I know I'm still in the middle of missions that will reveal more about red Templars so I may be jumping the gun here, but after the Mire quest (A Little Down in the Mouth) and Scouting Emprise du Lion, Christine wants to research red lyrium as much as she can from the academic point of view, since she doesn't want to get a case of the deads by physically being near it.
So! She wants to research, specifically if there are any instances of red lyrium existing before the events in Kirkwall with Meredith and her scary ass sword. I'm thinking of her doing a bulletin board message to ask for info, but she also wants to scour the Skyhold library and make requests of other libraries in Thedas. If all that is a bust and there are literally no written records, then she would move steadily on to Phase 2 and make a request through the proper channels (the advisers, I'm assuming) that they get volunteers to study this stuff. I want to coordinate with Varric's player so she at least has an idea of the lengths a person has to go to to study it safely like the people he hired, and I'm assuming the volunteer(s) would be a dwarf since even though Tranquils can work with lyrium, they really don't have much regard for their own safety and would volunteer, which Christine wouldn't want.
Basically the red Templars are stronger with new abilities and the Inquisition needs to learn how to fight against them. Can a regular Templar on regular lyrium negate their abilities like the spitting red lyrium from their hands bit? Can any magic cut down their speed and endurance? Who knows? I know in game you get a bonus against them if you collect their bows and other things, so this would be along those lines, only going further, like when Dagna uses Maddox's tools plus red lyrium to make a rune to destroy Samson's armor.
To sum up: Phase 1 - any books in Skyhold's library on red lyrium existing out in the world before Kirkwall? - any books on that she can send away for? Phase 2 - any chance of studying a piece if the proper safety measures are in place first?
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So! She wants to research, specifically if there are any instances of red lyrium existing before the events in Kirkwall with Meredith and her scary ass sword. I'm thinking of her doing a bulletin board message to ask for info, but she also wants to scour the Skyhold library and make requests of other libraries in Thedas. If all that is a bust and there are literally no written records, then she would move steadily on to Phase 2 and make a request through the proper channels (the advisers, I'm assuming) that they get volunteers to study this stuff. I want to coordinate with Varric's player so she at least has an idea of the lengths a person has to go to to study it safely like the people he hired, and I'm assuming the volunteer(s) would be a dwarf since even though Tranquils can work with lyrium, they really don't have much regard for their own safety and would volunteer, which Christine wouldn't want.
Basically the red Templars are stronger with new abilities and the Inquisition needs to learn how to fight against them. Can a regular Templar on regular lyrium negate their abilities like the spitting red lyrium from their hands bit? Can any magic cut down their speed and endurance? Who knows? I know in game you get a bonus against them if you collect their bows and other things, so this would be along those lines, only going further, like when Dagna uses Maddox's tools plus red lyrium to make a rune to destroy Samson's armor.
To sum up:
Phase 1
- any books in Skyhold's library on red lyrium existing out in the world before Kirkwall?
- any books on that she can send away for?
Phase 2
- any chance of studying a piece if the proper safety measures are in place first?