They would be welcome to try, at least. [ Corvo's a slippery fucker, and from what he's seen, Templars don't expect the mages to come with nearly three decades of swordsmanship. ] I can see why they might be nervous. I've seen within my own world what malicious magic-users can do--and you're far more numerous, here.

Still, I haven't seen anyone here start up any mage assassin guilds.

[ ..........Hmmmm. It's not a terrible idea, if he could keep it from straying into maliciousness. ]