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'''First Enchanter''' is the title given to the head of a [[Circle of Magi|Circle]]. The first enchanter is seen by apprentices as a father or mother figure, and an ambassador of peace to the [[Templar Order|templars]] by the other [[mage]]s. First enchanters traditionally wear black robes.<ref name=As>As mentioned in ''[[Dragon Age: Asunder]]''.</ref>
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'''First Enchanter''' is the title given to the head of a [[Circle of Magi|Circle]]. The first enchanter is seen by apprentices as a father or mother figure, and an ambassador of peace to the [[Templar Order|templars]] by the other [[mage]]s. First enchanters traditionally wear black robes.<ref name="As">As mentioned in ''[[Dragon Age: Asunder]]''.</ref>
   
 
== Background ==
 
== Background ==
A first enchanter retains his position for life and reserves the right to appoint a successor, while taking into consideration the opinion of the templars. Eligible for this position are the Circle's senior enchanters.<ref>{{Cite wot|102}}</ref> If there is no successor, the [[Knight-Commander]] appoints one, usually with the approval of the Circle's mages.<ref>{{BSN|author=[[David Gaider]]|date=2010|url=http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/141/index/8572606/1&lf=8|title=Your Random Dragon Age Question?}}</ref> 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.
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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<ref>[[Codex entry: Enchanter Illana]]</ref>. This decision must also take into consideration the opinion of the templars. Eligible for this position are the Circle's senior enchanters.<ref>{{Cite wot|102}}</ref> If there is no successor, the [[Knight-Commander]] appoints one, usually with the approval of the Circle's mages.<ref>{{BWF|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806191041/https://forum.bioware.com/topic/216795-your-random-dragon-age-question/?bioware=1|title=Your Random Dragon Age Question?|author=[[David Gaider]]|date=May 20, 2011|access=April 12, 2014}}</ref> 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:
 
A first enchanter officially has a broad range of powers. Their permission or consent is needed:
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* for templars to make a mage [[Tranquil]];
 
* for templars to make a mage [[Tranquil]];
 
* for templars to move overtly against a Circle mage suspected of practicing forbidden magic.
 
* for templars to move overtly against a Circle mage suspected of practicing forbidden magic.
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First Enchanters also establishes the price of the goods and services the regional Circle of Magi provides.<ref>Merchant NPC dialogue in the [[Gallows Courtyard]]</ref> 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.
 
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.
 
First enchanters routinely congregate in the city of [[Cumberland]], at their College. There they elect a new [[Grand Enchanter]] every few years.
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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.<ref>In [[Dragon Age: Inquisition]], party banter between [[Dorian Pavus]] and [[Cassandra Pentaghast]] reveals how exactly the "Black" Divine and thus the First Enchanter of Minrathous is chosen (as opposed to the election in the South).</ref>
   
 
== Known first enchanters ==
 
== Known first enchanters ==
 
* [[Adrian]]<sup>[[First Enchanter#Notes|[note]]]</sup> ([[White Spire]], [[Orlais]])
 
* [[Adrian]]<sup>[[First Enchanter#Notes|[note]]]</sup> ([[White Spire]], [[Orlais]])
* Arlen<ref>[[Circle Letter]]</ref> ([[Circle Tower|Kinloch Hold]], [[Ferelden]])
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* Arlen<ref>[[Codex entry: A Decades-Old Letter]]</ref> ([[Circle Tower|Kinloch Hold]], [[Ferelden]])
* Astebadi<ref name=As/> ([[Antiva]])
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* Astebadi<ref name="As" /> ([[Antiva]])
* Briaus<ref name=As/> ([[Hossberg]], [[Anderfels]])
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* Briaus<ref name="As" /> ([[Hossberg]], [[Anderfels]])
 
* Casimira †<ref>[[Codex entry: Staff of Violation]]</ref> ([[Kirkwall]], [[Free Marches]])
 
* Casimira †<ref>[[Codex entry: Staff of Violation]]</ref> ([[Kirkwall]], [[Free Marches]])
 
* [[Edmonde]] † ([[White Spire]], [[Orlais]])
 
* [[Edmonde]] † ([[White Spire]], [[Orlais]])
* Gwenael<ref name=As/> ([[Nevarra]])
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* Gwenael<ref name="As" /> ([[Nevarra]])
 
* Halden<ref>[[Codex entry: Templars]]</ref> ([[Starkhaven]], [[Free Marches]])
 
