Livius Erimond was a reformist, the one who would conquer the South with The Elder One and bring about the new era of Tevinter Imperium. The plans were already in motions, pawns moving to proper place - it would not be too long before the bright future began.
Now, there were some problems. One of them was convincing other mages from his homeland that this course of action was for the best. They had grown weak and soft over the years and the ones that were too idealistic and naive grasped enough power to have their voice heard.
Take Maevaris, for example. She´d named Venatori a “supremacist group” and like a bunch of sheeps, most of other Magisters listened to her. It was pitiful that the heads of a proud country like Imperium would be such cowards, afraid of a change. …show more content…
Lacking in both magic potential and worthy ancestors, he had to obtain his position at Magisterium by being as sly and versed in ways of political intrique as possible. Dangling some pretty and shiny reward before the other´s noses usually helped the matter and outrights threats pushed things just the same. Murder was also a necessity, but one had to be careful with that. In the end, it all came to down to knowing when to use which method.
Halward Pavus could be best described as an “old friend”. They´d knew each other back in the Circle and had stayed in touch after their studies. Still, Halward was not someone who Livius would try to get on the side of Corypheus – he was full of pride and hopeless traditionalist. That sort of person was out of consideration, but Livius hoped that he would see reason when the South fell.
Imagine his surprise, when he received a letter, with a sign of the Pavus family embedded in wax. He was so sure Halward would withold any sort of communcation after his connection with Venatori had been made known. And the content, while short, was curious, to say at
Now, there were some problems. One of them was convincing other mages from his homeland that this course of action was for the best. They had grown weak and soft over the years and the ones that were too idealistic and naive grasped enough power to have their voice heard.
Take Maevaris, for example. She´d named Venatori a “supremacist group” and like a bunch of sheeps, most of other Magisters listened to her. It was pitiful that the heads of a proud country like Imperium would be such cowards, afraid of a change. …show more content…
Lacking in both magic potential and worthy ancestors, he had to obtain his position at Magisterium by being as sly and versed in ways of political intrique as possible. Dangling some pretty and shiny reward before the other´s noses usually helped the matter and outrights threats pushed things just the same. Murder was also a necessity, but one had to be careful with that. In the end, it all came to down to knowing when to use which method.
Halward Pavus could be best described as an “old friend”. They´d knew each other back in the Circle and had stayed in touch after their studies. Still, Halward was not someone who Livius would try to get on the side of Corypheus – he was full of pride and hopeless traditionalist. That sort of person was out of consideration, but Livius hoped that he would see reason when the South fell.
Imagine his surprise, when he received a letter, with a sign of the Pavus family embedded in wax. He was so sure Halward would withold any sort of communcation after his connection with Venatori had been made known. And the content, while short, was curious, to say at