I'm surprised that so many of the mages voted to return. I'd have assumed that any mages willing to throw themselves on the mercy of the chantry would have already done so, and the others gathering there were the people more willing to fight. Did the news that the Divine was helping them convince them all to change their mind?
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.
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
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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
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Also, how, why are Wynne's ashes there? Did they take the body with them and burn it later, or did they burn it then and collect the ashes?
I would guess given how hot and bothered Lambert is to burn them all down to the ground that they wouldn't have had time to burn her body in Val Royeaux. They probably packed it out and cremated her when they had time at Andoral's Reach.
I know that it's going to be part of the next game, or Masked Empire, but the hints about the civil war are driving me crazy. I want to know more!
Me, too! :)
Reading Asunder reinforced my belief that 'Mark of the Assassin', much like 'Awakening' existed to lay the groundwork for the larger story involving Orlais.
A note about the comics. If you're unable or unwilling to pick up the comics to read along, I'd encourage people to read along with the excellent Synopsis' that tersa posts. It's no where as good as reading the actual comic, but it would be enough to give you an understanding of what's going on.
The art is mediocre at best, but since the story is written by Gaider and polished up by Alexander Freed (who wrote the Imperial Agent story in SWTOR), it's not stupid painful or lore idiotic.
Unlike the novels, it assumes some game decisions that make some players want to burn them in effigy, but I suspect some of the other happenings are going to be considered world canon going forward. Good stuff.
I actually didn't find the art bad at all, it's certainly nothing in the same realm as the Mass Effect comics, despite them both being dark horse books.
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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.
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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 ( ... )
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Also, how, why are Wynne's ashes there? Did they take the body with them and burn it later, or did they burn it then and collect the ashes?
And I know that it's going to be part of the next game, or Masked Empire, but the hints about the civil war are driving me crazy. I want to know more!
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I would guess given how hot and bothered Lambert is to burn them all down to the ground that they wouldn't have had time to burn her body in Val Royeaux. They probably packed it out and cremated her when they had time at Andoral's Reach.
I know that it's going to be part of the next game, or Masked Empire, but the hints about the civil war are driving me crazy. I want to know more!
Me, too! :)
Reading Asunder reinforced my belief that 'Mark of the Assassin', much like 'Awakening' existed to lay the groundwork for the larger story involving Orlais.
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Unlike the novels, it assumes some game decisions that make some players want to burn them in effigy, but I suspect some of the other happenings are going to be considered world canon going forward. Good stuff.
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