Dragon age inquisition: why side with templars?

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Ok i have been searching around the internet for days now and cant find an answer.

Why would anyone side with the templars?
I played a mage in every dragon age game.
Fereldan temperlars are a decent sort.
Kirkwall's are screwed up.

But in dragon age inquisition go out of its way to show how screwed up the templars have become.

Just in the first area alone i encounter:
Templars killing people for being suspected(not even proven) to supply mages instead of them.
Killing a farmer because a shovel looks like a staff and keeping his wedding ring because it might be magical.
Ow and turning against the bloody CHANTRY!!!! the very thing they are suppos to serve.....

So that is treason on top banditry.
While mages are just frighten collage kids who want to go home.

Sure mages are dangerous.
But:
This is dragon age, it got dragons, bandits, darkspawn, demons, etc.
Mages atleast arent trying to hurt you most of the time.
Beside anyone can be dangerous.
Just go to an orlesian party.
Far more dangerous then a malaficar i assure you.

[Percello]

I don't really have an answer for you since I have yet to play inquisition but it's "Templars" not "Temperlars". IMO, I think templars are cool just by the outfits/armor they wear. That's enough for me.

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Joshavm87:

I don't really have an answer for you since I have yet to play inquisition but it's "Templars" not "Temperlars". IMO, I think templars are cool just by the outfits/armor they wear. That's enough for me.

Thanks.

[FEZ. TF7]

I kind of thought that siding with the Templars is kind of cannon for the story being as the bad guy Corypheus is a Tevinter magister and you fight alot of Tevinter agents in the game, regardless of who you side with

I personally prefer siding with the mages because i find the Red Templars more of an adversary than the Tevinters

But being as i have played both pathlines i will probably only side with the Templars now because you can get a minor boost to 3 of your stats when you end up in Envy's dreamworld which you can only get by choosing to side with the Templars

Even Vivienne says that in order to reform the circle Templars will be needed so i kind of feel that it's the right choice

The Templars only got corrupted by the Red Lyrium, Mages are always open to possession

[jclosed]

I am in my first play-trough, and sided with the mages (I am an elven mage myself). However - I am sure I will do another play-trough as another character, and probably side with the Templars then. But I first have to end my first play-trough, and I am not even at 1/3 of the game (20 hours), so that will take some time..

[Miscreant]

What kind of sick person is forcing you to play inquisition? You should call the authorities.

[huntinghawk]

I have played both ways, once as a smart assed prick that did not really care about the stupid mages as long as they all died. I did find it hard to stay in character with the game leads at times, but I did side with of course the Templars. Seems to me the game drags you to side with the mages and seems to be unbalanced as game play, however I found both directions a blast, just different.

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Sullivan Macpoppinfodder:

What kind of sick person is forcing you to play inquisition? You should call the authorities.

His name is malaficus shaikan.
He is mean.

[Master Zone]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Sullivan Macpoppinfodder:

What kind of sick person is forcing you to play inquisition? You should call the authorities.

DA:I is a good game. Don't be a hipster.

[Set-115689]

I sided with the mages since templars need to use lyrium and mages don't. The mages were also handy and in the starting area. After playing DA 2 every side seems messed up. Kirkwall what a dump.

[Taiwan Number One]

Seems like a reverse of DA2 where every mage was pure evil. Why can't they go back to DAO where both sides had valid points?

[Quinnstrns]

you have to think of it from your inquisitors POV. an inquisitor mage would almost never side with the templars, but a noble human warrior would have grown up fearing the mages and would most likely prefer to be allied with people like him/her (non magical human warriors/rogues). also the mages were also killing innocents. both groups in the hinterlands had been cast out by the people you eventually talk to, neither side can be held accountable for the actions of the reble templars/mages in the hinterlands.

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Początkowo opublikowane przez funjoey11:

you have to think of it from your inquisitors POV. an inquisitor mage would almost never side with the templars, but a noble human warrior would have grown up fearing the mages and would most likely prefer to be allied with people like him/her (non magical human warriors/rogues). also the mages were also killing innocents. both groups in the hinterlands had been cast out by the people you eventually talk to, neither side can be held accountable for the actions of the reble templars/mages in the hinterlands.

So it is as i feared.
The only reasons to go templars is because there none magical.
Not because they have some moral high ground.

On topic.
So far nobody seem to be able to give me a reason to believe the templars arent just bandits.

[FEZ. TF7]

Well i take it you haven't played through both questlines(side with Mages/Templars) so I'll try to keep it as spoiler free as i can

It wasn't the Templars that actually abandoned the chantry, the man you speak to in Val Royeaux is Lord Seeker,(head of the Seeker's) a different order altogether

He took control of the Templars when(i think this is correct) the Templar Commander was killed at the conclave and they was leaderless, so the Seekers are given the power to take charge and restore order

There's more to it but i cannot say, you'll just have to side with the Templars to find out

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Sith Olus:

Well i take it you haven't played through both questlines(side with Mages/Templars) so I'll try to keep it as spoiler free as i can

It wasn't the Templars that actually abandoned the chantry, the man you speak to in Val Royeaux is Lord Seeker,(head of the Seeker's) a different order altogether

He took control of the Templars when(i think this is correct) the Templar Commander was killed at the conclave and they was leaderless, so the Seekers are given the power to take charge and restore order

There's more to it but i cannot say, you'll just have to side with the Templars to find out

I know the story.
I did my research.
Him beingpossed by a demon doesnt justify the templars actions.

Meaby it will help if people knew my perspective so they can destroy it :)
The way i see it:
Templars are hellbend on killing all mage's.

Where all mage's became appostate because a a few dozen rebeled.
Most are little more then collage kids who know nothing of life or its horrors.

So i got this factions of well trained soldiers( and in my mind soldiers exist to serve and protect, not murder like a common thug) who want to kill all mages.
And mages with nowhere to go.
They cant surrender as they would probley just be killed.
Or worse they go into "cirlce's" that migh as while be concetration camps.

Now how can i, a caring person why doesnt even want people to follow his lead let alone worship him.
Justify siding with templars over freighten childeren who just want to go home.
Dont get me wrong i murder anyone mage, bandit, or templar when they hurt someone.

Also turning the tevernter wizard(what was his name?) into a tranqual is pleasing to my inner sadist(i really need to find a way to get rid of the part of my personalty)

[FEZ. TF7]

I think they just want to get rid of the Mages to stop anymore becoming abominations entirely (kind of, it sort of being the lesser evil for the greater good)
No-more mages = No-more abominations