After playing Trespasser, I've been trying to wrap my head around a central issue, but I'm failing miserably. If anyone can help clarify this, I'm grateful.
In Trespasser, we learn the Divasala - or whatever her designation is, since Qunari don't have names - has been spying on the Inquisition and learned about Solas/Fen'Harel's overwhelming influence over it. She then considers his actions a threat and decides to take action against him. And the unsuspecting Inquisitor.
If you've paid attention to Codexes in Halamshiral/The winter Palace, you'll notice that during the Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts mission there's a letter from Gaspard (I think) which mentions a weapon Briala has in her power. The codex isn't clear as to the nature of such weapon and the player is left to wonder just what the hell is that Codex referring to.
Later, in Trespasser, we learn that weapon was an Eluvian, found in the Winter Palace. We know it wasn't Morrigan's eluvian because that mirror was - or still is - in Skyhold.
Now here's the problem: the Qunari are prejudiced toward magic, we all know that. Their attitude is to curb any attempt to use magic or, if they can't control it, to destroy it. They want to stop Solas and "save" the South from his influence - aka convert everyone to the Qun with the excuse of salvation from the perdition brought by the abuse of magic.
And just how do they do that?
By using the same kind of magic they barely understand and comdemn. By using Eluvians to travel to the Crossroads - sort like a part of the Fade, a place they should NEVER want to go into - and then all over Thedas.
From the number of broken Eluvians we find in the Qunari stronghold, we can deduce they have been trying to activate one for many years. So the Qunari have been dabbing with magic they don't understand in order to stop an enemy that is known to come from the same people that created these dangerous artifacts in the first place. How does that work? It's like being a xenophobe, but inviting foreign people to come live in your house.
We can deduce they didn't find the Eluvians per chance. Something tells me - and I might be horribly wrong about this - that Solas had some subtle role in making sure the Divasala found the Eluvians. The Qunari supposedly know nothing of ancient elven History. They live in a reclusive country in the far north. How would they have even heard of Eluvians, much less figured out how do they work, when not even our mages from the Circle were able to do so? There are a lot of plot holes there.
The logical choice the Divasala would take would be to destroy the Eluvians once she learned they lead to the Fade. Remember, that's where evil demons whisper dangerous, tempting ideas to the Saarebas. There's no way a troop of Qunari warriors would accept to walk in the Fade having that kind of religion. Not when we see a troop choose to immediately attack Anders in DA2 when they learn he's an uncollared mage. To expect the Divasala to cooly consider reactivating an Eluvian, a magical object that leads to the realm of demons and to actually give some thought about using it as a resource in war is tremendously problematic, if not far-fetched.
One possible way out of this logical conundrum is the fact that the Qunari have a no-waste philosophy. If we apply that philosophy to magic, we see how it takes shape: the Qunari cut the tongue of Saarebas and chain them. So they are against magic because they find it dangerous, but use it nonetheless? Sounds a bit contradictory to me. It's like a country that condemns homicide, but has death penalty.
I'd like to read my fellow forumites' opinions on this. Maybe you'll help me figure out a possible explanation to the Qunari using ancient magical objects without reservation or fear. And if you have any theories, feel free to bring them to discussion.
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