the idea of dorian as the stereotypical gbf is especially funny because knowing his character relatively well i really don’t think he’s a good person to get emotional advice from like. at all. he is consistently clumsy and callous when handling emotional matters. he’s nosy and he has to know the tea which is not the same thing as being a supportive friend. if the inquisitor starts moaning to him about their crush he’s not going to give any thoughtful heartfelt pointers the man is disillusioned by love and hates having feelings he may like and appreciate your company but he will not helpfully tell you how to get in cullen’s pants or maker forbid confess your love to him
and like additionally, in his quest to avoid ever having feelings about anyone or anything, he's intentionally mean. he's trying to keep people at arm's length. the gbf trope relies on the interpretation of the scathing things he says about people as being sassy. dorian is shooting to kill. he's not trying to be silly goofy, he's on the defense.
thanks for the tag @woodlandeelf ilu <3 i'm posting this now bc 1. i'm excited 2. so tristan gets the tag on an actual wednesday lmfao
currently i'm working on a davnoam piece for The Lighthouse AU, working title "nerd yearning":
(javi belongs to @ittybi, fintan belongs to @howdyfromantiva <3)
The theme night has their mind buzzing with possibilities, and they're already making a rough sketch of paired outfits for it by the time they realize they haven't even asked Davrin if he wants to go with them, yet. But the idea taking form in their mind is too good, needs to be put down on paper before they forget.
The Paladin and the Bard who sings his praises.
It's going to require a ludicrous amount of hot glue and cardboard, maybe calling in a favor or two from Bea, but the visual is so perfect it's a bit overwhelming. That's how Davrin finds them when he gets back from working out with Taash; sitting cross-legged on the floor, staring at a hastily completed sketch.
"Is that a project for one of your classes?" Davrin asks curiously, dropping down to the living room floor with them to get a better look. Davrin always cares about what Noam gets up to, asks questions and really listens to the answer, files it away for later to ask for updates. He's the best friend Noam's ever had.
They chew on their pencil before answering, trying to find the right words. "No. I—", they sigh, "I might've gotten carried away with an idea."
Davrin laughs, warm and affectionate. "What is it this time?"
"There's a D&D theme night at the Lighthouse next Friday." They explain. "I thought it could be fun if we went together and dressed up."
Davrin smiles fondly at Noam, and it's a relief. "Sure, why not? I don't have any plans that night. What did you have in mind?"
"Remember that oneshot I badgered Fintan into DM'ing for us?"
"Of course I do." Davrin's smile morphs into a smirk, mirth dancing in his eyes. "I remember saving your ass from a pissed off ghoul, mostly."
It's Noam's turn to laugh, the memory making their insides go all fuzzy. They're still not sure how much of the rules uncle Fin actually knew, because he'd seemed to be winging it and leaning into rule of cool almost the entire time. Noam had also tactically employed the dreaded puppy dog eyes to convince Javi, their step-father, to join as a player and give them a chance at a halfway balanced party. Mom still teases him about it over dinner, sometimes.
It'd been the start of family tabletop nights, and they're still held monthly to this day. (Uncle Dorian, for his part, retreats to the kitchen with Isabela, and they both unwind over a glass of red while Dorian pretends to complain about making the long drive just so his husband can make silly voices at a bunch of adults. No one points out that if he didn't want to come, Dorian definitely would've stayed behind.)
And no one needs to know that Noam still doodles little stick figures meant to represent Davrin's paladin and their bard in the margins of their lecture notes. It's not like Davrin doesn't still have the now sort of crumbling air-dry clay attempt at minis he'd made for them, too.
tagging @basedonconjecture, @no1felassanpegger, @nonagesimus, @rookamell and @marvelous-goose <3
help i am not obsessed with the idea of ayden bea @hightowerqueen & ur fintan all on crew. do i know enough about how professional theatre works to write this? no. but i am Attached.
“Who’s next?” Bea asked, most of her attention on the make-up chart she’d been sketching out plans on.
A final few strokes, a note scrawled beside the cheekbone, and she pulled a fresh sheet and slammed it down on top, glancing over at Ayden where they were sat in front of a binder of fabric samples, elbows braced on either side of it. They scrubbed a hand over their face, and tugged their schedule closer to skim over the list of appointments for the day.
“Our leading man, apparently.”
Bea pulled a face. Shaded a stark, grey contour on the chart’s cheekbones.
