It's beyond weird to think of dwarves as being inherently magical, and Korrin wants to get back to that at some point. Learning more about the people of Hermione's world is bound to be interesting, and she's curious to see how much -or how little- they have in common with her own. She smiles a little as Hermione doesn't pass judgment on her line of work, not about to apologize for it.
"Magisters are members of the Magisterium, the Imperial Senate. I don't know all the details, but basically they rule Tevinter. So, it's a political thing, but in Tevinter anyone with political power is also a mage. As for the Maker, they're absolutely talking about a single god; mention anything else to the Chantry and you'll probably see their faces turn purple. But in the time of the First Blight, the Chantry didn't exist then. Tevinter worshipped the Old Gods; some still might, though you can be sure that's kept secret. These days, even Tevinter is subject to the Chantry, though their own version."
Which, again, is not Korrin's forte. She's never been to Tevinter, so everything she knows about the place is secondhand information. Given how they'r at war with the Qunari and how she'd undoubtedly be treated, the Vashoth mage has no desire to see it for herself
"Honestly, I can't tell you where legend ends and history begins. The First Blight was so long ago and destroyed so much that we might never know for sure. What we do know is that the Blights have been part of this world for that long, and that mages are blamed for that ancient act of pride. Yes, some of their reason for imprisoning mages is due to what I said about abominations, but they also fear us screwing over the world again. Nevermind that we suffer the Blights just the same as everyone else."
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"Magisters are members of the Magisterium, the Imperial Senate. I don't know all the details, but basically they rule Tevinter. So, it's a political thing, but in Tevinter anyone with political power is also a mage. As for the Maker, they're absolutely talking about a single god; mention anything else to the Chantry and you'll probably see their faces turn purple. But in the time of the First Blight, the Chantry didn't exist then. Tevinter worshipped the Old Gods; some still might, though you can be sure that's kept secret. These days, even Tevinter is subject to the Chantry, though their own version."
Which, again, is not Korrin's forte. She's never been to Tevinter, so everything she knows about the place is secondhand information. Given how they'r at war with the Qunari and how she'd undoubtedly be treated, the Vashoth mage has no desire to see it for herself
"Honestly, I can't tell you where legend ends and history begins. The First Blight was so long ago and destroyed so much that we might never know for sure. What we do know is that the Blights have been part of this world for that long, and that mages are blamed for that ancient act of pride. Yes, some of their reason for imprisoning mages is due to what I said about abominations, but they also fear us screwing over the world again. Nevermind that we suffer the Blights just the same as everyone else."