The Elders/Sages

== Description ==
"The Chant of Light never truly reached the ears of these people. The years they spent under the thumb of the Qunari left most of the country zealous followers of the Qun. But resistance to the Chant goes deeper than the Qunari War. The Rivaini refuse to be parted from their seers, wise women who are in fact hedge mages, communicating with spirits and actually allowing themselves to become possessed. The Chantry prohibition against such magical practices violates millennia of local tradition."—From In Pursuit of Knowledge: The Travels of A Chantry Scholar, by Brother Genitivi"Hailing from the first human residents of Rivain, the elders of Rivain are mystical mage women who all have the talent for forgotten schools of magic such as clairvoyance and even future-sight. The elders serve as the rulers and spiritual guides of most settlements across Rivain. The Rivaini are quite stubborn when it comes to their worship of the elders and the only major settlement that lacks one is the capital of Dairsmuid. If an elder dies before one of their daughters having developed their powers, the husband of the elders serves as mayor until a daughter comes of age. If an elder dies without any female heirs, the other elders gather in an elder moot where they elect a new elder from amongst themselves."-From The Queens Across the Sea: On the Intricacies of Rivaini Politics and Succession, by Mantis Toboggan, scholar esquire 
=== Abilities ===
Descendants from the Lights of Arlathan, living cogs that were designed to control the firing mechanic of the Sun. Sage talents can manifest in a number of different ways, often depending on the personality of the Sage. The base Sage talent that most Sages possess is the ability to see something in another person by holding their hand out to them. This way is the simplest but also the least accurate form of Seeing.
As the Sage grows in age and talents, their Sage talents manifest with greater strength into something else that they are passionate about. This can be painting, knitting, gardening etc. 
=== Terminology ===
There has been some confusion regarding the terminology of the Elders and the different terms are sometimes wrongly used interchangeably by the general public. The correct terminology however is thus: 
==== Sage ====
A sage is any mage woman born with the sage gift in their blood.
==== Elder ====
An elder is a senior Sage who has mastered her sage talents and serves as the leader of a settlement.
==== Seer ====
A Seer is a woman who has mastered her Sage talents but doesn't yet serve as the leader of a settlement. This can be because their settlement still has a surviving Elder or because they have escaped their responsibilities (these stray Seers are generally frowned upon and are shunned by the other Elders.)
== Members ==
=== Port Royale ===
* Elder - Dahlia de Boldorè
=== Llomerryn ===
* (former)Elder - Madeleine Knight
* Sage - Maria Knight
=== El Cortaro ===
* (former)Elder - Mara Cavendish
* Seer - Meera Cavendish 
=== Costa Luna ===
* Elder - Granny Maya
=== Unofficial Sages ===
* Eleni Zinovia (Former consort of Archon Valerius) 
== Involvement ==