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midnightwind · 2 days ago

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hey do you think the Crows control the mage circles in Antiva too, in some way? do you think the heads of Houses get handed the phylacteries of their mage members? do they bring in trainers from the Circles, or send them to classes in the towers, or do they have to wait for a mage to "graduate" before they can recruit them into a House properly? or are mages who are taken by the Crows just quietly ignored until the phylactery needs to be used?

#I saw One source say Antiva has Mage Circles and it's been haunting me ever since #because I just... I don't see that system working as well as it does in Fereldan #I don't see the Crows (who tend to recruit very young) leaving mages as an untapped market for their members #nor do I see them leaving them in a Tower when they could be training to be a Crow at the same time #it feels like maybe the Knife Houses would get stuck trying to snag an older mage and speed running some Crow training #while Talon Houses could just stare down the Tower and make them send tutors #I've been quietly thinking about how Viago might react to Rook de Riva getting stuck in the Fade #and how Antiva having a Circle means they have a phylactery system #and him being like “well okay you're all fucking stupid- we have their blood let's use that to track them??? idiots??”#not taking into account that I have no idea if the tracking magic would even work #or if all the Circles/Towers would use that same system outside Fereldan #and this ignores the funny little Colleges that could be a thing depending on your Inq choices lol #I'm just a Mage Origins girly so I see “circle” and “mage” and go oh!! blood fuckery!!!#the storage of said phylacteries could be either with the Houses (again Talons likely) or in the Tower(s) either works I'm just Thinking #like what if.... black market Mage Circle... just for the Crows.... it could be worse than the usual Circles.... I'm Just Thinking...#sleepy and thinking about this while editing chapter 2 instead of dunking myself into bed #just imagine Viago during the year Rook de Riva is away staring down a little vial of their blood #knowing they're just a little ritual and a few months away from being home again #I like the angst!!! I like how torturous that could be at times!!!#DAV Posting

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