"My organization also declared an annulment of the Nevarran Accord and has lead rebel Templars in a crusade to exterminate every mage in southern Thedas as an apostate." And yet here Aleron sits, outside the stronghold of the Inquisition, on a log, holding a civil conversation with a man who could be considered the most notorious apostate in history. There's no snark in his reply, nor anger. Just a calm iteration of facts.
Aleron looks down at the cat sniffing at his feet and remains completely still, allowing the creature to continue its investigation without disruption. He might not have had a pet since he was sent away from his family as a boy, but he still remembers that cats are by nature skittish creatures and it would be cruel to startle it.
"You are, however, not in full possession of the facts. The Seekers are enforcers. We serve the Divine and act to root out and remove corruption within the Chantry. Mage, Templar, and Cleric alike. We've no vested interest in enforcing Chantry law on one group over another. In breaking from the Chantry and in full disregard for the leadership of Divine Justinia, I am fully convinced the Lord Seeker has made a grave and blasphemous error, one which incalculable innocents have, and will, suffer for." The more he talks, the more clearly it shows that the Seeker feels quite passionately about this. His tone is as calm and even as ever, but there is a fire in his eyes and a set in his jaw that gives him away. It is his scholastic nature manifesting itself. The same commitment and dedication to faith and duty that singled him out for the Seekers decades ago as a young boy.
And he's not the least bit apologetic for his passion, well-contained as it is. "I have seen with my own eyes Divine Justinia's final edict. It established the Inquisition reborn to put an end to the chaos and the strife. It likewise dictated her beliefs on the subject of the value of mages, and I rightly share her opinion. Mages are the Maker's children much as any other soul in Thedas, and they are to be cherished as such, not merely taken off the shelf whenever it is convenient, then back into the cupboard when they are no longer needed."
Legally, he could argue that as a Grey Warden, Chantry law does not apply to Bethany and as such there is no conflict to be had. But that's not where he goes with his answer. "I cherish Bethany. Not as a mage or a lady of noble birth. But because she is good and kind and has been better to a wretch of a man far more than I could ever deserve or repay."
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Aleron looks down at the cat sniffing at his feet and remains completely still, allowing the creature to continue its investigation without disruption. He might not have had a pet since he was sent away from his family as a boy, but he still remembers that cats are by nature skittish creatures and it would be cruel to startle it.
"You are, however, not in full possession of the facts. The Seekers are enforcers. We serve the Divine and act to root out and remove corruption within the Chantry. Mage, Templar, and Cleric alike. We've no vested interest in enforcing Chantry law on one group over another. In breaking from the Chantry and in full disregard for the leadership of Divine Justinia, I am fully convinced the Lord Seeker has made a grave and blasphemous error, one which incalculable innocents have, and will, suffer for." The more he talks, the more clearly it shows that the Seeker feels quite passionately about this. His tone is as calm and even as ever, but there is a fire in his eyes and a set in his jaw that gives him away. It is his scholastic nature manifesting itself. The same commitment and dedication to faith and duty that singled him out for the Seekers decades ago as a young boy.
And he's not the least bit apologetic for his passion, well-contained as it is. "I have seen with my own eyes Divine Justinia's final edict. It established the Inquisition reborn to put an end to the chaos and the strife. It likewise dictated her beliefs on the subject of the value of mages, and I rightly share her opinion. Mages are the Maker's children much as any other soul in Thedas, and they are to be cherished as such, not merely taken off the shelf whenever it is convenient, then back into the cupboard when they are no longer needed."
Legally, he could argue that as a Grey Warden, Chantry law does not apply to Bethany and as such there is no conflict to be had. But that's not where he goes with his answer. "I cherish Bethany. Not as a mage or a lady of noble birth. But because she is good and kind and has been better to a wretch of a man far more than I could ever deserve or repay."