( with mages as feared as they are, and for reasons which aren't deniable so much as present and oversteeped in situations with no singular right answers... it's more a comment on, who am i to know the scope of another mage's gifts? too many different manners of practising magics considered more safe by her people, or by others. )

I... can only say, in the times we spent together, she was a woman dedicated to family and friends, with a deep sense of duty. And a witty tongue. Varric is who you'd need to speak with, and weigh how much of his word you trust is accurate versus what he speaks as a storyteller does. Hawke wasn't my friend, so much as someone I briefly worked with.