Herc is going to believe in keeping Thedas and its people safe, and as such, will support Cassandra.
Just because Wardens are dedicated to stopping the Blight and the Darkspawn doesn't mean they can just let some other disaster tear it apart, so far as he's concerned, and he will be urging his fellow Wardens to seriously consider their lot before tossing it in with Leliana or Galadriel, or dismissing this as trivial or somehow less important than Warden concerns. (Urging, but not ordering or demanding. It's their decision to make.) However, he'll say something along the lines of what's the good in sorting out the Warden problems if Thedas gets torn apart by shardbearers, demons, or anything else in the meantime?
For those Wardens who have served for a long time, Herc is a man with a reputation for caring about mages, but... as we all know, there's mages and there's mages. One good one can do a lot of good, one bad one can do a lot of bad, same as any person - it's just that a mage can control minds, if they get desperate enough. He doesn't want to see mages or innocent people locked up, but at the end of the day, safety of Thedas at any cost is what Grey Wardens are prepared to give up their lives for (what they have all lost friends and brothers and sisters in arms too, as well.)
Normally he'd say that political matters don't concern them, but the Inquisition is above most political matters, they need the Inquisition, and the Inquisition is the only force rising to address Corypheus, etc. The Wardens ignoring this would be like cutting off their nose to spite their face, essentially.
A discussion thread for Grey Warden responses, mayhaps?
Just because Wardens are dedicated to stopping the Blight and the Darkspawn doesn't mean they can just let some other disaster tear it apart, so far as he's concerned, and he will be urging his fellow Wardens to seriously consider their lot before tossing it in with Leliana or Galadriel, or dismissing this as trivial or somehow less important than Warden concerns. (Urging, but not ordering or demanding. It's their decision to make.) However, he'll say something along the lines of what's the good in sorting out the Warden problems if Thedas gets torn apart by shardbearers, demons, or anything else in the meantime?
For those Wardens who have served for a long time, Herc is a man with a reputation for caring about mages, but... as we all know, there's mages and there's mages. One good one can do a lot of good, one bad one can do a lot of bad, same as any person - it's just that a mage can control minds, if they get desperate enough. He doesn't want to see mages or innocent people locked up, but at the end of the day, safety of Thedas at any cost is what Grey Wardens are prepared to give up their lives for (what they have all lost friends and brothers and sisters in arms too, as well.)
Normally he'd say that political matters don't concern them, but the Inquisition is above most political matters, they need the Inquisition, and the Inquisition is the only force rising to address Corypheus, etc. The Wardens ignoring this would be like cutting off their nose to spite their face, essentially.