I wasn't going to spoil it but it's already done, so here goes.
A member of the inquisition, Minaeve, was born a dalish with the gift of magic. However she was one mage too many. So when her magic manifested at age seven, her enlightened clan gave her pack and abandoned her alone in the wilderness.
She eventually found her way to a village where, predictably, people reacted badly to magic. The templars protected her from the mob and took her to the safety of the circle.
That was taken from her when her fellow mages rebelled, not being strong enough to fight she wasn't taken with them.
The good guys in that really seem to be the templars, when they're following their duty. Protecting mage and non-mage from the dangers of magic.