BASICALLY i think the qunari perspective on mages is interesting to me only in a world where the actual text of the qun is open-ended and as a result the broader conception of the role of mages is largely political and varies throughout history/based on geographical location. like famously kont-aar is the peaceful qunari settlement in rivain, lots of converts from rivain, the country with a by larger thedas standards incredibly accepting approach to magic and spirits. the seer of kont-aar(!) stated to be one of very few outsiders whos seen the qunari capital but yeah they unequivocally think mages are dangerous things guys. in my beautiful mind, like, sten and bull both lived in/fought in seheron the site of ongoing conflict with tevinter for literal centuries, conflict which as we know weakens the veil, so in seheron magic is viewed as way more dangerous and you want to get qunari mages out of there -> the only mages you encounter in seheron are the enemies trying to kill you so you're even more likely to think of magic as dangerous and foreign. and then within the antaam who you're most likely to see outside of qunari territory, they participate in that ongoing conflict with tevinter so you see more negative attitudes towards magic as well as more incentive to make the mages they work with seem scary and destructive to fight against. in par vollen proper they literally just have like a normal mage school actually. Play with me
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