How do you know that Cilian is following Solas? He learnt how to be an arcane warrior at an ancient shrine. He has the vallaslin of June. If he had met Solas and was his follower, you'd think Solas would have removed his vallaslin. In any case, he could simply have meditated at the shrine and contacted the spirits associated with the place, as Solas claims is possible. Then during his prolonged period there he was able to learn the secrets of the ancient order. His armour could simply have been buried there. All the ancient elves seem to have the same, it is not confined to Fen'Harel. The entry on him in the Wiki says that his years of meditation and solitude gave him a wisdom and respect for all life, while his entry in WoT2 says he returned to the world to dedicate his skills to fighting "for the greater good of all Thedosians." That doesn't suggest someone who would rush off and join Solas.
I used 'seems' because it's speculation mainly from the Solas thread among some fans and, if I recall correctly, Weekes not denying his involvement with Solas due to fans asking him about it. Perhaps I should have used another word instead to better denote what I meant. To clarify, he seems to be the candidate that I often read most people associating as being an agent of Solas (admittedly, he's the only Dalish candidate I've ever read anyone give any serious consideration to acting as a spy for Solas). I've sometimes read some people definitively claim that he is a spy, but I think they mean it more in terms of candidates people likely suspect rather than any new information that's been revealed.
If Cillian is fighting to help everyone, let's hope the world doesn't end up killing him over being Dalish.
I think both Morrigan and Merrill demonstrate a degree of intelligence. A person can have great intelligence but little common sense. A better question might be to ask which shows the greatest wisdom. For example, would Merrill jump at the chance of drinking from the Well of Sorrows? Would she be so quick to dismiss the dangers of the geas? Would she be more likely to heed the warning from Cole about the spirits that would be running around in your head? Would she be less inclined to believe that Mythal was truly dead?
Even if you think she would be just as likely as Morrigan, then you could argue that both were as heedless of the potential dangers so fixated they were on the benefits of drinking. Morrigan certainly regretted her decision once the full implications were revealed to her but then she had been warned. She was just so full of herself that she knew best and wanted that knowledge.
I think it's an issue of context. Morrigan wants the power of the Well because it's power. If this was Act I Merrill, she could very well drink from the Well knowing the risks because, as we know from her story, she's willing to sacrifice herself if it means that she can bring an end to the suffering that her people face. The possibility of using the knowledge of the Well to help the People answer centuries of unanswered questions could mean more to her than the potential end of her life, but that's also hard to say definitively because she's now acting as a de facto hahren of the elves and that would likely be a contributing factor (she didn't have those kind of responsibilities when she started constructing the Eluvian).
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