[Open] Mage Lyfe 101

[justice_is_blond]

WHO: OPEN, Anders
WHAT: Mage conferece on practical magic
WHEN: Kingsway 24th, all day
WHERE: Just outside Skyhold
NOTES: Plotting post and IC announcement.

The tables and chairs are set up, there's some parchment and a few quills for note-taking, and a table on the side has pitchers of water as well as a motley assortment of cups. He's done what he can, done the footwork and talking, and now has to hope it catches and spreads.

And hope Purrelden doesn't tangle herself around something with her leash again.

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[failedfirst]

Velanna knows well the dangers of magic. She's been burned of course, but the fear she sees in the young apprentices in Skyhold, the fear she has seen in so many who knew she was a Dalish mage, that is behavior taught with Circles.

"I do agree, but without allowing growth, forcing mages all to fit into some... box, that is what creates dangerous mages. I have said this before, it is rare for a Dalish mage to become an abomination, because we are not taught to never explore the reach our power has, but to do it with caution." That and the Dalish generally don't deal with Spirits because they're considered bad news, regardless of origin. Velanna's friendship with Justice made her question that train of thought, and went to show that even the Dalish don't know all there is to know about magic.

[amygdalae]

Bruce hums quietly as he mulls over her words. He can see the point that she's making, but what the Dalish do and what humans do were very different. Could humans actually do what the Dalish have practiced? Could humans be trusted to that degree? In his experience, that was--hard. Very hard.

"I suppose I'm not really the best judge for what is right or what is wrong," he admits after a few moments. "I've had too many experiences that show me all the negatives that magic has to really appreciate the good parts of it." Summon fire and you get burned. Call forth a storm and you might get zapped. Ice brings the risk of frostbite when you were not prepared for it, and spirits--

Well. Spirits.

Bruce shrugs. "Maybe one day in the far future we'll finally find the best way to use magic without it becoming an uncertain threat."

[failedfirst]

Once upon a time Velanna would have said that humans and elves could never exercise the same kind of restraints. Ten years with humans has shown her that they're not so different, really. There's assholes in both societies, and while humans grossly overestimated their worth, ultimately they weren't all terrible.

She exhales, leaning back in her chair and threading her fingers together, tilting her head back.

"The help mages have provided here may very well be a good start to that. Mages helping to save Thedas despite the uncertainty we are all living now will not so easily be removed from the history books." Especially considering there seem to be far more mages than templars, these days.

[amygdalae]

"It is a start." That Bruce can agree on. But as to how effective it'll be is another matter entirely... and not one to really think about now. Now what did matter was Corypheus and the threat that he posed. "I just hope it'll be enough for most people."

Most, because there'll always be people who feel otherwise, people who think otherwise, people who desire otherwise. He's not going to be so naive as to assume that everyone will actually agree on something. It's just a matter of how well the balance can be maintained.