#especially because the tensions in act 1&2 with the qunari and the viscount worrying about his son leave him turning his gaze away from

[pisswizard420]

So something i missed on my first dragon age 2 playthrough is that meredith literally appointed the viscount of kirkwall, which given the abuses that take place in the gallows and the fact that in act 3 she is actively blocking the appointment of a new viscount seems to suggest that in part it is due to a) the tensions in the city and b) the abuses visited on the mages of the city becoming more and more prevalent she didn’t think she could find another viscount that would be willing enough to give her free reign of course her actions are pretty obviously influenced in the latter 2 acts by red lyrium, but in the first act her worsening crackdowns aren’t influenced by anything that’s all her