“You haven’t even seen his face yet,” Ayden said, smothering a laugh.
“His headshot’s in the pile,” she said. “Besides, what else would I do for Sweeney Todd himself?”
“Fair,” they sighed, leaning back in their seat. “I guess I should have pulled all our big coats out of storage to have ready. I could’ve just gotten him to try them all on now.”
Before Bea could reply, there was a knock on the doorframe and both their attention flew to that side of the room.
The man standing there was maybe an inch shorter than Ayden, dark hair swept back from his face but hanging past his shoulders, neatly bearded, dark eyes. He hovered just inside the room; Ayden looked back at the schedule to double check the name.
“Lucanis Dellamorte?” they asked.
He nodded, stepped further in. “I’m early, I apologise.”
“You won’t hear any complaints from us. I’m Bea, this is Ayden.” She waved towards them as she said their name, smile wide and friendly.
Ayden was already studying the line of his shoulders, the curve of his waist. Long lines, probably, to make him look taller.
They said, “Hi,” absently, flipped through a few swatches by touch, before glancing quickly down to check the colour was what they expected. They might have something in the backroom that fit, but it remained to be seen if tailoring it would be more or less trouble than just making a new coat. They really should have pulled all the coats they had.
“They’re costume, I’m make up,” Bea said, “Varric showed you the sketches, yeah?”
He nodded, “He did.”
Bea nudged Ayden and they pasted a smile on their face.
“You all good for me to measure you up?” they asked, grabbing for their notebook.
Bea kept talking to him while they measured, writing down each number as they went. Ayden only half listened, since it was mostly about the make up, not especially relevant to them. It wasn’t until they finished up, standing up from the crouch they’d been holding to get his inseam, that they zoned back in. Met Lucanis’ eyes with a smile.
Said, “Thank you.”
For some reason, the darkness of his eyes was different up close.
His gaze was very direct, enough to lock Ayden in place for a moment, standing a little closer than what would generally be considered polite. They inhaled, sharper than they meant to, when he smiled back at them.
“No, thank you.”
The stepped back, deliberate and careful. “I’ll need you for first fittings in, maybe, a week? If you can take a look at the schedule and fit yourself in.”
They flipped the planner to the right page, turned it on the table so it was facing him before they took their seat again. Which of course meant he had to approach the table to look at it, scanning through diligently before glancing back up at them.
“Do you mind if I borrow your pen?”
“No, of course,” they said, handing it over.
His fingers brushed theirs delicately. They glanced at Bea to see her attempting to hide a smile. Badly.
But then it was a couple more questions about make up and Lucanis was leaving the room and Ayden settling back into their seat spinning the pen he’d handed back to them around their fingers.
“I don’t think he’s got the edge for Sweeney,” they said.
Bea said, “Oh, you like him like him.”
“Shut the fuck up.”
“He was last for today, right? I need to go down to set and tell Fintan you’re making cast-crew relations weird again,” she laughed, sliding Lucanis’ make up chart into a sleeve in her binder. “He’ll be thrilled.”
“I don’t make anything weird, actors make things weird when I don’t fall magically and deeply in love with them and they get mad about it,” Ayden argued, flipping their swatch book shut and gathering their notes. “Especially leading men, that’s why I don’t fuck them on principle.”
“Sure, sure,” Bea said. “You know, I’ve never seen your eyes dilate that fast.”
“Fuck off,” they said, hoisting their bag over their shoulder. “When does the theatre bar open?”
“Why?” she asked, leading the way out, “You hoping to run into him there?”
so many ways a character can be dog-coded. stray following someone home and begging for scraps. old and needs to be put out of its misery. attack dog. guard dog. lap dog. puppy that pees on the carpet from excitement. shelter dog just happy to finally have feet to curl up on. unsocialized that bites anyone trying to show kindness. silly goofy puddle monster. obedient until the leash comes off
DA:I Dalish - omg not another mage on your way good luck we don’t have templars and magic is so very uncontrollable without them around to oppress people
DA:O Dalish - Mages are super important the best and purest of us and we have enough so that it’s a competition also sometimes we’re so desperate for mages we need them sent to us like in the case of Merrill
This is one of the worst DAI lore. I absolutely despise it. I hate it entirely ignores the previous games and has no understanding of minority communities.
In a community where it places utmost importance in passing down tradition from word of mouth, where it values the survival of the next generation, why the fuck did you think they would abandon their people- their young?
