You know, what kills me? Inquisition.
Exactly 2 solutions that completely make Anders' actions lose their gravity and 1 personal grievance
1. In the DLC there are the Avvar. They train their mages by doing exactly what Anders did with Justice: they invite a spirit into their souls, so they can teach them and befriend them, and after they are trained and in control, the spirit would leave them and go back to the Fade.
Now, that kills me, because they could separate Anders and Justice. And Justice knows the Taint. He's seen it in Awakening and lived it while sharing the body with Anders. The Taint is, according to the lore, Fade-originated. Now, if Justice would leave Anders' body with the help of the Avvar, wouldn't there be a possibility for him to take the Taint with him? It wouldn't hurt him, it wouldn't influence the Fade, it would just be.. gone. From that simple act, that to the Avvar is as mundane and routine as cooking a meal.
2. The cure for tranquility. It undermines basically the whole Anders story arch if DA2. Had all of that been known, Anders wouldn't have to blow up the Chantry.
HE'D ASK JUSTICE TO HELP KARL, THEN THE OTHER TRANQUIL. And then, once the looming threat of the tranquility rite is gone, there would be more balance to the sides of the conflict. Possibly the war would still happen, but it wouldn't have been on Anders.
And as much as I believe Kirkwall needs to be destroyed (my head cannon is that this is where Cerypheus and others entered the Fade; based on the notes found laying around) Anders should not have to feel guilty for the casualties.
3. AND NONE OF IT IS ADDRESSED BY ANY WAY AT ANY TIME! Not by Varric, not by Hawke, no by Cassandra, not by Cullen. Just a simple "if it was known, none of the shit in Kirkwall would have happened. Oh, Blondie..." from Varric, even during the scenes where yimou talk to him at that blasted fireplace would have been enough!
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