In addition to siding with the templars or mages you should have the option of just leaving.
Dragon age 2 mage hawke siding with templars.
That is unless leliana is divine.
And since orsino goes nuts no matter what the player does that stays canon too.
It s not just act 1.
As to who wins the battle at the gallows.
If you conscripted the templars in this case they basically become absorbed into the inquisition.
It s fairly easy to rp a hawke that sees siding with the mages as starting a continental wide war and siding with the templars as bloody de escalation.
This seems like it should have been.
There s things even in act 2 and act 3 that make no sense with mage hawke.
Templars versus mages is a major decision thrown on the player throughout the series.
It s kirkwall or the world.
Arcane defender and mage hunter are two achievements in dragon age ii.
When confronting grace agree to defend her and the other mages.
This is actually my canon hawke and he s a goody two shoes blue personality.
Hawke herself can be a blood mage too.
In the 2nd game the decision was everywhere and everything exploded to the mage rebellion.
Loot the crates and barrels as you move east don t miss the chest complex.
The mages you rescue turn to blood magic out of hatred desperation and then hate you for saving them from it.
Contents show arcane defender this achievement can be obtained if hawke sides with the mages 5 times.
Allow keran to remain with the templars.
Allow feynriel to go to the dalish elves.
It s a valid path and also keeps the templar mage war and ander s bombing intact as a canon event.
In origins it was more minor.
As you near the foundry you will run into an abomination and several templars and shades.
In inquisition you are put in a place where you decide whether to have the mages or templars join the inquisition.
If you side with the templars these loyal mages will presumably be the ones who rebuild the circles.
The arishok doesn t care that hawke is a mage when he duels him.