It is not plausible in the grand scheme of what we know of the Dalish. This does nothing but defame the Dalish as heartless for no fucking reason.
So fuck it, I’m gonna say that the Dalish actually don’t abandon their mages.
Similar to how many non Western practices/cultures were looked down upon but were actually accepting and beneficial, I’m going to say the Dalish had practices that kept their mages safe and strong with minimal fear of being turned into abominations.
Of course the Chantry would deny the Dalish could do better than them, of course they would not believe or understand the Dalish’s practices. Do you know how many times I’ve laughed when the West ‘discovered’ something but it’s been done way long ago?
That applies here as well. I refuse to accept any Dalish slander.
do you ever think about how learning to fight in a family of three mages must have affected carver’s fighting style?
if he joins the templars, he gets yelled at for charging onto the battlefield without waiting for his squad to catch up. they call him dangerously reckless and it’s not like he can say that he’s used to having three healing spells ready for him and at least one barrier already cast.
on the other hand, he’s very popular with the mages in the wardens. he’s the only person on the entire continent for whom run into battle and absorb as much damage as possible is an intuitive strategy. tanking was always his job! he knows to pull the battle away from the mages as much as possible.
he also knows how to be buffed. most warriors need practice to be able to use haste without tripping over their own feet. carver? carver was the guinea pig for hawke and bethany’s support spell training. it takes at least three haste spells stacked on top of each other to faze him. he’s not thrown when the heroic aura wears off and suddenly his hands are slower and his sword is heavier. he’s got a sixth sense for when a mage is about to cast an aoe spell right on top of him and he needs to move.
you ever think about how no one outside of the dalish elves grew up fighting with mages?
the warden commander probably puts him in charge of training new warriors, is what i’m saying.
thanks for the tag @corvus-frugilegus <3 i also have this-turns-into-shameless-smut to offer this week. tarquin/viper religious flavored. i shared a line of this on bsky, but it's the last thing i wrote before writer's block
(also @hightowerqueen since you enjoyed That Line here is the beginning)
The sunlight filtering through the window was too loud, the city outside was too bright, and Tarquin heavily debated whether the pounding headache he’d woken up with was better or worse than the idea of grabbing the stupid ceremonial sword hanging at his waist and stabbing himself in the face with it. Thankfully, the blade didn’t even have a real edge or it may have been more of a contest.
He certainly deserved the hangover and took some satisfaction in knowing there was no way Lavellan wasn’t suffering too. But unlike Lavellan, he didn’t get to go home to his comfortable fucking mansion and his comfortable fucking boyfriend. No, not only did Tarquin have the pleasure of going back to his shitty little apartment alone, but the next morning he got to don the Imperium’s most pointless suit of armor and go to the fucking chantry for weekend services.
By the time he managed to drag himself to the temple, well, he wasn’t lucky enough to have missed the whole service. He slipped in as quietly as his armor would allow and took up a post against the rear wall of the building. While he would’ve loved to sit down, this was the next best thing. Who was going to pay attention the late, lowly templar sporting the most dour expression known to man all the way back here?
Maker’s fucking balls.
Tarquin caught the nearly imperceptible hitch in Divine Aequitas II’s brow when their eyes met. They’d worked too closely for too long for him to not notice it. He could hear the onslaught of Ashur’s questions already and his frown settled deeper into his face. All he’d wanted was to get laid. If he was a religious man, he'd swear this was the Maker’s punishment for bringing his impure thoughts to a house of prayer.
no tags since it's thursday and i think everyone's pretty much done this by now, but if you've read this far and wanna share more wips please do and tag me so i can read themmm
Things I never would have guessed from fandom osmosis before actually playing the Dragon Age games:
-Alistair is actually pretty smart, and has a lot of knoweledge to share about the topics he's interested about.
He's also not that shy, and flirts with a warden pretty smoothly, if a bit innocently for his lack of experience and general humorous persona.
And his primary motivator is revenge which is an interesting way to take a character like him.
-Zevran is the only character who actively searches for consent even in simple flirting like calling someone beautiful. If you tell him to stop he never makes a mention again.
He's also one of the most loyal and sentimental companions you can have. He cares a lot, want to admit it or not.
-Merrill is one of the most educated and smart characters on the series, she takes calculated risks based on her own studies and research, and the only reasons she fails is because nobody trusts her and refuses to treat her like an adult.
