Actually, since this is a military operation we're discussing, it's totally relevant.
No it isn't. You're using examples of the U.S. Military's chain of command. That's different from the Qunari society's chain of command.
We are discussing what was revealed in the interview in the OP. You're discussing what you think happened, in spite of what we've been told, and yet, you have the audacity to claim I'm imagining words that aren't there.
Yes, you are imagining words that aren't there. Like "invasion". Wasn't there. Remember that one several pages back? All Weekes said was that it wasn't a rogue group. I never claimed it was a rogue group. thesuperdarkone2 merely took "not a rogue group" and assumed that meant "an authorized group". But that is false. They can be real Qunari part of the real Ben-Hassrath, and still be operating without authorization from the Triumvirate. The Arishok did the same thing in DA2, as I posted before and you ignored again.
So tell me, how do the Qunari go about waging war? What is their command structure? How does the chain of command work? Do they not assign tasks to leaders, making that task the leader's task? Be careful how you answer that, because I have my example of the chain of command sitting in the wings, and I'm going to pull it directly from Origins.
I hope you do. According to the canon, the Arishok commands the army, the antaam, which has commanders and soldiers.
http://dragonage.wik...ki/Antaam#RanksThe leader of invading forces is the Arishok.
The Viddasala is not a commander of invading forces. Her role is as I posted in my previous post.
This division, run by a priestess called the Viddasala, or "one who converts purpose," handles the conversion of foreigners, the reeducation of Qunari dissidents, and the collection and quarantine of magic. Things that, by Qunari definition, are threats to themselves and others by nature.Now, as for declaring war, it isn't clear. The only real word we've had on it is Bull saying that they're waiting for someone to tell someone that it's on again. I would assume this would require agreement among all three members of the Triumvirate. Each part of the society would need to agree that a war is necessary and possible. For example, the Arigena makes the weapons and the gaatlok. She would need to confirm they have the resources. The Arishok would need to confirm they had the forces. The Ariqun would need to confirm they had the spies and intelligence, though the Antaam also has information gathering personnel.
From there, various agents would be assigned to specific roles. All duties would be properly delegated to those who are best suited to carry out those roles.
I was under the impression that Viddasala was given explicit orders to carry out her mission through the very means she intended by the Triumvirate in Par Vollen.
And that's cool. You are welcome to believe that, and I'm not saying this is impossible. But what canon basis do you have to believe this?
Once the mission was revealed by Solas' intervention, then the Triumvirate felt it necessary to disavow Viddasala's mission all together. The letter stating this was in her possession because she was also being informed of the Triumvirate's decision to inform the south that she was acting outside their orders.
Strange that Josephine's letter would be included in this and that the letter would be addressed to her. If the Triumvirate were trying to contact Viddasala, then why didn't they write a letter of instruction directly to her?
This would also be the time that a new objective could be given. The letter being crumbled could represent her anger at being caught by the Inquisition or simply no longer important and not worth her time. Her mission then seemed to focus on Solas rather than the Inquisition, although we were still involved.
I don't know, I think there was a letter in the Darvaarad instructing them to accelerate Dragon's Breath. It seems Viddasala was still bent on keeping the dragon in use. Also, Viddasala continued to press the point to the Inquisitor that Par Vollen would still invade by force. So if she had been told to abort, she didn't obey, as she told the Inquisitor that invasion would still take place.
The mission to start a war with the South ended with the letter, but her new mission to stop Solas was initiated instead. Therefore, she at no point goes against the Triumvirate.
She still tells the Inquisitor that war would come. She tried to preserve the dragon, despite promising to kill it mercifully once Dragon's Breath was complete. She still fights against the Inquisitor, which is still an act of war. If she had allied with the Inquisitor instead, then I would believe that your theory would be somewhat more likely.
It just felt like Solas was her target once her plans were revealed to the Inquisition.
Yet she unleashed Sareth against the Inquisitor instead of Solas.
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