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Thrask has opinions if you couldnât tell
Thrask knows very little about the Qun, in the philosophical sense, and what he knows is filtered by Chantry education. What heâs seen of the Qun in Kirkwall is also limited to the Antaam, and even then he hasnât interacted with them much beyond the occasional meeting next to the docks and that one time outside the Blooming Rose.
He is, in fact, rather puzzled by the entire thing, and by the idea that some people might choose to join the Qun willingly. Heâd assume they do it because it offers them greater possibilities in life, which allows them to overlook the flaws of the institution. He knows very little of the Saarebas, the âdangerous thingsâ, or heâd be angry, outraged that they treat their mages that way, not even really giving them the protection they need, sewing their mouths shut and not even treating them as people (hypocrisyâą Of course the Circles are supposed to be better, and the fact that sometimes arenât⊠doesnât mean that heâll cut the Qunari some slack for it).
Now, Thrask is generally an understanding person and rather sympathetic, so itâs possible that if he met a Qunari who is âthe exceptionâ as an individual, he wouldnât treat them much differently from a human or elf (some fantasy racism going on here). The Qun as an institution, however, would still be coloured by his prejudice. A kind of wary, âpoliteâ prejudice, which certainly didnât improve with the attack on the City. On that side, he certainly recognises that they are great warriors, well-trained, and that when they hit, they hit damn hard.Â
He hasnât had many contacts with nobility, not the proper type, the dynasties, the ones with Orlesian ancestry and whatnot. Thrask doesnât think about them all that much, beyond the fact that theyâre kind of there. Attached to their traditions, ruling over their lands, marrying each other, caring about manners, et cetera. Heâs a polite man, he knows how to interact with them without offending them, but their world isnât his.
What he does know about nobility is that a mage noble isnât treated the same as a mage commoner, not in the Gallows and not anywhere else. He sees that, he knows that a surname brings protection both inside and outside a Circle. He knows that, occasionally, a mage noble is allowed things that normal mages couldnât dream of, despite the fact that technically they all lose any right to their title and inheritance. That disturbs him more than other things, this favoritism, though he can hardly do anything about it; though he wouldnât do anything about it, because it means that some mages have it a little easier. But he is still not pleased by this truth.
Theyâre growing on him.