Part of it is also the game refusing to frame her as anything but a naive child when she's anything but.
-Isabela has the most emotional intelligence out of all the characters in DA2, she knows exactly what they're feeling and what they need to hear at all times. It's clear that she's wise and worldly, and just needs time to build confidence between her and the others because she's been hurt a lot and her respect is gained.
-Fenris has an amazing sense of humor and you can find him consistently laughing at both Hawke's and companions he likes silly jokes. He's just really deadpan when delivering his own jokes.
He's also considerably patient and doesn't lose his temper unless confronted with people who have actively abused him.
-Anders spent SEVEN YEARS protesting peacfully, and it took the risk of genocide on his people to reach the desperation of act 3.
-Dorian is incredibly reserved. He tries to avoid talking about his life with a veil of humor and sarcasm, but he's specially guarded around his sexuality and love life. He only comes out to the Inquisitor in a moment of fury to piss of his father and he may have not done so if not pressed.
If in a romance with Bull the only reason the others find out is because Bull exposes it in front of everyone (I wish they would have find out a better way to let the player find out than Bull ignoring Dorian's wishes of privacy)
If romanced by the Inquisitor he's in his first real relationship and it shows, he's lost most of the time but tries to hide it by acting cocky. It's really funny.
He's also a huge nerd, I wasn't expecting that but I was pleasantly surprised.
-The Iron Bull it's not just smart, he's so caring, he shows you around so you can meet the people, the ones nobody cares about, he introduces you to them.
-Sera also goes to the pile of characters who are really smart and nobody gives them credit for it. She says it herself, she's just really bad with words, but as long as you try to understand her she makes a lot of sense.
The game just gives you no other option than to treat her horribly, which I sense a pattern of framing the neurodivergent coded characters in a certain light with Merrill and Anders.
-Vivienne is the only one (with Dorian) that asks the Inquisitor if they're okay after Haven, and gives beautiful words of afirmation.
She's really affable if you bother to befriend her.
i am largely just thinking out loud here but does anyone know how this body of government actually functions
the lucerni are a fledgling faction with roughly 12-14 members (wiki says mae and dorian “attracted a dozen minor magisters”—what makes them minor? what’s the ranking system? how high-status are mae and dorian? i will circle back to this). i’d wager they are a pretty small one as well, and they likely continue to be so until their dissolution, as they struggle to gain new allies. so the number of seats in the magisterium, while never specified as far as i can tell, is… i’m throwing spaghetti at the wall but i’d say at least 100-150. maybe 80 at the very minimum. enough that a faction of a dozen or so radicals is notable enough to warrant a scandal being forged to ruin them, meaning they’re seen as a potential threat by their enemies (most specifically the venatori), but not a large enough percentage of the magisterium to actually get very much done (even before their dissolution the lucerni struggled to get any motions passed, iirc; dorian mentions making some progress in his letter to the inquisitor in trespasser, before he’s even a magister himself, and by veilguard it’s been 8 years, but tevinter seems largely the same as it ever was. idk. this might just be speculation on my part).
new magisters come into the position by:
a) being named as heir by a magister who dies (typically a child, but potentially an apprentice? see: “young mages often aspire to become a magister's apprentice because it offers them the best chance of ascending to the rank of magister” from the wiki; the source is only listed as regarding alexius during in hushed whispers and i don’t recall when specifically this is mentioned, but i can double-check the recordings i took while doing that quest);
b) being a grand cleric or senior enchanter (all grand clerics hold a seat, and so does the black divine, which i will get back to; first enchanters can’t hold seats, but senior enchanters can);
c) the archon decides to make you a magister. they can just do that, “at any time.” this part confuses me, and as the wiki’s source is world of thedas which i don’t own i can’t check the exact wording. is the number of seats fixed or does it change? if the former, that implies that the archon can also remove magisters at will, which tracks with the general vibe of the magisterium and with mae losing her seat pre-veilguard.* if the latter… what a mess of a government system, no wonder it’s a nightmare. i don’t think it’s likely, but it is possible. aurelian titus was just kind of made a magister and there’s no reference to him replacing anyone (though again, wiki’s source is world of thedas which i can’t check), but it could just be that it wasn’t relevant. who can say. certainly not me, a guy who doesn’t own world of thedas and hasn’t read the comics.
