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starkhvn · 7 days ago

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When it hits me out of nowhere that some conspiracy theorists must say Sebastian helped Anders sneak those explosives into the Chantry. Who better to do it than a brother of the faith and right hand to Her Grace?

#OOC / HOLLY.#GOD...................some ponce throwing that at him and this habitually kind smiling man turns dark as the Maker's wrath #y'know I am partial to the interpretation that Sebastian being a DLC character #means in-universe that Varric left him out of The Tale of the Champion and so his involvement with them isn't super widely known #and this? this would be a good reason to entirely omit him #even beyond the fact that by the time that book is published either is a prince or is in Starkhaven actively working toward that #and that book could have a serious negative impact for him at a critical time #like even beyond that — people want a scapegoat. the CHANTRY wants a scapegoat #Sebastian would be a very convenient one. they could paint him as a Maferath figure so so easily #doesn't matter that it's not the least bit true; who's gonna vouch for him? sufficiently and in time?#everyone of influence from Kirkwall's chantry is dead so he has no powerful religious allies #he's the last of his line and has no powerful secular allies #there are plenty who would want Starkhaven further destabilized or a change of dynasty for their own gain #it'd be all too easy for them to bring up his past as a rake; point out how long he went before actually taking vows as a brother after #being dedicated to the Chantry; and that he abandoned those vows as soon as his family was massacred so he could seek the throne #not to mention the truth of that massacre was never publicly revealed so they could paint him as being responsible if they really wanted to #he and Elthina also had a very public argument about him leaving the Chantry and imo she never absolved him of his vows #OH AND there's the burning down of Starkhaven's Circle and those mages coming to Kirkwall and trying to escape + turning to blood magic #all too easy for the Chantry to say he's a black-hearted heretic who worked with mage terrorists to massacre his own family #and then bomb Kirkwall's chantry killing Elthina in the process because she wouldn't absolve him of his vows #so he can ride into Starkhaven like a savior and lead them to conquer a destbailized Kirkwall #denying the pious past of his forebears and returning to the violent chaos of the old warlords #what a damn mess......................

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