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** This also sums up why so many Circle mages turn to [[Blood Magic]]; they spend their whole lives effectively at the mercy of the templars, who tell them that the abilities they were born with are sinful and hold the threat of [[Fate Worse Than Death|being made Tranquil]] over their heads, so what do they have to lose by dealing with demons? {{spoiler|First Enchanter Orsino does this in the endgame - even if you sided with him.}}
** [[The Ubermensch|Anders]] especially emphasizes this point as the reason the Circle of Magi simply ''doesn't work''-when you [[Bullying a Dragon|imprison and terrify a person with supernatural powers]] for the entirety of their lives, does the fault lie with the prisoner for eventually [[Who's Laughing Now?|snapping and trying to take]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|everyone down with them]], or [[Inherent in the System|the system]] that forces them into that corner [[Knight Templar|with no room for compromise?]] Doesn't stop him from [[Stop Being Stereotypical|yelling at the mages]] who made [[Deal with the Devil|deals]] or [[Demonic Possession|turn into abominations]], but he saves most of his bile for the Chantry. {{spoiler|Of course, by the end of the game he's gotten just as desperate, self-hating, and dangerous as they have...}}
*** The game never gives you an opportunity to ask Anders why any 'free' community of mages will average at ''least'' as many blood mages and maleficar per capita as a Chantry Circle will. Cripes, go to the Old Tevinter Imperium and throw a rock, you'll bounce it off of three blood mages before you hit the ground.
* Since the Jedi of [[Knights of the Old Republic]] considered any of their members who went off to defend the Republic against the Mandalorians as fallen (see their shoddy treatment of Exile, who ''did'' return only to get [[Reformed but Rejected]] fron the Council), the fact that Revan went and became Dark Lord of the Sith is a cross of this and [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]].
 
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