To be without fear or reservation entirely- you would get Tevinter where Circles are prestigious universities and bloodmagic is technically illegal but something of a political requirement behind closed doors. We have a very good example of what not to be. What we had before? Did not work for many reasons, but there were points that may have saved lives. I know many of the elves in the Spire were treated far better in the Circle than they would have been in the alienages. It was not all bad- but it was not all good either. Fear comes from two places, innately. A desire to survive- and ignorance.
I can work to alleviate one of the two. The other is beyond me. The better we as mages are trained to handle our skills, to mind ourselves, to avoid the traps laid before us by fate and the Maker and our own gifts- the better able we will be to help one another with the same. The better educated the people are on what we can and cannot do- the fewer chances there are of mage children never making it to someone that can teach them when they manifest. Fear has its use- but it breeds great cruelty. We cannot change minds, only inform them. Now it is more vital than ever to prove that we need not be feared so viscerally- it is part of why the Council offered to visibly assist in the building of the new barracks adjacent to the hold and the housing in the valley.
If we are seen creating, if we show that our magic is for more than demons and death then we build a bridge. If we are seen as people with hobbies and hopes and fears, with friends and- [ Oh, maker, she's started lecturing, hasn't she? ] Forgive me. You probably did not expect a lecture when you asked after my memories, yes? I have not answered the last.
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To be without fear or reservation entirely- you would get Tevinter where Circles are prestigious universities and bloodmagic is technically illegal but something of a political requirement behind closed doors. We have a very good example of what not to be. What we had before? Did not work for many reasons, but there were points that may have saved lives. I know many of the elves in the Spire were treated far better in the Circle than they would have been in the alienages. It was not all bad- but it was not all good either. Fear comes from two places, innately. A desire to survive- and ignorance.
I can work to alleviate one of the two. The other is beyond me. The better we as mages are trained to handle our skills, to mind ourselves, to avoid the traps laid before us by fate and the Maker and our own gifts- the better able we will be to help one another with the same. The better educated the people are on what we can and cannot do- the fewer chances there are of mage children never making it to someone that can teach them when they manifest. Fear has its use- but it breeds great cruelty. We cannot change minds, only inform them. Now it is more vital than ever to prove that we need not be feared so viscerally- it is part of why the Council offered to visibly assist in the building of the new barracks adjacent to the hold and the housing in the valley.
If we are seen creating, if we show that our magic is for more than demons and death then we build a bridge. If we are seen as people with hobbies and hopes and fears, with friends and- [ Oh, maker, she's started lecturing, hasn't she? ] Forgive me. You probably did not expect a lecture when you asked after my memories, yes? I have not answered the last.