With the hole lot gathered in a single spot, Bruce had to admit that either the Grey Wardens were skilled when it came to gathering followers, Are they exploiting us or do these people actually follow them for their own purpose? Bruce thought as he surveyed the people in the cave. He turned and looked at his Templar Brother as he addressed the crowd and nodded in agreement.
After the group had just fought against the Darkspawns Bruce understood that they were all tired and wanted to rest. Heck, Bruce could feels his muscles tensing as he stood up straight, though he refused to show any further weakness before these mages, he was a proud Templar and he represented the Chantry. “There shall be no apostate magic done whilst I am around,” Bruce addressed to Arvin with a commanding tone. Bruce was no fan of magic, he was suspicious about the common arcane spells, and while healing spells was something that he encouraged more than anything else but asides from those He saw the rest as apostate magic.
“Now, as Ser Raelnor has said. Lothering is near, however it is also in danger. You-” Bruce said and pointed at Ryuu-“ensure that the mage doesn’t use apostate magic.” Bruce said, still not sure about who was who in this party. He only knew that Asmara was a Grey Warden, however he didn’t know who the other Grey Wardens were. All that Bruce truly cared at, at the moment, was to ensure that the mages knew that they were not to command the Templars.
What couod Bruce say? Some habits died harder than others. Bruce viewed elves and mages as sub-classes of society. Those who broke the laws were to be punished by the law, and in this case the Chantry was to hunt them down.
“Now, as for the rest of you. You have half an hour to rest, then we will head for Lothering,” Bruce announced. To Bruce, he felt there was a lack of real leadership. No one, save for Raelnor and himself had really stood up and said what was to happen, well if they weren’t going to stand up for the hole group then Bruce would, and he’d gladly see to it that Ser Raelnor would have a suitable position within the group. That was, if there wasn’t someone that would openly stand up and challenge Bruce; Bruce knew he wasn’t a born leader but he was no fool on the other hand.