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[apostasy]

What is the Inquisition going to do with that information?

[arla]

I have suggested that Cassandra make the other Seekers aware of this. Beyond that, I have not decided.

Ideally, I would like the information to be known. I would like for the Tranquil to be able to have the choice to be given their powers back. But I do not know the extent of the damage Tranquility has caused nor what its effects are. I would like to ensure that there is a safe and manageable way to help these people without causing more harm or pain and without opening up other avenues of trouble.

[ Like possession. ]

[apostasy]

Justice once brought a man back from Tranquility, but only for a moment.

In that moment, the man begged for his death rather than return to it.

[arla]

[ She is grateful that this is text. The sound that escapes her is one of horror. ]

It is an awful fate. I would not wish it upon anyone.

I do not want Tranquility to exist as a punishment or as a way to leash or persecute mages. Its intended purpose for the Seekers, to my knowledge, was one of peace and focus. Using it on mages as it has been is diabolical.

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[apostasy]

[He wouldn't be able to do this any other way. Even as it is, it's extremely painful.]

At Kirkwall, they made mages who passed their Harrowings Tranquil over the smallest things. One might be made it because they made a sarcastic comment to a templar, or because they were sending letters to their loved ones. They might also be made it if a templar wanted them more pliant and easier to take advantage of.

People say that Kirkwall was just a bad situation, but those things happened all over Thedas.

They don't have the ability to tell you they want to be cured. They can't even imagine what it was like to want such a thing. But the minute they're returned, they would rather have death than go back.

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[apostasy]

[And after he sends that rant he realizes something else about what she said.]

Did you say the Seekers use it? They're aware of it?

Cole made it sound as if it had recently been stumbled upon.

[arla]

I had never interacted with the Tranquil before the Conclave. But I heard what they did in Kirkwall. No one could escape that information once it was out, once the atrocities of Kirkwall's Circle were shown. I'm sorry that such a thing is so common in the Circles. It should never be.

Cassandra described it as something the Seekers used to create Seekers from soldiers. A method to give them their abilities. That is how Lord Seeker Lucius knew of the cure to Tranquility.

It wasn't common knowledge, even among the Seekers. Cassandra told me she never knew until we ended the Lord Seeker's life and took the tome he had.

[apostasy]

I can understand that Cassandra didn't know, but if there was a tome, that means that someone knew.


And people still act as if the Chantry and her agents still have any right to exist.

[arla]

The Chantry should still exist, Anders. But not as it is now. What it is now is just a shadow of what it should be. I hope that the new Divine will change things.

If not, then I assume the Inqusition will be around for some time to come.

[apostasy]

How can you say that? You may not have been in a Circle, but you're still a mage.

Could you imagine what it would be like to have your magic, or your connection to it, ripped from you?

Could you imagine seeing someone you loved like that? Listening to them beg for death rather than return to it?

[arla]

I did not say that the Chantry as it is now should remain. It should be a place of peace and sanctuary for everyone, not simply those without power. It should be an organization that helps and does not hinder, does not destroy those who cry out for help. Mages should be free and treated as equals within and without the Chantry's walls. They should be loved and accepted as they are.

I do not believe in the Chantry; I believe in what it could be. A place of worship, an organization that heals and helps, and the foundation of the Andrastian religion.

Anything else is a sham.

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[apostasy]

None of that sounds like the Chantry.

Better to destroy it all and build something new in it's place.

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[apostasy]

[Then, quickly, right after the first is sent.]

Too dangerous.

Going to see Hawke.

[arla]

[ This isn't what she wanted. She might agree with Anders, that the Chantry should be dismantled, but not like that. Not like this. But what can she say now? ]

Be safe, Anders.

[ That's all she can offer. ]

[apostasy]

[Some time after, many hours in fact.]

I am.

So is everyone else, from me.

I apologize if I worried you.

[arla]

So long as you're all right, it's fine.

Anders, you're not a monster; people don't need to be safe from you.

[apostasy]

Thank you for saving so, though I imagine that many in your Inquisition would disagree.

[arla]

Those are their opinions, ones I do not share. You are a man and a mage. Nothing less.

[apostasy]

That is either an enlightened view or a foolish one.

I hope it's the first.

[arla]

I don't believe in deifying or damning. It doesn't do anyone any good in the long run.

I've seen monsters. You're not one of them.

[apostasy]

[He takes a moment to reply, and then changes the focus of the conversation back to her.]

I am relieved to know that the information about Tranquility is in your hands. I trust you to do something with it.

[arla]

[ Haha, two can play at the deflection game, Anders. ]

I will do my best once I'm able to see all of the information I have available. I hope it will make a good difference.

[apostasy]

I believe in you, Inquisitor.

[arla]

[ Haha. Well. She starts to write a reply out... ]

I don't know if you shoul

[ ...and then deletes it, opting for a different response. ]

Thank you, Anders. You're kind to say so.

[apostasy]

I should leave you be.

Thank you again. I apologize if I worried you earlier.