❰ again, adalia transcribes without thinking, though when inessa says "not permitted to survive" the scratching of her quill stops, and a look of horror passes over her face. still she presses forward, unwilling to make inessa stop and re-explain anything, though this time it takes her longer to write everything down, and she stares at the book for a long moment after she finishes. ❱
That... that's monstrous. You murder people for being unable to resist temptation when you purposefully put them in the path of it in the first place?
❰ it sounds more complicated than that, adalia can see how that's a simplification, but it's essentially what happens, so far as she understands. sorcerers — mages here are naturally at risk for targeted demonic manipulation, and in order to be a member of this circle, they had to resist or be killed.
adalia would have been killed. ❱
This is voluntary, at least, yes? A mage chooses to join a Circle, and knows what is expected of them? What happens to mages not in the Circle?
❰ blood magic and grey wardens get an asterisk noted next to their notes in the book for further questioning, but this is the more important line of questioning, at the moment. ❱
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That... that's monstrous. You murder people for being unable to resist temptation when you purposefully put them in the path of it in the first place?
❰ it sounds more complicated than that, adalia can see how that's a simplification, but it's essentially what happens, so far as she understands. sorcerers — mages here are naturally at risk for targeted demonic manipulation, and in order to be a member of this circle, they had to resist or be killed.
adalia would have been killed. ❱
This is voluntary, at least, yes? A mage chooses to join a Circle, and knows what is expected of them? What happens to mages not in the Circle?
❰ blood magic and grey wardens get an asterisk noted next to their notes in the book for further questioning, but this is the more important line of questioning, at the moment. ❱