I believe that the chantry wasn't involved in the alienage 'sickness' because there was no actual sickness for them to be involved in
Actually, there was. Despite what Anora says about there being hardly any elves at Ostagar, there were enough for a couple to have survived and brought the blight sickness back. With the restrictions on elven movement, it was mostly kept contained. Again, though--no help from the Chantry, even just in terms of trying to mitigate the situation.
I definitely get the impression that most city elves give lip service to the Maker, and not much more. I find it interesting because it's one of the places where the ethnic minority comparison doesn't hold; you don't have either the Caribbean model, where there was a Catholic overlay onto African religion, or the Southern mode, where the slaves applied the Biblical narrative to their own experience to create the black church.
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Actually, there was. Despite what Anora says about there being hardly any elves at Ostagar, there were enough for a couple to have survived and brought the blight sickness back. With the restrictions on elven movement, it was mostly kept contained. Again, though--no help from the Chantry, even just in terms of trying to mitigate the situation.
I definitely get the impression that most city elves give lip service to the Maker, and not much more. I find it interesting because it's one of the places where the ethnic minority comparison doesn't hold; you don't have either the Caribbean model, where there was a Catholic overlay onto African religion, or the Southern mode, where the slaves applied the Biblical narrative to their own experience to create the black church.
*wrangles plot nugs*