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[Andromelek]

600th reply! wow, so, the fight still going?

I think it's time to move on and let this thread die already.

[Dai Grepher]

I disagree. From what I gathered of Fiona's situation she had no promise of military aid from Ferelden, only refuge. Would Arl Teagan and his soldiers protect their homes from attacking Templars? Yes. Would the Ferelden Monarch field an army to face them? I am much less sure. I cite this conversation with King Alistair from DA2:

 

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I agree with you that Fiona is smart and I cannot see her failing to consider these factors when it comes to Ferelden aid. Perhaps the Monarch even mentioned this themselves. Ferelden is not in a favorable position, even less so with their support of the Rebellion. Fiona probably realized all the ways the current situation could go wrong and on top of that the Mages being blamed for the Divine's death. Being indentured in Tevinter for however limited a time is of course in no way an affable situation but still preferable to a multilateral war in which one's charges, some children, are stuck in the middle and could very well die.

 

I... don't think I wrote anything about military aid from Ferelden, just that Arl Teagan would protect Redcliffe, as was his duty. My point about the crown was that Fiona should have tried to patch things up with the monarch(s) when he/she/they came to evict the rebel mages. Now, she may have actually tried, but seeing as how she pledged herself to Alexius it's more likely she just slinked away with him and did not try to appeal to the crown after all that had happened. Alexius would have left the Castle before the monarch(s) arrived, and Fiona would have gone with him at this time. But if I had been Fiona, I would have stayed put in Redcliff Castle and thrown myself on the crown's mercy, and blamed Alexius for everything. But another thing we have to remember is that Fiona's goal was mage freedom. So she couldn't just abandon that cause either.

 

I... don't think Fiona is wise. Sorry.  But I do think she was at least smart enough to know an attack against Haven would be suicide for the mage rebellion. I'm also willing to acknowledge that Fiona was in a terrible situation and faced a list of bad prospects.

 

Warder makes a good, but irrelevant point that the rebellion should not have been launched in the first place, but we're beyond that discussion at this point.