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I may be completely alone in this, but is anyone else disturbed by the alarming dearth of rebel archivests?

Fortunately it seems that the number of books outnumber the actual people who wish to burn them which is rather fortunate because some of these things I can actually read. The Malleus Maleficarum is actually quite a facinating read if you're interested in the true barbarism of this world.

Malleus refers to a hammer and Maleficarum is the plural of Maleficar which refers to one who is wicked or depraved. In this sense it seems to loosely translate as Hammer of Witches...I laughed admittedly.

I'm certain it would be Hammer of Mages where I come from, but that is completely apart from the point.

Apparently these people believed that magic was some sort of delusion of the mind precipitated by demonic seduction through visions and dreams. They blamed the most rudimentary of problems on people, captured them, tortured them into fraudulent admissions, and then killed them.

The magic and spells they discuss are not even real magic, not as I know it anyway...unless one considers mathematics, philosophy, and general enlightenment magical.

I suppose I would define magic as the ability to expend mana...or putting it more simply, the ability to burn my accuser's face off by willing primal fire into being.

And here I thought the Southern Circles were bestial. Flaying someone alive for anomalous intelligengence, very dyed-in-the-wool dedication to the extermination of magic...and that there could be a book devoted to the finding and killing these so-called magic users.

It's certainly telling, not completely unfamiliar either. I'm certain the Southern Chantry has their own step-by-step process for teasing out mages and spiriting them away to the Circles.

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@SUBUBI I have no need of a hammer, but the thought of wielding one as I might a staff is mildly entertaining.

I had started to believe I was the only recruit -- if I can truly be called that -- from Thedas, but surely you are. Unless there are multiple worlds where mages are herded into Circles to be watched closely for any deviation from the Chantry's prescribed path.

@BASICWITCH I can only imagine how graceful that would be. Like a druffalo trying to dance I suspect.

Fancy meeting another fellow Thedosian in a shithole like this, though we've yet to officially meet. We might have to, especially if you're a mage...and by all appearances I think I'm assuming correctly.

@SUBUBI I can assure you that my aim would be much better than that of a druffalo.

I am indeed a mage, though, and you must be of Tevinter.

[ Her travels up until this point have largely been limited to crisscrossing Ferelden an unenviable number of times, but the way he speaks of the Chantry and Circles is absolutely not lost on her. ]

In my experience, the mage-hunters of Ferelden are no match for a witch.

@BASICWITCH Well I should hope, bloody things cannot even aim themselves in the direction of home.

Very astute, I must have given myself away given that I've not been locked up in a Circle.

[Southern Circles are so strict by Dorian's standards.]

Different from mages in the circle I expect, free reign to practice magic, no limitations, I imagine a witch is just full of surprises that mage-hunters are hardly ready for.

@SUBUBI Have you attempted to herd them? I suppose that what they lack in directional sense they make up for in brute strength.

The Chantry's ill preparation never stopped Templars from trying, of course. One has to wonder how long they could beat their heads against a wall before they realize they bleed.

Do you like this method of communication? I trust it little. [ Perhaps she would trust it a bit more if she had opted in, but she recalls doing no such thing. ] Shall we talk in person?

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sorry for my lateness, two big exams this week ugh

my turn to apologize, this time of year can be a mess