She doesn't like talking about war, whether it's a war she's read about in history books or one she's personally been through. Either way, it will always remind her of people she's lost, and the people she can't afford to lose, and the fact that she's currently lost here in Thedas without any familiar faces to fall back upon.

But given what Leliana had been saying, given everything she knows about the history of her own world... a stark cautionary tale seems necessary. She doesn't say it to shock, only to draw parallels and warn against what might be.

After a long time, she shakes her head, trying not to grimace. This and similar subjects always leave a terrible taste in her mouth.

"When the rest of the world finally realized that these stories were true and not just terrible propaganda, they joined in the effort to stop him. He realized he was going to be defeated, and so he did what any coward would do. He killed himself and left his followers to fend for themselves. Even now, all these years later, there are still occasional accounts of discovering Nazis - that's what they were called - who'd escaped judgment. They'd be well into their eighties or nineties, but that doesn't keep them from being punished for their crimes."

She hadn't even gotten into the torture or the unethical experimentation, and quite frankly, she doesn't want to.