"A name would be nice. Mine's Korrin, by the way. And as long as you're not shoving templars at me and telling me I must have a Harrowing or live my life behind walls, I can handle a difference of opinion. Madame de Fer was a lot more strident, trust me.

And the Mage Council had its moments, but it was also a lot like herding cats...wet, angry cats. There were a lot of long sessions where it was a monumental effort just to get a consensus, especially in the beginning. And some of us got together afterward just to drink and vent about it. Still, it was important that people saw us calling the shots, not the templars or anyone else. It had a lot of warts, still does back in Skyhold, but at least people saw that self-governance of a sort was possible."