Meta prompt: what're Roland's views on the chantry?
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You know, for the longest time, I wanted Roland to be completely against the the idea of the Chantry, from the actions of a male God, to the retribution of Him leaving because mankind shit the bed too often, when does that ever happen? But I don’t think that could be a possibility, at least not without mentions of a severely-broken heart.
Like an abusive family member that you did love in a blue moon, Roland grew up with the Chantry. He’s been with the Chantry since he was eight, and all the persons he’s ever met, all those Father figures and Mother figures and even the Templar guards who found his silent inquisitiveness almost cute, had made a mark on him, and colored his entire experience with the Chantry, both inside and out.
To make things bearable, and because he will always find the bright side of things, Roland focused on the hymns, the statues, the workmanship made in Her marble, and the depictions of the Maker, and how he did take on a Bride who caused a memorable revolution, burnt alive at the stake like a witch on a cross. He snuck into the Private quarters in the basement of the Gallows’ to read about Shartan, to read about the unnamed cults of Andraste, to touch the statues imbued with magickal energy so he could understand nearly everything on a physical and spiritual level, to learn. He did everything he could for the Chantry, because it made living worth it.
He ignores anyone who believes that mages are not people, who take the Chants on an awful level, who turn themselves into hysterical fanatics to prove their own gain. Blessed are the Peacekeepers, the Champions of the Just. His view on the Chantry is increasingly romantic, even to a fault, but in the back of his mind, he does remember the heinous things done for, by, and from the Chantry, all throughout history, and that’s where his balancing scale of Humanity and Morality come into play.
Whom is more evil? The Chant, or the person carrying out the Chant?