It is telling, and Korrin's lips curve into a small smile upon hearing that. Witch or otherwise in her world, here Hermione is counted as a mage, and thus their plight is essentially hers. Not that Korrin would wish for the latter, but at least Hermione will come to understand it better than most rifters.
"I'm no scholar, but before the First Blight, Tevinter was the dominant force on Thedas. The magisters ruled Tevinter and so everyone else. I doubt that generated a lot of goodwill, though whether the hatred was as rabid as it became later, is a good question. I wish I could answer it. What I do know is that the First Blight weakened the Imperium, to the point where Andraste and her cult of the Maker gathered enough strength to challenge it.
The Chantry claims that darkspawn are the result of the tainted magisters; originally human, but since then they're the tainted copies of all races. I can't say how that's possible, and something tells me I'll sleep better at night not knowing. No darkspawn were mentioned before the First Blight, though; that every source which comes to mind is very clear on that."
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"I'm no scholar, but before the First Blight, Tevinter was the dominant force on Thedas. The magisters ruled Tevinter and so everyone else. I doubt that generated a lot of goodwill, though whether the hatred was as rabid as it became later, is a good question. I wish I could answer it. What I do know is that the First Blight weakened the Imperium, to the point where Andraste and her cult of the Maker gathered enough strength to challenge it.
The Chantry claims that darkspawn are the result of the tainted magisters; originally human, but since then they're the tainted copies of all races. I can't say how that's possible, and something tells me I'll sleep better at night not knowing. No darkspawn were mentioned before the First Blight, though; that every source which comes to mind is very clear on that."