The anchor seems to interact poorly with the makeup of the rifter due in part to how the rifter is formed in part out of, I believe, the energies of the Fade. There has been no evidence or instance of a native Thedosian being— [She struggles for the correct word, settling on,] discorporated.
The testing of the survey—which included native anchor bearers both with mage talents and without in addition to the rifters—suggest the relationship between the anchor and the rifter to be somewhat unique.
At present, yes, I believe I'm the only rifter to have removed their anchor. As to the rest—there is no record I could locate, which is not uncommon given the division between Riftwatch and the Inquisition.
[Her, just the faintest prickle of something that sounds like standoffishness lurks in Wysteria's tenor when she says—]
The arm was removed over two years ago, with the ordinary ill effects that come with the amputation of a limb. It was removed because the anchor had begun to become— anchors are poisonous to their host, after a time. That time would appear to be highly inconsistent, but it caused me to be quite ill prior to its removal, and at least one Thedosian woman died from the effects of hers.
[And now Lia sounds genuinely worried. No, pretending here.]
Poisoned?
I suppose one time means it's hardly something to rely on, scientifically, but I can't pretend a possibility of death doesn't frighten me. At least with discorporation, there is some chance of..going elsewhere.
[A small pause in which Lia hopes Wysteria doesn't have any beliefs about the afterlife to get in the way of this serious discussion.]
[Luckily, if Wysteria believes in such things they are far too abstract for the realities of this particular conversation. So Lia is spared a dose of Kalvad theology in favor of—]
It has happened twice, actually. An elven woman died from her anchor when Riftwatch was still with the Inquisition. But I'm led to believe it was inadvantageously placed nearer to her center mass than any anchors we know of presently.
[Good news! It's easier to amputate a limb than it is a torso.]
[A pause while Lia attempts to parse the information.]
Your focus is on Rifters because discorporation seems--highly likely and not on Theodosian because death has only happened twice out of [Lia pauses because she has no idea how many] I assume, countless times.
Well only one person—the woman I referred to just now—actually died from her anchor beginning to poison her. Mine is only the second instance of it doing so among our own records. [And she isn't dead, the last time she checked. Or native to Thedas, actually, but she breezes past that to say:]
But yes, rifter discorporation is more or less the chief concern if we are judging by commonality alone.
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And you are very certain that this is an issue that affects only these--Rifters--as you call them?
Your research seems to point very clearly to the anchor being the source of the issue.
Your methodology was immaculate, but the test samples are, of course, limited in this way.
[Lia has no sense that most people do not speak to each other like this and perhaps she is revealing something of her background.>
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The testing of the survey—which included native anchor bearers both with mage talents and without in addition to the rifters—suggest the relationship between the anchor and the rifter to be somewhat unique.
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Are you the only rifter who has removed their anchor? Has anyone else done it, Rifter or otherwise?
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The arm was removed over two years ago, with the ordinary ill effects that come with the amputation of a limb. It was removed because the anchor had begun to become— anchors are poisonous to their host, after a time. That time would appear to be highly inconsistent, but it caused me to be quite ill prior to its removal, and at least one Thedosian woman died from the effects of hers.
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Poisoned?
I suppose one time means it's hardly something to rely on, scientifically, but I can't pretend a possibility of death doesn't frighten me. At least with discorporation, there is some chance of..going elsewhere.
[A small pause in which Lia hopes Wysteria doesn't have any beliefs about the afterlife to get in the way of this serious discussion.]
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It has happened twice, actually. An elven woman died from her anchor when Riftwatch was still with the Inquisition. But I'm led to believe it was inadvantageously placed nearer to her center mass than any anchors we know of presently.
[Good news! It's easier to amputate a limb than it is a torso.]
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[A pause while Lia attempts to parse the information.]
Your focus is on Rifters because discorporation seems--highly likely and not on Theodosian because death has only happened twice out of [Lia pauses because she has no idea how many] I assume, countless times.
Is that correct?
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But yes, rifter discorporation is more or less the chief concern if we are judging by commonality alone.