"Asking questions about my world is fine, but what you've asked would take more time that I want to spend trying to explain the inner workings of Thedas to an outsider. I would have to build a frame of reference to even answer half of that. It's a flawed world with flawed people, same as those in some of the books I've read since I arrived.

"I don't mind answering questions about the people I know and the positions I held, but Maker take me, I'm not patient enough to talk to you about the entire world."

Today is an 'okay' day, which basically means he doesn't have a blinding headache and his skin isn't crawling.

"While humans are the predominant race of Thedas, most of the problems stem from the struggles between mages and non-mages. And if the rumors are to believed, there was a pack of werewolves in the Brecilian Forest about ten years ago."