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Southern Mages
Dorian Masterpost
Related Quest: In Hushed Whispers
The PC approaches Dorian at Haven.
Choice related dialogue:
- Mages conscripted [1]
- Mages made allies [2]
1 - Mages conscripted:
Dorian: Put a leash on the rebel mages, I see. Interesting how they seem to like the idea. As if it’s a relief to be penned in again.
Dialogue options:
- General: You disagree? [3]
- General: Life as a rebel is hard. [4]
- General: It had to be done. [5]
3 - General: You disagree?
PC: I take it you don’t agree?
Dorian: Not my place to disagree, is it? It just seems like you’re repeating history. [6]
4 - General: Life as a rebel is hard.
PC: It can’t have been easy: Life on the run. Hunted all the time.
Dorian: Better to be in the fold than out in the wilds? For a sheep, that is. [6]
5 - General: It had to be done.
PC: There was no other choice.
Dorian: Oh, I’m not arguing. Just pointing out the ridiculously obvious. [6]
6 - Scene continues.
Dorian: It all depends on what you do with these mages later. No guarantee you’ll throw them back into Circles again, I suppose.
Dorian (med/high approval): I mean, unless you’re the dull sort. I suspect that’s not the case.
Dorian: (neutral/low approval): I mean, unless you’re as thick as you seem. Which would be sad, really.
Scene ends.
2 - Mages made allies:
Dorian: The Inquisition supports free mages. What’s next? Elves running Halamshiral? Cows milking farmers?
Dialogue options:
- General: You disagree? [7]
- General: I’ll think of something. [8]
- General: It had to be done. [9]
7 - General: You disagree?
PC: I take it you don’t agree?
Dorian: On the contrary, I approve. Heartily. [10]
8 - General: I’ll think of something.
PC: Give me time, I’m sure I’ll surprise you.
Dorian: I suspect that’s untrue… unless you strip yourself naked and allow the Chantry to flog you into repentance. Now that would surprise me. [10]
9 - General: It had to be done.
PC: There was no other choice.
Dorian: Oh, there were definitely other choices. You picked the one that’ll shock the children. [10]
10 - Scene continues.
Dorian: I do wonder if you’ve considered what this support of yours will do. For mages in general, I mean. The Inquisition is seen as an authority. You’ve given southern mages license to… well, be like mages back home.
Dialogue options:
- Flirt: So long as they’re like you. [11]
+ Dorian slightly approves - General: Is that so terrible? [12]
- General: So they’ll rule us next? [13]
- General: I doubt that. [14]
11 - Flirt: So long as they’re like you.
PC: If that means they’re anything like you, I approve.
Dorian: Ha! There aren’t many mages back home like me.
PC: I’d believe that.
Dorian: I never fit in. Bloodstains are so difficult to clean, you see.
PC: So we’re doomed to a future of blood magic, then? [15]
12 - General: Is that so terrible?
PC: What would be wrong with that, exactly?
Dorian: Nothing… at first. [15]
13 - General: So they’ll rule us next?
PC: So what? They all turn into blood mages, worship dragons, and then take over?
Dorian: Not at first, but you’d be a fool to not see where this could lead. [15]
14 - General: I doubt that.
PC: I don’t believe that.
Dorian: It’s true, the conditions here are different. Southern mages aren’t used to ruling. [15]
15 - Scene continues.
Dorian: Thing is, the Imperium was once just like the South. Templars, proper Circles, all that rot. Then it changed. By inches. Not that this is reason to oppress us. Still, my homeland should be a cautionary tale, not a source of inspiration.
Scene ends.
