Also, a very small unit of Qunari are able to take over Kirkwall for a day which is impressive, since they had to fight one of the largest templar forces in one location, the Circle, and the city guard to get to the throne. Most of the troops had died in the shipwreck or became Tal Vashoth. Theoretically if Hawke had died fighting the Arishok, Meredith and Orsino would have taken him down, but that's not certain. The fact that it took Hawke and the leaders of the strongest factions in the city to stop the invasion of such a small force means that the Qunari are an enemy to fear.
Not really. The Qunari had the element of surprise, and their target was a disorganized and chaotic city with many places to fall back to and hide. The templars also are not an experienced fighting force. They are used to keeping mages in line within the confines of hallways and rooms, not fighting hardened warriors on a labyrinth of city streets with various vantage points. It's the equivalent of going from playing tag in your backyard to playing laser tag in a fun-house. Even the city guard was at a disadvantage tactically, as they were not able to coordinate as well as the Qunari.
Not exactly true. The ending slide of trespasser says the Qunari return to attacking Tevinter, but escalate their attacks on Tevinter, and as Tevinter is recently unstable, they risk spreading the war elsewhere across Thedas. It wouldn't be a direct invasion of the south, but the war in Tevinter might spread.
But those were just rumors that the war might spread. It does not show that the war is spreading or that the war is happening with the South.
This is just a taste of how ludicrous your argument is, because Weekes says precisely that:
I know what Weekes said. My point is that the game says the opposite. No war has been started with the South by the end of Trespasser. Disagree with the game all you want.
As for fighting for Seheron for 300 years, there's this conversation between Iron Bull and Dorian:
Iron Bull could be biased or lying.
Anyway - we don't really know what exactly the Qunari has planned prior to the opening of the Breach, but we can estimate from Sten's conviction that he'll be among those who do the invading that, so it seems they've been preparing to invade during first half of Dragon Age or close to that.
Which would only go to prove that Dragon's Breath was unauthorized, since Dragon's Breath was contingent on eluvians that had not been discovered until 9:42 at the earliest. It could not have been part of the official Qunari plan for invasion of the South.
Add to that the fact that Bull totally thinks that the Qunari offering an alliance with Inquisition is a precursor to it. You can see how unsure he is about the whole idea and hey - he's not entirely wrong.
He was worried about their proximity. That is all. He states this if you ask him why he is nervous. Also, if he had been privy to some plan, don't you think he would have told you all about it if you help him become Tal-Vashoth?
What the Breach's done is it might have actually delayed their plans (and who knows how Blight has messed up with their plans) - so they've left the South to either succumb or deal with the problem itself, through Inquisitor. Viddassala basically tells us so, when she comments how surprised she is that after the job done Inquisitor is still left alive, instead of being rightfully removed from the picture.
No, according to Viddasala the Qunari decided the South's fate the day the Breach appeared. She was lying of course, but you are wrong about what she said. Also, the Triumvirate worked with the Inquisitor after the Breach was closed to handle other matters of dangerous magic.
So, to be clear, you're saying that a Qun loyal IB will follow a Tal Vashoth over the Inquisitor.
A blindly loyal Hissrad will follow a qunari who has even a slight chance of being official, rather than risk defying the demands of the Qun and being declared Tal-Vashoth himself. The Inquisitor is a bas. He doesn't factor into it. This was all about Hissrad's decision to blindly follow Viddasala or think for himself and consider the big picture. Solas was right about the Qunari's weakness of not thinking for themselves. Hissrad simply wasn't thinking the situation through. He was just blindly following an order from someone with horns on her head because he was afraid refusing it would make him Tal-Vashoth.
Maybe, but the initial plan means they had assets in place to take advantage of the surprise attack. We'll see how things shake out as this Qunari war begins.
Ah, so you admit this war has not yet begun.
So Bioware gave us a couple of clues. One, the Qunari aren't attacking the Free Marches. Two, the Arishok is in the dog house. A very valid viewpoint when looking at these clues is that the Arishok made a mess on the carpet doing a no-no.
You miss In Exile's rarely made good point. The Arishok being removed is not in itself evidence that he was unauthorized. You would need more evidence than that to conclude that he was unauthorized, such as his own statement that he was not authorized to attack Kirkwall, for example.