Blood Magic - 101

[judgemewhole]

WHO: James Norrington, and YOU.
WHAT: Norrington gets ambushed, for information.
WHEN: Currently
WHERE: Norrington's 'office' (aka the table he's secured outside his tent to write reports)
NOTES: Warnings for blood magic, irritated Templar and probable Mage and Templar politics abounding, as well as people asking silly questions

Honestly, he really should have seen this coming. He was a known Templar Knight Commander - he had been hunting blood mages for nearly fifteen years now. His name were on several papers on Maelficarium, and he had trained Knights all over the Free Marches and even as far away as Orlais and Fereldan on how to properly hunt and kill blood mages.

Certainly, people were going to know of him. Certainly people were going to ask him about his past experiences. It was inevitable.

What he did not expect that was after coming in at the tail-end of an abomination attack to be bombarded by questions about blood magic - from soldiers down to the common folk. They crowded around him now, and you could just hear his voice over the fray of questions, stern and sometimes even caustic.

" -- NO I am not here to execute all the apprentice mages! One of them slipped - one. That does not mean the rest of them are suddenly going to start slicing open their wrists! They are children, they are learning. Is there a danger? Yes, but I sincerely doubt any of the mages here is blatantly teaching them ancient mind control rituals... "

There was a fast murmur of questions and then Norrington's voice could be heard again. "... No. You cannot do blood magic simply by cutting your finger and cursing. If that was the case every cook in the history of Thedas would be a blood mage. There are practices that someone must follow to use blood magic. If not, that is how we get abominations and demons from those failed spells."

Another fast and loud rat-a-tat of questions, and Norrington could be seen rubbing his face, "... No, not every blood mage is a Tevinter. Nor are they all Dalish. No, the Dalish do not practice sacrificing babies with Tevinter magisters -- do you know what the majority of the slave trade is? Yes, then it stands to reason that the Dalish and the Tevinter Magisters are Not In Cahoots. And NO the Dalish are not aiding Corpheyus with their tattoos -- their tattoos are not blood magic!"

Clearly, this is going well. So if you wish to help Norrington -- or just add more fuel to the fire -- please, feel free to stop by.

Comments

[gatheringstorm]

Not having met Maria beyond that meeting or spoken with Alayre longer than absolutely need be, months ago, Korrin wouldn't know. She refrained from doing so mostly as a way to keep a hold on her own temper. It wouldn't do to join the Mage Council and then flout one of their main rules, which is no Templar-baiting.

That his goals seem to align with her own brings out more of a smile, though it remains small and cautious. "The New Templar Order? I've been away longer than I thought; when I was last here, there was no talk of it. But if some restructuring is going to happen, I'd say it's about time."

[judgemewhole]

It was a good rule. Taunting a templar had never really worked out for anyone in the long run. Although Norrington had the same, 'don't harrass the mages' feeling, as he did not want to be thrown headfirst out into the snow once more.

He pauses here, because he quite literally came up with it about five minutes ago, but finally he shrugs. "I would agree. The times have changed, we must change with them. There is no reason for us to hold onto the past any more, either, and we are doomed to repeat it if we do not take the time to learn from the mistakes of our forebears."