* Halden<ref>[[Codex entry: Templars]]</ref> ([[Starkhaven]], [[Free Marches]])
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* Haramund <ref>[[Codex entry: Vestments of Sacrifice]]</ref> ([[Starkhaven]], [[Free Marches]])
 
* Illana †<ref>[[Codex entry: Enchanter Illana]]</ref> ([[Montsimmard]], Orlais)
 
* Illana †<ref>[[Codex entry: Enchanter Illana]]</ref> ([[Montsimmard]], Orlais)
 
* [[Irving]] (†)<sup>[[First Enchanter#Notes|[note]]]</sup> ([[Circle Tower|Kinloch Hold]], [[Ferelden]])
 
* [[Irving]] (†)<sup>[[First Enchanter#Notes|[note]]]</sup> ([[Circle Tower|Kinloch Hold]], [[Ferelden]])
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* Jendrik (†)<sup>[[First Enchanter#Notes|[note]]]</sup> (Jainen. [[Ferelden]])
 
* Josephus<ref>[[Codex entry: Blood Magic: The Forbidden School]]</ref> (Unknown)
 
* Josephus<ref>[[Codex entry: Blood Magic: The Forbidden School]]</ref> (Unknown)
 
* Lothaire<ref>[http://social.bioware.com/wiki/dragonage/index.php/Kinloch_Hold Kinloch Hold]. BioWare wiki.</ref> (Unknown)
 
* Lothaire<ref>[http://social.bioware.com/wiki/dragonage/index.php/Kinloch_Hold Kinloch Hold]. BioWare wiki.</ref> (Unknown)
 
* Luidweig<ref>[[Codex entry: The Basket of Lost Socks]]</ref> ([[Ansburg]], [[Free Marches]])
 
* Luidweig<ref>[[Codex entry: The Basket of Lost Socks]]</ref> ([[Ansburg]], [[Free Marches]])
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* Maceron<ref>{{Cite wot2|196}}</ref> † ([[Kirkwall]], [[Free Marches]])
 
* [[Orsino]] † ([[Kirkwall]], [[Free Marches]])
 
* [[Orsino]] † ([[Kirkwall]], [[Free Marches]])
 
* Raddick<ref>[[Codex entry: A Reply from Starkhaven]]</ref> ([[Starkhaven]], Free Marches)
 
* Raddick<ref>[[Codex entry: A Reply from Starkhaven]]</ref> ([[Starkhaven]], Free Marches)
 
* [[Remille]] † ([[Circle Tower|Kinloch Hold]], [[Ferelden]])
 
* [[Remille]] † ([[Circle Tower|Kinloch Hold]], [[Ferelden]])
* Rivella †<ref name=As/> ([[Dairsmuid]], [[Rivain]])
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* Rivella †<ref name="As" /> ([[Dairsmuid]], [[Rivain]])
 
* Sinclair †<ref>[[Codex entry: Extracurricular Studies]]</ref> ([[Circle Tower|Kinloch Hold]], [[Ferelden]])
 
* Sinclair †<ref>[[Codex entry: Extracurricular Studies]]</ref> ([[Circle Tower|Kinloch Hold]], [[Ferelden]])
* Wenselus<ref>[[Codex entry: Mana and the Use of Magic]]</ref> (Unknown)
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* Wenselus<ref>[[Codex entry: Mana and the Use of Magic]]</ref><ref>{{Cite wot2|88}}</ref> ([[Circle Tower|Kinloch Hold]], [[Ferelden]])
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* [[Vivienne]]<ref>[[Mary Kirby]]. [http://dragonaging.tumblr.com/image/90088091393 Everything Dragon Age Inquisition]. Twitter.</ref> ([[Montsimmard]], Orlais) <small>(disputed)</small>
   
 
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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
* 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.
* Irving may die depending on the outcomes of certain [[Broken Circle|quests]] in [[Dragon Age: Origins]]; he is alive, however, in [[David Gaider]]'s novel ''[[Dragon Age: Asunder]]''.
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* Irving may die depending on the outcomes of certain [[Broken Circle|quests]] in ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]''; he is alive, however, in [[David Gaider]]'s novel ''[[Dragon Age: Asunder]]''.
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* 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 ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 06:12, 9 January 2018


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.

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

Note: † - deceased

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.
  • 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

Codex entry: Hierarchy of the Circle Codex entry: Hierarchy of the Circle

References