They weren't stealing. They weren't wrangling. It was all organized and sanctioned by Loghain's temporary regency. Or was that my imagination? They were really kidnapping elves in the cover of night off the Alienage streets.
Right...
Not the slavers I was referring to.
Only listening to Tevinter would be a good start, you have much to learn without lie's polluting your head.
search both the codex wiki and hell world of thedas, The Imperial chantry has revealed the truth. Andraste was a mortal prophet with very, very powerful magic.
they even wrote a book about it called "the Search for the True Prophet"
So the Imperial Chantry, who supports the rule of mages, has 'discovered' that Andraste was a 'mage'. How convenient for them. It's not like her power could come from a higher power or something.
The magi rule because only Magi can use magic to serve the greater good. How can someone without magic use magic to serve the greater good? your talk nonsense. Even if we abandon what the Imperial chantry teaches us and accept your idea that Magi rule simply because they are strong. How is that unbecoming? the south rule based on who has more money or who kill's their brother's quick enough.
you can have fat, bloated, inbred, retards ruling simply because their great grandfather happened to wed a woman who's great grandfather once lead an army on a battlefield.
Simple. Because the person without magic has an objective view of magic. To them, it is just another asset. This is true for many mages as well, I'm not saying it isn't, but if you personally have the magic then you are personally having all the temptations that comes with it. Blood magic for example has been made akin to the Dark Side of the Force because the more you use it the more you want to use it.
And likewise you can have a demon wearing a mage suit rule simply because they are more powerful than anyone else.
You pretend the Serf's in the south have control over their own lives, but they do not. A Baker can never be a Knight. They have a roll and their place and that's it. the nobles control everything a serf can be conscripted at a moments notice. They have no say, no real freedom. They have the Illusion of choice. this is a false doctrine. you pretend they some small level of control over their lives yet even that can be snatched away at a moments notice.
Loghain was a serf He became a teyrn.
Carver was a serf. He can become a Templar.
The CE Warden was a serf. They can become an arl.
All noble lines come from a ancestor who was a serf.
If you prove you are skilled and competent, you can advance. Meanwhile if you are a slave and prove skilled, you are a skilled slave.
and no a Mage cannot do what they want even in the confines of the tower. They cannot wed, raise a family, Study what they want or even stay up all night. they are at the mercy of those that run the circle.
Fair points about the family. However they are allowed to study anything that is legal to study. And they also have the protection of the higher mages, since it requires the First Enchanter's permission before the Templars can act against a mage. Kirkwall was an exception.
You equate Tevinter's honesty on peoples position to that of a rapist, yet it an inaccurate point. How many children will be left to starve to or freeze to death with no one taking care of them for so called freedom in the south?
How many would have lived longer, healthier lives if not for them dying from anything from overexertion to being sacrificed for the entertainment of guests at a party?
The problem is you equate the term freedom with what we have in the real world, in thedas there is none of it. no support, no rights, no education. they are at the beck and call of the lords while receiving none of the benefits.
Take for example if a lord rapes a young elf? in the south nobody blinks an eye. just an elf
in tevinter there's a very good chance that thats someones property. You have to pay reparations.
the Slave in Tevinter is protected from all but their master.
in the south nobody protects the serf at all not only can their lord do what they want, so can any other.
Have I ever said I didn't want the other nations to provide more rights? The answer is I have not. If someone was promoting Orlais, I would be(and have) pointing out their glaring flaws. That said, it is still better than Tevinter.
Also, there is education. The Chantry and people's families provide it. Hence why people are able to read and write. Meanwhile Fenris for example can't say the same.
They pay the slave's owner, not the slave. So how is it any better? If anything, the owner benefits on their expense since they get money for it which makes it worse.
Not much to say since said master would sacrifice you in a moment's notice if they so desired. They are objects to the magisters.
And no, a lord from another area could not do whatever they wanted to the serfs of that area's lord. Orlesian lords can't do what they like to Ferelden serfs for example.