Riftwatch didn't exist, and the Inquisition, which was at the time the only organization, had no means yet of anticipating the rifts. The demons lost interest in thinking me dead and I survived long enough to be found, that's all.

We previously relied on a rift mage we can't trust any more, but Provost Stark designed an early warning system that anticipates new rifts. We're at as many as we can be, but look around you at how many people Riftwatch has and guess if you think we can be everywhere in Thedas we need to be.

( there aren't even a hundred of them and the eluvians they have access to don't go everywhere. )