Korrin nods, not about to disrupt the tavern full of beleagured people by demonstrating then and there, but she'll confirm it later if need be. "Magic, yes. Mages are people who draw upon the energy of the Fade, the place where you stepped out of...and with it, we can defend ourselves, heal, and so on. It's not something anyone can learn; either you're a mage or you're not. They tend to find out around puberty, though some much earlier.

People thinking you're a demon from the Fade is a death sentence but up until recently, it wasn't much better to be revealed as a mage. People tend to fear that kind of power, and the dangers that come with it. For the longest time, most were imprisoned upon discovery, but a war broke out when mages rebelled. Now, many of those work for the Inquisition...at least in part because they don't have anywhere else to go."