crystal | closed to circle mages

[galvanising]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Nell, Kostos
RECIPIENT: Former Circle Mages in the Gallows
WHAT: Phylactery update, discussing a labor strike, business as usual
WHEN: After everyone is back from the Sunless Lands
NOTES: There's no "Circle mage" filter for the crystals; they're having to read off the names of everyone they know who might be one. But if your character has been reasonably open with the Inquisition about being a mage from a Circle, you can assume they're included.

Skyhold has ordered that the phylacteries recovered from the Seekers in the Storm Coast be locked up here in the Gallows until they choose what to do with them. Since they seem to be struggling to come to a decision, we thought we should help them by making clear to them where the mages of the Inquisition stand on this issue. To begin with, Kostos and I are drafting a letter to the leadership urging them to destroy these phylacteries and any others that come into the Inquisition's possession in the future, and we would like to be able to tell the advisors that the affected mages here in Kirkwall are in unanimous agreement, or near enough.

We'll be getting in touch with the mages in Skyhold and the other bases separately, and may speak with others in the wider community if further support seems needed, but since former Circle mages are the only people actually affected by this decision, we are the ones who should be making it.

[ Kostos—quiet, due to both internal conflict, a habit of following Nell's lead, and a natural disinclination to talk to large groups of near-strangers—breaks his silence to add, ] In the meantime, if everyone could refrain from doing anything hideously stupid that would remind people why they're useful, that would be… [ Good. You know. ] And we do need to know how you feel, and how strongly. There is a fine line between making threats and explaining consequences, and we can do our best to stay on the right side of it.

But we need to know how many of you will be willing to follow through if it becomes necessary to demonstrate to the Inquisition just how much they need us.

Comments

[aceso]

What would be the best method to disseminate that information to the masses so their owners could come forward?

[winterwinds]

I'm really not sure. They must label them... though names posted wouldn't be an ideal method...

There used to be some kind of mage collective that operated outside of Circles, did they all go to ground when the rebellion occurred? I would imagine they could get that kind of word spread where it needs to go.

[aceso]

Yes. I also thought it best not to have a list of names.

It is possible word could be spread, but I feel that in the end, the Inquisition will still be in possession of a great many phylacteries. The effort required may not be worth the result.

[winterwinds]

Yes, it's a shame we're all so spread out, but it would be difficult to get everyone's phylacteries to their rightful mage.

[aceso]

Unfortunately we do not possess the resources to make it a reality. I think destroying them is the best thing we can do for these mages; to keep them safe.