Mages do magic. Templars prevent magic- they also tend to wear plate mail, carry swords and shields, and pray a fair bit. Without the armor and without the robes and staves, put one next to the other and there is no way to truly pick out which is which. We are people that happen to have particular skills.

To be perfectly honest I still have trouble finding it on a map either, we truly ought to do something about that. Telling someone 'north west and climb until your feet are about to fall off' is not terribly helpful.

[ Adelaide's voice warms a bit. Gentles, in so much that she has some capacity for gentleness. ]

I know the feeling. Not quite so viscerally as you and the others like you do- but to some extent, I understand. This is not your home.