"...yes?" Said in the same tone as 'do bears shit in the woods'. Then Korrin remembers he's a rifter and that context is important. "Ice-queen Meredith was the Templar in charge for a long time, and though she technically answered to the Chantry, the Grand Cleric basically sat on her ass and let her abuse mages as she pleased. Normal Circles are pretty harsh; compared to those, Kirkwall was a hellhole prison for them. Between Templar treatment and the already thin nature of the Veil, it's no wonder that so many turned to blood magic in their desperation. A stupid, stupid decision but that's what happens when people are grasping at straws. Between a mage -Anders- blowing up the Chantry and destroying a lot of the city and lives in the process, and the Qunari rampaging through the city some years before that, the fact that I'm both makes it ever-so-fun to be here, let me tell you."