#in hushed whispers

So Many Robes

Sera Masterpost
Related Quest: In Hushed Whispers

The PC approaches Sera at the tavern in Haven.

Sera: Chasing mages. That’s a templar’s job. A big, armored, pissed-off helm polisher. Not to late to go find some. Or stay home?

After mages are recruited:

Sera: Well, that’s mages all over. So many robes, I bet all of Ferelden lost their curtains. I’ll just be on the other side of Haven. Just in case.

Dialogue options:

• General: They are here to help us. [1]
• General: They’re what we need. [2]
• General: You don’t like mages? [3]

1 - General: They are here to help us.
PC: These mages are here to aid the Inquisition. Don’t worry.
Sera: Sure. Don’t worry. Magic up there, magic down here. What’s to worry about?

2 - General: They’re what we need.
PC: You expected something else? We needed this.
Sera: We needed? No, pretty sure that question was never passed my way.

3 - General: You don’t like mages?
PC: Do you have a problem with out new allies?
Sera (mage PC): No problem with mages. You’re fine, right?
Sera (non-mage PC): No problem with mages. I mean, you know some that are all right.
Sera: My problem is with magic. If mages sat on their hands, everything would be fine.

4 - Scene continues.

Sera (mages allied): I mean, yay, freedom. Great for them. Over there. Away from me.
Sera (mages conscripted): You know it, too, that’s why you’re shoving them up towers after. That’s good, right?

Scene ends.

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.

What Was I Like

Blackwall Masterpost
Related Quest: In Hushed Whispers

The PC approaches Blackwall at Haven.

Blackwall: There was never going to be an easy answer to the mage dilemma.

Blackwall (mages allied): What you did for the mages took courage. You gave them a chance. Everyone deserves one.
Blackwall (mages conscripted): The mages are dangerous. There’s no way around it.

Blackwall: You chose for the good of us all. I can respect that.

Blackwall (if in party for IHW): I have to ask: what was I like in that dark future you saw?

Dialogue options:

• General: You were heroic. [1]
  + Blackwall approves
• General: You were angry. [2]
• General: You were the same. [3]
• General: Don’t ask. [4]

1 - General: You were heroic.
PC: You fought with honor and died a hero. You did the Wardens proud.
Blackwall: Then I was worth something in the end. Thank you. [5]

2 - General: You were angry.
PC: You were furious about the circumstances.
Blackwall: Angry. Good. I’m glad I was angry. It means I never stopped caring. [5]

3 - General: You were the same.
PC: You didn’t seem much different.
Blackwall: Does that mean I remained unbroken or simply stopped caring? I guess we’ll never know. [5]

4 - General: Don’t ask.
PC: It’s better if some things are left forgotten.
Blackwall: All right. I won’t mention it again. [5]

5 - Scene ends.

• A wonderful demonstration on what grief and desperation can drive a person to do 
• Also serves as a complicated yet convenient explanation of how Dorian can slow time down on a whim