Or was it just the the month long gap and taking time to reflect on what happened? I suppose it's one thing to fight in the heat of the moment, but once things calm down and you've had time to consider just what you're facing? That's something else.
That's my take on it.
Orrrr...well, the crackdown only happened in the White Spire. Or if you want to stretch a little longer, the White Spire and Kirkwall. Sure, all the First Enchanters were there and it was a Conclave, but it could still have been viewed by the mages in the other Towers as one crackpot Knight-Commander/Seeker rather than an endemic issue.
There are a lot more Towers than the two we've seen on screen, so the opinions of those in, say, Antiva might not be the same. Or let's say Ferelden, where we had an example of a Knight-Commander who seems to have a very good working relationship with the First Enchanter and seemed to do everything in his power to save the mages when things went legitimately south, rather than fabricating a problem and annihilating them. Those mages might have been less inclined to want to change the status quo.
The crackdown on mages was happening everywhere, they established that after Kirkwall and the previous attempt of the Circle to vote for independence that they weren't allowed to have another conclave and had been restricted (less travel, no reasearch, etc). White Spire was just where it boiled over.
And in order for a mage to physically be at Andoral's Reach, they had to have rebelled and ran away, it's a requirement for any of them to even be there. We saw a First Enchanter in the book try to surrunder when faced with the templars, so some of mages across Thedas who were okay with the status quo had to have tried to do the same. When they were voting to return to the Chantry, I just couldn't shake the knowledge that every one of them there had actually already rebelled, and wonder if they were doing it out of regret and fear.
Maybe once the shit hit the fan and the rebellion actually started, a bunch of people switched over the the Libertarians. Libertarians would have a higher percentage of people who'd be willing to fight and run, and as such end up at Andoral. It would explain why the Libertarians and the Aequitarians alone were enough to outvote the rest of the Fraternities.
And I wouldn't place too much stock in things being okay in the Ferelden Circle. Remember that every Knight Commander backed Lambert, so either Greagoir has been replaced or he isn't willing to openly face down the Lord Seeker.
That's my take on it.
Orrrr...well, the crackdown only happened in the White Spire. Or if you want to stretch a little longer, the White Spire and Kirkwall. Sure, all the First Enchanters were there and it was a Conclave, but it could still have been viewed by the mages in the other Towers as one crackpot Knight-Commander/Seeker rather than an endemic issue.
There are a lot more Towers than the two we've seen on screen, so the opinions of those in, say, Antiva might not be the same. Or let's say Ferelden, where we had an example of a Knight-Commander who seems to have a very good working relationship with the First Enchanter and seemed to do everything in his power to save the mages when things went legitimately south, rather than fabricating a problem and annihilating them. Those mages might have been less inclined to want to change the status quo.
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And in order for a mage to physically be at Andoral's Reach, they had to have rebelled and ran away, it's a requirement for any of them to even be there. We saw a First Enchanter in the book try to surrunder when faced with the templars, so some of mages across Thedas who were okay with the status quo had to have tried to do the same. When they were voting to return to the Chantry, I just couldn't shake the knowledge that every one of them there had actually already rebelled, and wonder if they were doing it out of regret and fear.
Maybe once the shit hit the fan and the rebellion actually started, a bunch of people switched over the the Libertarians. Libertarians would have a higher percentage of people who'd be willing to fight and run, and as such end up at Andoral. It would explain why the Libertarians and the Aequitarians alone were enough to outvote the rest of the Fraternities.
And I wouldn't place too much stock in things being okay in the Ferelden Circle. Remember that every Knight Commander backed Lambert, so either Greagoir has been replaced or he isn't willing to openly face down the Lord Seeker.
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