Brockololly wrote...
I just don't see Morrigan trying to altruistically help rebel circle mages out of any philosophical understanding. Maybe she'd help certain individuals that perhaps possessed rare magical knowledge or just unique insights (like how she wants to free Jowan or Sten) but I don't see her latching on to any existing political/ideological group.
Well, no, I wouldn't see Morrigan as a leading figure of the mage rebellion.
Maybe establish a loose alliance with the mages that would also benefit
her. But the point I was trying to make is that she would, without question, favor the rebelling mages over the Chantry. If she had a chance to help the apostates by screwing over the Chantry in some way, I think she might very well take it.
Anyway, I must concede that for Morrigan her Secret Hidden Agenda will always come first, and as you say we have no idea what ther plan really is.
I will say that I think that the mage rebellion is a part of the Flemeth/Morrigan storyline, but I don't think it's the entirety of it. Hopefully it's just an intermediate stage. After all, the OGB was supposed to be the "herald" for what is to come. If what "is to come" was the mage rebellion, that already started, and OGB still has yet to make an appearance. I'm thinking (hoping?) that what we have seen so far is only the first few links in an epic chain of events to come.
Step 0 (optional): The birth of a child with the soul of an Old God.
Step 1: Freaky lyrium idol causes war between mages and templars.
Step 2: Important figures such as the Warden and Hawke spontaneously vanish.
Step 3: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling.
Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes...
The dead rising from their graves!
Step 4: Human sacrifice, Mabari and nugs living together... mass hysteria!
Or something.