"Of course it does," Hermione murmurs dryly when Korrin mentions hat the First Blight is connected. "Everything seems to be connected to the current state of things.
Frowning a little at the information about dwarves, Hermione thinks about it for a moment before replying, "Well, at least I know that whatever the source of my original magic is, it certainly isn't the Fade. We have dwarves in my world who can use magic. Actually, dwarves are specifically a type of magical being, like elves or centaurs, but we don't know much about them, as they can be very private. But then, the Muggle world has also come to use the word 'dwarf' to mean little people in general, even without any magical status. I wonder if there's a direct connection." She'd never really thought about it before, to tell the truth.
A little relieved at the explanation about mercenaries, Hermione breathes, "Oh, good. It usually means something much less ethical in nature back home. Not that it's good that you've had to deal with all those things, but I suppose, if you're capable and think the work worth the money, it couldn't have been all bad."
Hermione is always getting awful information thrown at her. It's been the case even before she's ever arrived in Thedas, so at this point, she's just assuming that it's her lot in life. "What exactly is meant by magister? In my world, it's a teacher of sorts; are you saying magic teachers had gone power hungry? Is that what it's like in Tevinter?" She only asks because she's heard the term thrown about whenever Tevinter is mentioned, and just wants to make sure she has the semantics right. After all, she already knows that she means something different from most Thedosians when she talks about elves. "So then, when people talk about the Maker, they're not referencing a single god in a monotheistic religion, but just the Creator god of a pantheon? I thought elves were the polytheistic ones...."
Which, really, just leads her to another point as she tries to digest all of this information. "How much of this is actual history and how much is just religious legend? Not that religion isn't a perfectly valid thing to have belief in, if that's what a person feels, but there's usually a clear division between fact and myth, and I don't know that there is one, in this case."
the tealest of teal deers o/
Frowning a little at the information about dwarves, Hermione thinks about it for a moment before replying, "Well, at least I know that whatever the source of my original magic is, it certainly isn't the Fade. We have dwarves in my world who can use magic. Actually, dwarves are specifically a type of magical being, like elves or centaurs, but we don't know much about them, as they can be very private. But then, the Muggle world has also come to use the word 'dwarf' to mean little people in general, even without any magical status. I wonder if there's a direct connection." She'd never really thought about it before, to tell the truth.
A little relieved at the explanation about mercenaries, Hermione breathes, "Oh, good. It usually means something much less ethical in nature back home. Not that it's good that you've had to deal with all those things, but I suppose, if you're capable and think the work worth the money, it couldn't have been all bad."
Hermione is always getting awful information thrown at her. It's been the case even before she's ever arrived in Thedas, so at this point, she's just assuming that it's her lot in life. "What exactly is meant by magister? In my world, it's a teacher of sorts; are you saying magic teachers had gone power hungry? Is that what it's like in Tevinter?" She only asks because she's heard the term thrown about whenever Tevinter is mentioned, and just wants to make sure she has the semantics right. After all, she already knows that she means something different from most Thedosians when she talks about elves. "So then, when people talk about the Maker, they're not referencing a single god in a monotheistic religion, but just the Creator god of a pantheon? I thought elves were the polytheistic ones...."
Which, really, just leads her to another point as she tries to digest all of this information. "How much of this is actual history and how much is just religious legend? Not that religion isn't a perfectly valid thing to have belief in, if that's what a person feels, but there's usually a clear division between fact and myth, and I don't know that there is one, in this case."