Re: Thedas filter.
You thought that, faced with honesty, you would enjoy what they had to say? Fascinating.
Maker, you are a naive fool! Nobody gets made tranquil? Of course they do. The difference is that Tevinter wields Tranquility as a political weapon, rather than one of prejudice. Political dissidents are often found guilty of being maleficars, hilarious in a country where most of those in power use blood magic, and are made tranquil to silence them. Templars similarly serve the will of the magisterium rather than the chantry. People are corrupt because power corrupts. Tevinter is not magically better simply because it is mages doing the oppressing.
Oh, I’ll likely never manage it. I have ideas but I’m well aware I will either die in the pursuit of that cause or be made tranquil. But if I had my way, we would uproot the entire system. End slavery and establish better systems where there is a level of equality. Put measures in place to keep blood magic in check without falling into religious fundamentalism. Burn down the magisterium and start afresh with a power system that acknowledge those with and without magic. Give reparations to those enslaved and help them start fresh. There is a lot that I would do. As it is, I will fight for what I can until such a time as I cannot anymore.