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katiebour:

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dreadwulf:

impressioniste:

You do make some good points, but there are some points that also need some clarification or addressing, so I’m going to try to do that. (minor Asunder spoilers also, I tried to keep it vague)

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omg. I’m finally on another computer and I can actually read your…

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First, I am going to point out a couple of facts you have wrong. I’m not trying to get on your case, I just want to point out some things that are actually incorrect, or need clarification.

In your examples of harmful mages, you listed:

Lady Harimann

Lady Harimann is not a mage. There’s an issue with demonic possession there, but she is not a mage. So you can’t use that as an example.

Then:

Evilina, who terrorizes those two kids and then turns into an abomination

Evelina is a Fereldan refugee that rescued orphans from the Blight and fed and took care of them and brought them to Kirkwall. She is a mage, and she did not want to be branded an apostate, so she went directly to the Kirkwall templars and presented herself, and turned herself in, asking only that her children be taken care of. They basically said, ‘Fuck you,’ branded her an apostate anyway, and threw her in the Gallows. She resorted to blood magic to escape and save her children from starving. Then, that’s when they have you go round her up. And she succumbs in self defense, loses control, and becomes an abomination.

Then:

Kelder (I think that’s his name) who was murdering elven children because “demons told him to”

He is a magistrate’s son. Not a mage. He’s a murderer, but he’s not a mage. There’s also no proof that actual demons are his problem, and that he’s not just extremely mentally ill. Another example you really can’t use.

The mage who kidnapped the girl on the Wounded Coast? (not sure if I’m remembering that right)

This is incredibly vague, and I’m not sure what you’re referring to, so unless you can provide more details, you can’t really use it as an example.

Any mages from Tevinter are also a moot point. Tevinter is a whole other ballgame (with a system I really don’t approve of, personally, but it’s an extremely involved, complicated thing to discuss because we get so little information about the place). Tevinter is also supposed to remain basically self-contained. So, let’s handle one issue at a time.

The rest of my reply is under a cut for length/Asunder spoilers.

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frikadeller:

How many times had Hawke complained in private? That it was “Boring, tiring, turning mind and body into one lazy slob, politics, Fenris. Magister politics. Sickening. I miss the dragons. Darktown. Even Meredith and Orsino’s couple spats. Didn’t even think the day would come when I’d say that.”

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I’m all over Tevinter stories, but lack a muse for post-game trip to the Imperium. It looks like I can only write Tevinter-born Hawkes. :<