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+ | Roderick is a bureaucrat responsible for communicating the Divine's will to the rest of the Chantry. As such, despite his relatively low position in the Chantry hierarchy compared to the clergy, he enjoys a considerable amount of influence. Following the eruption of the [[Breach]] and the destruction of the conclave between the [[mage]]s and [[templar]]s, every Chantry official who outranked Roderick was killed, leaving him the de facto head of the organization while the surviving [[grand cleric]]s convene the Grand Consensus to elect a new [[Divine]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEsTcpn4q-4 DAI Twitch First Hour of Inquisition].</ref> |
== Involvement == |
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Revision as of 04:26, 7 December 2014
- For the character from Dragon Age II, see Roderick.
Roderick is the Grand Chancellor of the Chantry.
Background
Roderick is a bureaucrat responsible for communicating the Divine's will to the rest of the Chantry. As such, despite his relatively low position in the Chantry hierarchy compared to the clergy, he enjoys a considerable amount of influence. Following the eruption of the Breach and the destruction of the conclave between the mages and templars, every Chantry official who outranked Roderick was killed, leaving him the de facto head of the organization while the surviving grand clerics convene the Grand Consensus to elect a new Divine.[1]
Involvement
Roderick is first encountered just after the Breach erupts in Haven. He is stationed at the forward camp and immediately distrusts the Inquisitor, as well as Cassandra Pentaghast and Leliana for supporting them. He advocates sending the Inquisitor to Val Royeaux for a trial, believing them responsible for the Breach, even when the Inquisitor managed to stabilize it. However, Cassandra believed that the Inquisitor and the mark on their hand were the key to resolving the crisis and invoked a writ by the late Divine Justinia V, declaring the reformation of the Inquisition, and declared that they will find the perpetrators behind the Breach and restore order, with or without Roderick's approval. Subsequently, Roderick used his influence to have the surviving clerics brand the fledgling Inquisition heretics for harbouring the Inquisitor, who had been labeled the Herald of Andraste.
Shortly after the Inquisition gains the power to address the clerics in Val Royeaux, Roderick returns to Haven in the middle of a dispute between the Inquisition's mages and templars, of which Cullen had to diffuse. The chancellor offers nothing but pessimism to the Inquisition's efforts.
When Haven is attacked by Corypheus, Roderick is mortally wounded in the attack. With what little strength he had left, Roderick revealed the existence of a secret pathway for the Inquisition to escape. Before parting ways with the Inquisitor, he expresses his change in opinion of them. When the Inquisition makes it to safety, Roderick expires in their makeshift camp.
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