"Indeed. In Tevinter, it is the mages who rule. The Chantry blames Tevinter for the coming of the Blights, as it was seven magisters who enacted the blood sacrifice of thousands or more to enter the Fade. They intended to gain power, possibly become gods, but upon entering the Golden City, they became corrupted and were cast out as darkspawn. The First Blight nearly destroyed Thedas, and the ones to follow were only better in that they did not last centuries. The destruction they have caused cannot be overstated; one devastated my homeland a decade ago, and it is still very much in recovery.
Andraste preached that magic was meant to serve man and never to rule over him, a direct challenge to the cruel ways of the magisters. She was a slave of Tevinter herself at one point, and she fought for the freedom of herself and others. Her greatest enemies were the magisters but if she held any anti-mage sentiment, I'm not aware. The scars Tevinter has left behind from the times when it dominated the continent still remain, and the fact that Andraste was martyred on Tevinter soil only furthers that resentment.
As magic had been the source of the Imperium's power, it was all but banned when the Chantry became the new dominant force in Thedas. In 1:20 Divine, the Nevarran Accord created the Circle of Magi in the south and established the Templars as wardens of the mages. Initially, the only permitted magic was that which allowed the eternal flame in every Chantry in Thedas to be renewed. When the mages of the Grand Cathedral protested, negotiations resulted in permitting broader use of magic in exchange for the mages being removed to more remote locations, away from society. Thus, they would only be a danger to themselves or the Templars, who were bound to watch them for corruption."
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Andraste preached that magic was meant to serve man and never to rule over him, a direct challenge to the cruel ways of the magisters. She was a slave of Tevinter herself at one point, and she fought for the freedom of herself and others. Her greatest enemies were the magisters but if she held any anti-mage sentiment, I'm not aware. The scars Tevinter has left behind from the times when it dominated the continent still remain, and the fact that Andraste was martyred on Tevinter soil only furthers that resentment.
As magic had been the source of the Imperium's power, it was all but banned when the Chantry became the new dominant force in Thedas. In 1:20 Divine, the Nevarran Accord created the Circle of Magi in the south and established the Templars as wardens of the mages. Initially, the only permitted magic was that which allowed the eternal flame in every Chantry in Thedas to be renewed. When the mages of the Grand Cathedral protested, negotiations resulted in permitting broader use of magic in exchange for the mages being removed to more remote locations, away from society. Thus, they would only be a danger to themselves or the Templars, who were bound to watch them for corruption."