i want to look at point b above: the circles and the chantry. both are led by the imperial divine, who in turn also has a seat in the magisterium. re: the confusing hierarchy, one would assume that the imperial divine has significant sway in the magisterium, considering that he heads two important groups within it. but when tarquin asks the viper to do something about knight-commander lenos, the viper says that he’s having trouble because lenos has “protection in the magisterium.” if the literal fucking divine, who is in charge of both the circles and the chantry, both of which have a presence in the magisterium, can’t sway enough magisters to remove lenos, either the rest of the magisterium fucking hates his ass so badly that he can’t accomplish anything (a nonzero chance considering that he supports the lucerni, but he’s still the divine) or the ranking system within the magisterium doesn’t really put any one member that far above anyone else in terms of actual power.**
or, as a third and most likely potential reasoning, ignore everything i just said, is that he just doesn’t have enough numbers. which raises the question of proportions of the different groups within the magisterium (grand clerics vs senior enchanters vs miscellaneous rich people and their factions); i would think that there are significantly fewer clerics/enchanters than those who got their position via either inheritance or the archon’s favor. the senior enchanters are selected from the 7 circles, so it’s easy to say there are 7, but there could be more than one per circle. grand clerics preside over regions iirc, in which case there are probably <10. if we’re looking at a magisterium with 100-150 seats, the circles and chantry make up a very small minority. the divine might be the divine, but he can only do so much. and we don’t even know if the clerics and enchanters in the magisterium even agree with aequitas ii. his actual tangible influence in the magisterium is surprisingly quite minimal in this case.***
regarding the way the magisterium works in terms of managing legislation and whatnot, through war table missions in inquisition we watch mae try to get a law passed. josephine tries to support her by trading favors with local contacts, and leliana offers to “arm this magister against those who would oppose her vote,” which is nonspecific but sounds like a threat. either way, mae’s motion “dies on the senate floor.” it seems like it’s a pretty standard senate setup with a heavy emphasis on social connections.
back to the ranking thing again: there are a lot of references to magisters wanting to improve their position within the magisterium, but i can’t find anything specific on what that means—whether it actually comes with more political power in an official capacity or if it’s just some kind of social ranking that grants you more influence within the magisterium. i would wager it’s the latter. dorian and mae put in a lot of work trying to earn the good favor of other magisters. tevinter politics seem as much a social game as orlesian politics, though with a different setup, and with slightly more murder. dorian comments at the winter palace about how orlesian politics make him feel right at home. in a follow-up war table mission you can either express public support for mae with josephine (mixed results as tevinter generally dislikes the inquisition but mae is safe for now, dorian slightly approves) or send spies/templars to kill her enemies with leliana or cullen (mae’s opponents back off, dorian approves).
from what i can tell the magisterium is a sort of mix of a senate and an aristocracy, where the majority of members inherited the position by birth or favor but its internal functions (passing laws and whatnot) are carried out by vote. there is some form of public democracy in the imperial senate, being the publicanium, which consists of elected officials but “holds no true power and is considered a bureaucratic body,” per the wiki. it’s also not specified who can vote and participate, but genitivi refers to the soporati as “a massive class of publicans”—i’m not sure whether this implies that everyone in the publicanium is soporati or whether it’s just a term genitivi used for like, regular people. probably the latter. canon information on the publicanium is limited, from what i can tell by the two-sentence paragraph about them on the wiki page for tevinter and lack of elaboration that i can find elsewhere. it seems like the games want us to regard it as largely irrelevant.
