While we have centuries of history we aren't privy to, and we have Seekers and templars who have crossed the line. And there are a number of templars who crossed the line who we are privy to: Alrik and his cohorts, who were using the Rite of Tranquility to rape women, and even using it against mages who already passed their Harrowing, like Karl; we have Karras, who raped at least one mage by using the threat of the Rite of Tranquility, and even makes a thinly veiled rape threat against female Hawke; we have a historical Rivaini templar, Ser Mhemet, who participated in the Exalted March because he simply wanted to kill elves; we have Meredith's templars who tortured a child of the clan with fire because they wanted to gather information about Feynriel, and use racist language when they confront the hunters of the Sabrae Clan; we have Meredith's death squad, who were willing to kill a civilian because she fed her tortured mage cousin. We also have the templars who sided with Corypheus.
It's hardly as though there are simply two bad apples in the whole bunch.
If we're going to bring up ancient history, shall we discuss the Tevinter Imperium -- a nation ruled by mages -- and the numerous ways they just screwed the world? They brought down the Elves, gave rise to the Darkspawn, and use blood magic like it's an app for the iPhone. As for the others, for every Karras or Alrik, there's a Quentin, Tarohne, Idunna, or Grace. Dragon Age 2 really did a good job of presenting that both sides had its share of bastards.
Merrill didn't force Marethari to free Audacity from the totem; the Keeper did that, and she alone is responsible for her own actions. I'm not going to blame Merrill for the actions of other grown adults.
Like I said, it was inadvertent. I wouldn't outright blame Merrill, but her obsession with purifying and restoring the Eluvian set the chain of events that lead to Marethari's death in motion. Audacity was planning to use Merrill to repair the Eluvian, escape, and then murder her. Keeper Marethari did what she did to prevent that. It might've been of her own free will, but had Merrill not dabbled in blood magic, that demon would likely still be bound to that statue.
Also, Audacity was summoned by either the Tevinter Imperium or the Elves for the sake of fighting one another. When it was over, it was bound to the statue and left there. Even without Merrill, Audacity was there because of mages.
It's never stated anywhere that templars rarely kill non-mages. We know that templars participated in the Exalted March of the Dales, and at least one only joined simply because he wanted to kill elves - "Ser Mhemet, a Rivaini templar, fought in the Exalted March on the Dales for one reason: his love of killing elves, which pushed him to so many victories, the Chantry elevated him to Anointed after his death. To this day, Halamshiral elves consider his name a curse."
Never said it was stated anywhere. I was merely remarking upon an observation I had made. I'm not saying they don't abuse their power. I'm not saying they don't kill people. Mhemet was a monster, but how many Tevinter Magisters used elves for blood magic just because they were elves?
In fact, we ran into a few examples where templars cross the line, like the templars who tried to kill a child named Aneirin because they claimed he was maleficar, even though this was completely bogus. There is also the story about the Magnificent D'Sims; he was "was an elven 'healer' who 'cured' hayseeds of nonexistent ailments. Even though it was all a scam, the templars declared him apostate and took off his head. Oddly, his staff turned out to be genuinely enchanted." D'Sims is the example of a charlatan who was killed by the templars because he was pretending to heal people.
Again, I'm not saying it doesn't happen. It does. My point is that mages have caused far more pain and death than the Templars have. Tranquil isn't dead. It's screwed up as all hell, but mages have wracked up the higher body count over the years. They are the greater of the two evils in my opinion.
Questioning it doesn't really help all the people who are innocent of Anders' actions and being killed because the templars are following orders.
Never said it did. Look at Blackwall's story. Some people follow their commanders blindly out of faith and trust. Cullen was the same with Meredith, but he did not do it with a clean conscience and that counts for something. He stood against her when it became clear that she was mad.
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