The Anderfels Chantry is definitely believed to be working in opposition to the Tevinter-controlled government, but they've been cut off so there are very few details. Based on what anyone does know, the Chantry and the government there are caught in a balancing act of public opinion: the people are very religious, so the government can't strike the Chantry very hard without risking an uprising, while individual Chantry figures risk being arrested on trumped up charges and vanished if they push back against the government too hard or too openly.
In Antiva, the Chantry is as political as it is in Orlais, with a lot of ties between important Chantry figures and different Merchant houses. Chantry figures within Antiva are more likely than their secular counterparts to want more involvement in the Exalted March and war effort, but how vocal anyone is about it depends on who is paying for their local Chantry. So you're very free to make things up within Antiva—there might be some people speaking up passionately, others somehow turning Antivan neutrality into a religious position—but the overall vibe is cautious fence-sitting.
The Divine, being Antivan herself, understands the situation in Antiva enough to not be surprised by it, but she is growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of support. The main focus in Orlais, however, is what to do about the Orlesian border and whether to divert the Exalted March into the Free Marches or not. Their other option is continuing to focus on Val Chevin, then turning north to deal with Perendale and push forward into Tevinter as originally planned. There is a lot of quiet concern that if the Exalted March leaves Orlais, Orlesian support will dwindle and deprive the effort of both money and boots on the ground. The Divine also has some personal concerns that diverting the Orlesian force to protect land closer to her own home would be perceived as a personal rather than strategic choice. Nobody wants any of these concerns to get out, though, since that could cause problems itself, so the party line right now is that preparations for the March's next steps are underway and will be announced in due time, everything is fine and normal it's just a big job, etc.
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In Antiva, the Chantry is as political as it is in Orlais, with a lot of ties between important Chantry figures and different Merchant houses. Chantry figures within Antiva are more likely than their secular counterparts to want more involvement in the Exalted March and war effort, but how vocal anyone is about it depends on who is paying for their local Chantry. So you're very free to make things up within Antiva—there might be some people speaking up passionately, others somehow turning Antivan neutrality into a religious position—but the overall vibe is cautious fence-sitting.
The Divine, being Antivan herself, understands the situation in Antiva enough to not be surprised by it, but she is growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of support. The main focus in Orlais, however, is what to do about the Orlesian border and whether to divert the Exalted March into the Free Marches or not. Their other option is continuing to focus on Val Chevin, then turning north to deal with Perendale and push forward into Tevinter as originally planned. There is a lot of quiet concern that if the Exalted March leaves Orlais, Orlesian support will dwindle and deprive the effort of both money and boots on the ground. The Divine also has some personal concerns that diverting the Orlesian force to protect land closer to her own home would be perceived as a personal rather than strategic choice. Nobody wants any of these concerns to get out, though, since that could cause problems itself, so the party line right now is that preparations for the March's next steps are underway and will be announced in due time, everything is fine and normal it's just a big job, etc.