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NotFishing

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Honestly, the main problem with Tevinter isn't that the mages are free.

The problem is that their entire government is dominated by the nobility, and their system is plagued with corruption, plots, power struggles, and slavery.

It just so happens that all of the nobles are mages. And the reason why blood magic is over-used is because they have slaves who are essentially treated as expendable pieces of furniture, so they can easily use them as a power source, and nobody with any real power will bat an eye.

The solution isn't to oust all mages from power. It is to abolish slavery, curb the power of the nobility, centralize the government, grant more rights to the common folk, and give the templars their balls back. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

24-May-2018 01:10:44 - Last edited on 24-May-2018 01:14:55 by NotFishing

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Westenev said :
I dunno, I think the Qun is also a very progressive ideal for the setting; a society where the many outweigh the few.


You have no individual rights and they will brainwash you if you are unhappy, disobedient, or begin to express any sort of doubt in what you're doing. You don't choose your career, they pick it for you, and if you ever begin to become dissatisfied with it you are expected to turn yourself in for the aforementioned brainwashing. You don't even have an official name, just a set of numbers and a nickname based on what you do. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

24-May-2018 01:12:24 - Last edited on 24-May-2018 01:13:54 by NotFishing

George Rozas

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NotFishing said :
Westenev said :
I dunno, I think the Qun is also a very progressive ideal for the setting; a society where the many outweigh the few.


You have no individual rights and they will brainwash you if you are unhappy, disobedient, or begin to express any sort of doubt in what you're doing.
It's not a free life, but it's a life that many turn to voluntarily because they have no direction in life. It's a culture of always knowing you have a place.

Honestly, if it isn't forced on the people who wouldn't fit well under it, the Qun is actually a pretty good option for a lot of people. I am Inferi.

24-May-2018 01:14:34

Westenev

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No, the problem with Tevinter lies squarely with the mages. Fenris and even Faenreal elude to it. It's basically a magical arms race to see who can trump the other; the one who wins gets to write the countries laws.
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24-May-2018 01:15:45

NotFishing

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Westenev said :
No, the problem with Tevinter lies squarely with the mages. Fenris and even Faenreal elude to it.

Fenris is not an unbiased source.

Again, you really need to play Inquisition. One of the best companions in that game is actually the son of a Tevinter Magister, and he has a lot to say about his homeland.

Westenev said :
It's basically a magical arms race to see who can trump the other; the one who wins gets to write the countries laws.


No, it's a political race. The Magisters just so happen to fight it with magic instead of poison and knives. The reason why it's slightly worse than Orlais is because unlike Orlais, Tevinter has no strong central authority figure to reign the Magisters in. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

24-May-2018 01:21:20 - Last edited on 24-May-2018 01:23:38 by NotFishing

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George Rozas said :
Also you two bastards haven't finished those damn bios on Layers.

I have, actually.

George Rozas said :
They're equally shite.


Gaspard is going to build a wall and make Tevinter pay for it. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

24-May-2018 01:33:33 - Last edited on 24-May-2018 01:34:20 by NotFishing

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