous-. So again, it's not like big bad Marethari accused Merrill of something that's untrue in Dalish eyes.
But again... it was horribly manipulative. I don't mean to say that Marethari should be excused. She should not.
Regardless... I don't consider that to be the worst of the Dalish. Not by a long stretch.