Magi Origin

Characters with the Mage origin are locked away from society, held in the Circle Tower under the ever watchful eyes of the templars.

Plot
The Mage belongs to the Circle of Magi about to embark on their Harrowing. This involves the Mage going into the Fade to defeat a demon. The First Enchanter, Irving is very pleased with the Mage's skills. When the Mage lays down, exhausted from the Harrowing, a friend named Jowan tells the Mage that they're needed by the First Enchanter. After going upstairs, the Mage is congratulated. After a bit of exploring in the Circle the Mage runs into Jowan again. He is in love and in trouble. He believes he will be made Tranquil. He asks your help to destroy his phylactery, so the templars can't hunt him down when he flees. The Mage can choose to report Jowan or help him, but either way his phylactery is destroyed. When the Mage exits the basement in which these are stored, the First Enchanter is waiting for you. As he is about to get caught, Jowan panics and uses Blood Magic to escape. From here it looks like the Mage about to get punished for assisting a blood mage. Thankfully Duncan steps in and recruits the Mage as a Grey Warden.

Alternatively, the Mage can inform the First Enchanter of Jowan's plans, at which point they are still required to destroy the Phylactery, but have dialogue options in the end encounter with the Templars and Irving which indicate that the Mage was serving the Circle, rather than betraying it, and as such, the Mage can be recruited willingly into the Grey Wardens, with the blessing of the Circle.