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* Up until the current date, Adrian is de-facto not part of the Circle based in the White Spire. |
* Up until the current date, Adrian is de-facto not part of the Circle based in the White Spire. |
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Revision as of 22:24, 12 July 2014
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
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.
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.
Known first enchanters
- Adrian[note] (White Spire, Orlais)
- Arlen[5] (Kinloch Hold, Ferelden)
- Astebadi[1] (Antiva)
- Briaus[1] (Hossberg, Anderfels)
- Casimira †[6] (Kirkwall, Free Marches)
- Edmonde † (White Spire, Orlais)
- Gwenael[1] (Nevarra)
- Halden[7] (Starkhaven, Free Marches)
- Illana †[8] (Montsimmard, Orlais)
- Irving (†)[note] (Kinloch Hold, Ferelden)
- Josephus[9] (Unknown)
- Lothaire[10] (Unknown)
- Luidweig[11] (Ansburg, Free Marches)
- Orsino † (Kirkwall, Free Marches)
- Raddick[12] (Starkhaven, Free Marches)
- Remille † (Kinloch Hold, Ferelden)
- Rivella †[1] (Dairsmuid, Rivain)
- Sinclair †[13] (Kinloch Hold, Ferelden)
- Wenselus[14] (Unknown)
- Vivienne[15] (Montsimmard, Orlais) (disputed)
Notes
- 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.
See also
Codex entry: Hierarchy of the Circle
References
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