1. Our understanding of Justinia reintroducing the Dissonant Verses is that that was primarily a one-line throwaway explanation for those canticles being included in the fake copy of the Chant of Light in World of Thedas, rather than her actually introducing any of them into the canon again in a way that's otherwise reflected in the game lore. That would have been a more serious event. Additionally, if Leliana is chosen as Divine, she does actually canonically reintroduce the Canticle of Shartan to the formal canon after DAI—so Justinia couldn't have already done it—and it's a very controversial decision.
Since we know people have referenced the New Cumberland version IC, we're totally fine with the version of the Chant that includes the Dissonant Verses existing, but we would say it's more of an academic reference. Justinia was probably daringly liberal to permit its existence at all, but it doesn't reflect what's taught in the Chantry as the "true" Chant. No one is singing the Canticle of Shartan at services in the Grand Cathedral in Val Royeaux or anywhere else.
But, all of that established, Benedetta would be on record as opposing the publication of New Cumberland edition, and more specifically expressing concern that it would confuse the populace as to what the Chantry considered legitimate and opining that the Dissonant Verses, if they had to be published at all, should be published in a separate volume.
2. Without inventing specific NPCs, Clorentine's financial backers consist primarily of nobles and merchants whose main commonality is investment in the status quo and Orlesian stability/prosperity. A handful supported Gaspard in the War of the Lions, more supported Celene, and a sizable fraction avoided taking sides at all. It wouldn't be impossible to find corruption or ties to the enemy among them, but we'd leave the specifics of that up to players who wanted to do the discovering.
3. The two other most prominent Chantry Mothers in Ayesleigh are Mother Caesulena and Mother Dolce. Mother Caesulena is middle-aged and a first-generation convert to the Chant of Light and has the sort of fervor you'd expect from someone who believed in something enough to leave behind her parents' belief system. She takes pains to avoid giving anyone ammunition to say she's still tied to Rivaini traditions, but she did notably break her characteristic silence to condemn the Annulment at Dairsmuid. Mother Dolce has only recently been elevated from Sisterhood and is most known for her work with Tal-Vashoth—there are rumors that her siblings joined the Qun and disappeared—and vocal concern about the Qun's encroachment on Rivain.
You and anyone else can invent other NPCs relevant to Answers 2 and 3 if needed for plots, too—we're just offering these in case it's more helpful for brainstorming than a vacuum would be.
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Since we know people have referenced the New Cumberland version IC, we're totally fine with the version of the Chant that includes the Dissonant Verses existing, but we would say it's more of an academic reference. Justinia was probably daringly liberal to permit its existence at all, but it doesn't reflect what's taught in the Chantry as the "true" Chant. No one is singing the Canticle of Shartan at services in the Grand Cathedral in Val Royeaux or anywhere else.
But, all of that established, Benedetta would be on record as opposing the publication of New Cumberland edition, and more specifically expressing concern that it would confuse the populace as to what the Chantry considered legitimate and opining that the Dissonant Verses, if they had to be published at all, should be published in a separate volume.
2. Without inventing specific NPCs, Clorentine's financial backers consist primarily of nobles and merchants whose main commonality is investment in the status quo and Orlesian stability/prosperity. A handful supported Gaspard in the War of the Lions, more supported Celene, and a sizable fraction avoided taking sides at all. It wouldn't be impossible to find corruption or ties to the enemy among them, but we'd leave the specifics of that up to players who wanted to do the discovering.
3. The two other most prominent Chantry Mothers in Ayesleigh are Mother Caesulena and Mother Dolce. Mother Caesulena is middle-aged and a first-generation convert to the Chant of Light and has the sort of fervor you'd expect from someone who believed in something enough to leave behind her parents' belief system. She takes pains to avoid giving anyone ammunition to say she's still tied to Rivaini traditions, but she did notably break her characteristic silence to condemn the Annulment at Dairsmuid. Mother Dolce has only recently been elevated from Sisterhood and is most known for her work with Tal-Vashoth—there are rumors that her siblings joined the Qun and disappeared—and vocal concern about the Qun's encroachment on Rivain.
You and anyone else can invent other NPCs relevant to Answers 2 and 3 if needed for plots, too—we're just offering these in case it's more helpful for brainstorming than a vacuum would be.