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[arcaneadvisor]

FORM: Sending crystal
SENDER: Morrigan
RECIPIENT: Open
WHAT: Summary of content
WHEN: Early Wintermarch
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: A post will be linked on Morrigan's journal for research things and she has an ic/ooc contact post if further plotting is wanted, currently it'll be mostly what she would know pre-Temple of Mythal

[A message to the board was tempting but some things are best done with a more personal touch and short of visiting each and every possibility in person - and she has far more to do with her time whilst being unwilling to entrust such a thing to a messenger - and so the sending crystal it is.  A new year and, once the weather clears, a new delivery for Skyhold though that can be addressed much later.]

Since the arrival of those who came through the rifts, tis more certain now than ever that much more knowledge is needed.  To that end, I seek those of like minds to aid in research I have brought with me to Skyhold.  Much of it is on magic so I would seek mages over any others, though so long as certain parties can keep civil tongues in their heads, I will not turn away whatever aid can be rendered.  [Templars aren't strictly forbidden in the rare spirit of cooperation but well she knows Templars and ancient forbidden things.]  The research I seek to carry out has a focus on elven magic and lore, as well as my own knowledge being that which is untouched by Chantry teachings.  As such, my own supplies have been brought from Orlais and my former post, though if you wish to avail yourself of them, I ask that you do not remove them, they were...difficult to acquire.  Some will have to wait until better weather allows safer travel up the mountain with more delicate items.  Whatever tale, whatever scrap of knowledge you might hold no matter how small or foolish it may seem, it will always be valuable and I have spent a long time indeed delving into such matters.

If you wish to discuss this in person rather than a crystal, you will find me in the gardens of Skyhold, you are seeking Morrigan, if introductions are still to be made.

Comments

[arcaneadvisor]

"I speak not of fights, fights are more easily avoided. How many eyes do you think there are here belonging to those who would see this as a chance to set the world back to just the way they like it, hmm? Or others who would take further steps? There are many wishing for the mages to return to the Circles after all, for the elves to all go to their alienages, and mages in alienages are always sent to a Circle as soon as they are found."

Thedas lurches from one crisis to the next, unable to draw a breath between, none of the wounds healing and if they ever do, they are quick to open anew. Expect the worst outcome, prepare for it, ready yourself, then you will be pleasantly surprised the times that something good comes your way. But when there's so much bad? You'll be alive, and you'll have learned a valuable lesson.

[serannas]

Ellana's mouth forms a firm line. No matter what, she won't be dragged into a Circle. She'd die first. It was always assumed that that was precisely what any Templar who found her would do anyway. Why waste time and effort dragging a non-cooperative elf mage back to a city and their Circle? Just kill her in the wild and no one would know.

"This sounds more like something I should be listening for. Whispers and looks that suggest some want a role in making the world in the wake of all this just like it was, only worse. And I would say, if it worked so well, then why were so many unhappy? Why were so many being murdered on both sides? Obviously the old system does not work."

[arcaneadvisor]

"And their argument will be that you are selfish though of course they forget that their own argument is based upon the same. I often wondered, who was worse: those who built the cage or those who allowed themselves to be caged? People fear change, even when it is what is needed, because all will change and no one knows how it will look when the dust settles. Those with the power to make the world be the way they wish it have a vested interest not only in maintaining their position but in ensuring that as many as possible agree with them. All eyes are turned upon the Inquisition for that purpose, the fate of nations and orders might be decided here and now."

This is why there have always been mages and most often witches when the balance of power shifts and changes. Because there's a way of looking at the world that a man with a sword cannot see, or a ruler upon a throne. If a mage is strong and without fear, able to resist the temptations of demons should they come? Who better to offer advice, aid and wisdom. All things much feared for what can be used to help can be just as easily used to hurt.

[serannas]

Ellana knows her people fear change. They want to stay stuck in their lives while continuing to cast dirty looks at the past that cannot be undone. She would rather they try looking forward towards the future sometime. They don't have to ignore the past, but they could have so much more. And so she understands what Morrigan means.

"All the more reason to make friends with people to show them that rumors about mages aren't facts."