"The Chantry started it. Some mages go voluntarily. Many don't." Many never made it that far, cut down for resisting or worse becoming abominations in their fear. "The Templars came later, Chantry watchdogs."

He sheathed his clean weapon and started on the other. "You're not the first to make that comparison to me, a work of fiction. It makes me wonder if there hasn't been travel between some of our worlds in a distant past, although we have no tales of technology to compare."