First Enchanter is the title given to the head of a Circle. The first enchanter is seen by apprentices as a father or mother figure, and an ambassador of peace to the templars by the other mages. First enchanters traditionally wear black robes.[1]
Background 
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A first enchanter retains their position for life and reserves the right to appoint a successor should the first enchanter perish or choose to retire[2]. This decision must also take into consideration the opinion of the templars. Eligible for this position are the Circle's senior enchanters.[3] If there is no successor, the Knight-Commander appoints one, usually with the approval of the Circle's mages.[4] A first enchanter is usually someone who is respected by all mages and usually the templars too, and he or she is not always chosen based off their power and abilities.
A first enchanter officially has a broad range of powers. Their permission or consent is needed:
- for a mage to leave the tower;
- for templars to summon an apprentice for the Harrowing;
- for templars to make a mage Tranquil;
- for templars to move overtly against a Circle mage suspected of practicing forbidden magic.
First Enchanters also establishes the price of the goods and services the regional Circle of Magi provides.[5] It is assumed that First Enchanters also manages the Circle fortress' finances.
However, the extent to which the templars allow a first enchanter to exercise their powers varies from tower to tower.
First enchanters routinely congregate in the city of Cumberland, at their College. There they elect a new Grand Enchanter every few years.
In Tevinter, the First Enchanter of the Minrathous Circle of Magi is the Divine of the Imperial Chantry, and thus always male; he is not elected or appointed, but has to win a pitched tournament for the title of Divine, in order to prove that he can control those under him by force if necessary.[6]
Known first enchanters Edit
- Adrian[note] (White Spire, Orlais)
- Arlen[7] (Kinloch Hold, Ferelden)
- Astebadi[1] (Antiva)
- Briaus[1] (Hossberg, Anderfels)
- Casimira †[8] (Kirkwall, Free Marches)
- Edmonde † (White Spire, Orlais)
- Gwenael[1] (Nevarra)
- Halden[9] (Starkhaven, Free Marches)
- Haramund [10] (Starkhaven, Free Marches)
- Illana †[11] (Montsimmard, Orlais)
- Irving (†)[note] (Kinloch Hold, Ferelden)
- Jendrik (†)[note] (Jainen. Ferelden)
- Josephus[12] (Unknown)
- Lothaire[13] (Unknown)
- Luidweig[14] (Ansburg, Free Marches)
- Maceron[15] † (Kirkwall, Free Marches)
- Orsino † (Kirkwall, Free Marches)
- Raddick[16] (Starkhaven, Free Marches)
- Remille † (Kinloch Hold, Ferelden)
- Rivella †[1] (Dairsmuid, Rivain)
- Sinclair †[17] (Kinloch Hold, Ferelden)
- Wenselus[18][19] (Kinloch Hold, Ferelden)
- Vivienne[20] (Montsimmard, Orlais) (disputed)
Notes Edit
- Up until the current date, Adrian is de-facto not part of the Circle based in the White Spire.
- Irving may die depending on the outcomes of certain quests in Dragon Age: Origins; he is alive, however, in David Gaider's novel Dragon Age: Asunder.
- Jendrik may live or die depending on the choices of the player in Dragon Age Legends. He has not appeared in any later media.
See also Edit
Codex entry: Hierarchy of the Circle
References Edit
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