[A quiet huff.] In a very literal sense, they're magic ruling over man, aren't they? And they can be turned against His children. It's a reading I've long held to but we'd need sympathetic help within the Chantry to win that argument, I think.

And there's no telling if anyone who might agree with that line of argument would also concede the rifters are men, or the Maker's children. But it's worth investigation.