Where is Andraste/The Chantry in DATV? (Lore Discussion+Spoilers for first major decision)

[dreamstate]

I tried posting this yesterday in the Dragon Age Subreddit but it was not approved. So I'm posting it here.

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This is something I have not seen discussed yet and I wanted to know if I was just spacing it or not. Is it just me or is there a complete lack of dialogue/discussion/mention of Andraste and the Chantry in DATV?

I am playing a Elf Crow and just finished Treviso vs Minrathos while talking to Davrin I noticed that my character kept referring to El and Ghil as 'our' gods. It made me realize that I think that's been the default the whole game, even though my character is not Dalish and I headcannon her as mildy Andrastian/mostly non-religious there's so far been not a single mention of Andraste or moment to proclaim your religious beliefs as far as I am aware (something that was acknowledged and happened fairly early on in DAI and iirc the other games as well). Even knowing from Solas that they are not gods but mages she keeps saying 'our gods' and now that I noticed it, I feel like I'm going crazy. In reality she should have little to no connection to the Elven Pantheon to be so comfortable calling them her gods.

I also have always loved the lore of Tevinter, I think seeing Minrathos get destroyed made me think about the fact we have yet to see or hear mention of the Black Chantry so far. I have not seen any brothers or sisters in the streets, have not heard the chant of light as far as I can remember, and seeing how Minrathos is the seat of the Black Divine himself it almost feels.... weird that I can't remember a single mention of him so far. Honestly when the leaks happened about the lack of previous choices the choice of Divine didn't bother me much at the time because I figured maybe that spot would get filled with BD because we're in Tevinter. But it seems that was not the case now that Minrathos has been wiped out for me. I feel like it would be a major plot point if a Dragon destroyed Minrathos and The Black Divine, I mean that was pretty much the plot of an entire dragon age movie (Dawn of the Seeker) except it was Orlais and The (normal/female) Divine.

Am I going crazy here? Has anyone else noticed this? Does it happen later in game for those who are further ahead than I am?

[McM2000]

How can you expect a game, that was produced by activists, to be in sync with lore that people wrote who are no longer part of Bioware?

[jtiller]

Remember, Tevinter Andrasteanism was a reaction to the southern Chantry and was never intended to be a major part of people's lives. It's hard to sell Andrasteanism in a fully slave socity. I get the impression that the Vints just put a "Maker"-colored paint over their institutions but don't really care. Certainly the magisters don't - the entire society is based around the egotism of bloodlines and magical potential. I'm not personally surprised that the Black Divine and the Tevinter Chantry don't factor much into the game.