Oh no, I completely agree with you. They're not going to be rational and are clearly suffering from a lack of information. If you look at the first few chapters of EotW, the Two Rivers people have a lot of similar ideas about Aes Sedai due to misinformation about things like the Breaking (if I...
I guess that's true, but the vasy majority of known channelers don't do a lot of damage, as far as the Children know. In DA, it's a distinct possibility that any mage will become an abomination, either by accident or on purpse. In WoT, generally the channelers would have to try to be evil.
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I agree 100%, especially in DA 2. That was the first thing I thought of when they were introduced. They always think they are serving the Light and are convinced that all channelers are not. Admittedly though, the Templars in DA have a lot more reason to be suspicious of mages. But yeah, they...