and the internal democracy is more like, idk, survivor or something. you make alliances to get people to vote your way and kill or ruin those who impede you. loyalties are constantly shifting, people are handing out bribes left and right, and dorian and mae are trying to get people on their side by playing cards with them in a warehouse or something
so like. all of this said, without really much of a goal in mind aside from sorting out my thoughts which also might be completely wrong. i’m curious about the party/faction system in the magisterium—how many are there? how large do they get? ALSO by 9:52 how public are the venatori magisters about being venatori and how many of them are there? (eta: went on the venatori wiki page lol and they ARE listed as a political faction. which is fascinating.) how much power do the venatori have in the magisterium? it has to be enough that the dragon allows them to take control but not enough for them to do that without it. (and also they assassinate the archon when the dragon attacks but radonis seems to be doing basically jack shit already anyway). they’re able to successfully frame mae and get her removed from the magisterium without blowback within it. were the lucerni and venatori on similar levels of power when the lucerni were dissolved? presumably the lucerni had been gaining strength and that’s why the venatori felt threatened. but how strong were they when the lucerni were dissolved, and how strong are they in 9:52 before the dragon? if i start thinking about the timeline of the lucerni i’ll give myself a worse headache but just know that it confuses me. i don’t know what any of tgese words mean anymore
also sidenote why did halward pavus get assassinated who did he piss off he seems like a sniveling coward of a man who was maybe just a little bit slightly less shitty than your average magister whose reputation was fucked by his adult son having a brat summer for a few years and then running away. what did he do to get himself murdered in 9:44. was him pushing for dorian to be the ambassador a result of halward thinking house pavus was in danger or was it the reason halward got killed. who killed him. why did they kill him. anyway. not important
in conclusion: ????? why did i do this
*this also could imply that archon radonis could have had a direct hand in mae’s removal, though the wiki states that “the venatori […] stripped her of her title of magister,” so potentially a party with enough influence can remove one of their enemies. which doesn’t make too much sense to me re: the venatori specifically, considering that the justification for saving minrathous is that the venatori haven’t made their big grab for power yet, that they don’t have enough control in the magisterium to make a huge impact, but they could go for it if the city gets fucked up enough. (unless my memory is failing me here, which it very well could be. i don’t feel like booting up veilguard to find out.) also that would allow one party to take control far too easily, and the magisterium is notably in a constant power shift, which is why so many magisters and archons get assassinated all the time. the most reasonable series of events is that the venatori successfully framed mae, and this led to radonis making the choice to remove her. but fuck if i know. it’s veilguard
**interestingly, divine aequitas ii is referred to by neve as a supporter of the lucerni, but not a member. i suspect that being the fucking pope prevents him from being as radical as he would like to be publicly, which is why he decided to become batman. or maybe the divine doesn’t get to pick a faction. his job is chantry. or something
***i say “surprisingly,” but there’s something to pick at here wrt tevinter society not prioritizing the chantry as much as the south. which i think is an established thing but don’t quote me on it. i have a really bad headache though so i’m not going to get into that
speaking of me just saying shit i’m thinking about the magisterium again. a couple things have come to mind since making this post
1. i’ve played through the early/mid-game of veilguard again and i recall someone saying something about the venatori controlling a quarter of the magisterium (so based on my estimate, maybe 25-50 magisters). no i don’t remember who said it or when. would be great if i did. i could check my notes maybe i wrote it down but i’m not home rn. but anyway. if they’re a quarter of the magisterium but felt threatened by the lucerni then the lucerni must have gotten noticeably larger between their founding around 9:44 (roughly a dozen members) and their dissolution which. the timing of is unclear, but it can’t have logically happened any later than 9:49 or 9:50 given that rook and neve have been working with the shadows “for years.”
a progressive faction growing significantly in membership, potentially more than doubling its size, in such a short time is impressive, as well as speaking to popular opinion in tevinter changing (or maybe it’s always been that way but now there’s a proper avenue to work toward better things. dorian says in a codex entry that’s an excerpt of a magisterium session that the majority of the public opposes slavery). plus they have the public support of the divine. the venatori feeling threatened makes a lot of sense—as well as the fact that they didn’t have mae assassinated but slandered and removed instead. if ashur struggles to act against lenos because of his allies in the magisterium, the venatori couldn’t act too boldly against mae for the same reason. they had to eliminate an enemy whilst maintaining their power and not putting themselves at risk, and they succeeded.
2. this one banter
“they hand out seats like candy” most likely referencing the archon’s ability to give seats freely. varric is varric so he’s probably speaking in hyperbole, but it’s not based on nothing. so IS the magisterium constantly fluctuating in size? or is it because magisters get assassinated and framed left and right that there are always open seats? unclear. no way to know.
3. i’ve read through world of thedas since making the original post and the points i was curious about do not have any further detail so fuck if i know
the thing with the magisterium using tranquility as state punishment raises even more questions about how the hell this government functions because it’s a senate that passes laws but also at the same time the imperium’s court of law? the magisterium can remove a magister’s seat or make someone tranquil on what, a vote? is the archon the judge, the magisterium the incredibly biased jury? magisters constantly abusing the laws they write and approve to get the results they want? head in hands. how has tevinter survived for two thousand years with the worst government imaginable. i know the answer is murdering and silencing anyone who disagrees with it. but. genuinely how does the imperium function
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