"Who knew why Meredith did anything? She was as harsh on her Templar as she was on mages," he said with a shake of his head. "Would cut them off from the Order for no real good reason." He remembered the state Samson had been in on the streets, caused by Meredith. "Most likely she say an opportunity to take Hawke down as well as all the mages, giving her just enough rope to hang herself. She didn't expect her own Knight-Captain to turn on her, or the people who eventually turned up to fight her."