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[Just My Moniker]

I was just trying to decide if my Dalish mage Inquisitor would support the Mages or the Templars.

 

At first, I was just like, "Well shes a mage, she'd probably want to see them have freedom"

 

But then I got to thinking, the elves were originally cast out of power by the human mages that brought down Arlathan with blood magic and dragons (I'm not especially certain of the lore at this point, please correct me if I'm wrong  )

 

So then I started thinking, would she view giving mages freedom and possibly starting a magocracy as a threat to the elves, and at the very least view them disfavorably (since most of them would be humans and the rest Andrastian city elves) ?

 

Of course this is open to personal preference, but I just thought it was an interesting take on the situation 

 

Thoughts?

[Tevinter Rose]

It is an interesting perspective. I think it could go either way. I could see why a Dalish mage wouldn't even want to get involved because Dalish might be caught in the middle of a mage/templar war and gain no benefit from it really. I can also see how a Dalish mage might feel more solidarity with mages and view less mage restrictions as a good thing since many Dalish Clans have mages themselves. My necromancing Lavellan will side with the mages, viewing more freedom as an overall positive thing but she'll also be very cynical of the whole situation. I'm wondering how the elven and the mage/templar storyline will cross paths.

[Elfyoth]

Merill said in DA2 that the templars are one of the many reasons Dalish must travel. And their keepers are mages too, and they do NOT count all mages to be the ancient tevinter mages, My character, will side with the Mages.

[BronzTrooper]

tbh, my Dalish will see the whole reasoning behind the Circles and the Templars as being ridiculous.  The Circles and Templars exist to prevent the rise of another Imperium, but why would mages start a new Imperium when there's already one in existence in the first place?  Wouldn't it be simpler for those mages just to go to Tevinter in the first place?

 

Besides, the Chantry says that mages are dangerous and always have temptation, but so do regular people, not to mention royalty and nobility.  Also, you're more likely to choke to death on an apple than be eaten by an abomination.  As Isabela says, "I'm more likely to be shanked in a tavern than eaten by an abomination."

 

Might try to make a pro-Templar Inquisitor, but that'd likely be a human Inquisitor.  Most likely a non-mage.

[LobselVith8]

The Dalish view magic as a gift of the Creators; it's doubtful that an orthodox Dalish protagonist would think that the Templar Order was necessary when the Order is the antithesis of how magic is treated in Dalish society. I'm not saying that the Dalish would think that the Circle mages could be automatically trusted as a result (as Ariane held some contempt for the Circle because of their role in the fall of the Dales, and the theft of elven artifacts after the annexation of the elven kingdom), but I don't think most Dalish would be willing to help the templars have reign over the mages, particularly when the Dalish are also targets of the templars.

 

As Merrill told Bethany when she explained that there is no Circle among the Dalish, "Magic is a gift of the Creators. Why wouldn't we use it? It just seems... wasteful for humans to lock their mages away where they can't do any good."

[dragonflight288]

I know for a fact that my elf inquisitor WILL sign up with the mages, but I'm not so sure about my dwarf Inquisitor. A human warrior/rogue may side with the templars if they are roleplayed as being strong believers in the Chantry, and a dwarf lyrium smuggler may not even care beyond getting the war over with and setting up with those who are completely dependent on it for profit. Cut out the Chantry as it were. 

[Elfyoth]

My Elven Inquisitor, will support the Mages. Unless they will start using blood magic.